June 18, 2025 • 28 mins
What if the Pokémon that never got picked...ended up choosing you?
For Oshagod, the bond with Oshawott wasn’t just about a favorite, it became a reflection of his perseverance, personality, and purpose. We dive into his journey from a quiet childhood admiration to becoming a Twitch streamer who shares stories, shines light on autism, and reclaims confidence after losing his job during the pandemic. Through shiny hunting, in-game empathy, and lifelong connection to the anime, Oshagod reveals how Pokémon didn’t just shape his past, it helps him stay grounded in the present.
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Oshagod (00:00):
My name is Oshagod, and this is my Pokemon story.
(00:02):
Um, uh, Umumph.
(00:25):
Um, uh, Um, uh, umph uh uh uhuh.
David Hernandez (00:45):
Welcome to as the Pokemon Turns, where every
voice, every journey, and everymemory brings us closer to the
world of Pokemon.
I'm David Hernandez and I'mjoined by a streamer who's
favorite.
Otter always makes us splash.
And whose childhood bond withPokemon still echoes through
every story he shares.
Oshagod, welcome to As ThePokeball Turns.
Oshagod (01:04):
Nice.
Thank you for having me.
David Hernandez (01:06):
Absolutely.
And I'm gonna assume thatOshawott your favorite Pokemon,
you seem to have a very fondnessto that Pokemon.
I wanted to ask, like, can youshare the story of how it became
your favorite Pokemon, or what'sthe connection with it?
Oshagod (01:17):
Yeah, so, It was right around the time that they
announced Pokemon Black andWhite.
I wasn't like a little, littlekid, I was probably like early
preteen tween, they announcedOshawott and I was like, oh,
this is a cute little character.
You know, I wonder, you know,what his personality is gonna
be.
And so, when the anime, appearedon Cartoon Network.
(01:38):
I was like, oh, cool, let'scheck it out, you know, and then
Oshawott showed up and it was socute it had a good personality.
And then, as I've grown up, likeI've kind of resonated with its
personality just on screen.
I don't know what it is, it'sjust for some reason it's just
that Pokemon itself has justalways resonated with me and
(02:00):
just who I am, you know?
David Hernandez (02:02):
do you remember what parts of it you kind of
enjoyed over other Pokemon?
Oshagod (02:05):
so in the anime, one thing is the kind of like how
he, he.
he had basically.
gone to Professor Juniper's laband no one had picked him and so
he was just kind of followingAsh around.
then eventually, I believe itwas an episode where I think
(02:26):
Sandile, they were like at someResort and Sandile was being a
bully Oshawott kind of helpedout or whatnot.
But I think a lot of just whatelse resonated with me with
Oshawott was there was this, I Iguess was training and he was
the.
Aqua Jett, like he closes hiseyes under the water and that
(02:46):
whole story eventually his eyesor he navigates it, you know, so
that this kind of resonates withme, my perseverance.
Keep going, you know?
David Hernandez (02:55):
Yeah.
I think I'm starting to remembernow'cause I remember it would
always close its eye'cause itwould always lose control of its
Aqua Jett.
So it was very uncontrollable.
And it was also the one thattapped its shell.
Right.
When it was proud of something.
Oshagod (03:06):
Yeah
David Hernandez (03:07):
Okay.
So you resonated with theperseverance of Oshawott.
The fact that it kept trying,even though I think it was
scared, is the reason why itwouldn't open its eyes.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
Awesome, man.
Say that Oshawott was able to belike a co streamer on your
Twitch channel.
What kind of dynamic do youthink y'all two would have?
Oh man.
Oshagod (03:25):
I think, I I think would be getting into too many
things.
Be a cat, just too, be gettinginto too many things or he would
want like you said probably.
know?
David Hernandez (03:36):
right.
That's fine.
Oshagod (03:37):
you
David Hernandez (03:38):
Well, let's go ahead and dive into your first
experience.
So you started with Pokemon FireRed and Leaf Green.
What was it like to startplaying those games or to
experience those games when youstarted getting into Pokemon?
Oshagod (03:47):
Uh, so I mean I watched the anime and I was like, oh,
you know, I want Charmander.
You know, I wanna be, I wantCharizard So, when you're first
playing your first Pokemon game,uh, most people what they do is
they just solo it with thestarter and have like little
other Pokemon be like the HMdesignated Pokemon.
So that was me.
(04:07):
I don't think I ever beat thegame, but I do remember,
Beating, Gary or Blue, rightbefore the, elite Four right
outside, indigo Plateau.
But Yeah.
so that's what I remember fromthat basically.
David Hernandez (04:20):
I guess you went with the Charmander
starter, I assume.
'Cause you said, you said Char,so I'm assuming that's the one
you went through.
Oshagod (04:26):
Yeah, because Charizard was was my favorite when I was
like, when I was little, little,little and just kind of always,
it's my second favorite, now,but like and it's always.
like one of my top five or justtop two.
but yeah, and then also Iremember, the game in the, in
the grocery store too.
That's another thing I rememberWalking around with playing.
(04:47):
grocery store,
David Hernandez (04:48):
okay.
So you would just be walkingwith your parents while they get
the groceries and you'd befocused on the, were you using
like a Game Boy advance or an SPat the time?
Oshagod (04:56):
Oh man, I, yeah, I used the, was it, I think it was, I
don't know if it was a Silver orwas the blue, the pearl blue
one, but I do remember having, II don't have anymore.
I wish, had it, but Oh man.
David Hernandez (05:09):
uh, the things we wish we kept when we were
young.
Right?
Oshagod (05:12):
Oh yeah, for sure.
David Hernandez (05:14):
I guess what kept you engaged with the game
because you were looking forwardto this game.
So did it meet up to theexpectations and what did you
enjoy about it?
Oshagod (05:22):
I, I Yeah, I mean, yeah, it'd be up with the
expectations.
I mean, I, I I.
it would play like the anime,so, you know, of course, you
know how they, they play not outof turn, but they just kind of
battle and there's no turnsreally.
There's just.
Going out at it, but I thoughtthat's what it was.
But then I kind of learned thisis how it is and this is how
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it's structured and this is howit plays.
It's different from the anime.
I guess what kept me going, Imean, I don't, I mean, just
discovering new Pokemon andseeing the ones I've saw on TV
or the show, like, oh, I knowthat Pokemon, you know,
David Hernandez (05:57):
so you were watching both the anime and
playing the games at that pointto where you would watch the
anime and then you would kindof.
I don't wanna say reflect, butyou would kind of model what you
saw on the anime into the gameshow.
Would you have like usually thefavorites of the main cast
usually?
Oshagod (06:11):
Yeah, Yeah, I definitely had Pikachu.
I, I, I know it was some point,I always a butterfree.
I always caught Caterpie everytime.
I'm Kanto with Caterpie everytime.
I don't know why.
I think Caterpie is like one ofmy, one of my favorites.
But yeah, having a Caterpie,always having a Pidgey, you
know, one of those,
David Hernandez (06:31):
Did you feel like you were kind of Ash
Ketchum whenever you would playthe games?
'cause you almost pretty muchwere copying word for word
almost.
Oshagod (06:38):
Yeah, I,think I named myself Ash at one point, when I
was a kid, you know, I don'twanna be me.
