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Sorvete August 4th, 2019 6:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Sydian (Post 10052014)
so half my team in my sapphire random challenge is poison and it's making me want to do a monotype after i finish this + my normal playthrough of platinum. i'm considering playing black 2, but i don't know what type i want. any suggestions? preferrably a type i can make a full team of. shouldn't be too hard considering bw2 has a nice regional dex.

Dark monotype is a challenging one for bw2, because iirc the only dark type you can get before castelia is Purrloin (good luck beating Cheren and Roxie with that), and there are some nice Dark types in Unova for a final team of 6. Should be an interesting experience

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Originally Posted by Janp
Also I know I haven't been very active in here, but I was preparing Challenge for Get-Together. It's called Let's storm Rocket Hideout, they can't stop all of us! and I recommend you all to try it!

Yes, already signed up in that. Never participated in a challenge like that in these type of events, so should be fun!

Janp August 5th, 2019 2:44 AM

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Originally Posted by SorveteQuente (Post 10052164)
good luck beating Cheren and Roxie with that

Now I'm tempted to do Purrloin No Faint Solo in Black 2.

Sydian August 5th, 2019 4:27 AM

lol and i thought dustox vs roxie and brawly was hard. i'll consider dark, but idk if i hate myself enough for that. poison seems interesting too, but having just used a team half full of them, i can't say i'm all too interested. i considered water, but that leaves me with some boring choices if i'm being honest. hmmmm. maybe i could just do another random instead of a monotype since i don't think i'll be able to settle on one.

saw the challenge event and it looks great, but my plate is so heavily loaded between zines and commissions that i'm already slacking on. i'll probably end up not participating, but i wish everyone luck!!

Sorvete August 8th, 2019 2:20 PM

So I've been recently thinking about creating a challenge. I've got some ideas for a nuzlocke variant that still need developing, might share them another time. Has anyone here got a basic idea of what it takes for one to be accepted? And what the experience and duties of hosting it are?

Sydian August 8th, 2019 6:55 PM

for hosting a challenge, my best advice would just be to be good about updating your thread and answering any questions you might get. you don't have to make the op flawless and perfectly coded or anything, just organized and easily understandable. some aesthetics are nice (sprites, colors, different font styles to highlight major points, etc) and make the op appealing to the eye, but aren't necessary. here are some of my threads that make ass examples, but should get the point across:

really simple and straightforward
literally only the rules and participants
graphic design is my passion
this one is actually kinda cute

Janp August 8th, 2019 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by SorveteQuente (Post 10054521)
So I've been recently thinking about creating a challenge. I've got some ideas for a nuzlocke variant that still need developing, might share them another time. Has anyone here got a basic idea of what it takes for one to be accepted? And what the experience and duties of hosting it are?

Aside from what Sydian said, the basic skeleton for the challenge is title, some kind of introduction, rules, end points, possible variations (like ultimate run), sign-up and list of challengers and champions.

Well this brought up memories. Now I want to do Skyla run.

Sydian August 9th, 2019 6:28 AM

you should do it. i played that challenge as jasmine and my team was hella fun to use. i also worked really hard on those list of gym leader pokemon lol wouldn't take much to add in gen 7 probably to revive it, but hoo boy i don't feel like making THAT much effort.

Sorvete August 9th, 2019 8:59 AM

So the gist of it is it would be based on A Song of Ice and Fire (aka Game of Thrones), and besides normal nuzlocke rules, Pokémon would be sorted into one of the nine great houses (based on their nature, or something like that) that would have individual challenges tied to each of them. I was also thinking of adding "trainer classes" based on the trainer's ID, that would each also have a condition tied to them (maesters, septons/septas, members of the night's watch, red priests/priestess, etc.). Perhaps also after a significant point of the game, like a new badge obtained, or a trial completed, more challenges would be added. It's kind of similar to the Potterlocke Challenge.

There are still plenty of ideas I have in mind for it, I'm gonna keep thinking.

Janp August 9th, 2019 9:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Sydian (Post 10054789)
you should do it. i played that challenge as jasmine and my team was hella fun to use. i also worked really hard on those list of gym leader pokemon lol wouldn't take much to add in gen 7 probably to revive it, but hoo boy i don't feel like making THAT much effort.

I wanted to bring that challenge back about a year ago, but couldn't find the thread and doesn't really felt like updating lists for everyone.

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Originally Posted by SorveteQuente (Post 10054844)
So the gist of it is it would be based on A Song of Ice and Fire (aka Game of Thrones), and besides normal nuzlocke rules, Pokémon would be sorted into one of the nine great houses (based on their nature, or something like that) that would have individual challenges tied to each of them. I was also thinking of adding "trainer classes" based on the trainer's ID, that would each also have a condition tied to them (maesters, septons/septas, members of the night's watch, red priests/priestess, etc.). Perhaps also after a significant point of the game, like a new badge obtained, or a trial completed, more challenges would be added. It's kind of similar to the Potterlocke Challenge.

There are still plenty of ideas I have in mind for it, I'm gonna keep thinking.

That sounds great. I remember there was Game of Thrones Challenge, so you can check it for inspiration.

Sorvete August 10th, 2019 7:11 AM

Took a quick look over it. It seems like choosing a house in the sign-up instead of sorting Pokémon into houses is better.

Sorvete August 13th, 2019 4:03 AM

Damn, it is hard to come up with nuzlocke rules. Can't really make type or move restrictions since the teams aren't completely chosen by the player.

