AZKnight

Defeated Tink [spoiler]Battle between [Shadow]Teddiursa and AZKnight started! Tier: OverUsed Rule: Unrated Rule: Sleep Clause Rule: Freeze Clause Rule: No Timeout Rule: Species Clause AZKnight sent out Tyranitar! [Shadow]Teddiursa sent out The Pest! (Sableye) Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm! [Shadow]Teddiursa: works for me Start of turn 1 The foe's The Pest used Will-O-Wisp! The attack of the foe's The Pest missed! Tyranitar used Stealth Rock! Pointed stones float in the air around [Shadow]Teddiursa's team! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! [Shadow]Teddiursa: Remeber, youre posting logs AZKnight: Right Start of turn 2 The foe's The Pest used Will-O-Wisp! Tyranitar was burned! Tyranitar used Stone Edge! The foe's The Pest lost 33% of its health! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! Tyranitar is hurt by its burn! Start of turn 3 Tyranitar used Stone Edge! The foe's The Pest lost 32% of its health! The foe's The Pest used Night Shade! Tyranitar lost 100 HP! (24% of its health) The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! Tyranitar is hurt by its burn! Start of turn 4 The foe's The Pest used Recover! The foe's The Pest regained health! Tyranitar used Earthquake! The foe's The Pest lost 25% of its health! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! Tyranitar is hurt by its burn! Start of turn 5 The foe's The Pest used Recover! The foe's The Pest regained health! Tyranitar used Stone Edge! The foe's The Pest lost 36% of its health! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! Tyranitar is hurt by its burn! Start of turn 6 The foe's The Pest used Recover! The foe's The Pest regained health! Tyranitar used Stone Edge! The foe's The Pest lost 36% of its health! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! Tyranitar is hurt by its burn! Start of turn 7 The foe's The Pest used Recover! The foe's The Pest regained health! Tyranitar used Stone Edge! The foe's The Pest lost 37% of its health! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! Tyranitar is hurt by its burn! Start of turn 8 Tyranitar used Stone Edge! The attack of Tyranitar missed! The foe's The Pest used Night Shade! Tyranitar lost 4 HP! (0% of its health) Tyranitar fainted! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! AZKnight sent out Shuckle! Start of turn 9 The foe's The Pest used Will-O-Wisp! Shuckle was burned! Shuckle used Toxic! The foe's The Pest was poisoned! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! The foe's The Pest is hurt by poison! Shuckle is hurt by its burn! Start of turn 10 The foe's The Pest used Taunt! Shuckle fell for the taunt! Shuckle used Mud-Slap! The foe's The Pest lost 1% of its health! The foe's The Pest's Accuracy fell! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! The foe's The Pest is hurt by poison! Shuckle is hurt by its burn! Start of turn 11 The foe's The Pest used Recover! The foe's The Pest regained health! Shuckle used Mud-Slap! The foe's The Pest lost 1% of its health! The foe's The Pest's Accuracy fell! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! The foe's The Pest is hurt by poison! Shuckle is hurt by its burn! Start of turn 12 [Shadow]Teddiursa called The Pest back! [Shadow]Teddiursa sent out The Mage! (Cacturne) Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Mage! Shuckle used Mud-Slap! The attack of Shuckle missed! The sandstorm rages! Shuckle is hurt by its burn! Shuckle's taunt ended! Start of turn 13 The foe's The Mage used Nasty Plot! The foe's The Mage's Sp. Att. sharply rose! Shuckle used Encore! The attack of Shuckle missed! The sandstorm rages! Shuckle is hurt by its burn! Start of turn 14 The foe's The Mage used Giga Drain! Shuckle lost 75 HP! (30% of its health) Shuckle had its energy drained! Shuckle used Encore! The attack of Shuckle missed! The sandstorm rages! Shuckle is hurt by its burn! Shuckle fainted! AZKnight: How is it missing? [Shadow]Teddiursa: sand veeeillll [Shadow]Teddiursa: ~~~~ AZKnight: blah AZKnight sent out Mamoswine! Start of turn 15 Mamoswine used Ice Shard! It's super effective! The foe's The Mage lost 52% of its health! The foe's The Mage used Focus Blast! It's super effective! Mamoswine lost 417 HP! (100% of its health) Mamoswine fainted! The sandstorm rages! AZKnight sent out Skarmory! Start of turn 16 Skarmory used Spikes! Spikes were scattered all around the feet of [Shadow]Teddiursa's team! The foe's The Mage used Focus Blast! The attack of the foe's The Mage missed! