GSC/HGSS Bug Catching Contest

Started by curiousnathan July 5th, 2013 7:32 AM
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curiousnathan

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Posted October 5th, 2020
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GSC/HGSS Bug Catching Contest

Intro


"The Bug type (Japanese: むしタイプ Bug type) is one of the eighteen types. Notable Trainers that specialize in Bug-type Pokémon are Bugsy of Azalea Town, Aaron of the Sinnoh Elite Four, Burgh of Castelia City, and Viola of Santalune City. Prior to changes in Generation IV all Bug-type moves were physical, but they may now also be special depending on the attack."

Are you the next Bug-Type Pokémon specialist waiting to be discovered? Then why don't you come join us for PokeCommunity's GSC/HGSS Bug Catching Contest? All you'll have to do is to catch the best Bug-type Pokémon. Big or small, any Pokémon, any capture, can rule them all! So come join us, you'll definitely be in for a buzz of a time!


Important Dates and Entry Details

  • This event will run from July 5th to June 8th.
  • Judging will commence from July 8th onwards. Results will be given after judging has been completed.
In order to keep things fair and fun, there's a few guidelines you will need to be aware of when entering:

➟ You may enter both the GSC and HGSS categories, however you may only enter one Pokémon per generation. (ie. One for GSC and one for HGSS)

➟ Entered Pokémon must be of the Bug Type. It can be a primary or secondary Bug Type Pokémon.

➟ Entered Pokémon do not have to be caught in the in-game Bug Catching Contest.

➟ You may change your entry at any time between the 5th and 8th of June. After this time, your entry cannot be changed.

➟ RNGing and soft resetting are perfectly fine. However, hacking Pokémon is not permitted.

➟ Have fun!

Entries and Participants

  • The entry period will last from June 5th to June 8th.
  • You may change your entry at any time between the 5th and 8th of June.
  • Please post your entries in this thread. Entries sent via VM and PM will not be counted.
Recommended Entry Format:


Spoiler:



Venicia / Venonat ♀
[ Psychic, Curse, Sleep Powder, Leech Life ]


Vivian / Venonat ♀
Timid | Compoundeyes
31/0/31/31/31/31
[ Rest, Snore, Baton Pass, Stun Spore ]
-National Park-


Current entries:
Spoiler:

ZachLMedia:


Silcoon / Silcoon ♂
Adament | Shed Skin
22/28/26/15/16/21
[ Harden ]
-National Park-

molivious:

SockPuppet/Shuckle
Moveset: Toxic, Swagger, Protect, Rest

Judging & Prizes


The judging will be run according to a points system, with each entry being marked according to the following criteria:

  • Pokémon: How well does this Pokémon stand out? (10pts)
  • Moveset: How well would this Pokémon do in battle? (5pts)
  • Misc: Shiny, Nickname. (2pts each = 4pts.)
HGSS only categories (in addition to the above):
  • Nature: (5pts)
  • Ability: (5pts)
  • Misc: Location Met, IVs (2pts and 1pt = 3pts)
GSC Total: 19 points.
HGSS Total: 32 points.

You may add an explanation that outlines your choices in regards to your entered Pokemon. (ie. why you chose to give it that specific set of moves.) This is optional. It rewards no points, but is a nice little touch to any entry!

The emblems will be kept a secret for now, tehe.



skyluigi2

Male
United Kingdom
Seen October 4th, 2022
Posted July 21st, 2019
988 posts
13.6 Years

Papillon (means butterfly in French) / Butterfree ♀
Quirky | CompoundEyes
26/31/28/16/12/5
[ Aerial Ace, Giga Drain, Skill Swap, Sleep Powder ]
-National Park-

Verification:
Spoiler:


EDIT: Updated this post with my new entry. I'm pretty sure everything should be in order. :)

Warship

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Age 24
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Turkey
Seen November 24th, 2020
Posted May 13th, 2015
304 posts
11.5 Years
just a question . are we able to train our pokemon? because im sure venonat doesnt have psychic or curse when its first caught.
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curiousnathan

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Posted October 5th, 2020
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just a question . are we able to train our pokemon? because im sure venonat doesnt have psychic or curse when its first caught.
You're more than welcome to train your Pokemon.

