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starryday December 30th, 2008 11:51 AM

A Different Sort of Challenge
 
Alright, not sure if this is the right forum(I think it is) but I have a challenge for you guys. This challenge requires a wi-fi connection, as I will provide the pokemon for it, and should be done on a completed cartridge with the national dex unlocked. It's an ongoing sort of thing, with various tasks that must be done with the pokemon I will give you. There are prizes for completing each task, and they include graphic awards(given in addition to most prizes), pokemon, and items. How it'll work is I'll give you a freshly hatched pokemon to use as your starter. You won't get to choose your starter exactly, but you'll give me some information about your pokemon preferences and I'll choose your starter based on that info. When you're given your starter you'll start working on the objective list below. The objectives range from training or catching pokemon, to breeding, to written pokemon quizzes(oh noz!) and more. Every few tasks you'll have to battle me, posing as a gym leader. =P Like all gym leaders, you'll get a badge graphic to display in your signature or the like and a TM move(in the form of a male pokemon that knows it, as i don't clone). However, unlike all gym leaders, I have no skill with pokemon. It's more a matter of seeing how you're doing with your pokemon. All battles will be held at the pokemon's actual level.

I was originally going to try and make a hack with this kind of idea, but I can't hack, so I decided to use what already is to do it. :) Please be honest here, if I find that you cheated you will be banned from this contest and any future ones I should hold. You can use outside resources(like the internet) for quizzes, but not all the answers can be found online. Some require thinking. =P Also, when battling gyms, you can use only your starter and pokemon you've recieved from me, or pokemon you've caught as objectives. Updates on what you've been up to with the challenge are encouraged. When trading with me for your prizes, always use a weak/unwanted pokemon, because I usually will. Unless you want to be really nice. ;)

Here's an abbreviated list of potential starters(starters aren't limited to these guys)

Ponyta
Vulpix
Taillow
Skitty
Torkoal
Seviper
Zangoose

And here is your task list(prizes and tasks are only listed up to ten. the rests will be revealed to those who take the challenge because some vary by starter)

#. Task *Prize*
1. Train starter to at least level 15 *Starly w/ Common Berry*
2. Battle Gym Leader #1 - Fire Types *Badge + TM pokemon*
3. Quiz - Your Starter *Graphic + TM Pokemon*
4. Train Starter to at least level 25 *Starly + Type-Specific Item(ex. Magnet)*
5. Battle Gym Leader #2 - Flying Types *Badge + TM Pokemon*
6. Catch a Buizel *Graphic + Starly w/ Common Berry*
7. Train Buizel to at least level 25 *Mystery Egg*
8. Battle Gym Leader #3 - Double Battle *Badge + TM Pokemon*
9. Train Starter to at least level 40 *Graphic + Bred Pokemon w/ Stat-Boosting Nutrient(ex. Calcium)*
10. Quiz - Breeding *Graphic + Hoenn Starter*
11. ?
12. ?
13. ?
14. ?
15. ?
16. ?
17. ?
18. ?
19. ?
20. ?
21. Gym Leader #8 - ? *Surprise Gift*

Once you've finished all twenty-one tasks, you are dubbed a Starryday Challenge Completer and get the final reward. If this goes well, I'll host more challenges. If it doesn't... I may host more challenges anyway. =P

Okay, so if you are interested in participating in the challenge, just fill out the form below and reply to this thread. =) I'll PM you with your starter's basic information, and you can choose to nickname it or whatnot, and I'll send it over. Entry fee for this challenge is a berry, to be given to me when I give you your starter. Because I need to make poffins. 'Specially spicy and dry poffins.

Sign-Up Form

Username:
Friend Code:

Preffered Level of Difficulty: (would you like to have an easy starter or a more challenging starter?)
Your Strengths: (related to the pokemon games. are you good at contests, breeding, etc?)
Weaknesses: (related to the pokemon games. maybe you can't stand hatching eggs or you're bad at battling like me?)
Favorite Pokemon:
Favorite Type of Pokemon:
Pick a Stat: (HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, Speed)
Pick a Color:

Once you have your starter you can start working on the challenges. After you defeat me for the 2nd time(task #5), I'll give you the full list of objectives and prizes. You can complete more than one task at once, but they must still be done in order(for example, you can catch a Buizel and train it to level 25 all in one shot). The only exception is training your starter. You may train it to any level, but you can only recieve the prizes for training when you get to that point in your objectives list.