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 17 Skarmory used Spikes! Spikes were scattered all around the feet of [Shadow]Teddiursa's team! The foe's The Mage used Focus Blast! The attack of the foe's The Mage missed! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 18 Skarmory used Spikes! Spikes were scattered all around the feet of [Shadow]Teddiursa's team! The foe's The Mage used Focus Blast! The attack of the foe's The Mage missed! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 19 Skarmory used Brave Bird! It's super effective! The foe's The Mage lost 45% of its health! Skarmory is hit with recoil! The foe's The Mage fainted! The sandstorm rages! [Shadow]Teddiursa sent out The Fighter! (Krookodile) Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Fighter! The foe's The Fighter is hurt by spikes! Start of turn 20 The foe's The Fighter used Fire Fang! It's super effective! Skarmory lost 98 HP! (29% of its health) Skarmory used Whirlwind! Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Tyrant! The foe's The Tyrant is hurt by spikes! The foe's The Tyrant was dragged out! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 21 Skarmory used Roost! Skarmory landed on the ground! Skarmory regained health! The foe's The Tyrant used Fire Punch! It's super effective! Skarmory lost 128 HP! (38% of its health) The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 22 The foe's The Tyrant used Substitute! The foe's The Tyrant made a substitute! Skarmory used Whirlwind! Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Assassin! The foe's The Assassin is hurt by spikes! The foe's The Assassin was dragged out! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 23 The foe's The Assassin used Iron Head! It's not very effective... Skarmory lost 45 HP! (13% of its health) Skarmory used Roost! Skarmory landed on the ground! Skarmory regained health! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 24 The foe's The Assassin used Night Slash! It's not very effective... Skarmory lost 40 HP! (11% of its health) Skarmory used Whirlwind! Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Tyrant! The foe's The Tyrant is hurt by spikes! The foe's The Tyrant was dragged out! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 25 Skarmory used Brave Bird! It's not very effective... The foe's The Tyrant lost 0% of its health! Skarmory is hit with recoil! The foe's The Tyrant fainted! The sandstorm rages! [Shadow]Teddiursa sent out The Pest! (Sableye) Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Pest! The foe's The Pest is hurt by spikes! Start of turn 26 The foe's The Pest used Taunt! Skarmory fell for the taunt! Skarmory can't use Roost after the taunt! The sandstorm rages! The foe's The Pest is buffeted by the sandstorm! The foe's The Pest fainted! [Shadow]Teddiursa sent out The Fighter! (Krookodile) Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Fighter! The foe's The Fighter is hurt by spikes! Start of turn 27 The foe's The Fighter used Fire Fang! It's super effective! Skarmory lost 102 HP! (30% of its health) Skarmory used Brave Bird! The foe's The Fighter lost 38% of its health! Skarmory is hit with recoil! The foe's The Fighter fainted! The sandstorm rages! [Shadow]Teddiursa sent out The Witch! (Mandibuzz) Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Witch! Start of turn 28 The foe's The Witch used Brave Bird! It's not very effective... Skarmory lost 32 HP! (9% of its health) The foe's The Witch is hit with recoil! Skarmory used Brave Bird! The foe's The Witch lost 29% of its health! Skarmory is hit with recoil! The sandstorm rages! Skarmory's taunt ended! Start of turn 29 The foe's The Witch used Substitute! The foe's The Witch made a substitute! Skarmory used Roost! Skarmory landed on the ground! Skarmory regained health! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 30 The foe's The Witch used Roost! The foe's The Witch landed on the ground! The foe's The Witch regained health! Skarmory used Whirlwind! Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Assassin! The foe's The Assassin is hurt by spikes! The foe's The Assassin was dragged out! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 31 The foe's The Assassin used Iron Head! It's not very effective... Skarmory lost 46 HP! (13% of its health) Skarmory used Roost! Skarmory landed on the ground! Skarmory regained health! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 32 The foe's The Assassin used Psycho Cut! It's not very effective... Skarmory lost 26 HP! (7% of its health) Skarmory used Whirlwind! Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Witch! The foe's The Witch was dragged out! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 33 The foe's The Witch used Roost! The foe's The Witch landed on the ground! The foe's The Witch regained health! Skarmory used Whirlwind! Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Assassin! The foe's The Assassin is hurt by spikes! The foe's The Assassin was dragged out! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 34 The foe's The Assassin used Iron Head! It's not very effective... Skarmory lost 48 HP! (14% of its health) Skarmory used Brave Bird! It's not very effective... The foe's The Assassin lost 6% of its health! Skarmory is hit with recoil! The foe's The Assassin fainted! The sandstorm rages! [Shadow]Teddiursa sent out The Witch! (Mandibuzz) Pointed stones dug into the foe's The Witch! Start of turn 35 The foe's The Witch used Substitute! The foe's The Witch made a substitute! Skarmory used Brave Bird! The foe's The Witch's substitute faded! Skarmory is hit with recoil! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 36 The foe's The Witch used Roost! The foe's The Witch landed on the ground! The foe's The Witch regained health! Skarmory used Brave Bird! The foe's The Witch lost 28% of its health! Skarmory is hit with recoil! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 37 The foe's The Witch used Substitute! The foe's The Witch made a substitute! Skarmory used Brave Bird! The foe's The Witch's substitute faded! Skarmory is hit with recoil! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 38 The foe's The Witch used Roost! The foe's The Witch landed on the ground! The foe's The Witch regained health! Skarmory used Brave Bird! The foe's The Witch lost 30% of its health! Skarmory is hit with recoil! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 39 The foe's The Witch used Brave Bird! It's not very effective... Skarmory lost 31 HP! (9% of its health) The foe's The Witch is hit with recoil! Skarmory used Roost! Skarmory landed on the ground! Skarmory regained health! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 40 AZKnight called Skarmory back! AZKnight sent out Flygon! The foe's The Witch used Substitute! The foe's The Witch made a substitute! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 41 Flygon used Stone Edge! It's super effective! The foe's The Witch's substitute faded! The foe's The Witch used Roost! The foe's The Witch landed on the ground! The foe's The Witch regained health! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 42 Flygon used Stone Edge! It's super effective! A critical hit! The foe's The Witch lost 81% of its health! The foe's The Witch fainted! AZKnight won the battle! AZKnight: It was a pleasure battling. [Shadow]Teddiursa: I need to find the tempo, retune my instruments. The path is clear AZKnight: Skarmory still got it AZKnight: As my win-message says, it was a pleasure [Shadow]Teddiursa: Indeed[/spoiler] Defeated Scarlet [spoiler]Battle between TheScarletSword and AZKnight started! Tier: OverUsed Rule: Unrated Rule: Sleep Clause Rule: Freeze Clause Rule: No Timeout Rule: Species Clause AZKnight sent out Tyranitar! TheScarletSword sent out Victini! Tyranitar's Sand Stream whipped up a sandstorm! Start of turn 1 The foe's Victini used Focus Blast! It's super effective! Tyranitar lost 276 HP! (68% of its health) Tyranitar used Stealth Rock! Pointed stones float in the air around TheScarletSword's team! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Victini is buffeted by the sandstorm! AZKnight: Ahhh...I don't know what that does AZKnight: But now I do... Start of turn 2 AZKnight called Tyranitar back! AZKnight sent out Flygon! The foe's Victini used Focus Blast! Flygon lost 135 HP! (44% of its health) Flygon's Sp. Def. fell! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Victini is buffeted by the sandstorm! Start of turn 3 The foe's Victini used Psychic! Flygon lost 167 HP! (55% of its health) Flygon fainted! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Victini is buffeted by the sandstorm! AZKnight sent out Shuckle! Start of turn 4 The foe's Victini used Taunt! Shuckle fell for the taunt! Shuckle can't use Toxic after the taunt! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Victini is buffeted by the sandstorm! Start of turn 5 The foe's Victini used Fire Blast! Shuckle lost 49 HP! (20% of its health) Shuckle used Mud-Slap! It's super effective! The foe's Victini lost 2% of its health! The foe's Victini's Accuracy fell! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Victini is buffeted by the sandstorm! Start of turn 6 TheScarletSword called Victini back! TheScarletSword sent out Conkeldurr! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Conkeldurr! Shuckle used Mud-Slap! The foe's Conkeldurr lost 1% of its health! The foe's Conkeldurr's Accuracy fell! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Conkeldurr is buffeted by the sandstorm! Shuckle's taunt ended! Start of turn 7 The foe's Conkeldurr used Bulk Up! The foe's Conkeldurr's Attack rose! The foe's Conkeldurr's Defense rose! Shuckle used Encore! The foe's Conkeldurr received an encore! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Conkeldurr is buffeted by the sandstorm! Start of turn 8 TheScarletSword called Conkeldurr back! TheScarletSword sent out Gigalith! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Gigalith! AZKnight called Shuckle back! AZKnight sent out Skarmory! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 9 Skarmory used Spikes! Spikes were scattered all around the feet of TheScarletSword's team! The foe's Gigalith used Stealth Rock! Pointed stones float in the air around AZKnight's team! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 10 Skarmory used Spikes! Spikes were scattered all around the feet of TheScarletSword's team! The foe's Gigalith used Curse! The foe's Gigalith's Attack rose! The foe's Gigalith's Defense rose! The foe's Gigalith's Speed fell! The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 11 Skarmory used Spikes! Spikes were scattered all around the feet of TheScarletSword's team! The foe's Gigalith used Stone Edge! Skarmory lost 208 HP! (62% of its health) The sandstorm rages! Start of turn 12 The foe's Gigalith used Stone Edge! A critical hit! Skarmory lost 126 HP! (37% of its health) Skarmory fainted! The sandstorm rages! AZKnight sent out Tyranitar! Pointed stones dug into Tyranitar! Start of turn 13 Tyranitar used Earthquake! It's super effective! The foe's Gigalith lost 30% of its health! The foe's Gigalith used Earthquake! It's super effective! Tyranitar lost 78 HP! (19% of its health) Tyranitar fainted! The sandstorm rages! AZKnight sent out Vaporeon! Pointed stones dug into Vaporeon! Start of turn 14 Vaporeon used Surf! It's super effective! The foe's Gigalith lost 57% of its health! The foe's Gigalith fainted! The sandstorm rages! Vaporeon is buffeted by the sandstorm! TheScarletSword sent out Honchkrow! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Honchkrow! Start of turn 15 The foe's Honchkrow used Thunder Wave! Vaporeon is paralyzed! It may be unable to move! Vaporeon used Aqua Ring! Vaporeon surrounded itself with a veil of water! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Honchkrow is buffeted by the sandstorm! Vaporeon is buffeted by the sandstorm! Aquaring restored Vaporeon's HP. Start of turn 16 The foe's Honchkrow used Sucker Punch! But it failed! Vaporeon is paralyzed! It can't move! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Honchkrow is buffeted by the sandstorm! Vaporeon is buffeted by the sandstorm! Aquaring restored Vaporeon's HP. Start of turn 17 The foe's Honchkrow used Superpower! Vaporeon lost 172 HP! (39% of its health) The foe's Honchkrow's Attack fell! The foe's Honchkrow's Defense fell! Vaporeon used Acid Armor! Vaporeon's Defense sharply rose! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Honchkrow is buffeted by the sandstorm! Vaporeon is buffeted by the sandstorm! Aquaring restored Vaporeon's HP. Start of turn 18 TheScarletSword called Honchkrow back! TheScarletSword sent out Conkeldurr! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Conkeldurr! The foe's Conkeldurr is hurt by spikes! Vaporeon used Baton Pass! AZKnight called Vaporeon back! AZKnight sent out Mamoswine! Pointed stones dug into Mamoswine! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Conkeldurr is buffeted by the sandstorm! Aquaring restored Mamoswine's HP. Start of turn 19 The foe's Conkeldurr used Mach Punch! It's super effective! Mamoswine lost 98 HP! (23% of its health) Mamoswine used Earthquake! The foe's Conkeldurr lost 43% of its health! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Conkeldurr is buffeted by the sandstorm! The foe's Conkeldurr fainted! Aquaring restored Mamoswine's HP. TheScarletSword sent out Lapras! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Lapras! The foe's Lapras is hurt by spikes! Start of turn 20 Mamoswine used Stone Edge! It's super effective! The foe's Lapras lost 50% of its health! The foe's Lapras fainted! The sandstorm rages! Aquaring restored Mamoswine's HP. TheScarletSword sent out Salamence! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Salamence! The foe's Salamence intimidates Mamoswine! Mamoswine's Attack fell! Start of turn 21 Mamoswine used Ice Shard! It's super effective! The foe's Salamence lost 60% of its health! The foe's Salamence used Fire Blast! It's super effective! Mamoswine lost 184 HP! (44% of its health) The sandstorm rages! The foe's Salamence is buffeted by the sandstorm! Aquaring restored Mamoswine's HP. Start of turn 22 Mamoswine used Ice Shard! It's super effective! The foe's Salamence lost 8% of its health! The foe's Salamence fainted! The sandstorm rages! Aquaring restored Mamoswine's HP. TheScarletSword sent out Victini! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Victini! The foe's Victini is hurt by spikes! Start of turn 23 Mamoswine used Ice Shard! It's not very effective... The foe's Victini lost 6% of its health! The foe's Victini used Fire Blast! It's super effective! Mamoswine lost 213 HP! (51% of its health) Mamoswine fainted! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Victini is buffeted by the sandstorm! AZKnight sent out Vaporeon! Pointed stones dug into Vaporeon! Start of turn 24 The foe's Victini used Psychic! Vaporeon lost 115 HP! (26% of its health) Vaporeon used Aqua Ring! Vaporeon surrounded itself with a veil of water! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Victini is buffeted by the sandstorm! The foe's Victini fainted! Vaporeon is buffeted by the sandstorm! Vaporeon fainted! AZKnight sent out Shuckle! Pointed stones dug into Shuckle! TheScarletSword sent out Honchkrow! Pointed stones dug into the foe's Honchkrow! Start of turn 25 The foe's Honchkrow used Superpower! Shuckle lost 66 HP! (27% of its health) The foe's Honchkrow's Attack fell! The foe's Honchkrow's Defense fell! Shuckle used Toxic! The foe's Honchkrow was poisoned! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Honchkrow is buffeted by the sandstorm! The foe's Honchkrow is hurt by poison! Start of turn 26 The foe's Honchkrow used Superpower! Shuckle lost 41 HP! (16% of its health) The foe's Honchkrow's Attack fell! The foe's Honchkrow's Defense fell! Shuckle used Rest! Shuckle went to sleep and became healthy! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Honchkrow is buffeted by the sandstorm! The foe's Honchkrow is hurt by poison! Start of turn 27 The foe's Honchkrow used Superpower! Shuckle lost 31 HP! (12% of its health) The foe's Honchkrow's Attack fell! The foe's Honchkrow's Defense fell! Shuckle is fast asleep! The sandstorm rages! The foe's Honchkrow is buffeted by the sandstorm! The foe's Honchkrow fainted! AZKnight won the battle! AZKnight: It was a pleasure battling. TheScarletSword: gg AZKnight: Phew[/spoiler]

