The Pokemon Thread
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yell0w_f0x
~Foxy loves oreo~
i was head over heels excited when i got not 1.. not 2.. but 3 pokemon with 6ivs. all the same species. 2 female and one male. and with the ability i want to boot. XD
sadly, i couldnt repeat my luck. keep ending up with 5iv pokemon without the preferred 31 ivs..
oh.. and i just successfully traded out my shiny luvdisc for a shiny politoed..
sadly, i couldnt repeat my luck. keep ending up with 5iv pokemon without the preferred 31 ivs..
oh.. and i just successfully traded out my shiny luvdisc for a shiny politoed..
Harbinger
The Last of Us.
Thanks for the help all, its a bit clearer now
Swapped metal burst on my Aggron for earthquake, changed dig on greninja to grass knot seeing as i dont have any other grass move users. I dont have any of those items though, not a single one, there's only a few hours to go now, i can either spend my time trying to get those items at the maison or max leveling my Haxorous and garchomp, will chnage the latters moves now.
TBH im not looking forward to going now, i dont know any of them, tried being friendly in the group and talkative but no one answers -_-
To top it all off only 8 people have agreed to go now with a few people iffy about it, so it'll probably end up me being the odd one out playing on my own.
Swapped metal burst on my Aggron for earthquake, changed dig on greninja to grass knot seeing as i dont have any other grass move users. I dont have any of those items though, not a single one, there's only a few hours to go now, i can either spend my time trying to get those items at the maison or max leveling my Haxorous and garchomp, will chnage the latters moves now.
TBH im not looking forward to going now, i dont know any of them, tried being friendly in the group and talkative but no one answers -_-
To top it all off only 8 people have agreed to go now with a few people iffy about it, so it'll probably end up me being the odd one out playing on my own.
SirRob
Well-Known Member
I'd go anyway Harbinger. Even if your team isn't fully prepared, that's not really the point of going! You ought to do it for the uh, social experience or something. Make new friends and such.
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Grats. [noparse]i was head over heels excited when i got not 1.. not 2.. but 3 pokemon with 6ivs. all the same species. 2 female and one male. and with the ability i want to boot. XD
sadly, i couldnt repeat my luck. keep ending up with 5iv pokemon without the preferred 31 ivs..
oh.. and i just successfully traded out my shiny luvdisc for a shiny politoed..
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Harbinger
The Last of Us.
Well apparently its supposed to be a bunch of Monster hunter games going on which i kinda overlooked whilst poke training. Im a MASSIVE monster hunter player and have been for years before pokemon Y came out, been lone wolfing it since before now i never knew anyone else who played it and you cant coop online with it which is daft.
Stratelier
Well-Known Member
You never do. For my purposes I'd probably declare victory with 5 IV's.
SirRob
Well-Known Member
Hahaha, wow. The method of signing up for the Battle Competition is ludicrously convoluted for people who aren't automatically registered.
http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pgl_beta_competition-2014-01-31/
Pokemon.com said:
http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pgl_beta_competition-2014-01-31/
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yell0w_f0x
~Foxy loves oreo~
looks like a hassle. lol. id love to register but im having second thoughts since i live waaay on the other side of the world. haha.
SirRob
Well-Known Member
It's a global tournament though...
yell0w_f0x
~Foxy loves oreo~
oh? i seriously thought it was for the US only. lol. i guess i should try registering then.
EDIT: and done.. that was faster than i thought. lol. just have to wait and see if i get an invite then.
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Alexxx-Returns
The Sergal that Didn't Vore
Not true. Togekiss is a little monster and has been carrying me (well, supporting my lead Starizard) in battle maison. As well as being a decent sweeper, it's able to take a bit of a beating, too.
Stratelier
Well-Known Member
I really, really want to rickroll someone in a Pokemon battle. Preferably Rotation battling, because then I can fit in most of the chorus. (No, this is not about voice chat, that would be too obvious.)
In other news, I just acquired an Archipelago Vivillon on the GTS. (For a Chinchou.) That makes 15!!
In other news, I just acquired an Archipelago Vivillon on the GTS. (For a Chinchou.) That makes 15!!
Harbinger
The Last of Us.
Its funny but it hurts at the same time...