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
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Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
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You can train, but levels aren't really a big deal with the Pokemon and isn't part of scoring. Movesets, however, are.

Anyway, we've received some messages about concerns of legitimacy of Pokemon, so for HGSS entries, we will require that you show us a legality analysis from Pokecheck.org. Look up the site, and instructions on how to send your Pokemon to it are provided there. If you have questions about it, please do not clutter the thread with them. You can simply message me about it. To show us the legality analysis, you should provide us a screenshot of it, or a link to the Pokemon's page where we can check it ourselves. Sorry for the inconvenience, but we do want this to be a fair contest, and while we figured we'd just base this on trusting you guys to enter responsibly, we understand the concerns of members and will now make this a requirement.
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Tsutarja

Age 28
he / him
Florida
Seen 6 Hours Ago
Posted 6 Days Ago
27,325 posts
13.2 Years
HG/SS


Silcoon / Silcoon ♂
Adament | Shed Skin
22/28/26/15/16/21
[ Harden ]
-National Park-


Verification:
Spoiler:

SockPuppet/Shuckle
Moveset: Toxic, Swagger, Protect, Rest

Orig. capture data:
Spoiler:



GSC Y U NO HAS SHINY RNG ABOOS?!

SockPuppet's Swagger may not be as reliable as it looks, but it may grant enough time to get that Toxic working it's magic! (and even end up killing the enemy faster, with him hitting himself and all) But as a trainer, one should understand that they should still be extremely careful with the use of Swagger, as an opponent could end up sweeping your team with their physical STABS instead! Yikes!

Sydian

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Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
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It's been brought to my attention that players on DS emulators will need a way to check legality, so what you'll need to do if you're playing HGSS on an emulator is use PokeGen to upload your file. I know nothing about PokeGen unfortunately, so you'll have to figure things out for yourself if you're playing on an emulator I'm afraid. If you can't figure it out for the HGSS entry buy a real copy just enter the GSC portion since there is no legality check available.
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Age 33
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Seen December 11th, 2013
Posted December 10th, 2013
86 posts
11.1 Years
This is my entry.


PnutButter/Butterfree(female)
Psybeam, Sleep Powder, Nightmare, Attract

Here's a photo:
Spoiler:


Ignoring for a moment that this is a contest, this Butterfree was a riot to train. XD The combination of status ailments made it so pretty much nothing could ever land a hit on me, and when even my main attacking move can cause a status ailment, it led to really funny moments where I'd confuse a foe with confusion, have the foe be fast asleep, have it get hurt by the nightmare, then just drop dead. XD I can understand why Koga likes these kind of tactics. :3

EDIT: Again, this has nothing to do with the contest, but I wanted to share it anyways since it was cool, and Butterfree's one of my favourite Pokemon so I'm excited that I've found a whole new way to use it. XD

I beat up Chuck with Butterfree no problem, but the hard battle was Jasmine who had Thunderbolt and Rock Throw. Luckily for me Jasmine's Steelix is male for some reason, so I was able to work my cheap status ailment magic to miraculously beat Jasmine with only Butterfree. XD Sadly I couldn't really show that I only had Butterfree with me at that point, so you'll just have to take my word for it. :S The damage done to Butterfree was all from one Rock Throw from Steelix. Jasmine even got to use her Hyper Potion on it, but the combo of Attract, Sleep Powder, Nightmare and Psybeam's lucky activation of confusion made it essentially impossible for Steelix to ever land a hit. XD The only chance it got was when he woke up the first time before I could use both nightmare and attract on it.

Spoiler:


Sorry for the tangent, I'm just happy to find a whole new way to play as Butterfree. A shame Butterfree can't learn Nightmare in later games as it'd be deliciously broken what with Compoundeyes making Sleep Powder 100% accurate. XD

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skyluigi2

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United Kingdom
Seen October 4th, 2022
Posted July 21st, 2019
988 posts
13.6 Years
I've just updated my entry, everything should be there now. :)

TwilightBlade

All dreams are but another reality.

