I do this , and it ' s not because I ' m disinterested in meeting . More like 1 I ' m insanely busy and can ' t meet easily , meaning any meetings would be a week or more out anyway , and 2 I like to warm up online before meeting in person because that way we both get to know each other better and there aren ' t any weird dealbreakers for either of us . A 10 messagesbeforeyoumeet rule seems ridiculously hasty to me . <| sep |> Hey , sorry for the late reply . I was doing Thanksgiving stuff with family . I should have more time tomorrow to trade if you are still up for it . I ' m very capable of doing this job , it ' s just super late so I don ' t want to risk losing your Pokemon because I ' m tired . <| sep |> He ' s also running a historic number of 3 and 1 step drops , his completion percentage should be ridiculous . This speaks more to the construct of the offense than the quality of his play