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Old March 31st, 2010 (11:04 AM).
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I almost never abandon my starters. I like them too much. lol.
I love my Chikorita. Years ago I had a level 100 Meganium on my Gold Version and I am going to do that again on my new SS. On HG I am going to raise a level 100 Typhlosion. I dislike Totodile so. lol.
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Old March 31st, 2010 (11:09 AM).
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Dislike Totodile *Evil Eyes* ...
Why chuck your starter it the main pokemon in the game!
Especially when its shiny *Smiles*
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Old March 31st, 2010 (11:10 AM).
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Nope,I always keep my starter in my team in every pokemon game.
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Old March 31st, 2010 (11:11 AM).
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I keep my starter... I just don't really use them.
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Old March 31st, 2010 (11:24 AM).
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I never do that. Honestly, I love all starters in all regions, so I don't like abandoning them. I think it's just a waste of space if you get a free Pokémon and don't use it.

Especially because you can't get another one of that Pokémon in regular gameplay.
I have never done it either I just love my starters way too much :)
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Old March 31st, 2010 (11:26 AM).
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For me, I always transfer my strong party (the one in my sig) to whichever game I play. If I do multiple games, I usually duplicate them.
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Old March 31st, 2010 (2:23 PM).
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For me, I always transfer my strong party (the one in my sig) to whichever game I play. If I do multiple games, I usually duplicate them.
I only do that once I've beaten the game, why transfer over a powerhouse team to beat the game with? Waste of time for me.

But yeah I ditched my starter along time ago, the only "starter" I use is my Swampert, and thats for SR set/lead.
But my original starter is like lvl 10, Although I don't even know what was my original since the only starter im missing in my PC is Chimchar.
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Old March 31st, 2010 (3:03 PM).
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Nope, I pretty much always keep my starters.
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Old March 31st, 2010 (4:35 PM).
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I've chucked my starter one time in Pokemon history. It was EVERYTIME I play/restart Pokemon Yellow - because I hate Pikachu it sucks because you have Brock to face. I pick up a Nidoran (M) teach it double kick, start hoarding TM's then start evolving. Easy Level 56+ Nidoking to beat the E4. But in HG/SS, I plan on getting Cyndaquil again because its adorable and then [email protected]$$ as a Typhlosion.
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Old March 31st, 2010 (5:34 PM).
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i keep my starters but since i have heartgold and soulsilver i trade all three starters to soulsilver then i end up sending them back and forth between games to train them to make one great team
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I've always kept my starter in the past. IDK, I just feel weird, just ditching my starter and going with a different Pokemon. Soul Silver included, especially since my starter is one of my top favorite pokemon of all time, Totodile.

IDK. Maybe sometime in the future I'll chuck my starter. Not now, though. And I don't battle competitively, or else perhaps I would be more open to doing so.
Totodile was one of my fav's as well!

But yea i couldn't imagine ever ditching my starter pokemon, even now, im in kanto in SS and me and my feraligatr are still kickin
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I only stop using my Starter after I beat the game, and I only do that sometimes. Meganium is awesome.
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Old March 31st, 2010 (10:50 PM). Edited April 1st, 2010 by Eurydice.
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i have on my heartgold, i want to attempt the game with mostly ghost and dark types.
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Old April 1st, 2010 (6:49 AM).
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I use my starter for a majority of the game, and my team usually includes a starter.
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Until recently I didn't box my starter. With the exception of Platinum I've always gone with the fire starters because that type is fairly rare until late in the game. Playing through HG however I'm seriously considering leaving Quilava in the dust. I have everything that fire is super effective against already covered by two or three other pokemon but am vulnerable to Ghost and Psychic types. Hell I only scraped past Morty because of Crobat's bite, which won't help once I hit the E4.
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I always use and train my starter along with my other Pokemon.
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Old April 1st, 2010 (4:07 PM).
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Leaving my starter is probably the last thing I'll ever do in a Pokemon game. I always use my starter and they're always my best Pokemon. Heck, I never put it in the PC unless it's for something important (like for the Pokewalker).
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Old April 1st, 2010 (5:17 PM).
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I stay with my starter all the way. I think it's a benefit to your team,so might as well keep it. o:
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Old April 1st, 2010 (5:21 PM).
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i did something different in HG,
i ditched my cyndaquil and traded in my fave pokemon from my pearl :P (all low levelled) and a bibarel (HM Slave) :P
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I originally planned to ditch mine for a Poliwag, but after naming I just couldn't help keeping my chikorita. During my second or third play through, I usually send them straight to the PC
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I can't even remember which starter I picked - I immediately traded it to my friend and haven't seen it since.
I have, however, traded over Charmander, Mudkip and Turtwig and used them as my starters.
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I've never liked the idea of the starter pokemon. They're like legendaries yet a lot of people are openly against using them. You can't catch them in the wild but you can with all the other pokemon, what makes them so special? Its just like using legendaries except you get stuck with one. Since around the original silver/gold i always ditched my starters, mainly because i played using all of them and found nothing too special about them that i couldn't substitute with another pokemon of the same type (magmar > typhlosion, lapras > feraligtr, victrebel > meganium).

Though I love how the starters have evolved over the years. In the first generations they were all kinda sluggish but big. Now they're well diversed.
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I ditched Quilava for Porygon first chance I got. Snuck in a Porygon egg as soon as I could trade, naughty me. ;]
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I originally planned to ditch mine for a Poliwag
This is exactly what I did. I love Cyndaquil to death, but ever since Pokémon Special, it's so hard to imagine Silver without a Totodile.. Poor Cyndaquil was the one who had to be tossed (lol) because I planned on going through the game with a Poliwag as my starter. I caught three randoms (Rattata, Pidgey, HootHoot, most likely), and traded over my pre-bred eggs from Platinum. I hatched them, took them North from Cherrygrove, then when they were all three level 5 or so, boxed Cyndaquil and called it good. Oddish, Gligar, and Poliwag served as the three core members of my team for awhile.

I now have my Politoed, which worked out awesomely as a starter Pokémon. I couldn't think of anything more perfect in a Pokémon game than running through Johto with a Poliwag/whirl/toed at my side.

(Come to think of it, I did the same thing in Platinum, only with all six Pokémon bred to give me a full-on Psychic team.. that wasn't as hard because, well.. the Sinnoh starters are incredibly painful for me to look at.. I'd have preferred an add-on on the DS that sprayed onion juice in your eye when the starters were sent out over having to actually see them..)
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Nope... Feraligatr is totally wicked!
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