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stzy June 19th, 2016 9:34 PM

POKEMON ORAS PLAYTHROUGH
 



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PLAY-THROUGH


CURRENT PROGRESS: DYNAMO BADGE (WATSON)
DEADLINE: JULY 1st

Hello and welcome to the official thread for our un-official play-through of Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire. I, along with several other members of our humble community, will be playing through these games from start to finish, battling against each other after every gym along the way! We've already started, but we’re currently accepting new applicants. If this sounds like something you’d like to try, check out the rules below and maybe sign-up!

CURRENT PLAYERS


Here is a list of players currently participating in this play-through:
AVAILABLE FOR BATTLE / UNAVAILABLE FOR BATTLE

Spoiler:
Jim Slesus (UTC -4)
Devon – 5387 1776 4730
W: 4
  • Combusken
  • Lombre (Luigi)
  • Kirlia

danica
danica – 0173 1343 6035
W: 0
  • Ralts (Millie)
  • Shroomish (Quinn)
  • Zubat (Sedona)

Mister Coffee
Reznick – 4270 4981 7313
W: 3
  • Treecko
  • Ralts (Ronnie)
  • Wingull (Guliver)

Living Arrow
David – 0877 1218 2190
W: 3
  • Turtwig (Wiggy)
  • Zigzagoon (Bandita)
  • Abra

GreenLegend56
GreenLegend – 5043 3200 0385
W: 7
  • Torchic
  • Taillow (Ruffles)
  • Shroomish (Shiitake)

BlackTalon
BlackTalon – 3196 5604 7930
W: 4
  • Cosplay Pikachu (Zeta)
  • Alakazam (Gamma)
  • Taillow (Tau)

destinedjagold
Jagold – 0061 1111 6462
W: 0
  • Grovyle (Tiki)
  • Poochyena (Star)
  • Beautifly (Noodle)

Lrachelr5
Lucy – 1435 7814 4058
W: 0
  • Mudkip (Finnick)
  • Poochyena (Bellatrix)
  • Ralts (Juliet)


RULES


We’ve come up with a set of rules to follow as a group, just to balance everything and keep things fair. Please read before signing up for the play-through.

Spoiler:
  • battles against each other will be fought in the single-battle, no-restrictions format UNLESS another format is agreed upon by both participants.
  • participants will battle after defeating each gym leader. remember: there is no "winner" or "loser" in this play-through and everyone has busy schedules, so if you don't get to battle a certain player before the deadline, no sweat! Just move on and be sure to try and battle them next time around.
  • you may only have three Pokemon in your party up to and during the section of the 4th badge. Upon starting the fifth 5th section (after beating the 4th gym leader and battling whichever players are available), and at any point after, you will have the opportunity to add three more Pokemon to your party. They do not all have to be added at once.
  • once posted or "claimed", your party Pokemon are locked-in. When you catch a Pokemon, please post it’s species to this thread ASAP. Any other information (a few perfect IVs, egg moves, HA, etc) may be excluded at your discretion. I will update your info on the player-list as soon as I can.
  • if you want to start with a Pokemon other than Treecko, Torchic or Mudkip, you may breed ONE unique Pokemon to start with. It may have egg-moves. Please do not breed Pokemon with perfect IVs as some newer players do not have access to this, thus making IV breeding an unfair advantage.
  • At the beginning of each section, players will have the opportunity to switch out Pokemon in their party for different Pokemon. You may choose any Pokemon so long as it/they fall(s) within the restrictions, but you may only do this at the beginning of each section and you MUST post which Pokemon are being replaced.
  • the deadline for the current badge (or section) will be displayed in bold font in the first post of the first page. deadlines will vary from badge to badge and are determined by us (the players) as we go along, so if you need more time/think it's taking too long, speak up to have your opinion heard!
  • to keep things balanced through-out the game, each section will have a level cap as follows:
    Spoiler:
    • Stone Badge (Roxanne): up to level 20 level 15
    • Knuckle Badge (Brawly): up to level 25 level 25
    • Dynamo Badge (Wattson): up to level 25
    • Heat Badge (Flannery): up to level 30
    • Balance Badge (Norman): up to level 35
    • Feather Badge (Winona): up to level 40
    • Mind Badge (Liza and Tate): up to level 45
    • Rain Badge (Wallace): up to level 50
    • Elite Four: up to level 60*
    *subject to change

This is a relatively lenient and straight-forward set of rules, and we’re not gonna kick you out if you accidentally break one or two. But if you really can’t follow them and choose to purposefully and repeatedly go against them, you’re gonna get booted because no one’s gonna wanna play with ya… pretty simple.

