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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