Oh and last night was awesome
Everyone played Monster hunter and pokemon and plenty of games, gone to a few general gaming nights before and everyones been playing their own thing which was shit.
Won a pretty sick monster hunter t-shirt in a raffle
Did have a go battling and of course lost, managed to beat 3 of their pokemon at least. And there was no point going against the rest of them in battles, a few of them were into copying pokemon and so had a tonne of shinies, multiples of each with perfect IV's and shit like that.
Oh and last night was awesome
Everyone played Monster hunter and pokemon and plenty of games, gone to a few general gaming nights before and everyones been playing their own thing which was shit.
Won a pretty sick monster hunter t-shirt in a raffle
Did have a go battling and of course lost, managed to beat 3 of their pokemon at least. And there was no point going against the rest of them in battles, a few of them were into copying pokemon and so had a tonne of shinies, multiples of each with perfect IV's and shit like that.
yell0w_f0x
~Foxy loves oreo~
@harbringer. Good to know. It's all about fun.
It'd be cool if we did.
I read about this yesterday. Would be cool if he was actually one of the guys I traded with. Haha.
Awesome, maybe we'll run into each other. [noparse]
It'd be cool if we did.
I read about this yesterday. Would be cool if he was actually one of the guys I traded with. Haha.
Is it me or have the criminal syndicates in each game got lamer and lamer as the series has gone on? I love the "Godfather" series so naturally I thought Giovanni was awesome. The head of a Poke-Mob modeled directly after the Italian Mafia, with a capo whose name even sounds Italian would have been just terrific. But as the series went on, the syndicates' goals became more abstract, the heads of each syndicate acted more like whiny anime characters than main villains, and I would prefer a more straightforward crime syndicate like Team Rocket than another group wanting to build a utopia. I think Lysandre was one of the worst- and not in a good way- villains in video games, with a plan of action so ambiguous even he can't remember exactly what he started out doing. Eventually, he takes his own life with a weapon meant for all the "evil" Pokemon trainers in the world, leading me to wonder how such a mentally unstable man became a criminal threat in the first place.
SirRob
Well-Known Member
Glad to hear you enjoyed last night, Harbinger. [noparse][/noparse]
There's actually a girl I met in my class who plays Pokemon competitively; we're gonna battle on Tuesday. She's a little obsessive, but not as much as meeeee
It's kinda cool to hear that a famous person likes Pokemon. But it would be cooler to hear when the Pokemon Company International is planning to release Pokebank.
[/noparse] There's actually a girl I met in my class who plays Pokemon competitively; we're gonna battle on Tuesday. She's a little obsessive, but not as much as meeeee
It's kinda cool to hear that a famous person likes Pokemon. But it would be cooler to hear when the Pokemon Company International is planning to release Pokebank.
Mr. Sparta
Scale Face
I can never play competitively. I always get my ass kicked.
On another note...
If they ever do any Hoenn remakes, they should allow you to pick sides. I kinda wanted to join Team Aqua when I did an emerald run a year or so ago. It felt bad having to kick their asses.
On another note...
If they ever do any Hoenn remakes, they should allow you to pick sides. I kinda wanted to join Team Aqua when I did an emerald run a year or so ago. It felt bad having to kick their asses.
Jags
Shepherd of Fire
Just bought X on my 3DS, annoyingly though it's taken up nearly all of the 2GB space. Now if I wanna buy another game I have to get a new SD card >:[
On the other hand, a few Wonder Trades at the start set me up with a decent team -Honedge, Eevee (Sylveon), Pichu, Froakie, Flechling, and Ralts. Though I kinda wanna get a Riolu instead of Ralts, Lucario's just better.
On the other hand, a few Wonder Trades at the start set me up with a decent team
-Honedge, Eevee (Sylveon), Pichu, Froakie, Flechling, and Ralts. Though I kinda wanna get a Riolu instead of Ralts, Lucario's just better.
Stratelier
Well-Known Member
Did some battles with a random acquaintance last night. He really likes Mewtwo Y and Aegislash.
I lost the first one okay (so he was also packing Zygarde and Yveltal, not that Zygarde gave me much trouble), lost the second one very badly (damn you Aegislash and your triple Swords Danced priority Shadow Sneak), then won the third one by just as wide a margin.
And you know this image?
Oh, and my Pyroar totally countered his Aegislash btw.