REGISTRATION


To sign-up, simply reply to this thread or send me a private message. I don't need too much info, but to make things easier it would help if you used this simple form:
Code:

IGN: (your in game name)
FC: (your friend code)
Starting Pokemon: (the Pokemon you're going to start with)


And that's about it, ladies and gentlemen. Hopefully we've convinced you to try this out with us! Thanks for stopping by the thread... see ya in Hoenn! :)




Mister Coffee June 20th, 2016 8:52 AM

Edit:
IGN:
Reznick
FC: 4270-4981-7313
Pokemon:
-Treecko (Beezley)
-Ralts (Ronny)
-Wingull (Guliver)

I think I'm cementing these pokemon as my three main battling pokemon for now. I like their type spreading and at the moment they work together pretty well. There's no unique features to them nor am I attempting to EV train them at the moment. I just got to Rustboro where the first gym is (I guess I really did overestimate how much time I would need to progress :P), I'm not quite ready to take it on but I might challenge the first gym either late tonight or tomorrow.

Living Arrow June 20th, 2016 11:38 AM

IGN: David
FC: 0877-1218-2190
Pokemon: Turtwig (Wiggy), Zigzagoon (Bandita), Beautifly (Cabbage)

danica June 20th, 2016 1:32 PM

IGN: danica
FC: 0173-1343-6035
Pokemon:
-torchic (beatrice)
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stzy June 20th, 2016 6:43 PM

Info is already on the list but I figured I might as well post it :p

IGN: Devon
FC: 5387 1776 4730
Starting Pokemon: Torchic

Also just caught a Lotad (Deez Nuts) so she's gonna go in my party.

Swithdas June 20th, 2016 10:01 PM

EDIT
IGN: GreenLegend
FC: 5043 3200 0385
Starting Pokemon: Torchic (BBQChicken)

Also just caught a Taillow (Ruffles) and she'll be heading straight into my party!

Just caught my 3rd pokemon, Shroomish (Shiitake)

BlackTalon June 20th, 2016 11:28 PM

IGN: BlackTalon
FC: 3196 5604 7930
Starting Pokemon: Treecko (Epsilon) I started with Mudkip in my previous walkthrough and fire types bore me :/

BlackTalon June 21st, 2016 12:17 AM

Quick question, are we allowed to catch pokemon to use in the campaign but not use in the weekly battle?

stzy June 21st, 2016 5:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9293561)
Quick question, are we allowed to catch pokemon to use in the campaign but not use in the weekly battle?

Absolutely! The restrictions only apply to your "party" Pokemon, and in this case, "party" just means the Pokemon WE (us here on PokeCommunity) use to battle each other. Feel free to use whatever Pokemon you want for story-content or HM slaves.

Also, quick question: how would everyone feel about changing the Pokemon lock to after every badge? So for example, you could catch an entire new team of Pokemon after every badge. Maybe make the max amount of Pokemon three?

Swithdas June 21st, 2016 7:42 AM

Yo guys, whats up!? I've got my first gym badge and I'm ready to battle anyone if they want! Just let me know :)

Mister Coffee June 21st, 2016 8:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Slesus (Post 9293707)
Absolutely! The restrictions only apply to your "party" Pokemon, and in this case, "party" just means the Pokemon WE (us here on PokeCommunity) use to battle each other. Feel free to use whatever Pokemon you want for story-content or HM slaves.

Also, quick question: how would everyone feel about changing the Pokemon lock to after every badge? So for example, you could catch an entire new team of Pokemon after every badge. Maybe make the max amount of Pokemon three?

This all sounds fine to me. I have my team of three currently which were edited into my first post on this thread.
I've caught a ton of pokemonm but even in the game I'm only keeping my team of three since they are kind of the only three pokemon that work in my team at the moment. I do like the idea of being allowed to swap our teams after each badge if we want.

I have finished acquiring the first gym badge this morning, so I'm ready to fight anybody who is also ready. My pokemon are all level 17 currently. I was going to grind them to 20 and then stop, as per the rules.

stzy June 21st, 2016 9:10 AM

Alrighty, I switched up the rules a little. Changed the 3 Pokemon before the 4th badge thing to:

"you may only have three Pokemon in your party. Before we begin each section (after obtaining a badge and battling), players will have the opportunity to switch out Pokemon in their party for different Pokemon. You may choose any Pokemon so long as it/they fall(s) within the restrictions, but you may only do this once per section, and only at the beginning."

Sound good for everyone? Honestly if something is bugging you let us know! We all wanna have a good time.

Swithdas June 21st, 2016 9:28 AM

That does sound good, but surely we still need to have a time when its 6 Pokemon in the party!

Also I'll battle anyone who wants to after I sleep.. Considering it's 3am and I haven't had any shut eye yet lol, talk later!

Mister Coffee June 21st, 2016 9:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenLegend56 (Post 9293987)
That does sound good, but surely we still need to have a time when its 6 Pokemon in the party!

Also I'll battle anyone who wants to after I sleep.. Considering it's 3am and I haven't had any shut eye yet lol, talk later!

