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Puddle March 22nd, 2014 4:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Terabyte (Post 8159398)
If they can manage to get through the Kanto Safari Zone, then they should be able to get through the Spear Pillar just fine. Same goes for Juan's gym and other areas with unstable ground.

Sky Pillar*

And they don't need to, unless they need to get Rayquaza, or want to. Before you actually get Rayquaza, you just walk normally, then to get him, it is a lot harder.

However, getting him would be impossible. You couldn't do Democracy because you would fall trying to do the next button. It would basically be all luck with the moves to be completely perfect.

serpenter March 22nd, 2014 4:27 AM

I've only seen and participated a couple of times. A youtube Acapella video was what finally got me to go and see what all of the hype was about. I found it interesting but too chaotic to pay much attention. I can only enjoy watching red walk into walls so many times...

Some of the art I've seen on tumblr, twitter etc has been funny, cool or just touching. I like that side of it.

Treecko March 22nd, 2014 10:05 AM

I love how we somehow caught an Abra and it keeps using Teleport at the worse places. Like they managed to get to the Rustboro Gym and then teleported out. XD

It seems we have another over-powered starter again. :/ We shoudn't have a level 20 Torchic with no badges......

pkmnmaster69 March 22nd, 2014 4:01 PM

Lol, they just deposited the whole team, all for just a Marill. Only because two extra Poochyenas took up our team slots

Treecko March 22nd, 2014 4:12 PM

Oh wow we managed to deposit all of our Pokemon....Now let's get Zexy back without releasing her.... and maybe Abra (hilariously named Fap Junky) and a Poochyena and we should be good.And it's been a day since we started and we don't have a badge...this is getting fun.

Aquacorde March 22nd, 2014 8:27 PM

I'M ON VACATION RN BUT
WE'RE A GIRL
WITH A TORCHIC
WHO IS APPARENTLY CRAZY
THIS IS BEAUTIFUL

http://31.media.tumblr.com/c4a34a9b24b1c69a9213da95e6d7a4c7/tumblr_n2usefMqsO1rmyiy1o1_500.jpg http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/081/4/5/tpp_emerald__a_by_chthonickhonri-d7b5o2x.png

Puddle March 22nd, 2014 8:32 PM

Apparently Marill's nickname is Virgin Marill.
Pretty awesome.

Treecko March 23rd, 2014 12:58 AM

Once again Anna provides the awesome maymays and art.

And I make the gifs.
After 1 day 5 hours and 42 minutes , Twitch finally beat the first gym leader, Roxanne. Amazing. Go Virgin Marill!

https://24.media.tumblr.com/f8697da7c8916405ad76a6ccce3dcfc5/tumblr_n2vsn5bBeo1qhqb9no1_500.gif

Reblog/like this please. I like notes.

antemortem March 24th, 2014 6:06 AM

What's the PC's name? A? o.o

mangamusicfan March 24th, 2014 12:01 PM

They Are doing Pretty good so far lol.

Treecko March 24th, 2014 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solace (Post 8163214)
What's the PC's name? A? o.o

Yeah it's A. She's nicknamed by fans as "A-Chan" or Camila A. Slash.

Wow we seriosuly have a level 32 Torchic and only two badges?? Dear God , Zexy's is overpowered worse than LazorGator. At least we've evolved Marill though. The Virgin Marill is now an Azumarill. Looks like we're attempting to beat Watson and his trainers in Mauvile. I'm probably gonna miss us beat him cause I'll probably be on the bus. D:

Aquacorde March 25th, 2014 8:58 PM

ohhhh nooooo i just found out we released Zexy how could we ;_____;

SS Goku March 25th, 2014 9:14 PM

Current situation:
  • Twitch has been fighting Wattson for 20+ times now, which has been going on for like 2 full days or more. Paralyze + confusion + missed attacks make this easily one of the WORST luck so far since Gen 1. It doesn't help that our current strongest Poke is M4 the lv33 Azumarill.
  • Twitch managed to evolve Dotty the Nincada and get Shedinja, hoping to finally beat Wattson. But again, paralyze and confusion screw it over and over.
  • Zexy the lv38, lonely natured Torchic has been released a few hours ago. Reason for him to stay unevolved was because people wanted him to learn Flamethrower, which is better than Blaze Kick in every way. This happened after we got Shedinja btw.
  • To make it worse, we can't seem to even shake off our bad luck after the chic was released. Constant paralyzes, M4's Rollout keeps missing at crucial moment, and confusion keep Shedinja from being the game changer that people hope it become.
  • Money is practically 0 right now, so no Balls to catch anything else. We still haven't fought trainers in Cycling Road though.
  • Also, I don't know how and why, but we keep having more and more Poochyena. As of right now, we have five of them in total.
Perhaps we are paying for all our good luck in the past? (catching Zapdos, getting Steelix, ...)

Treecko March 25th, 2014 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquacorde (Post 8166782)
ohhhh nooooo i just found out we released Zexy how could we ;_____;

I know!! It made me so sad when I heard the news. :( I'm thinking of making fanart, but obviously everyone beat me to it.


So many people in the chat were hoping we were to soft reset game and get Zexy back...I wish they did too.... :(
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Originally Posted by SS Goku (Post 8166802)
Current situation:
  • Twitch has been fighting Wattson for 20+ times now, which has been going on for like 2 full days or more. Paralyze + confusion + missed attacks make this easily one of the WORST luck so far since Gen 1. It doesn't help that our current strongest Poke is M4 the lv33 Azumarill.
  • Twitch managed to evolve Dotty the Nincada and get Shedinja, hoping to finally beat Wattson. But again, paralyze and confusion screw it over and over.
  • Zexy the lv38, lonely natured Torchic has been released a few hours ago. Reason for him to stay unevolved was because people wanted him to learn Flamethrower, which is better than Blaze Kick in every way. This happened after we got Shedinja btw.
  • To make it worse, we can't seem to even shake off our bad luck after the chic was released. Constant paralyzes, M4's Rollout keeps missing at crucial moment, and confusion keep Shedinja from being the game changer that people hope it become.
  • Money is practically 0 right now, so no Balls to catch anything else. We still haven't fought trainers in Cycling Road though.
  • Also, I don't know how and why, but we keep having more and more Poochyena. As of right now, we have five of them in total.
Perhaps we are paying for all our good luck in the past? (catching Zapdos, getting Steelix, ...)

