Chalkey's Escape from Pallet Take 2, Part 5

Today, while grinding for the Elite Four, I realized something: just because I can't catch other pokémon doesn't mean I can't mug the shit out of them.

I taught Pidgeot Thief, and then proceeded to use it on everyone I could find. Wild pokémon tend to hold items, which gives me a few nice things here or there, like Sharp Beak. But what really made this experience enjoyable was discovering I could steal items from trainers. And with that, I'm adding a tally to my usual stats at the end of my blog entries, labeled "Pidgeot's loot" - all items I stole from other trainers.

Captain's Log:
Time: 9:09 (nine hours, nine minutes)
Pokédex: 30
Badges: 8
Lineup:
-Fat Blasta the Blastoise, level 53
-JBlox the Pidgeot, level 49
-Jeps the Jolteon, level 47
-Liz the Doduo, level 24

Casualties:
-Dick Eater the Spearow
-Mr. Nido the Nidoran M (in-game trade)
-Steph the Pidgey
-Ari the Diglett
-Shannon the Pidgey
-Joey the Snorlax
Total dead for the cause: 6

Pidgeot's Loot:
-3 Black Belts
-1 Sitrus Berry
Total items stolen from other trainers: 4

Fit the Fourth: In which a heroic sacrifice is made so the party may advance

Our trainer fair returned to city three
And found a boat to ferry her across
To Dewford town, you can hardly see
In Granite cave (It's easy to get lost)
She caught a Zubat, which could not learn cut
Then stumbled, training Shroomish and Davesprite
For Dewford had a gym, and it was shut
unless one took on trainers who could fight
And fighting types are weak to flying 'mons
So Taillow was the choice, others were pawns

Eventually, when Squiddles had evolved
And Davesprite reached the nineteenth level too
To beat the gym, our trainer had resolved
The other punks went down without ado
So Taillow wiped out Brawly's first guy - smack!
And Metatite he took down in one hit
But Machuhito stood his Wing Attack
And critically killed him - Holy shit!
Then Squiddles used a mach punch, took him down
But Dave was dead, I could not help but frown.

Team:
Edmund, Marshstomp, Level 18
Squiddles, Brelloom, Level 23
Exquisite, Abra, Level 13
B'Elanna, Poochyena, Level 8
Opa, Wismur, Level 6
Disappoint, Zubat, Level 7

Box:
Nog, Poochyena, Level 4

Casualties:
Maddie, Zigzagoon, Level 7
Davesprite, Taillow, Level 20

Chalkey's Escape From Pallet Take 2, Part 4

It's comforting to know that something that was once really difficult is now relatively easy. When my last run failed, I decided to take on a few areas just for one before I restarted the file. The Fighting Dojo annihilated my entire team at this point - an injustice that was rectified by Pidgeot alone this time around. Pidgeot and I laughed as we crushed every pokemon in the entire dojo - the whole time breaking the "No shoes in the dojo" rule that was apparently strictly enforced.

After this, I felt confident enough to face Blue and head up Victory Road. Again, as a point of pride I had to prove to myself that my Pidgeot was superior to his for nostalgic rivalry, though all the training in the dojo kept this in the bag. His Alakazam gave me a lot of trouble and required a sacrificial kill from Snorlax to get the job done. Rest in peace, you fatass.

In my last patch of grass, I found a Primape. After a critical hit almost killed my Jolteon, however, I instinctively ran from it out of self preservation. Better to lose a chance of catching than to lose a hard trained pokemon at this stage of the game - with Snorlax gone, my fighting team is down to three.

When I get more time to play, there will be lots of grinding involved.

