Climb to the Shrine, Right What Is Wrong

Here it is! I pretty much beat the game to death, so... it's finished, definitely. :D;; That was fun! I'm looking forward to my next run(s), but I should probably catch up on other things before I continue one in any serious way.

I do need to continue STOP! THIEF! though... :\ *checks* Oh, WOW, that one has a lot of views. Okay, got to do that sometime... That will be next, I suppose.

(I was thinking of doing a Backstroke of the West-themed Randomized Nuzlocke of Pokemon Green after Randomized Silver was completed. The only captions allowed on screenshots would come from this textfile. That idea blesses god'sly, no?)

Hope you're all doing well!

Silver Randomlocke and STOP! THIEF! have both been updated. Though I haven't updated to that point yet, Silver Randomlocke currently stands at 15/16 badges. I just need to grind the team to 53 for Blue (5 levels below his aces).

...And then it's the long slog to 72 for Red. Oh JOY.

Who thought up this level curve, again?

At any rate, I may actually complete a project for once. That would be... really nice. Really, really nice.

Anyway, I hope you're all doing well. I've been not doing much on the Internet (and avoiding Tumblr entirely) because I was letting Tumblr take over my life. That's done now. I've got things that MUST be done in real life, and so... :\

I'm sorry if I sound down. I'm guilty over not responding to people when I know I should, I should be accomplishing more, and the updates of the Nuzlockes are really the only things of value that I've done recently. I'm... kind of feeling depressive states of mind returning, too. Hopefully those will clear up once I get things done. I've at least cleaned my room and workspace, so I'm PREPARED to get stuff done. I just... haven't... actually taken the final step of GETTING things done, that's all.

I'd like to thank anyone who's been interacting with me and thus kicking me in the ass in this manner. (Not intentionally. But guilt -> work, eventually.) All right, so the people interacting with me are on Tumblr rather than LJ/Dreamwidth, and so won't see this, but still. *sheepish* For all that the Internet is a time sink, many people have done me a ton of good. Thanks, everyone. Both here and elsewhere. May we all do our best, and I hope I can be as great a help to you as you have been to me. In times to come, perhaps? *toasts*

Or where you know the hack has a really bullshit move combo on the later Pokemon of a Gym Leader.
(Two Full Restores per Pokemon from second Leader on was REALLY fucking cheesy, though. I was NOT forewarned about that.)

It was fine. I'd figured out how to break (most of) the hack's level curve anyway, so I really only ran into trouble because I screwed around rather than just hyper-leveling boosted!Raticate. I... really did it just because I was goofing off, anyway.

Eh, now I can do Alt Evos with a clean conscience. :P At least that hack creator told players what the level curve was there. (No &!@(ing idiocy like L38 Pokemon at Lt. Surge...)

I just wanted to retry Unprejudiced Red (in a marathon session) after my first failed run. I didn't fail this run, but I kind of got tired of it. (The strategy became too simplistic with all the overly-good Pokemon, much to my surprise. Sleep + Leech + win. Sleep + Tail Glow + win. &c &c &c)

Plus, I guess I'm really not good at blindly running hacks. Grinding doth bore me. :P

However, I've got to organize the plot of the Alt Evos run before actually playing it. While working. And... bleh. :P Well, welcome to the summer...

I began, but... ahhhh, I decided I'm not in the mood for a Villain Protagonist at present. That, and my ruleset got bizarrely pretentious, and pretentiousness is usually a marker that I need to go off and do something else for a while.

(The ruleset makes sense and doesn't look that badly written. The issue is that, whenever I get pretentious, I've usually lost my sense of judgment in some way, and I can't figure out in what manner until later. In this case, I THINK it was that I fluffed it out massively when I could have just said it tersely. I think.)

I'm probably just bored with Gen 1/Gen 2 games and should take a break with a more casual run.
(Another issue with pretentiousness: it's usually a marker that I'll blow a ton of energy on it at first, then take one look at it later and go 'WTF? What was I trying to do here?!' Don't get me wrong, I would LIVE off of pretentiousness if I had the energy level necessary, but I crash a few updates/~1000 words into something and don't have the energy level to pick it up again. The enthusiasm is gone.)

