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Cyndaquil is no more... because he's a Quilava now

grinding when your Pokemon don't listen is Not Fun

Sheep007 posted...

I believe in Ctes. You get a sun stone early in Platinum, if he lives til the fourth gym he'll be ready for Wake!

Could be even earlier, but Pickup can't get one in Platinum, only HGSS!

Lopen posted...

Funny thing is I said "if Ulti was playing this role right he'd have 3 town 2 scum on it as a hedge" and was shouted down there too

And sure enough, 3 town 2 scum was what was on it

yeah I was super wrong on that and must own it

My luck has finally turned around. Got the 25% Sunkern encounter in the National Park. Welcome to the team ctes the Adamant Sunkern

back in mah day

PSYBEAM
+3 Reuniclus
+2 Armaldo
+1 Zebstrika
-1 Duskull
-2 Pineco
-3 Glastrier

This division is brutal. Flapple would get my +3 in a lot of divisions (including the other one today) and I couldn't even fit him in. Armaldo is probably like top 15 for me and only gets a +2. Glastrier is the only minus I feel good about. Yeesh

COMEUPPANCE
+3 Rookidee
+2 Poochyena
+1 Lotad
-1 Spearow
-2 Cosmoem
-3 Dudunsparce

Conversely this division is very blah. I don't even dislike any of these, just a lot of average

SirChris posted...

36k posts

kill me now

oh

Seanchan posted...

Not that I haven't already dropped some in here, but that's certainly a hot take right there! Really, 2 is the worst of the trilogy?

Easily. I've tried like 3 separate times to get through it and I don't think I've made it past like, World 2. I replay 1 pretty regularly and 3 isn't as good but I at least finished it

Yeah losing Lea was an absolute tragedy :(

DKC2 is terrible and by far the worst of the original trilogy. Thankfully Chrono Trigger was here to avert an absolute disaster

AriaOfBolo posted...

I feel like this is less true than I'd expect, I see a lot of comments mentioning battle worth or putting down NFE's. I think it's the most common deciding factor, just less universally so than I would've guessed.

or being mono-type if you're Invisio lol

NEEDLE ARM
+3 Ceruledge
+2 Meganium
+1 Snivy
-1 Hattrem
-2 Exploud
-3 Tsareena

FROST BREATH
+3 Cofagrigus
+2 Kommo-o
+1 Minccino
-1 Cranidos
-2 Cleffa
-3 Celesteela

Forceful_Dragon posted...

And then MZero suggesting it should be me first seems like he could be Chris's scummate trying to end the game. I think host saying that scum would have majority at 3/6 and would win even if town had the ability to cast enough votes. So if we miss today I think we lose tomorrow regardless of my ability to hammer or Lopens ghostly vote.

I already changed my mind on this lol

Before heading into Ilex Forest, I level up Zen to 18 so he can learn Headbutt, then I got back and check a few trees in areas I haven't had an encounter yet. Route 46 and Azalea Town both yield an Aipom, and I went all the way back to New Bark Town just to find yet another Hoothoot. I'm counting Togepi as the Violet City encounter, so that's all for now. I named both Aipoms mnk, cause those letters all appear in the word monkey. One of them has Pickup, which might come in handy.

I decided to wait until night time to go into the Forest, as that gives me a 75% of either Oddish or Paras, both of which would be- gosh darn it it's another Zubat. I accidentally killed that last one, so the species clause wouldn't even have saved me here. I catch it and name it Tickle, Wickle's evil twin. I chase some Farfetch'd around, get Cut, and move on to Route 34.

This route has Drowzee at 50%, Abra at 10%, and Ditto at 5%, so of course I get the 35% chance of ANOTHER FREAKING RATTATA I HATE THIS POKEMON

Before doing story stuff in Goldenrod, I pop up to Route 35. No Rattatas or Zubats here, and only a 5% chance of running into Hoothoot, surely my luck isn't that bad! 90% chance of getting either an Abra, Drowzee, or one of the Nidorans. Suffice to say I did not, I got Ditto, which is a 4% encounter. Would Ditto even be useful? I'll never know because it broke out of all my balls and I had to kill it. I don't even know how luck can be this bad.