We unintentionally have two active threads about our playthrough and because we're trying to make this thread the main one, we made this thread after the first thread we were using, and we had established a few rules in the other thread that we forgot to write down in this thread.
First thread: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=370855

In this thread, Jim had established this rule, "...you may only use 3 Pokemon in your "battle" party until the 4th badge, at which time you may capture up to 3 more Pokemon for your party."

BlackTalon June 21st, 2016 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mister Coffee (Post 9293997)
We unintentionally have two active threads about our playthrough and because we're trying to make this thread the main one, we made this thread after the first thread we were using, and we had established a few rules in the other thread that we forgot to write down in this thread.
First thread: http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=370855

In this thread, Jim had established this rule, "...you may only use 3 Pokemon in your "battle" party until the 4th badge, at which time you may capture up to 3 more Pokemon for your party."

Will the battles after the 4th gym be 6 pokemon single battle or a 3 pokemon single battle with 6 pokemon to choose from?

Mister Coffee June 21st, 2016 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9294026)
Will the battles after the 4th gym be 6 pokemon single battle or a 3 pokemon single battle with 6 pokemon to choose from?

I actually have no idea. I don't remember us talking about it before in either of the threads.
I just reread all of the posts in the other thread and the closest answer I could find to what you were asking was: "...challenges are fought in single battle format."
I'm not sure if that answers the question(I'm super new to playing this game if you haven't seen previously), but if not you should just ask Jim himself. If my opinion helps towards setting the rule, I would prefer to play with my entire 6 pokemon team (not just 3 out of the 6) by the time we get to badge four, but until then we should only play with 3.

BlackTalon June 21st, 2016 10:43 AM

I agree. Was just making sure that was the case.

Living Arrow June 21st, 2016 11:33 AM

Hey guys!

I updated my original post with my first team but not sure if I need to grind? Does the wifi battling system auto-level our 'mons to 50?

BlackTalon June 21st, 2016 12:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Living Arrow (Post 9294140)
Hey guys!

I updated my original post with my first team but not sure if I need to grind? Does the wifi battling system auto-level our 'mons to 50?

I don't believe so Arrow, there are different settings for wi-fi battling if I remember correctly so I believe we will be fighting with our pokemon as is.

danica June 21st, 2016 12:03 PM

hey everyone! i'm ready to battle and i'll be available for the next three hours or so ^^

also, i caught a taillow named audrey last night!

BlackTalon June 21st, 2016 1:00 PM

I caught a Lotad named Delta that I would like to add to my party :)

Mister Coffee June 21st, 2016 1:11 PM

So I'll be available to be battled tomorrow from 6pm-11pm Pacific. :)

stzy June 21st, 2016 1:12 PM

Hey guys sorry about the confusion, I'm totally getting ahead of myself and screwing things up lol. Let's stick with 6 Pokemon after the 4th badge, because that seems to be what we all want :) I added everyone's Pokemon to the list, if I forgot something let me know!

stzy June 21st, 2016 1:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenLegend56 (Post 9293987)
That does sound good, but surely we still need to have a time when its 6 Pokemon in the party!

Also I'll battle anyone who wants to after I sleep.. Considering it's 3am and I haven't had any shut eye yet lol, talk later!

Are you still just using Torchic bro?

And I'm gonna add an "available/unavailable" section to the list of players so it's easier to see who's ready to go!

EDIT: Nvm GreenLegend I saw your other post! Sorry I missed it. If it's not too much trouble, from now on, can we just make a new post whenever we catch a Pokemon to add to our party? I'm subscribed to the thread so I'll get a notification, and I tend to miss it when it's just edited in. Thanks guys!

I promise I'll be good to battle by tomorrow, a lot going on irl but always time for Pokemanz y'all.

danica June 21st, 2016 8:27 PM

hey guys! i actually replaced my two current pokemon with millie the ralts and quinn the shroomish (and i also added sedona the zubat!)

i'm also still available to battle all of tonight and tomorrow!

Living Arrow June 21st, 2016 9:52 PM

I'm a bit concerned about our level caps for the rest of the game :/ if they stay as they are then the rest of the game will be a cakewalk after we grind to level 40 after the third gym. It's an awful lot of grinding and makes the actual playthrough less fun.

Can I suggest the following:

Stone badge: 15
Knuckle badge: 20
Dynamo badge: 25. Etc in 5 level increments

This leaves us at level 50 for Wallace and his team is max level 46 or something like that.

I know people are already ahead of the first gym now (myself included although I got the first badge with a level 15 and 2 level 10s) but thought it would be an easy way to stop an incredible amount of grinding for the rest of the playthrough :/ . What do you guys think?

Mister Coffee June 21st, 2016 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Living Arrow (Post 9294668)
I'm a bit concerned about our level caps for the rest of the game :/ if they stay as they are then the rest of the game will be a cakewalk after we grind to level 40 after the third gym. It's an awful lot of grinding and makes the actual playthrough less fun.