Meh. Time to go RP an amnesiac Giratina.

What do you mean, this run is supposed to be LESS pretentious? >_> SHHHHH!

Fortunately, Poisoned Haven got moved to Other Adventures, so I'm not so keen to finish it. That frees me up to do another run... if I really want to do so.

Thank heavens, that means I could potentially do the Rocketlocke sometime in the next century.

Aside from that, Thieflocke is taking about 10 updates per game-section due to the sheer amount of Engrish. The terrifying thing is that it's gotten 4,600+ (non-unique) hits, so people are definitely reading through the trainwreck. (Fortunately, I was able to 'cheat' through the Celadon Gym via severe Twineedle abuse, so that didn't take longer than it had to.) That said... I'm probably not finishing it for some time due to the humor value. And Team Rocket members keep calling me "skunk". :psyduck:

I guess Silver Randomlocke is the only run that's getting finished any time soon. *sigh* I really don't want to risk Remoillent, but such is life. After Lance, I suppose anything is possible. Erika's reasonably weak, so I'll consider taking her out first. I'd prefer Janine, but it depends on how quickly I find my way to Fuchsia... At least the complete-crap Trainers make for good Exp. packets.

(Seriously, though - 449 images just for Erika and the opening of Rocket Hideout. *sigh* I know I took time off to catch several Pokemon, but that is a LOT. Was the Blue Nuzlocke this bad? My apologies, everyone. It only really hits home when you're limited to posting 50 images at a time.)

However, ideas for my next runs:

-CAREER OF EVIL: A Pokemon Yellow Rocketlocke
Archer, after a life of poverty and resentment, snaps when the Professor's grandson takes the Eevee meant for him.
Fortunately, the plague-carrier that took its place has no objection to a life of crime.
( The CAREER OF EVIL sequels (if I ever get around to the first run...) )
-NOW IS THE TIME WHEN WATER BEGINS TO BURN: An Ire Fred Nuzlocke
As far as she can recall, Tina is just another fledgling Trainer in Kanto, about to embark on her Pokemon journey.
But a persistent feeling of wrongness haunts her. She swears nothing is as it should be. As the world begins to come apart at the seams, she heads for the League, determined to face off with her rival, Cy, and discover the truth...
-VOLCANO BAKETHIEF: A Vietnamese Crystal Thieflocke
Thievery for fun and profit in Gen II! Now with 100% more Engrish!
-DON'T TURN YOUR BACK: A Pokemon: Team Rocket Edition Thieflocke
It's time to determine the next head of Team Rocket! But the inhabitants of the Aster region show no mercy to criminals, and it will be a difficult task indeed to reach the top...
-POISONED HAVEN II: A Pokemon Silver Poison Monolocke
Three years after Cowbane became "League Champion", the rebel Venusaur's disciples set off to liberate another land from human domination...
-COATOL EMERALD: A Pokemon Emerald Limited-type Nuzlocke
(That is to say - due to plot reasons, Rock, Ground, Fire, Water, and Ice Pokemon are banned. This is Hoenn. There went half the regional Pokedex...)
Amnesiac, uncertain, and marked for death, Ray wakes up in a Hoenn terminally out of balance. Cults dedicated to Groudon and Kyogre control the land, and their extremist members have gone so far as to scheme to wake the beasts themselves. With the few Pokemon willing to help him, Ray sets out to find why everything wants to kill him, what's gone wrong with the world, and whether it can be fixed...

...As you can see, I have a lot of ideas, and no time in which to do them. *sweatdrop*

I'd estimate that Silver Randomlocke is 75% done (having just begun on Kanto - which is essentially a Gym Leader boss rush with woefully inadequate Trainers), Poisoned Haven is 50% done (ugh, plot), and STOP! THIEF! is 33% done (having cleared Rock Tunnel). So... basically, if I could just bear to risk the Kabutops, I could get through one long-overdue run straightaway and begin on finishing the others.