Now that I have caught exactly nothing to make Platinum easier, I head back to Sinnoh to try and make some progress. Outside the Power Plant I find a wild Buizel, which is level 10 and stronger than most of my team. This is where I made a grave mistake. Buizel doesn't learn Water Gun until around level 14 or 15 in the recent games, but in Gen 4 it's around level 6. I send it Lea to do some damage and get one-shot by Water Gun. Well, that's not good. I end up catching the killer and naming it Flubb the Lea Slayer.

The grunt guarding the door nearly kills my entire team, but I escape without any casualties. I head to the meadow where one of the Grunts has a Stunky that is Bad News. Tickle falls in battle, but at least it wasn't the real Wickle. The other Grunt has two Zubats which are powerless against Aga. I get the key and some honey, but I really don't know how I'm going to beat Mars. I might need to abandon my low level strategy and take the risk with high level Pokemon ignoring me. Platinum is definitely much harder so far, but I think it will be mostly smooth sailing if I can get past Gardenia.

Team update

Heart Gold:
Zen the Rash Bibarel - Lv. 19
Poka the Quirky Luxio - Lv. 19
tcaz the Hasty Staravia - Lv. 19
Maniac the Careful Magikarp - Lv. 7
wallz the Bold Ponyta - Lv. 5
chey the Quiet Geodude - Lv. 11

On Standby:
Wickle the Sassy Zubat - Lv. 6

Platinum:
Raka the Jolly Cyndaquil - Lv. 11
Aga the Impish Hoothoot - Lv. 9
Kirby the Brave Rattata - Lv. 9
Ermy the Quirky Togepi - Lv. 7
Ana the Serious Magikarp - Lv. 10
mnk the Docile Aipom - Lv. 5

The Fallen:
Skull the Adamant Monferno - Slain by Bugsy's Scyther
Lea the Rash Geodude - Slain by Flubb the Bold Buizel
Tickle the Docile Zubat - Slain by a Grunt's Stunky

I've changed my mind and think we should kill Chris actually

The fact that no one agreed with him Day 1 and then he claimed to save himself, which is suspicious enough in it's own right, makes me thing he's full of poo

My pet theory is that only the kill part is true, which was day 2 when Lea also agreed, and the saves part is fake

SirChris posted...

As long as you agree with my outstanding theory about aliens being real and converting their hivemind into a mafia sleuthing ability I will do this, yes yes.

SirChris posted...

Sultan, do you agree that the reason you were swayed to vote death is because of the aliens disdain for the backwards of his name? Yes yes, good for town if say yes, yes yes

SirChris posted...

There may be cookies for you if you say yes.

Chris really wanted Sultan to say yes, but he never actually did. I assume that's what he's claiming.

Day 2

SirChris posted...

Ok fd this is easy. All you have to do is agree with this post.

The reason you elected to use your power on ulti is because I have magical time travel powers and went back in time to tell you that ulti was going to be scum. This is why you voted for ulti and had him executed.

Right?

SirChris posted...

Hey Lea

Post 73

That's why you voted ulti right? Me time traveling? I know you won't be a stick in the mud

Lea and FD both agree

Day 3

SirChris posted...

you chopped lopen because of my next generation spy information on him, yes?

Interesting that FD was responsible for two of these, although he originally refused Day 2 before changing his tune for whatever reason

SirChris posted...

when someone gives me credit for a crazy theory on a town chop, I get a doctor save. When they do so for a mafia chop, I get a vig.

I can save myself and did so n1, n2 obv killed kirby, and n3 targeted mzero

its why i bought mzero's self mayor thing

wait a minute

I just went back to the EoD1 and it looks like you were trying to get Sultan to give you credit but he never actually did. How did you get a save?

I don't think we're a MyLo now because if we mislynch, it'll be 2v2 tomorrow and we have Lopen's vote, so we could technically still vote out a scum if we banded together. Idk if it would actually work that way but it makes sense to me. Typically even numbers are a loss because scum can force a NL and NK someone but in this case that wouldn't work. I guess it would be up to the host though. But if FD is scum, it would be MyLo due to his power

I'm thinking maybe we should kill FD and try to get Chris another save/kill, and if he's still alive tomorrow we deal with him then.