I would go to Ash one day, youknow, or like that, so,
David Hernandez (06:47):
I mean, I did the same thing with, the Hoen
Games Sapphire specifically, um,because I usually always did
Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip inthat order.
So they, because I choseTorchic, I try to get a team
like May, so I would have,Torchic, I would have Beautifly,
I would get a SKitty.
And I think that was pretty muchabout it to what I could copy
from her team, if I remembercorrectly.
(07:07):
But I would try to kind of liveout like how her adventure
would've gone had she had playedin those games, you know?
Right, right.
Now, you know, you kept playingwith the game, so did you
continue through going throughall the generations afterwards?
Like what was after gen three?
Oshagod (07:24):
So after gen three, it was Diamond and Pearl.
and I remember those two.
and then I kind of had like anaffinity.
It kind of, I liked Chimchar alot, but it wasn't like a strong
as like Charizard was or whatOshawott is now.
But I remember playing those, Imean, I played every generation.
I've played every one of them,
David Hernandez (07:43):
Oh, so you've been consistent since FireRed,
LeafGreen till present day.
Yeah.
Ooh, wow.
Hey, I like that.
Some dedication.
I love it.
Oshagod (07:51):
Oh yeah!
David Hernandez (07:53):
Well, let me ask you this question.
What's your favorite, I'll sayset of games or region that you
enjoyed playing?
Oshagod (07:59):
man.
Uh, Unova.
David Hernandez (08:02):
Unova, Why Unova??
Oshagod (08:04):
Other than Oshawott is starters, It's mainly modeled
after that New York and NewJersey and that area.
But even Driftveil City, like Iknow it's supposed to be, you
know, somewhere like I said NewYork, New Jersey.
But it resonated with me'causeI'm from Texas, you know, so I
got clay, you know, and.
(08:24):
Got the, the oil guy, you know,and the, yeah, so it was That
the Pokemon are just is reallygood.
Hydreigon is like the good one.
High Galvantula, Krookodile,like there's so many Pokemon.
The story is good, I think it'sprobably the closest.
to maybe an evil team beingreally bad other than Team Flare
(08:49):
in sixth Gen.
But that gen is just, I don'tknow, top tier to me.
David Hernandez (08:53):
I guess you also stuck with the same Pokemon
that ash pick.
So you would do Levanny,Krookodile,, Roggenrola and
stuff like that.
Oshagod (09:01):
Yeah, I I lot of Ash's Pokemon.
But like thing that I noticed,when I got kind of older was the
anime, like the English dub ofit would wouldn't come out until
after the games.
We got the games.
So my team would just bewhatever I liked at the moment.
And then when I played it again,yeah, of course I had some Ash's
(09:22):
Pokemon, but a lot of my stapleswas the, bird, the Krookodile,
Darmanitan, Oshawott, like someof those.
David Hernandez (09:32):
Now when it came to Pokemon, how did it kind
of help you find friends?
Because I think you said youfound friends online because of
Pokemon.
Oshagod (09:40):
Okay.
Yeah, so I had a friend, named,Ian.
And we would play Pokemontogether, but we'd have the
cards and, know, we'd play thegame.
We'd talk about what our team,and he would be like, oh, I have
this mythical, and then I'll lethim borrow my game so he could
put like Darkrai and stuff onit.
And Jirachi, I still have hisJirachi still, I.
David Hernandez (10:00):
Really?
Okay.
Uh,
Oshagod (10:01):
yeah.
that, and then I think whenHeartGold, Soul Silver came out,
I think it kind of just dieddown for like making friends and
I really, I.
Didn't really make much friends,like meaningful friendships
until like maybe college andthen even then that kind of died
down too.
But, really just how I maybe hadfriends now is just kind of the
(10:25):
commonality of who you grow upwith.
The same things, we experiencethe same things.
We're, we're, you know, we'reWe're still in the Pokemon,
we're we're not know,badmouthing people.
Like, you know, the bullieswould do while we were in
school.
David Hernandez (10:39):
did you feel like you were alienated at some
point because you liked Pokemon?
'cause?
You said like specificallyaround, I think you said
platinum, is when you kind offelt like you didn't really have
any friends to kind of go to, tohave that Pokemon connection.
If so, you will.
Oshagod (10:51):
yeah.
Around like platinum time was,yeah.
Really when it died down.
And then you know, the boys waslike, you know, they'd be
interested in Call of Duty and,know, all the other shooter
games.
And I, you know, I was like,okay, yeah, cool, I'll play
that.
But at the same time, like Ialways was consistent with
Pokemon, But you you know,sometimes game, I kind of
didn't.
(11:11):
I stopped playing it or I justrestarted.
but Yeah, so yeah, it was aroundthose times.
David Hernandez (11:17):
that's pretty much similar to my way.
'cause you know, I had friendsand they were really good
friends, don't get me wrong, butthey were also into the, uh,
shooting games.
'cause Call of Duty was huge.
halo was huge.
But for me, you know, I was justso, I guess hyper.
Infatuated with Pokemon.
Like I would play the games overand over and over and it just
was hard to find friends whowould be that dedicated back in
(11:38):
those days.
So I, you know, they entertainedme more so than they probably
should have.
But I kind of feel you to whereI can feel alienating, where you
don't have that friend to talkPokemon with, you know, it's
like a different language in away.
Oshagod (11:50):
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David Hernandez (12:25):
I wanted to ask,'cause you said something
about, so you said somethinginteresting to me, how Pokemon
taught you empathy, creativity,and friendship.
And I was wondering, would yoube willing to elaborate, like
how Pokemon taught you that
Oshagod (12:34):
So kind of a little niche thing about me is I'm
autistic.
So kind of how I learn my socialskills and kind of like I kind
of learn how to talk to peopleand how to like be friendly and
empathetic was through Pokemon,like, the anime and even the
games teach you that Pokemon areour friends.
You know, they're not tools,know, they love us.
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they like battling'cause it'skind of like a, a fast time for
them.
I I mean, I know the battlingpart kind of sounds bad
obviously, but like, just kindof like how the characters
interacted and how I kind ofcared for my Pokemon when I was
playing.
Like, I would always treat themas like.
royalty.
Like, I would be like, oh, thisis very this, you know, they'd
(13:18):
get sad if I I wasn't there,kind of thing.
So it gets kind of, I kind oftreated them like as a pet, you
know?
But like with love, you know?
David Hernandez (13:27):
Do you have like specific examples on how
you would treat them with thatkinda love that you're talking
about?
Oshagod (13:32):
So in the older games you really couldn't do anything
with a six gen.
You could like give them like,Bathe them and give them like,
uh, what is it, macarons, or wasit the P puffs?
That's right.
David Hernandez (13:44):
Yeah.
Pokey puffs.
Yeah.
Oshagod (13:45):
That, and then like even now, and like Scarlet and
Violet, you can give'em bathsand the same thing, you know,
sandwiches.
And then even eighth gen, youknow, with.
Sword Shield curries.
even even now, like been, it is,it's a lot more, like I, I'm a
lot more expressive with thePokemon and like when, how I
took care of them mm-hmm.
(14:06):
than it was back then.
But back then, I mean, I wouldmake sure they wouldn't faint or
you know, I'd take'em to thisPokemon center, I'd heal twice.
You know, everybody thinks thatyou heal twice, the friendship
goes up, you know,
David Hernandez (14:19):
Yeah.
