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The Date of Birth Challenge

Captain Gizmo

Monkey King
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  • Date of Birth Challenge - Completed!

    Badges Obtained:
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    Pokemon Team:

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    Happy, the Electabuzz♂
    Ability: Static
    Level 52
    Brick Break, Thunderbolt, Light Screen & Swift

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    Kathryn, the Persian♀
    Ability: Limber
    Level 50
    Screech, Toxic, Bite & Slash

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    Lindy, the Rhydon♀
    Ability: Lightning Rod
    Level 49
    Rock Blast, Double-Edge, Earthquake & Scary Face

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    Hydro, the Blastoise♂
    Ability: Torrent
    Level 54
    Bite, Strength, Surf & Blizzard

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    Siraka, the Arbok♀
    Ability: Intimidate
    Level 50
    Glare, Secret Power, Acid & Bite

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    Beauty, the Moltres
    Ability: Pressure
    Level 51
    Fly, Agility, Steel Wing & Flamethrower
     

    Chevitile

    Little Monster
    141
    Posts
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    Years
  • Second and final update for Sol Platinum:

    ♦ Battled Maylene and won, and then made my way down to Pastoria City after taking care of the Galactic Grunts. Once there, I caught a Quagsire in the Great Marsh, and then bred it to get a Wooper. Named it Teracua.
    ♦ Trained Teracua up a bit, and then challenged the gym. Wake was hard, but he was eventually brought down by the entire team.
    ♦ Chased the Galactic Grunt and beat him up, then obtained the SecretPotion from Cynthia. Used it on the Psyducks on the route up towards Celestic Town, and then made my way there.
    ♦ Battled Cyrus in the cave, and then obtained the HM for Surf. Did some Surf sidequests, and then made my way to Canalave City. Once there, I went to Iron Island to get the Strength HM, and then I went back and easily defeated Byron.
    ♦ Received word from Prof. Rowan about Galactic's meddling, so I went to two lakes and took care of some business.
    ♦ Around this point, I believe I added a Mareep as my team member, for my yellow Pokémon. My original plan was a Dunsparce, but as I couldn't find it anywhere, I decided on this instead. I named her Elempera and trained her up to be on par with the rest of the team.
    ♦ Reached Snowpoint City and battled Candice, who was also taken down easily.
    ♦ Made my way to the lake using Rock Climb. Then, I raided Galactic's HQ in Veilstone, followed by a trekk to the summit of Mt. Coronet.
    ♦ In the Distortion World, I battled Cyrus, who was really tough. After defeating him and Giratina, I continued towards Sunyshore City. On the route just west of it, I trained my team up to Lv 70.
    ♦ Took on the Sunyshore gym using mostly Teracua. Volkner knew how to put up a fight, but was eventually brought down. After this, I got the Waterfall HM from Jasmine, and made my way up to Victory Road.
    ♦ Once through it, I battled my rival one final time at the Pokémon League, and then trained my team up to Lv 75, followed by some moveset finalizing and Rare Candy-giving. Then, I took on the league!
    ♦ Aaron wasn't too difficult, Gunther could take care of most of the work.
    ♦ Bertha was quite tough, but was eventually brought down by most of my team members.
    ♦ Flint had some fatal combos (SolarBeam + Power Herb) to counter Teracua, but I could also defeat him with the help of MissMarple, among others.
    ♦ Lucian was also tough, but he had few counters for MissMarple. Gandalf also helped here.
    ♦ Last up was the champion, Cynthia, who had a powerful team. However, I was able to bring her down and become the champion.

