"Connections By Joltik's Electroweb" ft. SweetKickz101 | TRAINER'S EYE #76

Get to know SweetKickz101, a Pokémon Trainer from Oklahoma who has built a thriving Twitch community called the "Fuzzbutts." From her early days with the Pokémon TCG to the nostalgic memories of Pokémon Crystal, SweetKickz101’s journey highlights how Pokémon has always been a way to connect with others. Tune in to hear about her love for Pokémon GO, her unforgettable Community Day experiences, and how her online friendships have turned into real-life connections at events like NAIC!

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Sources
Opening Song: "Forget You" by Alex_MakeMusic from Pixabay

Transcript

David Hernandez 0:00

Today. I'm joined by a voice actor and the leader of the fuzz butts SweetKickz101! Welcome to the show

SweetKickz101 0:08

Thank you for having me.

David Hernandez 0:10

I think when people think of the fuzz, but it's like, what is that? Right. I know what it's about, but can you like give some insight to the people who are listening to what the fuzz butts

SweetKickz101 0:18

Of course. So, for those of you that don't know, to me and my community, a fuzzbutt is a Joltik. And that name came about from a fan comic I read a very long time ago called Fun Facts About Joltik. And one of the panels said, fun fact, Joltik is 98 percent fuzzbutt. I looked at it and went, you know what? It really is 98 percent fuzz, but, and it just stuck.

David Hernandez 0:50

And since then you and Joel Tick have been a partners in crime. It sounds like.

SweetKickz101 0:53

Mhmm, ironically enough, Joltik was not number one at first, it was actually Shiny Pumpkaboo. But the more I was messing around with Joltik and of course the fan comic, I was like, you know what? I really like Joltik more, I'm sorry Pumpkaboo, you're gonna go as second banana.

David Hernandez 1:10

Oh, Pumpkakoo got demoted.

SweetKickz101 1:11

It's just a smidgey, I still love

David Hernandez 1:13

Just a smidge. What was it about Joltik? I know that for those who can't see, you have like a huge Joltik plushie

SweetKickz101 1:21

I do. I, as to date, have every Joltik plush sold from the Pokemon Company.

David Hernandez 1:29

I didn't even know they sold plushies, to be honest. I thought that maybe you had to get them like third party or from Etsy or something like

SweetKickz101 1:35

I mean, I do have a third party one. not me, but, a friend of mine who goes by Cheesecake, she found a bootleg Joltik, one day. And when I say bootleg, this thing has a small head on a big honking body and it has legs. Not little nubbies, I'm talking legs.

David Hernandez 1:57

Wow. Is it like when you see that guy in the laundromat, I don't know if you ever go to one of those, and he has like a drench coat and he just shows you some burnt CDs of movies?

SweetKickz101 2:08

Best twenty,

David Hernandez 2:09

If you know, you

SweetKickz101 2:10

best twenty dollars I ever spent. It was

David Hernandez 2:13

Oh, it was only

SweetKickz101 2:14

dollars I looked at it and was like, yep, it's coming home, it's having a home.

David Hernandez 2:21

Okay, I might need that number to the person who sold you that one cuz that's actually not a bad deal. Well, let's talk about your experience with Pokemon. So what was your first experience with the Pokemon franchise?

SweetKickz101 2:31

So, I would say my very, very, very first experience was back when I was probably about five, six years old. They were selling the, Burger King toys of the Pokemon stuff at Burger King. I was already dabbling a little bit into the TV show. I wasn't like completely hooked. But, my brother and I were playing on the, playground area, and in the tube area, we came across these two boys having a, Pokemon card battle with each other. And my brother and I were just fascinated by it. They just looked at us like, Where did these random kids come from? I don't know. Whatever, they're not bugging us, let's just keep going. So they had their match, and they were gathering up their stuff. One of the boys left, the other one looked at us and he was like, well, hey, do you guys like Pokemon? And I was like, oh yeah, I like Pokemon, not knowing much about it, and my brother's

David Hernandez 3:22

Make it till you make

SweetKickz101 3:22

right? And my brother's like, well, she likes Pokemon, I do too. So he shuffles through his, deck, and he holds out some cards, and he goes, here, you guys each pick one that you like. And I picked out a Horsea, and I don't remember what my brother picked out. As for like the video games, that happened like two months later. My cousin actually was playing Pokemon Crystal and then she let me try it when she went to go take a shower. And then I was just immediately hooked in. I was like, I gotta get on this. This is fun.