Oshagod (14:19):
kind of thing.
So,
David Hernandez (14:21):
Yeah, I felt the same way.
'cause whenever I would see myPokemon, like almost about to
faint or like in the or if theywere already fainted, I would
literally run to back to thePokemon Center because I'm like,
oh, they're hurt.
I need to get'em healed.
And just like you, I would treat'em like pets because to me
they're fainted.
I'm like, you gotta take care of'em in a way.
So I really kind of resonatewith that.
I kind of relate for sure.
Oshagod (14:41):
Yeah,
David Hernandez (14:43):
You know, you mentioned how Pokemon Scarlet
and Violet, Sword and Shield, orI guess more of the recent games
you mentioned, how more of therecent games have different ways
to connect with Pokemon than wedid back growing up.
Do you enjoy those new ways tokind of engage with Pokemon,
like with the campgrounds, withthe, like spreading the status
with the brushes and all that?
Oshagod (15:01):
Yeah, I mean, even back on Pokemon Yellow, I'm bring
this like, even the Pokemonfollowing you mechanic is just,
we all want, like a lot of fanswanted it and you kind of have
as crawling about it, but it'snot the same.
You know, they're not reallyfollowing you, all the way they
kind of like fall back.
But even then, I I like itbecause it's accurate.
(15:25):
to how like the Pokemon wouldmove or their speed, you Mm-hmm.
So I like that part.
of it, you know, in the newergenerations.
David Hernandez (15:33):
Is there a particular character that kind
of reflects who you are?
You think, like you kind of lookat that person and you're like,
I'm kind of dislike you as aperson.
Oshagod (15:41):
Uh, like a Pokemon character probably, Oshawott
obviously that him, but like,um, geez, like I, I mean, I see,
I see myself a lot of Ash andBrock kind of with the breeding
aspect.
'cause I love Masuda method.
That's my favorite Shiny method.
And so the breeding part, like,I don't know if this is like
(16:04):
later part but, like I always,wanted to either be like a gym
leader or like a PokemonBreeder.
And, like in the Pokemon world,because I feel like one I can,
you know, make a Pokemon withgood stats or whatever for
Pokemon Who or trainers who wanta battle.
And then, you know, gym leader,you know, everybody wants to be
a gym leader, you know,
David Hernandez (16:23):
For me, I've always wanted to be a Pokemon
breeder.
I love like the idea of breedingmoves to Pokemon.
Um, back in gen three, Iremember I tried so hard to get
my Salamence to know hydro pump.
Now you wouldn't want Salamenceto know a special attack, but I
just thought it was kind of coolto be able to, I think I had a
chain breed or something likethat.
Can't remember.
It was kind of complicated.
Yeah, and it was just kind ofcool to get that kind of move.
(16:46):
It felt like it was somethingspecial.
So for me, I definitely would bea breeder.
But you said you'd be either abreeder or probably a breeder it
sounds like as well.
Right.
Yeah.
Oshagod (16:53):
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
David Hernandez (16:54):
Are you primarily a Shiny Hunter through
the Masuda Method that I takeit?
Oshagod (16:58):
Yeah, Yeah, i do a lot of Masuda and uh, yeah, I do a
lot of Masuta method.
That's like my favorite methodof all time.
I don't know what it is.
I mean, a lot of people hate itbecause it's so time consuming,
but I I don't I just find itinteresting.
I don't know.
David Hernandez (17:13):
When it comes to just playing Pokemon in
general, What's a moment, Iguess, being part of the online
community that kind of reallystuck with you finding friends
online?
Oshagod (17:21):
I, I think just like sharing sharing similar stories,
and then people kind of havingthe, the similar.
or having the same fondness fora Pokemon or having a special
memory.
I, I think the memories and justthe fondness and the, and the
shared experiences, I think iswhat makes it just the best
part.
David Hernandez (17:40):
Do you have any other, uh, stories you wanna
share?
Something that we maybe have nottouched on so far?
Oshagod (17:45):
I would say maybe like the first shiny I ever got, like
the full, my first full oddsshiny.
Um, and it wasn't through go'cause like through go
technically my first shiny wasCaterpie I goes kind of a, I
mean, I I would consider my everand I count it and, you know,
whatever in the record, books,whatever for myself, but, I had
(18:06):
just got done doing like, um,like a wonder lock or a surprise
tray, kinda lock kinda nuts,luck kind of so I'm kind of done
with this and I'm not, you know,doing the.
Thing anymore, so let me tryshiny hunting.
And so I went up into, I thinkit's the, the path to the peak
area where Frostmoth was and Ijust ran into a bunch of frost
(18:29):
moths And eventually some onepoint and I I was like, what if
I just never find it?
And then one day I got on mystream and I was like, I wanna
go on early, you know, like it.
Freaking, I don't even know,8:00 AM And I got on and the
first, Frostmoth ran into wasshiny.
And I'm like, okay, so I can dothis.
(18:50):
I can shiny hunt.
So, and then I just, it kindajust kickstarted it all.
And then I got, shiny, Nekkid,and then after that was Ponyta,
Galarian Ponytal.
And then, yeah, I just kind ofsky rocketed from there,, you
know, Mm-hmm.
I just never stopped shinyhunting after that.
David Hernandez (19:07):
Now you seem to have a difference, I guess, in
connection, between Pokemon GoShinies and Real Game Shinies,
do you kind of hold more valueto the real, the in game Shinies
compared to Pokemon Go?
Oshagod (19:19):
Uh, yeah, I do like with Pokemon Go, like if it's a
community day, you know, let me,you know, it's, eh, but if it's
like just a random one you find,like, you know, you click on,
you go on the app, you open itup, you click on a Pokemon at
shiny that I count, but like,what's a community today?
I'm just like, eh,
David Hernandez (19:35):
It's'cause you get like so many of them, it's
like they kind of lose meaningto it.
Oshagod (19:39):
Right.
But I mean a shiny is a shiny,and I'm not gonna, I just don't
count it myself, but I willcongratulate someone for getting
a shiny
David Hernandez (19:48):
Of, of course, of course.
Yeah.
You still celebrate with them,but it's just a personal, a
personal I guess, choice for youin a way.
Right?
Oshagod (19:55):
right.
David Hernandez (19:56):
Now you alluded to how you started streaming on
Twitch, Why did you startstreaming on Twitch?
Oshagod (20:02):
So, our age when, you know, YouTube was, I say it was.
Just starting out.
But it was like around the eraof like, you know, PewDiePie
coming out and a lot of otherYouTubers that, you know, are no
longer doing the platformanymore.
And I always kind of wanted todo something like that, be in
front of the camera, but just beso sort of an entertaining kind
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of person.
And then, I watched a lot of,you know, a lot of cus before
he.
You know, went off the deep endand whatever.
Uh, and so it was a lot of that.
And then I, I watched a lot ofPokemon pokey tubers and I was
like, I wanna do this.
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And I never had the means to doit, you know, when I was growing
up and even in college, youknow, I was in college and I
wanted to do it too.
And then, the pandemic happenedand I was working, my, big boy
college degree job, And justthings happened happened there.
and I got fired and I.
Then the stimulus check came in'cause I got it late for some
(21:06):
reason and the stimulus came inand I'm like, let me get a
stream set up because let me trydoing this and let me see if it
works.
