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Kota
@dynamokota.bsky.social
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Dakota (or "Cody"/"Kota"), 28, he/him
Interests include Pokémon, Splatoon, & Yu-Gi-Oh! (anime, casual!TCG/OCG/Rush).
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I have never have felt more demoralized than using Undercover Brella in ranked #Splatoon3, losing a match...

Then finding out days later that ProChara was on the winning team while livesteaming, so hundreds of people got to see me lose with Undercover Brella.

Oof.
The steam in question (after it already concluded days later) with me and my sad pathetic lil brella in the losing team.
February 17, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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Lunch yesterday at the local Thai place for my dad's late birthday celebration.

The panang curry and Thai iced tea are my go-to orders at this place because they're SO good.
A bowl of panang curry (with a side of rice just barely visable) A glass of Thai iced tea. It looks a little wonky because of the camera angle
February 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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This hurts my soul so, so much 😬

#Splatoon3
An Inkbrush player with 3 mains and 5 subs of Run Speed Up... Run Speed Up doesn't effect the roll speed on Rollers or Brushes
February 7, 2026 at 1:27 AM
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😎
#Splatoon3
February 7, 2026 at 1:24 AM
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Ah, yes, the three starter Pokémon of Kanto:
Bulbasaur
Eeveemander
and Undisclosed Blue Creature ™️
News article about PokéPark Kanto using sloppage with two weird homunculus monstrosities (and Bulbasaur) instead of just using the images THAT ALREADY EXIST OF THE PARK
February 5, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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I also love Recycled Brella Mk II, one of my other stupid garbage weapons (that I prefer over the first kit)
#Splatoon3
February 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM
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I don't care what anyone says about Undercover Brella, I love my stupid garbage weapon.
#Splatoon3
February 5, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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I stayed up REAL late working on this update for my #Pokemon X/Y hack/mod. Update itself, editing documentation, AND writing this post explaining everything in detail (w/proofreading, editing, etc.)

😵‍💫
The initial post with the update spoilers collapsed. It's WAY too long to transcribe it into Alt Text, sorry. But you can read it here: https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/x-y-rebirth-a-light-adjusted-difficulty-vanilla-hack-of-x-and-y.479357/post-10975632 In short, I'm discontinuing the old "difficulty settings" of Rebirth and just focusing on a new version based on Rebirth MEGA (where every Gym Leader post-Korrina uses Mega Evolution) because the old way was too confusing, and basically everyone only played Rebirth MEGA anyway. The spoilers containing changes. Basically, I refined a whole bunch of fights, such as: - Giving Viola Venipede over the Ledyba I originally gave her. - Giving Korrina's Hawlucha back Flying Press. - Replacing Clemont's Dedenne (that I gave him originally) with Rotom. - Making Olympia's team more aggressive in its movesets. - Replacing Malva's Torkoal with Rotom-Heat, and altering her Mega Houndoom's moveset. - Altering the movesets of Drasna's Dragalge and Haxorus, and changing the latter's item. - Updating these trainers' Battle Chateau teams.
February 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM
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Special Power isn't as needed anymore since the ink radius was nerfed for less Zones Cheese, but I still like both builds.
#Splatoon3
Undercover Brella (Vunder) build 1 Headgear: 1 main of Comeback 1 sub of Quick Respawn 2 subs of Special Power Up Clothes: 1 main of Special Power Up 1 sub of Swim Speed Up 1 sub of Special Saver 1 Sub of Quick Super Jump Shoes: 1 main of Quick Respawn 1 sub of Quick Respawn 1 sub of Swim Speed Up 1 sub of Ink Resistance Up Undercover Brella (Vunder) build 2 Headgear: 1 main of Comeback 1 sub of Sub Resistance Up 1 sub of Swim Speed Up 1 sub of Quick Respawn Clothes: 1 main of Run Speed Up 2 subs of Ink Recovery Up 1 sub of Quick Super Jump Shoes: 1 main of Quick Respawn 1 sub of Quick Respawn 1 sub of Swim Speed Up 1 sub of Ink Resistance Up
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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Okay actually Vunder does feel a bit better to play now thanks to the indirect changes.
Still a lackluster weapon, but I will always love this thing.

#Splatoon3
January 30, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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Theme was "city" so my brain said 👏👏👏👏

#ACNH
A hotel room I designed in the "Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" game. It's based on the Friends apartment. Second view with the kitchen in the shot
January 27, 2026 at 11:44 PM
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All these new crazy changes to #Splatoon3 and the Undercover Brella hasn't had a meaningful buff since the splat/assist shield regen mechanic introduced in the last game.