David Hernandez 3:51

With Pokemon Crystal, did you like start a new file or did you just continue to play hers?

SweetKickz101 3:55

I continued to play hers, and then, I think, if I'm remembering correctly, my father's mother that she was visiting one time, and she took us to a game store, and she bought me Pokemon Crystal and a Game Boy Color.

David Hernandez 4:10

And what was it about that game that kind of hooked you in? Because you said the game was, once you started playing that, you were just instantly hooked with the franchise, right?

SweetKickz101 4:16

I believe she was stuck in a cave and I was just battling Pokemon, leveling them up, etc. I think I got to Bugsy and I fought Bugsy with the Pokemon that she had. And I was like, yeah, this is fun. She got mad at me because she wanted to beat Bugsy herself, so, oops.

David Hernandez 4:33

You stole her thunder.

SweetKickz101 4:34

smidge. Well, I, hey, I mean I left her Whitney. So

David Hernandez 4:39

my that's the worst! I'd be bugsy for you, but I'll me, the worst!

SweetKickz101 4:45

Little Laura didn't know the hellfire that was Whitney in her milk tank until she cut the game herself.

David Hernandez 4:52

Oh my god.

SweetKickz101 4:53

Oops, I'm sorry, cousin.

David Hernandez 4:56

Oh man. So after that, did you stick with Pokemon throughout?

SweetKickz101 5:00

Yeah, pretty much, I did Peter off I want to say around gen 4 and then I came right back into it, guns a blazin on Gen 5.

David Hernandez 5:11

What was it about Gen 5 that brought you back?

SweetKickz101 5:13

The plot. I'm someone that is very plot driven, so if your game has a really good story behind it, you're gonna immediately drag me in and have me completely hooked.

David Hernandez 5:25

Now, with Gen 5, the story, I believe, was Team Plasma. And they were pointing at the issue that's always been the back shadow of Pokemon, right? To where, is it ethical to actually use Pokemon in battles?

SweetKickz101 5:37

Yeah, Ghetsis was basically going from town to town preaching about how, Oh, well, we think we're helping Pokemon, but we're actually harming them by keeping them in Pokeballs. They should all be let free! Spoiler alert, I'm lying to you! I want to manipulate you to giving up your Pokemon so Plasma and I can take them all for ourselves and rule the world. Hehehe.

David Hernandez 6:00

Although, N was very innocent about it, because he really believed in that, too.

SweetKickz101 6:03

Mm hmm, and basically got played like a fiddle.

David Hernandez 6:07

What do you think of N? Because he was a very interesting character, in my opinion.

SweetKickz101 6:10

I really do like N, and then they definitely helped, mold his character a little bit more in Black 2 and White 2 whenever that came out. And actually speaking, even in, Pokemon Masters EX, they take what was already given in Black and White, Black 2 and White 2, and they even polished him further.

David Hernandez 6:29

Really? How so?

SweetKickz101 6:30

So, a little backstory, This is set on an artificial island called Pasio, ruled by Prince Lear, who really sucks at Pokemon battles and is trying to get better. So you kind of end up being rivals for a bit. and he owns a Hoopa. And Hoopa will just start being mischievous and pulling in trainers from different parts of the world onto Pasio. Which is sort of their explanation as to like, oh hey, here's Kanto characters meeting, Unova characters for the first time and so forth. So when N arrived onto the island, I believe actually Ghetsis came before N did. So, Ghetsis was already running around causing a muck through everything and they actually, had it to where Giovanni and Ghetsis teamed up to steal N's Zekrom, which they almost succeeded, but they were able to get Zekrom free and defeat them both and N tried to have a full blown conversation with his father. Basically going back to the points, I don't understand why you're not wanting to talk to me anymore. I am your son. I even just saved you back there because Giovanni pulled a fast one on Ghetsis and tried to steal his Kyuruem. And he goes, well, I didn't ask to be saved, for one thing. You're still a freak. I don't consider you my son at all. So, do me a favor and leave me alone. And he leaves. And it was probably the most gut wrenching thing that I've ever seen. Especially in like, it's a mobile game too, so I'm like, Where is this coming from? Oh my god, my heart. Poor N.