Looked into it a little more and it doesn't look that bad. The Pokesav stuff is free and I believe you don't need anything extra to connect your AR to the computer since it is designed to take new cheat codes. Going to try to figure out Pokesav and then probably get an AR this weekend. I might still want to breed my own so they are truly legit, even if the stats I give them are legitimate. Though now I have a sneaking suspicion about breeding. Does anyone know if it's unsafe to breed Pokemon you get from AR?

See, I don't think that would work. If it did, then why wouldn't it list Hitmonchan as a Father that can pass down Drain Punch? Second, one of the rules of passing down moves: [quote]The Pokémon will start with any TM or HM moves (and starting in Crystal, move tutor moves) that the father knows and the baby can also learn by machine. [/quote] Conkeldurr cannot learn Drain Punch because it is no longer a TM. Which is why I don't think Hitmonchan is listed as a father for Drain Punch.

I fear I have finally given in to the pressures to get one of these two cheating devices. I don't know who uses them or if competitive people I see on youtube use them or not. Seems like the only way you could have consistent battle. Cannot even imagine trying to legitimately breed near perfect IVs on a Pokemon. I'm now realizing that if I want to get in on the competitive scene, using a cheating device for some cases would be very nice and time saving. I just cannot spend hours if not days breeding individual Pokemon and do that enough times to actually have a large selection (want to do Roulette someday). Which one do you use? I looked on Bulbapedia about both of them and I used to think that they were synonymous. That you use the Action Replay and the act of using it for getting Pokemon is called Pokesavving. They are in fact different systems. Action Replay definitely seems easier as you can buy that in a store. Pokesav seems like something where you need an SD card to save your game onto and then edit things on your computer? I really don't know. Can you use Action Replay to get a Magikarp with perfect IVs? Or a Chansey with Wish? Or do you have to use Pokesav? If anyone can just clear this up for me.

I have not done a lot of breeding and I somewhat understands the mechanics behind it. I got pretty good at getting the Natures and IVs that I wanted on my Pokemon the few times I did breed for competitive play. Still a bitch, but I knew what to do to make it easier. I thought it would be a piece of cake to breed a Conkeldurr for an upcoming Tournament I will be running at my university, but then something caught my eye. I knew that Drain Punch had to be bred on it but I thought that it learned Mach Punch by level up. Not the case. Oh, well I'm sure the Pokemon you use to breed Drain Punch onto it also learns Mach Punch. Wrong. You need Mienshao for Drain Punch, but you need either Hitmonchan or Infernape for Mach Punch. Now I have always been confused about how moves are passed down and it's hard enough when you only have two parents. Except now I have three parents potentially. It doesn't look like any of them learn the other move. Even if they did I would not know if that would work. Simply put: How do you breed Conkeldurr to have Drain Punch and Mach Punch?

Probably a mix of Pokemon researcher and Gym Leader. Playing through Black & White has really expanded on the notion that Gym Leaders do the battle scene plus something on the side, like painting, being a model, flying planes, etc. The Gym Leader part is pretty straight forward. The research would probably revolve around the natural habitats of Pokemon, how they behave in the wild and how entering into the Human world under trainers changes them. The thing I would do most differently from the games is raising more than just six Pokemon like I normally do for playing the story. I'm going to raise all of my favorites and keep them all on hand for my research, traveling and general companionship. Despite that, I would probably settle on a single type to use in the Gym, just to be fair. I'd probably piss challengers off by not being in the Gym 50% of the time, but tough luck. I'd also give away an awesome TM, like Earthquake. Oh! Or make my own TM. If Bugsy can do it then so can I damn it. All in all, Gym Leader who researchers the natural abilities and habitats of Pokemon and how they train when they find a trainer. And of course start my own branch of the Pokemon G-Men. Though that would probably just be a Gym Leader Alliances. We'd do shit like the Leaders in Black & White unlike [i]some [/i]other Leaders *glares at Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh*