Oh damn. This is awful. We got our last badge 3 days ago and I think this is the longest time we've gone without a badge. We needed Zexy to stay really badly. It's kind of boring watching us do nothing so I hope things pick up soon.

SS Goku March 26th, 2014 1:40 AM

We did it!!! WE FINALLY DID IT!!!

After more than 20 tries, after more than 2 days, WATTSON IS DEFEATED AT LAST!!!

Shedinja has fulfill its purpose by taking down his last Pokemon, Manectric. Perhaps the spirit of Zexy does live on in that bug shell!

Finally we can move on. Bye bye Mauville, hope to never see you again in a long time.

mangamusicfan March 26th, 2014 2:15 AM

i saw the battle Lol, Verry Intense!

Treecko March 26th, 2014 4:39 AM

Oh thank God, about time! That was both boring and horrifying. I'd never expect us to lose a Pokemon in the progress of getting a badge. That was the most exhausting gym badge attempt I've seen on TPP. Watson was always a difficult gym leader for me so I don't blame them taking so long. His Manetric is the biggest challenge, especially when you pick always Treecko like me. >.>

Well Flanerry will be easier if they keep Azumarill out the whole time.

Edit:Do we have to go through New Mauville though? Or is that not required? I can't remember.

fenyx4 March 27th, 2014 7:54 PM

Well, I didn't get to see Twitch Plays Pokemon Emerald start, but I heard bits of the initial audio, so that's something. >_> I got really irritated when I heard the game soft-reset four times. Seriously? Given the experience with the initial Twitch Plays Pokemon Red run (which I don't mind too much, since that was our first time and the "soft-reset" abuse may have been unforeseen), the host should've ensured that the Select button was understandably disabled (as I anticipated that it would be) prior to the chat having access to the Emerald game controls; I mean, we already have 2 runs down. >:( That "soft-reset"-laced start was just horrible, though; I hope that it doesn't happen again. And I really would've liked the "slash" name, too!

I've missed so much in 5 days, though!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kouzan (Post 8158931)
This round seems it could take longer. Plus with all the puzzles in Hoenn , it will last. We're still near Oldale and it's been 2 hours. Though Zexy (Torchic's fan name) might become overpowered like Lazorgator though I really hope not.

I glad we picked May cause it will add variety to the lore. First female go A-Chan! Was hoping they'd pick Treecko , but Torchic is a cutie.

Agreed; I'm glad that a girl will finally be added to the lore of Twitch Plays Pokemon. I was torn on which starter Pokemon that I wanted to be chosen...Mudkip is like the epitome of "memetic Pokemon", but Torchic was my own starter and continues to be super-cool amidst all of the heat that it emits, yet (as I read later) Treecko would've been great in matching the cartridge color of Pokemon Emerald (allowing there to be trivia in that the first three TPP starter Pokemon were reptilian-based Pokemon that share the same general coloration as their corresponding versions).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Puddle (Post 8159417)
Sky Pillar*

And they don't need to, unless they need to get Rayquaza, or want to. Before you actually get Rayquaza, you just walk normally, then to get him, it is a lot harder.

However, getting him would be impossible. You couldn't do Democracy because you would fall trying to do the next button. It would basically be all luck with the moves to be completely perfect.

Wow; I knew the cracks would pose a problem, but I forgot about how much of an impact that the delay of Democracy Mode would have! I honestly wonder what we would have done if traversing the Ruby/Sapphire variant of Sky Pillar was required to beat the game in Emerald.. {XD}

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kouzan (Post 8159891)
I love how we somehow caught an Abra and it keeps using Teleport at the worse places. Like they managed to get to the Rustboro Gym and then teleported out. XD

It seems we have another over-powered starter again. :/ We shoudn't have a level 20 Torchic with no badges......

Neat...ooh, DigRat reincarted as an Abra? XD I hope that Teleport doesn't pose too much of a problem, though... It would suck if we Teleported right before we reached EverGrande City's southern Pokemon Center (situated behind a waterfall, but in front of Hoenn's Victory Road); so much Surfing backtracking would be needed! XD

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aquacorde (Post 8160967)

Wow...the juxtaposition of the forest and flames is quite interesting...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kouzan (Post 8163846)
Yeah it's A. She's nicknamed by fans as "A-Chan" or Camila A. Slash.

Hmm, well I'm glad that the "pre-save file" names were retained in the lore somehow, even if only as a nickname. Because "A"/"A-Chan" is just way too generic for my tastes, even though I know that it's the most likely letter to be seen due to being where the cursor rests on default when inputting Pokemon nicknames in RSE.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SS Goku (Post 8166802)
Current situation:
  • Twitch has been fighting Wattson for 20+ times now, which has been going on for like 2 full days or more. Paralyze + confusion + missed attacks make this easily one of the WORST luck so far since Gen 1. It doesn't help that our current strongest Poke is M4 the lv33 Azumarill.
  • Twitch managed to evolve Dotty the Nincada and get Shedinja, hoping to finally beat Wattson. But again, paralyze and confusion screw it over and over.
  • Zexy the lv38, lonely natured Torchic has been released a few hours ago. Reason for him to stay unevolved was because people wanted him to learn Flamethrower, which is better than Blaze Kick in every way. This happened after we got Shedinja btw.
  • To make it worse, we can't seem to even shake off our bad luck after the chic was released. Constant paralyzes, M4's Rollout keeps missing at crucial moment, and confusion keep Shedinja from being the game changer that people hope it become.
  • Money is practically 0 right now, so no Balls to catch anything else. We still haven't fought trainers in Cycling Road though.
  • Also, I don't know how and why, but we keep having more and more Poochyena. As of right now, we have five of them in total.
Perhaps we are paying for all our good luck in the past? (catching Zapdos, getting Steelix, ...)

