The Pokemon Chat Challenge: Fire Red and Leaf Green

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  1. Elements

    Elements BOOMER SOONER Forum Moderator Server Staff Forum Moderator Server Staff

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    You may choose to pick Fire Red or Leaf Green for your challenges. Note that the Scramble Challenge will determine which game you will play.

    Score System

    The Score System is very easy to understand. Each Challenge is worth 1 point and you can get a total of 5 points from each Pokemon version. After the Platinum Challenge all the points from every user will be tallied up and the winner with the most points (max number of points is 20) will win the Pokemon Chat Challenge.


    General Rules for Challenges

    1. All Challenges must be done on a New File on the selected games. It is preferred if you play on a ROM due to the ability to make a screenshot to show your team's progress.

    2. All Challenges will end when you defeat the Elite Four and Champion

    3. You may only use a single pokemon of any species. Meaning you cannot have two Lucario or two Tyranitar, etc.

    4. You may not use pokemon of the same evolutionary line. However you can use evolutions from a split evolutionary line such as: Jolteon, Flareon, Espeon, Umbreon, Vaporeon, Leafeon, Glaceon, etc.

    5. All Challenges that you wish to participate in must be posted in this thread and be accepted by SteelEdges.

    6. Do not use any Cheating devices such as Gameshark, Action Replay, etc.

    7. When playing through your challenge make sure to post progress reports. A good idea is to post a screenshot of your team and or boxes on the PC; this is the best way to show that you are following specific challenge guidelines. If you cannot figure out how to use print screen then make sure you create status updates with text. Make sure to go into detail though.

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    Speed Challenge
    Complete the game as fast as you can!

    1. No Speed throttling - This means you cannot speed up the game by the using the space bar as this will be counted as cheating.

    2. No team restrictions in this challenge.

    3. After you defeat the Elite Four and Champion you are to post your playtime and the date you defeated the challenge.

    Sign Ups:

    1. T-Dogg
    2. Insane Soul
    3. Blitzamirin
    4. Professor Oak
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    Monotype Challenge
    Can you defeat the game using only one Pokemon type?

    1. You may only use one type of Pokemon i.e. only Grass Pokemon, only Fire Pokemon, etc. You can't use one Fire and one Grass.

    2. If your starter is not the same type you chose, you may use your starter of choice until obtaining a Pokemon of your Challenge's type.

    3. You may use HM slaves of any type. However, these Pokemon are NOT allowed for use in battle.

    4. Dual-type Pokemon are allowed, so long as one of their types is the Challenge's designated type.

    5. Due the the availability of Dragon types I am banning the use of this type. Ghost is also banned.

    Sign Ups:

    1. Avatar Roku
    2. Slowkii
    3. RedJoker25
    4. Nainil
    5. Bebbz
    6. [withdrawn]
    7. IronStorm
    8. BeastCharizard
    9. Celestial Phantom
    10. Ortheore COMPLETED +1
    11. Fegelein
    12. Mewthree COMPLETED +1
    13. OkamiBW COMPLETED +1
    14. Dude24
    15. Nicehat COMPLETED +1
    16. Blitzamirin COMPLETED +1
    17. The Real ElmoCOMPLETED +1
    18. pokemonnerd
    19. Treecko37[COMPLETED +1]
    20. Insane Soul
    21. Angel Flonne
    22. Pecofroyk COMPLETED +1
    23. ShowMeTheMankey COMPLETED +1
    24. Magnificent Faiyaz.
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    Scramble Challenge
    Can you defeat the game with a team chosen by your fellow users?

    1. Teams have already been sent in and when you sign up for this challenge I will edit your post and give you your team then. Some teams might not have a fully evolved pokemon, but if you get that team you will only have 1 unevolved pokemon. I have also restricted the use of the Legendary Birds so that, if you're lucky, you'll get only 1.

    2. You are allowed to use other pokemon until you are able to obtain your second scramble pokemon. Please note that your Starter will be determined.


    Sign Ups:

    1. [withdrawn]
    2. Avatar Roku
    3. Lord Zero[COMPLETED +1]
    4. Jynxatu
    5. Nainil
    6. Bebbz
    7. Treecko [COMPLETED +1]
    8. BeastCharizard
    9. Celestial Phantom [COMPLETED +1]
    10. OrtheoreCOMPLETED +1
    11. Fegelein
    12. OkamiBWCOMPLETED +1
    13. Dude24
    14. Nicehat
    15. BlitzamirinCOMPLETED +1
    16. pokemonnerd
    17. Professor Oak[COMPLETED +1]
    18. Meeps
    19. Treecko37
    20. Insane Soul [COMPLETED +1]
    21. Angel Flonne
    22. CasedVictory
    23. Pecofroyk [COMPLETED +1]
    24. Windblown
    25. DontbePlayin
    26. RyujinSama[COMPLETED +1]
    27. Slowkii
    28. New Breed
    29. Dzi
    30. Airsofdeath
    31. silverbullet975
    32. Umbreon
    33. Princess Luna
    34. ShowMeTheMankey
    35. A Moon Gust
    36. Mylo Xyloto
    37. chippymunk
    38. Karppu
    39. Magnificent Faiyaz.
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    Unevolved Challenge
    Can you beat the game using only unevolved Pokemon?

    1. Players must NOT evolve their Pokemon under any circumstance.

    2. You may NOT catch or use any Pokemon that are middle evolutions or final evolutions.

    3. Stand Alone Pokemon are NOT allowed. Examples of stand alone Pokemon are those Pokemon that have no evolution. Remember to take Generations into account when deciding a team. For instance, in the 3rd Generation Electabuzz and Magmar have no evolutions and are thus banned from 3rd Gen games and below.

    Sign Ups:

    1. Avatar Roku
    2. Zzyzx Road
    3. ShowMeTheMankey COMPLETED +1
    4. RedJoker25
    5. Elements
    6. kblitzko
    7. Mewthree COMPLETED +1]
    8. OkamiBW
    9. Nicehat
    10. BlitzamirinCOMPLETED +1
    11. Meeps COMPLETED +1]
    12. Insane Soul
    13. Sultans of Swing
    14. CasedVictory
    15. ShowMeTheMankey COMPLETED +1]
    16. XPBrowser
    17. Umbreon
    18. A Moon Gust
    19. FPT
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    No Item Challenge
    Can you defeat the game without the use of any HP healing items or Status healing items?

    1. The only items allowed are those necessary to progress the story and obtaining Pokemon, i.e. key items, Pokeballs, evolutionary items, etc. Anything not necessary (TMs, potions, hold items [aside from the Everstone], etc.) are not allowed.

    2. You are not allowed to turn off the power, reset, etc. if you White Out/are on the verge of whiting out. The challenge itself is meant to simulate a Nuzlocke Challenge's difficulty on a less permanent level. Thus, to summarize your skill, at the end of your challenge you will state how many times you whited out. The less, the better. You are also not allowed to turn off the game unless you have just then saved.

    3. If items necessary to the story have multiple uses, you may only use it for the purpose of progressing the game. i.e. the Pokeflute: you can and must use it to wake up any Snorlax blocking your path. You may not however, use it to wake up any other sleeping Pokemon (inside or outside of battle).

    4. You may purchase and use any variety of Repels.

    Sign Ups:

    1. Zzyzx Road
    2. Lord ZeroCOMPLETED +1
    3. RedJoker25
    4. Celestial Phantom COMPLETED +1
    5. Mewthree COMPLETED +1
    6. OkamiBWCOMPLETED +1
    7. Professor OakCOMPLETED +1
    8. Insane Soul
    9. Pecofroyk COMPLETED +1
    10. Airsofdeath
    11. Blitzamirin COMPLETED +1
    12. Magnificent Faiyaz.
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    All right. I hope everyone has fun with these challenges. Remember to follow the rules as this is to enhance the difficulty of the games. Remember to post which challenges you want to participate in BEFORE starting.

    ALL CHALLENGES WILL END ON MARCH 4TH, 2013 AT 6:00 PM GMT.
     
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  2. SteelEdges

    SteelEdges The Poll Dancer

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    Removing myself from the challenge due to now running it.
     
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  3. Roku

    Roku sup nerds

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    I'll take the scramble and then the monotype/unevolved in the same run. I'll figure out my type later
    Edit: It's going to be poison, because water is too late game

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE

    Charizard/Omanyte/Gyarados/Dragonite/Electrode/Dugtrio

    FIRE RED OR LEAF GREEN. YOUR CHOICE.

    -Elements


    Updates:
    Monotype/Unevolved
    Before Brock
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    After Misty
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    After Lt. Surge
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    After Erika
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Forgot to update after Koga, so here's me after silph
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    After Blaine
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    After Sabrina
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    After Giovanni
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Before Going into the e4 for the first time
    [​IMG][/HIDE][/HIDE][/HIDE]
     
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  4. Zzyzx Road

    Zzyzx Road Member

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    I'll play unevo + no item 2 in 1

    ACCEPTED - ELE

    Just as a tip for you guys, F12 screenshoots in VBA.

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    Wezesky and his eggs: an unevo + no item Fire Red run
    [​IMG]
    So my name is Wezesky and I just talked to memory-lost Professor Oak, who forgot Deanbob's name.
     
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  5. Lord Zero

    Lord Zero New Member

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    I'll do scramble + no item in same run

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE

    Blastoise/Kangaskahn/Nidoqueen/Vileplume/Rapidash/Kadabra

    YOU MUST PLAY FIRE RED.

    -Elements


    View progress here
    Brock: http://imgur.com/jGUTvMk - http://imgur.com/Bav2WDm[/HIDE]
    Misty: http://imgur.com/vdHWpB4 - http://imgur.com/XzwaD1U[/HIDE]
    Lt. Surge: http://imgur.com/Fz1Jple - http://imgur.com/cyh9aAv[/HIDE]
    http://imgur.com/f0wIEeo <- that one guy making all life mistakes seem small [/HIDE]
    Erika: http://imgur.com/VufNNGG - http://imgur.com/LPIEHpz[/HIDE]
    Actual written update here, first whoever made this team for fire red sucks... 1% chance for nidoran-f AND KANGASKAHN, anyway after spending 3 hours abusing save states to catch Kangaskahn to get the right nature, I grinded like there was no tommorrow. Whiteouts: 0
    Koga: So Kadabra went in here, swinging that spoon like a madman, and lets just say Koga cried himself to sleep that night, http://imgur.com/FHtyY58 - http://imgur.com/jySy4T3 - http://imgur.com/cUoqJhE - http://imgur.com/lbk30kh[/HIDE]
    So stopped leveling Leefy, as much as I liked her, she's just too damn useless...
    Sabrina: http://imgur.com/asEPemT - http://imgur.com/L3DfgDr[/HIDE]
    Blaine meets Blastoise... GG
    Blaine: http://imgur.com/VGZ0IlV - http://imgur.com/lUQwsap[/HIDE]
    OMFG SHINYY
    VVVVV
    http://imgur.com/Dz7Jyfn[/HIDE]
    Nother update, giovanni was easy heading to victory rd whiteouts: 0
     
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  6. Jynxatu

    Jynxatu has played Pokemon before

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    This sounds fun

    I'm going to do a Scramble challenge. This all sounds awfully fun, if I may say so myself! :D

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE

    Charizard/Primape/Rhydon/Scyther/Jolteon/Pidgeot

    YOU MUST PLAY FIRE RED

    [​IMG]

    So I've beaten Brock. And *this*, below, is my team afterwards!

    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
    [/HIDE]
     
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  7. ShowMeTheMankey

    ShowMeTheMankey savage

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    I'll do the unevolved challenge

    ACCEPTED

    Me and the crew chillin' outside Mt. Moon after destroying Brock.
    [​IMG]

    Badge count:1[/HIDE]

    Selfies after beating Misty (No makeup)
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    Badge count: 2[/HIDE]

    I was electrifying in the third gym
    [​IMG][​IMG]
    Badge count: 3[/HIDE]

    Strip billiards to celebrate beating Erika
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    Badge count: 4[/HIDE]

    Duckfaces with Sabrina #yolo
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    Badge count: 5[/HIDE]

    Nice trip to the zoo after beating Koga
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    Badge count: 6[/HIDE]

    Rejecting Bill cus he aint got no #swag
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    Badge count: 7[/HIDE]

    Stopping to smell the roses after getting the final badge
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    Badge count: 8[/HIDE]

    Currently at the E4 with underleveled and unevolved pokemon.
    Me the entire time I take a hit [​IMG][/HIDE]

    I DID IT
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]
     
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  8. Slowkii

    Slowkii Banned

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    I'll sign up for a monotype poison run.


    Guys, if you're unsure, use VisualBoyAdvance to emulate these games.


    This should be the end of my post, but I'm doing some useless s*** if your interested.

    My team

    There are a lotta poison types lurking about Gen 1. I chose to use

    *Finalised*

    Venusaur, Crobat, Nidoking, Tentacruel, Haunter, Beedrill.

    The team is very balanced.
    Pokemon I rejected:

    Arbok. Ekans is hard to train (utterly useless) and if I wanted to catch an arbok its too late.
    Vileplume. Too slow, evolves with stone and has typing same as venu.
    Venomoth. Special attacking beedril, only harder to train and obtained later on.
    Victreebell. Same with Vilplume.
    Muk. Ah muk, if only I got grimers earlier on. Its pure poison typing gives it coverage of only grass, and crobats the man for that.
    Wheezing. I love its bulk, but around kanto there aren't many psychic physical attackers. Weak movepool non-competitively.

