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Challenge Ideas & Discussion

Do you feel more people should get into Nuzlockes?

  • Yes

    Votes: 7 36.8%
  • No

    Votes: 12 63.2%

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560cool.

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I brought up the idea that all challenges should be done on a Universal SS ROM with all trade/sinnoh evos enabled to happen by level/happiness, whilst talking with Myrrh. The challenges will be done on Livestream with a Host watching (if one of the hosts are busy we can find a replacement supervisor) and any cheaters will be barred from further participation.

Maybe some people have pretty weak machines (or netbooks...) and can't run a DS ROM properly. I think that people should decide whether they want Gen I or V, or anything inbetween (spelled it wrong, I think >.<).
 

jdthebud

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Maybe some people have pretty weak machines (or netbooks...) and can't run a DS ROM properly. I think that people should decide whether they want Gen I or V, or anything inbetween (spelled it wrong, I think >.<).
Also, a lot of the HG/SS roms are broken. I still have a freezing issue on mine. I got used to it (save a lot, exit the emulator instead of resetting to overwrite the save file), but for those who haven't played on a rom, this would cause major frustration. I also agree with 560cool on the comp issue.

I think we should have different generations up for grabs as well. I would try and get Blue because that's the only cartridge I have. Everything else is on my comp, and if I tried to play Red or Yellow, the speed button would totally mess me up - gotta assign something like the end button of something lol.

Why not try and see if we can do multiple generations/regions? There's more variety that way, and you can split the families based on game availability as well.
 
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I'd really like to keep it in one generation, it being the 4th one.
It has a good variety of Pokemon to choose from and I can use an evo editor without a Windows 7 .ocx error.
I'll talk it over with Myrrh.
 

myrrhman

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We should make it multiple generations. For a lot of people like myself, challenges can be done on many different generations. They should probably sign up on the sign up sheet last, because they can be placed wherever needed.

I think Karpman's idea of universal games potentially work, but I'd like to try to stay away from that. You can still trade on ROMs with various methods (TGB, VBA link) and no challenge requires you to trade, so I feel that if you want a Pokemon that evolves via trade, you should get the emulator yourself.

As far as later generations (IV and V), if you want to use them and can't find a good ROM for them, but sign up for the challenge anyways, tough cookies. You still have a month to find a good ROM.

I guess the next step here is to determine how many people need to be on the committee.
 

649

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A Specialist in each challenge, a moderator (Sydian, of course), and several hosts. Maybe some monitors/judges. These are my ideas. Also, are we going to do challenges other than Solo, Nuzlocke, and Monotypes? Or is that definitely it?
 

myrrhman

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I'd like to do some speedruns, where game time doesn't matter but real time does (so basically tape down your speed button). I also want to do more challenges, but I'm starting to draw blanks here. Any help?

And yes, I think that's an appropriate sized committee.
 

649

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I was thinking of the random challenge, but that varies from people to people, and doesn't fit in with the specific family clause.

What about the egg swap challenge, mentioned a while back? We can prohibit any "useless" eggs. It's also a fitting event challenge.
 
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I guess Multiple gens are ok, but they would just limit your use of the Pokemon you select in the draft.
@649, we'll probably need some help monitoring challengers.
 

stargate1995

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Multiple gens would help alot seen as I'm sure it's not just me who has problems emulating ds games thanks to owning a mac, anyway I find the gba games alot better to challenge(fast forward button :D). If only there was a way to screen record on a flash card.
 

Sydian

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I probably won't participate, but yes, events do need a moderator, and I have no problem in doing so. I didn't really feel like reading everything because I didn't want my brain to explode, so I don't know if this has been said, but are we planning on doing this at the beginning of summer or for the get-together? Cause personally, I would rather have it during the get-together this year since last year our plans for having a challenge in the GT didn't work out too well. And since this is a big event, we don't need an event every month or two like discussed in the ideas thread for this year. I should probably lock that now since we know what we're going to do. lol

I also have a little something planned for next month. Not too big, kinda of minor and silly considering it's a Valentine's Day thing, but it's more of a pilot than anything. And no, I'm not telling you what it is. 8) Just know it's nothing long and drawn out, and it's very simple and doesn't require starting a new game unless you want to.
 

myrrhman

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Is it a race to get a Luvdisc/Smoochum?