Captain's Log:
Time: 7:30 (seven hours, thirty minutes)
Pokédex: 16
Badges: 8
Lineup:
-Fat Blasta the Blastoise, level 51
-JBlox the Pidgeot, level 43
-Jeps the Jolteon, level 42
-Liz the Doduo, level 24

Casualties:
-Dick Eater the Spearow
-Mr. Nido the Nidoran M (in-game trade)
-Steph the Pidgey
-Ari the Diglett
-Shannon the Pidgey
-Joey the Snorlax
Total dead for the cause: 6

In which hardships are faced

Since my last post, I obtained some new fighters: A Bellsprout named Lao Tze, A Hoppip called Epicurus, and a Zubat, finally. I'm calling this one Heidegger. Fought Falkner easily with no casualties. I ought to have picked up an Onyx in Union Cave, but I very very foolishly thought my newly caught Bellsprout was a week enough choice to damage him. Yes, I thought that maybe the giant rock monster could stand up to my tiny flower for one hit, but that is real world logic and in Pokemon land, I one-hit K.O.'d it. Since then I have learned that with an attack that is super effective against no one, attacks that cause sleep and paralysis, and Mean Look, which keeps Pokemon from fleeing, Spinoza the Ghastly is basically tailor-made to catch other Pokemon. Hopefully I won't have a repeat of that incident.

But my failure to catch an Onyx was nothing compared to the tragedy that was about to strike. Caught completely off-guard by a rival battle coming out of the Slowpoke Well, My Rival Hook's Bayleaf killed Socrates. I suppose it's somewhat appropriate - the original Socrates was killed by a plant, too. Still, without my starter things are going to get tougher. I've resolved to do a lot more training before I move on.

Pokedex
7

Play Time
6:23

Badges
1

Party
Epicurus, a Lvl. 9 Hoppip
Lao Tzi, a Lvl. 13 Bellsprout
Spinoza, a Lvl. 14 Ghastly
Descartes, a Lvl 12 Unown
Heidegger, a Lvl. 8 Zubat
Kierkegaard, a Lvl. 13 Spearow

Graceyard
Nietzsche, a Lvl 4 Zubat killed by Descartes in the Ruins of Alph.
Socrates, a Lvl 15 Totadile insta-killed by my rival's Bayleaf in Azalea Town.

Chalkey's Escape from Pallet Take 2, Part 3

Short entry, as Nathan's about to go to bed. But I met my aforementioned goal - eight badges in under eight hours!

With Silph Co. going by so quickly, I decided to power through the Saffron and Viridian City gyms - which reached my goal but ultimately screwed me over. Blastoise overpowered just about everyone, but at the cost of having but one Pokémon to stand up to Blue right before Victory Road. I'll need to go back to some places I skipped if I want to not lose anyone at this point - I'm already down to three fighters.

Maybe I'll try the Saffron Dojo tomorrow.

Captain's Log:
Time: 6:41 (six hours, forty minutes)
Pokédex: 16
Badges: 8
Lineup:
-Fat Blasta the Blastoise, level 51
-JBlox the Pidgeot, level 43
-Jeps the Jolteon, level 42
-Mikey the Snorlax, level 30
-Liz the Doduo, level 24

Casualties:
-Dick Eater the Spearow
-Mr. Nido the Nidoran M (in-game trade)
-Steph the Pidgey
-Ari the Diglett
-Shannon the Pidgey
Total dead for the cause: 5

A Quick Update

I worked hard, but obviously not hard enough. While Zeetha made short work of MAyI lost Gwen the Beautifly to a critical hit from Wailmer's Rollout. Gwen, while not the most popular member of the team, will be missed sorely by Azula, the magikarp. Azula learned a lot from Gwen, and saw her as a sort of older sister. I wouldn't be surprised if this further alienates Azula from the rest of the group. I've decided to bridge the gap with Kraken, the Tentacool. They can be leveling partners, since they both have catching up to do, and the shared water type should help them get a long.

This post is short because I'm mostly just training right now.

Team
Kraken, Lv13 Tentacool
Jayne, Lv22 Makuhita
Bailey, Lv20 Linoone
Zeak, Lv20 Grovyle
Zeetha, Lv21 Taillow
Azula, Lv16 Magikarp

Playtime 11:07
Pokedex 14
Badges 2
Graveyard
Toby, the Zigzagoon
Gwen, the Beautifly

Chalkey's Escape from Pallet Take 2, Part 2

There comes advantages and disadvantages to attempting the Nuzlocke with FireRed/Leafgreen, most of which come from assuming you know everything just because you played RBY. Aforementioned advantages come from when you're right in this assumption, and disadvantages come from the opposite. But, so it goes.

