Dragonfree
@antialiasis.dragonflycave.com
Owner of The Cave of Dragonflies. (she/her)
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Dragonfree
@antialiasis.dragonflycave.com
· Sep 17
My Glitched Jolteon
Part reminiscence, part game mechanics deep dive, about a harmlessly strange Jolteon deleted in 2003 and the effort to uncover what was going on with him two decades later.
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I wrote a new article about the glitched Jolteon that I had on my Yellow version, two decades ago, and how I replicated and got to the bottom of it: www.dragonflycave.com/kanto/my-gli...
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Our second AMA is now live on the Johto Times Community Forum!
This time around, our guest is Dragonfree from The Cave of Dragonflies! We look forward to your questions here:
forum.johtotimes.com/d/180-ama-wi...
This time around, our guest is Dragonfree from The Cave of Dragonflies! We look forward to your questions here:
forum.johtotimes.com/d/180-ama-wi...
February 9, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Our second AMA is now live on the Johto Times Community Forum!
This time around, our guest is Dragonfree from The Cave of Dragonflies! We look forward to your questions here:
forum.johtotimes.com/d/180-ama-wi...
This time around, our guest is Dragonfree from The Cave of Dragonflies! We look forward to your questions here:
forum.johtotimes.com/d/180-ama-wi...
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🙃 I'm glad I made a website for my Pokemon research, stop putting all glitch/mechanic/speedrun info on Discord!! Take 5 minutes to throw things up on a searchable website so everyone can access and learn, it doesn't even have to be polished! Make your own site if you need to, its easy and free
February 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
🙃 I'm glad I made a website for my Pokemon research, stop putting all glitch/mechanic/speedrun info on Discord!! Take 5 minutes to throw things up on a searchable website so everyone can access and learn, it doesn't even have to be polished! Make your own site if you need to, its easy and free
Watching Pokémon streamers fail a quiz question about the Heavy Ball modifier by guessing 2x/3x/4x is giving me a real “Average Pokémon streamer probably only knows the catch rate modifiers of the main few balls, and Heavy Balls, of course” moment
February 7, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Watching Pokémon streamers fail a quiz question about the Heavy Ball modifier by guessing 2x/3x/4x is giving me a real “Average Pokémon streamer probably only knows the catch rate modifiers of the main few balls, and Heavy Balls, of course” moment
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this is genuinely incredible
January 15, 2026 at 1:31 PM
this is genuinely incredible
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For over a decade I have tied my shoes one specific way: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot. I learned it from Ian (aka Professor Shoelace) whose site is over two decades old. The knot has never failed me. I spoke with Ian about knots and the dangers of the modern internet. aftermath.site/ians-shoelac...
Ian's Is Still The Best Site For Tying Your Shoelaces
Ian's Shoelace Site has been teaching people to tie their shoes for more than two decades. His knots are wonderful. But it is vulnerable to the forces tearing the internet apart.
aftermath.site
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
For over a decade I have tied my shoes one specific way: Ian's Secure Shoelace Knot. I learned it from Ian (aka Professor Shoelace) whose site is over two decades old. The knot has never failed me. I spoke with Ian about knots and the dangers of the modern internet. aftermath.site/ians-shoelac...
One of the fascinating things I learn from these e-mails is that there seems to be a separate and higher going rate for gambling links in particular, even on the same website.
January 13, 2026 at 10:05 AM
One of the fascinating things I learn from these e-mails is that there seems to be a separate and higher going rate for gambling links in particular, even on the same website.
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32x32 charizard sprites... #charizard #pokemon
January 5, 2026 at 8:09 AM
32x32 charizard sprites... #charizard #pokemon
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The annual New Year's update is up. www.dragonflycave.com/update/01-02...
01/02/26: Happy 2026!
Happy 2026, everyone! It's likely to be a big year ahead for Pokémon, what with the franchise's 30th anniversary in February; I'm looking forward...
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January 2, 2026 at 10:02 PM
The annual New Year's update is up. www.dragonflycave.com/update/01-02...
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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Vol. 3, issue 52 of Johto Times is now available!
Our final interview of the year is with Altissimo's Pokémon Site, a great resource of Pokémon information, which launched in 2022! Be sure to check it out:
johtotimes.com/issues/2025-...