And so in April of 2021, Istarted my first stream.
It wasn't, I was supposed tohave a face cam.
'cause I was a face cam streamerfor a while, and then I became a
p and g YouTuber, v YouTuber.
(21:28):
so I didn't have a cam and so Istarted doing the Wonder Lock
with Pokemon and kind of didthat and I had a little audience
and then I finished that and Iwent to the Shining Hunting, and
then I kept going, and thenstarted doing, other variety
content like Lego games andlike, R RPGs, but just kind of
other kind of games
David Hernandez (21:48):
Yeah, like,
Oshagod (21:50):
like a Plagues
David Hernandez (21:50):
uh,
Oshagod (21:51):
and, um, forgot what other games I played, but like a
lot of those other games.
And then I just kind of wantedto Pokemon, so I just stuck with
Pokemon.
And then ever since then it'sbeen like, so it's been four
years now, but Pokemon probablythree years consistently.
David Hernandez (22:09):
I guess since, you know, you talked about how
you got fired during thepandemic and you know, you
didn't have a job, but youdecided to kind of pursue this
hobby or interest, whatever youwanna call it, Twitch.
How did that kind of, I guess,help you reclaim maybe your
sense of purpose during thatkind of time when the world was
kind of falling apart?
Oshagod (22:26):
Uh, you know, you, you mentioned you a self sense of
purpose.
You know, I, um, of course my,you know, my self-esteem was
lowered.
know, I getting fired.
You know, even, and I, and Istill think I live on the,
still, live on the top of thehill.
In saying that, it was a dumbreason.
But even Anyway, I just, I, offelt like I kind of feel like I
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actually, and you know, because,you know, when I was my.
job, like I.
lot, I had like, I had acommunity kind of behind me
somewhat, so they were kind oflike, oh, you know, I can't wait
to read this next thing or do,you know, see this next thing
that I'm, this he's doing orwhatever.
so I like, I had a sense oftrying to find the self myself.
(23:07):
Sense of purpose is kind ofjust, you You know, meeting
other people, and other people.
Being like, Hey, you know, Ithink people and you know, let
me stick around and watch youand follow you interact with you
and stuff.
So, and it kind of gave me asense of being important again,
I would say.
David Hernandez (23:27):
And how do you carry that sense of importance,
I guess, or that sense of worthand validation to your streams?
Now I.
Oshagod (23:34):
So in the beginning I kind of carried it as like in a
strong sense, but now keeping,just even now, like that whole
sense of worth.
I mean, I still think that.
People still wanna see me, eventhough, you know, even if it's
one person, people still wannasee me and see what I'm doing
and, you know, still wanna bethere for me and cheer for me
(23:56):
and support me.
And so it I mean a lot justknowing that people wanna
support me, despite me beingbeing there not, you know?
David Hernandez (24:04):
well, I think that's a very noble way to
approach it because even if youjust say one person's watching
you, They're family in a waybecause just like you treated
your Pokemons, how you treatyour audience, it sounds like,
hey, it may just be one personthat's there watching, but I
wanna make sure they're includedand they get some entertainment
out of it.
Is that fair to say?
Oshagod (24:22):
Right.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Like I want people to get someentertainment out of it and you
know, a lot of things, what Igotta remember is that even
though, you know, no one'stalking, they may be like, mean
when on stream.
'cause when I'm on a stream, youknow, I don't talk a lot because
I feel like.
wouldn't say like, I feel likeI'm annoying, but I just feel
like, let me just let theusuals, the regulars talk and
(24:44):
let me just, you know, listen towhat the streamers, so I do
watch, I just don't sayanything.
And I have to remember thatpeople, there could be people
like that in my stream and youknow, I got, don't let that just
discourage me from, you know,keeping going.
You know, that's a lot of likemy thing.
Even then, now, even now.
David Hernandez (25:02):
Now obviously you named yourself osha, God,
you know, not osha.
Why you're osha.
God.
How did that kind of fit intoyou wanting to bring yourself in
outta comfort in the fun?
Like why Name yourself, osha,God.
Oshagod (25:14):
So start of that was basically in college.
Um, there was a Pokemon club andso we were doing a lot of like
competitive and I wasn't, I'mkind of new to it, so I'm like,
okay, let me bring my favoritePokemon Oshawott and let me make
him like.
Beefy and busted.
So I called him.
David Hernandez (25:34):
yeah.
Um,
Oshagod (25:35):
Um, so that kind kind of with me.
And then I kind of have always,then I started, that name, you
know, like for my play throughsand like game gamer tags and
things of that nature.
I I think, I think, I kind ofchanged everything, my gamer
tags and everything when Istarted streaming seriously.
mm-hmm.
Um, and so now everything's kindOshagod, but, That's kind of how
(25:56):
it came to be, was just that,just in college, just making
that one Oshawott, you know?
David Hernandez (26:02):
In a way, it reminds me of you, you take an
Oshawott on your new journey asa Twitch streamer and you just
kind of taking it, y'all waslike, we're gonna do this
together and entertain peoplejust with our own ansys, you
know?
Oshagod (26:13):
right, right.
Exactly.
David Hernandez (26:16):
Osha.
God, before you go, I wanna askthis last question.
Close out the interview, ifsomebody's gonna come battle
you.
what six Pokemon would you bringto the battle?
Oshagod (26:24):
Oh man.
So there was this, this trendgoing around on TikTok, like my
realistic Pokemon team.
And so I guess it would probablybe V six.
So Oshawott, um, the reason forit is coming, you know, I live
in America, the American Pokemonregion.
David Hernandez (26:41):
Um, I.
Oshagod (26:42):
otters, um, but not as much as frogs, which I'll get
into that.
so, and then al's my favoritePokemon, so it's a no brainer.
And then, um, I would sayPolitoed.
I love frogs.
I love water.
Pokemon Politoed was always justone of my favorite gin two
Pokemon.
And even on the, in the anime,you know.
You know, it just itself wasjust had a good personality, you
(27:04):
know, it's a frog again, youknow.
and then Umbreon because I havea black cat and I love Umbreon,
I love dark type Pokemon.
and then the rings kind ofremind me of my cat's eyes'cause
they're yellow.
David Hernandez (27:17):
Oh, I like that.
Uh,
Oshagod (27:18):
uh, Charizard because it is my favorite and I can use
it to fly around and go, youknow, places and, things of that
nature.
Bellibolt, again, I love frogs,but you know, electric, you
know, for my electricity and,you know, it's friend shaped,
so, you know, Archeops becauseit's my my favorite.
dinosaur.
I like a Trics, the little birddinosaur.
(27:42):
I, I I, I've always liked that,and it's my favorite.
other than Amara.
Mm-hmm.
yeah, I think that would be myteam
David Hernandez (27:50):
Well, Oshagod, if people wanna check out your
content, if they wanna connectwith you, where can they go?
By all means, please plug away.
Oshagod (27:56):
Yeah, so you You can.
see me on a twitch, usually onThursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays.
But I've been kind of doing alittle different, a mix Twitch
TV slash asha, God, um, onYouTube you could find some of
my, um.
Clips and some other content.
see, it's Asha, God, TTV andthen TikTok, troga, T, TV as
(28:19):
well.