Ah yes, the one and only tournament I entered via the real world using an actual DS. 'Twas an interesting tournament. Hosted by MTGXerxes, [i]the [/i]guy who got my into competitive play and watching it on youtube. First round my guy flaked on my so that was sad that I didn't get to battle, but cool since I survived the first round. Second round found out I was against FrostyPixie and just thought fuck. But I won! That made me think I could do this tournament. Aaaaaand then it lost steam from too many people flaking and was never heard from again. But hey, I beat a very prominent youtube battler so I was happy. I'll probably be lazy and just register the team I used for that tournament. Screw using 5th Gen stuff and new things, I'm gonna stick with my newb tactics because they worked!

Huh, I'd never looked at it that way before. To me the Dark and Ghost weaknesses always made sense to me, maybe because along with Psychic they all seem supernatural and mystic. But Bug never fit into that. Looking at it as common fears that go against logic and mental strength is really clever.

Why is Psychic weak against Bug?

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Despite all the differences there are between the versions, it really just came down to the two Unova exclusive Pokemon: Gothitelle vs. Reuniclus & Mandibuzz vs. Braviary. Like I said, that was a clear choice for me. Every non-Unova Pokemon can be obtained through my other Pokemon games. Legendaries I've never given that big of a hoot about. Trainer battles vs. Wild battles does not really matter to me, although I guess trainer ones are better. Once you get to the metagame it hardly makes a difference which one you choose. So I chose based on what I wanted while playing the story. Which was two Pokemon. I guess there really isn't that big of a difference. Oh, and I guess the aesthetic differences. There are a couple locations where in Black everything is techno-future while in White its rural-classical. I do not know where these locations are and they are limited but hey, it's cool. Imagine if there had been geographical differences in Ruby and Sapphire from Team Magma and Aqua's schemes.

The guy attacks you when you walk in front of him, so you don't even get a chance to touch the fossils. The fossils fully come into view the instant he attacks you, so you don't even do anything. He charges and shouts, "Hey, stop! I found these fossils! They're both mine!" Again, you barely even see the fossils when he says this. If you have never played the game before odds are you might not have noticed the fossils or if you did realized they were fossils. Like Ame said, once you whoop his ass he calms down a bit. "We'll each take a fossil! No being greedy!" Except for the fact that we probably would not have taken his fossils had the jerk not attacked us and then after we defend ourselves he hands one over like a coward.

Having the battle in the bag until a Critical Hit causes you to lose

Well [i]I'VE[/i] heard of people not being allowed to use Pokemon Centers ever. You end up having to juggle the potions you find and can afford along with the PP restoring items. I don't think you could even do that if you were not allowed to use the Pokemart, too.

I've heard of this rule before, but usually applied to games where it makes a little sense. Shooters are a common genre (you die, restart the entire game), some RPGs and recently I've seen people applying it to Minecraft (You die, you delete the world.) The first part of the rule makes sense. Instead of fainting Pokemon die, alright. I just don't get the second rule. It doesn't seem to blend with the point of the rules being "realism." There are multiple types in a area, being limited to a one shot does not make sense. There are more than just one Pokemon. I would consider doing the first rule but not the second.

One of two things could have happened: A: They do not take into account the movies / the mini-movies B: The original dialogue did not mention that and it was only in the English dub

As of the new serious in BW001: [quote]According to the narration at the beginning of the episode, Ash is [i]still [/i]ten years old (despite the fact the anime has been airing for over thirteen years at this point).[/quote] So apparently Ash has somehow managed to travel through 4 regions, defeat all their Gym Leaders, compete in each of their League Tournaments, and countless sidequests in less than a year. Apparently Ash moves fast.

