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====Supposed rivalry with ''WTPT - Pokémon Radio''==== | ====Supposed rivalry with ''WTPT - Pokémon Radio''==== | ||
''P.U.C.L.'' and its listener base had scuffles with the more successful ''WTPT - Pokémon Radio'' that lasted until the latter podcast's end in 2010. The "rivalry" with the other podcast began when ''P.U.C.L.'' made fun of ''WTPT''.<ref name="email1" /><ref name="quote1">"Thatch" to "BulbaPediaAid": "We said a lot of stupid things we shouldn't have. [...] After [the tournaments] we kind of forgave each other and decided it [was] best not to mention other [P]okémon podcasts just as ''WTPT'' did."</ref> Eventually in the summer of 2008, Justin V. of The Pallet Tribune, then called The Pokémon Times, asked ''P.U.C.L.'' to stop ridiculing them. A flame war ignited between the two podcasts' listeners, with their bases mocking the other podcast in e-mails to their favorite podcast and writing negative podcast reviews about the other on iTunes. It reached its peak when the two Pokémon fan communities held the first of two separate tournaments to see which community was better at the Pokémon games, with ''WTPT''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s group winning both | ''P.U.C.L.'' and its listener base had scuffles with the more successful ''WTPT - Pokémon Radio'' that lasted until the latter podcast's end in 2010. The "rivalry" with the other podcast began when ''P.U.C.L.'' made fun of ''WTPT''.<ref name="email1" /><ref name="quote1">"Thatch" to "BulbaPediaAid": "We said a lot of stupid things we shouldn't have. [...] After [the tournaments] we kind of forgave each other and decided it [was] best not to mention other [P]okémon podcasts just as ''WTPT'' did."</ref> Eventually in the summer of 2008, Justin V. of The Pallet Tribune, then called The Pokémon Times, asked ''P.U.C.L.'' to stop ridiculing them. A flame war ignited between the two podcasts' listeners, with their bases mocking the other podcast in e-mails to their favorite podcast and writing negative podcast reviews about the other on iTunes. It reached its peak when the two Pokémon fan communities held the first of two separate tournaments to see which community was better at the Pokémon games, with ''WTPT''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s group winning both. After the tournaments, the two podcasts somewhat forgave each other and decided it would be best if they did not mention other [[:Category:Podcasts|Pokémon podcasts]] on their shows, and would later have a coexistence with each other.<ref name="email1" /><ref name="quote1" /> (This "rule" was broken for the first time on episode 90 when an e-mail mentioning other Pokémon podcasts was read, although no degrading comments were made.) | ||
Upon the announcement of ''WTPT''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s end, ''P.U.C.L.''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fans boasted on an unofficial Facebook fan page that they've won the "rivalry" by default, which was mocked by | Upon the announcement of ''WTPT''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s end, ''P.U.C.L.''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s fans boasted on an unofficial Facebook fan page that they've won the "rivalry" by default, which was mocked by host Steve Black Jr. of [[It's Super Effective (podcast)|another Pokémon-focused podcast]] on Twitter and the nineteenth episode of that podcast. (At that time the then-new podcast, which debuted during the same year that ''WTPT'' ended, had already surpassed ''P.U.C.L.'' in popularity within their first few months.) Asel has since shut down the fan page and started an official Facebook page for ''P.U.C.L.''<ref name="email1" /> | ||
====100th Episode Celebration==== | ====100th Episode Celebration==== | ||