Oscarus

Oh my Arceus... Was I truly able to create 40 characters for fanmade game, with, like, only 4 existing beforehand, which are modified OCs of my real-life friends?

I know you couldn't care less... but I had to "brag" about it somewhere, you know...  The more I think about it, the more I hope that the dream will come true, and the more I pursue in creation. 

Fortunately, I'm not alone - there are a few of us out there: some do more, some do less, but all do something. The day the first chapters are released, may be the happiest day of my life.

But I know from experience that rushing is a bad way of creating; masterpieces take even years to create (Reborn took a whole decade to fully complete, and it's not perfect yet because of various cats in the game). Still, no need to worry as the world isn't about to end soon, is it?  ...well, as someone who lives in Poland has all the reason to be afraid for the life, but my friends taught me not to be pessimistic and ultra-realistic/paranoid 24/7/365

So, a lesson for me, and you - be happy, and try to think that the next day will be at least as good as the previous one. Which isn't gonna happen, but maybe... maybe...

Oh shit. I've forgotten about your B-Day! How could I-...?! 

Well, we haven't known each other for a long time, yet I believe that we might share a few commons with each other. Also, I am constantly blown away by your creativity, and ability to create (many things are incredibly broken beyond belief, though, but concepts are without a flaw). 

People like you, and you as well, are the reason why I haven't decided to give up on everything and end it permanently... I am thankful that you, and others, exist, because you're making me believe there's a chance for humanity...

I'm being late, yes, for almost 2 weeks, but... All the best for you, Evi ;-)

Oh, I should add one thing. 

I love the overall design modernization; both in locations, and in characters. In the latter, I've discovered things that I had no idea previously-, like... Radomus was wearing a mask in his Gym Battle? I have always thought that it was just a shadow; like in the anime sometimes you see someone's face being covered in darkness, often by the hair. But now, when I know... it does look cool. 

Most of the time, the VS Sprites changed minimally - they are simply more detailed. But there were more driastic changes. I haven't seen all of them, so~... 

Well, the most impressive change was for Aster and Eclipse - they actually now are different and unique from mere Grunts. Also Charlotte; now a super-cutie (she might burn me for that, but that's okay - I'm used to taking a whoopin'), Samson (hot, no homo), ZEL/Zero (those "almost-snake" pupils... wow), Bennett (from nerd to friendly, edgy anime antagonist) - and maybe more, but I don't know. 

But... If I may be honest, there is one VS Sprite change that I don't like. This is just a opinion... But I've gotta say it because oh my Arceus... 

And that is Parson Elias' VS Sprite. 

His "Agent" sprite us completely all right, but the one used in the Citadel... 

...He looks like a desperate old despot on crack... which might be the most accurate description of him, perhaps... 

But that face will be haunting in my dreams for a long time... 

Overall, designs were miles better that in V18. Props to you, devs 

Okay, I don't know why I was waiting for this... But I wanted to share with you my experience with V19 Boss Fights. 

Pay in mind... That there WILL BE spoilers. So don't click if you haven't finished main story, kay~? 

I was using rotating teams for this:

Ah, also if you know the themes for E4 Battles and Final Lin Battle, please let me know. 

Okay, I now see my problem with creating characters' designs - they're as simple as those of NES games. 

And by that I mean colors - like, except biological structures like hair, eyes, skin, etc., so basically outfit... Their clothings are simple-colored; with one palette. Usually different shades of one/two colors, but sometimes it's even worse; being almost completely monotone. 

The designs themselves aren't bad, I think (and hope), but I can't force myself into more... crazy color pallettes. My friend, Nike, knows how to do it and make unique designs with many colors and decorations so it all matches. But me? 3 colors and their shades at a absolute maximum. In some cases, that's a good thing, but it some they look... boring. And also I have a problem with creating a super design that doesn't scream their type speciality. Or I'm being paranoid. 

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...i can see why everyone thinks of me as lamenting...i cannot shut my mouth and stop complaining about myself...

Okay... 

How in the world have I won 3 days (2 consecutively) doing... the things I usually do? 

I'm here for just an almost 3 months; with the first created content/post was made around 2 months ago... And somehow I have 3 days won?! 

I mean... I'm not complaining, but after seeing that, and the veterans who are regulars, have - like - only 4 or 5 days won, I feel a little bad for them, honestly. 

Maybe that's just dumb luck, maybe I'm better than I think, I cannot find the answer. 

Okay... I don't know if it's because I hit the ice rink with my head hard enough, or someone was adding something to my water...

But I got such idea that-... well, another big project demanding big research. 

Why can't I be simple, I often ask myself.

Well, if I was, I would be as boring as never-changing, predictable TV show airing for 40 years straight which exists purely for nostalgic reasons. 