Neat that we have a Shedinja! Wow; I'm a bit astonished that Wattson, out of all the Gym Leaders, needed ~20+ rematches! XD But yeah, his Manectric/Magneton and paralysis can be a real jerk sometimes..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kouzan (Post 8166865)
I know!! It made me so sad when I heard the news. :( I'm thinking of making fanart, but obviously everyone beat me to it.


So many people in the chat were hoping we were to soft reset game and get Zexy back...I wish they did too.... :(


Oh damn. This is awful. We got our last badge 3 days ago and I think this is the longest time we've gone without a badge. We needed Zexy to stay really badly. It's kind of boring watching us do nothing so I hope things pick up soon.

RIP Zexy the Torchic! (nice nickname).. SIGH...I'm a bit shocked that Torchic actually got released. Well, I guess the play-through will be more interesting for those that don't want an overpowered starter Pokemon, although I'm guessing that the Hoenn Elite Four (and Steven Stone, if we challenge him post-game) will be brutal.

Quote:

Originally Posted by SS Goku (Post 8167056)
We did it!!! WE FINALLY DID IT!!!

After more than 20 tries, after more than 2 days, WATTSON IS DEFEATED AT LAST!!!

Shedinja has fulfill its purpose by taking down his last Pokemon, Manectric. Perhaps the spirit of Zexy does live on in that bug shell!

Finally we can move on. Bye bye Mauville, hope to never see you again in a long time.

Good to hear!

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Originally Posted by Kouzan (Post 8167248)
Oh thank God, about time! That was both boring and horrifying. I'd never expect us to lose a Pokemon in the progress of getting a badge. That was the most exhausting gym badge attempt I've seen on TPP. Watson was always a difficult gym leader for me so I don't blame them taking so long. His Manetric is the biggest challenge, especially when you pick always Treecko like me. >.>

Well Flanerry will be easier if they keep Azumarill out the whole time.

Edit:Do we have to go through New Mauville though? Or is that not required? I can't remember.

I don't think so; I don't recall New Mauville being mandated, and Bulbapedia lists the location as being involved in an optional side-quest.

Awww...only ~5000 viewers at the moment! :( I hope that it picks up eventually. And darn it, I missed the Gym Leader battle against Flannery and Norman (and even the now-legendary Wattson)?! T_T

Blastin'Tyruntz March 29th, 2014 4:45 AM

hmmmm....i want to say i was there for the first time the all helix fossil thing happened. So i was from the first ones to praise the lord helix himself. I missed all of crystal though :( sad smiley. When they'll do platinum i'll join hehe....the lord helix shall rise agin from the ashes of the omanytes!

fenyx4 March 31st, 2014 7:17 PM

Yeah...we made it far within the interior of Magma Hideout (so many wild Pokemon due to all of the cave tiles! >_>), had the nicely-timed opportunity to find a Max Revive, got within view of Maxie, and Oddish ( the last Pokemon that was conscious in the Pokemon party), succumbed not to a Fire-type move (as I thought would be the case when we encountered Torkoal) (Day 10, Hour 2, Minute 9; going by in-game time), but to a rogue Geodude's Self-Destruct! That was brutal to watch. :x So many clutch fleeings/escapes at low HP, though! Sigh...back to Lavaridge Town!

Oh, and Oddish was prevented from evolving earlier, unfortunately.. :( (Also, we have six Badges already, apparently! This run seems like it's going by very fast! Luckily, I managed to catch a battle against some Magma Grunts (including a player-versus-2-Magma-Grunts battle within Magma Hideout) and the Magma Hideout battle against Magma Admin Tabitha! DAT MUSIC! ("Battle! Team Magma/Aqua Grunt" sounds a bit off in some places, though.. :x)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blastin'Tyruntz (Post 8172689)
When they'll do platinum i'll join hehe....the lord helix shall rise agin from the ashes of the omanytes!

Not sure if Pokemon Platinum Version will be done, but apparently, Twitch Plays Pokemon FireRed has been confirmed as the fourth run last time I checked, where we have a randomizer that allows us to encounter any Pokemon (of those existing during Generation 3) in the wild..?

I'll try to add more comments on the Emerald run if I remember later..
Oh noes, this thread lost its stickied status! ;_;

Rosile April 1st, 2014 10:58 AM

It's been very chaotic lately with little progress made over the past few days. Then again, we don't have democracy to carry us this time like in Crystal. It'd be nice if we had a solid team by the end of the game, but at this rate, it's going to take a lot of luck and plenty of weed-whacking. Been stalking the steam since Lavender town, so I have faith.

fenyx4 April 1st, 2014 6:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rosile (Post 8178270)
It's been very chaotic lately with little progress made over the past few days. Then again, we don't have democracy to carry us this time like in Crystal. It'd be nice if we had a solid team by the end of the game, but at this rate, it's going to take a lot of luck and plenty of weed-whacking. Been stalking the steam since Lavender town, so I have faith.

Well, we seem to be making decent progress; we've beaten Maxie in Magma Hideout and I think we triggered that Team Aqua event that occurs at Slateport City's Oceanic Museum, IIRC...

However, now, we're mostly milling about in Lilycove City.. So glad that I got to witness a Pokeblock being made, although I'm still hoping to see a Gym Leader battle eventually! I truly wonder how Sootopolis Gym will be navigated; I expect Democracy Mode to be activated for Pokemon Emerald Version run for the first time...