...but the more I think about it, it's weird that Chris gets a save for a town lynch. But it's also a wild thing to make up and something he's been crafting since Day 1, which is a long play. Then again, if just the kill part is true it would make sense needing to set that up for when a teammate was on the chopping block.

Zigzagoon posted...

If possible at least let me be a Togetic for a few levels <3

Oh don't worry, I plan on having you as Togetic for quite awhile!

azuarc posted...

Nominated for Easter

now I feel bad for thinking of

ZeroSignal posted...

Shit

MZero posted...

Didnt really need another Fire type

Well if this wasn't some foreshadowing...

I make it through Union Cave and to Route 33, where I encounter... another Rattata. Then I head for the Slowpoke Well, where I find a Zubat, but Zen kills it with a critical. Ah well. I take care of Team Rocket and head for the gym. With tcaz evolved to Staravia and Skull evolved to Monferno, this should be a walk in the park. I battle the trainers for some EXP and evolve Zen to Bibarel and Poka to Luxio, knowing I have a Rival fight coming up and I need something to deal with his Croconaw.

Bugsy's Scyther is no joke, nearly killing Poka with a U-Turn. I send in Skull to clean up the Metapod, and Scyther comes back out. We trade Embers, which do surprisingly little damage (I guess I should have known because he's Adamant), and Quick Attacks for a few turns until one of them crits. We've lost our first soldier...

tcaz comes in and finishes the job with a couple Wing Attacks, earning me the Hive Badge in a truly Pyrrhic victory. Poka makes quick work of the Rival fight and it's off to the Ilex Forrest.

Team update

Heart Gold:
Zen the Rash Bibarel - Lv. 15
Poka the Quirky Luxio - Lv. 16
tcaz the Hasty Staravia - Lv. 19
Maniac the Careful Magikarp - Lv. 6
Wickle the Sassy Zubat - Lv. 6

The Fallen:
Skull the Adamant Monferno - Slain by Bugsy's Scyther

Chris being able to save himself is weird too

I think he's referencing how he kept asking people to say they're lynching people for weird reasons and they would say yes

like "You're voting Ulti because future Chris told you he flips scum" and weird stuff like that

mnk posted...

I don't see Roark going well.

I find your lack of faith disturbing!

Before taking on Roark, I head up to Route 207 for my encounter, which turns out to be a Ponyta. Didnt really need another Fire type so I was hoping for a Machop (which was my second encounter), but itll work. I name it wallz. Then I head into the mines to find Roark and catch a Geodude for Heart Gold, which I named chey. I head back to the gym and take on one of the trainers for a bit of EXP, getting Lea to a nice even Level 10.

Now its time for the Roark battle. I start with Lea and use Defense Curl six times and a few Rock Polishes, then I go to work with Rock Smash. Lea was able to comfortably solo Roark, but unfortunately leveled up too much during the battle and started ignoring my commands. Luckily, Cranidos was the only thing even remotely threatening, and it only did 4 damage with Pursuit, so I was able to power throw with a defiant Lea and obtain the Coal Badge. Lea will probably not be seeing much action for awhile, but luckily she wouldnt have helped much against Gardenia anyway.

With the first badge in hand, its time to head back to Heart Gold for awhile.

Team update

Platinum:
Raka the Jolly Cyndaquil - Lv. 9
Aga the Impish Hoothoot - Lv. 5
Lea the Rash Geodude - Lv. 14
Kirby the Brave Rattata - Lv. 8
Ermy the Quirky Togepi - Lv. 5
Ana the Serious Magikarp - Lv. 10

Zigzagoon posted...

But I have a feeling I'll become a giant airplane instead, if I survive LOL

you said you wanted to be the strong guy!

oh shoot

so we're not really at MyLo then since we have Lopen's vote

host can you confirm how many votes are needed for majority

Obellisk posted...

Lopen cleverly voting us all so he has the proper quotes after his death.

Growing as a player shouldn't be my downfall Chris. I may not have had strong scum reads this game but I certainly nailed a few town and didn't get into unnecessary kerfuffles along the way.

oh wow, I didn't even think of this

I wonder if his vote actually counts

We also have to consider that if Ulti was being truthful about FD being 3rd party (4th party?), we can't lynch him, assuming two scum remaining

who is your preferred lynch?

wallz kill does point to you and FD I can't lie

SirChris posted...

and lopen is going to be here murdering me anyway so

you know

well you're looking at the guy that can save you...!