And then also catching on Bluesky, you know, um, Asha, God,
blue sky, and
David Hernandez (28:25):
Yeah.
Thank you for listening to Asthe Poke Ball turns, if this
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I'm David Hernandez, andremember, your next Pokemon
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My name is Oshagod, and this is my Pokemon story.
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Um, uh, Umumph.
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Um, uh, Um, uh, umph uh uh uhuh.
David Hernandez (00:45):
Welcome to as the Pokemon Turns, where every
voice, every journey, and everymemory brings us closer to the
world of Pokemon.
I'm David Hernandez and I'mjoined by a streamer who's
favorite.
Otter always makes us splash.
And whose childhood bond withPokemon still echoes through
every story he shares.
Oshagod, welcome to As ThePokeball Turns.
Oshagod (01:04):
Nice.
Thank you for having me.
David Hernandez (01:06):
Absolutely.
And I'm gonna assume thatOshawott your favorite Pokemon,
you seem to have a very fondnessto that Pokemon.
I wanted to ask, like, can youshare the story of how it became
your favorite Pokemon, or what'sthe connection with it?
Oshagod (01:17):
Yeah, so, It was right around the time that they
announced Pokemon Black andWhite.
I wasn't like a little, littlekid, I was probably like early
preteen tween, they announcedOshawott and I was like, oh,
this is a cute little character.
You know, I wonder, you know,what his personality is gonna
be.
And so, when the anime, appearedon Cartoon Network.
(01:38):
I was like, oh, cool, let'scheck it out, you know, and then
Oshawott showed up and it was socute it had a good personality.
And then, as I've grown up, likeI've kind of resonated with its
personality just on screen.
I don't know what it is, it'sjust for some reason it's just
that Pokemon itself has justalways resonated with me and
(02:00):
just who I am, you know?
David Hernandez (02:02):
do you remember what parts of it you kind of
enjoyed over other Pokemon?
Oshagod (02:05):
so in the anime, one thing is the kind of like how
he, he.
he had basically.
gone to Professor Juniper's laband no one had picked him and so
he was just kind of followingAsh around.
then eventually, I believe itwas an episode where I think
(02:26):
Sandile, they were like at someResort and Sandile was being a
bully Oshawott kind of helpedout or whatnot.
But I think a lot of just whatelse resonated with me with
Oshawott was there was this, I Iguess was training and he was
the.
Aqua Jett, like he closes hiseyes under the water and that
(02:46):
whole story eventually his eyesor he navigates it, you know, so
that this kind of resonates withme, my perseverance.
Keep going, you know?
David Hernandez (02:55):
Yeah.
I think I'm starting to remembernow'cause I remember it would
always close its eye'cause itwould always lose control of its
Aqua Jett.
So it was very uncontrollable.
And it was also the one thattapped its shell.
Right.
When it was proud of something.
Oshagod (03:06):
Yeah
David Hernandez (03:07):
Okay.
So you resonated with theperseverance of Oshawott.
The fact that it kept trying,even though I think it was
scared, is the reason why itwouldn't open its eyes.
Yeah.
Right.
Right.
Awesome, man.
Say that Oshawott was able to belike a co streamer on your
Twitch channel.
What kind of dynamic do youthink y'all two would have?
Oh man.
Oshagod (03:25):
I think, I I think would be getting into too many
things.
Be a cat, just too, be gettinginto too many things or he would
want like you said probably.
know?
David Hernandez (03:36):
right.
That's fine.
Oshagod (03:37):
you
David Hernandez (03:38):
Well, let's go ahead and dive into your first
experience.
So you started with Pokemon FireRed and Leaf Green.
What was it like to startplaying those games or to
experience those games when youstarted getting into Pokemon?
Oshagod (03:47):
Uh, so I mean I watched the anime and I was like, oh,
you know, I want Charmander.
You know, I wanna be, I wantCharizard So, when you're first
playing your first Pokemon game,uh, most people what they do is
they just solo it with thestarter and have like little
other Pokemon be like the HMdesignated Pokemon.
So that was me.
(04:07):
I don't think I ever beat thegame, but I do remember,
Beating, Gary or Blue, rightbefore the, elite Four right
outside, indigo Plateau.
But Yeah.
so that's what I remember fromthat basically.
David Hernandez (04:20):
I guess you went with the Charmander
starter, I assume.
'Cause you said, you said Char,so I'm assuming that's the one
you went through.
Oshagod (04:26):
Yeah, because Charizard was was my favorite when I was
like, when I was little, little,little and just kind of always,
it's my second favorite, now,but like and it's always.
like one of my top five or justtop two.
but yeah, and then also Iremember, the game in the, in
the grocery store too.
That's another thing I rememberWalking around with playing.
(04:47):
grocery store,
David Hernandez (04:48):
okay.
So you would just be walkingwith your parents while they get
the groceries and you'd befocused on the, were you using
like a Game Boy advance or an SPat the time?
Oshagod (04:56):
Oh man, I, yeah, I used the, was it, I think it was, I
don't know if it was a Silver orwas the blue, the pearl blue
one, but I do remember having, II don't have anymore.
I wish, had it, but Oh man.
David Hernandez (05:09):
uh, the things we wish we kept when we were
young.
Right?
Oshagod (05:12):
Oh yeah, for sure.
David Hernandez (05:14):
I guess what kept you engaged with the game
because you were looking forwardto this game.
So did it meet up to theexpectations and what did you
enjoy about it?
Oshagod (05:22):
I, I Yeah, I mean, yeah, it'd be up with the
expectations.
I mean, I, I I.
it would play like the anime,so, you know, of course, you
know how they, they play not outof turn, but they just kind of
battle and there's no turnsreally.
There's just.
Going out at it, but I thoughtthat's what it was.
But then I kind of learned thisis how it is and this is how
(05:44):
it's structured and this is howit plays.
It's different from the anime.
I guess what kept me going, Imean, I don't, I mean, just
discovering new Pokemon andseeing the ones I've saw on TV
or the show, like, oh, I knowthat Pokemon, you know,
David Hernandez (05:57):
so you were watching both the anime and
playing the games at that pointto where you would watch the
anime and then you would kindof.
I don't wanna say reflect, butyou would kind of model what you
saw on the anime into the gameshow.
Would you have like usually thefavorites of the main cast
usually?
Oshagod (06:11):
Yeah, Yeah, I definitely had Pikachu.
I, I, I know it was some point,I always a butterfree.
I always caught Caterpie everytime.
I'm Kanto with Caterpie everytime.
I don't know why.
I think Caterpie is like one ofmy, one of my favorites.
But yeah, having a Caterpie,always having a Pidgey, you
know, one of those,
David Hernandez (06:31):
Did you feel like you were kind of Ash
Ketchum whenever you would playthe games?
'cause you almost pretty muchwere copying word for word
almost.
Oshagod (06:38):
Yeah, I,think I named myself Ash at one point, when I
was a kid, you know, I don'twanna be me.
I would go to Ash one day, youknow, or like that, so,
David Hernandez (06:47):
I mean, I did the same thing with, the Hoen
Games Sapphire specifically, um,because I usually always did
Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip inthat order.
So they, because I choseTorchic, I try to get a team
like May, so I would have,Torchic, I would have Beautifly,
I would get a SKitty.