Hmph. You can at the very least try to guess what it might be. 

One question I have, to which I have absolutely no logical nor satisfactory answer, and I wish to know if it even exists.

To warn you, this is about the latest episode of Pokémon Journeys

Question - where on this forum can I talk freely about competitive Pokemon (outside of Reborn topic)? Because I'm afraid I won't reach much writing here about my "team-creating problems"... 

Question: Have you tried writing fanfic (or at least sets of some random short stories) from the "Protagonists can talk" bits? Cuz they seem quite a intriguing idea to base.

Reasons for those characters to become our rivals:

Victoria: "I have to hone my skills in order to protect those I care the most; be that fellow students of Apophyll or friends outside of it. MC is not only a dear friend of mine, helping whether I was in trouble, but also with a honest heart, they assist everyone who need help, be that ally or foe. They truly impress me, and I'm certain they'll help me reach new levels..."

Cain: "I still can't find my place in the world. Unable to face the difficulties, I've been running away from problems and duties, covering my fears with jokes, songs and light-headed attitude. But MC... MC know their goals; they know what they want to do and where to go. And they're relatable, friendly, understanding and quite~ cute. I hope they'll help me in finding out where I belong..."

Fern: 

Remember how GameFreak presented Leon as one of the greatest Trainers of all time? 

Anime might've gone a bit too far with that, wouldn't ya agree? 

S-seriously... will Paldea have ANY new Pokémon which I can say are "bad"?

Because as of right now, all I've seen are intriguing, badass, derpy in a funny way, or so cute I'm getting diabetes just from looking at them. 

That includes the new Pokémon from the trailer - at first I thought it was a Paldean Litwick, but... it was an adorable af puppy... which unfortunately I couldn't pet because apparently playing with it causes the exhaustion, lose of consciousness, and even death.

Seriously, gender balancing is truly awful. 

So~... In Scarlet and Violet there WILL be a three different stories. If I understood correctly (which I doubt it), those will be:

• fighting off the school's rebellious group 
• seeking the legendary herbal treasure
• good ol' Gym Challenge 

But... Will we have to complete all of them in one go, or just one at a time... or just one per save file? We'll see. 

The new characters introduced were few, but not worse than the previous ones: 

• Mela is extravagant and lousy as fuck; but at least that's unique to canon Pokemon universe
• Brassius is a very unique Grass Leader; as all previous Grass specialists (Erika, Gardenia, Cilan, Ramos, Mallow and Miło) are very nice, cinnamon rolls, or both. But he looks kinda... dead; but judging by dialogues, movement and the selection of Pokemon, he's just doing his impression of Andy Warhol. And also, is his ace Sudowoodo? A Gym Leader who's ace isn't in their type speciality? That's unique. 
• Geeta looks like a truly responsible and professional, yet emotional (in a positive sense) woman, yet there's one "but", which I'll discuss later. 

And when it comes to Pokemon, Paldea hasn't disappointed me yet, in even one bit. There's not a single Gen 9 Pokemon that I dislike, all are at least "ok". As of those from the trailer:

• Klawf is yet another funny Pokemon with a funny name (and it's cool to see some aquaric-like Pokemon which aren't Water-type; the only other that comes to my mind are Dratini and Dragonair). Plus its' signature Ability - Anger Shell - is a Shields Down/Berserk, but with Shell Smash effect; alright Ability, not gamebreaking but it can exist 
• Armarouge and Ceruledge are badass Pokemon, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were Legendary/Mythical Pokemon. Unfortunately, they're version exclusives, which suck, as I'd love to have both of them. Both have amazing signature moves, with Armarouge getting Special Fire equivalent of Close Combat, and Ceruledge getting Physical Fire equivalent of Leech Life. I expect them to be effective in competitive. 

Overall, I'm excited to see what GameFreak will present to us, because as of right now, Scarlet and Violet can appear to be my favorite canon Pokemon game (but not overall, because I doubt it's gonna overthrow Reborn, Rejuvenation or Xenoverse). 

Of course I'm not buying the game - I don't own a Switch and I have no intention of getting one, especially now, but that doesn't mean I cannot get excited over new games! 

Somehow... I got Archie on my first x11 pull, but I couldn't get Maxie after 4 of those... 

With Archie situation, I had only 10,46% chance for at least one, while in Maxie's, whole 35,7%

Is it because I was openly favoring rain over sun - both in Pokemon competitive and in real life - and liking Team Aqua/Aqua Gang rather than Team Magma/Magma Gang? Was that a karma? 

Yet, I'm not panicking - with banner ending in October the 2nd, and 3rd Anniversary starting now, I've got a plenty of time to get him - and even 3/5'ing both of Hoenn Antagonists. 

Sometimes, I am actually terrified of what my brain is capable of. 