    So mono poison here I come. P.S. Any way I can evolve haunter? And when do I start?

    ACCEPTED

    PROGRESS

    Brock Defeated, grinding.

    Pokemon:

    Fwy, Female Beedril lvl 10
    Quirky Nature
    Ability is Swarm

    Glade, Male Ivysaur lvl 19
    Naive Nature
    Ability is Overgrow

    King, Nidoran M lvl 9
    Careful Nature
    Ability Is poison Point

    Glenn, Zubat lvl 8
    Relaxed Nature
    Ability is inner focus.

    So yeah, I've been grinding a while with glade, doing Fwy now, and gonna just keep grinding till all 19-22.
    [/HIDE]
     
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  9. RedJoker25

    RedJoker25 Resident Lurker Server Moderator Article Contributor Server Moderator Article Contributor

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    Signing up for monotype / unevolved / no-item. Basically, I want to solo [suicide] w/ Charmander.

    ACCEPTED

    Update 1:
    Haxed Brock!
    [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkXNo5prgxg[/video]
    Update 2: Beat Misty and Surge: [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktro2YyBWJQ[/video] and [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mngMRKSqkCI[/video]
    Update 3: Got my first whiteout against a random outside of Rock Tunnel since I was low on PP and couldn't spam Flamethrower.
    Update 4: Second whiteout against a haxing channeler with confuse ray gastly.
    Update 5: Third whiteout because a Koffing decided it'd be a good idea to poison Charmander. Fainted in the middle of the road on the way back to Fuchsia.
    Update 6: Overkilled Erika
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE0tVD9Lyzw - Bag is shown in video
    Update 7: Beat Sabrina and Koga:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpBekY4JK1c and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pasZTLJWv1o
    Update 8: Beat Blaine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geR2nvqVr4c
    Update 9: Beat Giovanni: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34xWSHIHNQk
     
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  10. Elements

    Elements BOOMER SOONER Forum Moderator Server Staff Forum Moderator Server Staff

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    I've been getting this question a lot, but you are able to start right after your post gets accepted by me. You have until March 4th. Good Luck!

    REMEMBER TO POST PROGRESS REPORTS. A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT IS POST A PROGRESS REPORT AFTER EACH GYM. SCREENSHOTS ARE RECOMMENDED.
     
  11. Nainil

    Nainil The International of PO

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    I'm in for Scramble. (lol sent in one of the teams)

    And for a Monotype. I'll say the type later.

    YOUR TEAM IS

    Venasaur/Omastar/Pidgeot/Magneton/Graveler/Ninetales

    YOU MUST PLAY LEAF GREEN
     
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  12. BebbZ

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    Scramble me up.

    I'll also run a monotype with bug pokemon on the different game, but my main focus will be the scramble.

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE

    Charizard/Tentacruel/Snorlax/Magneton/Exeggutor/Butterfree

    FIRE RED OR LEAF GREEN. YOUR CHOICE.
     
  13. Elements

    Elements BOOMER SOONER Forum Moderator Server Staff Forum Moderator Server Staff

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    I'll be doing the unevolved challenge right now

    UNEVOLVED PROGRESS

    Boulder Badge - Conquered
    [​IMG]

    Cascade Badge - Conquered
    [​IMG]

    Thunder Badge - Conquered
    [​IMG]

    Rainbow Badge - Conquered
    [​IMG]Finally completed my team. Well, I used diglett for cut, but my other poke is strong Abra.

    Soul Badge - Conquered
    [​IMG]I couldn't touch the psychic pokemon in this gym until I realized I had Blackglasses! Abra with Thief

    Marsh Badge - Conquered
    [​IMG]

    Volcano Badge - Conquered
    [​IMG]

    Earth Badge - Conquered

    [​IMG]

    I'm going to do the Scramble Challenge also.

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE:

    Blastoise/Hypno/Rapidash/Farfetch'd/Pinsir/Vileplume

    YOU MUST PLAY LEAF GREEN.

    - Professor Oak

    Will be doing Monoflying as well.
     
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  14. Kblitzko

    Kblitzko New Member

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  15. Slowkii

    Slowkii Banned

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    I'm playing mines on a gba cartridge, so no screenshots. Emulator is too laggy...
     
  16. Treecko

    Treecko I'm a joker,

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    Scramble Challenge for me please.

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Venesaur/Clefable/Golduck/Hitmonchan/Aerodactyl/Arcanine
    YOU MUST PLAY ON FIRE RED


    PROGRESS:

    Brock sucks. Locke is pretty lonely though right now...
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Misty was equally as easy. Locke is great and Kate is surprisingly very good.
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Some shenanigans in Vermillion City. I ran into this asshole again:
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    The gym leaders have been too easy until now, and Lt. Surge was no exception. I could really use some new pokemon though, as I'm starting to get overleveled. Here's the team before I head off to Rock Tunnel.
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Made it out of Rock Tunnel. Now I have a new teammate!
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Looks like she concedes defeat... I would too if I were her.
    [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Koga was... a little harder than the others, but only because I couldn't OHKO every mon. Check out my new teamates!
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Been waiting all game for this. Now she can finally evolve.
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    This guy just doesn't give up.
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Kate can now OHKO Alakazams. Watch out. Needless to say I beat Sabrina easily. Here's the team:
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Finally finished my team. Charlie was easily able to defeat Blaine. Now off to those stupid islands.
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    My final team after smashing Giovanni. All I can say is I really hope someone like Finch doesn't show up on the route to Victory Road...
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Just about to start the E4. Hall of Fame update coming soon!
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Shits about to go down. You must watch this.
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    GG Finch.
    [​IMG][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    Props to anyone who understands the nicknames.

    Scramble completed.
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    My final team:

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    [​IMG]

    The MVP:
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
     
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  17. IronStorm

    IronStorm This space for rent

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    Well, I plan on doing Electric Monotype, so wish me luck in soloing Brock with a Pikachu!

    ACCEPTED

    Updates
    Update 1
    Caught said Pikachu in Viridian forest, and grinded it up to LV 15. At that point, I challenged Brock with it. It took awhile, as I nearly ran out of quick attack PP, but I won, winning the Boulderbadge, lots of XP (went up a level wooo!), and TM 39 Rock Tomb. Next up, Mt Moon and Misty

    Pics

    Pokemon Fire Red (U)(gba)_01.png View attachment 668 Pokemon Fire Red (U)(gba)_03.png Pokemon Fire Red (U)(gba)_04.png [/HIDE]


    Update 2

    Made my way though Mt moon, grabbing all of the goodies I can get my hands on. Sadly, I ran out of potions, and that supernerd with the fossils made me white out. After getting my revenge, I grabbed the Helix fossil (Not like I cared which one I grabbed) and got out of that Zubat infested place. Once I got to Cerulean City, I got a little cocky and went straight to the gym. Everything there got 2hko my Pikachu's Thundershock, save for Misty's Starmie, which was sadly a 3hko, followed by Pikachu getting 2hkod by waterpulse. After whiting out AGAIN, and ending up in the Mt Moon pokecenter AGAIN, I grinded Pikachu up a level or two. Finally, Misty went down, thanks to a lovely crit on starmie, OHKOing it.
    [/HIDE]

    Team right now (A little after misty)
    LV 26 Jolly Pikachu, T-bolt/Quick attack/Slam/Double team[/HIDE]
    Pic
    Pokemon Fire Red (U)(gba)_05.png [/HIDE]

    Update #3

    After beating Misty, we headed north to Bill's place, in order to get that SS Ticket. Afterwords, me and Amp (Pikachu's new name) went down to Vermilion City, boarded the S.S. Ann, and stole everything that wasn't nailed down (and some stuff that was). After our crime spree (which noone reported... or cared about) the ship sailed off, even though we also stole the engines and the fuel.

    After leaving most of our ill-gotten goods on the dock (again, noone cared about), we went to the pokecenter, healed Amp, and used the Brick break TM on him. At this point, I took out bulbasaur out of the box, used the cut HM on him, and went to work on that brush that prevented Lt. Surge from getting any challenges. All of the battles in the gym where best described as brick break spam, that includes Lt. Surge.

    Once we got the badge, it was back up to Cerulean City, and onto route 10. After fighting though the legions of trainers, we made it to rock tunnel, oh and I forgot to bring flash. Weeeee!

    So after whiting out no thanks to a bulbasaur, I thought it would be best to grind Amp's levels up a bit, when I found a Voltorb, who was caught and named Tesla. Seeing as there was a 20 someodd level difference between Amp and Tesla, that meant level grinding for Tesla. 10 levels later, it was time for attempt #2 at rock tunnel.

    After some mindless wondering around, we got though, and got into a few fights at the other end, one of the trainers had a cubone, which used it's typing to take out a weaken Amp (Tesla had been KOed earlier), causing me to white out back to the other end of rock tunnel. Long story short, the 3rd attempt we somehow ended back at the beginning, and we got though on the 4th.

    Right now we are in Lavender Town, here is the team
    Amp (Pikachu) Jolly,LV 39, T-bolt/Brick Beak/Quick Attack/Double team
    Tesla (Voltorb) Bold,LV 28, Shockwave/Selfdestruct/Screech/Sonicboom [/HIDE]
    [/HIDE]

    Update #4

    After the little pit stop in Lavender, it was off to Celadon, to get that badge and to kick the Rockets out of town, oh and get a new teammate and a pair of Thunderstones. After buying the stones and swiping the eevee (who was named Faraday afterwords), both Amp and Faraday were evolved with the stones. I spent most of my money on coins in an attempt to buy the T-bolt TM at the game corner. Of course, I didn't have enough, so it had to wait, as is Faraday's STAB (too late for thundershock, and thunder doesn't come till LV51).

    After spamming non-STAB moves (other then when Amp OHKOed Erika's Tangela with T-bolt, goes to show you what happens when you combine a low SPDef stat with a jolly overleveled Raichu), the Rainbow Badge was mine.

    The grunts and Giovanni at the base where a joke, other then when they got lucky and poisoned somebody. Tesla also evolved.

    So many Gastlys at Lavender tower, and they all got a free hit in because I left Faraday in the lead spot, and he only had normal and fighting moves for offense. After rescuing Mr. Fuji from the Gastlys, the rocket grunts, rival, and the HIGHLY annoying marowak ghost, he gave me a pokefute so I can save money on awakings, oh, and wake up those rude snorlaxs. Once the snorlax blocking Cycling Road was brick breaked into submission, it was a fairly smooth ride down to Fuchsia.

    Caught a doduo and a rhyhorn by mistake because of some plain old misclicks, ah well, I at least got a Fly user now. I got the surf and strength HMs, and flew back to Celadon to go and kick out the Rockets out of Saffron. The grunts where easy, Rival was easy, Giovanni's Nidoqueen was a pain, taking out Faraday, but Tesla blew up on her, with Amp cleaning up. One more trip to Celadon, and Faraday now has that T-bolt TM he's been wanting.

    Team
    Amp, LV 47 Jolly Raichu, T-bolt/Brick break/Double team/Quick attack
    Tesla, LV 37 Bold Electrode, Shockwave/Sonic boom/Thief/Selfdestruct
    Faraday, LV 36 Lax Jolteon, T-bolt/Dig/Pin missile/Double kick[/HIDE]
    [/HIDE]

    Update #5

    A combo of me forgetting about this + getting sucked in makes this update late. Koga wasn't all that hard, other then that muk of his taking Tesla's Shockwaves with ease, forcing me to chance it with Faraday's T-bolt. Luckly they didn't miss, and muk went down. Nothing else of note happened during the gym (other then the mass poisonings)

    After catching a Horsea surf slave, it was off to the power plant! It didn't take me long to find a Magneton, who was promptly caught, welcome Volta! Although Volta was nice, I was here for the real prize, Zapdos. One master ball later, and Zapdos (I don't like nicknaming legends) was boxed up till I need him.

    Sabrina wasn't all that hard, given I had a steel type, pin missile (only use it for SE damage, it's weeeeak) and thief (Tesla needed a new move). I let Volta solo most of the gym, as he needed the levels the most, and he also had the nice steel typing. Anything he can't handle, everybody else can deal with it.

    Once both the Soul badge and the Mush badge were obtained, it was off to Seaform Islands! the islands where easy, didn't do much grinding there though, because the nearest pokecenter was too faraway for my liking.

    I always though Cinnabar was a bit tiny, and it hasn't changed. Did a bit of grinding at the Manson, but grinding was never my thing, so it was off to the gym, after grabbing the key and everything that wasn't nailed down ofc.

    I thought it would be fun if everyone on the team of 4 (barring the HM slaves, and Zapdos who was still boxed) would go mono a mono with Blane's team of 4. Amp, Faraday, and Volta won their matchups, but Tesla couldn't damage Blane's Rapidash with shockwave, which meant it was boom time.

    After Blane gave up the volcano badge and the would-be-useful-if-I-wasn't-using-electrics-only Fire blast TM, it was off to One, Two, and Three Islands (who came up with such names anyway?). and do a bunch of stuff, like kicking a bunch of bikers out. In other words, not much happened

    I was never much into exploring, so it was off to Vermillon city for the hardest gym yet! It was at this point the HM slaves where boxed and Zapdos was taken out, that ground immunity will be very useful. To make sure he can hurt the rock/grounds, I taught him Steel wing, as well as Fly alongside Drill peck.