    Screens:
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    Team:

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    Gunther the Magmortar, Lv 77 (♂)
    Item: Razow Claw
    Flamethrower, Hyper Beam, Flash Cannon, Will-O-Wisp

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    VacuumLuna the Dustox, Lv 77 (♂)
    Item: Poison Barb
    Bug Buzz, Sludge Bomb, Nasty Plot, Toxic

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    MissMarple the Mismagius, Lv 77 (♀)
    Item: Razor Fang
    Shadow Ball, Psychic, Nasty Plot, Shadow Sneak

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    Gandalf the Shiftry, Lv 77 (♂)
    Item: Dread Plate
    Return, Faint Attack, Leaf Storm, Brick Break

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    Teracua the Quagsire, Lv 77 (♂)
    Item: NeverMeltIce
    Waterfall, Earthquake, Ice Beam, Yawn

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    Elempera the Ampharos, Lv 76 (♀)
    Item: Rock Incense
    Thunderbolt, Signal Beam, Thunder Wave, Power Gem

    I really, really enjoyed using Shiftry in this hack. It went miles over my expectations, and I was gladly surprised! I'll definitely be using it in OR/AS. I had never used a Dustox before this, and that was less of a joyride. It really only became useful if it could set up Nasty Plot, and those times were few as it isn't very bulky. Nevertheless, it was fun to use.

    My next game will be Blaze Black 2, and as for my team:
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    Enigma

    [i][font=Noto Serif][color=#e2ad53]The [color=#d94
    1,221
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    Years
  • Name: Enigma
    Game: Emerald
    Team: Flygon, Makuhita, Whismur, Sceptile, Manectric, (Route 105)

    Since the rules allow it, I'll be evolving the Makuhita and the Whismur during gameplay. So this team shapes up to be pretty solid.

    Edit: Already started.
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    bewbs

    ~Chloe~
    484
    Posts
    15
    Years
    • UK
    • Seen Nov 20, 2022
    Name: Bewbs
    Game: Pokemon Y
    Pokemon Team:
    1. Furret (Central)
    2. Vaporeon (Coastal)
    3. Delibird (Mountain)
    4. Bellossom (Grass)
    5. Ampharos (Yellow)
    6. Something on Route 5 which could be either Abra, Doduo, Minun, Gulpin, Bunnelby, Skiddo, Pancham or Furfrou
     
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    Enigma

    [i][font=Noto Serif][color=#e2ad53]The [color=#d94
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  • Continuing (and finishing) my challenge.
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    Final Party:
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    Sceptile Lv. 51
    Fury Cutter, Aerial Ace, Leaf Blade, Slam

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    Exploud Lv. 52
    Facade, Flamethrower, Supersonic, Shadow Ball


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    Hariyama Lv. 51
    Vital Throw, Belly Drum, Fake Out, Smellingsalt

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    Manectric Lv. 51
    Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Bite, Howl


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    Flygon Lv. 51
    Crunch, Dragon Claw, Steel Wing, Earthquake

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    Wailord Lv. 51
    Surf, Water Spout, Toxic, Ice Beam
     

    cscof

    pretty coolish guy
    52
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    Years
  • Name: Cscof
    Game: Leafgreen
    Pokemon Team:
    Lickitung
    Charmeleon
    Clefable
    Ninetales
    Machamp
    first pokemon on kanto route 6

    am i allowed to evolve my charmeleon to charizard? or am i stuck with charmeleon
     
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    i want to do this challenge again on a different game but with different pokemon but i can't change my birthday. maybe i could just choose random numbers as a fake birthday :P
     
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    oh yeah, i forgot it was based on the regional dex, not the national dex. i'm gonna see what i get for fire red.
    Name: bladeisbeast11
    1/19/00
    1. #20 Raticate :| not a particular favorite of mine
    2. #19 Rattata :| seriously, him again
    3. #1 Bulabasaur :) ok, he's not bad, could be worse
    4. I'll choose Sneasle as there arn't that many good ice types i haven't used in gen 3
    5. Umbreon, my second favorite eeveelution
    6. the first encounter on Route 1. Update: Thank goodness the first encounter after i got pokeballs was a pidgey.

    I'm basically signing up for a second run. As much as i don't like raticate, i kinda want my last poke to be rattata just because but i could use a flying type and pidgy's not bad.
     
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    bewbs

    ~Chloe~
    484
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    15
    Years
    • UK
    • Seen Nov 20, 2022
    Well gave this challenge a well good run through. It wasn't so bad playing it in french as it made it more challenging/interesting. Some of the pokemon have pretty good names in french. There were lots of hard times, but this was a pretty good challenge. I never changed my team and didn't use my own HM slave. So I'll edit this post and make a breakthrough of my story.