And I think that was pretty muchabout it to what I could copy
from her team, if I remembercorrectly.
(07:07):
But I would try to kind of liveout like how her adventure
would've gone had she had playedin those games, you know?
Right, right.
Now, you know, you kept playingwith the game, so did you
continue through going throughall the generations afterwards?
Like what was after gen three?
Oshagod (07:24):
So after gen three, it was Diamond and Pearl.
and I remember those two.
and then I kind of had like anaffinity.
It kind of, I liked Chimchar alot, but it wasn't like a strong
as like Charizard was or whatOshawott is now.
But I remember playing those, Imean, I played every generation.
I've played every one of them,
David Hernandez (07:43):
Oh, so you've been consistent since FireRed,
LeafGreen till present day.
Yeah.
Ooh, wow.
Hey, I like that.
Some dedication.
I love it.
Oshagod (07:51):
Oh yeah!
David Hernandez (07:53):
Well, let me ask you this question.
What's your favorite, I'll sayset of games or region that you
enjoyed playing?
Oshagod (07:59):
man.
Uh, Unova.
David Hernandez (08:02):
Unova, Why Unova??
Oshagod (08:04):
Other than Oshawott is starters, It's mainly modeled
after that New York and NewJersey and that area.
But even Driftveil City, like Iknow it's supposed to be, you
know, somewhere like I said NewYork, New Jersey.
But it resonated with me'causeI'm from Texas, you know, so I
got clay, you know, and.
(08:24):
Got the, the oil guy, you know,and the, yeah, so it was That
the Pokemon are just is reallygood.
Hydreigon is like the good one.
High Galvantula, Krookodile,like there's so many Pokemon.
The story is good, I think it'sprobably the closest.
to maybe an evil team beingreally bad other than Team Flare
(08:49):
in sixth Gen.
But that gen is just, I don'tknow, top tier to me.
David Hernandez (08:53):
I guess you also stuck with the same Pokemon
that ash pick.
So you would do Levanny,Krookodile,, Roggenrola and
stuff like that.
Oshagod (09:01):
Yeah, I I lot of Ash's Pokemon.
But like thing that I noticed,when I got kind of older was the
anime, like the English dub ofit would wouldn't come out until
after the games.
We got the games.
So my team would just bewhatever I liked at the moment.
And then when I played it again,yeah, of course I had some Ash's
(09:22):
Pokemon, but a lot of my stapleswas the, bird, the Krookodile,
Darmanitan, Oshawott, like someof those.
David Hernandez (09:32):
Now when it came to Pokemon, how did it kind
of help you find friends?
Because I think you said youfound friends online because of
Pokemon.
Oshagod (09:40):
Okay.
Yeah, so I had a friend, named,Ian.
And we would play Pokemontogether, but we'd have the
cards and, know, we'd play thegame.
We'd talk about what our team,and he would be like, oh, I have
this mythical, and then I'll lethim borrow my game so he could
put like Darkrai and stuff onit.
And Jirachi, I still have hisJirachi still, I.
David Hernandez (10:00):
Really?
Okay.
Uh,
Oshagod (10:01):
yeah.
that, and then I think whenHeartGold, Soul Silver came out,
I think it kind of just dieddown for like making friends and
I really, I.
Didn't really make much friends,like meaningful friendships
until like maybe college andthen even then that kind of died
down too.
But, really just how I maybe hadfriends now is just kind of the
(10:25):
commonality of who you grow upwith.
The same things, we experiencethe same things.
We're, we're, you know, we'reWe're still in the Pokemon,
we're we're not know,badmouthing people.
Like, you know, the bullieswould do while we were in
school.
David Hernandez (10:39):
did you feel like you were alienated at some
point because you liked Pokemon?
'cause?
You said like specificallyaround, I think you said
platinum, is when you kind offelt like you didn't really have
any friends to kind of go to, tohave that Pokemon connection.
If so, you will.
Oshagod (10:51):
yeah.
Around like platinum time was,yeah.
Really when it died down.
And then you know, the boys waslike, you know, they'd be
interested in Call of Duty and,know, all the other shooter
games.
And I, you know, I was like,okay, yeah, cool, I'll play
that.
But at the same time, like Ialways was consistent with
Pokemon, But you you know,sometimes game, I kind of
didn't.
(11:11):
I stopped playing it or I justrestarted.
but Yeah, so yeah, it was aroundthose times.
David Hernandez (11:17):
that's pretty much similar to my way.
'cause you know, I had friendsand they were really good
friends, don't get me wrong, butthey were also into the, uh,
shooting games.
'cause Call of Duty was huge.
halo was huge.
But for me, you know, I was justso, I guess hyper.
Infatuated with Pokemon.
Like I would play the games overand over and over and it just
was hard to find friends whowould be that dedicated back in
(11:38):
those days.
So I, you know, they entertainedme more so than they probably
should have.
But I kind of feel you to whereI can feel alienating, where you
don't have that friend to talkPokemon with, you know, it's
like a different language in away.
Oshagod (11:50):
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David Hernandez (12:25):
I wanted to ask,'cause you said something
about, so you said somethinginteresting to me, how Pokemon
taught you empathy, creativity,and friendship.
And I was wondering, would yoube willing to elaborate, like
how Pokemon taught you that
Oshagod (12:34):
So kind of a little niche thing about me is I'm
autistic.
So kind of how I learn my socialskills and kind of like I kind
of learn how to talk to peopleand how to like be friendly and
empathetic was through Pokemon,like, the anime and even the
games teach you that Pokemon areour friends.
You know, they're not tools,know, they love us.
(12:57):
they like battling'cause it'skind of like a, a fast time for
them.
I I mean, I know the battlingpart kind of sounds bad
obviously, but like, just kindof like how the characters
interacted and how I kind ofcared for my Pokemon when I was
playing.
Like, I would always treat themas like.
royalty.
Like, I would be like, oh, thisis very this, you know, they'd
(13:18):
get sad if I I wasn't there,kind of thing.
So it gets kind of, I kind oftreated them like as a pet, you
know?
But like with love, you know?
David Hernandez (13:27):
Do you have like specific examples on how
you would treat them with thatkinda love that you're talking
about?
Oshagod (13:32):
So in the older games you really couldn't do anything
with a six gen.
You could like give them like,Bathe them and give them like,
uh, what is it, macarons, or wasit the P puffs?
That's right.
David Hernandez (13:44):
Yeah.
Pokey puffs.
Yeah.
Oshagod (13:45):
That, and then like even now, and like Scarlet and
Violet, you can give'em bathsand the same thing, you know,
sandwiches.
And then even eighth gen, youknow, with.
Sword Shield curries.
even even now, like been, it is,it's a lot more, like I, I'm a
lot more expressive with thePokemon and like when, how I
took care of them mm-hmm.
(14:06):
than it was back then.
But back then, I mean, I wouldmake sure they wouldn't faint or
you know, I'd take'em to thisPokemon center, I'd heal twice.
You know, everybody thinks thatyou heal twice, the friendship
goes up, you know,
David Hernandez (14:19):
Yeah.
Oshagod (14:19):
kind of thing.
So,
David Hernandez (14:21):
Yeah, I felt the same way.
'cause whenever I would see myPokemon, like almost about to
faint or like in the or if theywere already fainted, I would
literally run to back to thePokemon Center because I'm like,
oh, they're hurt.