Can I suggest the following:

Stone badge: 15
Knuckle badge: 20
Dynamo badge: 25. Etc in 5 level increments

This leaves us at level 50 for Wallace and his team is max level 46 or something like that.

I know people are already ahead of the first gym now (myself included although I got the first badge with a level 15 and 2 level 10s) but thought it would be an easy way to stop an incredible amount of grinding for the rest of the playthrough :/ . What do you guys think?

Well personally, the grinding wasn't all that bad for me, in fact most of the grinding I was doing was based on me playing around with the "DexNav"(which is totally freaking awesome by the way!), so the grinding was mostly an after thought. I was actually tracking a pokemon to complete my DexNav area when my team pokemon hit 20. So I placed them in the box to wait for you guys and continued grinding with different pokemon to try to find that pokemon to complete my DexNav(Seriously it took me forever to find Geodude and Goldeen!). lol

I can understand if maybe it might bother a few people if it is grinding for them... so I guess I wouldn't care if it was changed, but I feel fine with how it is now.

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 12:36 AM

I believe we should change the level cap to be relatively close to the gym leaders strongest pokemon (in increments of 5.

Rustboro Gym: level 15
Dewford Gym: level 20
Mauville Gym: level 25
Lavaridge Gym: level 30
Petalburg Gym: level 35
Fortree Gym: level 40
Mossdeep Gym: Level 45
Sootopolis Gym: Level 50
Then one final battle after beating the Pokemon league: Level 60-65

This basically agrees with LivingArrow but I just laid out all the caps. Although with our current rules of a level 20 cap after Rustboro, we could increase the caps by 5 so we can still use our pokemon during the next step.

Rustboro Gym: level 20
Dewford Gym: level 25
Mauville Gym: level 30
Lavaridge Gym: level 35
Petalburg Gym: level 40
Fortree Gym: level 45
Mossdeep Gym: Level 50
Sootopolis Gym: Level 55
Then one final battle after beating the Pokemon league: Level 60-65
Thoughts?

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 12:50 AM

I want to add a Ralts named Psi to my party.

EDIT: Question: are we battling each participant or just one per badge?

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 1:58 AM

I agree with changing the level cap and was thinking about the amount of grinding that would be had over the coming weeks lol

stzy June 22nd, 2016 3:46 AM

Ok I read through everything and that makes a lot of sense. I never actually really thought about it that way, to be completely honest. But I think you guys are right, having level 40 Pokemon by the third gym would make actual in-game content pretty boring, and that's not what we're aiming for. It is also a lot of grinding. I'm just realizing now that we should have started at level 15 and done increments of 5, as Arrow suggested. That way, our Pokemon would have only been a few levels above the gyms leaders strongest Pokemon at all times (sometimes matching!). I ****ed it up lol... I think I have an idea though. What if we change Wattson's (3rd badge) level cap to 25, and increase by 5 from there. That way, we won't have to use different Pokemon to avoid over-leveling through the in-game content before Brawly, who's level cap would still, also be 25 :p So basically it would be something like:
  • Stone Badge (Roxanne): up to level 20 (14)
  • Knuckle Badge (Brawly): up to level 25 (16)
  • Dynamo Badge (Wattson): up to level 25 (21)
  • Heat Badge (Flannery): up to level 30 (28)
  • Balance Badge (Norman): up to level 35 (30)
  • Feather Badge (Winona): up to level 40 (35)
  • Mind Badge (Liza and Tate): up to level 45 (45)
  • Rain Badge (Wallace): up to level 50 (46)
  • Elite Four: up to level 55
The levels in brackets are those of the gym leader's highest level Pokemon. Would that work for everyone? I know that's not ideal... I'm just trying to think of a way to avoid any back-tracking or restarting, because I know most if not all of you already have the first badge (I'm slacking). I'm open to any ideas, like I said this is my first time trying this... sorry I screwed it up everyone, I was thinking from more of a competitive aspect and I thought, 'what better level cap than the game's actual level cap', and I guess I never thought it through well enough :s

I'll be ready to battle after work today. I'll just get to level 20 if that's where everyone's at for now. And danica about your Pokemon swap, have you battled anyone yet? I thought we were only swapping after we battled everyone? I don't care either way and if everyone feels the same then I'll change your Pokemon, but if that's the case we might as well remove the restriction regarding when you can swap Pokemon... which works for me too, just wanna see what everyone says. I wish I was more organized and could provide everyone with a good set of rules that worked but it's my first time doing this. Sorry for the screw-ups! Has anyone done any battles yet?

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 4:14 AM

All sounds good to me, and now I'm 100% ready and keen for some battles so please before i forget/fall asleep, hit me up for a battle :P

Living Arrow June 22nd, 2016 10:29 AM

Don't be hard on yourself Jim - we're just thankful someone took the reins in the first place :)

I like your proposals - I need to grind a little but should be ready for battles tomorrow.