I skipped Saffron City initially because I couldn't for the life of me remember how to get inside; in RBY, you just had to buy a lemonade, soda or freshwater for the guards, but in FRLG you have to actually find Tea somewhere. I had no recollection of this, and spent forever trying to cram the damn fresh water down the thirsty guard's throat.

I also forgot entirely that, exclusive to FRLG, Bill the Pokémaniac kidnaps you and takes you to the Sevii Islands. I might have had an option to skip this, but I was skimming through the text pretty fast in the interest of time. When I was young, I was a big fan of Pojo, which chronicled a guy playing Gold for the first time with a rate of eight badges in eight days. My goal for every game since then has always been eight badges in eight days, or eight hours if I've played that version before. Sometimes, like in this case, my goal is its own worst enemy, as I skipped right over whatever option I had to skip this detour to the first three Sevii Islands. I didn't catch anything there, but I did kill a lot of Fearow and Raticates.

But it wasn't all bad. My prior knowledge came in handy as I pulled off finishing Silph Co's Rocket bust in a personal record of seven minutes total. I also took it as a moment of personal pride to annihilate Blue's Pidgeot with my own Pidgeot (part of my nostalgic pet projects at work - this was always very important to me as a kid). I completely ignored the guy that gives me Lapras, knowing that I could only take one of either Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan or Lapras under Nuzlocke rules (as all of Saffron City counts as one area). I'll just decide later, I guess.

Captain's Log:
Time: 6:21 (six hours, twenty one minutes)
Pokédex: 16
Badges: 6
Lineup:
-Fat Blasta the Blastoise, level 43
-JBlox the Pidgeot, level 40
-Jeps the Jolteon, level 40
-Mikey the Snorlax, level 30
-Liz the Doduo, level 24

Casualties:
-Dick Eater the Spearow
-Mr. Nido the Nidoran M (in-game trade)
-Steph the Pidgey
-Ari the Diglett
-Shannon the Pidgey
Total dead for the cause: 5

Chalkey's Escape from Pallet Take 2, Part 1

For brevity, I'm skipping the trashy teen emo ranting style of my last session of posts.

Well, my first run failed miserably after my entire team was wiped out trying to catch Snorlax. I had already missed my chance to get the first one as I had already caught a Doduo in that route, so I didn't want to mess this one up. And when my Farfetch'd died, I thought "Well, I'm a man down. Now I have to go for it." This infinite regress of a thought led to the eventual wiping out of my entire team.

So I started a new game. Same version: LeafGreen. And, as last time, I'm nicknaming all of my pokémon after old friends and ex girlfriends (named in chronological order of having met/dated them respectively). Originally, this was meant to add sentiment and incentive not to kill various characters, although I was surprisingly unsympathetic when certain female pokémon died. I also don't actually release like the Nuzlocke demands, but rather put them in a PC box by themselves that's labeled "DEAD." It gets hard seeing that box fill up.

RBY days are given a bit more of a challenge with Dark and Steel movesets and trainers being more bitchtastic. It also strikes me as far more hax-induced during my Nuzlocke challenge, but maybe that's just bad luck; in both my first run and this one, Weedle was the most feared enemy of the entire game. Weedle's Poison Sting plagued my entire team, at a very compromising point - the very center of the forest. And, with so little HP early on, running backwards to the Pokécenter was a high risk high reward endeavor. At one point I made the judgement call that it may be faster to run forwards, leaving me with a very close call of 2 HP on my starter come Pewter City. You would think I'd learn to carry Antidotes, but not so much.

I've made a bit of progress the last few days, though. This time, I didn't spend two hours getting lost in Rock Tunnel, which sped my catchup a bit. Koga was a royal pain in the ass - two self-destructing Koffing and a Muk and Weezing that were higher levels than all of my characters. All of them spammed Toxic and Minimize, while Koga kept them alive with Hyper Potions and Full Heals. I had to sacrifice the Diglett I named after Ari for a free switch to pull off the win.

I could have trained my Eevee more, but when I found the EXP Share it came at the cost of a pokédex of 50. Since Nuzlocke's randomness is not very conducive to pokédex expansion, I reached this point with a pokédex number of 9. Fuck you, Professor Oak's Aide.

