Fish and DPhiE250 chat about Fish’s GBL climb and DPhiE’s purposeful GBL plateau before discussing the upcoming Electric Cup and the debut of Bellibolt. They also recap the Toronto Play! Pokémon tournament which was full of underdog stories and upsets as well as some incredibly spicy picks. JJan11 was crowned the Toronto Regional Champion! They also answer two listener emails from the burlap mailbag.

Let’s celebrate some achievements! From the Pallet Town server, congratulations to Getsufractal who finished their seasonal timed research and reached a stardust record, The Great Waldini who reached a new peak ELO of 2406 in GBL, FishOnAHeater who reached Expert, and Aholtz, CloudyLee99, and TacoDog8 for reaching Veteran rank in GBL. From the GOCast server, congratulations to Jengineer who reached their peak ELO and leaderboard placement (3396 & 37 respectively), and who also topped a Master League tournament with Triptando.