Thursday, October 3, 2024

The Metronome of My (Pokémon) Life

A long, long time ago, I mentioned the Metronome move as a move that some Pokémon may possibly learn and use. It's a niche move, considering what it does and which Pokémon are able to learn it. At the same time, it is also of interest for its philosophical wonderings, in particular with regard to aspects of my life and the Pokémon goings-on within it. It's something that seems neat to be explored, so I've decided to take a post to do just that, to see how the move and its effects are manifested in that life.

Just to review, when executed, the move selects and executes any one of the multitude of moves available to all Pokémon, which have grown in number since the first games the move was featured in (and with the development of Pokémon itself). In the anime, this is often depicted by a Pokémon waving both of its pointer fingers from side to side several times like the hand of a metronome, then stopping in the middle with a flash as the move is executed. Though the selected move itself is rarely seen, it's understood that something occurred.

Each and every activation of Metronome is a surprise, and so are some of the things that happen in my life. It seems as if a Clefairy - a prominent user of Metronome - is waiting around every turn and always waving its hand, and when it stops, something happens. What that something is might just be the attack I need in some cases... or not in others. Meanwhile, I myself might have a Clefairy (or more likely a Togepi, another well-known user) of my own, and that would lead to my own usage of the move in ways I can (or can't) imagine.

Metronome is still a fascinating move, even many years after it was first implemented, that may or may not have significant effects depending on the user and circumstances. The same is true of my life and the Pokémon aspects intertwined in it, which just may be the result of repeated usage of Metronome by various users and circumstances, with the effects being the way that life is now. The usage of Metronome will surely continue in my Pokémon life, and the users, circumstances, and results might just be astounding.

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Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Finding Loving People for Playing Pokémon Go

I'd wanted to make this month's "four fours" posts on an experiential aspect of Pokémon Go, specifically facets that pertain to the topic I'm about to discuss, but then I realized that I'm still on frosty terms with certain individuals - ones who actually used to be more loving. Therefore, I've decided to make a one-off post to address the discussion topic, instead of discussing those facets. The discussion topic, of course, involves being able to encounter and find people who play Pokémon Go and have loving sentiments, which might be easier said than done.

Having played Pokémon Go for a long time, I can definitively say that the people who play the game are just as important as the game content itself. They're involved in collaboration (raids, raid-like battles, trading, and so on), competition (primarily PvP), and cordial relations in general (information seeking, fact checking, and the like). Sure, some banter may be helpful at times, but there's no reason that the relationships can't be as loving as anything else outside of the game, which may be what those people have lost touch with.

Now to the matter of actually finding the people whom I speak of. Thanks to the addition of Campfire, it does seem easier to find people who play, but they may not turn out to be the "loving" ones I speak of - unless the seeker tends to be less "loving" as well, which may suit their tendency of gathering together, something I've also noticed. Thus, even with the presence of Campfire, the problem of the discussion point is one that may not be easily solved despite it being rather important in some ways.

Of course, if someone who is a Community Ambassador in Campfire will certainly possess a significant clout, and this can be used to the advantage of promoting communities of loving people rather than those who are less so. It may be that people who are still passionate as I am about Pokémon Go (and Pokémon in general) ought to look into trying to become one to fulfill exactly the above purpose and allow others to actually find loving people, which is the overall objective of this discussion, to be fulfilled in the best way possible. 

Meanwhile, I still have to find another point (precisely, points) of discussion for those "four fours" posts of this month, which will likely be centered on some other topic and outside of Pokémon Go. Yet the matter of finding loving people who play the game is still of some importance, perhaps not only for the good of myself but also that of the local community. Until the frosty terms I describe thaw out, that matter seems to be something that I may need to focus on while still dealing with the affairs of the game.

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Tuesday, October 1, 2024

What Do You See?

The question posed as the title of this post is simple and innocuous enough, but it has a bit of an obscure origin. It is asked by a certain elder character to a certain youth character with the intent of getting the latter to describe not only what is visible ("to see") but also what is happening ("to observe") in order to get the big picture. That said, neither of these characters are involved with Pokémon, although some might already know who they are if they read my blog. Yet with the concept the way it is, it becomes a wonder if it can be applied to Pokémon, and that becomes the purpose of this post.

For a Pokémon Trainer locked in a battle, it seems the concept applies as clear as day. Regardless of what kind of Pokémon battle is taking place, they have to be observant of their own Pokémon, those of the opponent, and how the two interact. There have been moments in the anime where Ash's thought process was displayed, and that is essentially as if the elder was asking the question to Ash at those very moments. As for other Trainers, the manifestation of the answers will be different, even if the question is the same.

More broadly speaking, the question may be posed to any person involved with or interested in Pokémon, real or imagined. It would be a way of getting them to point out the things that play into their involvement or interest with regard to Pokémon, and how that is manifested in their perspectives. In fact, that seems pretty much what I'm doing on this blog, responding to the posed question in relation to a Pokémon topic of choice... or in this case, a certain philosophical train of thought.

With that, a particular case example could involve a Pokémon Professor - say, Professor Oak - talking to a research assistant. Like any researcher worth their salt, they have to be able to consider the possibilities of interpreting what they are seeing in addition to what is actually seen. Come to think of it, both parties almost exactly fulfill the role of the elder and youth characters I mentioned - but that's starting to get off track.

Visibly seeing some things is rather key to Pokémon regardless, but if the elder and youth characters have something to say in general, observing what ties things together is just as key, as is the overall understanding of things - whether it's their things or Pokémon things. In that respect, the answer to the question may not be simple enough even if the question is fairly simple. Now, it seems I have to answer the question for myself.

What do you see? - I see interactions, dynamics, and relationships among passionate people and wondrous creatures...

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