EDIT:
We've entered Aqua Hideout! Also, 2 Electrode Self-Destructed and knocked out Azumarill and Oddish, respectively. :x But on a more positive note, WE FINALLY OBTAINED THE MASTER BALL IN AQUA HIDEOUT (and almost used it on one of the two "fake-item Poke Ball" Electrode, very narrowly)!!!! ^^

OMG Azumarill is at Level 71?! http://www.pokecommunity.com/images/templates/smilies/cerulean/17.%20disbelief.gif

EDIT 2: AAUUGHH, we wasted the Master Ball (within 10 minutes after having obtained it) during a Trainer battle, in an attempt to "use" it on a foe Team Aqua Grunt's Zubat! >:( So annoying and anticlimatic, especially considering all the work it took to get to Lilycove City in the first place, let alone reaching the interior of Aqua Hideout and navigating through the numerous warps to reach the "Master Ball" room (Archie's personal quarters...?) Sigh...it would have been awesome if it had gotten used on one of the Electrode...not only would we have used it on a stationary Pokemon, but one that was in a disguise, in the headquarters/base of May's enemy, and fulfills "PokeBallception" (a Poke Ball-esque Pokemon caught within the ultimate Poke Ball). ;-;

Also, I recently found out (from Emerald's live-update thread) that it appears "Select" and "Start" alternate between availability each minute, which is why "Select" can now be inputted without fear/risk.. Very intriguing; I was wondering how Select could be consistently inputted without some jerk/goof-off triggering an unwanted soft-resetting of the game's active file.. http://www.pokecommunity.com/images/templates/smilies/cerulean/17.%20disbelief.gif Moreover, the "SelectBRA" sequence seems to get modified automatically into "SelectB". Very exquisite compromise IMO; now with these apparent alterations, the Select button can now enjoy intermittent intervals of usage in gameplay, as opposed to being disabled entirely lest we inadvertently soft-reset the game file. ^^

pkmnmaster69 April 5th, 2014 1:22 PM

So we've finally reached the Elite 4 now, with 3 days left to beat them.

We honestly have no chance of beating them, especially with our team relying on a level 94 M4 (Azumarill). Take him away and our team wouldn't be able to even beat Watson.

Treecko April 5th, 2014 11:23 PM

I've missed so much. :( I haven't payed attention to this stream as much as I wanted......

But good news! M4 has made it to level 100!



We have our first level 100 Pokemon! Helix has blessed us greatly. Hopefully we can beat the e4 in 2 days cause we start FireRed then. Though I wouldn't be surprised if the guy extended the Emerald stream if there's enough demand. I really don't know.

fenyx4 April 7th, 2014 3:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pkmnmaster69 (Post 8184303)
So we've finally reached the Elite 4 now, with 3 days left to beat them.

We honestly have no chance of beating them, especially with our team relying on a level 94 M4 (Azumarill). Take him away and our team wouldn't be able to even beat Watson.

The speed at which we reached the Elite 4 is just staggering. :x I had to leave in the midst of our completing of the Sootopolis Gym's ice puzzle (AKA Juan's Wild Ride), and mere hours later, I found that we had already traversed Victory Road and had been battling Wally.

Azumarill should be able to take out a chunk of the Elite 4 (well, Rock Smash isn't really helping things).. Ice and Grass/Electric moves would help us immensely, though.. (Ice to take out Cacturne, Shiftry, and various Dragon-type Pokemon; Grass and/or Electric to take out the many water Pokemon of Glacia and Wallace). Surf should shred Phoebe's team to pieces (provided there isn't much Protect spam by Dusclops), and I would like to think that a lot of the other Pokemon can be taken out with Strength and boosted Rollouts.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kouzan (Post 8185030)
I've missed so much. http://www.pokecommunity.com/images/templates/smilies/cerulean/3.%20frown.gif I haven't payed attention to this stream as much as I wanted......

But good news! M4 has made it to level 100!



We have our first level 100 Pokemon! Helix has blessed us greatly. Hopefully we can beat the e4 in 2 days cause we start FireRed then. Though I wouldn't be surprised if the guy extended the Emerald stream if there's enough demand. I really don't know.

In any case, congratulations on Azumarill getting to Level 100! http://www.pokecommunity.com/images/templates/smilies/cerulean/20.%20boogie.gif I'm really disappointed that I missed it (I wonder what the chat was like), and in a Hoenn-based game no less, but at least Twitch Plays Pokemon Emerald has a memorable milestone!

I'm a bit irritated that I missed all of the Hoenn Gym battles (and I was so close to seeing the one against Juan! After all that enduring of watching us fail at the ice puzzle.. T_T), but I'm glad that I caught a battle (albeit short-lived) against Team Aqua's boss, Archie; as well as the downright epic "Groudon vs. Kyogre" and "Rayquaza's Descent" cutscenes (the latter being more epic, as the former was just their sprites awkwardly "ramming into" and staring at each other)...

The "auto-timer" for Twitch Plays Pokemon FireRed just got me aggravated. Why is the Emerald run now pressured to finish before the time limit? The Red and Crystal runs got to complete their runs in a timely manner without imposed time restrictions; why does Emerald get the shaft? The institution of such a time limit defeats the purpose of the stream, IMO, not to mention that it potentially renders the Emerald "lore" incomplete. At least let the chat who contributed to the Emerald run's inputs beat the game so that they can salvage something for their efforts. At this rate, we might not even get to battle (true Champion) Steven Stone at Meteor Falls during Emerald's post-game!

We shouldn't be in any type of rush, IMO (barring those situations where completion is highly improbable under Anarchy Mode). I personally am not looking forward to the FireRed run that much, particularly because: the "remake" status alone means that it'll be a re-tread of what TPP has already done, and the main "gimmick" for the run will be the randomized Pokemon/Trainer classes/similar values (and the potential for the FireRed run to be intruding into the Emerald run, unless the host decides to change his/her mind or there is enough demand from the chat/fans to maintain the Emerald run). The Emerald run hasalready been plagued by some mishaps in its beginning (the numerous inadvertent soft-resets); can we at least give it a respectable finish (I mean, Kanto's cool and all, but there are other regions! Including the upcoming FireRed run, Emerald isthe only run that doesn't have us visiting Kanto)? Sorry if a majority of this post seems like a rant, but Pokemon Emerald (and the Hoenn-based games in general) are rather dear to me and, in the spirit of Twitch Plays Pokemon I'd like to see us complete all of the core series Pokemon games that we play - potentially leaving one stream's main game unfinished to go and rush off to another one (that we technically have already played) just seems wrong to me.