Hope you all like this challenge, it's obviously my first, so any feedback is welcomed.

Signups Closed

Schala_25 December 30th, 2008 12:33 PM

This looks like fun, I'll give it a shot.

Username: Schala_25 (or just Schala)
Friend Code:2363 6778 7272

Preffered Level of Difficulty: I'm up for a bit of a challenge, I suppose, so more challenging.
Your Strengths: Breeding
Weaknesses: Contests and I'm not that great at battling.
Favorite Pokemon: Absol or Houndoom
Favorite Type of Pokemon: Dark
Pick a Stat: Speed
Pick a Color: Black

starryday December 30th, 2008 12:37 PM

:) Yay! I've got your starter planned, just need to breed it first, and then I'll PM you.

Schala_25 December 30th, 2008 12:39 PM

Okay. I'm ready whenever you are.

Cacttus December 30th, 2008 12:44 PM

Username: Rellyms
Friend Code: siggy

Preffered Level of Difficulty: Challenging
Your Strengths: Breeding/Ev training
Weaknesses: Battling
Favorite Pokemon:Trapinch/Mareep/Zangoose
Favorite Type of Pokemon:Electric
Pick a Stat: Atk/Spd
Pick a Color: Orange

299 post yay!

Tinhead Bruce December 30th, 2008 2:08 PM

Ok! This looks awesome!

Username:Jlizard27
FC: 2277 8729 0699

Preffered Level of Difficulty: Pretty Difficult
Your Strengths: Exploring/ Catching pokemon/ Battling (sometimes)
Weaknesses: Breeding/Ev training
Favorite Pokemon:Ampharos/Houndour/Growlithe/
Favorite Type of Pokemon:Fire/ Electric
Pick a Stat: Sp. Att, Speed
Pick a Color: Green

NOTE: Please give me a pokemon (does not have to be a favorite) that is hard to train but is flexible in the move pool if possible.

Green1124 December 30th, 2008 2:16 PM

Username: Nick
Friend Code: In Sig

Preffered Level of Difficulty: either
Your Strengths: none in particular, battling at the most
Weaknesses: bad at battling, and breeding
Favorite Pokemon: Typhlosion
Favorite Type of Pokemon: fire
Pick a Stat: Speed
Pick a Color: Red

Zero Avenged December 30th, 2008 2:19 PM

Username:Yellow!!!!
FC: In sig

Preffered Level of Difficulty: Something that would give me a challenge but not ridiculously hard
Your Strengths: Breeding...Decent at battling
Weaknesses: Contests T_T ,and chaining
Favorite Pokemon:Chikorita,Dratini,Togepi
Favorite Type of Pokemon: Dragon,Grass
Pick a Stat: Att, Speed
Pick a Color: Yellow

this is really cool btw!

Schala_25 December 30th, 2008 2:25 PM

Confetti is now level 16, so whenever your ready, we can trade and then do the battle.

Tashiro December 30th, 2008 3:38 PM

Username: Tashiro
Friend Code: 1419 0870 2801

Preffered Level of Difficulty: Moderately challenging
Your Strengths: I am excellent at training swords dance Pokémon. I also caught creslia in a Pokéball, but that was pure luck.
Weaknesses: walls!! Both physical and special. I cannot EV-train, so I use EV cheats. (I promise I won't for the challenge... don't you believe me?!) Pokémon with high speed also hinder me.
Favorite Pokemon: Blaziken
Favorite Type of Pokemon: Dark (plus fighting and psychic, oddly.)
Pick a Stat: Attack
Pick a Color: Blue, shiny umbreon's signature color.