    The battle with Giovanni started off badly. I had Faraday use dig as Giovanni's rhyhorn used EQ, heeeeeeeelo overkill. I sent in Amp afterwords, planning on abusing double team followed by brick break spam, the game didn't like that, and Amp got crited by an EQ. Zapdos got sent in, and thankfully, Giovanni's rhyhorn couldn't do much to it. Many Steel wings and Drill pecks later, and the Earth badge was mine.

    With all 8 badges mine, it was time to go the the pokemon leadge, and the E4. Blue ambushed me, not to my surprise, and he got his ass kicked. Victory road was a bit annoying, no thanks to all of the ground types there, and the two Ace Trainers with the Nidoking and the Nidoqueen taking out half of my team, but I got though.

    First thing I do everytime I get to the E4, challenge them to get a taste of their power. Lorelei did a number on my team, with Zapdos the only one to survive, Bluno's Onlx and hitmonchan took him out right after. That means one thing, grinding, and lots of it. While I'm at it, get the money for 3 T-bolt TMs, for Tesla, Zapdos, and Volta. I can hear my wallet crying already

    Team
    Amp, LV 50 Adamant Raichu, T-bolt/Brick break/strength/double team
    Tesla, LV 42 Bold Electrode, Shockwave/thief/selfdestruct/Light screen
    Faraday, LV 45 Lax Jolteon, T-bolt/Dig/Pin missile/Double kick
    Volta, LV 45 Quirky Magneton, Spark/Tri attack/lock on/T-wave
    Zapdos, LV 52 Calm, Fly/Drill peck/Steel wing/Agility
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    [/HIDE]
    [/Hide]

    E4 Run
    Lorelei


    I quickly got tried of grinding, so I stockpiled items (like revives, they can be handy vs Rock/grounds) and boldly went in,

    Lorelei's whole team was 2HKO'd at worst, thanks to most of her pokes being part-water. Jinx was the only one to cause problems, due to it living a hit and causing problems with lovely kiss

    In other words, an easy win

    Buno

    Zapdos was posed to be the MVP, Flying STAB in Drill Peck (and Fly, but that's weaker) did a number on the fighting types, and the Onix were taken care of with Steel wing. However, Rock Tomb caused rather nasty speed drops, and Zapdos had to be switched out a few times due to the drops. Amp took out Hitmonchan and Faraday did a number on Machamp before both fell, allowing Zapdos to get back into the action

    Agatha

    Bad news: I had no moves that can deal SE damage (other then on Golbat). The good news? Volta the Magneton walled her team. In other words, an easy win... other then that dang nightmare Genger, out speeding Volta and causing problems, but a simple switch to Faraday solved that problem

    Lance

    Mono-electric team, Gyarados, Aerodactyl, do the math. Sadly, Dem Dragonairs and Dragonite where a pain (where are you HP Ice?). Volta walled the dragons thanks to his Steel typing, and pulled off a Screech + Tri attack combo on the dragonairs, and shocked the Dragonite into submission.

    Rival Blue

    Pidgeot lived Amp's T-bolt, and Blue switched him out into Rhydon. I had to switch Tesla into the EQ to allow Volta to switch in, and screech away Rhydon's defenses and get EQed. Amp came back in, and took away half of Rhydon's HP with brick break. Zapdos came in after Amp got Eqed, waited a turn so I can revive Amp, and finished the job with Steel wing. Pidgeot came back in, and I figured Faraday could cause some havoc. Pidgeot: OHKOed by T-bolt, Gyarados: also OHKOed, Eggy: 2HKOed with pin missile, Zard: 1HKOed with a crit Thunder.

    Pokemon Fire Red (U)(gba).png

    [/HIDE]
     
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  18. Beast

    Beast I do what I want

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    I want to do the Scramble Challenge. :)
    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Raticate/Charizard/Poliwrath/Tangela/Aerodactyl/Butterfree
    YOUR CHOICE BETWEEN FIRE RED AND LEAF GREEN

    I would also like to do monotype Water.
    ACCEPTED

    First Gym
    [​IMG] [​IMG]
    [/HIDE]
     
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  19. Celestial Phantom

    Celestial Phantom YAHA

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    I'll do the scramble challenge + no item in one run. As well will run a monotype concurrently with my choice of type being poison on FireRed just because I'm too lazy to wait for new types to pop up around the 3rd gym or so.

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Blastoise/Pidgeot/Jolteon/Victrebell/Magmar/Pinsir
    YOU MUST USE LEAF GREEN



    Updates: Scramble
    After Brock
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    After Misty
    [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE]
    After Surge, in Celadon
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    After Erika
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    After Koga
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Sabrina = dead, Zeroality = Stronf
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Burnt Blaine
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Gio is the first leader to kill something, bravo
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    HOF/E4 Stuff
    [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    At the request of KeyTrinity, I took screens of me before the E4 in Lorelei's Room with a screen then of my backpack free of items as I had sold everything as I went along the way. Ended up only losing Pidgeot to Agatha just because I got caught in a Hypnosis + Nightmare combo. And, proceeded to sweep my Rival with Jolteon + Magmar just because of coverage moves. So, scramble challenge + no item challenge complete. Oh and for the No Item part, I never whited out once. I came close 3 times, but managed to hold on with one pokemon living each time, thank you pokes for being like 10 levels over what we were facing.

    Monotype: Start of Monopoison run w/ accompany of badge :3

    Starting Out
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Brock is Rocked
    [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Misty lost at sea
    [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Surge goes MIA
    [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Erika has wilted
    [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Koga Ninja'd
    [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Psyched Out Sabrina
    [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Blaine is Doused
    [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Giovanni Quaked
    [IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/magjfs.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/14ce9le.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Championship [SPOILER][IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/25flg2a.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/30kuo2p.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i45.tinypic.com/oz63c.png[/IMG][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    Edit: Ele I will be doing an No Evolve Challenge and a Speed Run Challenge.

    No Evolve:
    [SPOILER]Starting Out: [SPOILER][IMG]http://i49.tinypic.com/fu9ma1.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Brock: [SPOILER][IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/1viuf.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/21ou5xc.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Misty: [SPOILER][IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/x5zdqh.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/2zpqud0.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Surge: [SPOILER][IMG]http://i46.tinypic.com/2cdg478.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/25i5jt5.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Erika: [SPOILER][IMG]http://oi48.tinypic.com/1rz1mt.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://oi45.tinypic.com/4h8jlz.jpg[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Koga: [SPOILER][IMG]http://oi47.tinypic.com/2554e3n.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://oi49.tinypic.com/2daiu08.jpg[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Blaine: [SPOILER][IMG]http://oi46.tinypic.com/ou01ad.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://oi48.tinypic.com/2rnu7ep.jpg[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Giovanni: [SPOILER][IMG]http://oi45.tinypic.com/wch3f8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://oi46.tinypic.com/swqp38.jpg[/IMG] [/HIDE]
    E4: [SPOILER][IMG]http://oi47.tinypic.com/55gx20.jpg[/IMG][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    Speed Run: TBS[/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER]
     
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  20. Ortheore

    Ortheore One beautiful monster

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    Can I do a scramble challenge?
    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Blastoise/Marowak/Dodrio/Zapdos/Hitmonlee/Kadabra
    FIRE RED OR LEAF GREEN. YOUR CHOICE.

    Also, water monotype'

    ACCEPTED

    Is it too late to do a no-item challenge? I'm thinking of doing one with a randomly generated team

    Mono update Finished
    After beating misty
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Surge. Double team spamming noob that he is. Filler is hm slave
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Shortly after Erika
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    A little bit after beating Sabrina
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Koga. Too easy
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Dominated Blaine. On another note, I never realised how awesome kabutops is
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Giovanni
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Finished
    [​IMG][​IMG][/HIDE]
    comments on my team (why not)-
    Gyara- MVP. Shit movepool, doesn't matter. Consistently the best mon on my team, with insane stats and grass neutrality
    Vap- I'm so sorry. I though you were mediocre, then you carried me through the E4. Can... can we still be friends?
    Kabutops- Fuck yeah, Kabutops
    Lapras- With it's excellent movepool (specifically tbolt) it was invaluable)
    Blastoise and Poliwrath- Sure, you seem pretty solid most of the game, but when it's time to step up and deliver, you completely vanish. Pathetic[/HIDE]

    Scramble updates Finished
    Misty.
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Surge. Kadabra is so ridiculously easy to raise, it's not funny. Not that it would have been anyway
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Koga. Farming for a thick club was not fun. Not fun at all
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    The team is complete! Zapdos was an incredibly easy catch- didn't attack me once, and required only a single ultra ball. Celebrated by crushing Erika
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Sabrina
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Oops, forgot to screenshot after Blaine. Here's my team post-Giovanni
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Champion
    [​IMG][​IMG][/HIDE]
    Comments on the team
    Kadabra- MVP. Consistently dominant. Not much else to say.
    Blastoise- This time around Blastoise was rock-solid. Perhaps the fact that it actually managed to occupy an individual niche (as opposed to the water mono) helped
    Zapdos- Caught it early on, didn't use it at all until the E4. It's a legendary, enough said
    Dodrio- I like it. Shit coverage, but it hits hard and fast.
    Hitmonlee- MEDIOCRE
    Marowak- Getting a thick club was a pain, but it dominated the game up until the E4. So it dropped off in performance where, you know, it actually matters
    [/HIDE]

    No item. My team (randomly generated)- Venusaur, Venomoth, Moltres, Muk, Lapras, Seaking
    Fucked up the very first battle against the rival, but other than that, smooth sailing
    Brock
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][/HIDE]
    Lost to some youngster and his spearow, primarily due to hax (4 consecutive misses... yay...)
    Misty
    [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SEGqeK7.png?1?6479[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/z3OanVx.png?1[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/6Qr02TH.png?1[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Lost to a picknicker and his 3 pidgeys spamming sand attack. I'm starting to think Venusaur just might be over-leveled. Just a little bit
    Surge
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/uUROlB3.png?1?3572[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NEb13nh.png?1[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/jQV94d7.png?1[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Erika. First time I made it to a gym leader without screwing up
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nb9rL6U.png?1?9009[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/VKLPwui.png?1[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/AhgBeSC.png?1[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Koga. At this stage I'm not anticipating any further difficulties until the E4
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KUncheX.png?1[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/34swxjc.png?1[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Sabrina
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/PwmI3Ji.png?1?6508[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Fr9l45j.png?1[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kIFbeEF.png?1[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Blaine. I hate pokemon mansion
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/NXoMHJF.png?1?6508[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OvqPxnr.png?1[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/5TuzAho.png?1[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Team complete, Giovanni beaten, onto the elite 4
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lnQtpJs.png?1?2348[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/jBKdahc.png?1[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BjzkcIh.png?1[/IMG][/HIDE][/HIDE][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER]
     
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  21. Fegelein

    Fegelein The Mechanic

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    PO Trainer Name:
    Fegelein
    I'll do Scramble Challenge and Monotype Challenge in Leaf Green with Ground.

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Venesaur/Gyrados/Dugtrio/Dragonite/Electabuzz/Hitmonlee
    YOU MUST PLAY FIRE RED

     
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  22. Dr. Fuji

    Dr. Fuji Active Member

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    PO Trainer Name:
    Dr. Fuji
    Starting a monopoison/no item/no evolve run of death in Fire Red if Elements will approve.

    ACCEPTED

    Progress!
    Rival Crit me on first battle so one white out I reset wanting the exp.
    Rival Crit me on second battle so two white out's I reset wanting the exp.
    I get crit by a Pidgey on the way to get oaks parcel so three white out's
    Great start so far!

    My Rival
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    My Starter
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Second Rival Battle (Otherwise known as Sleep Powder <3)
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    First Evolution Cancel They don't grow up so fast!
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Time for Brock!
    [​IMG] and 4 Vine Whip's later I'm done with that gym Bulbasaur is currently level 17.[/HIDE]
    Mt. Moon!
    [​IMG] my team at the base of Mt. Moon I forgot to give Zubat a nickname but it will be Robin once I get to Lavender it has a lonely nature.[/HIDE]
    My team leaving Mt. Moon.
    [​IMG]Time for Misty.[/HIDE]
    Misty!
    6 Razor Leaf's later and... [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Rival Battle 3
    [​IMG]Thank god for sleep powder I thought I might lose that when I got burned.[/HIDE]
    SS. Anne Ticket Get!
    [​IMG] The team is currently level 22 Zubat, level 28 Bulbasaur.[/HIDE]

    Sonicboom+confuse hax is annoying random trainer made me white out #4.