While creating some plot for my fanmade game, there is one specific, old dialogue that now has gotten my attention. Especially, this part:

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(...) But then... everything changed 30 years ago. More specifically, during the day of the the fifteen anniversary of my Championship reign. 

A mysterious event occurred in the neighboring region, west of Sacroc. At the time, no one was certain who, or what, had been responsible... yet the damage was truly terryfing, with the region being split into four. The causalities also were massive, both in infrastructure... and in humans... 

...oh, forgive me <player> - recalling those memories are gruesome... in fact, one of my closer friends was one of the victims of it, as she had tried to-... No, she wouldn't accept me... 

(...)

{the moment when he tries to control himself} 

(...)

Believe it or not, <player>, the catastrophe was about to strike this region too. Fortunately, it has stopped before going deeper into land, with it only managing to grasp the western coast, tearing over the absorbed piece of land between Grand Strait and Viadra River, creating currently known Viadra Strait. People and Pokemon of Sacroc Region were thanking Gods for their assistance and protection... the same couldn't be said about our friends. 

Of course, we did our best to assist them in regaining the region... But as of right now, it still is separated. We were doing our best, but it wasn't enough. Which, if we think about it <player>, is the perfect analogy of my entire reign. 

They have worked around it, however, and despite region still being in four, it is more united than it has ever been. Yet, the events of it are still engraved into minds of both regions, which are currently known as "The Great Calamity". 

(...) {and then he talks about times after his retirement from Champion spot} 

I bet some of you know where this is going, but step by step. The man talking in here is Vultus - in-game, he's Supervisor of Sacroc Pokemon League, advisor of Prince (that is title, not name), and former Sacroc Grand Champion, having perhaps one of the longest reigns of all Grand Champions in the known Pokemon world (both canon and fanmade), reigning for 40 years before ultimately retiring, 5 years before the events of "Pokemon Heaven and Hell" {he's in game 89 years old, btw}. 

That dialogue (used in main post-game quest) was created, according to my sources, in February 2021 (or earlier, because there is written a last date of editing on it). So then I have known about Reborn... but not Rejuvenation. And, the region neighboring with Sacroc... might actually be Aevium. 

According to KingInfernal's "Geography and Timeline of Reborn and Aevium (which is VERY BASED on canon data and devs' claims), Storm-9 had split Aevium into four sub-regions 40 years before events of Rejuvenation. Now, math lesson

• Rejuvenation has begun 21 years after the events in Kanto Region. 
• Which means Storm-9 (also known as "The Calamity") happened 18 years before Kanto (and not 19 years, because @KingInfernal has counted Kanto events as "Year 0", then has forgotten about it in the calculations) 
• Vultus claimed that "The Great Calamity" had happened 30 years before the events, so events of "Heaven and Hell", on this timeline, happened on Year 12/13, after Alola events. 
  • It is said that events of Sacroc Region began shortly after Pokemon World Championship, during Oscar (one of the major NPCs) had participated. And PWC happened shortly after Galarian Star Tournament (in that universe). Unfortunately, neither Infernal nor myself can put SwSh on the timeline due to lack of legacy characters and no seemingly connections to other regions. So, this actually is on our benefit, not having to bother with another layer of complications 
  • That connects with my fanfic (which isn't canon to either Sacroc nor Reborn games), where Oscar is said to have arrived to Reborn around half a year after Sacroc protagonist has become new Champion, and since Reborn is said to happen around Year 13/14 (that calculating mistake surely mixes things up), that matches up... almost perfectly

Not enough?

Vultus had admitted to lost dear friend, who has apparently "sacrificed herself to "minimize the casualties" "... Whatever was that supposed to mean... And also she seemingly wouldn't accept him lamenting over her. 

While there's nowhere written more about her, I assume that could be Vivian, which did sacrifice herself to stop Storm-9. She would be around 67-69 if she was living in Rejuvenation. So there's a gap... LARGE age gap... But that wouldn't stop them from being friends - two kind, passionate, never-lying spirits associating with nature. 

That ain't much, BUT... there's more - perhaps the strongest potential connection.

Aevium is said to be (somewhat) bordering with Kalos, and be approximately close to Galar. Also, split into 4 parts. Since Kalos is France, and Galar is United Kingdom, then Aevium could be... Germany

Germany is bordering with France, quite close to UK, and the four pieces could symbolize events of May 1945, where III Reich was split into four spheres of influence: French, British, American, and Soviet. And it had taken 44 years to reunite completely. Still, in 1985 (40 years after), both Western and Eastern Germany were quite close to each other, just like Aevian sub-regions. 