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 10:33 AM

See my post Jim, the champion of the Elite Four's highest pokemon is level 59 so I don't want to impose a cap that would make battling the elite four too challenging. I thought a level cap of 60-65 would be better.

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 1:11 PM

Edit: Ready for battle! It is currently 6pm (I'm central US). I will be ready from 9pm-2am or so. Let me know, I have added all of you into my friends list on my DS.

stzy June 22nd, 2016 2:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9295166)
See my post Jim, the champion of the Elite Four's highest pokemon is level 59 so I don't want to impose a cap that would make battling the elite four too challenging. I thought a level cap of 60-65 would be better.

Oops, my bad I didn't even edit the Elite Four's level cap XD but yeah, that's perfect!

I'm almost ready to battle, just got home from work20 mins ago. I'm in the same boat as most of you; level grinding :x This is actually bullshit I'm earning like 49 xp per battle... I definitely shoulda thought a little harder about this. Thanks for the positive words though Arrow :) So yeah I'm not level 20 yet but if anyone wants to battle, I'm down I guess. My strongest Pokemon is level 18. I also caught a Taillow last night, just didn't have access to the computer to post (gf watching chic shows).

stzy June 22nd, 2016 3:10 PM

I've also added everyone's Pokemon to the list, including your danica! Personally though, I'd like to refrain from "swapping" Pokemon in-and-out of our party's until after we have the current badge and have finished battling. But again, it's up to everyone so please, if you disagree let me know.

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 3:31 PM

Alright its 9am over here in Australia, so I'm ready to battle anytime that anyone wants to in the next 12 hours! I guess I'll also add you all to my friends list on my 3DS to make it easier :)
Also when you add my friendcode my name will be Zessfar56 or something like that, dont ask me why I was just a weirdo when I first got hold of my 3DS

Mister Coffee June 22nd, 2016 4:26 PM

Alright I got home a few minutes ago, and I just registered all of you into my friends list. I am available now until probably midnight pacific time. Hit me up! :D

Mister Coffee June 22nd, 2016 4:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenLegend56 (Post 9295392)
Alright its 9am over here in Australia, so I'm ready to battle anytime that anyone wants to in the next 12 hours! I guess I'll also add you all to my friends list on my 3DS to make it easier :)
Also when you add my friendcode my name will be Zessfar56 or something like that, dont ask me why I was just a weirdo when I first got hold of my 3DS

Hey dude! Nice fight! You kicked my butt! lol

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 4:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mister Coffee (Post 9295455)
Hey dude! Nice fight! You kicked my butt! lol

GG Dude! I thought I was in trouble for a bit when I saw your team! You'll certainly come out on top next time I reckon ;) Can't wait for the next battle! :)

stzy June 22nd, 2016 5:12 PM

Nice, first battle haha. I'll mark it up. Do you guys just wanna call the level cap 20 for the second gym? There's no way I'm getting to 25... is anyone past 20?

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 5:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Slesus (Post 9295494)
Nice, first battle haha. I'll mark it up. Do you guys just wanna call the level cap 20 for the second gym? There's no way I'm getting to 25... is anyone past 20?

I'm not fussed. My pokemon are still at the level 20 cap and battling Brawly will push them over that for sure - Don't forget the area from Slateport to Mauville is quite large with the beach front, the Team Aqua/Magma stuff in Slateport, the Trick house and the trainers to the left and then going underneath Cycling road - there's a good chance you might push over level 25 before the third gym! Just a heads up so we can try avoid cooking the levels on our Pokemon we use in battle too much

In saying this, my Pokemon as I said are still level 20 so anyone who wants to battle, I'm available and I won't fight Brawly till later or when I've battled whoever wants to :)

Mister Coffee June 22nd, 2016 5:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenLegend56 (Post 9295503)
I'm not fussed. My pokemon are still at the level 20 cap and battling Brawly will push them over that for sure - Don't forget the area from Slateport to Mauville is quite large with the beach front, the Team Aqua/Magma stuff in Slateport, the Trick house and the trainers to the left and then going underneath Cycling road - there's a good chance you might push over level 25 before the third gym! Just a heads up so we can try avoid cooking the levels on our Pokemon we use in battle too much

In saying this, my Pokemon as I said are still level 20 so anyone who wants to battle, I'm available and I won't fight Brawly till later or when I've battled whoever wants to :)