David Hernandez 8:10

me of, I know that's so heartbreaking. It reminds me of, I don't know if you ever saw it, but back in HeartGoldSoldSilver, where Giovanni disowned Silver, and they had the flashback. It's kind of an interesting parallel to see Giovanni and Ghetsis on the same team. Although I think it would have been perfect if they had included Silver with N...

SweetKickz101 8:28

Oh, they did.

David Hernandez 8:29

Oh, they did!

SweetKickz101 8:30

at the very beginning of that story, I think N and Silver were on a team against Brendan and his father Norman. And they got beat by Brennan and Norman, which I find hilarious because Norman is the worst unit in the game.

David Hernandez 8:46

Does he have a team of

SweetKickz101 8:47

he has a slacking and it's just very outdated. It's just not good. And so, the two of them were trying to figure out how to work as a team and, So they could, like, sync up better, and etc. And then that was when, Nate and Hilbert found N. And they're like, Hey, we're so glad we found you, but we've got an issue because your dad is here and we can't find him. So that's where that all started.

David Hernandez 9:16

Maybe there's a reason why the Pokemon franchise doesn't include the fathers, because all the fathers in the Pokemon franchise are psychopaths outside of Norman, so

SweetKickz101 9:23

Yeah, Norman seems to be the only quote unquote good dad despite the fact that he prioritizes his gym leader duty over his family. So,

David Hernandez 9:36

gym in order to really see if he's there or not.

SweetKickz101 9:38

yeah, and Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire didn't paint him any better when I think it's right after you beat the main story in There's like a cutscene with your mom on the phone with Norman going, Hey, are you coming home for the firework festival thingy? And he's like, Oh, drat. Sorry, dear. I forgot. I have to do my job.

David Hernandez 10:00

I've got a train

SweetKickz101 10:01

and she's okay with it, but I'm like, girly, I would not be okay.

David Hernandez 10:07

It's like he hasn't been home in like a couple weeks now like

SweetKickz101 10:10

Yeah, and some people even joke like, oh, he prioritizes Wall E more than he prioritizes May slash Brendan. yowch. You're not wrong though, but ow!

David Hernandez 10:21

What is it about the Pokemon Masters game that you enjoy cuz you're one of the few people I've met who've Actually played it. What is it about the game that you like to play?

SweetKickz101 10:28

It's very different than the normal style of Pokemon that a lot of us are used to. you've got your characters are always with like, One Pokemon. You can always have, like, alternate units. So, like, for example, going back to N for a minute, N is, like, a electric unit with Zekrom, and they're a striker, so they're, like, an attacking pair. he has another unit, which is called his Cygnasuit, where he's with Black Kyruem. and he's a tech unit, but he's an ICE unit at that point. You're only limited to four moves, too. And you're a team of three. So it's like a team of three keeping it balanced to take on like bad guys or champion challenges where you face, like, the Elite Four. But you're essentially just battling bad guys, there's challenge modes, where you, like I said, fight the Elite Four, or you can fight, a different sync pair unit to, like, level up items, or you can even, they introduced this a couple years ago, the Trainer Lodge, where you can invite a trainer there, and basically, like, Go on a friend date with them

David Hernandez 11:36

Ooh, spicy.

SweetKickz101 11:39

Not too spicy cuz some of those sick pears are kids

David Hernandez 11:44

We'll leave that to fan oh, yeah, good point. Do not

SweetKickz101 11:46

go there,

David Hernandez 11:47

No. Don't go there.

SweetKickz101 11:48

but when you hit 100 on their I don't remember what it's called, so I'm gonna call it a happiness meter. you actually unlock that trainer lodge unit as a new character that you get to play.

David Hernandez 12:02

And then they're basically, kinda, you can use them, now. Is there a particular character that you were looking forward to unlocking once it got revealed?