    Rival Battle #4
    [​IMG]Time to make that Raticate DIE![/HIDE]
    Time for Sarge!
    [​IMG] A half dozen razor leafs later and I got the lieutenant saying cheesy puns.[/HIDE]
    MS. NIDO!
    [​IMG] New team member courtesy of this little girl.[/HIDE]
    Just got the most useful item in the game!
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Team going into Rock Tunnel
    [​IMG] Meowth is simply an HM slave and will not be used.[/HIDE]
    Team Leaving Rock Tunnel
    [​IMG]MS. NIDO is level 27.[/HIDE]
    Time to battle my grieving rival!
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    RIP Raticate!
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Erika!
    [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kZdnbhR.png[/IMG]1 Wing Attack for each Pokemon and this gym is completed.[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/RRVLjK9.png[/IMG] As requested I have included a photo of my bag when I faced Erika.[/HIDE]
    [B]What's behind that poster![/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/L5aNY09.png[/IMG] looks like some sort of crime syndicate better check it out alone like a responsible 11 year old.[/HIDE]
    [B]Geovanni [/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OUG1Q92.png[/IMG] Now that I've got the Silph Scope time for a Gastly![/HIDE]
    [B]New team member![/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/34Iqmou.png[/IMG] Casper the friendly Gastly joined the team![/HIDE]
    [B]I rescue my potential relative/namesake[/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/e5r5aZ5.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [B]Surf[/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YHvTYIl.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [B]Strength[/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KzLpiQ2.png[/IMG] Gave it to MS. NIDO and Erika.[/HIDE]
    [B]Koga time![/B]

    Lost my first try to a +6 evasion Muk it is impossible to play against when he pumps it full of Hyper Potions white out #5.
    +6 evasion = annoying as hell actually made my Bulbasaur struggle after missing every move white out #6.
    [B]
    Koga Again![/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LXjHVl2.png[/IMG] Third times the charm! To be fair this is what was left of my team. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4YiIq2M.png[/IMG] and as requested a shot of my bag[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/px4SFP2.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [B]With my newly gained surf a new member joins the team.[/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LK38JxR.png[/IMG] Cubozoa the Tentacool (if anyone has a better name idea let me know) it has a gentle nature.[/HIDE]
    [B]Rival Battle #6[/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/wF40Btx.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [B]Giovanni the second time.[/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Ll3IaTQ.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    [B]And now what I have been dreading it's time for SABRINA![/B]

    Started off well Gastly outsped and 1hkoed everything with shadow ball but then zam outsped me and 1hkoed with psychic I knew I was doomed.
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/uSl58xi.png[/IMG] Thank god for Future Sight rather then 1hkoing my entire team Sabrina just kept spamming "but it failed" Future Sight's allowing me to get the win. Oh can't forget the obligatory empty bag picture. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/a1zdFF8.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [B]The Team is Full![/B]
    [SPOILER]A quick jaunt into the Pokemon Mansion and my team is completed please welcome Grant the Grimer! [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LW8sGAb.png[/IMG] [/HIDE]
    [B]Blaine[/B]
    [SPOILER]5 surfs later and he's fizzled out. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/zzloR2r.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [B]Giovanni the Gym Leader![/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7c0erL0.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [B]Rival on the way to the E4[/B]
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/ChkDiai.png[/IMG] Got beat pretty bad my first time so another white out.[/HIDE]
    [B]E4 [/B] [SPOILER]Now I won't tell you how many times I whited out because honestly I don't know but it was a lot so instead I'll show my team after each e4 member I manage to beat without significant loss and you can see the leveling progression. My Bag going into the E4 [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/gFAjjRm.png[/IMG] My team before starting.[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/haFyexc.png[/IMG] After Lorelei [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/t2eOtp4.png[/IMG] After Bruno[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/RIDtV8n.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [B]E4 Part 2[/B]
    [SPOILER]After Agatha [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/d0PXolP.png[/IMG] After Lance [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sLX51Hs.png[/IMG] and finally beating my rival[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/f5cBYJj.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [B]Hall of Fame[/B]
    [SPOILER]The trusty team[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oJ6BlPG.png[/IMG] and my time [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/djh2ffK.png[/IMG] (note I was playing on 5X speed and talking a lot on PO while playing so the actual time would fall somewhere between 10-15 hours)[/HIDE]

    [/HIDE]

    [B][SIZE="3"]Completed![/SIZE][/B][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER]
     
    Last edited: Mar 4, 2013
  23. Elements

    Elements BOOMER SOONER Forum Moderator Server Staff Forum Moderator Server Staff

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    PO Trainer Name:
    Elements
    PLEASE UPDATE YOUR PROGRESS ON YOUR FIRST POST IN THE THREAD. LET'S NOT CLUTTER UP THIS THREAD TOO MUCH!
     
  24. OkamiBW

    OkamiBW Member

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    Complete:
    -Scramble + No Item (6 deaths)
    -Monotype (Water)
    -Unevolved
    -Speed Run

    I would definitely like to do the following. Perhaps Scramble on a different run though since it might conflict with Monotype. In fact, I'll do as many runs as is fine.

    Monotype, Unevolved, Scramble, No Item
    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Charizard/Raichu/Fearow/Poliwrath/Weezing/Persian
    FIRE RED OR LEAF GREEN. YOUR CHOICE.

    FireRed, onegaishimasu.

    And if I can get it to run on my Wii, I'll record the run and upload to my YouTube. If not, I'll do screenshots.

    ACCEPTED

    Progress:
    Unevolved
    Finished, see later posts on page 3.
    Monotype (Water)
    Chose Squirtle.
    Breezing through life. Squirtle > Wartortle Boulderbadge + Cascadebadge
    Old Rod > Magikarp > Training > Gyarados
    Evolved into Blastoise and beat up my rival and Lt. Surge. Thunderbadge
    Breezed through Rock Tunnel cause Water.
    Beat Koga, Sabrina, Blaine, Erika, and Giovanni, in that order. Soulbadge Marshbadge Volcanobadge Rainbowbadge Earthbadge
    Also picked up an Eevee which became a Vaporeon immediately and a Lapras from Silph Co.

    Scramble + No Item
    Picked up my Spearow and Charmander and died to stupid Brock Rock Tomb'ing me.
    Death 1
    Got Pikachu, beat Brock. Boulderbadge
    Made it through Mt. Moon.
    Evolved Spearow -> Fearow.
    Lost to Misty's Starmie.
    Death 2
    Forget you, Starmie...I'm training.
    Cascadebadge
    Meowth <3 (Picked up a Nugget and left it so he wouldn't pick up any usable items)
    SS Anne
    Lt. Surge down. Thunderbadge
    Rock Tunnel complete.
    Full speed into Celadon with Flamethrower Zard.
    Spanked Erika who is a very +Atk/-SpDef girl. ;) Rainbowbadge
    PokeFlute obtained.
    Got a Super Rod and promptly after a Poliwag
    Pikachu -> Raichu
    Poliwag -> Poliwhirl (Water Stone) -> Poliwrath all in one go.
    Took down Koga without taking any damage. Soulbadge
    Beat Silph Co.
    Breached the defenses of both Saffron gyms. Marshbadge
    Breezed through Seafoam and now at Cinnabar.
    Entered the Pokemon Mansion. Obtained Koffing
    Started applying rule 4. Bought 99 Repels.
    Burned through Blaine's Gym training Wrath all the way. Volcanobadge
    Undermined Giovanni. Earthbadge
    Through Victory Road. Now onto the Elite Four!
    Taught Meowth Double-Edge, grabbed the VS. Seeker, went to Sevii Islands to train near the Ember Spa.
    Meowth > Persian; Koffing > Weezing
    Massive training sesh since scared of Elite Four. Fearow + Persian = Useless; Weezing for hax at lvl 47 currently, Raichu lvl 49, Wrath + Zard carrying the team on their backs at lvl 57.
    Forgot to switch out Raichu against Bruno and got wrecked for it.
    Death 3
    Between Agatha poisoning my Zard and Dragonair hitting Raichu every time it attacked despite being at -3 Accuracy and Raichu at +1 Evasion + T-Wave out, I died again.
    Death 4
    Stopped caring about white outs.
    This time, Lapras Body Slam paralyzed my Raichu + Confuse Ray. Made it to and lost to Lance for the 3rd time. Pretty sure this scramble team is worse than any other scramble team given.
    Death 5
    Last pokemon of Rival at low health. Died. :(
    Death 6
    FINALLY WON. TANKED IT WITH MY TRIO.
    Vid soon.

    Video Progress:
    Monotype

    No Scramble + No Item

    Btw - if I have time I'll shoot a speed run.
     
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  25. The Dude

    The Dude The Mannis

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    I'll do the Scramble and Monotype challenges please.

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Charizard/Primape/Rhydon/Scyther/Jolteon/Pidgeot
    PLEASE USE FIRE RED.
     
  26. Nicehat

    Nicehat PO client damage calc: preview.tinyurl.com/o8e7hss

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    I'll do a Scramble first. (probably do a monotype + unevolved later, too)
    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Charizard/Omanyte/Gyarados/Dragonite/Electrode/Dugtrio
    FIRE RED OR LEAF GREEN. YOUR CHOICE.

    P.S.: You should probably ban soft resetting in the Speedrun challenge too.

    Progress - Scramble Challenge Completed
    Beat Brock (after losing like 3 times for experience), forgot to take screenshot.
    Bought Magikarp from con man ;__;
    Lost to Misty once 'cause Magikarp sucks
    Came back after visiting Vermilion, and...
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Party:
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Surge falls to the might of Diglett
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    "Working" to get Dratini
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Cleared Erika (though Stun Spore is really bs)
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Party:
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Koga falls to my band of Pokemon 10 levels lower than his (maybe I should have done Silph Co first?)
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Sabrina is defeated (TWave Dragonair MVP) (Also caught Electrode in Power Plant)
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Electrode:
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG][/HIDE]
    Party:
    Dragonair, 35, Surf/Dragon Rage/Thunder Wave/Twister
    Charizard, 36, Fly/Brick Break/Flamethrower/Strength
    Gyarados, 35, Secret Power/Dragon Rage/Bite/Surf
    Electrode, 35, Spark/Sonicboom/SelfDestruct/Rollout
    Dugtrio, 35, Cut/Mud-Slap/Magnitude/Dig[/HIDE]
    Blaine falls to Gyarados's might
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Skipped the Sevii Islands
    Giovanni falls to Dragonair, Gyarados, and SelfDestruct Electrode
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    E4 Defeated
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    End Team:
    Electrode, 42, Thunderbolt, Spark, Selfdestruct, Thunder
    Charizard, 42: Fly, Brick Break, Flamethrower, Strength
    Dugtrio, 41: Cut, Mud-Slap, Magnitude, Dig
    Dragonite, 57: Surf, Fly, Thunder Wave, Dragon Claw
    Gyarados, 41: Secret Power, Blizzard, Earthquake, Surf
    Omanyte, 21: Constrict, Withdraw, Bite, Surf[/HIDE][/HIDE]

    Progress - MonoPsychic Runthrough - Completed
    None (started on wrong game >_>)
    Started with Squirtle
    zzz beat Brock
    First Psychic get, boxed Wartortle
    [​IMG][/HIDE]
    Misty and Surge fall to Meditate Hypno
    [video=youtube;QQqLfBFLHfU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQqLfBFLHfU[/video][/HIDE]
    [video=youtube;jhK1DqGScWM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhK1DqGScWM[/video][/HIDE]
    Got Abra in Celedon City
    Kadabra stomps over Erika
    [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Ze8jVFe.png[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/W3gN4Ax.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Got Slowpoke, Exeggcute, and Jynx
    Unsurprisingly, Koga falls easily to my band of Psychic types
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/5njVMZ1.png[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/9D3NSP5.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Stun Spore + Leech Seed Exeggutor to +6 Meditate Hypno sweeps Sabrina
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dMESrRf.png[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vvJBYlM.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    CM Slowbro sweeps Blaine
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YkYB9k1.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    Exeggutor beats half of Giovanni's team before being haxed out, Slowbro cleans up the rest
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/woQTHGU.png[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SwSA5EN.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    E4 Notes:
    Lorelei goes down easily to CM Slowbro setting up on Dewgong
    Bruno falls to the might of Stun Spore + Reflect + Leech Seed Exegg walling all of his Pokemon
    Jynx rips through Agatha's team, except for her level 58 Gengar who is handled easily by Slowbro
    Exegg beats Lance's Gyarados, Slowbro beats Aerodactyl, Jynx sweeps the rest
    (used an Elixir here on Slowbro)
    Final Party and Champion battle (note: sound desyncs):
    [SPOILER][video=youtube;vxOhOpD4wfI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxOhOpD4wfI[/video][/HIDE]

    Final comments:
    Strongest Pokemon: Slowbro
    Most Disappointing Pokemon: Kadabra (Jynx was basically better in every way)
    Most Surprisingly Useful Pokemon: Exeggutor (Amazing physical tank. Who needs Psychic, parafusion is where it's at)
    Meditate Hypno was also pretty cool as a special tank but wasn't really needed in the E4 :x (made the Sabrina battle much easier though)[/HIDE]

    [B]To-Do list: Unevolved, maaaaybe No-Item[/B][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER]
     
    Last edited: Feb 15, 2013
  27. Blitzamirin

    Blitzamirin Waluigi! Number one!