Ditto... lol
All my pokemon are still level 20 and I'm good to battle for pretty much all the rest of today. While waiting to battle I'm playing around with other pokemon that are not for my team and I'm learning the ins and outs of all of the features of the "PokeNav". So i'm good to fight at any time! :D

stzy June 22nd, 2016 6:02 PM

AIIIIGHHHHTTTT I'M GUD

I have time for like one battle before my gf gets home so che who wanna do dis right hurr. I'll be available until my gf gets home which will be anytime between now and the next half-ish hour. But if we're in the middle of a battle I clearly won't just like disconnect haha. Anyway I'm challenging wohever's online right now and accepting any challenges coming my way :) stokedd

stzy June 22nd, 2016 6:22 PM

GAAAAAH hahahah good battle man! You spanked me! Next time I'll getcha thought ;) haha. Didn't mean to gamechat after lol. Gonna update the list now, Legend bro you're sweeping! Reznik I'm after you next >:D

stzy June 22nd, 2016 6:30 PM

@Mister Coffee I feel like a bitch for switching out Taillow but I couldn't handle seeing it faint :<

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 6:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Slesus (Post 9295563)
GAAAAAH hahahah good battle man! You spanked me! Next time I'll getcha thought ;) haha. Didn't mean to gamechat after lol. Gonna update the list now, Legend bro you're sweeping! Reznik I'm after you next >:D

Was a good battle dude, sweet play on your Lombre I was worried there for a bit! :) Was interesting to see you got Taillow with Boomburst considering Taillow and Swellow's Special Attack is quite woeful, although early on I suppose any attack with 140 base power is useful ;) GG man can't wait for the next battle

stzy June 22nd, 2016 6:32 PM

:D I'll see you guys tomorrow my gf just got home! Good battle guys you rocks, this is the shit.

Mister Coffee June 22nd, 2016 6:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Slesus (Post 9295568)
@Mister Coffee I feel like a ***** for switching out Taillow but I couldn't handle seeing it faint :<

Ha ha ha, seriously good fight man! I swap too, I just didn't feel comfy in swapping in our matchup, I thought really hard about pulling Beezley when he was in the red, but I couldn't think of him doing much else at that point. Oh well. lol

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 7:23 PM

Anyone available to battle right now?

destinedjagold June 22nd, 2016 7:32 PM

IGN: Jagold
FC: 0061-1111-6462
Starting Pokemon: Treecko


I'll start a new adventure later and hopefully get the first badge by the weekend and then hopefully I can battle one of you guys. :3

danica June 22nd, 2016 7:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9295616)
Anyone available to battle right now?

i am! :)

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 7:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9295616)
Anyone available to battle right now?

I'm ready man! Just add my friendcode I've already added yours and everyone elses! :)

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 7:46 PM

I've got you both added, just add mine @Danica. I'm not sure how to get a battle started so one of you will have to get it going

Mister Coffee June 22nd, 2016 7:48 PM

I'm also online waiting to battle! :D

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 7:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danica (Post 9295626)
i am! :)

If you want to grind up to 20 you can? I don't mind waiting!!

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 7:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by destinedjagold (Post 9295623)
IGN: Jagold
FC: 0061-1111-6462
Starting Pokemon: Treecko


I'll start a new adventure later and hopefully get the first badge by the weekend and then hopefully I can battle one of you guys. :3

Awesome man! Great to see someone else joining as well!

destinedjagold June 22nd, 2016 7:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenLegend56 (Post 9295641)
If you want to grind up to 20 you can? I don't mind waiting!!

I thought the level cap for the battles is 15 for the first badge?

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 7:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by destinedjagold (Post 9295648)
I thought the level cap for the battles is 15 for the first badge?

Ahhhh confusion will set in I suppose, they've been mixed and chopped around with plenty of ideas for what it should be thrown around - everyone ive battled so far has been at 20 and I think that is the final standing
Edit:

Welp apparently the changes are that its level 15! My mistake haha, but I think most people are already 1 badge deep up to level 20 if not pushing past it?

danica June 22nd, 2016 7:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenLegend56 (Post 9295641)
If you want to grind up to 20 you can? I don't mind waiting!!

it's all good! zubat and ralts are just pretty weak in general :P we can rebattle maybe once i defeat the dewford gym? which will be like in five minutes

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 7:59 PM

The fails were real. GG Reznik

Mister Coffee won

Mister Coffee June 22nd, 2016 8:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9295657)
The fails were real. GG Reznik

That fight was so crazy close! Good fight man! :D

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 8:05 PM

Dang my team is super weak to tailow... GG GreenLegend, well fought.

GreenLegend won.

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 8:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9295667)
Dang my team is super weak to tailow... GG GreenLegend, well fought.

GG man! Your team will be sweet soon no problem! will be strong as well, can't wait for the next battle! Already pumped :)

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 8:07 PM

Just need Ralts and Lombre to learn some decent moves :)

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 8:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9295671)
Just need Ralts and Lombre to learn some decent moves :)

Don't forget Ralts evolves at level 20 so will be all sweet ;)

Mister Coffee June 22nd, 2016 8:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danica (Post 9295626)
i am! :)

Wanna fight me, haven't seen you on here yet. :D

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 8:20 PM

Brawlys Pokemon are super weak if yours are level 20, just letting everyone know that it incase they wanted to battle him before grinding up to 20 :/

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 9:23 PM

I'm assuming we are going to all pause for a bit while our new addition catches up? or how are we handling new people?