I really wanted to get Black if only to get the less popular version. Like I said before, you need to have people with both versions because you [quote name='Will' post='11278' date='Feb 25 2011, 04:13 PM'][b][i][font="Impact"][size=5]GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!!![/size][/font][/i][/b][/quote] But unlike previous games where it was personal preference, White appears to be an all around better option. Well, maybe not, only if you are concerned with non-Unova Pokemon. For Unova exclusive Pokemon there are only two normal ones that are different. Black has Gothitelle and Mandibuzz while White has Reuniclus and Braviary. It would appear that Whimsicott and Lilligant are also exclusive, but there is an in-game trade where you trade one for the other so you can still get both in both versions to a degree. Then of course both have there own Legendary Pokemon. Now for me I prefer Reuniclus and Braviary to Gothitelle and Mandibuz so White appears to be the better choice for me. I know Ame prefers Gothitelle and despises Reuniclus which is why he probably got Black. I also prefer Reshiram but one legendary does not outweigh two Pokemon. Again, it just makes me sad. I really want to get Black over White, but I cannot let emotional and unfounded preferences dominate over logic. I just get the feeling that most everyone is going to be getting White. But based on everything I said, there is nothing in Black that I cannot get myself using Platinum and HG except for Reshiram and Tornelos. Oh, and the fact that I hate Iris. Drayden looks sooooooo awesome! He just matches the image of what a Dragon trainer could look like as a hulking and intimidating figure but probably wise, too, because of his white beard. Beards make everyone cooler. Iris is pretty much the same age as Ash or at least a very young child. She should not be the Dragon Gym Leader nor should she be the last Gym! BLAH! [quote name='Andrew' post='11280' date='Feb 25 2011, 06:57 PM']No poll option for neither?[/quote] Of course there is an option for that. It's called not voting. I mean, I could have also put, "Do not know yet," "Waiting for "Grey," "Both," etc. but that just gets messy and dilutes the results.

So I was looking up the version exclusives between Black & White trying to decide which game to get. After all, it's usually the version exclusive Pokemon that decide it for most people. Then I noticed that there was an added list about White Forrest. At first I thought neat, here are a bunch of non-Unova Pokemon that are found in the White exclusive area. Now let's see what Black in its counterpart, Black City. Oh, wait, IT GETS NOTHING! What kind of bullshit is this. It's one thing to have version exclusive Pokemon and I expect it, but this is just too far. The list is pretty extensive, too and contains but is not limited to: Abra Machop Gastly Porygon Togepi Ralts Slakoth Trapinch Bagon Budew Happiny You mean to tell me that with White I get the additional access to Pokemon like Machamp, Gallade and Salamence while Black gets no such counterparts. It just seems way too unbalanced between the two versions. Has anyone else noticed this and has it effected your decision on which version you are getting? I just felt like venting about that. Odds are, I'll get whatever version the majority of my friends do NOT get. There's always trading after all. Anyway, this was just going to be me venting about White Forrest, but what the hey. Might as well poll people on which version they are getting and why while I'm at it.

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[quote]Meet never-before-seen Pokémon while playing demos of the new Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version video games[/quote] Meh. We've already been so overexposed to Black & White it would be nothing new for most of us. But for the age demographic it's primarily aimed at, good way to get hype. [quote]Watch special screenings of the new Pokémon movie, Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions. This is your only chance to watch the movie in theaters, and best of all, it's free![/quote] Oooooh, watch it in a theatre. Not that appealing since I regrettably watched it on TV already. [quote]Enjoy a fun hunt around the mall collecting stamps to discover new Pokémon and win cool prizes![/quote] Sounds like fun. Except I'd feel weird being twice the age of everyone else running around silly like. At least I could just toss them out of the way. [quote]Meet some of the new Pokémon characters as well as plenty of other photo opportunities...so remember to bring your camera![/quote] They look creepy for some reason. And Tepig is a quadruped you fools! Too bad I live in a small college town. Knew there was no way they would come up here although they are in the major metropolitan area of my state. Wait a second... *checks calendar* Event takes place during the weekend of my spring break when I go home, my home being in one of the listed cities. Spiffy!