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    PO Trainer Name:
    Blitz
    [Completed] Monotype Challenge: LeafGreen (Grass)

    Summary
    Player name was Blitz and Rival name was Incon. The run itself was...hard. First 4 Gyms were a breeze / cakewalk, because the Leaders can't touch a MonoGrass team. With that, Victreebel remained my #1 used Pokemon, with Tangela and Exeggutor a bit behind. Venusaur and Parasect went unused after Gym 6 as they were no longer necessary for completion of the run. For Blaine, I had to stall out the Growlithe's Fire Blast, then set up Victreebel for sweeping. HM Slaves at the time were WHORE1 (Doduo) and WHORE2 (Goldeen).The Elite Four was easy as Tangela / Eggy stalled the first Pokemon's PP and then Victreebel proceeded to sweep. Though, I had a really hard time with Agatha and ended up doing her battle many times more than I should have. Overall, MonoGrass plainly just sucks ingame and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.[/HIDE]

    Progress
    Brock
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Rival Incon before Nugget Bridge
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Misty
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Party after Misty
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Rival Incon S.S Anne
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Lt. Surge

    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Rival Incon Pokemon Tower
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Erika
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Koga
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Rival Incon Silph Co
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Sabrina
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Blaine
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Giovanni
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Lance
    [​IMG][/HIDE]

    Champion Incon / Main Team
    [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG][/HIDE]
    [/HIDE]

    [COLOR="red"][Completed][/COLOR] Scramble + No Item Challenge: [COLOR="orange"]FireRed[/COLOR]

    Summary
    This run was actually really fun. I named myself after my first name and decided to use Johnidel as my rival. The course of the game was easy as I got Mankey / Pidgey / Bulbasaur really early in the game. Gyms were easy so far, then I got my Snorlax at around Lavender and started grinding it. I got to Koga where I promptly got fucked and my first and only whiteout... thanks to Minimize Muk critting Sludges. After that, I managed to get Tentacool at a really high level, so grinding it was easy and it proved its worth all they way into the game. Sadly, Elements cursed me with Rapidash, and thus, I had to do the Tri Island sidequest, where I got a Rapidash and grinded it to Level 48, to be never used again (Seriously Ember + Take Down in a No Item run, screw you horse). Elite Four wise, I was really lucky with crits... That's how I beat Lorelei and Lance. Bruno was a cakewalk for Sleep Powder Venusaur, while Agatha just died to the amazing Rollout Snorlax + Pidgeot clean up. Champion was the hardest, but he was ok after Pidgeot and Alakazam fell. MVP's were Tentacruel, Snorlax, and Pidgeot. Venusaur comes close, Primeape was meh, and Rapidash sucked. Overall, an enjoyable experience due to the difficulty involved, especially since I found myself wanting a certain item at some times during the game.[/HIDE]

    Progress
    The Assigned Team
    [COLOR=Red][B]YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    [COLOR=Black]Pidgeot/Venasaur/Tentacruel/Primeape/Rapidash/Snorlax[/COLOR]
    FIRE RED OR LEAF GREEN. YOUR CHOICE.
    [/B][/COLOR][/HIDE]

    Brock
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lav9qlg.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Hh3aTG1.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/e61Jyor.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Misty
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/c9seDqz.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XUc163K.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SJq7Tby.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Memorable Quotes from the S.S Anne
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sW7cALU.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/FhnhSSQ.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Lt. Surge
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/i6ag3yp.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/9DYMOI7.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Zxq3aFD.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Erika
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Te4wnKX.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/JfAfyqR.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CUHTzTB.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    White Out (Koga's Muk)
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/dawPcVf.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Koga
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/eYydVLG.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/IbVVX1q.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/o29W33c.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Sabrina
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/PT5EthB.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/QXJNByQ.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/0sJOUBA.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Blaine
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/natyQkL.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tcTJleA.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OUzzaEu.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Giovanni
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/wR8wQdO.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/3Eg5IbZ.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/oBi4T8m.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Elite Four
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/bucDJW4.png[/IMG]
    [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/bbpdlsy.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/lPRDRpO.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8vWMy1O.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KjWWY3c.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Champion
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://imgur.com/pIWuhvz.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KFicaYv.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/IruOzsp.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [/HIDE]

    [B][B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"][Completed][/COLOR] Unevolved Challenge: [COLOR="lime"]LeafGreen[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/B]

    [B][SIZE="2"]Summary[/SIZE][/B]
    [SPOILER]The most fun run up to date. Named myself after my favorite celebrity, and my rival after Celestial Phantom, who this run is dedicated to~ Anyways, I had a really hard time deciding my Pokemon, because there were so many choices! I considered Geodude, Clefairy, Cubone, Rhyhorn, Exeggcute, Magnemite, Staryu, and Spearow as potential candidates. My starter Bulbasaur was a fucking champ and it usually my choice for these runs. I got Pikachu in Viridian, and it proved its worth throughout all the game. Abra sucked at first, only having Thief (and it was Adamant Nature), but then I got Shock Wave, and eventually, Psychic. That + the invaluable Teleport made it a team player. After that, I was torn on Cubone or Gastly, and I'm glad I made the right decision with Gastly (then I learned it was Modest!). Abra never snagged a single Bone Club, and I never encountered a single Cubone. Thunderbolt + Giga Drain made it shine until the Elite Four, where it became the MVP thanks to one particular move. After that, I caught a Doduo next to Celadon, gave it Fly, and went straight to Erika, and promptly annihilated her gym. With Tri Attack and Drill Peck, it was pretty amazing. Then I got to Fuchsia, and I wanted a Water type, so I chose Slowpoke. After fishing for a while, I caught and trained until it got Psychic to solo Koga's Gym. Everything else was a cakewalk until the Elite Four, where they easily fell. With such low levels, I was then pitted against Lance, where Destiny Bond Gastly just utterly killed him. The Champion was easy thanks to Calm Mind Slowpoke, and Static Pikachu + Destiny Bond Gastly. Overall, this was much easier than expected, and it is the first run in which I barely grinded and ended with Level 50 Pokemon in the long run. Try it out~[/HIDE]

    [B][SIZE="2"]Progress[/SIZE][/B]
    [SPOILER]
    Brock
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/SuyrGSS.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KrR86ZE.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Misty
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/7X7Mdua.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Bv91mqa.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Lt. Surge
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/8fqGutj.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/LSZbhru.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Erika
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/gZErhaI.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/L18uNBe.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Koga
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/3QjJ1ED.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BUXRDmQ.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Sabrina
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/plW45q6.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/wsKfOLr.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Blaine
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/tfCPyBa.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/vx6KC2D.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Giovanni
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BaWG92A.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/BtCHX2H.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Champion
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/WJAF9nL.png[/IMG][/HIDE]

    Hall Of Fame / Main Team
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sV3uEgI.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nFpwUQc.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/XgFQqCO.png[/IMG][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B][B][SIZE="4"][COLOR="Red"][Completed][/COLOR] Speed Challenge: [COLOR="orange"]FireRed[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/B]

    [B][SIZE="2"]Summary[/SIZE][/B]
    [SPOILER][B]Date Completed:[/B] February 12, 2013
    [B]Final Time:[/B] 5:03

    This challenge wasn't particularly interesting, but it did manage to keep me up all night to play at least the first 4 gyms. The worst parts regarding these challenges are a) lack of Spacebar button / b) soloing everything. Run dedicated to ShowMeTheMankey as he pretty much told me to use the most dangerous Pokemon in the pre-game. Named myself after Shadow Lugia's name and named the rival after Archerknight. Chose Squirtle for 2 reasons: 1) I used Bulbasaur in my last 3 runs / 2) It is more useful than Charmander early game. I whited out in Viridian once, and whited out in Mt Moon twice (I just suck). Misty was easy as I gave Wartortle Mega Kick + Bite, which made it all the more easier. When I got to Vermillion, I snatched a Spearow and traded it for Farfetch'd as I needed an HM Slave. Lt Surge was beaten by Blastoise's Dig. Rock Tunnel was annoying, as I had to reset every time Blastoise got paralyzed / slept. Then I got to Celadon, grabbed a Coin Case, solo'd Rocket Hideout, gave Blastoise BlackGlasses (deal with it), and stormed through the gym. Erika was without a doubt the most haxed leader in the challenge: Bite flinched Victreebel for the 2HKO, OHKO'd Tangela, and flinched Vileplume twice in a row, to then be ended with a Mega Kick. Got to Fuchsia, got Surf, stormed Koga's Gym. Headed to Silph and only faced 1 Grunt, the Rival, and Giovanni. Destroyed Sabrina's Gym, then headed to the Power Plant. Got a Hasty Zapdos, sold all my items / TMs, got Thunderbolt. Blaine's Gym was left in ashes, and Giovanni fell easily. After Victory Road, I had enough money to buy 11 Full Restores and 7 Revives. Elite Four was swept until Lance, where I gave Blastoise the Blizzard TM (which became useful): Blizzard hits 3 times to destroy Lance's dragons, and the Champion was left weeping. I had to Agility on Venusaur so that Alakazam wouldn't outspeed me and set up a Reflect. Overall, it isn't the best run due to how time consuming it is, and the fact that my time was not exactly stellar. Recommend you leave this challenge after you finished most of them.[/HIDE]

    [B][SIZE="2"]Progress[/SIZE][/B]
    [SPOILER]Champion / Hall Of Fame / Final Team
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CBDImQl.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/adM6nf8.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kXLDDF6.png[/IMG][/HIDE][/HIDE][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER][/SPOILER]
     
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  28. The Real Elmo

    The Real Elmo Caterpie hungers...

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    Sign me up for a Bug Monotype run in Leaf Green (for Pinsir). should be worth a laugh or two

    ACCEPTED

    Done!
    pics:
    Victory!
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    Team Post E4
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  29. Elements

    Elements BOOMER SOONER Forum Moderator Server Staff Forum Moderator Server Staff

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    When you are taking a screenshot make sure to use the VBA's Screen Capture feature. Just go to File > Screen Capture. This should save you time and the screenshot comes out great.
     
  30. pokemonnerd

    pokemonnerd Only uso listens to pnerd. Devo too. Article Contributor Article Contributor

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    Scramble and monotype challenge please

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Charizard/Kabutops/Golbat/Wigglytuff/Marowak/Cloyster
    YOU MUST PLAY FIRE RED

     
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  31. Professor Oak

    Professor Oak same Forum Administrator Server Owner Social Media Rep Forum Administrator Server Owner Social Media Rep

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    Quick question - if I get my scramble team, can I also decide to do no-item with it afterwards? If so, I'll decide after I've got my team cos I'm doing scramble challenge first. If I can't, I'll just do no-item later.

    YOUR TEAM IS
    Blastiose/Flareon/Vileplume/Scyther/Tentacruel/Rhydon
    YOU MUST PLAY FIRE RED


     
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  32. pokemonnerd

    pokemonnerd Only uso listens to pnerd. Devo too. Article Contributor Article Contributor

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    Quick update, doing the monotype first and got my Pikachu, which locks me into Electric, obviously. Brock will be fun!

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  33. T-Dogg

    T-Dogg Member

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    Since nobody else is doing it, I'll do speed challenge and win by default !

    If I finish that real quick I'll do some others later.

    ACCEPTED

    Edit: Updates
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    21 mins so fast !!! But yea, I figured fighting every bug catcher now was better than grinding wilds later on.
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  34. Mylo Xyloto

    Mylo Xyloto if your world falls apart, i'd start a riot

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    In. doing the scramble challenge

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Kadabra/Electrode/Rhydon/Blastoise/Clefable/Parasect
    FIRE RED OR LEAF GREEN. YOUR CHOICE.
     
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  35. meeps

    meeps Well-Known Member

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    I'll do unevolved and scramble challenge

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Blastoise / Moltres / Marowak / Hitmonchan / Electabuzz / Snorlax
    YOUR MUST CHOOSE LEAF GREEN


    (16:24) Meeps: hi, regarding the pokemon chat challenge scramble challenge, you stated i must choose leaf green, despite my team having electabuzz which is fire red exclusive
    (16:25) Elements: ugh, sorry about that.
    (16:25) Elements: was there any other problems?
    (16:25) Meeps: no
    (16:25) Elements: okay then do Fire Red
    (16:25) Elements: I'll change it
    (16:25) Meeps: okay
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    Scramble Challenge update:

    Brock:
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    Misty:
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    Lt. Surge
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    Unevolved Update:

    Brock:
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    Misty:
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    Lt Surge:
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    Erika:
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    Koga:
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    Sabrina:
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    Blaine:
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    Giovanni:
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    Finished unevolved challenge, beat elite four with team of 4 unevolved, underleveled pokes
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    I'll do speed challenge now as i'm lazy and don't want to work on scramble

    Speed update:
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    Brock:
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  36. Fegelein

    Fegelein The Mechanic

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    Question: If I am doing a Ground Monotype, can I catch Nidorans to evolve them into Nidoking/Queen?
     
  37. Elements

    Elements BOOMER SOONER Forum Moderator Server Staff Forum Moderator Server Staff

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    Yes you may.
     
  38. tennisace

    tennisace pretty hurts

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    Definitely in for Scramble challenge. :) Also, SteelEdges has a SOLID ava.

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Pidgeot/Venasaur/Tentacruel/Primeape/Rapidash/Snorlax
    FIRE RED OR LEAF GREEN. YOUR CHOICE.


    Scramble Progress!
    Beginning to BoulderBadge:
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    Ain't nobody got time fo dat.

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    Sick ass team.

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    Nothing to it.

    BoulderBadge to Cascade Badge:
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    Either that or some really rough sex. Or a Pokemon battle vs Bianca.

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    Two down, six to go.

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    Team after drowning Misty.

    Cascade Badge to Thunder Badge:
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    I WANT. I NEED.

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    Team after beating Lt. Surge.

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    And the badges!

    Doing Monotype challenge as well. Decided on mono-flying!

