- Defeated all the trainers in the Gym. Arwen fainted about 2 or 3 times because practically everything was a 2HKO. Where's my darn Fire Stone? Yeah, I'm looking at you Lass/Schoolboy/Person/iforget that's supposed to call me.
- Got to Clair. First Dragonair was a... wait? It has Surf? That's not too bad. Headbutt takes care of it. Good thing I'm overleveled for Kingdra. Too bad for Arwen, who fainted. Tyson should be able to take care of it with Thunderpunch. Huh? That did less than I thought. Wait, Surf is a 2HKO? I don't have enough Potions to stall it out! And Kingdra lives with 1HP and Tyson faints. First attempt: FAIL.
- Second attempt. Dragonair fight went exactly the same. Kingdra spammed Smokescreens instead of using Surf. Whodathunk Swift would actually be useful? The rest was pretty easy. Even Arwen took out the last Dragonair.
- Dragon trainers are jerks. First, she won't give me the badge and she tells me to go into some cave. Then, I go in, and I'm told to leave by the trainers there. I've come to the conclusion that Lance is the only nice one around here (I forgot what Drake was like in R/S/E).
- The people in the temple think that I'm wise. Final badge finally acquired.
- Decided to run around in circles waiting for someone to call me and give me a Fire Stone.
- Accidentally ran into the path of grass on the route beneath Blackthorn and... ENTEI APPEARED? Laughed for whatever reason (I get easily amused) and gave it a little bit of damage before it fled. Walked two squares to the left and... RAIKOU TOO?
- Laughed for a good few minutes and lamented the difficulty (and my general lack of luck) of finding them in my regular playthroughs of the game.
1 ) The schoolboy near Moo Moo Farm, I believe, but the chances are about the same as finding a Chansey in the Safari Zone.
2 ) This is why you need to consider your stats. I remembered that Kingdra being a pain for members without physical viability.
3 ) There you go. If you don't get STAB + Weakness, go with what you know works. And Swift, by the way, is giving my Pidgeot no end of trouble back here in Kanto... when I find someone that knows it, I mean ;)
4 ) Drake is... well, like Lance back in Gen I - not really a fleshed-out character. You have to remember, you don't really get character development in the Elite 4 unless you've been around.
5 ) Wise enough to handle Extremespeed Dratini?
6 ) Don't force it, Bill's Grampa is just on the other side of Vermillion, and isn't there a Move Re-Tutor in Crystal?
7 and 8 ) Don't I know it... I actually had a friend that thought you can't naturally catch the others if you've seen one of them. I had caught Entei and used it in battle against him, he was angry at me for a week. Then he found and caught Suicune. (If you're on here and I've told it wrong, Greg, I'm sorry)