Captain's Log:
Time: 5:00 (five hours) [edited from previously logged as 6:00 - this was incorrect]
Pokédex: 16
Badges: 6
Lineup:
-Fat Blasta the Blastoise, level 40
-JBlox the Pidgeot, level 37
-Jeps the Jolteon, level 38
-Mikey the Snorlax, level 30
-Liz the Doduo, level 24

Casualties:
-Dick Eater the Spearow
-Mr. Nido the Nidoran M (in-game trade)
-Steph the Pidgey
-Ari the Diglett
-Shannon the Pidgey
Total dead for the cause: 5

Fit the Third - In which new problems are encountered

Our trainer, she had taken on Roxanne
And moved in the direction of Slateport
Had great luck, to her team added a man
An Abra with a move called teleport
The tunnel was obstructed by some stones
And Aqua team had stolen Devon's stuff
But Davesprite got it back (because he owns)
The next patch that she hit, though, was quite rough
She'd move onto to another city, but
No pokemon she'd captured could learn cut

And so it looked like all hope had been lost
without it there was no way to progress
But Una would prevail at any cost
With getting to the top she was obsessed
And soon there was a small glimmer of hope
a chance, if she could strengthen her resolve
She knew that she could find a way to cope,
Squiddles could learn that move when he evolved
So she must grind to level twenty three
To gain a pokemon to cut down trees

Team:
Edmund, Marshstomp, Level 17
Squiddles, Shroomish, Level 13
Davesprite, Taillow, Level 12
Exquisite, Abra, Level 12
B'Elanna, Poochyena, Level 8
Opa, Wismur, Level 6

Box:
Nog, Poochyena, Level 4

Casualties:
Maddie, Zigzagoon, Level 7
(who could have learned cut, dammit!)

In which our hero's journey begins

Name: Captain
Game: Silver
Level of Experience: Very low

I made the decision to name all of my Pokemon after philosophers, and so of course was obligated to name my starter, a Totodile, Socrates (despite Ari's horrible horrible suggestion of Aristotodile). Socrates and Captain Jonah set out from New Bark Town on a frustrating quest to find Mr. Pokemon. Frustrating because every tall grass patch I had to walk through before I got my Pokemon amounted to a Pokemon I couldn't have. Thank you Nuzlocke. So the first Pokemon I was able to catch was on that little bit of Route 46 that you can get to without HMs. It was a Spearow, one of my all-time favorites and I named it Kierkegard. (Not enough letters for the correct spelling). I just thought Kierkegaard was a good bird-name. Kierkegard and Socrates did OK for a while, and I was able to pick up a Zubat named Nietzsche stumbling around the Dark Cave and - in a stroke of good fortune - a Ghastly, who I named Spinoza. I found him in Bell Sprout Tower.
Then I did something stupid. I ventured into the Ruins of Alph and solved the slider puzzle. I wasn't gonna fight anything til I'd leveled poor Nietzsche, but I forgot that once I solved the puzzle I'd fall in... And so, readers, Nietzsche came to be the first casualty of the game - killed, ironically by the Unknown (or rather by the Unown). It was a one hit KO. Nietzsche didn't stand a chance. However, I did catch the bastard that did it and named him Descartes.
I got the hell out of dodge and did some leveling than tackled the Bell Sprout Tower for real. Now all I have to do is beat the Sensei and I get Flash - I only hope someone in my team can learn it.

Party
Socrates - Lvl 11 Totodile
Kierkegard - Lvl 9 Spearow
Spinoza - Lvl 9 Ghastly
Descartes - Lvl 9 Unown

Graveyard
Nietzsche - Lvl 4 Zubat. Killed by Descartes in the Ruins of Alph.

Hard Mode, Take 2

A new adventure, a new Zigzagoon... I'll name her Bailey. Found another one and named him Toby. Luckily, the pattern stopped with a couple of Wurmples, now Gwen the Beautifly and Olga the Duskox.

A new Taillow! And you shall be called Zeetha. And I will be much more careful with you. And you Will Never Die.