    Monotype progress! Complete!
    Beginning through Boulderbadge:
    I always pick Bulbasaur in RB/FRLG, but Charizard is flying. So it is gonna take a lot for Charmander to live up to Bulbasaur.
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    Butterfly kisses. :3
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    First time against Brock, he hits Rock Tomb against Butterfree after I miss a 97.5% chance to hit Poison Powder. Second time, luck returns in my favor. As I leave the gym, Brock is heard screaming, "OMFG U FUCKIN HAX0R GTFO MY GYM"
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    I reply:
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    My team after BoulderBadge:
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    Boulderbadge through Cascade Badge:
    Newest addition to the team. Maybe here to stay?
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    Also, creepy Daycare man.
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    Who knew biting starfish would do so much work?
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    And my team post-smashing Misty:
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    Cascade Badge to Thunder Badge:
    Cutest HM Slave Ever
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    "seasick" sure. I saw more than just vomit in that trashcan. Rubbing that man's back, smdh.
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    Fuck Surge. Double Team, TWave BS. Whatever. Still hit with Dig, so ded.
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    Team and Box after Thunder Badge:
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    Thunder Badge through Rainbow Badge:
    This Dratini was a pain in the ass to get. Gambling is bad.
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    Ironic nature for Doduo. Replaced Butterfree.
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    Love earned. Smashed through Rocket Game Corner and the ghosty tower. On my way to Silph Co before Rainbow Badge.
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    Erika v. mono-flying. Easy mode. Forgot to screenshot the victory, but here's the progress:
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    Party + Box post badge:
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    Rainbow Badge to Soul Badge:
    Cycling Road is full of these. Imagine waking up to this.
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    Koga easy. Badge get.
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    Party after Koga.
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    Soul Badge to Marsh Badge:
    First priority: getting the last members of my party! Courtesy of Master Ball (fuck Mewtwo) and fossils:
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    Sabrina gets smashed.
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    Party and box after Sabrina gets smashed:
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    Marsh Badge to Volcano Badge
    That question is subjective. Are the sprinklers on in the gym? Does the target have a horn I can tell my Pokemon to aim for?
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    Blaine is a loser. Fire Blasting my Dragonair and Aerodactyl, smdh.
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    And the party and box remains the same.
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    Volcano Badge to Earth Badge:
    Did you know that the Pokedex not recognizing a Pokemon means it doesn't exist? Getting a little old. Golbat has loved me since like level 25.
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    Realizing I was never going to get Dragonite without overlevelling and grinding 5 Pokemon, Zapdos (who I never even used ;-;), was boxed.
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    Beat Giovanni. Second most difficult after Brock because mono-flying v. rock is not fair. :< But not too hard.
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    Team heading towards Victory Road:
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    The Elite Four!
    After a little bit of grinding, the mono-flying team is finally mono-flying!
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    We're heading towards the end of our journey with our friends:
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    Lorelei down after Rock Slide spam.
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    Bruno loses because he sucks.
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    Agatha is annoying. But I still managed to send her back to the nursing home.
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    Lance was a pain, and I don't have many healing items. This should be an interesting championship battle.
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    Treecko stronf.
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    Turns out, he was actually the easiest one aside from Bruno! Oh yeah, and WE WON!
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    Because Treecko best starter.
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    Yay! :D It was nice playing through with Pokemon I have never used in game before (in FireRed/LeafGreen at least).
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    Also, my ID number was 31717, this is my 37th post, and of course, I am Treecko37, signing out of this monotype challenge!
     
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  39. Insane Soul

    Insane Soul Griffith did nothing wrong.

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    I will be participating in all challenges, great to see some players already at the 3rd/4th badge!

    Speed Challenge:

    Date of completion: March 3rd, 2013, 19:10 (7:10 pm), GMT+0
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    I goofed around too much at this challenge, mainly because i would forget i was doing a speed run and start getting in front of shitty trainers to add even more time.. I got poisoned at Viridian Forest, which forced me to backtrack almost the entire route to Viridian.. Brock was kind of hard, since i was lvl. 13 and only had Bubble, which even failed to OHKO Onix... I swept to Misty, again facing a trainer i didn't have to, and Mega Punched my way to victory, thus heading to those lousy trainers at Nugget Bridge and near Bill's house..

    S.S. Anne was just spriting to Green, then rubbing the old man's back, still only with Wartortle.. Having only one pokemon, i had to rely on what the game held to me, so i got Dig and managed to hax past Double Team Raichu.. Now i had to timestall to get the 10 needed pokemon for HM05, Flash.. In the end, i think it wasn't worth it, specially since you were forced to battle some trainer at the Rock Tunnel.. Moving on, i now had to get to Celadon, where i lead with a very annoying situation, that would repeat itself throughout the game, which was trainers that would look multiple ways, and then face me when i tried to run past them.. Giovanni was no match for Blastoise, and now i had to get ready for Erika... Thanks to a Sleep Powder miss from Victreebel, Mega Punch hit twice and Tangela was OHKO'd by Bite.. Vileplume's Giga Drain was stalled out through 1 super portion, so it goes..

    Pokemon Tower had some forced matches, then i found the best way to get to Fuchsia: defeat the Snorlax near Celadon, then breeze through the dirt path in Cycling Road! Not a single trainer was fought, and i was now ready to get to the Safari Zone. Here i got Nidorina, which i evolve to Nidoqueen with one Moon Stone i accidentaly found.. Now i had a HM Slave with access to Rock Smash, Strenght, Cut and Surf (through Blastoise already had it)..

    Koga was very very hard, i only got past Muk with help from a strategy i saw on Youtube, which was to buy a few in-battle items like X Special and X Accuracy, allowing me to nullify Minimize.. Weezing was OHKO'd lol.. Now started my main strategy: catch the legendary birds.. I got to Seafoam by swimming near the rocks, so i wouldn't catch any trainer's attention, then soft resetting once against Articuno.. Frustrated, i decided to get to the Pokemon Mansion and beat Blaine before i beat Sabrina, since i wanted to get past her quickly.. After i answered the quizzes, thus evading the trainers (Tombstony), i OHKO'd Blaine's pokemon and got to do Bill's side quest, a choice i should have done, since i lost a buttload of time, and Rock Smash wasn't needed for progress.. Though, i really needed the birds to cover Blastoise against the Elite Four..

    Moltres was so easy!! It used Endure and then i critted with Surf, which left it with 1 HP.. Couldn't be better! After a few Great Balls, Moltres was mine to keep :). After finishing Bill's useless quest, i defeated Sabrina, much since i already memorized the tile order and avoided all the trainers.. Again, all thanks for the X Specials.. I went to the Power Plant, again fearing the Elite Four and quickly dispatched Zapdos with a sweet Master Ball, courtesy of Silph Co.'s president (i forgot to include a part before for the Silph takeover, but i just had to face like 2 grunts, the rival was solo'd by Blastoise with Blizzard and Giovanni by Surf).. Articuno was next, as it was, coupled with Moltres, my best bet against the rival's Venusaur and Lance, if Blizzard didn't work.. I caught Zapdos before the ice bird since i knew it had access to Thunder Wave, which ended up helping at the 6th Ultra Ball..

    I had to battle some karate belts and cool trainers at viridian, but Giovanni couldn't do a thing, OHKO'd by surfs all around... Blastoise really was the most solid choice for a speed run.. Victory Road was done with 2 Max Repels (i had one for reserve) and only one accidental match against a cool trainer.. Seriously, i expected more of the ultimate road for trainers smh

    The Elite Four! Now the bird would be the word, against the high-leveled threats Indigo saved for me... Lorelei was as i expected, a tough cookie to crack.. I used one X Special while Dewgong setup Hail, and then, to avoid getting a Ice Beam hit, i spammed Thunder, which missed on the next pokemon, Slowbro.. Despite +2 Sp. Defense from Amnesia, Thunder was a solid OHKO... Lapras was also OHKO'd, to my surprise, and Jynx lived one and killed with a cold Ice Punch.. Moltres cleaned up and OHKO'd Cloyster, so it goes..

    Bruno was harder than i thought.. Onix was soaked, but Hitmonchan could live any hit i would throw at him.. Moltres failed to kill it, not surviving 2 Rock Tombs, and Blastoise revenge killed it.. In the showdown, Machamp defeated Blastoise barely, but was revenge killed by Zapdos, while also OHKOing Hitmonlee with Drill Peck after Articuno had OHKOd the stronger Onix with Ice Beam, so it goes..

    Agatha was also hard (man they were all so tough lol), with both her Gengars outspeeding my entire team.. Moltres got past the lead Double Team, Zapdos took care of Golbat but Arbok, the unexpected wall, gave Blastoise a tough job, leaving the turtle soup with red health and poison.. Throw in a goddamn X Special, and Zapdos OHKO'd both Gengar (crit!) and Haunter..

    lollance, he's the one i feared the most, hence why i counterteamed so nicely.. Thunder OHKO'd both Gyarados and Aerodactyl (Ancientpower did a lot), while Articuno OHKO'd one Dragonair and left one with 1 HP, possibly (4 level differenve :/).. The big bad chocolate dragon was left, and it survived a freaking Ice Beam, somehow! Then, the motherf*cker starts playing with Full Restores, and by the time i look at the PP number, i had no Ice Beams left, nor any potion to restore it, so i kept Articuno as fodder and finished the job with Moltres..

    Green was easy, so easy... I knew i needed my only Thunder left for Gyarados, so i played Pidgeot around with a Surf and a Blizzard, so it wouldn't get in Full Restore range.. After that, Moltres made short work of Venusaur, even more with it using Sunny Day instead of Sleep Powder, the move i feared the most.. Turns out it can only use SolarBeam, so yeah.. Next, Blastoise was left within Torrent range (it was poisoned ever since its match against Arbok), so Rhydon was OHKO'd despite the sun.. Gyarados, the next on the road, was OHKO'd by Thunder, which miraculously hit under sun.. Alakazam fell with Moltres, which also sacrificed itself for an opportunity to heal Blastoise.. With 40% of health, Arcanine used Extremespeed, allowing me to, not under the sun anymore, finish the job with a righteous Surf..

    End of story


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    Monotype Challenge:

    After defeating Brock, Onix succumbed to Poison Powder and Confusion easily..
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    After defeating Misty, got some routes to train and managed to evolve Magikarp, though all i had was Tackle and Bite :/
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    After defeating Lt. Surge, no Sleep Clause made it too easy with Sleep Powder and Psybeam spam..
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    After defeating Erika, ready to buy Dratini!
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    After defeating Koga, blessing Dragonair's Shed Skin after the nightmare of Smogs and Poison Gases
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    Since i got access to Surf Routes, i immediately decided to get to Cinnabar and ressuscitate my final team member, which destroyed Silph Co., Rival and Giovanni included... As for Sabrina, each and everyone of her pokes were OHKO'd by Rock Slide (Alakazam was critted)!
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    After defeating Blaine, counterteamed by Dragonair
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    After defeating Giovanni, the blue pearl dragon proved too powerful with Surf (though Nidoqueen survived one and Twister!)
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    E4 Adventure
    Lorelei
    God forbid me for not playing around with the Elite Four.. Ice VS Flying is a disadvantage only Gyarados and Charizard could pull through, both of them getting situational hax, either posiive or negative.. Part of the battle is extremely dull, just me trying to make Butterfree look useful.. Later on, you'll see more of the little bug getting its moment to shine..

    [video=youtube;G3CExfdFgH8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3CExfdFgH8[/video]
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    Bruno
    This juiced up fu**er gave many problems during former challenges, but this time, the advantage was so brutal not even hax could keep me from advancing... I wanted to see if Giga Drain would kill Onix, and so it did :>, besides that, i had either Aerodactyl and Dragonite's wings (fuck Charizard this time) to keep the fighters at hand..

    [video=youtube;quZi0ZyFvlE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quZi0ZyFvlE[/video]
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    Agatha
    The old hag proved more annoying than i would expect.. Again, i wanted to prove Butterfree was no pushover, but hax didn't do it favors.. Brokenzard went for the revenge kill, and by the time Flamethrower hit, i though Blaze activation would be enough to breeze through the remaining pokes.. I was wrong! Arbok is apparently a well treasured wall, so it was up to Aerodactyl do finish the work..

    [video=youtube;FzFj_ZyT4JQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzFj_ZyT4JQ[/video]
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    Lance
    Finally, the battle i expected the most! Gyarados' Intimidate played a significant part, but not a major one, as i already expected.. What i didn't expect, though, was Dragonair's lack of bulk and the opposing Dragonite's sheer one... Seriously, Dragonite is such a beast, no wonder it is the hardest non-legendary to get.. My nite was knocked out cold, and Lance's Dragonite even took a freaking Rock Slide!! In the end, Gyarados tanked Aerodactyl and gave me access to the Champion..

    [video=youtube;rtTPzM4hZyw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtTPzM4hZyw[/video]
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    Champion
    Red VS Green! Pidgeot proved to be much harder to beat than what i expected, with Aerodactyl barely having enough PP to deal with its annoying Featherdances.. As for the next pokemon, Blastoise, i though for the first challenge, the Scramble, that it actually carried Ice Beam.. I was wrong, since it only carries Ice Beam at the rematch, and instead it has an handsome movepool of HPump/Skull Bash/Bite/ Rain Dance.. Letting Rain Dance be setup was my winning opportunity, and with Boosted Surfs and 100% acc Thunder, Green was left with enormous type advantages, so Charizard cleaned up Alakazam and Exeggutor, while Arcanine was left powerless against Gyarados, so it goes..