SweetKickz101 12:09

the ones that I want aren't in there yet, but

David Hernandez 12:13

Which ones are those?

SweetKickz101 12:14

Grimsley and Melanie

David Hernandez 12:16

Oh, why those two?

SweetKickz101 12:18

Grimsley has always been a favorite of mine. I dunno what it is. I think I just remember seeing him back in Gen five and I'm like, he's different, but I

David Hernandez 12:27

He's the Elite Four

SweetKickz101 12:29

Yeah. He is the, dark type Elite four member from Unova and he's also a gambler.. And I don't know, something about him just stuck out in my mind. And I'm like, I think I do like this guy. And then, when I started playing Pokemon Masters, they brought out Sygna Suit Grimsley and I'm kinda looking at him like, Ay, yo, when'd he get hot? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

David Hernandez 12:54

When you get the

SweetKickz101 12:54

When he get the swag! And I remember, um, I remember messaging my, best friend Galactic Elliot at like 5 in the morning. Cause I was getting ready for work, I'm like, hey yo, look at Grimsley! And he goes, yo, he's hot, what the hell?

David Hernandez 13:14

Grimmse got some game, man.

SweetKickz101 13:16

Grimsley got a little drip, but,

David Hernandez 13:18

Mhm. Mm

SweetKickz101 13:19

he's always just, I've always been drawn to characters that are like, Smug, in a way, a little smart alecky. And Grimsley fits that to a T, especially in Masters, so I was like, yeah. Yeah, he's my favorite. Melanie I'm a curvy girl, she's a curvy girl. I see a lot of myself in Melanie outside of the mom factor. I mean, I am a cat mom, but Ha ha ha

David Hernandez 13:42

pretty much close enough. I mean, yeah.

SweetKickz101 13:43

I love her personality, and I find her fun as a gym leader. But, yeah, they're not in the trainer lodge yet, which makes me sad, but you know what? They'll get there eventually. they did put Adaman, in there. hmm, so I was like, you know what? I got Adaman. He's on my favorite list. We're okay with this.

David Hernandez 14:02

the, uh, number two, I guess, to

SweetKickz101 14:05

Yes. I do have a list, but

David Hernandez 14:09

You have a list? Can you share? Would you be willing to share the list?

SweetKickz101 14:14

Ironically enough, it's just full of Gen 5 boys outside of Adaman. Like, Grimsley's of course number one. I think last year, Ingo and Emmett, the Subway Master Brothers, they wormed their way onto the list.

David Hernandez 14:29

They got a nice car. Or a nice subway. Or train.

SweetKickz101 14:33

Colress is on the list, from Black 2 and White 2. And uh Drayden is actually on the list.

David Hernandez 14:41

Drayden with the big beard.

SweetKickz101 14:43

Yep. He's also one that's not in Masters yet, and I'm like, Okay, with all the Anova love they give in Masters, where's Drayden? We'll

David Hernandez 14:52

targeting you. It's like, no, we can't give sweet kicks to this character yet. It's just too soon. Ha ha ha!

SweetKickz101 14:58

satisfy SweetKix with teasing more of Grimsley, because Grimsley now has like three units and I'm happy. But

David Hernandez 15:05

You can have a full team of Grimsley's

SweetKickz101 15:06

Oh, I've done it. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! As soon as they gave us the option to put the same character in the same party, Because they didn't let us do that for a while. As soon as they gave us that perm, I'm like, Hmm, I've got regular Grimsley, I've got Grimsley from Sun and Moon, And I've got Sygna Suit Grimsley. I'm happy! Ha, ha, ha,

David Hernandez 15:29

You've been listening to as the Pokeball turns. We're going to take a quick break. We'll be right back. so eventually Pokemon Go comes out. When did you first start playing that?

SweetKickz101 16:45

at my last job at Staples, I played on the clock. Mwahahahaha! Oops, but Mwahahahaha! Sorry Staples, Pokémon over you but

David Hernandez 16:58

You're going out of business

SweetKickz101 16:59

Oh, da ha ha! Ha Ha ha ha ha ha ha! smacked my shade button! But anyway, ha ha ha ha ha! I started playing it when it came out. I used to be really heavy into playing Pogo, and then, life just got busier, and Niantic's done some things that is kind of yikers. now I mainly only play during, like Go Fest, or Community Day, as long as it's like a Community Day Pokémon that I don't have already.