Our final interview of the year is with Altissimo's Pokémon Site, a great resource of Pokémon information, which launched in 2022! Be sure to check it out:
johtotimes.com/issues/2025-...
Interview with Altissimo's Pokémon Site
An interview with Altissimo's Pokémon Site, a realiable resource of information about the main series and spin-off Pokémon games
johtotimes.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Vol. 3, issue 52 of Johto Times is now available!
Our final interview of the year is with Altissimo's Pokémon Site, a great resource of Pokémon information, which launched in 2022! Be sure to check it out:
johtotimes.com/issues/2025-...
Our final interview of the year is with Altissimo's Pokémon Site, a great resource of Pokémon information, which launched in 2022! Be sure to check it out:
johtotimes.com/issues/2025-...
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#SteamWinterSale is on, and The Amateur Deity Society can be had for $3 until it's over: store.steampowered.com/app/3241070/...
I'd normally try to convince you it's good myself, but thankfully I can now simply link to @botherer.bsky.social's review instead: buried-treasure.org/2025/12/the-...
I'd normally try to convince you it's good myself, but thankfully I can now simply link to @botherer.bsky.social's review instead: buried-treasure.org/2025/12/the-...
Save 40% on The Amateur Deity Society on Steam
A point-and-click interactive fiction game. Navigate cryptic dreams, hide your insanity from your classmates, and try not to break the school computer.
store.steampowered.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
#SteamWinterSale is on, and The Amateur Deity Society can be had for $3 until it's over: store.steampowered.com/app/3241070/...
I'd normally try to convince you it's good myself, but thankfully I can now simply link to @botherer.bsky.social's review instead: buried-treasure.org/2025/12/the-...
I'd normally try to convince you it's good myself, but thankfully I can now simply link to @botherer.bsky.social's review instead: buried-treasure.org/2025/12/the-...
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Vol. 3, issue 50 of Johto Times is now available!
This week, we have a special feature by Dragonfree from The Cave of Dragonflies, who tells us all about her glitched Jolteon, from Pokémon Yellow!
johtotimes.com/issues/2025-...
Discuss the issue on our forum:
forum.johtotimes.com/d/151-vol-3-...
This week, we have a special feature by Dragonfree from The Cave of Dragonflies, who tells us all about her glitched Jolteon, from Pokémon Yellow!
johtotimes.com/issues/2025-...
Discuss the issue on our forum:
forum.johtotimes.com/d/151-vol-3-...
The Curious Case of Dragonfree's Glitched Jolteon
Dragonfree tells us about her glitched Jolteon from Pokémon Yellow, and how she was able to discover how the glitch occured many years later
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December 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Vol. 3, issue 50 of Johto Times is now available!
This week, we have a special feature by Dragonfree from The Cave of Dragonflies, who tells us all about her glitched Jolteon, from Pokémon Yellow!
johtotimes.com/issues/2025-...
Discuss the issue on our forum:
forum.johtotimes.com/d/151-vol-3-...
This week, we have a special feature by Dragonfree from The Cave of Dragonflies, who tells us all about her glitched Jolteon, from Pokémon Yellow!
johtotimes.com/issues/2025-...
Discuss the issue on our forum:
forum.johtotimes.com/d/151-vol-3-...
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www.dragonflycave.com/update/12-09... TCoD's URLs are now a bit nicer and more consistent, and I accidentally rewrote a couple of guides (most importantly, the reviewing guide).
12/09/25: URLs and Guide Rewrites
Another kind of technical upgrade: something that has been bugging me for a little while now is that the site's URLs since I rewrote the backend...
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December 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
www.dragonflycave.com/update/12-09... TCoD's URLs are now a bit nicer and more consistent, and I accidentally rewrote a couple of guides (most importantly, the reviewing guide).
Maybe I should resurrect the rant thing on TCoD to do a bit about how people are too quick to call things glitches. The ones that have survived the various purges until now are really old and quaint and not very well written (I may go and rewrite them), but I have plenty of other Pokémon opinions.
December 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Maybe I should resurrect the rant thing on TCoD to do a bit about how people are too quick to call things glitches. The ones that have survived the various purges until now are really old and quaint and not very well written (I may go and rewrite them), but I have plenty of other Pokémon opinions.