You can see my runs in the signature of my Nuzlocke Forums profile. As you can see, I have three going at once... (I'm a bloody genius! *FACEPALM*)
*sigh* Wish I had the self-discipline to just finish one up already. Anyway - work calls. Have a mini-talk to give in class tomorrow. Wish me luck... *trudges off to prepare my notes some more*

It's right here, if you want to take a look. 'Twas seriously outdated - I only had sporks listed up to Blood on the Moon until right now.
(Also useful if you're on LJ and you haven't seen my Dreamwidth posts, since currently one completed spork and the current (partial) spork of Family Matters are both Dreamwidth-exclusive. I might change that in the long run.)

Enjoy!

1. Only Pokemon used by the Rival may be used.
2. First USEABLE Pokemon may be caught; in concession to the limited catch pool, the usual Monolocke rule of "three attempts allowed" is in play.
3. Any Pokemon that faints is unusable for the duration of the run.
4. OPTIONAL: the ROM must be hacked to give you the same starter as the Rival. If playing on a cartridge, just ignore this rule.

For RBG, this means you are limited to the Rattata, Pidgey, Abra, Magikarp, Exeggcute, Growlithe, Rhyhorn, and [Starter] evolutionary lines.

Places to catch:
Rattata: anywhere
Pidgey: anywhere
Abra: above Cerulean, Celadon Game Corner
Exeggcute: Safari Zone
Magikarp: Salesman, anywhere (via Old Rod)
Growlithe: East of Celadon, West of Lavender
Rhyhorn: Safari Zone

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Commentary: in some sense, you are getting the best Pokemon lines in the game. In another sense, you're highly limited (especially early on) and may suffer difficulties.
( Basically, do this if you want a challenge but not too much of one. )

Seriously, it should. :P Doubly so in Gen 1, where Amnesia is completely overpowered.

but think, am of updating best in Pokemon Green run

thing of great sad
not exaggerate muchly

bootlegging of engrish really that bad is

I had no idea Weezing had such a high BST. I mean, it's actually a reasonable Pokemon if you don't completely botch its use like the in-game trainers do. I never realized it could learn freaking THUNDERBOLT.

I didn't know Houndoom's Sp. Atk was that high, either.

This isn't going to be related to anything for a while - I just wanted to note that because I was actually looking at the stats. Huh.

"Wait, yer tellin' me y' decided, outta nowhere, t' restart th' spork NOW?" the sandy-haired adolescent complains, abruptly dumped into the sporking room.

Yep.

"We did get over a month off," his magenta-haired companion points out, dusting herself off as she rises from the floor.

"Too bad! Look at th' Little Miss Mary sporkers! Now there's a spork that ain't EVER goin' t' be finished!"

Are you seriously comparing Cori Falls, even at her worst, to Little Miss Mary?

He pauses, biting his lip, and then shakes his head. "Aw no. No, no, no, no, no." He raises his hands in a defensive gesture. "You ain't gonna make me spork ANYTHIN' resemblin' THAT fic."

Good. Now that we're clear...

ONE FOR THE MONEY!
TWO FOR THE SHOW!
THREE TO GET READY!
AND HERE! WE! GO!

( Short this time, due to bizarre formatting errors and Mozilla memory leaks. )

Was feeling moody earlier, but felt better after playing the Pokemon: Team Rocket Edition hack up to the end of the first Gym.
( Blathering. )
Anyway, I've also had the chance to play further in Etrian Odyssey Untold.

( I don't THINK there are any spoilers here except for the names of party members and the second Stratum's boss... )

I'm working, too, but have been gaming more to stave off feelings of hormonal angst. (Which are reasonably light so far, mind. It's just that, as I get better-adjusted, the angst is more of the uncertain and lonely kind than the enraged, depressive kind... so even though the intensity's decreased (praise the heavens, hallelujah), the unfamiliarity is strange to handle. I'm adjusting, though! Will probably be accustomed to it by the time the next hormone-swing cycle rolls around.)

Hope you're all doing well!

