I feel like such an idiot

I've been watching this since the second gym, when the first OT was made. Got up this morning and checked, saw that they were still in the E4, and apparently had been for hours. 'It's fine,' says I. 'I'll just go for a quick run,' says I.
Go for a run and come back. I WAS STILL IN TIME! But I decided to catch up on the thread, and was READING THE PAGES I'D MISSED last night as it happened. Never felt so foolish in all my life. All I had to do was open the goddamn stream and I would have seen that it was 'happening'.
Moron of the year: me.
Oh well. Anyone else feel like their opinions on the main 6 pokemon have been changed forever? I'll never be able to see Venomoth, Omastar or Pidgeot in the same light ever again. I always loved Pidgeot, but now I know he's a beast.
Also, what was the crucial moment, other than democracy being instated? (I was there for that, still wish in a way that it hadn't happened.) For me it has to be catching Zapdos. This thing takes another week at least without him. People shouldn't forget how fucking crazy it was to go after him, and how ridiculously lucky it was that he was caught. That was the winning moment right there.
I mean, we could easily have gone to a PC and released Jesus and Zapdos at any stage, and that would have been basically it for a month. Thing would have died.
It really is a stunning victory. Congrats all!