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I've never really felt like I HAD to hide my power level before, or even wanted to, but there was one time that comes to mind that I definitely toned down my Pokéknowledge.
>be last October
>the night before Halloween
>go to party at friend of friend's apt because half the friend group is already drunk there
>show up, couple drunk friends and couple drunk strangers
>introduce myself to kid who owns the apartment
>looks like a real douchebag but hey, friend says he's chill
>he's fucking hammered and ripping a bong in a giant bean bag chair
>2DS on his lap
>can't help but notice a Wonder Trade in progress
>ask "hey so you got the new pkmn games, huh? how do you like em?"
>slurring heavily
"DUUUUDE it's the fukn greatezt man, lookit all the super rare pokeman I have"
>proceeds to show me a box and a half of dittos, Eevees, starters, dragons, a Moltres and a Yvietal
>"isn't this fcking crazy anon I have all the rarest pokemon my Pokedex is like half full and I haven't even beat all the gyms yet I'm pretty much unstoppable at this game at this point I haven't even died yet once"
>be nice about it, act impressed, try to ask if he's a fan of the series
>"OOOHHHH YOU SEE THAT I just got ANOTHER DITTO dude these are so raaare dude you don't even know I have like five thoigh lol"
>y-yeah man that's cool, uhh who's on your team?
>"oh I traded my starter I just like trading man once I get all the legendaries ill just crush the whole game"
>yeah, cool
>proceeds to drunkenly talk my ear off for fifteen minutes, completely wrong about half the shit he says, said he already beat the game and restarted and that you can fight Gary Oak, says he caught Mew and all three birds in his last file, etc.
>just nod and pretend to not know shit about pkmn just so he shuts the fuck up
The worst part was all of my friends know plenty more about Pokemon than that dude did, and nobody would hop in and save me. They let me drown in the unstoppable onslaught that is a passionate chatty drunk man.