    [video=youtube;eC5d-Ao0VrA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC5d-Ao0VrA[/video]
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    Scramble Challenge:
    Charizard / Dugtrio / Porygon / Dodrio / Starmie / Raticate
    LEAF GREEN

    Ok, so it goes..
    After defeating Brock, fully healed up!
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    After defeating Mysty, the redhead ironboard
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    After defeating Lt. Surge, ready to explore the blocked road, Route 9
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    After defeating Erika, going to waste my grandma's christmax money on Game Corner
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    After defeating Koga, heading straight to Saffron
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    After defeating Sabrina, fully healed up, laughing at the fact that Dodrio destroyed her gym
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    I made a huge mistake here, i forgot to screen pic after beating Blaine.. Instead, i will show pics from when i left the Ember Spa, about to climb the Mt. Ember and defeat Moltres.. Blaine was very easy, the whole gym was OHKO'D by either Bubblebeam or Surf from lvl. 41 Starmie, aside from Blaine's Arcanine, which was OHKO'd the second time. The team was mostly at lvl. 44, besides some 42'ers and Starmie which i saved to grind at the gym
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    Ready to venture into the Victory Road, after pulling something similar to Oak and sharing 5 surfs through Giovanni's team.. Green will come next, and, if i can, i will try and upload the Elite Four battles on my YT channel, since it should be fun..
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    E4 adventure!
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    Lorelei
    [SPOILER]Possibly the hardest trainer to fight at the E4, and maybe the hardest fight i've had in-game... You know you're in trouble when, besides Jynx, the only way to hit super effectively is through Porygon's Shock Wave and Dugtrio's Rock Slide.. Anyway, since i've had some issues with the video, this was actually my 6th time beating Lorelei, all in different manners and all of them struggling against Slowbro.. As expected, Starmie (kind of) saves the day, as it would do throughout the next matches..
    [video=youtube;nEZZEjAwF4w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEZZEjAwF4w[/video][/HIDE]

    Bruno
    [SPOILER]I went easy on Bruno and decided not to lead with Starmie, since i really wanted to check how Dugtrio would fare against the duo of behemoths.. It did very well, specially since the first time i video taped, the strongest Onix survived 2 Earthquakes :/.. Dodrio, my excellent revenge killer, could do better, as it swept both Hitmonlee and Machamp first time i fought Bruno (though Machamp's Cross Chop missed lol)
    [video=youtube;9f3NJn86rUw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f3NJn86rUw[/video][/HIDE]

    Agatha
    [SPOILER]Agatha wasn't as easy as Bruno, mostly due to the old had being extremely annoying... I thought about sweeping with Dodrio, as its physical prowess and access to Early Bird would fend off the Hypnosis spam.. I was wrong, and it didn't pull its weight as i wanted.. Again, Starmie would have had a field day, but i wanted to experiment with Dugtrio and Charizard :>
    [video=youtube;EGraKQFRGWM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGraKQFRGWM[/video][/HIDE]

    Lance
    [SPOILER]Lance's formula was to act as little kid and spam physical Hyper Beam to destroy me team.. And he almost achieved it.. Raticate was a key member, as he could never be an important member against the high leveled threats, if not for the fact that Super Fang will always deal damage equal to half of the opponent's current HP, though each of E4's star pokemon had Sitrus Berry.. I put Blizzard on Starmie as a new TM, as i was saving it, and i ended up playing around with other pokemon like the retard i am lol.. In the end, Blizzard was worth it :>
    [video=youtube;DMkoNzQJNKY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMkoNzQJNKY[/video][/HIDE]

    Green
    [SPOILER]There wasn't any time left to fool around! My team was a wreck, underleveled, even in these part of the game, and the fact that i was running a 6 man team didn't help it much.. 5 Revives, 1 Max Revive, 19 Full Heals (strong!) was everything i had, to face the rival.. And i succeeded, for some reason! I don't think i could have played this match any better, as my pokemon were in no situation to tank any hit whatsoever.. The only smart play would be let Dodrio kill Exeggutor so Green would sent out Rhydon and i could rape it with Starmie's Surf.. Playing around with Alakazam was fun, and i thought that Charizard would be able to KO it, after tanking a Psychic and activating Blaze, and then out of nowhere, Future Sight! Very fun match
    [video=youtube;he-xER50LNw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=he-xER50LNw[/video][/HIDE]

    Oak disappointed + Hall of Fame pics
    [SPOILER][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/HMW316r.png[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/HFMzs8f.png[/IMG][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/1Xtcnoz.png[/IMG][/HIDE]
    [/HIDE]

    So, to finish off this challenge, the whole in-game experience, and i didn't make it any easier due to my stupidness and constantly thinking there was a regular physical/special split.. Aside of Lorelei, Starmie would have raped the E4, but i didn't choose to abuse it since i wanted to make more than a regular sweep and show off the whole team.. Remember to pack up on items, and never face the Champion with only 5 Revives and 1 Max Revive :/

    Also, Elements, don't make people use Porygon, that is just plain trolling: it is simply a 130.000 PokeDollars cyber duck which struggles through the entire team with Tacke and Psybeam, being its only reliable means of hitting through elemental beams, which cost another buttload of money..
    The videos were a lot of work, specially since my computer knowledge is very shallow, (see: Insane Soul on html) but i hope you guys have fun watching it!

    [B]Unevolved/No Item Challenges:[/B]

    And so it goes...
    [SPOILER]
    So, for starters, i decided to use RedJoker's idea and do a solo run with a starter, coupled with the Monotype challenge, since only one pokemon would be used for battling, the othesr for HM purposes, and the No Item Challenge, for added difficulty.. With the No Item rules, i was forced to run Charmander since it just had the best movepool, but then i gave up on the Monotype idea and decided to run a deadly combo of Charmander and Pikachu, who also had a decent movepool (Tbolt at lvl. 26)
    And so it goes...

    [B]ROAD TO THE BOULDER BADGE[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    I didn't save the battle in Oak's laboratory, since it's impossible for Charmander to lose without hax: Scratch hits harder, it never misses and Charmander is in itself faster than its counterparts.. After a while, i was able to grind enough to confront Green at Route 22..

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;oCWL7MkchKo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCWL7MkchKo[/video][/HIDE]

    Viridian Forest was an absolute nightmare.. At the very least, i was able to grind more to Charmander after the 35 encounters where Pikachu just wouldn't appear.. I caught one, and then it was hell to grind it and get constantly donked by Poison.. And there I was, rushing back and forth to Viridian's Center to heal the mouse..
    Pewter Gym was hell, i whited out twice, once just out of sheer disadvantage and another thanks to a Rock Tomb crit.. Anyway, second time, i was so highleveled on Charmander that Growl would actually make a difference on Rock Tomb, and i could defeat Onix.. Hooray!

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;AYbpIrxLISk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYbpIrxLISk[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]ROAD TO THE CASCADE BADGE[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    So now i had a better opportunity to train my Pikachu, since it left behind during Brock's Gym, and would be useless on Mt. Moon, due to the overuse of Geodudes in the area.. It didn't pose a threat at all, and i was able to raise my Pikachu when i arrived at Cerulean City and battled through Nugget Bridge, but not before facing another hard battle from Green...

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;jVgnRoWgmAQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVgnRoWgmAQ[/video][/HIDE]

    Route 25 was tough mate! It must be noticed that my duo's levels weren't very high, and Pikachu's defenses are garbage.. Though on the verge of whiting out, i still managed to asspull a victory and get to the Pokemaniac, Bill! My intention was to train and access as most areas as possible, so i could be better prepared for the upcoming gyms.. So, as soon as i got the S.S. Ticket, i ran towards the robbed family and headed to Vermilion..
    Vermilion had what i most cherished: a VS Seeker, which, as a key item, was legal, and allowed me to train better with profitable trainers! At Route 6, a Bug Catcher has a Butterfree, which gives great Exp. for this part of the game.. Route 11 was a treat, with the introduction of some new pokemon, and that was about it as far as access.. Cut would open more doors (or cut more trees), but i still had S.S. Anne left, and a kind healing NPC inside.. The Rival, spitting French on my face, tasted the pwnage cuisine from Thunderbolt :v..

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;0elW7Yb2Pbg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0elW7Yb2Pbg[/video][/HIDE]

    With the S.S. Anne gone and Cut acquired, Misty was the next obstacle in the way of progress, so the sheer power of levels spoke higher, with Charmander dealing with Staryu and Pikachu destroying Starmie with Tbolt..

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;_FtlTj9s7Vc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FtlTj9s7Vc[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]ROAD TO THE THUNDER BADGE[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    With Misty defeated, i had much land to conquer with Cut, so i began deploying a decent support team, that could handle the HM's, which were only Cut and Flash at this point.. Though i completely ignored Flash during the Scramble Challenge, going as far as passing Rock Tunnel without it nor Repels (strongness), i didn't want to risk it without items nor a balanced team, so i started catching pokemon to meet the requirements of Oak's aides (10 owned pokemon for Flash; 20 for Everstone) Everstone was only obtained later in the game, when i could use Fly, and i got arsed to get it just because i did not want to risk and accidentaly let my Charmander evolve, specially since i don't save very often (5 save slots throughout the game until E4).. According to the rule, i only caught unevolved pokemon, as it can be seen by this late-game video..

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;xrGDKkH7J4g]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrGDKkH7J4g&feature=youtu.be[/video][/HIDE]

    Time for Surge! By this time, Charmander had already learned Flamethrower, which made the battle go that much smoother.. Raichu tanked a hit better than i thought, but there wasn't much to worry..*

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;6ERRcV9T1SE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ERRcV9T1SE[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]ROAD TO THE RAINBOW BADGE[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    So now was time to transverse the Rock Tunnel.. I didn't whiteout once, but i had to resort to Route 10's PokeCenter.. I was foolish and trained Charmander more until this cave, and i didn't have choice but to widen the gap between it and Pikachu, since Geodude and Onix were a staple throughout this part..

    Finally, i reached my favorite community, Lavender Town, the only place where i played with music, besides the important battles.. At this point, i decided to train as much as possible until the next badge, even though Charmander would have plowed through Erika's gym.. Pikachu needed some training, and Route 12 was the best spot, filled with Fishermen, though Snorlax blocked half of the bridge.. Route 8 was good training, and i could finally reach a great training spot: Rocket Hideout! Most of Rocket Grunts had Zubat and Koffing, which can't tank Pikachu's Thundershocks, so i went ahead and swept the Rockets, until i reached a baddie, Giovanni..

    I saved Giovanni's battle the wrong way, so i will just describe the battle.. Giovanni was amazingly hard, which added to the fact that i didn't heal my team before.. Onix and Rhyhorn were both 2HKO'd by Charmander's Flamethrower, with Onix dealing a lot with Rock Throw and Rhyhorn using Scary Face.. Since i had only one chance at beating his final poke, Kangaskhan, i switched to Pikachu and used Tbolt, which was only a 3HKO.. Mega Punch critted the rodent, and i was left with Charmander at about 50% health.. I used Flamethrower, praying for the kill, but he lived barely and left me with measly red health from Mega Punch.. Giovanni used a Hyper Potion, but Blaze was activated and i nailed Kangy with 2 Flamethrowers, so it goes...

    Back on tracks, i could return to Lavender Town and climb through my favorite «cave».. Without surprise, the Rival blocks me, but this time with some very insensible words.. So, i teached him manners:

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;XTHiNY3qoL8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTHiNY3qoL8[/video][/HIDE]

    I got carried away with Pikachu and gave him insane training througout every next route: Route 16 (very good for grinding, it has 5/6 trainers close together, so the VS Seeker works well), Cycling Road and all the west path to Fuchsia, and the east path through Silent Bridge and the Bird Keeper's area.. Little Pika also took down two Snorlax, mostly because they kept Snoring while awake.. I got both Surf and Strenght from the Safari quest, so everything was cleared, besides the gyms and, of course, Silph Co. (oh and that Saffron former gym, but that was easy)..

    Onwards to Celadon! I almost forgot that lass.. I was feeling so cocky, i even let Pikachu do some of the work, despite being worn out.. By this time, you could see the difference in levels and that Charmander had to rely on the Rockets to level up..

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;4DBxwr2FcTI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DBxwr2FcTI&feature=youtu.be[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]ROAD TO THE SOUL BADGE[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    It was time to donk Team Rocket, and so i intended to... Despite being left behind, Charmander was sweeping through the Rockets, as expected... I saw the healing NCP on the higher floors and got ready for Green, who was just chilling in a room, waiting for me with his brand-new, evolved team..

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;SJ49FtrJTAs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJ49FtrJTAs[/video][/HIDE]

    I felt confident and defeated Green without healing, but i wouldn't pull the same trick on Giovanni, so i backtracked, returned to the same place then rose to greatness in this final clash to take down Team Rocket..

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;KnJKYsr17Ic]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnJKYsr17Ic[/video][/HIDE]

    With Team Rocket down for good (or not), it was time to prepare for Koga and train some more with the help of VS Seeker (i already referred one good spot)... By the time my duo was even, i went to Fuchsia and heated the poison..

