Bron, if you win I'm half-expecting you to make Neo Pikachise you because you don't believe you actually won.

In any case, I think your lack of speed means that, to everyone else, you're a non-threat, so you could go the distance just by not being a threat (As opposed to Catie or even me, who's power and speed are obvious). Your less of a target than you realize. Or were.

As for the rolls, eh, your pessimism is warding them off. :P Everyone who went into a roll optimistic got nailed hard the last time, it's an unspoken rule. The reverese is apparently true. Of course, I do have natural born immunization from being a Pikachu the whole time last game, so we'll see which one wins out in the luck department. (You remember PSG8, right? When I was a massive, massive n00b the size of the sun? Yeah, things have definitely changed since then.)