On a side-note; OMG!!:

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/ff/Spr_3e_170_s.gif

Quote:

16d 22h 29m: We encounter a shiny Chinchou.
AAAGH, AND I MISSED IT LIVE (I was typing this post up when I potentially could've seen/heard its encounter!)! T_T (by the way, we didn't have any Poke Balls with us, so the Chinchou's fate was practically a foregone conclusion! XD) So glad we finally found a Hoenn-residing Shiny Pokemon, though; this run just keeps getting better! ^^ (And apparently, that is some great pseudo-random number generation (PRNG) right there, since, due to Emerald's quirky PRNG, finding Shiny Pokemon can only be done at certain frames/seconds as you play the game, as opposed to the expected "1/8192" randomization in the other Generation 3 games) Although seriously...can we please beat the Elite Four and Champion of Hoenn (and Steven within Meteor Falls, preferably) already..?

(In b4 someone bothers to determine what frame that Shiny Chinchou was actually found on. XD)

AZ Jr April 12th, 2014 9:57 AM

TwitchPlaysPokemon FR/LG
 
((Move me if necessary))

So, a while back, I heard about this bizarre thing where people played Pokemon at the same time. My opinion at the time? Pshaw. They'll never even finish. About a week later, they finish. O_O I am not on a piece of technology that can run Twitch most of the time, so usually I have no idea where they up to. Right now we are playing FR/LG And we have been in the PokeCenter for about 30 minutes. Longer probably, but that's how long I've been there. Walking, open maps, Check the PC. Repeat. This is tedious, but some of the people watching think of the funniest things to say. Definitely check it out here if you already haven't.

Razer302 April 12th, 2014 2:38 PM

I'm disappointed they moved on before even completing Emerald TBH

Tetra April 12th, 2014 2:44 PM

They started on FireRed, hmm? I wonder what starter they've chosen. In fact, let me go check. :]

SS Goku April 12th, 2014 6:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Razer302 (Post 8195491)
I'm disappointed they moved on before even completing Emerald TBH

Actually, they DID finish Emerald. It took 21 days, 6 of them were spend on the League, which they attempted for 100+ times.

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Originally Posted by Couriway (Post 8195497)
They started on FireRed, hmm? I wonder what starter they've chosen. In fact, let me go check. :]

It was a Machop with Truant, since this is a randomized FireRed. So don't be surprise by what you saw/will be seeing.

droomph April 12th, 2014 7:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AZ Jr (Post 8195126)
((Move me if necessary))

So, a while back, I heard about this bizarre thing where people played Pokemon at the same time. My opinion at the time? Pshaw. They'll never even finish. About a week later, they finish. O_O I am not on a piece of technology that can run Twitch most of the time, so usually I have no idea where they up to. Right now we are playing FR/LG And we have been in the PokeCenter for about 30 minutes. Longer probably, but that's how long I've been there. Walking, open maps, Check the PC. Repeat. This is tedious, but some of the people watching think of the funniest things to say. Definitely check it out here if you already haven't.

(me as well)

I don't think it's very funny or interesting on face value, but I just love reading the lore made up by the bored users. It's like a new twist on a story I've read a million times.

I can't say I'm following it anymore, because imgur is really touchy about any more TPP posts and I can't be bothered to start using reddit just for that one subreddit :p

Razer302 April 12th, 2014 8:12 PM

I thought they never completed the E4, will have to find a video of it for sure.

Loner_grunger April 12th, 2014 8:54 PM

We finished emerald but it took too many tries..ugh so many trolls spawn when the pc is going to be used, or a gym fight comes. I dont really like randomized FR but Ill try to help from time to time

Flushed April 12th, 2014 9:20 PM

The Pokemon in Emerald when I checked were so overleveled, how did it take that long to beat the E4 haha?

SS Goku April 12th, 2014 9:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Flushed (Post 8195928)
The Pokemon in Emerald when I checked were so overleveled, how did it take that long to beat the E4 haha?

Because:
  1. Azumarill has bad stats, bad moveset, bad ability.
  2. The rest of the team couldn't level up for dozens of attempts.
  3. AI isn't stupid like gen 1.
  4. E4 Pokemon are full of trolls.

Loner_grunger April 12th, 2014 9:50 PM

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Originally Posted by SS Goku (Post 8195940)
Because:
  1. E4 Pokemon are full of trolls.

That mega troll Shiftry was a pain until Annie finally leveled.

Pendraflare April 13th, 2014 5:46 AM

So apparently a Hoppip used Overheat and swept them? I wasn't there for it, but gosh, randomizers like that are just bat-chiz over the top.

SS Goku April 13th, 2014 6:40 AM

Well, I think randomized make it more fun, since you never know what to expect.
Anyway, reporting on the latest event:

"So, A, you have taken the Dome Fossil, eh? WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" - Wattson


Treecko April 13th, 2014 10:13 AM

A HAS CHOSEN THE DOME FOSSIL. WE'VE BETRAYED LORD HELIX. FORGIVE US MY LORD WE HAD NO CONTROL OVER OUR ACTIONS.

fenyx4 April 15th, 2014 6:46 PM

Finally, someone else posted in this thread! XD Congratulations for the chat's victory in Pokemon Emerald Version! :t384: ^^ I really wish I saw the final run's live completion; the Hoenn Elite 4 put us through way too much trouble.. XD Well, at least they proved their supremacy...kind of (looking at you, Pokemon that cheaply spam Double Team/Protect/Recover!). I'm glad that we saw at least one Shiny Pokemon (Chinchou) and had Emerald as the first run to sport a Level 100 party Pokemon (M4 the Azumarill). But my gosh, the Hoenn Elite 4 had us on the ropes for days.. The amount of hax that the random-number generator (RNG) doled out was just insane (most evident with M4's Rollout missing at critical moments). I'm glad that Wallace was done in by Rollout, though; serves him and his Milotic (and the rest of his party) right. XD If any of the streams encapsulate the pure definition of The Determinator trope, the Emerald run should be the prime example, for sure.