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    Retro Queen

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    Petunia

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    Rover

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    Amp

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    Kit

    Superbird
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    Name: Mattastro91

    Game: Fire Red

    Pokemon Team:
    -Butterfree
    -Blastoise
    -Venusaur
    -Jynx
    -Snorlax
    -Pokemon on route 1
    Cannot wait to do this seems great and I love my team hopefully I get a pidgey on route 1 :D
     
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    Xaldin

    Big things come in Nice packages.
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  • WOOOOOOOOO
    Its gonna be great getting back into the swing of this!

    Name:LiteSandwich
    Game:Blaze Black 2

    The Team!:Koffing,Pikachu,Poliwag,Glaceon,Houndoom,something on Route 12
    this is stuff i've never used,so this'll be a good change of pace(Evolved ofc :p)
     
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    ANARCHit3cht

    Call me Archie!
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    • Seen Sep 25, 2020
    I'll be playing Crystal.

    Name: the Anarchit3cht

    1. #126- Granbull
    2. #48- Venonat
    3. #24- Arbok
    4. #126- Magmar(if I get Magby egg) otherwise, #130- Arcanine
    5. #144- Machoke (bc I don't feel like hacking)
    6. First Pokemon on Route 6
     
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    iPika

    Crytec
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    11
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  • Name: iPika
    Game: Emerald
    Pokemon Team:
    Weezing
    Venusaur
    Smitty
    Rhydon
    Nidoking
    1st pokemon on route 110
     
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    • UK
    • Seen Jul 29, 2019
    This challenge is just what I'm looking for - a way of playing through the pokemon regions again with some new mons I probably wouldn't normally pick. I'll be trying this out in an ultimate format, that is completing the challenge once in every canon region so far starting with Hoenn (when I get the game on friday). For my first game of the challenge my sign up is below:

    My date of birth is 19/02/96 and I will be playing through generation 3 therefore my team will be:

    1. #117 - The Vibrava Line
    2. #57 - The Geodude Line
    3. #18 - The Dustox Line
    6. Ice - The Walrein Line
    5. Black - The Dusclops Line
    6. The first pokemon on route 2

    All pokemon I have never used before just as long as I don't get zigzagoon on route 2 I'm really happy with how its looking at the moment :)
     
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    name:lain12
    game:emerald
    pokemon:
    linoone
    beautifly
    crobat
    camerupt
    aggron
    route 107
     
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    • UK
    • Seen Jul 29, 2019
    Omega Ruby date of birth challenge - Update 1

    Each spoiler covers the completion of a gym.

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    TL;DR - I've beaten the first four gyms and my team is as below.

    Current Team:

    Athena the Gardevoir (Female; lvl 36; Trace; Draining Kiss, Psychic, Magical Leaf, Calm Mind)

    Fluster the Dustox (Male; lvl 36; Shield Dust; Venoshock, Bug Buzz, Toxic, Bug Bite)

    Atlas the Graveller (Male; lvl 37; Sturdy; Smack Down, Rock Blast, Rock Polish, Bulldoze)

    Blitz the Trapinch (Female; lvl 22; Arena Trap; Sand Tomb, Rock Slide, Dig, Crunch)
     

    DyingWillFlareon

    Burning Candle
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  • Looks fun!
    Name DyingWillFlareon
    Game FireRed(although I'm sure I'll do more XD)

    #122 Mr Mime
    #15 Beedrill
    #30 Nidorina(woot)
    Rock Type Onix
    Purple Haunter
    Route 10- ???

    I'll update! :D
     
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    Omega Ruby date of birth challenge - Update 2

    Same as before each spoiler tag covers a gym

    Current Team:
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    Current Team after eighth badge:
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  • I'll do this! :)

    Name? CasualGameFreak
    Game? VoltWhite 2.
    Pokemon? Well...
    DOB: 07/19/2000.
    7+19+0=26. Flaaffy.
    19*5=95. Espeon.
    7*25=175. Ferrothorn.
    July means Fire. Victini. :P
    July also means Gray. Zoroark.
    Lastly, July also means Route 7.
     
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