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 9:32 PM

I guess we could pause for a bit, or tone it down and focus on filling up our pokedexs and exploring without leveling our main party?

danica June 22nd, 2016 10:19 PM

just beat brawly and did lots of grinding! everyone on my team evolved as well (so that's golbat, kirlia, and breloom ^^)

i'm ready to battle anyone who's gotten their second badge!

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danica (Post 9295764)
just beat brawly and did lots of grinding! everyone on my team evolved as well (so that's golbat, kirlia, and breloom ^^)

i'm ready to battle anyone who's gotten their second badge!

Are you at level 25?

danica June 22nd, 2016 10:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9295767)
Are you at level 25?

kind of... breloom and golbat are at 26 while kirlia is only at 24 :P

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 10:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danica (Post 9295769)
kind of... breloom and golbat are at 26 while kirlia is only at 24 :P

I think we are pausing for just a bit while everyone gets to this level. So, you should probably work on other pokemon than your regular party members for now as we still have another few days to get to the level 20 cap.

danica June 22nd, 2016 10:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9295781)
I think we are pausing for just a bit while everyone gets to this level. So, you should probably work on other pokemon than your regular party members for now as we still have another few days to get to the level 20 cap.

ah okay! i'll work on my living dex in the mean time!

destinedjagold June 22nd, 2016 10:58 PM

Wait... When I decided to join, I thought we're supposed to get the first badge before the deadline, as well as not make any story/badge/level progress until after the deadline. :/

So does this mean by the time I'll get the first badge before or around this weekend, everyone else will already be beyond level 15 and already has more than 1 badge?

Can someone clarify this for me?

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by destinedjagold (Post 9295807)
Wait... When I decided to join, I thought we're supposed to get the first badge before the deadline, as well as not make any story/badge/level progress until after the deadline. :/

So does this mean by the time I'll get the first badge before or around this weekend, everyone else will already be beyond level 15 and already has more than 1 badge?

Can someone clarify this for me?

It appears just Danica went past the first badge. You have until June 27th to get the first badge and reach the level cap for that section of the campaign. As soon as you get to that point you may start battling others. If no one else does, I will at least wait for you to get the first badge. The first level cap is level 20 and then increases by 5 after each gym. Jim edited the level caps incorrectly. They are:

Stone Badge (Roxanne): up to level 20 (14)
Knuckle Badge (Brawly): up to level 25 (16)
Dynamo Badge (Wattson): up to level 25 (21)
Heat Badge (Flannery): up to level 30 (28)
Balance Badge (Norman): up to level 35 (30)
Feather Badge (Winona): up to level 40 (35)
Mind Badge (Liza and Tate): up to level 45 (45)
Rain Badge (Wallace): up to level 50 (46)
Elite Four: up to level 60-65 (59)

The numbers in () are the levels of the strongest pokemon in that gym. So for Roxanne, her strongest pokemon is a level 14 nosepass, Brawly's is a level 16 makuhita, etc.

I believe we will advance as a group to the next section as soon as everyone hits the cap and has conducted at least a battle or two.

destinedjagold June 22nd, 2016 11:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackTalon (Post 9295813)
It appears just Danica went past the first badge. You have until June 27th to get the first badge and reach the level cap for that section of the campaign. As soon as you get to that point you may start battling others. If no one else does, I will at least wait for you to get the first badge. The first level cap is level 20 and then increases by 5 after each gym. Jim edited the level caps incorrectly. They are:

Stone Badge (Roxanne): up to level 20 (14)
Knuckle Badge (Brawly): up to level 25 (16)
Dynamo Badge (Wattson): up to level 25 (21)
Heat Badge (Flannery): up to level 30 (28)
Balance Badge (Norman): up to level 35 (30)
Feather Badge (Winona): up to level 40 (35)
Mind Badge (Liza and Tate): up to level 45 (45)
Rain Badge (Wallace): up to level 50 (46)
Elite Four: up to level 60-65 (59)

The numbers in () are the levels of the strongest pokemon in that gym. So for Roxanne, her strongest pokemon is a level 14 nosepass, Brawly's is a level 16 makuhita, etc.

I believe we will advance as a group to the next section as soon as everyone hits the cap and has conducted at least a battle or two.

Alright. Thanks for clearing that up. :3

Swithdas June 22nd, 2016 11:18 PM

Alright, so to 100% clear, we've all got the first badge besides destinedjagold, and we're all waiting until he gets to the level cap of 20 before brawly, then also waiting till the deadline of people joining which is the 27th? Am I right or have I got really, really lost...