David Hernandez 17:30

What about when you first started playing, so you were pretty much heavily playing this game a lot back in 2016?

SweetKickz101 17:35

Yeah, I have a couple of local besties around here that are as big of nerds as I am. And we had a girls day where we, had our Pogo accounts and we went to the zoo. we of course enjoyed the zoo for what it's worth, but we still played Pogo while we did it.

David Hernandez 17:52

That's cool. And did y'all do that often or was just a once in a blue moon kind of

SweetKickz101 17:55

thing. It was a once time thing, unfortunately, but at the same time, I get it. We're adults. We're busy. my best friend Ashley was wanting to start a family, and she's like, hey, I want to really prioritize this first, so I'm gonna probably put this down, so I'm sorry. We're like, don't be sorry, girl. Go start a family. Family over Pokemon. these days it's normally my other best friend Katie, me and her, my boyfriend Chase, her husband Angelus, and our buddy T. And he doesn't play anymore, he just, sits in the car with us and, you know, small talk. But he does that while myself and Katie and Chase all play Pogo together.

David Hernandez 18:32

Where do y'all go for say like a community day or for ray day?

SweetKickz101 18:36

there's a little area we like to go. There's a bunch of Pokestops there and We all just climb into Katie and Angelus car. Angelus is the driver, and Katie will sit up in, the passenger seat. Chase and Tien will sit In the backseat, and then there's like, like a third backseat, sometimes in the bigger cars. I'll sit back there, I'll buy my lonesome, cause I'm short, and I'm the only one that fits back there. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! But, we honestly, for the three hours, just drive up and down that street, and we have a route. And, pogo's had some good memories, with that group, I don't know where this came from, but, All of a sudden one day, I think it was during, there was a thing with Castform and LOTAD, I believe,

David Hernandez 19:19

Mm hmm. Yeah, it was the research

SweetKickz101 19:20

Yeah, we were doing that, and we were talking about Lotads and for whatever reason, Angelas had a Mario song stuck in his head. all of a sudden he just goes low ta boobs. Boobies are the low. And, we all kinda, and, we all, he's prone to do this, so we all kinda just stop and we're like, what? And, that song now exists within our group.

David Hernandez 19:55

Do y'all just sing it randomly sometimes whenever y'all

SweetKickz101 19:57

Yep, sometimes we'll just sing it and I think he's extended it to, like, the Da da da da da da da part

David Hernandez 20:08

Mm hmm. Yeah.

SweetKickz101 20:12

it's, of course, Low tie boobies, low tie boobies. Boobies on the low.

David Hernandez 20:24

It's gonna be a ringtone for people now.

SweetKickz101 20:26

Hey, y'all want it to be a ringtone, I'll record it.

David Hernandez 20:31

I found your new, unlock for Twitch.

SweetKickz101 20:33

Yippee!

David Hernandez 20:36

Well now behoove not to ask you. Have you gotten your shiny Joltik from Pokemon Go?

SweetKickz101 20:41

I actually did, but the thing is,

David Hernandez 20:45

Uh oh.

SweetKickz101 20:45

So, I didn't get it myself, because Shiny Hippopotas kept getting in the way during that day, And I was one salty little girl. Cuz I didn't get my fuzz butt. But last year, during TwitchCon, I met up with a long time friend and moderator of mine, ApexoGiant and we've been sitting on a lucky trade with each other for years. So, we're plotting that, and I knew what I wanted to give Chris. Chris's favorite Pokemon is Dratini. He loves Dratini and, Dratini's for some reason hated me in Pokemon Go. I think one day they re ran an event for it, and I finally was able to get some shiny Dratini. So, I had one left over, but Chris, he plays all the time. I call my Pogo Professor. I was like, I, you already have everything, so you tell me what you want, and I will give it to you. And he goes, okay, well if you have an extra shiny Dratini, I'll take that. And I'm like, okay, you can give me whatever you want. And he's thinking about it, and he clicks on his shiny Joltik to give to me. And that was his only one, and I'm looking at him, I'm like, Chris, that's yours. And he goes, Yeah, but it's female, and it's shiny, and, if anything, I would want you to have it. Cause you are fuzzbutt. so we did the trade, and we were checking afterwards. The shiny Dratini that I sent to Chris ended up being a Shundo after the trade.