As for the FireRed run, some stuff seems interesting... I'm so glad we selected another girl! At first, I was averse to her being named "A" like the Emerald heroine (a ridiculously common/predictable name input), but some of the lore tying the Emerald run to the FireRed run (while still allowing ample room for the FireRed run to do its own thing in terms of lore and such) has been astounding; for instance, "The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning".. I've heard of Truant Machop, Overheating/Arena-Trapping Hoppip, "Hyperbug" (Surskit with Hyper Beam), all of which seem great.

It will be interesting to see exactly what has been randomized when we complete the game. So far, it seems like the list of available wild Pokemon within given locations has been randomized (although the list seems to retain the same randomization as the original randomization for a particular area if you revisit it..?) Also, I'm not sure about common Trainers' names, but it seems like Trainer Classes have remained identical.. Each Trainer's Pokemon party seems randomized from a list of thematic Pokemon (for example, Kanto's Hikers seem able to use any common Pokemon of the routes they are on). I'm awaiting to see if any legendary Pokemon were included in the randomizations; still waiting to see a Mewtwo pop out of nowhere!

I love that the Gym Leaders get their Type affinities randomized as well; provides much more variety compared to the original TPP Pokemon Red Version run! For instance, Misty is now a Poison-type Gym Leader. It seems that they still get to receive Pokemon from certain pools (for example, Lt. Surge, a Ground-type Pokemon, is limited to randomly-assigned Ground-type Pokemon of Generation 3). I'm wondering if the "randomized Type specialty" will extend to the Kanto Elite 4? Who knows what Pokemon that the Kanto Champion will receive.. (the Pokemon that was his randomized starter Pokemon should be fittingly fully-evolved by the time we face him, though, if that's even possible..)

Something strange I noticed is that several Pokemon have accessed Blast Burn, Hydro Cannon, and Hyper Beam already.. XD I expect some variety down the line, but it's weird that we've been fortunate to receive the "elemental Hyper Beam" moves so early!

I'm wondering if Cacophony (a clone of the Soundproof Ability) was included in the randomization just for kicks..? :P

Oh, and we had better complete the Sevii Island 1-3 sidequest (it helps to add more distinct events for lore) before taking on the Kanto Elite 4! Here's hoping....

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Originally Posted by AZ Jr (Post 8195126)
((Move me if necessary))

So, a while back, I heard about this bizarre thing where people played Pokemon at the same time. My opinion at the time? Pshaw. They'll never even finish. About a week later, they finish. O_O I am not on a piece of technology that can run Twitch most of the time, so usually I have no idea where they up to. Right now we are playing FR/LG And we have been in the PokeCenter for about 30 minutes. Longer probably, but that's how long I've been there. Walking, open maps, Check the PC. Repeat. This is tedious, but some of the people watching think of the funniest things to say. Definitely check it out here if you already haven't.

Glad to see a fellow newcomer to TPP! Sorry to hear that you can't run the Twitch stream most of the time, though; I've encountered that issues a few times, too... :( On a side-note, that's one of the reasons that I strongly advocated for the inclusion of the live-update links in Bulbapedia's Twitch Plays Pokemon article, because not everyone can constantly run the stream (if they can even run it at all)...

In any case, you might want to check out the Twitch Plays Pokemon FireRed Reddit live-updater! It is largely text (much less intensive on computer resources than the stream itself, I would think) and typically automatically updates itself whenever an updater posts a recent event (some individuals may need to manually refresh the page every few minutes when using older browsers, though). Admittedly, the chat helps to enhance the stream itself, but the updaters seem to provide good doses of comedies every now and then. I hope this helps! :)

And yeah, it can get tedious during the boring parts where we walk around aimlessly and slog through repetitive wild Pokemon battles, but the "plot-based/important" battles and other moments tend to help make up for the monotony, IMO.

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Originally Posted by Razer302 (Post 8195491)
I'm disappointed they moved on before even completing Emerald TBH

Although I'm very thankful that the streamer allowed the chat to defeat Emerald's Champion (Wallace), I felt as if the game should have "truly" ended at the BATTLE FRONTIER WHAT WHAT battle against Steven Stone in Meteor Falls; he seems just as "Bonus Boss"-ish as Red of Gold/Silver/Crystal/HeartGold/SoulSilver does (except Red gets distinct, 'true' (?) ending credits with his battle, apparently)). However, I would have felt greatly disappointed if we had moved on to FireRed (at the point when the first countdown timer had reached its endpoint) without even defeating the Champion in Emerald..

Moreover, although it added to lore a little, the "timer" imposed on Emerald didn't help matters much; we didn't have to go rushing off to FireRed..

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Originally Posted by SS Goku (Post 8195762)
Actually, they DID finish Emerald. It took 21 days, 6 of them were spend on the League, which they attempted for 100+ times.

It was a Machop with Truant, since this is a randomized FireRed. So don't be surprise by what you saw/will be seeing.

I ROFL'd when I read that our starter Pokemon Machop had Truant.. Of all the Abilities in the game.. XD I'm hoping that it returns to A's Pokemon party, as I'd love to see it become a team player (not to mention that I'm eager to see what its Ability could change into if/when it evolves into Machoke).

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Originally Posted by dʒɹʌmpfʼt̚ (Post 8195799)
(me as well)

I don't think it's very funny or interesting on face value, but I just love reading the lore made up by the bored users. It's like a new twist on a story I've read a million times.

I can't say I'm following it anymore, because imgur is really touchy about any more TPP posts and I can't be bothered to start using reddit just for that one subreddit :p

The chat reactions can be quite amusing at times, too (although you usually have to be watching at the right moment.. XD) - the Emerald run's chat was too funny when we got stuck at telling Wallace where Sky Pillar was (one simple question, yet the menu probably posed the second-biggest challenge to us out of anything else in Hoenn XD, surpassed by the Hoenn Elite 4). I think the Red run was the most hilarious, though; so much wonderful strange stuff happened on our first run (like getting trapped in Cinnabar Mansion, and "Venomoth vs. Dragonite") that felt too surreal. XD

Not too sure about Imgur limiting TPP posts, but there's always stuff like r/pokemon and r/smashbros (and countless other subreddits)), if you need incentive to use Reddit more. :P

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Originally Posted by Crackle (Post 8196327)
So apparently a Hoppip used Overheat and swept them? I wasn't there for it, but gosh, randomizers like that are just bat-chiz over the top.