I need to get'em healed.
And just like you, I would treat'em like pets because to me
they're fainted.
I'm like, you gotta take care of'em in a way.
So I really kind of resonatewith that.
I kind of relate for sure.
Oshagod (14:41):
Yeah,
David Hernandez (14:43):
You know, you mentioned how Pokemon Scarlet
and Violet, Sword and Shield, orI guess more of the recent games
you mentioned, how more of therecent games have different ways
to connect with Pokemon than wedid back growing up.
Do you enjoy those new ways tokind of engage with Pokemon,
like with the campgrounds, withthe, like spreading the status
with the brushes and all that?
Oshagod (15:01):
Yeah, I mean, even back on Pokemon Yellow, I'm bring
this like, even the Pokemonfollowing you mechanic is just,
we all want, like a lot of fanswanted it and you kind of have
as crawling about it, but it'snot the same.
You know, they're not reallyfollowing you, all the way they
kind of like fall back.
But even then, I I like itbecause it's accurate.
(15:25):
to how like the Pokemon wouldmove or their speed, you Mm-hmm.
So I like that part.
of it, you know, in the newergenerations.
David Hernandez (15:33):
Is there a particular character that kind
of reflects who you are?
You think, like you kind of lookat that person and you're like,
I'm kind of dislike you as aperson.
Oshagod (15:41):
Uh, like a Pokemon character probably, Oshawott
obviously that him, but like,um, geez, like I, I mean, I see,
I see myself a lot of Ash andBrock kind of with the breeding
aspect.
'cause I love Masuda method.
That's my favorite Shiny method.
And so the breeding part, like,I don't know if this is like
(16:04):
later part but, like I always,wanted to either be like a gym
leader or like a PokemonBreeder.
And, like in the Pokemon world,because I feel like one I can,
you know, make a Pokemon withgood stats or whatever for
Pokemon Who or trainers who wanta battle.
And then, you know, gym leader,you know, everybody wants to be
a gym leader, you know,
David Hernandez (16:23):
For me, I've always wanted to be a Pokemon
breeder.
I love like the idea of breedingmoves to Pokemon.
Um, back in gen three, Iremember I tried so hard to get
my Salamence to know hydro pump.
Now you wouldn't want Salamenceto know a special attack, but I
just thought it was kind of coolto be able to, I think I had a
chain breed or something likethat.
Can't remember.
It was kind of complicated.
Yeah, and it was just kind ofcool to get that kind of move.
(16:46):
It felt like it was somethingspecial.
So for me, I definitely would bea breeder.
But you said you'd be either abreeder or probably a breeder it
sounds like as well.
Right.
Yeah.
Oshagod (16:53):
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
David Hernandez (16:54):
Are you primarily a Shiny Hunter through
the Masuda Method that I takeit?
Oshagod (16:58):
Yeah, Yeah, i do a lot of Masuda and uh, yeah, I do a
lot of Masuta method.
That's like my favorite methodof all time.
I don't know what it is.
I mean, a lot of people hate itbecause it's so time consuming,
but I I don't I just find itinteresting.
I don't know.
David Hernandez (17:13):
When it comes to just playing Pokemon in
general, What's a moment, Iguess, being part of the online
community that kind of reallystuck with you finding friends
online?
Oshagod (17:21):
I, I think just like sharing sharing similar stories,
and then people kind of havingthe, the similar.
or having the same fondness fora Pokemon or having a special
memory.
I, I think the memories and justthe fondness and the, and the
shared experiences, I think iswhat makes it just the best
part.
David Hernandez (17:40):
Do you have any other, uh, stories you wanna
share?
Something that we maybe have nottouched on so far?
Oshagod (17:45):
I would say maybe like the first shiny I ever got, like
the full, my first full oddsshiny.
Um, and it wasn't through go'cause like through go
technically my first shiny wasCaterpie I goes kind of a, I
mean, I I would consider my everand I count it and, you know,
whatever in the record, books,whatever for myself, but, I had
(18:06):
just got done doing like, um,like a wonder lock or a surprise
tray, kinda lock kinda nuts,luck kind of so I'm kind of done
with this and I'm not, you know,doing the.
Thing anymore, so let me tryshiny hunting.
And so I went up into, I thinkit's the, the path to the peak
area where Frostmoth was and Ijust ran into a bunch of frost
(18:29):
moths And eventually some onepoint and I I was like, what if
I just never find it?
And then one day I got on mystream and I was like, I wanna
go on early, you know, like it.
Freaking, I don't even know,8:00 AM And I got on and the
first, Frostmoth ran into wasshiny.
And I'm like, okay, so I can dothis.
(18:50):
I can shiny hunt.
So, and then I just, it kindajust kickstarted it all.
And then I got, shiny, Nekkid,and then after that was Ponyta,
Galarian Ponytal.
And then, yeah, I just kind ofsky rocketed from there,, you
know, Mm-hmm.
I just never stopped shinyhunting after that.
David Hernandez (19:07):
Now you seem to have a difference, I guess, in
connection, between Pokemon GoShinies and Real Game Shinies,
do you kind of hold more valueto the real, the in game Shinies
compared to Pokemon Go?
Oshagod (19:19):
Uh, yeah, I do like with Pokemon Go, like if it's a
community day, you know, let me,you know, it's, eh, but if it's
like just a random one you find,like, you know, you click on,
you go on the app, you open itup, you click on a Pokemon at
shiny that I count, but like,what's a community today?
I'm just like, eh,
David Hernandez (19:35):
It's'cause you get like so many of them, it's
like they kind of lose meaningto it.
Oshagod (19:39):
Right.
But I mean a shiny is a shiny,and I'm not gonna, I just don't
count it myself, but I willcongratulate someone for getting
a shiny
David Hernandez (19:48):
Of, of course, of course.
Yeah.
You still celebrate with them,but it's just a personal, a
personal I guess, choice for youin a way.
Right?
Oshagod (19:55):
right.
David Hernandez (19:56):
Now you alluded to how you started streaming on
Twitch, Why did you startstreaming on Twitch?
Oshagod (20:02):
So, our age when, you know, YouTube was, I say it was.
Just starting out.
But it was like around the eraof like, you know, PewDiePie
coming out and a lot of otherYouTubers that, you know, are no
longer doing the platformanymore.
And I always kind of wanted todo something like that, be in
front of the camera, but just beso sort of an entertaining kind
(20:24):
of person.
And then, I watched a lot of,you know, a lot of cus before
he.
You know, went off the deep endand whatever.
Uh, and so it was a lot of that.
And then I, I watched a lot ofPokemon pokey tubers and I was
like, I wanna do this.
(20:44):
And I never had the means to doit, you know, when I was growing
up and even in college, youknow, I was in college and I
wanted to do it too.
And then, the pandemic happenedand I was working, my, big boy
college degree job, And justthings happened happened there.
and I got fired and I.
Then the stimulus check came in'cause I got it late for some
(21:06):
reason and the stimulus came inand I'm like, let me get a
stream set up because let me trydoing this and let me see if it
works.
And so in April of 2021, Istarted my first stream.
It wasn't, I was supposed tohave a face cam.
'cause I was a face cam streamerfor a while, and then I became a
p and g YouTuber, v YouTuber.