[EDIT] Okay, so some guy challenges me to a battle with "No Restrictions" rules. I say no and challenge him back with "Normal rules". He turns it down.
Lather, rinse, repeat. The third time he asks I decide, screw it, I'm gonna SHOW him why I'm asking for normal rules:
- My Battle Box has a team of six in the Lv.60s range. His team of six is in the Lv.80s range. Obviously there's no way I can win because the level gap is too great.
- I'm not allowed to cancel the battle at this point, I don't feel like giving a three-fingered salute either, so when prompted to select which Pokemon will fight and in what order, I don't. I stall out the clock, and the game defaults to sending in only my lead Pokemon in the box -- my trusty Lanturn.
- So when the battle actually starts, it's one vs. six and outleveled to boot. It's over in two turns.
The one good part was my Lanturn survived a full-on Draco Meteor from a higher-leveled Mega Garchomp (and her Ice Beam did about 40% damage in return).
Sir, I'll happily bring my A-game if you pick normal rules (the only difference between "normal" and "no restrictions" is level scaling, really), but I only have two Lv.100 Pokemon on my team and only one of them would I consider competition ready (and come to think of it, I probably could've added Talonflame to the lineup just to outlevel him for a change). Yes you technically won but you can't possibly feel satisfied with a victory like that because I threw that battle on purpose.
On a sidenote, I now have a perfect Jolteon to catch that Zapdos with. He's not completely flawless, but he's got good IV's in what matters (4IVs: HP/Def/Sp.Atk/Spd) and his Nature is +Sp.Def / -Attack. He's also armed with Wish and Yawn (the latter being very important for Zapdos hunting).
I lost the first one okay (so he was also packing Zygarde and Yveltal, not that Zygarde gave me much trouble), lost the second one very badly (damn you Aegislash and your triple Swords Danced priority Shadow Sneak), then won the third one by just as wide a margin.
And you know this image?
That TOTALLY happened -- he matched my Mega Lucario with Mega Mewtwo Y. We both hit each other pretty hard (Shadow Claw vs. Psychic) and Mewtwo was a notch faster than Lucario, but Lucario's also packing ExtremeSpeed....
Oh, and my Pyroar totally countered his Aegislash btw.
[EDIT] Okay, so some guy challenges me to a battle with "No Restrictions" rules. I say no and challenge him back with "Normal rules". He turns it down.
Lather, rinse, repeat. The third time he asks I decide, screw it, I'm gonna SHOW him why I'm asking for normal rules:
- My Battle Box has a team of six in the Lv.60s range. His team of six is in the Lv.80s range. Obviously there's no way I can win because the level gap is too great.
- I'm not allowed to cancel the battle at this point, I don't feel like giving a three-fingered salute either, so when prompted to select which Pokemon will fight and in what order, I don't. I stall out the clock, and the game defaults to sending in only my lead Pokemon in the box -- my trusty Lanturn.
- So when the battle actually starts, it's one vs. six and outleveled to boot. It's over in two turns.
The one good part was my Lanturn survived a full-on Draco Meteor from a higher-leveled Mega Garchomp (and her Ice Beam did about 40% damage in return).
Sir, I'll happily bring my A-game if you pick normal rules (the only difference between "normal" and "no restrictions" is level scaling, really), but I only have two Lv.100 Pokemon on my team and only one of them would I consider competition ready (and come to think of it, I probably could've added Talonflame to the lineup just to outlevel him for a change). Yes you technically won but you can't possibly feel satisfied with a victory like that because I threw that battle on purpose.
On a sidenote, I now have a perfect Jolteon to catch that Zapdos with. He's not completely flawless, but he's got good IV's in what matters (4IVs: HP/Def/Sp.Atk/Spd) and his Nature is +Sp.Def / -Attack. He's also armed with Wish and Yawn (the latter being very important for Zapdos hunting).
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Alexxx-Returns
The Sergal that Didn't Vore
The doubles gym battle in RSE was such a bastard. I had so much trouble with that one.
DrDingo
Moved to phoenix.corvidae.org with the others
After a while of trundling around in the Maison, I've got 48 BP to spend! But choosing which item to grab for my efforts after all this battling is another ordeal entirely! Life Orb, Focus Sash, Choice Band.. but I have a feeling I know what I want.