AWESOME.. :p Also, apparently all the Hoppip in the game were randomly bestowed with the Arena Trap Ability (in Generation 3, you're trapped in battle unless you use a Flying-type Pokemon and/or a Pokemon with the Levitate or Run Away Abilities), so those encounters will be quite feared, I'm guessing. XD

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Originally Posted by Kouzan (Post 8196626)
A HAS CHOSEN THE DOME FOSSIL. WE'VE BETRAYED LORD HELIX.

I'm actually glad that this happened (oddly enough, on the first run where Democracy Mode has been entirely disabled, at least to the present moment); contrasts with Red Version's Helix Fossil quite nicely. XD I can't wait to see what it gets revived into!

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Finally, can someone please explain what the image below is supposed to mean in terms of TPP events/the FireRed run..? Thanks in advance! (what I'm gleaning is that Bill is in control of the Kanto randomizations and mans the computer; the first 3 player characters are in some kind of stasis and are possibly energizing the room, and some of the released Pokemon of past runs (like Abby the Charmeleon, DigRat the Raticate, Admiral Sentret, and Zexy the Torchic) are also in stasis (again, possibly being utilized as energy sources for the room):

http://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/234bdg/gloat_now_if_you_must_you_cant_hold_us_forever/

http://i.imgur.com/epmt8T9.png

AZ Jr April 16th, 2014 8:46 AM

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In any case, you might want to check out the Twitch Plays Pokemon FireRed Reddit live-updater! It is largely text (much less intensive on computer resources than the stream itself, I would think) and typically automatically updates itself whenever an updater posts a recent event (some individuals may need to manually refresh the page every few minutes when using older browsers, though). Admittedly, the chat helps to enhance the stream itself, but the updaters seem to provide good doses of comedies every now and then. I hope this helps!
Whoa, didn't know this was a thing. Still, it'll keep me updated while skipping some of the more tedious parts I was talking about earlier. Thanks, fenyx!

fenyx4 April 18th, 2014 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by AZ Jr (Post 8200734)
Whoa, didn't know this was a thing. Still, it'll keep me updated while skipping some of the more tedious parts I was talking about earlier. Thanks, fenyx!

No problem! :D Additionally, you can also visit the Twitch Plays Pokemon subreddit for more TPP hi-jinks and stuff. Each day of the stream has a "daily thread" used for discussion, along with neat artwork and other tidbits that come up. In my opinion, the best time to visit the subreddit is whenever something important is happening/has happened (like when we've just defeated a Gym Leader, found an important item, suffered a devastating loss, or screwed something up majorly).

Also, for those who don't want any of the future randomized stuff spoiled (like what the legendary Pokemon have been changed into, if at all), beware of the Twitch Plays Pokemon chat (the Reddit live-updater should be safe, though, unless some jerk goes and abuses his or her reporting powers). Apparently, someone has posted what the third starter Pokemon (that wasn't chosen by the player or the rival during the FireRed run) would've been and what the Helix Fossil would've revived into...and then subsequently posted spoilers for a good chunk of stuff (primarily, what the legendary Pokemon will be, what the Dome Fossil will be, and what the teams of future Trainers like Gym Leaders, the Elite 4, and the Champion will consist of); all of which was done by reverse-engineering the seed that we received from the random-number-generator (RNG) of our current game file for FireRed. Currently, the TPP subreddit moderators have removed or encoded any spoilers in that particular thread (and I'm guessing in other subreddit threads), but keep in mind that the spoilers have essentially been spread with wild abandon across the Internet (mainly, some rogues spoiling the contents in the TPP chat)..

I'm surprised that someone managed to decompile all of that information already; I thought we would have to wait until we at least beat the game (deductions were seemingly made based on the Abilities and moves of some of the Pokemon we have captured and/or encountered and fought)! I really wish the original decompiler had just posted the identities of the third starter Pokemon and the Helix Fossil and left it at that (since those Pokemon will be unobtainable in our current run, unless the file has been modified somehow)... But now, as others have said, the damage has been done, and Pandora's Box has been released. T_T This occurrence greatly saddens me; the chat is one of the best things of TPP, and now I don't think I'll be able to look at it at all (which frustrates me because the chat is one of the more significant/crucial sources for the memes that we've encountered). One person has suggested Operation Random Is As Random Does (re-randomize the seed that we're used), although I'm unsure how I feel about it - it feels divisive and "alters" our journey in a manner that seems excessive to me (with the lore being fragmented, as certain entities will hail from different "seed segments" of the run)..

On a optimal note, the newfound/newly-developed lore will be quite interesting due to the "spoilers".. Some people are dubbing the act of posting spoilers in advance of their occurrence as "The Prophecy".. It's also startling how we can liken the run to a videogame...the "unattainable stuff" (like the third starter Pokemon) could be seen as Dummied Out (unused) content (stuff that's usually mined and discovered after people get hard at work in decompiling the data on a game's given cartridge/disk), while the spoilers themselves for stuff that can/will happen could be perceived as "leaks" (similar to the ones that occurred with Greninja and Hawlucha in the weeks prior to the official Pokemon X and Y release of October 12, 2013.

Finally, I'm guessing the "ROT13 cipher" (a cipher that shifts letters by 13 positions) is going to become a little memetic in the TPP fandom, since that is what is being used to encode a lot of the "spoilers" on the TPP subreddit. Woo-hoo; today I learned about ciphering! ^^ Team Cipher relevance..?
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ROT13 Cipher Explanation:

Map A-Z for values 0-25. He said ROT13, which means rotate 13. So add 13 to the number you currently have and that's your new number. It wraps around once you pass Z = 25.
For example, A = 0 -> N = 13

Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplayspokemon/comments/23bkff/the_third_starter_revealed/cgvhaob
I just noticed that there's a Hyperbug flair (a small icon of Surskit using the move Hyper Beam) on the TPP subreddit; so adorable! {<3} Also, I can't wait to see what the Sevii Island wild Pokemon have been randomized to!