SirChris posted...

its mylo?

oh right

why did you feel the need to claim that now just curious

Man, I like the idea of Ice type but not the execution. Ummm

9. Gen VIII - Snom/Frosmoth and Darmanitan are good but everything else sucks and the fossils are so bad they drag it down to last place. Mr. Rime is terrible too.

8. Gen VI - Auorus line is solid but gets outshine by the much superior Tyrantrum line. Everything else is bad.

7. Gen VII - The only original Pokemon here is one of the worst Pokemon of all time, which sucks because these are some of the best regional forms.

6. Gen V - I'm on of the biggest fans of the ice cream line around, and Cubchoo is adorable, but the rest are pretty meh.

5. Gen II - I like the Piloswine line and Sneasel, but they both get improved on later. Delibird is great and Smoochum kind of sucks.

4. Gen I - Dewgong is one of the most forgettable Gen 1 Pokemon, and I've never liked Jynx. I like Articuno in general, but it's solidly my least favorite of the trio. Cloyster and Lapras are pretty good as well, but not among my favorites. As usual, Gen 1 is very solid.

3. Gen IV - Abomasnow sucks and Froslass isn't my cup of tea, but Weavile, Mamoswine, and Glaceon is a very good top 3.

2. Gen IX - There's nothing here I dislike. Love Cetoddle, the Artibax line is great, Chien Pao is cool, and Iron Bundle is one of the better Paradox Pokemon.

1. Gen III - Ironically, my favorite Pokemon is actually Ice-type. Spheal is such an adorable ball of joy and really carries this generation pretty hard. I do like Castform and the Glalie line though, and Regice is my favorite Regi... even if I don't really like any of them that much. Walrein is a disgrace, but Sealeo is at least decent. In the end, not the strongest lineup but no other generation was good enough to beat out a group with Spheal in it.

Looked at the poll and said "there's a new Tales game coming out??"

I can't let you die before becoming the ultimate HM slave

I finished off the Sprout Tower with little difficulty and took on the first gym. These were my levels going in:

tcaz Lv. 10
Skull Lv. 9
Poka Lv. 8
Zen Lv. 6

I start of the Falkner fight with Poka to land intimidate on his Pidgey, then switch into Skull to get rid of the Sand Attack and take it down with ease. Next is his Level 13 Pidgeotto, the real threat. I switch into Poka for intimidate... not considering the fact that Gust is Special. To make matters worse, he hits a critical gust which knocks off about half Poka's health, yikes. I get a Leer off and then switch into Skull to get as much damage on him as I can before switching into tcaz. He Roosts back to full health and we're back at square one. We trade a few Wing Attacks and Roosts until we end up at Pidgeotto with yellow health and tcaz at 4 HP. I didn't have any good switch options and I wasn't confident in Quick Attack finishing the gob, but after contemplating long and hard I took the plunge and knocked it out. First badge down with no casualties!

Beating Falkner raises my level cap for obedience to 20, which gives me some leeway, and also unlocks a few things I can do to help my Platinum run. First, I head to Route 32 to collect the old rod and hopefully find a not Magikarp water type to use against Roark. I start by heading to Cherrygrove City and I fish up... a Magikarp. Oh well, itll be useful eventually! I named it Anagram. Next I head to the Ruins of Alph looking for a Poliwag, but find... another Magikarp, which I named backup Anagram. This is where that species clause would really come in handy, but we push onward. I head to Union Cave and take a shot at a Goldeen. Yet another Magikarp... these are 85% encounters so I cant be too mad, but this kind of luck would have been nice a while ago! This one is named Ana. At least I can lose a few Magikarps and still be okay!

I also collect the egg, which I finally decided to trade over after it hatched. I named it Ermy because it's cute and I have big plans for it.

Moving over to Platinum, I make my way towards Jubilife City, do all the required stuff, and catch some Pokemon; a Magikarp on Route 118 (Maniac), another Bidoof on Route 203, and another Bidoof on Route 204. I think I didn't even catch one of them though. Barry attacks me and I take care of him pretty easily. Lea has been the MVP so far by being bulky and tanking a lot of hits. I finally get something new in Oreburgh Gate, catching a Zubat and naming it Wickle. I also pick up the Rock Smash HM, which should be somewhat useful against Roark.