Grindy grind grind grind, oh, a Whismur. Easy pickings, almost done... Wait, what? Critical Hit? Toby...TOBY... Bailey's all alone now... They were best friends... AVENGE HIM, BAILEY! HEADBUTT THAT WHISMUR'S ASS TO DEATH! I feel so responsible. If I had only given him that protein he found... I wouldn't be surprised if Bailey stopped picking things up for me. I don't deserve her devotion anymore. I'm going to kill all the Whismur in this tunnel for Toby. How many will die before Bailey can look me in the eye again?

Seven, it turns out. She brought me a nice ultraball to show her forgiveness. The loss was hard on the entire team, especially Bailey, but she's a trooper. I briefly considered only having a team of 5 out of respect for my first loss, but knew this would be folly.

Zeak evolved after his sweep of Roxanne's Gym. Jayne the Makuhita was added to the team before Zeetha wiped out Brawly's Gym. I'm going to make sure to grind a lot before I encounter May again. I won't make the same mistakes I made last time.

Team:
Zeak, Lv 16 Grovyle
Bailey, Lv 16 Zigzagoon
Gwen, Lv 15 Beautifly
Olga, Lv 15 Duskox
Zeetha, Lv 18 Taillow
Jayne, Lv 17 Makuhita

Playtime 7:10
Badges 2
Pokedex 11

Graveyard
Toby the Zigzagoon

Fit the Second - In which a new adventure begins

My system having forced me to reset,
I quickly now will get you up to speed.
My new girl's Una, Edmund is her pet,
He's still a Mudkip, and he's all she'll need
She caught more pokemon, though, anyway
A zigzagoon, two poochies and a bird
A shroomish followed shortly that same day
The final pokemon to join the heard
The zigzagoon named Maddie was quite fine,
until, alas, 'twas struck down in her prime

But undetered, our heroine pushed on,
Her trusty Mudkip Edmund by her side
She rid the gym of Rock type pokemon,
And got a TM (it was not Rock slide)
So on she goes, new pokemon to face
And records of this journey I will keep
So you can read them here in cyberspace
And hopefully they won't put you to sleep
I'll end this post, as always with some stats
(None of my pokemon resemble cats.)

Team -
Edmund, Mudkip, level 15
Squiddles, Shroomish, level 9
Davesprite, Taillow, level 8
B'Elanna, Poochyena, level 7
Nog, Poochyena, level 4

Casualties -
Maddie, Zigzagoon, level 7

Badges -
Stone Badge

In the Beginning...

...there was nothing. Then the Goddess, Gullveig, pressed the button of power and there was backlight. She tapped and there was sunrise and sunset, land and sea. And then there were Pokemon, and she saw it was good. Some people raise them for battle, and some raise them as pets and friends.

The Goddess has now decided to walk among the living and has possessed the body of a young boy, Gill, as his very own tale of grand adventure is about to unfold. Gullveig will be like a conscience on his shoulder, nudging him in the directions she wishes, so he will not miss out on fun experiences, difficult experiences, and so much waiting for him!

Dreams! Adventure! Let's go to the world of Pokemon!

((I'll continue from here tomorrow. I don't know if I'll keep the biblical/game text format. Feedback would be sweet.))

Cancel'd

And Ishka was next, followed closely by Theo in the battle against Wattson. For some reason, I thought the grass resistance might be enough. I'm calling this a full defeat, as Zigs was paralyzed with half health and all I had aside from her were the other zigzagoons, highest level being 14.

So I will start again, same starter, new name: Zeak.

The Advent of Additional Adventure

After much toil, Princess evolved into a beautiful Gyarados! I should enter him in some contests.
I caught a Solrock, and named him Angry Sun in honor of that fucking asshole from Mario 3.
Team Magma is truly evil! Their devilry caused a Numel to use Magnitude while Sandshrew was burrowed underground. Goodbye, Sonic. Goodbye, Dig TM.
I got a third fucking Numel. This one is named Fergie. Humps and all, you know.
Defeated Flannery in a close battle with Princess and Doubledown. Those Slugmas couldn't do anything against Princess, and Torkoal was taken down by Double Kicks after a long while.
Egg hatched into Wyatt, the Wynaut. Wobbufett is like, the last Pokémon I'd want to use for the Nuzlocke challenge...
Acquired Brak, the Cacnea, in the desert. Why couldn't you have been a Trapinch :(
Found a Claw Fossil, and revived it into Scooter the Anorith. We'll try him for a while.

