( In this update: LEERSPEAR versus the entirety of Celadon Gym, and Our Hero against the entire Rocket Game Corner! (Spoiler: these matchups are grossly unfair. To their enemies.) )

Turns out I took a LOOOOT of screenshots during the Lavender Town-and-Silph Co. segment. So Pokemon Tower will take place in one update, and Silph Co. in the next.

I just need to get these out before I can continue in-game, so I'm looking forward to that. I'm just really backlogged due to PMS + a developing cold. On the bright side, I think I'll really make progress soon.

See you then!

EDIT: Lavender Town segment is unexpectedly long, due to a lot of narration. Expect it sometime tomorrow. The narrator is a wordy little Trainer, and Lavender Town/Silph Co. are fairly Rocket-centric - which leads to a lot of blather from Mr. Anti-Rocket.

( Lavender Town, a.k.a. ''Syaoran talks a LOT, and Butterfree can mow through ghosts like nobody's business.'' )

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Parts 7, 10, 11, and 11.5 of the Pokemon Blue Nuzlocke did not properly crosspost to LJ, likely due to size constraints..

For LJ f-list members, here are the links:
Part 7 (S.S. Anne & Lt. Surge)
Part 10 (Erika)
Part 11 (Pokemon Tower)
Part 11.5 (Silph Co.)

Have fun!

( Saffron is liberated! (But Fighting-types are still underpowered in this Gen. 8P;; ) )

...I'm not going to screw around with not grinding in the future. I went 'WHEE, I'm a big macho Trainer who doesn't need any of that petty grinding any more', and it nearly cost me the match. Mainly because I ran in blind and so didn't realize she had a level FORTY-THREE Alakazam waiting in the wings. Highest Pokemon on my team? L38.

And when you're L38, a L38 Kadabra hits like a *****. Particularly on CRITICALS. And remember, this is Gen 1, so it critical-hits 20% of the time courtesy of its obscene base speed. D:

...Y-yeah, how about I grind a little for Koga, eh? D: 

(In all fairness, my team was majorly slowed down by the lack of supereffective hits. This isn't a problem for Koga, who will have Monarch, Ambassador, Reservoir, and LEERSPEAR all hammering on him at once. But holy sheeeeesh, Sabrina...)

( Six inches away from death - and fallin' fast... )

Grizzly is OP, provided that you have a healer constantly making up for its mediocre defenses.
So is Unicorn, being a healer and all.
Alas, the game's more transparent to me now than it used to be. Just keep climbing up the breeding-ranks...

That's the problem with being an adult and playing your favorite childhood games, I guess: you understand actual strategy, and what used to be heart-pounding battles when you were younger... can be beaten by holding down the Turbo Button when you're older. >_> 

Played for about two hours, I'm guessing, since the in-game clock showed twenty hours and I barely ever took my finger off the Turbo Button.

(I remember a kid at my afterschool who had a team of three Grizzlies... Not sure how that worked when he needed healing, but now I'm certain it was efficient. Attack-Attack-Attack, Win.)

Anyway, probably won't Nuzlocke that game. (Thank heavens - the breeding mechanics alone would make it awkward.) Let's stick to Pokemon for any crazy challenges! :D
Will do Koga-section soon. Bit under the weather, still, but I'll manage it eventually. And after that's Blaine (Fly to Pallet and Surf from there), and then Giovanni, and then the Elite Four! :D ...Definitely going to grind a bit before E4, though...
(L55 Clefable with 5 X Specials can sweep the League. That was one terrifying sight in that one fellow's Monotype Normal run.)
See you then!