 

( Short this time! Usual Cori-warnings, but you're used to them. As for the actual content - did you know that chasing after Pikachu is apparently part of Jessie and James's job description? You didn't? Neither did canon! )

 Jump on Anything Code: 017136D7 (017135D7 in Yellow) 

Just DON'T GO OUT OF BOUNDS (instant crash) and DON'T WALK IN FRONT OF ANY TRAINERS. Walking ON Trainers is fine, mind. :V

Once I did something to make the map load incorrectly and turned all the sprites into Swimmers and Pokemon, but that's about all. Take a nice, scenic tour around Kanto! Pick up Eevee early! Buy a Magikarp! Enjoy the blissful peace of bouncing like Tigger.

(Irritatingly, I tried to Gameshark in the Dome Fossil but the scientist refused to take it. Bah humbug. Had to walk all the way to Celadon to get Pokemon for a playtest.)

I just used it to test some silly stuff without actually having to start a Yellow file, since I'm saving that for after I've ended one of my current Nuzlockes. I confirmed that I had the right Professor Oak codes, for one. For two, I managed to see Kanto's sights without boundaries... useful if I ever want to do any creepypasta or Missingno.-based stuff. (It is way, way too easy to murder the game by going out of bounds. Seriously, I had to take savestates because I kept taking wrong turns.) For three - yay, I know what Gameshark stuff is like now! :V

Not that it's any good, mind, just that I figured I might as well not waste it. Of all the things about which to get inspired... @_@

( Note: post-apocalyptic AU past the first section. )

*sigh* I don't know what I'm worrying about. I HAVE Grass/Poison types out the kazoo, and the only thing you need to really do to survive Rock Tunnel is make sure you have something to OHKO Geodudes and Gravelers.

Now let me figure out what to call this Zubat. Let's see...

I didn't realize my Golbat had Confuse Ray! That makes it MUCH more useful. Mainly because I hate confusion and I hope the A.I. does too.

Managed to avoid any calamities from the Self-Destructers. Had a horrible moment where Absorb failed to OHKO, but the Graveler wasted its turn on Defense Curl instead and all was all right.

HAHAHAHAH

OMIGOSH

OH, WOW

OPERATION TWINEEDLE IS A SUCCESS

I just beat the ENTIRE Celadon Gym in 20 uses of Twineedle. While taking no damage EXCEPT from Tangela, which got off a few rounds of Bind due to being only Grass rather than Grass/Poison, because my Beedrill outsped every single one.

You see, Bug is super-effective against Poison in Gen 1, rather than being resisted by it. (They should have kept that. It actually makes Bug-type moves usable.) So all Grass/Poison Pokemon? Have a 4x weakness to Twineedle.

I just found what Beedrill's niche is supposed to be. You know how Butterfree's Lethal Joke entry notes that it's ideal for taking down Bruno? Beedrill just absolutely MAULED the Celadon Gym. And it wasn't overleveled, either. I just walked in with a level 24 Beedrill and walked out with a level 29 Beedrill and the Rainbowbadge.

Stopping for now. That was a VERY satisfying new section.

A magenta-haired adolescent buries her face in her hands. "Can't you just go Nuzlocking?"
"Oh no! Jessie an' James are havin' a fight! But they get back together again, cry like babies, eat French toast, an' have sex fer four hours. An' Meowth's a furry." A scruffy-looking blond gets up from his seat. "There y' go, I just sporked it. So long!"
Nice try.

ONE FOR THE MONEY!
TWO FOR THE SHOW!
THREE TO GET READY!
AND HERE! WE! GO!
 

( Trigger warning for abuse, abuse apologism, and a dysfunctional relationship. Jeez, this is feeling less like a French-toast-filed romance novel and more like Pokemon: 50SOG Version. )

Doublepost issues, y'know.

Anyway, I managed to defeat her despite her carrying literally the worst Pokemon possible for my team as her ace. Thank heavens for screwed-up AI.

After her, it's the Elite Four, and then I can opt into Kanto or opt out of it as I please.

I should probably do Mono-Poison. It's not that the run itself is hard, it's that typing up all the dialogue wears on my nerves. Meh...