Current Team:
Doubledown, the level 28 Combusken
Sweet Bro, the level 26 Swellow
Hella Jeff, the level 27 Breloom
Stripes, the level 19 Zigzagoon
Princess, the level 24 Gyarados
Scooter, the level 20 Anorith

Graveyard:
Eddy, the Poochyena, killed by a wild Zigzagoon
Bec, the Electrike, killed by a wild Zigzagoon
Falafel, the Whismur, killed by some bitch's Skitty
Sonic, the Sandshrew, killed by Team Magma's dastardly Numel.

4 Badges

Playtime: 9:40

Alas! What Misfortune!

An emulator I have never had
So how to save a game I never learned
What's happened now is really pretty bad
My game is gone, with everything I've earned
Another journey now I must begin
And still I will employ this sonnet form
This game I guess I still will try to win
Despite this setback taking me by storm
But if I keep this up for much more time,
I'm sure I will reuse a couple rhymes.

Joss'd

Thanks for the scarf, dude. Now which one of my pokemon is the most hipster?

First Casualty - Geodude. I thought he'd be so helpful against Wattson, but he fell when I thought he could easily handle a zigzagoon who was two levels above him. Unfortunately, the foe knew Surf, and made short work of my unknowing rock pokemom. The first loss stings, and I suppose I was tempting fate when I spoke of him surviving to the name rater, who lived just beyond where he died. Named my Whismur Ishka, after the mother of Quark and Rom. Zigzagoon, now christend Zags, has rejoined my party to pick things up while I wait to add another to the team.

Route 110. What do you think the first thing I run into was? Yeah. Yeah, it was. And you know what? I caught it. Cuz what the hell? Named it Goon.

Aaaaand I lost Anya to a critical Ember attack in a battle against May. This game is just killing off anything that isn't a Zigzagoon. Lesson learned - do NOT name pokemon after characters that Joss Whedon has killed. Zigs evolved in the same battle, but I refuse to let that overshadow the tragic loss of one of my favorites. After the battle, Zags had found a revive, as if to taunt me. Just hope I can find a flyer elsewhere. In the mean time, I now have room for another gatherer. I fear Ishka may be next.

Team
Theo, Lv 20 Grovyle
Zigs, Lv 20 Linoone
Ishka, Lv 19 Whismur
Stars, Lv 14 Zigzagoon
Zags, Lv 10 Zigzagoon
Goon, Lv 12 Zigzagoon

Playtime 6:31
Badges 2
Pokedex 7

Graveyard
Anya, Lv 19 Taillow
Geodude, Lv 12 Geodude

Fit the First - in which new friends are acquired, and our heroine faces the first gym leader

Our heroine, Ariadne is her name,
Newly a resident of Littleroot
Set forth at the beginning of the game
and somewhere on the hundred and third route
she rescued Pokemon professor Birch
received a Mudkip as her just reward
she named it Emily, and then her search
For better Pokemon could move forward
So she set out with Emily in tow
On to the great city of Rustboro

To catch more Pokemon Ari was taught
by Brendan (Birch's son), on 104
On 103, a Poochyena was caught
and very shortly followed by two more
She named them after Star Trek Engineers
Montgomery, Geordi (La Forge) and Miles
she bought ten balls, and got some free premiers
(if more Poochies show up they'll be reviled.)
In Olddale Ariadne met her Dad
Some day a battle with him him will be had

A pair of Wurmples next were to be found
after a certain pop star they were named
David and Bowie both grew kind of round
when they evolved and soon were not so lame
Bowie became silcoon, David cascoon
and in the forest soon their was a scuff
'Twixt Ariadne and a Rocket goon
(Emily kicked his ass, it wasn't ruff.)
The time came for a lengthy level grind
Because the Pokemon were all behind

When Emily had reached level thirteen
The time had come to take on Roxanne's Gym
The trainors there were really not that mean
One used a geodude, Emmy killed him
By shooting blasts of water from her mouth
she took on several others just as well
Roxanne showed up, and things did not go South
Her Nosepass did some damage, but it fell
The best component of this little romp?
Mudkip evolved into a new Marshstomp!