11wildy August 26th, 2019 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Sydian (Post 10052014)
so half my team in my sapphire random challenge is poison and it's making me want to do a monotype after i finish this + my normal playthrough of platinum. i'm considering playing black 2, but i don't know what type i want. any suggestions? preferrably a type i can make a full team of. shouldn't be too hard considering bw2 has a nice regional dex.

Have you considered Ice? It sounds like a good challenge because of the horrible defensive resistances ans as a bonus, you can use the ice cream!

Sydian September 2nd, 2019 2:22 PM

alright y'all i'm back on my bs what should i do. in-game trade pokemon only run in red/blue or mono-normal in ruby/sapphire

Janp September 4th, 2019 6:59 AM

While in-game trades in RB aren't bad, I think Normal mono run in RS is more interesting. Kecleon, Slakoth, Castform and Spinda on one team sounds great.

Kyuuji September 6th, 2019 2:57 PM

I wish there was a challenge discord channel so I could actually regularly chat with people who are doing challenges just like I am and enjoy doing them..

Sorvete September 7th, 2019 2:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Kyuuji (Post 10067551)
I wish there was a challenge discord channel so I could actually regularly chat with people who are doing challenges just like I am and enjoy doing them..

That's not actually a bad idea

Janp September 7th, 2019 6:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Kyuuji (Post 10067551)
I wish there was a challenge discord channel so I could actually regularly chat with people who are doing challenges just like I am and enjoy doing them..

I've talked about it with admins in the past and we never really come to a conclusion since there were other things going on that required their/mine attention more. You can make discussion threads here for now.

saniachan September 8th, 2019 7:44 PM

Say, is it allowed to multi-post (like double-post but multiple times) for updating challenges?

Sydian September 8th, 2019 8:03 PM

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Originally Posted by saniachan (Post 10068118)
Say, is it allowed to multi-post (like double-post but multiple times) for updating challenges?

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Originally Posted by challenge rules thread
Double posting is allowed.
Need to update your progress, but you were the last to post? Feel free to post again! So long as it isn't too excessive or spammy, double posting is allowed for updating!

you are good to go, my friend.

gneee April 25th, 2020 1:08 AM

Hey there, I have some questions about wheter a challenge is tied to a single playthrough or not.
Specifically, when I got back into pokémon I told myself that I wanted to try as many as possible for the sake of variety, so I started playing different games/hacks with a clause of not using the same pokémon twice. Later on it evolved into a challenge I posed to myself in which I try to use every pokémon ever created at least once to beat a game.
I'm having fun with it since the difficulty increases with every playthrough and I wanna share what I'm doing, but I'm not sure wheter I could open a thread here for it and challenge other people to it, since the rules say "A challenge is just a playthrough of your Pokemon game with varying restrictions and rules". I've saw a couple of threads with cross-playthrough challenges (the legacy and the generational ones), does this mean mine would be welcome?

Sorvete April 27th, 2020 6:41 AM

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Originally Posted by gneee (Post 10150840)
Hey there, I have some questions about wheter a challenge is tied to a single playthrough or not.
Specifically, when I got back into pokémon I told myself that I wanted to try as many as possible for the sake of variety, so I started playing different games/hacks with a clause of not using the same pokémon twice. Later on it evolved into a challenge I posed to myself in which I try to use every pokémon ever created at least once to beat a game.
I'm having fun with it since the difficulty increases with every playthrough and I wanna share what I'm doing, but I'm not sure wheter I could open a thread here for it and challenge other people to it, since the rules say "A challenge is just a playthrough of your Pokemon game with varying restrictions and rules". I've saw a couple of threads with cross-playthrough challenges (the legacy and the generational ones), does this mean mine would be welcome?

If you'd like to make a thread with your own personal challenge playthrough, Travel Journals is probably the place to do that.

Janp April 28th, 2020 2:47 AM

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Originally Posted by gneee (Post 10150840)
Hey there, I have some questions about wheter a challenge is tied to a single playthrough or not.
Specifically, when I got back into pokémon I told myself that I wanted to try as many as possible for the sake of variety, so I started playing different games/hacks with a clause of not using the same pokémon twice. Later on it evolved into a challenge I posed to myself in which I try to use every pokémon ever created at least once to beat a game.
I'm having fun with it since the difficulty increases with every playthrough and I wanna share what I'm doing, but I'm not sure wheter I could open a thread here for it and challenge other people to it, since the rules say "A challenge is just a playthrough of your Pokemon game with varying restrictions and rules". I've saw a couple of threads with cross-playthrough challenges (the legacy and the generational ones), does this mean mine would be welcome?

Sorry for the late reply, but as Sumner said Travel Journals is the place to post in your personal challenge.

I also try to use as many Pokémon I can and not to repeat them often. It's pretty interesting and I think after 4 years I got pretty close to finish it.

gneee May 1st, 2020 10:59 AM

Thanks to both of you for the clarification! I'll get to it.

Dinosnake76 May 16th, 2020 7:19 PM

Are there any cool challenge runs I should do? I want something that is difficult but not too difficult. I don't like the theme of a pokemon dies permanently. Every time I try a Nuzlocke of some sort, my best pokemon ends up dying and I get salty and just continue on, still using that dead pokemon. Something that can make the game interesting and mixes things up a bit. I would do a randomizer but gens 4 and 5 I have already done multiple times and have gotten bored of them. I would love to do a randomized gen 6 or 7 game, alongside some sort of challenge but it's just too hard to randomize.

11wildy May 17th, 2020 4:03 AM

You could do gen 7 by catching 6 mons and wonder trading them. What you get is your new team! (Or 5 if you want to keep your starter)

If any of them are too high level, box them until they are fair to use or wonder trade again


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