At least I beat Clair. After these two runs, if I do ANYTHING in Gens I+II, it will be a Yellow Rocketlocke (with Pikachu allowed) -> a Gold Rocketlocke [-> an Emerald Rocketlocke?], a MonoPoison Silver [->MonoPoison Sapphire], and a Vietnamese Crystal run. (For the Rocketlockes, I'll be playing with Absolute Promotion Clause on, so no Meowths for me in Gen II - so I lose nothing by playing in Gold.)

For the Rocketlockes, I'll be catching whatever comes up first on the route and using whatever's allowed, so I don't need to check locations. I know I'll get loads of Rattatas (/Poochyenas for Emerald), so I'll at least be able to start the game. (And heaven help me if I end up doing a Rattata (/Poochyena)-only run...)

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to compile Poison-type locations from these two FAQs.

[These are first-gen rules only.]

1. A Rocket's gotta get in and out. You can only dawdle around enough to catch the first you see in an area, then skedaddle.
2. Ya gotta know who your subordinates are! Nickname all Pokemon.
3. It's a hard-knock life! Any Pokemon that faints is dead to ya.
4. Ya gotta hold up yer Rocket pride! Only the following evolutionary lines may be used:
RB: Sandshrew, Rattata, Zubat, Ekans, Machop, Drowsee, Grimer, Koffing, Cubone
Y: Meowth may also be used.
5. PROMOTION CLAUSE: (RBY) Upon any defeat of Giovanni, he promotes you. The evolutionary lines he used in that battle are unlocked.
First Battle: Onix and Rhyhorn unlocked. Kangashkan unlocked for RB ONLY.
Second Battle: Nidoran lines unlocked.
Gym Leader Battle: Diglett line unlocked.
6.  EXTENDED PROMOTION CLAUSE: Ya ain't a true Grunt unless you stick to yer proper ranks. No Pokemon may be evolved until its evolution has been fought.
(Machoke may be evolved to Machamp after the Fighting Dojo has been ransacked and its secrets seized.
If Cubone is obtained, it may be evolved after Marowak's ghost has been neutralized.)
7. (OPTIONAL) ABSOLUTE PROMOTION CLAUSE: Don't use Pokemon ya ain't got permission to use! No Pokemon except yer trusty Rattata may be used until you've fought a Grunt with that Pokemon.

[GSC modifications]

5. PROMOTION CLAUSE: Giovanni's been replaced by the Executives. Unlock lines accordingly.
(Yes, this does mean that Onix, Rhyhorn, Nidoran, Kangashkan, and Diglett are no longer allowed.)
6. EXTENDED PROMOTION CLAUSE: Unchanged, except that Machoke may be evolved after defeating Chuck. Cubone may be evolved after defeating Morty if obtained at Goldenrod's Game Corner in Crystal, and otherwise after defeating Brock. As Cubone is a legitimate line, it does not fall under the prior post's GAME CORNER CLAUSE.
7. (OPTIONAL) ABSOLUTE PROMOTION CLAUSE: Strictly speaking, this disallows you from using Sandshrew and Machop.

[RSE modifications]

As Team Rocket is officially toast, you'll have to do something else. Suggested modification:

With the Admins having given up the ghost, your branch has done its best to bled in with the locals. However, as you progress, you can be more open about your true allegiance.
4. HOENN CLAUSE: You're officially a member of Team... Whichever One Ain't Makin' A Nuisance Of Itself. Only the following evolutionary lines may be used:
Ruby: Poochyena, Zubat, Carvahna
Sapphire: Poochyena, Zubat, Numel
Emerald: Poochyena, Zubat, Carvahna, and Numel may be used, AND the Baltoy and Wailmer lines.
5. PROMOTION CLAUSE: After the first fight with each Aqua/Magma Admin, you may unlock the first Pokemon in a Kanto evolutionary line. The second is unlocked with the rematch. (Machamp cannot be unlocked. Period.)
6 + 7. EXTENDED PROMOTION CLAUSE + ABSOLUTE PROMOTION CLAUSE: Ya ain't a true Grunt unless you stick to yer proper ranks. No Pokemon may be evolved until its evolution has been fought. Except, since yer on the other team:
Unlock Numel (/unlock its evolution) after fighting Carvahna (/after fighting its evolution). Unlock Carvahna (/unlock its evolution) after fighting Numel (/after fighting its evolution).
For Emerald:
Unlock Wailmer after fighting Baltoy. Unlock Baltoy after fighting Wailmer.