Team:
"Emily" - Level 16 Marshstomp
"David" - Level 10 Beautifly
"Bowie" - Level 10 Dustox
"Montgomery" - Level 10 Poochyena
"Geordi" - Level 3 Poochyena
"Miles" - Level 3 Poochyena

Casualties:
None

Prologue

Against my better judgment I've agreed
To play this challenge, give myself this curse
And my reports, set forth for you to read,
Shall henceforth be conducted all in verse
Shakespeare's pentameter, ABAB
Appeared to me a satisfying line
And you, my loyal readers get to see
If I am doing poorly or just fine.
So let us travel to the land of Hoenn
And with no more ado, let us get goin'.

A Brief Update

I've played a little today, so I figure I should update on my progress.
The first thing I did today was find a Slugma in a tunnel. I really want to use Molasses, but I already have Doubledown...
After that, I found a second Numel. His name is Twomel.
I also caught a Sandshrew, Sonic. He'll replace Lite Brite (who I never used) for now, but the lack of STAB moves is disturbing.
I fought some Ninja shithead with Koffings that self-destructed! Fortunately, Doubledown is a trooper and survived.
I safely arrived in Fallarbor Town. There is nothing to do here at all.
A dig TM, nice. Sonic will be usable after all.
I caught a Seedot, named Spot. Naturally right after that I run into a fucking Zangoose. Why couldn't I have found him first :(
That's it for now, I spent most of my time grinding up Princess. He'll be a Gyarados soon enough.

Current Team:
Doubledown, the level 26 Combusken
Sweet Bro, the level 24 Swellow
Hella Jeff, the level 25 Breeloom
Stripes, the level 17 Zigzagoon
Princess, the level 18 Magikarp
Sonic, the level 14 Sandshrew.

Box:
Spare, the Whismur
Camel Dick, the Numel
Molasses, the Slugma
Twomel, the Numel
Lite Brite, the Illumise
Spot, the Seedot

Graveyard:
Eddy, the Poochyena, killed by a wild Zigzagoon
Bec, the Electrike, killed by a wild Zigzagoon
Falafel, the Whismur, killed by some bitch's Skitty

3 Badges

Playtime: 6:53

REZ, the Adventure Begins!

And thus, my Nuzlocke journey has begun! I am using Ruby Version, and will stick to the facts for this post, for way too much happened today to be super-articulate.
DAY 1
Received Doubledown the Torchic.
Set off on my journey.
Arrived at Oldale town without encountering anyone on Route 101. Score!
Kicked that bitch May's ass.
Returned to Birch, got Pokedex.
Caught Eddy, the Poochyena.
Eddy was lost prematurely to a critical from a Zigzagoon. :(
Caught Stripes the Zigzagoon.
Stripes picked up a Nugget. He is awesome.
Losing Eddy was a wakeup call. I'm prepared to never let that happen again.
Stripes learned Tail Whip. I am underwhelmed.
Stripes is fucking shit up like it's his job.
Caught a Tailow with a Premier Ball on Route 104. His name is Sweet Bro.
Sweet Bro levels up REALLY FAST.
Caught a Shroomish in the Petalburg Woods. His name is Hella Jeff.
Doubledown learned Ember. The Petalburg Woods will be ashes by morning.
Oh god, Team Magma out of NOWHERE. I am not prepared for this...
Oh, it's just a Poochyena.
Stripes' Headbutt attack sure is coming in handy.
Arrived at Rustboro City.
Hella Jeff sweeps Rustboro Gym. Hell yeah, motherfucker.
Caught a Whismur, her name is Falafel.
Caught another Whismur. This one is called Spare.
Saved some old dude and he's taking me alone on his boat somewhere? I'm going to be molested maybe?
See Abra in Dewford Cave. You can guess the results.
Swept Dewford Gym with Sweet Bro. Didn't take any damage.
Delived some package to some Steven dude, didn't use flash, like a man.
Caught a Magikarp, it's name is Princess. He is beautiful.
Arrived at Slateport. Cleared out the Battle House like it was my job. Will enjoy Soda Pop later.
Caught Electrike named Bec.
Bec died. Fucking Zigzagoons and their headbutts.
Falafel is felled by a fucking Skitty, of all things. Doubleslap hit a billion times. Will not use Spare out of respect.
Caught an Illumise. Was underwhelmed.
Beat up Mauville Gym with Hella Jeff and Doubledown. Nuzlocke is avenged.
Sweet Bro AND Hella Jeff both evolve! Swellow and Breeloom are credit to team.
Caught a Numel named Camel Dick.