(21:28):
so I didn't have a cam and so Istarted doing the Wonder Lock
with Pokemon and kind of didthat and I had a little audience
and then I finished that and Iwent to the Shining Hunting, and
then I kept going, and thenstarted doing, other variety
content like Lego games andlike, R RPGs, but just kind of
other kind of games
David Hernandez (21:48):
Yeah, like,
Oshagod (21:50):
like a Plagues
David Hernandez (21:50):
uh,
Oshagod (21:51):
and, um, forgot what other games I played, but like a
lot of those other games.
And then I just kind of wantedto Pokemon, so I just stuck with
Pokemon.
And then ever since then it'sbeen like, so it's been four
years now, but Pokemon probablythree years consistently.
David Hernandez (22:09):
I guess since, you know, you talked about how
you got fired during thepandemic and you know, you
didn't have a job, but youdecided to kind of pursue this
hobby or interest, whatever youwanna call it, Twitch.
How did that kind of, I guess,help you reclaim maybe your
sense of purpose during thatkind of time when the world was
kind of falling apart?
Oshagod (22:26):
Uh, you know, you, you mentioned you a self sense of
purpose.
You know, I, um, of course my,you know, my self-esteem was
lowered.
know, I getting fired.
You know, even, and I, and Istill think I live on the,
still, live on the top of thehill.
In saying that, it was a dumbreason.
But even Anyway, I just, I, offelt like I kind of feel like I
(22:46):
actually, and you know, because,you know, when I was my.
job, like I.
lot, I had like, I had acommunity kind of behind me
somewhat, so they were kind oflike, oh, you know, I can't wait
to read this next thing or do,you know, see this next thing
that I'm, this he's doing orwhatever.
so I like, I had a sense oftrying to find the self myself.
(23:07):
Sense of purpose is kind ofjust, you You know, meeting
other people, and other people.
Being like, Hey, you know, Ithink people and you know, let
me stick around and watch youand follow you interact with you
and stuff.
So, and it kind of gave me asense of being important again,
I would say.
David Hernandez (23:27):
And how do you carry that sense of importance,
I guess, or that sense of worthand validation to your streams?
Now I.
Oshagod (23:34):
So in the beginning I kind of carried it as like in a
strong sense, but now keeping,just even now, like that whole
sense of worth.
I mean, I still think that.
People still wanna see me, eventhough, you know, even if it's
one person, people still wannasee me and see what I'm doing
and, you know, still wanna bethere for me and cheer for me
(23:56):
and support me.
And so it I mean a lot justknowing that people wanna
support me, despite me beingbeing there not, you know?
David Hernandez (24:04):
well, I think that's a very noble way to
approach it because even if youjust say one person's watching
you, They're family in a waybecause just like you treated
your Pokemons, how you treatyour audience, it sounds like,
hey, it may just be one personthat's there watching, but I
wanna make sure they're includedand they get some entertainment
out of it.
Is that fair to say?
Oshagod (24:22):
Right.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Like I want people to get someentertainment out of it and you
know, a lot of things, what Igotta remember is that even
though, you know, no one'stalking, they may be like, mean
when on stream.
'cause when I'm on a stream, youknow, I don't talk a lot because
I feel like.
wouldn't say like, I feel likeI'm annoying, but I just feel
like, let me just let theusuals, the regulars talk and
(24:44):
let me just, you know, listen towhat the streamers, so I do
watch, I just don't sayanything.
And I have to remember thatpeople, there could be people
like that in my stream and youknow, I got, don't let that just
discourage me from, you know,keeping going.
You know, that's a lot of likemy thing.
Even then, now, even now.
David Hernandez (25:02):
Now obviously you named yourself osha, God,
you know, not osha.
Why you're osha.
God.
How did that kind of fit intoyou wanting to bring yourself in
outta comfort in the fun?
Like why Name yourself, osha,God.
Oshagod (25:14):
So start of that was basically in college.
Um, there was a Pokemon club andso we were doing a lot of like
competitive and I wasn't, I'mkind of new to it, so I'm like,
okay, let me bring my favoritePokemon Oshawott and let me make
him like.
Beefy and busted.
So I called him.
David Hernandez (25:34):
yeah.
Um,
Oshagod (25:35):
Um, so that kind kind of with me.
And then I kind of have always,then I started, that name, you
know, like for my play throughsand like game gamer tags and
things of that nature.
I I think, I think, I kind ofchanged everything, my gamer
tags and everything when Istarted streaming seriously.
mm-hmm.
Um, and so now everything's kindOshagod, but, That's kind of how
(25:56):
it came to be, was just that,just in college, just making
that one Oshawott, you know?
David Hernandez (26:02):
In a way, it reminds me of you, you take an
Oshawott on your new journey asa Twitch streamer and you just
kind of taking it, y'all waslike, we're gonna do this
together and entertain peoplejust with our own ansys, you
know?
Oshagod (26:13):
right, right.
Exactly.
David Hernandez (26:16):
Osha.
God, before you go, I wanna askthis last question.
Close out the interview, ifsomebody's gonna come battle
you.
what six Pokemon would you bringto the battle?
Oshagod (26:24):
Oh man.
So there was this, this trendgoing around on TikTok, like my
realistic Pokemon team.
And so I guess it would probablybe V six.
So Oshawott, um, the reason forit is coming, you know, I live
in America, the American Pokemonregion.
David Hernandez (26:41):
Um, I.
Oshagod (26:42):
otters, um, but not as much as frogs, which I'll get
into that.
so, and then al's my favoritePokemon, so it's a no brainer.
And then, um, I would sayPolitoed.
I love frogs.
I love water.
Pokemon Politoed was always justone of my favorite gin two
Pokemon.
And even on the, in the anime,you know.
You know, it just itself wasjust had a good personality, you
(27:04):
know, it's a frog again, youknow.
and then Umbreon because I havea black cat and I love Umbreon,
I love dark type Pokemon.
and then the rings kind ofremind me of my cat's eyes'cause
they're yellow.
David Hernandez (27:17):
Oh, I like that.
Uh,
Oshagod (27:18):
uh, Charizard because it is my favorite and I can use
it to fly around and go, youknow, places and, things of that
nature.
Bellibolt, again, I love frogs,but you know, electric, you
know, for my electricity and,you know, it's friend shaped,
so, you know, Archeops becauseit's my my favorite.
dinosaur.
I like a Trics, the little birddinosaur.
(27:42):
I, I I, I've always liked that,and it's my favorite.
other than Amara.
Mm-hmm.
yeah, I think that would be myteam
David Hernandez (27:50):
Well, Oshagod, if people wanna check out your
content, if they wanna connectwith you, where can they go?
By all means, please plug away.
Oshagod (27:56):
Yeah, so you You can.
see me on a twitch, usually onThursdays, Fridays and
Saturdays.
But I've been kind of doing alittle different, a mix Twitch
TV slash asha, God, um, onYouTube you could find some of
my, um.
Clips and some other content.
see, it's Asha, God, TTV andthen TikTok, troga, T, TV as
(28:19):
well.
And then also catching on Bluesky, you know, um, Asha, God,
blue sky, and
David Hernandez (28:25):
Yeah.
Thank you for listening to Asthe Poke Ball turns, if this
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For more voices, more journeys,and more memories.
I'm David Hernandez, andremember, your next Pokemon
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