Part 1
-Applied for my team (Machamp, Rapidash, Slowbro, Magneton, Dodrio, Dewgong). I'm very happy with this team. Dewgong was my ace back Gen 1. Magneton was my MVP on a recent Leaf Green replay. And Machoke was my first shiny Pokemon.
-Caught/bred all my babies in Pearl. If we're taking the fight to Red, I want to get a good jumpstart with that boosted exp. I also didn't want to farm 67,000 or so Pokewalker watts to get half my team.
-Named my dudes based on songs that were popular in the year that corresponds to their Dex Number. Machop is named Jude. Ponyta is named Fever. Slowpoke is named Brick. Doduo is named Go-Go. Magnemite is named 867-5309. And Seel is named La Bamba.
-Fired up Heart Gold. Chose Totodile as my temporary Pokemon, until I could trade in the real team.
-Finished the tutorial phase and traded in my team.
-Fever and Brick were too high level, so they couldn't be used until after the first gym.
-Go-Go dominated in the Sprout tower. Peck was a one-shot on almost everything here.
-867 learned Thundershock in Sprout Tower. Needless to say, it wrecked Falkner's gym.
-Brick finally got to put in some work in the Union Cave. I also picked up the TM for Rock Tomb and taught it to Jude.
-Slowpoke well was good EXP, so my team had finally caught up to Fever at lv 14.
-Fever made her debut in the Azalea gym, but she was lacking fire type moves, for the moment.
-Bugsy led with Scyther, and I led with Go-Go. Scyther used focus energy for the first turn. Go-Go scored a critical peck, but it wasn't enough. Scyther followed up with a critical quick attack to knock out Go-Go. Jude came in and squashed it with a rock tomb. From there, I just had to let La Bamba clean up the two cocoons.
Current Team:
Fever
Ponyta Lv. 14
Modest - Run Away
Tackle/Growl/Tail Whip
Brick
Slowpoke Lv. 14
Timid - Own Tempo
Yawn/Tackle/Growl/Water Gun
867-5309
Magnemite Lv. 14
Hasty - Sturdy
Supersonic/Tackle/Thunder Wave/Thunder Shock
Go-Go
Doduo Lv. 14
Gentle - Run Away
Peck/Growl/Quick Attack/Fury Attack
La Bamba
Seel Lv. 15
Impish - Hydration
Headbutt/Blizzard/Growl/Icy Wind
Jude
Machop Lv. 16
Naughty - No Guard
Low Kick/Foresight/Rock Tomb/Karate Chop