END OF DAY RESULTS:
Current Team:
Doubledown, the level 25 Combusken
Sweet Bro, the level 22 Swellow
Hella Jeff, the level 23 Breeloom
Stripes, the level 17 Zigzagoon
Princess, the level 10 Magikarp
Lite Brite, the level 13 Illumise

Box:
Spare, the Whismur
Camel Dick, the Numel

Graveyard:
Eddy, the Poochyena, killed by a wild Zigzagoon
Bec, the Electrike, killed by a wild Zigzagoon
Falafel, the Whismur, killed by some bitch's Skitty

3 Badges

Playtime: 5:49

I'll update after every play session next time, so hopefully you'll get more in-depth recounts of my exploits.

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A good portion of this session was played in a room with three other guys doing the exact same thing, and two more considering it. I love being a big huge dork.

So the minute I walk on to route 104, I encounter a third Zigzagoon. This one's Zigs, a girl. She's got the best stats of the three, though Stars has been picking up the best items. Interestingly, the one without a nickname has the worst stats. I walked into the Petalburg Woods and ran into yet another Zigzagoon. I now have a subconscious hatred for every pokemon I could have encountered that wasn't a Zigzagoon, for clearly they despise me for some reason. I killed it out of frustration, though for the cost of a pokeball, I might as well have had a 4th gatherer until another way to fill out the party presented itself. As of this posting, the three of them have picked up 10 super potions, 4 ultraballs, 2 full restores, 5 rare candies, 2 revives (pointless except for money in this case) 4 nuggets, a full heal, a protein, and a pp up, and a Taillow in a Pecha tree.

The first gym was a bit scary. I swept it with Theo, but there were some close calls against Roxanne's Nosepass. Later caught a Taillow, named her Anya, and proceeded to sweep the Dewford Gym without a scratch. I'll probably drop one of my 'goons with the Geodude I got in the cave in Dewford. Neglected to name him, will amend this if he survives long enough.

Calling it a night on this one. I need to think of a way to break up sessions, partly because I shouldn't be spending all my time playing pokemon, partly because these entries will become long and tedious.

Team
Theo, Lv 15 Treeko
Anya, Lv 18 Taillow
Stars, Lv 14 Zigzagoon
Zigs, Lv 14 Zigzagoon
Geodude, Lv 8 Geodude
Whismur, Lv 15 Whismur

Playtime 4:37
Badges 2
Pokedex 5
Casualties 0

Session the first

Don't worry, I won't be titling all my entries this way.

For my Ruby version of the challenge, I decided to start with Treeko for various reasons, despite normally going a fire-type starter since my very first Charmander from my blue version back in elementary school. Treeko was the starter for the original Nuzlocke Challenge, the lizard has always appealed to me, and I'm told that Treeko is the hardest to start with in this generation - I figured, if I'm doing a super hard challenge, I might as well go all the way. We'll see how far I get. I named her Theo.

I have had the misfortune to encounter a Wurmple on 101 before getting any pokeballs. Had more luck with 103, and I came back to catch a Zigzagoon. Against my better judgement, I named him Stars to go with Ari's Stripes. On the next route, I encountered another. Figured I might as well catch him to get twice the pick-ups an extra in case one of them dies. Kind of like with twins. I would like a bit of variety, though. Decided against naming him, so as not to become too attached.

I'm calling this session early, have to get dinner and do some actual work.

Team:
Theo, Lv 8 Treeko
Stars, Lv 5 Zigzagoon
Zigzagoon, Lv 3 Zigzagoon

Playtime 0:40
Badges 0
Pokedex 2
Casualties 0