Something really bugs me about how people talk about the 1/256 miss chance from R/B/Y. People will go on about it being a glitch or a programming error and how they didn’t realize 100% accurate moves actually had a chance of missing…
December 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Something really bugs me about how people talk about the 1/256 miss chance from R/B/Y. People will go on about it being a glitch or a programming error and how they didn’t realize 100% accurate moves actually had a chance of missing…
Someone was bored last night trying to do SQL injection on my crossword form
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Someone was bored last night trying to do SQL injection on my crossword form
Have been musing on the evolution of forum spam recently. For the past couple years I've been getting a lot of AI-written posts writing something shallow on the topic of the thread and then pivoting to, like, "This reminds me of playing [link to some random online game]!"
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Have been musing on the evolution of forum spam recently. For the past couple years I've been getting a lot of AI-written posts writing something shallow on the topic of the thread and then pivoting to, like, "This reminds me of playing [link to some random online game]!"
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www.dragonflycave.com/update/11-20... The site is now finally running on Python 3 instead of 2.7. Ideally this means nothing you would notice, but I feel a lot better now.
11/20/25: Technical Upgrade
I've just done a long-overdue Python upgrade for the site, which also came with upgrading various libraries and so on. I believe I tested most...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
www.dragonflycave.com/update/11-20... The site is now finally running on Python 3 instead of 2.7. Ideally this means nothing you would notice, but I feel a lot better now.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNuz... I love how we are still discovering funny bug and behaviours in these games decades later.
The Most Broken Gen3 AI Interaction Ever Was Just Found
YouTube video by Magpie Labs
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNuz... I love how we are still discovering funny bug and behaviours in these games decades later.
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Thinking about "the Pokemon discourse" again and how the idea that "Pokemon makes a lot of money so it needs to be more AAA" remains an indescribably dumb idea.
November 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Thinking about "the Pokemon discourse" again and how the idea that "Pokemon makes a lot of money so it needs to be more AAA" remains an indescribably dumb idea.
TCoD still has a Twitter account, but it’s become very noticeable that basically all the engagement is over here now. Increasingly tempted to just finally ditch Twitter, given all the everything.
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
TCoD still has a Twitter account, but it’s become very noticeable that basically all the engagement is over here now. Increasingly tempted to just finally ditch Twitter, given all the everything.
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www.dragonflycave.com/update/11-02... The Cave of Dragonflies is twenty-three years old today, and to celebrate I went and added some related pages to the bottom of every page within the layout - picked by hand for each one, because I am slightly mad.
11/02/25: Twenty-Three Years
Time for feasting and glee now that you're twenty-three. Happy birthday, dear website! You're so important to me. The Cave of Dragonflies is...
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November 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
www.dragonflycave.com/update/11-02... The Cave of Dragonflies is twenty-three years old today, and to celebrate I went and added some related pages to the bottom of every page within the layout - picked by hand for each one, because I am slightly mad.
Charizard is my favorite Pokémon since my first game, Yellow. On that game, I was training my team to level 100 when, at level 96 or so, my cousin restarted the game and saved. Charizard never made it to the finish line.
October 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Charizard is my favorite Pokémon since my first game, Yellow. On that game, I was training my team to level 100 when, at level 96 or so, my cousin restarted the game and saved. Charizard never made it to the finish line.
Successfully completed all main missions, side missions, and the Pokédex in Legends: Z-A. Maternity leave is good for playing video games, it turns out. (But also, they just did a good job with this game and making it stay engaging to play.)
October 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Successfully completed all main missions, side missions, and the Pokédex in Legends: Z-A. Maternity leave is good for playing video games, it turns out. (But also, they just did a good job with this game and making it stay engaging to play.)
Absolutely dying at the Pokémon Legends: Z-A kid at the school who asserts she can recite every name she's ever heard and it'll take six minutes, and if you still maintain you want to hear it it just plays the game's credits
October 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Absolutely dying at the Pokémon Legends: Z-A kid at the school who asserts she can recite every name she's ever heard and it'll take six minutes, and if you still maintain you want to hear it it just plays the game's credits