BlackTalon June 22nd, 2016 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreenLegend56 (Post 9295820)
Alright, so to 100% clear, we've all got the first badge besides destinedjagold, and we're all waiting until he gets to the level cap of 20 before brawly, then also waiting till the deadline of people joining which is the 27th? Am I right or have I got really, really lost...

I believe you have it right. Deadline to join in is the 27th. We were planning on a week per badge so people can do IRL stuff and just play when they have a chance.

Mister Coffee June 23rd, 2016 6:06 AM

My team is still level 20 with only one badge, I'm waiting to fight everybody before progressing. I will be available for battle today with the same times as yesterday. 6pm-12am pacific.

Current score:
Wins: 1
Losses: 2

Living Arrow June 23rd, 2016 10:31 AM

I'm available for battle! I'm in the UK so The time difference might make battling a bit tricky - might be easier at the weekend but if you catch me online, please hit me up!

BlackTalon June 23rd, 2016 10:37 AM

Living Arrow, give me like 10 minutes. I just need to get 2 levels (1 for ralts and 1 for grovyle) then I can battle :)

Living Arrow June 23rd, 2016 10:41 AM

Cool! I'll stay online - just go for it when you are ready :)

BlackTalon June 23rd, 2016 11:14 AM

Man why are my pokemon so weak? They always get 2shot in neutral matchups :/ GG Living Arrow

Winner: Living Arrow

Living Arrow June 23rd, 2016 11:16 AM

Nice battle! Thought my poor Cabbage was a goner - was such a risk to send her out like that. I like you naming convention, too.

BlackTalon June 23rd, 2016 11:17 AM

Thanks :) Big fan of Greeks. Epsilon is my favorite :P

Mister Coffee June 23rd, 2016 4:27 PM

Yo! I'm online for anyone who hasn't fought me yet! :D

danica June 23rd, 2016 5:06 PM

hey guys! i'm gonna be camping from today until monday, so i'll be inactive for the time being. sorry for the short notice! but once i'm back i'll be ready to battle anyone who's up for it!

Mister Coffee June 23rd, 2016 5:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by danica (Post 9296579)
hey guys! i'm gonna be camping from today until monday, so i'll be inactive for the time being. sorry for the short notice! but once i'm back i'll be ready to battle anyone who's up for it!

That's perfect because that's the deadline for the first badge(right?). lol
I'll be free to battle for most of Monday, so just post on here and hop online to battle. Have fun camping!

Living Arrow June 23rd, 2016 9:53 PM

Anyone online to battle now? :)

BlackTalon June 23rd, 2016 9:54 PM

Apologies, my internet has had issues.

Living Arrow June 23rd, 2016 10:12 PM

No worries. Wow your strats took that to the next level! Somehow I think next time things might go in your favour. As soon as your team has more bulk, I'm done!

BlackTalon June 23rd, 2016 10:21 PM

I think I would have won if my internet hadn't pooped out lol. I have no idea why your pokemon do so much damage compared to mine though

Swithdas June 23rd, 2016 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Living Arrow (Post 9296787)
Anyone online to battle now? :)

If youre still at level 20 when you see this, Keen to battle me? You're the one I haven't battled :)

Living Arrow June 24th, 2016 5:47 AM

Hey Green I'm available for the next 8 hours or so

Swithdas June 24th, 2016 6:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Living Arrow (Post 9297080)
Hey Green I'm available for the next 8 hours or so

Alright lets do it

Mister Coffee June 24th, 2016 8:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Living Arrow (Post 9297080)
Hey Green I'm available for the next 8 hours or so

Darn, you got on last night, right when I went to bed... :/
Hopefully we can battle soon. I'm online right now and will be available until about 1pm.

stzy June 24th, 2016 8:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by destinedjagold (Post 9295807)
Wait... When I decided to join, I thought we're supposed to get the first badge before the deadline, as well as not make any story/badge/level progress until after the deadline. :/

So does this mean by the time I'll get the first badge before or around this weekend, everyone else will already be beyond level 15 and already has more than 1 badge?

Can someone clarify this for me?

I made the level cap WAAAY to high for the first gym. Grinding was intense, and it wasn't very fun at all. We're still working out the kinks, but we lowered the level caps.

And the deadline thing should be addressed to, how long are we going to have between badges? A week seems a little too long, especially since we're not suppose to progress to the next badge until everyone is ready. I'm going to suggest 3 days?

And what badge are we on? I've just beat Brawly but all my Pokemon are still level 20. I'm not going to make any progress in the story until everyone, including jagold, is at the same place or further. Also Danica, I think you should slow down a little bit to avoid over-leveling/getting ahead of everyone else, especially now we have a new player.

Unless you guys want to scrap that rule? I think that's what makes it a play-through though, that we all play through it at the same time together :P I'm adding your info to the list now, jagold.


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