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;ThshaGlZvPc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThshaGlZvPc[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]ROAD TO THE MARSH BADGE[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    The reason I went for Koga first is plain simple, I just needed Surf.. With Surf, I could have access to much more areas and carry on the infamous plan that Lawrence III began: [S]catch[/S]kill the legendary birds.. As such, I headed to the Power Plant and later to Seafoam Islands, passing through two of the best grinding routes in the FR/LG games… Seriously, if you’re having trouble with levels, just use the VS Seeker near the 3 or 4 female swimmers and the sole male swimmer that stand in the bottom of Route 19, they give good grinding..

    Anyway, Zapdos was dead, and so was Articuno now, so I headed to Cinnabar just to get access later through Fly and went up until Pallet Town.. By now, most of the routes were cleared, so it was time to head back to Saffron and get the 6th Badge!

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;0v-ogpGtLaQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v-ogpGtLaQ[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]ROAD TO THE VOLCANO BADGE[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    A non issue, Sabrina was very easy to take down, though the power of Alakazam spooked me for a second.. The real challenge here were the warp tiles, and how I would just sprint to them with no method whatsoever.. The next relevant exploration was at the Pokemon Mansion, second only to Lavender Town, specially since you can always get a piece of knowledge throughout the mansion with the little diaries about Mew and Mewtwo.. Anyway, the house was cleared, and Blaine was only a step away! After some training i felt ready to face him..

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;EEiiMyUvqjM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEiiMyUvqjM[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]ROAD TO THE EARTH BADGE[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    Most of Kanto had succumbed to my grinding abilities, but suddenly, the Cerulean wacko, Bill approaches the player with an offer he could not refuse: explore some awful islands! Seeing this as a perfect opportunity to [S]catch[/S]kill the last legendary bird, i headed off and endured more training at the heat of One Island.. Another decent training spot is just outside the Ember Spa, the place where the old man gives you Rock Smash.. Here you can activate the VS Seeker and rechallenge some fighters and then, when you are done, heal at the baths and reset the 100 step counter for the VS Seeker.. Anyway, i abused Charmander again, which killed Moltres with more Slash hax, and went to Two Island, as soothing as it is useles..
    Three Island had more training spots, though the Bikers here will leave upon being defeated, so the only trainers left to be rechallenged are the ones near Berry Forest.. It was time to defeat Hypno, the ever-famous child molester!
    With the quest done and the islands abandoned, more training in my favorite spots was arriving! One good spot, that even fits with your travel, is the small batch of grass near Pallet Town, which you can access through the sea route from Cinnabar... Only Tangelas appear there, and if you set the throttle to a good level, you can make around 500 Exp. every 10 seconds (lots of patience advised), then go to Pallet for healing, then returning for Viridian, ready to meet a familiar face...

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;fh4_rK6d7Hc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh4_rK6d7Hc[/video][/HIDE]

    Giovanni was only endured thanks to my high training, and i was surprised that Rhyhorn lead wouldn't tank a Flamethrower.. Anyway, Blaze saved the day and Pikachu proved nearly useless, as usual against Ground types..

    A bigger challenge was ahead of me, and that was Green, eager to train for the Elite Four and challenging me at the same place we once battled with our little pokemon...

    [SPOILER][video=youtube;Fi5X7lvI0Mc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi5X7lvI0Mc[/video][/HIDE]

    This battle could have gone much better if it wasn't for my stupidity... I decided that Charmander was going to fare well, mainly because of my level advantage, thus completely breaking all the rules of Pokemon and common sense.. Pikachu saved the day, with more hax..
    Victory Road was so easy, i thought, the first time i did it for the Scramble Challenge, that it would have around 30 trainers, all with super-powerful pokemon, etc. etc... And yet, 10 minutes later, i was standing in front of the Pokemon League building, ready to face a battle that would make Thermopylae look like a drunk bar fight..[/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]E4 Adventure![/B]
    [SPOILER]
    [B]Some boring stuff on how i got ready for the E4[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    First off, i immediately challenged the E4 after finishing Victory Road.. I knew i'd lose, but i really wanted to know how i would fare.. With a lvl. 74 Charmander and lvl. 70 Pikachu, i lost horribly against Bruno.. I then went on to train, mostly on the following routes and roads:

    [SPOILER]
    [B]Route 16:[/B] One of the early training spots, the secret is to acquire the VS Seeker and use it at the top of the Cycling Road, after you clear the part where you are forced to descend.. There will be 6 bikers here, and they will generally hold Machop, Grimer, Koffing and Grimer.. The golden eggs are Weezing, which hold around 1000 Exp... In general, they can be picked off easily by special attacks, though Weezing might tank the weaker ones, and so may Grimer.. To reset the 100 steps counter, just breeze through the Cycling Road (only a part), and climb up again..

    [B]Route 19:[/B] My favorite one, here the secret lies at the bottom of the route.. There are 4 swimmers very close together, one male and three females.. They wield good amounts of Exp., even better than Route 16, though, because they swimmers, they don't yield much money.. Tentacruel and Seaking are some of the big fish you will find, and they yield around 1100 Exp. To reset the 100 steps, one can always travel west towards Seafoam Islands, and even challenge the swimmers near the shore, which have, between others, Seadra and Closyter, pokemon who easily go down with a strong special hit from any of your starters, and yield even more Exp. than the latter, though the trainers aren't that close together...

    [B]Kindle Road/Ember Spa:[/B] Regarded as one of the most famous, this road has more specific method, but simple one.. Here the trainer must head near Ember Spa, where some Fighting trainers can be found.. Their strongest pokemon are Machoke, which isn't much, though their high levels can turn out profitable.. Just use the VS Seeker near them, then either head south towards the grass, where Ponyta and Rapidash can be found (they yield great Exp., despite being wild pokemon) or north to the Ember Spa for healing purposes.. Both directions will easily reset the 100 steps counter, and this way leveling doesn't turn out as boring...

    [B]Route 21:[/B] Besides Treasure Beach, this is the only way to find Tangela, though that doesn't matter much.. Anyway, what you will be looking for is the small patch of grass just south of Pallet Town, which can only be accessed with Surf.. Though the other routes can be grinded with a high throttle/frame skip, it gets mandatory in this part.. Here you only find Tangela, which, like most other pokemon referred, have very low Sp. Defense, though very high defense (lvl. 100 Pikachu won't kill most Tangelas with Quick attack), so special hits are the way to go.. All of them yield either little below or over 500 Exp., most of them yielding over, since Tangelas here are found between lvl. 17-28, and they start being worth at lvl. 22.. If played right, you can get ~500 Exp. in 10 seconds, and quickly go to Mom's house in your home town..[/HIDE]

    After hard work, i thought there was no way i could lose, since my pokemon were already at lvl. 90.. Though at this point, i started to understand more how the mechanics worked - for example, an opponent's pokemon might use a different move whether you are at full health or not - and how to save some precious PP.. Lorelei was now a breeze, with each pokemon getting OHKO'd by Thunderbolt, and Cloyster by Thundershock, and Jynx getting destroyed by Charmander's Metal Claw..

    Bruno was the one who gave more trouble, since, besides Machamp, all his pokemon are depending on damage rolls.. If the dice rolls poorly, they will survive barely, and either damage my pokemon or straight out spam Full Restores to PP stall my duo..

    Agatha would get destroyed by Charmander, mostly since he would get Blaze activated by the time i faced her.. OHKO's spread all round, with Golbat facing Thunderbolt to not overuse Flamethrower..

    Lance was the real threat, as his Dragonairs would always live a hit, and start spamming Outrage or, the worst choice, Thunder Wave.. Dragonite would go as far as living 2 Thunderbolts, a fact that remained even after i leveled up Pikachu to 100, now due to Sitrus Berry...

    By the time i faced Green, my pokemon were just too weak to get past my nemesis, Rhydon, and his Earthquake would destroy Charmander, regardless of the amount of health i had left..

    With my leveled up team, the lvl. 100 duo returned to face the E4 again.. This time, all pokemon would get ko'd by either Thunderbolt or Flamethrower, until i got to Lance.. So now, the strategy was very simple: try to maintain them on full health, and then outsmart the computer (as if).. Gyarados would get ko'd even by Thundershock, Lance would bring out Dragonair and, as i found out while at lvl. 100, if his Dragonair was ko'd by Charmander, he would sent out Aerodactyl and i could put that behind with Thunderbolt.. Dragonair would only Safeguard, so i was safe.. The second Dragonair was the full stop: it would never get ko'd by any move, besides a lucky Slash crit, which, if failed, would result on many Whiteouts.. Thunder Wave was his first option, and then i wouldn't outspeed Green and Pikachu, while taking out Dragonite, would never take out Rhydon nor Arcanine (Exeggutor had weak Sp. Defense, but i never found out if it would live a Tbolt).. [/HIDE]

    [B]Lorelei[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    As simple as it is: Thunderbolt order for three, Closyter wouldn't even live a Thundershock, which i immediately assumed it woudln't, and Jynx fell to Metal Claw, as it did when Charmander was lvl. 100..
    [SPOILER][video=youtube;9k6X7-jfkqs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k6X7-jfkqs[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]Bruno[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    Though once he brought me many trouble, none of his pokemon could take the heat... The issue was how to get past Machamp with a healthy team.. Simple: i noticed that, while at lvl. 90, as soon as i sent out Pikachu to take care of Machamp, instead of damaging me, he would start using Scary Face, which would prove useless since: a) Thunderbolt was a 2hko, even with Sitrus Berry; b) Pikachu at -2 was still faster; c) i would switch out Charmander, as it is the only one who can take down Onix.. At lvl. 90, when i ko'd Hitmonchan with Slash, his Machamp used Bulk Up on Pikachu.. Smart moves..
    [SPOILER][video=youtube;2oyy09oBl88]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oyy09oBl88[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]Agatha[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    Agatha, probably the easiest one to battle, since both situations where i faced her and lost to Lance, she didn't show any threat. First battle since Blaze destroyed her team, second because almost none of her pokemon had the necessary bulk, even considering Golbat as the only pokemon with a type disadvantage.. The only bad memory was, at the lvl. 90 margin, my Charmander failing to KO her lvl. 58 Gengar, which resulted in the ghost using Sludge Bomb and poisoning the lizard, which lead to it falling to Lance when it was switched out...
    [SPOILER][video=youtube;Y8dC95d4mi8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8dC95d4mi8[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]Lance[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    By now, you should be wondering why i have a Seel in my team.. Following the Unevolved rules, i needed a pokemon that could pose a slight threat to Lance and possibly even Rhydon.. Its main role was, from the very start, to damage Dragonair so much (though it didnt do much lol) that Charmander would be abke to finish off with Slash, leaving a much heated matchup of Pikachu VS Dragonite, which was fine, since i didn't need Pikachu at full health..
    [SPOILER][video=youtube;1PPyDA5gdQ4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PPyDA5gdQ4[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]Champion Rival[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    [SPOILER]And there he was.. The final foe, with a full team formed by Kanto's finest and most powerful pokemon, while i had a fu**in Charmander and Pikachu.. The strategy to win was all about switch outs and the option to see the next pokemon to enter the battlefield..
    As i predicted, the first three pokemon was as follows:
    Pidgeot -> Rhydon -> Blastoise
    Pidgeot because it was a lead, which was dispatched by Thunderbolt, Rhydon because it was the pokemon with best type advantage against the electric rodent and Blastoise, as i would kill Rhydon with Charmander, and the giant turtle was the best choice.. The surprise here was, Rhydon used Scary Face, when i expected an Earthquake! It may be because Charmander was at full health, but i dont care anymore.. Rhydon was down and soon followed Blastoise, which didnt take a Tbolt quite well.. The next triple threat didnt cause much of a hassle, as Alakazam's Psychic failed to 2HKO Charmander, and Slash would always keep it on its toes, forcing Green to waste Full Restores.. Exeggutor followed, for some weird reason, and Arcanine was next.. By the time the S-Tier dog was sent out, i knew i had won, mainly because Extremespeed and Fire Blast woudln't dent Charmander enough, and i could always resort to Slash if he PP stalled Flamethrower with Full Restore..[/HIDE]
    [SPOILER][video=youtube;WMGkry5uBM8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMGkry5uBM8[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE]

    [B]Credits[/B]
    [SPOILER]
    I only put this here for bragging, plus i always smirk at Prof. Oak saying «Green, i am disappoint».. This was far more challenging than i thought it would be, but it was great fun..
    [SPOILER][video=youtube;BMUFk50n3zA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMUFk50n3zA[/video][/HIDE][/HIDE][/HIDE]
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  40. Angel Flonne

    Angel Flonne macaron

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    PO Trainer Name:
    Angel Flonne
    I will do MonoNormal challenge, as well as Scramble Challenge.
    I want a bad team <3

    YOUR TEAM WILL BE
    Charizard/Dewgong/Beedrill/Onix/Exeggutor/Porygon
    FIRE RED OR LEAF GREEN. YOUR CHOICE.


    Amazing team, thanks!
    EDIT: I have to farm Game Corner coins for Porygon? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! ;~;

    Scramble Challenge

    Brock
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    Gally and Key Honey looking real chill before the Brock battle!
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    Amazing poison stall with Gally managed to win me the match!
    Misty
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    C'mon Gally! You can do this! x3
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    Killed Misty with Twineedle <3
    Lt. Surge
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    Been training both of my Pokes. The team hasn't changed, except for Meowth the HM Slave.
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    Easy peasy. Charmeleon just had to spam Embers.
    Erika
    Forgot to take screenshots, but I'm trying to get Porygon. Currently have 4500/9999 coins. Ugh.
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