Podcasts by The Lava Pool
The original and best Pokemon VGC podcast! For over 10 years Dr Fidget has hosted the show alongside world champions, commentators, tournament organizers, and judges to discuss absolutely everything related to the Pokemon Video Game Championships and sandwiches. The 2023 season brings in Temporal as the new cohost. Come along and join us as we keep you up to date on all the latest tournaments, information, and trends in the VGC circuit.
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C is for Chaos from 2023-06-17T22:55:58
We're back again! This time we get ready for NAIC and dive into the handful of side events going on there. We also go over a bit about the pop-up shops, the lotteries, and answer some of your qu...
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The Metagame Paradox from 2023-02-14T11:23:14
This week we take a surprisingly close look at the series 2 metagame as we get ready for OCIC and a nonstop barrage of VGC regionals. Then we go over the big news of day 2 event regionals and sp...
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One and Done from 2023-01-13T17:48:15
We're back from the one and only NA Series 1 regional! Samuel made a number of unforced errors, Temporal had to deal with other peoples unavoidable errors, and they both made sandwich errors. We...
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A Judge, a Commentator, and a World Champ walk into a CP Bar from 2022-12-24T15:29:48
Spirits of Lava Pools past Gabby Snyder and Toler Webb join our hosts to talk about the newly announced 2023 VGC CP Bar for worlds qualification. We also have tips for your first regionals, how ...
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Not So Covert Cloak from 2022-12-09T23:54:40
We have a format! We have rules! We have a website! This week we go over the freshly released rules document, then dip into the early meta a bit. If you want more info on the things related to t...
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Touch Grassroots from 2022-11-14T09:05:56
After years away the original VGC podcast returns! Samuel (Dr Fidget) has been lured back by the inclusion of sandwiches in the upcoming Pokemon games. Alyssa (Temporal) joins as the new cohost....
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How it Started, How it's Going from 2020-11-23T15:36:34
Some things never change. VGC is still canceled, quarantine is still in effect, and a hot new Lava Pool is about to get all up in your ears. This week is Fidget's 10 year anniversary with Team M...
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Black Hole Sun from 2017-02-27T14:45:50
Sam, Toler, and Oliver are back and getting ready to roll out to Indianapolis for another year. Then we take a closer look at where the metagame is and what gambles are worth taking while buildi...
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There's a Moon in the Sky (Called the Moon) from 2017-02-10T22:50:36
Sam and Toler are back to talk about naked air-guitar, QR codes, and stipends. Sam also went to his first MSS and we check in on how our pre-season predictions have panned out so far. Sam and To...
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Blister in the Sun from 2017-01-22T21:17:47
We finally catch up to the metagame that won't slow down. This week Sam, Toler, Oliver, and Gabby try and process the vast array of teams from regionals, paying for online tournies and content, ...
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Fly Me to the Moon from 2016-12-16T16:06:13
No visit from Santa this year, but visits from Tman, Cybertron, and Dim more than make up for it. This week we go over our favorite holiday foods, talk about all of London's many suprises, team ...
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Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me from 2016-12-03T20:50:15
The time for VGC17 has come. Or is it gone? Sam, Toler, and Tiffany have 3 turns to figure it out. In doing say they also cover new cores, bigest early suprises, and what is the cutest new Pokem...
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Here Comes the Sun (Spoilers) from 2016-11-21T15:30:55
In this extra special spoilercast, DrFidget, JTK and Shiloh recount their trips through Alola. We go over our teams, evil teams, human and pokemon relationships, human and human relationships, h...
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Bad Moon Rising from 2016-11-18T20:32:21
The days of VGC 2016 are coming to a close and a new format is begining. DrFidget welcomes back Dimsun, Bopper, and the cuss button to hit the ground running on this exciting new metagame. This ...
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Ninja Town from 2016-10-13T20:22:01
Sam, Toler, and Tiffany are back with timers, demos, rules, and new pokemon. We also revisit bow-tie vs bikini top on our way to ninja town and depression. So you can go ahead and call this one a b...
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Werewolves of London from 2016-09-24T20:17:32
Take your hat off and get ready to rock, VGC 2017 is here! This week Sam, Toler, and Tiffany are breaking down Championship Points, Prize $$$, and format changes. There was also a bunch of Sun & Mo...
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Sandcastle Nightmare from 2016-09-17T00:09:08
Apologies for the audio this week, I let the auto tools in audacity loose instead of doing everything myself. The end result is a rather manically paced episode with a number of sentences cut off. ...
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Unbounsweet from 2016-07-21T21:09:29
Toler and Sam switch roles to catch up on the VGC 16 metagame going into worlds. Turns out not much has changed since the last episode. So then we spend the rest of the episode breaking down the Po...
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Hidden Power Stipend from 2016-04-30T08:55:13
This week Dim returns and friend of the show PBall0010 makes hi...
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On Top of Kyogre from 2016-04-21T16:27:26
This episode is just exciting enough that we got up at 7am to record it. Tiffany (shiloh) Stanley joins Samuel (DrFidget) Haarsma to stack rank bears, restricted pokemon, and Bronzong move options....
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Pokken Money from 2016-03-23T16:07:11
Sorry this episode is late, mostly unedited and lacks timestamps, but it’s been a crazy week. Dim and BadIntent jump on this episode to talk about the Pokken circuit, and answer a ton of listener q...
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I Like Big Tusks from 2016-03-01T01:49:36
Sam is back and this time he brought friends! Gabby steps away from the mic at regionals to pick up a mic here. Chalkey just topcut a regional with "A Walrus" hours before Sam did the same. So natu...
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Here I Go Again from 2016-02-26T03:12:36
It’s the first ever solo cast from The Lava Pool as I wanted to put something out but had no time to get people together. I put a call out for questions and thankfully you guys delivered. Next epis...
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Sponsored by Smeargle from 2016-02-04T22:40:05
This week I’m joined by Gabby (JTK), Chalkey and Paul (Makiri) for what was supposed to be a quick episode that just got away from us. Apparently people still have a lot of thoughts about Smeargle,...
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Technical Difficulties from 2016-01-22T02:21:36
This episode was brought to you by the grace of 6 project and 3 system recoveries. Hard Drives failed and power supplies died but this episode is now live! This week I’m joined by Toler, Hayden, an...
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