1. A Rocket's gotta get in and out. You can only dawdle around enough to catch the first you see in an area, then skedaddle.
2. Ya gotta know who your subordinates are! Nickname all Pokemon.
3. It's a hard-knock life! Any Pokemon that faints is dead to ya.
4. Ya gotta hold up yer Rocket pride! Only the following evolutionary lines may be used:
RB (FR/LG): Sandshrew, Rattata, Zubat, Ekans, Machop, Drowsee, Grimer, Koffing, Cubone
Y: Meowth may also be used.
GSC (HG/SS): Venonat and Oddish now also permitted.
RS: Blend in with the locals! Poochyena now also permitted. Carvahna may be used in Sapphire and Numel may be used in Ruby.
E: Both Carvahna and Numel may be used. Baltoy and Wailmer now also permitted.
We of Team Rocket have no plans of obtaining a DS emulator at this time.

( Optional Clauses to allow for more team diversity. )

Team Magma and Team Aqua grunts... only use three evolutionary lines?!

Carvahna, Zubat, and Poochyena for Aqua (and one freak with a Wailmer in Emerald), and Zubat, Poochyena, and Numel for Magma (Baltoy line added in Emerald).

That's just... that's really strange.

Team Rocket uses the Sandshrew, Rattata, Zubat, Ekans, Machop, Drowsee, Grimer, and Koffing... and apparently Cubone, though I don't remember that... lines. They're reduced in GSC, yes, but they still have the Rattata, Zubat, Ekans, Koffing, Drowsee, Grimer, Venonat, and Oddish lines.

Actually, I can see Sandslash/Raticate/Golbat/Machamp/Hypno/(Muk/Weezing) as a halfway-acceptable roster, so I wouldn't mind Nuzlocking that. Should think about doing it sometime.

*ahem* Anyway, I didn't compile that list to point out a lack of diversity in Team Magma/Team Aqua rosters - I was contemplating a 'Team Aqua/Team Magma -Grunt' challenge, and then I found out... uh... that it didn't exactly work, unless I REALLY liked Crobat and Mighthyena. Hm. Back to square one. :\

(A severe issue with the TR-Grunt-locke is that, unless Dupes Clause is switched on and all non-eligible Pokemon are disqualified, you'll likely get Rattatas, Zubats, and a Sandshrew or Drowsee from Route 11. MAYBE Muk/Weezing from the Mansion. I did luck into a Machop in my Dupes-Clause-on Inverse Red run, but otherwise... yeah, a definite Zubat, if anything.

The subtitle of that run would probably be 'The Rat Race', seeing as how that's what I anticipate myself catching for the first several Routes of the game...

So it would actually be more of a Raticate/Golbat/Sandslash challenge. :\

To avoid boring others and myself, I'd include Promotion Clauses. What are Promotion Clauses, you ask? I'll explain in a minute...)

My Randomized Silver Nuzlocke has been updated, as well as my Mono-Poison Red Nuzlocke (this one with a story attached!).

I actually have screenshots up to Rock Tunnel for the Mono-Poison Nuzlocke, but I've been feeling unmotivated. ...I have a nasty tendency to get wary of my own stories after some point. Can't keep characterizations straight, start to dislike the plot, et cetera.

(On the bright side, a reader said that it was a great run but that they couldn't keep track of all the different speakers. At least that's easily fixed with a guide to the colors.)

...Also, I have 160+ screenshots to post, which translates to 3.2 updates. And I'm lazy.

I've told myself that I'm not getting a GBA emulator until I complete these two runs, so I'm going to complete them in the end.

Hope you're all doing well.