And if we use real-life geography to locate Pokemon regions, then if Aevium is Germany (approximately; in terms of location), then... Aevium and Sacroc are neighboring - Sacroc is based on Poland, and it's western neighbor IS Germany. Meaning "The Great Calamity" Vultus was talking about, was Aevium's Storm-9. 

So that can wrap things up. 

I still cannot get over the fact I have created this, and... it somehow connects almost perfectly, despite not knowing anything about Rejuvenation or Aevium or... anything. 

That really freaked me out during discovering - just like when I realized I can see future while sleeping. Like... The exact events from future appear in my dreams, and I keep having that "deja-vu" from time to time. 

Human brain is really powerful 

Sorry I'm bothering, but I want to ask the question. 

While creating the update to Ame's "semi-canon" team, should I:

• limit myself to Pokémon available only in Reborn (canon Pokémon from Gens 1-7)
• use some Pokemon from Gen 8 (new ones and Galarian forms) and Aevian Forms from Rejuvenation (because Reborn and Aevium are, sorta, connected to each other) 

Please, be honest with me - say what you think, not what I want to hear. 

Splitting EVs... SUCKS! 

Having to calculate how many EVs in HP or either Defenses are necessary to survive that specific move from that specific Pokemon on that specific Field with that specific stat changes and with that specific moveset... 

It wouldn't be that bad if I had a list of Pokemon opponent could have theorically bring, but NO - they can bring fucking everything! And knowing some of them love doing random strats with very niche or useless Pokemon-... Those from Smogon boast how they can create the best movesets, stat spreads and all, but only because they - most of the time - have a predetermined list of Pokemon that can appear on that specific tier. And those Pokemon usually already have specific moves, so it's far easier. 

But I, knowing that every single Pokemon (even those NFE) with random movesets can appear, and also Fields are a factor too-... I can't split EVs like a pro because of that. And I can't split EVs at all... 

So... In that project... You will have simply 2x252 EV and 1x4 EV, because I don't want to waste my life doing something which is completely insignificant. 

Spoilers to Scarlet/Violet 

Stakataka's x4 weaknesses made their presence fell to me... in a hard way. 

So, I decided to replace it with Celesteela - another bulky and offensive Ultra Beast.

Yes, I've said that I hate that UB... but the effectiveness and wide coverage can't be denied. Honestly, I've had the trouble with deciding whether should I use psyhical or special side of offense (as Celesteela's Attack and Special Attack are almost equal). Ultimately, I decided for special side, with seemingly better coverage for my tastes (and Giga Drain being able to heal it) 

And it helped me a few times - easily tanking Rain-boosted Ludicolo's Hydro Vortex (from Hydro Pump). 

Now, that team has a 15-3 record (Win Rate of 83,3%, which isn't that good, but for now it can be) 

The games' not out yet... And many websites, including YouTube, are full of spoilers. 

While I don't mind spoilers like: "Oh, this Pokemon's gonna get a new evolution/form", or "That plot-irrelevant characters will be one of the Gym Leaders", or just soundtracks, the spoilers about plot, ESPECIALLY those including end-game twists... I HATE THEM WILL ALL MY HEART

So imagine my reaction, when I listen to Scarlet's & Violet's soundtrack (which, side note, it slaps (at least to me)), only for a brief moment when one OST switches to another on the playlist, when I was awaiting to see what OST it is... and seeing top comment with a MASSIVE, MIND-TWISTING END-GAME SPOILER ABOUT MY FAVORITE CHARACTERS! WITHOUT ANY WARNING!!! 

And it's not like I entered the comment section to see comments, it just popped up with the OST.

I was completely NOT prepared for this... And I'll never see them in the same light ever again...

Which is, is, I... I wanna have that person's fingers cut off and mouth stitched! 

Because you SHOULDN'T MASSIVELY SPOIL GAMES THAT MILLIONS OF PLAYERS AROUND THE WORLD ARE EAGERLY WAITING FOR, THAT HAVEN'T COME OUT YET, JUST BECAUSE YOU WERE SOME GODDAMM BETA TESTER! 

...i don't think i'll recover from this disappointment till christmas, I'd say... 

The Master Eight of World Coronation Series has been announced. 

And the roster is... stacked, to say the least:

The more I am committed to creating a fanmade game... The more I realize how big of a chore it is! 

It's not only story-telling, character- and city-designing, creating teams, and coding... but also balancing, upgrading the AI, multichecking, putting things on the map, working around barriers and anti-hacks, and many... MANY MORE! 

While I do wish to present to you our (because I won't be the only one to create a game, duh~) project, I realize that it's not going to be easy. 

Also, a bit of a personal question: do you prefer classical, 8-Gym version with main series mechanics and average-length plot (either 7+ or 13+), or Reborn-styled 18-Gym version with Fields, very long and 16+ plot? 

The said remake of my first project is here: enjoy