(TL;DR - BEWARE OF TPP FIRERED SPOILERS)

SS Goku May 2nd, 2014 6:03 AM

Platinum will begin in 14 hours, is anyone able to watch at that time?
Better question: Is anyone still watching the stream, even occasionally?

Tetra May 2nd, 2014 6:42 AM

I kinda stopped watching mid-way through the FR run. Just lost interest. I will be watching Platinum, though. I wonder how the controls for that game are going to work. There's definitely going to be more then FireRed.

fenyx4 May 2nd, 2014 3:10 PM

Finally someone else posted. XD Regarding the Pokemon FireRed run, congrats to A and her team for triumphing over the Kanto Pokemon League! The only Gym battle I got to watch was the one against Gym Leader Blaine (whose specialty was randomized to Steel-type Pokemon), and I only got to watch the beginning of it as my computer lab had to close just as the battle was getting underway. Talk about timing. ;-; (Sigh...at least I got to hear the FireRed/LeafGreen rendition of "Battle! VS Gym Leader (Kanto)", though!) The chat got through Kanto's Victory Road and the Indigo Plateau insanely quick; I think one time I checked they had just entered Victory Road, and like 12-15 hours later, I found out that the game was beaten already (or maybe that I found out that we were already battling Elite 4 members; it's hard to keep track - all I know is that insane progress was made in a 12-15-hour time period when I later checked the stream).. The FireRed/LeafGreen Elite Four was beaten laughably quick compared to how many retries were needed for the Hoenn Elite 4...I think the Kanto Elite Four needed less than 10 challenges total! {XD} (Hoenn supremacy, wut wut)

The 3 "hidden" legendary Pokemon apparently got swapped with Latios, Mew, and Mewtwo (I was really hoping for a Regi or Jirachi/Deoxys...sigh..) Apparently, we knocked out Latios (who had used Perish Song) and immediately fled from Mewtwo in terror. {XD} Wow...for all the spoilers that I was trying to avoid, I didn't even see any of the legendary encounters as they happened.. :(

I liked that Gary/Green/the rival received a different type specialty for some of (each of?) his battles (except Kingdra line, which was consistent across the battles due to being his starter Pokemon); he was apparently a Normal-type specialist in his Champion role...

Too bad that Truant Machop didn't receive that much use! Amusingly, the Pokemon who normally gets Truant, Slaking, still ended up as a part of our team (only that he didn't XD).

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Originally Posted by SS Goku (Post 8227568)
Platinum will begin in 14 hours, is anyone able to watch at that time?
Better question: Is anyone still watching the stream, even occasionally?

I doubt I'll be watching much of this run... I'm going to be unable to watch the actual start of the Pokemon Platinum game file, and I have final exams in the upcoming week (requiring rigorous study), all of which take priority over Twitch Plays Pokemon... :( I might find time to tune in during study breaks, but I doubt it.. I'll probably have to resort to skimming the TPP Platinum TVTropes webpage..

During intermission, I watched Peggle Dual Shot (a DS game) being played for a while.. It was, ah, quite something, sporting a unicorn named Bjorn who seems to be endlessly walking.. {XD}

In the meantime, prior to Platinum's beginning, Pokemon Stadium 2 CPU-vs.-CPU matches are underway, and players/the chat can bet at least $100 "Poke Dollars" (IIRC) on Red team or Blue team. I honestly like the setup of it; the match outcomes are fun to watch unravel! Recently, there was Butterfree, Cyndaquil, and Chinchou vs Tentacruel, Lanturn, and Flaafy. Chinchou was a bit dumb by using Rain Dance repeatedly, and Cyndaquil surprised many people by using Dig as a last bid against Lanturn (but Cyndaquil also dimly used Flamethrower against a Water-type Pokemon, Lanturn, during heavy rain battle conditions). We also had "Chinchou vs. Lanturn" very briefly, although Chinchou was already worn down..

There was also a battle involving Kabuto (DOME's embodiment) and Articuno on the same team! Although Articuno never got sent out... In any case, I hope someone is archiving these Pokemon Stadium 2 CPU battles; they're quite amusing!

The Platinum touch-screen controls will be quite interesting to witness (reminds me of when I suggested Twitch Plays RuneScape one time, which is similar in concept requiring clicking on a large grid rather than simple directional inputs and basic-button inputs), let alone how the Distortion World is handled with its offbeat physics... Also, I'm wondering how the chat will take on Professor Rowan's "diabolical" tutorial...

EDIT: ROFL, there was just a battle of Pikachu, Wartortle, Zapdos (Blue Team) vs Sneasel, Weepinbell, Ledyba (Red Team). Pikachu (who somehow got frozen) got thoroughly assaulted by Sneasel using Beat Up. The last 2 combatants were Zapdos vs. Ledyba. For some reason, Zapdos kept on spamming Flash even when it could have ended the thing easily with Thunder. Ledyba managed to avoid getting electrocuted and nailed Zapdos with a frightening Ice Punch. It's a dark day for Zapdos (and legendary Pokemon in general).. I mean, I knew the Pokemon Stadium 2 rental Pokemon were suck-ish, but not by that much. XD

EDIT 2: I really wish that the Pokemon Stadium 2 audio (which has battle music and Pokemon/Poke Ball/victory fanfare sound effects) was being played rather than the current Pokemon Platinum audio, which just loops the Platinum arrangement of the main Pokemon theme ad nauseum. :/

SS Goku May 14th, 2014 6:29 PM

TPP is in Distortion World now. I wonder how long this will take.

Oh and, they have a Flareon called Solareon. Highest level, decent moves, no disasters had happened since it joined. First Fire-type to make it to the Hall of Fame?


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