( Of glitches and dummied-out areas... )

In-Progress Runs
My Silver Randomlocke: "Sudowoodo" captured, now taking a stroll to Olivine	Poisoned Haven (my Mono-Red Poison Storylocke): At the base of Mt. Moon

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Completed Runs
My Blue Randomlocke: Rest well, brave heroes	My Inverse Red Nuzlocke: Victory despite all odds

As you can see, I have two completed, and I'm... waiting for my wireless limit to reset so that I can update the other two runs to the current area of progress. (Respectively - "Gym Leader Morty defeated" and "Lt. Surge defeated, now entering Rock Tunnel".) Haven't updated in a few days due to said limit, but ah well... I'm using my LJ for imagehosting via private-locked entries. I still have 948.68 MB/1000 MB left. :P Not going to need a new imagehost for a while, that's for sure. Anyway, I'm mainly browsing the Nuzlocke Forums for entertainment these days, because fandom doesn't seem to be moving that fast and I... forgot that MedicalXpress existed. >_>;; The Nuzlocke Forums are not the fastest-moving place, admittedly, but at least there's a decent amount of excitement with deaths, victories-by-1-HP, and the like.

Since I mentioned MedicalXpress, have a few links.

Staphylococcus aureus bacteria turns immune system against itself
Brain structure shows affinity with numbers (WHAT THE **** IS THIS 'SPATIAL' NONSENSE?! I... I literally have never heard of anyone processing numbers that way. And scientists thought that was the PREDOMINANT way? I... wow.)
Switching learning on

Hope everyone else is having a good day!

Beginning to get a little burned out on Nuzlockes/addicted to comments right now. May have to take a break. At least learned that I can do something that gets comments.

By the way, I just finished my Nuzlocke of Inverse Red. Cheer, cry, and scream with laughter as I inadvertently fuck myself over via an elementary GameShark mistake. Thank heavens for my Snorlax...

Anyway, hope you're all doing well!

 Ran right down to the wire. Last PP of a damaging move on the last living Pokemon . 

Totally fucking epic.

And to think, it's because I flubbed the end of the prior battle and forgot to turn off the instant-battle code. >_>

I defeated the strongest Trainer in the entire game TWICE. Consecutively. Without healing between battles. After defeating the Elite Four and Champion, and using only Max Potions to heal up between the fights. And I did it with a party where all the Pokemon were level 45 or below at the start of the sprint, save my ace which was level 48. By the end, I don't think I had anything over level 50.

PROF. OAK's Pokemon are level 70.

And I defeated him twice.

I'm happy with this ending.

It seriously is for how early you get it in the game. *heart*

(Same goes for Nidoqueen, obviously. I'm just playing a Red hack rather than a Blue hack, hence the fondness.)

This is hilarious for all the wrong reasons.

On the bright side, I just beat Whitney, so I'm not in bad shape.

...And Raikou, WTF?

Update: Syaoran's team sleepwalked through Champion Gary, modifications or no. Mostly because he had no chance to attack. (Except with Venusaur, which fired off a successful Swords Dance before I could defeat it.)

I realize this is because enemy Trainers have no DVs or Stat Exp., whereas the player's Pokemon do. I must conclude that the only way to make Gary - or, indeed, ANY enemy Trainer - significantly tougher is to give them max DVs and/or max Stat Exp. Of course, that would make them not so much 'tough' as 'nearly impossible to beat with underleveled Pokemon', since you'd be fighting LEGITIMATELY high-level Pokemon... so. :\ And the codes are confusing (why must there be two of them?), so I'm not that interested in creating them, anyway. This txt document has all the base codes, so anyone who's interested could try.

Just... jeez, Gen 1's Trainers are busted in more ways than their movesets. :\ Not going to lie, I find that really disappointing. I understand that there are pleeeeeenty of ways to make the Elite Four more difficult, but I'm dismayed that good movesets and decently-leveled Pokemon can send you through the game's toughest Trainers with OHKOs.

Eh. Maybe what I need is a break from Gen 1, rather than going on to Yellow? Methinks that, with Gen 1, absence makes the heart grow fonder...

EDIT: I think I'm going to register for the Nuzlocke Forums. I understand the NO POSTS UNTIL YOU HAVE CONTENT rule, so I hopefully won't get warned. I'm interested in seeing if Psychojoe's consistent bad luck on Gold Randomlocke is just his curse or whether there's something peculiar about Gen II...
Watch me get killed off repeatedly in a SILVER Randomlocke instead! How original. :P