David Hernandez 22:10

Oh my gosh, no way.

SweetKickz101 22:14

So, we were all freaking out for a minute and Chris immediately made that his walking companion buddy. I think for a while his status on Discord was, Lucky trade got me a Shundo noodle. But I was so glad that I was able to give that to Chris. he's been there, I've been streaming for like, almost 8 years. If you can believe it. and Chris has been there since the very beginning. And he's always just been so sweet and considerate, so the fact that I could do that for him just fills my heart with so much joy.

David Hernandez 22:51

What does it mean to have that kind of support for so long?

SweetKickz101 22:54

It... Somewhere. It's like, it's always struggle to find the words for this because I can never fathom the support that I have. A lot of the fuzzbutts have actually been there since day one like Chris, Lantern Gundam, Munchlax, Solly, my boyfriend of course. one of them actually. just recently came back. Jordi had been gone for a long while and Jordi popped their head in one day with a new username and they're like, It's me! By the way, it's Jordi! And I'm like, Oh my God! You're back from adulting! Hello! But to have that kind of support system, whether it's, A Fuzzbutt that's been there since, as I call the craptop days. When I was streaming on my Mac laptop on a TV dinner tray, with laggy alerts, could not ever get The Elgato program to put me in the Pokemon category. It always threw me in Pac Man. I don't know why.

David Hernandez 23:56

It's almost like a Great Value version of Pikachu.

SweetKickz101 24:00

That's, that's definitely what we could call it, but to have that support since day one onward, it means the world to me. I will never ask anybody to Drop what they're doing and Sit in my stream and support me so we can get those numbers and get that purple checkmark and do do do that's not who I am. I'm someone that Completely understands that you have a life outside of this little box in between you and me. I will say when you do get the chance to swing by my End all be all goal, outside of course, just wanting to form a friendship with you, is to distract you from all of the negativity going on in your life. The random BS going on. If I can make you happy for that short time that you're in, my stream, then I've done my job.

David Hernandez 24:49

And I think it shows whenever somebody watches your stream, cause I've seen a couple of your streams, it's like seeing a little kid play Pokemon in a weird way cause you always have, you're always laughing, you're always smiling, you're always interacting with the community, and it really provides a very homey feel. And I think that it shows within the community and the people who observe your content in my opinion.

SweetKickz101 25:07

That's one of my main goals. We joke that I am chaotic wholesome. I want to be as wholesome as I can be, but I'm also a raging little hyper ball of fuzz butt. So a lot of people will go, oh well wholesome also means that you're calm. Yeah, I'm calm for about two fifths of the stream.

David Hernandez 25:29

More like one

SweetKickz101 25:30

Maybe.

David Hernandez 25:30

going. And the 1 5th is when you take a break.

SweetKickz101 25:37

mean, yeah. Or I take the break and then sometimes Chase will just sit down and he'll converse with the fuzzbutts.

David Hernandez 25:45

yeah, yeah, yeah.

SweetKickz101 25:46

he's done it a couple of times. If he's got the energy for it, then he'll rob my seat while I'm like off going to the bathroom or refilling my Advanced GG or grabbing another Dr. Pepper or putting eyedrops in my eyes because contacts suck. he'll pop a squat and he'll, shoot the breeze with the fuzz butts for a while

David Hernandez 26:04

oh,

SweetKickz101 26:05

I was about to make a comment about Chase and I'm gonna withhold it! I love you, honey! Don't murder me! Kay, thanks.

David Hernandez 26:28

If you need to hide the body, let me know. I know some

SweetKickz101 26:30

Hey, no! Not the two Texans coming up on the Oklahomie! Yep, he is a Texas boy.

David Hernandez 26:41

So, I know you had a chance to attend NAIC in Ohio. What was it like for you to attend that? And what did you do while you were there?

