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I might have been extremely ignorant during my runs through HG, but a single question kinda pops up every single time I play, and I cannot seem to find an answer for it, so help me out, /p/okecommunity! I'll present it in a limerick;

When the pokemon that follows you around
finds something like trash on the ground
do you let it stay?
why don't you throw it away?
Its...

So I'm doing the bug-catching contest, trying to catch myself a Scyther, right? I eventually run into one and manage to catch it at about half health. I'm happy with myself and even though the Scyther itself is a good prize (it ended up being Jolly with Technician), I was convinced I could carry the day for the actual contest.

So judging begins and...I end up...in third place.

I was. beat out. by. two. PARAS!!

Arrgh! Sydian the Quilava killed no less than...

I just spent the past week, about three hours a day, in the Safari Zone trying for a good Croagunk to breed for my Poison monotype team...I also wanted a couple of Black Sludges for my team as well.

For one thing, even of I set up the decorations right, I have to wait twenty days for croagunk to show up...then once they're there, they hae something like a 5% chance of even appearing. They usually flee after the first turn if you don't catch them, and they only have a 5% chance of holding...

...well, it was really yesterday, but my laptop was being too lame to turn on, let alone log into PC to post yesterday. XD

...but that's beside the point. The point is that I love this game. The only thing that's kept me away from it in the past 24 hours is work. D:

Speaking of which...the one thing about the game that I was most skeptical about has achieved my seal of approval...that thing being the pokewalker.

I'm well aware that the average age of PC...

...with a Pokewalker and everything for only $20 on ebay...here's hoping it actually works. Despite the fact that the seller had unanimously good feedback, you can never be too cautious. XD

*goes off to design a silly signature template that will showcase my progress*