I just want my favorite weapon to be good, man...
January 27, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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Saw the opportunity and had to take it.
Sad Beige Mom™️ "Kids" Room

I was SO tempted to make a Live, Laugh, Love poster and nameplates with kids names like "Kyeleigh", "Caeighdyn", etc.

#ACNH
Screenshot of the "Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition" game. Shot 1 of the room, bed visable. No color that isn't beige, white, sage, or brown. Shot 2, with the sad car and house Shot 3, the slide of sorrow At least you can go indoor camping and ride the seesaw of sadness
January 26, 2026 at 11:24 PM
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I cannot handle this cat. She's so cute that it hurts.
Cooper with her lil paws tucked in like a vampire Cooper staring at me lovingly with her fluffy belly up Cooper curled up on the scratching "couch" next to my desk
January 24, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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Trying to decorate my house (or at least my living room) with a dark academia aesthetic now that the new update is out.

#AnimalCrossingNewHorizons #NintendoSwitch2 #ACNH
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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Obligatory "I know this isn't the official Nintendo account" disclaimer

I tried to get as close as I could to Galaxy-themed hair as possible
December 31, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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mandatory Cooper eyebleach
Cooper, a female cat that was formerly feral but adopted us as her own family. She was named "Cooper" because we assumed she was a boy, and was sleeping in coop with the chickens during the cold months. Cooper wants me to go to my bedroom and sit at my desk so she can lay down next to my chair and chill out Here is Cooper next to my chair being cute and accepting tummy rubs.
December 31, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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AAAAA I finally did it.
Thought it was impossible on Fierce but I found a strat that works (info in Alt).
#Pikmin4
> send 6 Rocks + Oatchi to fight the Porquillion > Send 2 rocks to fight each Mama Sheargrub (4 total). Pluck the extra 5 Rocks. You should have 10 Rocks with you. 6 Rocks and Oatchi are fighting the Porquillion, and there are 2 Rocks fighting each Sheargrub. > Break the crystal wall next to spawn and turn 5 Rocks into Purples. Go across the Snagret and turn your other 5 Rocks into Purples so you have 10 Purples total > Take out the Snagret. As soon as it begins to emerge, throw your Purples as quickly as possible onto its head. If you deal enough damage, it'll retreat underground and you can repeat the process > Next the Bulblax. Quickly chuck all 10 Purples onto the side of its face, whistling them back if it shakes them off or screams. Repeat. > Head for the Goolix. Charge your Purples at the tail, and when its core is exposed, throw your Purples onto it as quickly as possible, whistle them, and repeat. Once the Goolix recovers, quickly whistle your Pikmin and move aside. If the Goolix captures you or your Pikmin, it'll take even longer for it to expose its tail again. > If done right, the Rocks will have killed the other enemies by the time you take out the Goolix
December 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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The (forced) slop screensaver on my parents' TV 🤢
December 29, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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h e r ❤️ ✨
December 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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Cooper wore her fluffy winter coat for Christmas 🎁
My cat, Cooper. She was a feral who was sleeping in the chicken coop with the chickens during the cold months before she adopted my family has hers.
December 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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The Waterwraith got stuck 🤭

#Pikmin4
December 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Finding out that I like alcoholic beverages if they have enough sugar to hide the alcohol taste 🍫🌱
A grasshopper, a 1:1:1 ratio of creme de menthe, (clear) creme de cacao, and heavy cream. Tastes like melted mint chip ice cream, and I wish it didn't take me 7 years of being of drinking age to find out about this drink.
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Me: "I like this thing. It brings me comfort. I sure hope the person involved with its creation doesn't turn out to be a bad person and ruin the thing I like forever"

The universe:
December 15, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Can you tell I'm extremely familiar with Pikmin 3?
The end of the day, showing that I've collected 8 fruits in a single day. This is being done in Pikmin 3's "Ultra-Spicy Mode" Another look at all the fruit collected in 1 day All the juice I have in reserve. Note that in Ultra-Spicy Mode, fruits give 50% less juice than normal No deaths either. If I lost a Pikmin, I'd reset the day. Sometimes this was quite difficult; the Quaggled Mireclops in particular is very difficult to beat without any Pikmin deaths in Ultra-Spicy Mode
December 11, 2025 at 6:21 AM