SweetKickz101 26:48

I'm not going to lie to you, NAAC was a spur of the moment thing where I wanted to go and Chase did not want to go, but, like, a lot of my, friends were going and a lot of them were friends that I've known for a long time but I never got to meet before like, Whimsy or Sunny, and meeting new ones, like, Hasty, and Favlam, and Pragmagics. Those people are now some of, like, my closest friends that I love so, so much. This is why I love Pokémon. It brings people together. Ha ha ha And the event itself was really fun too. Now granted, a lot of the time, when we weren't in the Pokémon Center pop up shop, we were sitting there watching, the VGC stuff. The TCG and Unite and, Pogo was kinda going on around it, but I'm not gonna lie to you, none of us knew what the heck was going on.

David Hernandez 27:42

Y'all were just watching because it was there.

SweetKickz101 27:44

Well, let me rephrase. Some of us knew what was going on with the VGC stuff, like, My boyfriend Chase actually plays competitive. Back when, A Drive? was doing this. He had, like, a competition league. Chase was Galactic Elliot's coach. And during NAIC, we actually got to meet NumNexus, who Chase has admired for a very long time. And they were talking about those competitions, and Chase admitted to Nexus, Well, when you were fighting Elliot, those were my setups. And Nexus was like, What, really? Holy crap, those stressed me out, man! Those are amazing! And now they're very close friends. Which I find very awesome. But, we had a whole lot of fun, we did some bar hopping too, which, that part was a little hit and miss, but, just getting to hang out together, and Enjoying Pokemon together as just a giant nerd family. I seriously could not have asked for a better time. Which is why I'm wanting to go again this year!

David Hernandez 28:44

Well, Sweet Quix, you've been a wonderful guest. I do have one last question before we close this taco

SweetKickz101 28:48

Okay! Ahaha!

David Hernandez 28:50

So we're on a mountain somewhere, right? Or you're on a mountain somewhere, right? And the trainer's going up to you, ready to battle you with your strongest team or whatever team you want. What six Pokemon would you bring?

SweetKickz101 29:01

hecky. Ahahaha! I think the team will probably actually have to be the one that I've got going on right now in Scarlet and Violet. Which is, my Galvantula, of course, cause big fuzz butt. Golurk. Lapras. Whimsicott. Alolan Muk. Who is the last one that I'm blanking on? Oh no. He he he. I hate melt brain moments, dude. Oh!

David Hernandez 29:31

I get that sometimes.

SweetKickz101 29:32

Why can't I remember? What the hell? So, Joltik. Joltik, duh. Galvantula. Joltik's big brother. Lapras, Whimsicott. Oh, Metagross. What the heck? oh. I'm gonna get cancelled. Oh! Ha ha ha! Ha ha!

David Hernandez 29:50

is the last

SweetKickz101 29:51

Oops, yep, Metagross is the last one, I'm gonna get canceled. I forgot.

David Hernandez 29:55

Oh my gosh.

SweetKickz101 29:56

I'm sorry to the Charizard and Lucario fanboys that are also technically the fanboys that go to the Metagross. I sorry, I love Metagross, I just forgot cuz I'm dumb. It's fine.

David Hernandez 30:09

It's okay. Charizard gets enough love as it is. Sweet kicks. Thank you for coming on the show. Before you do go, if people want to check out your content, if they want to connect with you, where can they go? By all means, please plug

SweetKickz101 30:19

Of course you guys can find me on Twitch and TikTok and YouTube as SweetKickz101. for the streams, I try to aim for a Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday schedule, but with how things are going this year, it might. Get changed up a little bit, but Tuesday's for sure. I can always promise you I will be there.

David Hernandez 30:41

Cool beans. And I'll make sure to include links to everything she said in the description of today's episode. Thank you for listening to As the Pokeball Turns. If you want to support the show, consider becoming a Patreon by either clicking the link in the description or going to patreon. com slash as the pokeball turns. Now, if you aren't able to support the show financially, you can always support the show by sharing it with your Pokemon community, because this show wouldn't exist without listeners like you. Now here's a sneak peek for the next episode of As the Pokeball Turns.