Yay for another extremely late response from me... Anyway, yeah, I do like having Sandile - I haven't gotten to use one seriously in a Nuzlocke in a while, so that'll be a help with Elesa and I do hope it can last me a while. As for the Growlithe...yeah, to say the least i'm sure I could have easily prevented that death but that Watchog before then really messed with me. But I suspended documentation of that challenge so I can finally finish up with Platinum. And with Omega Ruby, I don't know, I tried to make that funny at least.
And on that challenge you may or may not have seen this by now, but Heyis4Horses stated that he thought it would not have been the best choice for me to quit because you thought it would have been, as he stated that "not having viable options" is the challenge in itself. I'm not gonna go all into what he said, but i'm sure you didn't think that suggestion was meant in an ill manner. With that first X Wedlocke I can honestly say I was not having much fun, even before the near end-game incident in Victory Road. That was a different case from this one.