Tinhead Bruce December 30th, 2008 4:38 PM

Starry... so uh, you ready?

starryday December 30th, 2008 4:43 PM

Alright. Signups closed. Next time I'll make a challenge that requires less of my time, so that more people can sign up. :)

edit: Jlizard - oops! yes I am. so sorry. i have like 5 things going on right now. major multitasking = starry forgets stuff... a lot of stuff. I assigned you to Ringmaster, correct? PM me, as I'll get that quickly. ;) Although you did PM me already, didn't you? Ahhh I'm very mixed up. lol

Tinhead Bruce December 30th, 2008 8:47 PM

Can I say, train my starter all the way to lvl 25 before battling you?

starryday December 31st, 2008 4:08 AM

Yep you can, you just won't get the reward for it until you reach that objective.

Gulpin December 31st, 2008 7:16 AM

This is very interesting, but you might want to approve this with Color Me Evil/Horizon.

Username: ~|symphony
Friend Code:

Preffered Level of Difficulty: hard/challenging
Your Strengths: breeding, battling [in game]
Weaknesses: contests, EV training [sometimes], battling [wi-fi]
Favorite Pokemon: I like a lot
Favorite Type of Pokemon: Psychic and Poison and Bug types
Pick a Stat: Special Attack and Speed
Pick a Color: Purple

starryday December 31st, 2008 7:47 AM

Will do, symphony, but unfortunately signups are closed because I have my hands full with the current participants. I made a note in the thread but not on the main post, so I'm sorry for not being clear with it. I'll hopefully be running more contests once this one's over though, so keep an eye out for them.

Gulpin December 31st, 2008 7:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by starryday (Post 4239759)
Will do, symphony, but unfortunately signups are closed because I have my hands full with the current participants. I made a note in the thread but not on the main post, so I'm sorry for not being clear with it. I'll hopefully be running more contests once this one's over though, so keep an eye out for them.

Oh, okay. What would you have given me?

starryday December 31st, 2008 7:55 AM

Hm... Probably a Girafarig or a Seviper, from what I have available. More likely Seviper as it doesn't have as good of a moveset. May have bred a Koffing, though, because you don't see many of them.

Gulpin December 31st, 2008 7:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by starryday (Post 4239779)
Hm... Probably a Girafarig or a Seviper, from what I have available. More likely Seviper as it doesn't have as good of a moveset. May have bred a Koffing, though, because you don't see many of them.

I can breed myself whatever you want to give me [I have every Pokemon], and all we have to do is the battles.

Cacttus December 31st, 2008 8:10 AM

I could help out if that's what you need. Like a staff member or something.

starryday December 31st, 2008 8:10 AM

If you want to, then alright. :) I'm running out of pokemon bred with TM moves, though, which is another prime reason I needed to close signups. I need to breed more prizes. I didn't realize this would have so much response. But if you want to breed a Seviper, then just let me know when you're ready for each gym battle, that works.

rellyms - Well actually I'm considering starting up a forum community where people could interact via wi-fi, and do challenges like this(along with other various things. for example, once a person gets to a certain point on the task list, they can get a career, such as a breeder, shopkeeper or a coordinator). It'd be a large project, though, that would require more than just me working on it. If you're interested in helping out with it, PM me. ;) And as for this challenge, if you wanted to breed some pokemon that know TM moves, that'd be a big help as well.

Gulpin December 31st, 2008 8:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by starryday (Post 4239815)
If you want to, then alright. :) I'm running out of pokemon bred with TM moves, though, which is another prime reason I needed to close signups. I need to breed more prizes. I didn't realize this would have so much response. But if you want to breed a Seviper, then just let me know when you're ready for each gym battle, that works.

Okay, and I don't really need any of the Berrys/most TM's. You can just tell me the prises, and I'll tell you if I wan't it or not. [I probably wont..]

starryday December 31st, 2008 8:17 AM

Okay, that works. Most of the prizes are just small things like graphics, bred pokemon and the like. If you want to do it though, you can go ahead and breed yourself a Seviper and let me know when you're ready for the first gym battle.

Cacttus December 31st, 2008 8:21 AM

I could also help with prizes it's no problem with me.

starryday December 31st, 2008 8:24 AM

If you could, that'd be great. Just PM me when you have some bred(I need any sort of pokemon born with TM moves), and we can work something out. =)


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