Team update

Heart Gold:
Skull the Adamant Chimchar - Lv. 12
Zen the Rash Bidoof - Lv. 10
Poka the Quirky Shinx - Lv. 11
tcaz the Hasty Starly - Lv. 13
Maniac the Careful Magikarp - Lv. 6
Wickle the Sassy Zubat - Lv. 6

Platinum:
Raka the Jolly Cyndaquil - Lv. 8
Aga the Impish Hoothoot - Lv. 3
Lea the Rash Geodude - Lv. 8
Kirby the Brave Rattata - Lv. 7
Ermy the Quirk Togepi - Lv. 5
Ana the Serious Magikarp - Lv. 10

Chrono Trigger

SNORE
+3 Pichu
+2 Copperajah
+1 Dachsbun
-1 Tinkatink
-2 Walrein
-3 Chesnaught

G-Max Tartness
+3 Skeledirge
+2 Weepinbell
+1 Ferrothorn
-1 Accelgor
-2 Toxel
-3 Abomasnow

You mixed up the division names there

Murder

I think I was thinking of kill lol

Yeah I probably should have used a species clause!

Currently contemplating if trading the egg before it hatches would be cheating. Technically no rule against it, but managing obedience is part of the challenge so idk

wallmasterz posted...

Whats the character limit on nicknames? Will NoPlayMetroid work or should you do CtesTears?

5 cause my games are Japanese haha

Hmm I'm starting to feel like FD might be my counter

wallmasterz posted...

Great job sultan

Last year during your tournament you were scum so uh

i hope this year is different lol

The new red at Disneyland???

It completely slipped my mind that traded Pokemon get boosted EXP

Good to see all the interest, and I knew you'd appreciate being a Bidoof, Zen.

So right away I realized Platinum early game is going to be a big roadblock, as my Pokemon won't listen to me past level 10 until I get the second badge. The first leader is Roark, and I'm currently sporting a team of Cyndaquil and Hoothoot, and after that I need to take on Gardenia and her level 22 Roserade with a bunch of level 10s, or take my chances with higher level Pokemon.

I decided to start by moving through Heart Gold while I thought of a strategy and hopefully get some Pokemon to help with Roark. My journey begins on Route 30, where I encounter... another Hoothoot. I named this one Xeno, but hopefully it won't be seeing much action. I proceed to Route 31, where I encounter... yet another Hoothoot. I shouldn't have done this at night >_> but Hoothoot is only a 10% encounter on this route, so that was some rotten luck. I was hoping for Bellsprout. Next I head into the Dark Cave and catch a Geodude... or Geodudette rather. I named her Lea.

I make it to Violet City, and I need to do the Sprout Tower before facing Faulkner. Skull could steamroll it obviously, but he's already level 8 and dangerously close to ignoring my commands, so I need to get a few Pokemon from Platinum to make sure I don't overlevel. But first, I decide to pop into the tower for a Gastly, as it has good resistances for Gardenia. It's an 85% encounter at night, so I should be *cue wild Rattata*. Well that sucks, but I caught it and named it Kirby. My next stop was Route 32, where I hoped to catch a Wooper (35%) or Bellsprout (20%), or even a Mareep (10%). Nope, got another flipping Rattata. Didn't even bother catching this one >_>

Back in Platinum, I started by backtracking to Lake Verity and catching a Starly, which I named tcaz. I proceeded to Route 202 and caught a Shinx, which I of course named Poka. So far, Platinum is having better luck getting what I want, which is actually bad luck because they are going to the other game!

Team update

Heart Gold:
Skull the Adamant Chimchar - Lv. 8
Zen the Rash Bidoof - Lv. 3
Poka the Quirky Shinx - Lv. 3
tcaz the Hasty Starly - Lv. 2

Platinum:
Raka the Jolly Cyndaquil - Lv. 6
Aga the Impish Hoothoot - Lv. 3
Lea the Rash Geodude - Lv. 2
Kirby the Brave Rattata - Lv. 5

OrangeCrush980 posted...

Diggersby tho

yeah it's atrocious