And yeah, I think that would be awesome, doing it in the get together. But, I think we should hold a small one sooner, just to test it to see if it runs smoothly.
 

Sydian

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Get togethers are normally in August, so obviously we don't want it during a month touching that. And then there will be something next month. So...I'm thinking the best months for that would be April, May, or June? (I typed Mary instead of May for a second. Dunno what I was thinking.)

And no, it's not a race! XD
 

Alternative

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I think I have a challenge in mind for myself, which is similar to the monotype challenge, but a little different.
Hm... how do I explain this... Well, Let's say I start out with Mudkip, which evolves into Swampert, a water/ground type. My next pokemon would have to have either one of those types. Next, I would use a Wingull, which is Water/Flying. now I would have to choose either a water or flying type Pokemon as my next one, such as Taillow.

tl;dr You have to use a Pokemon with at least one type in common with the last Pokemon you choose to train.
 

myrrhman

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I like that idea, alternative. You can, however, with your rules, do a monotype challenge. So, I'd put something in the rules about you can only use the same type 3 times in a row or something, to prevent this.

jd, we'll eventually have a thread for it or something for it. Just stay on PC and you'll see it.
 

chaos11011

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Here's two nifty runs I've found (not made by me but someone on the Nuzlocke Forums)

You are forbidden to not teach a Pokémon a new move it will learn. So even when it's useless, you HAVE to teach it your Pokémon. Also when you find a new TM, you HAVE to teach it one Pokémon in your team (or maybe box) immediately. When no of your Pokémon can learn the TM, you have to throw it away/sell it.

Another rule:
You are not able to use a move twice in a row. Pokémon who only know just one move may be an exeption.
 
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649

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This is a really good challenge Idea. The Sketch Challenge! You would need YAPE, though. Basically, you pick your pokemon, and edit their learnsets, replacing every move with Sketch! Imagine the infinite possibilities!
 
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I think we should have different generations up for grabs as well. I would try and get Blue because that's the only cartridge I have. Everything else is on my comp, and if I tried to play Red or Yellow, the speed button would totally mess me up - gotta assign something like the end button of something lol.

I recommend looking up something called 'Lameboy' that works on R4's and such - it's a great way to emulate gens I&II with some speed without it getting to the ridiculous speeds VBA does. Look it up on google (need 3 more posts before I can put up links), the info's there.

And to the others, I'd like to express an interest in this big challenge thingy that you're thinking of organising. I'm going to read up on it after this post, but I'm definitely interested.
 

560cool.

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Here's two nifty runs I've found (not made by me but someone on the Nuzlocke Forums)

You are forbidden to not teach a Pokémon a new move it will learn. So even when it's useless, you HAVE to teach it your Pokémon. Also when you find a new TM, you HAVE to teach it one Pokémon in your team (or maybe box) immediately. When no of your Pokémon can learn the TM, you have to throw it away/sell it.

Another rule:
You are not able to use a move twice in a row. Pokémon who only know just one move may be an exeption.

Awesome idea, chaos. I really love it, and would play it as soon as it gets accepted. How about we name it... gah, I really have nothing in my mind...

This is a really good challenge Idea. The Sketch Challenge! You would need YAPE, though. Basically, you pick your pokemon, and edit their learnsets, replacing every move with Sketch! Imagine the infinite possibilities!

Also good, but using YAPE for every Pokemon would turn out horribly tedious. I say just edit the moveset for the Pokemon you plan to use. That would be so much easier.
 

Enigma

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Here's two nifty runs I've found (not made by me but someone on the Nuzlocke Forums)

You are forbidden to not teach a Pokémon a new move it will learn. So even when it's useless, you HAVE to teach it your Pokémon. Also when you find a new TM, you HAVE to teach it one Pokémon in your team (or maybe box) immediately. When no of your Pokémon can learn the TM, you have to throw it away/sell it.

Another rule:
You are not able to use a move twice in a row. Pokémon who only know just one move may be an exeption.

This is a really good idea. I'd love to join this challenge. even though I have like twenty still to do
 
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