Age 31
Female
Florida
Seen 8 Hours Ago
Posted 1 Day Ago
7,098 posts
16 Years
Beedrill ♂✰
Level 37
no. 015
OT: Sakura ID: 60648
- Sludge Bomb
- Twineedle
- Return
- Toxic

This is my first shiny Pokemon, caught in Crystal Version. This shiny Beedrill is well over 10 years old, but I treasure the moment I caught him; it's one of my fondest Pokemon memories. In Ilex Forest, I was using Headbutt on trees near the exit when a shiny Weedle appeared. I loved the shiny animation in GSC, so immediately I knew this encounter was something rare and special. I quickly evolved my shiny Weedle by taking him around Mt. Silver. I didn't nickname him at the time, but if I would today, I would nickname him Kryptonite. It's a great song by 3 Doors Down and my Beedrill is green. He means a lot to me since he is the reason I started shiny hunting in the 3rd and 4th generations. My passion later developed into RNG abusing shiny Pokemon. You know where that got me today - I'm everywhere on Pokemon forums.

I didn't want to turn on my Crystal version to check because I assumed the battery died. I often talk about this in posts whenever it comes up in Pokemon discussions. Gold and Silver have died. I'll just be ignorant, never check Crystal, pretend it never died! My childhood has to live on...! Crystal was my favorite game because I could play as a female. I spent 160 hours playing my Crystal and I caught 250 species - Celebi being unattainable.

I'm really happy this contest gave me the courage to power on my Crystal to share with you one of my favorite bug type Pokemon and one of my favorite shiny Pokemon.

Xander Olivieri

Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted November 8th, 2022
5,616 posts
13 Years

Venomoth / Venomoth (male)
Tinted Lens | Hardy
0/13/2/21/17/23
Psychic | Silver Wind | Foresight | Super Sonic
[Route 25]
Pokecheck Legality Check

Wanted to train it more, but ran out of time. x_x

Necrum

I AM THE REAL SONIC

Male
Portland, OR
Seen August 20th, 2019
Posted July 13th, 2017
5,080 posts
10.9 Years
I know judging is supposed to start today, but this is still part of GT. Can I still put up my entry? I have one caught I just have been waiting til I caught a certain mon so I can remove a certain move from the mon. Please tell me I can still post an entry.

EDIT: lmao, you guys accidentally put June instead of July on some of the dates. XD

skyluigi2

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United Kingdom
Seen October 4th, 2022
Posted July 21st, 2019
988 posts
13.6 Years
I know judging is supposed to start today, but this is still part of GT. Can I still put up my entry? I have one caught I just have been waiting til I caught a certain mon so I can remove a certain move from the mon. Please tell me I can still post an entry.
I'd like to know as well, I don't know if it's worth my time to try and improve my entry today, or if the entry period has already gone.

Brendino

The Ruins of Alph
Seen 12 Hours Ago
Posted April 6th, 2023
8,567 posts
13.4 Years
If you give it enough effort, it's actually pretty easy to find Pokemon with high IVs in HG/SS's Bug-Catching Contest, provided you know what you're looking for. Beyond that, I don't know much about what makes for a good nature/moveset of most Pokemon, but it seemed to do pretty good for itself in the little time I had training it. (hopefully this isn't too late, as it doesn't look like judging's started yet).

Spoiler:

Illi / Illumise ♀
Quirky | Oblivious
23/27/11/27/26/31
Thunder Wave | Shadow Ball | Thunderbolt | Bug Buzz
National Park (Bug-Catching Contest!)
Pokécheck legality analysis


Wobbu

bunger bunger bunger bunger

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Snaktooth Island
Seen January 22nd, 2023
Posted August 28th, 2016
2,793 posts
11.2 Years
I hope I'm not too late...
Also, I caught it as a Spinarak on Route 30, so I'm not sure why it says headbutt in Route 22.


ARIADOS / Ariados (♂)
Insomnia | Gentle
14/14/31/31/9/3
Spider Web | Sucker Punch | Night Shade | Shadow Sneak
[Route 30]
Spoiler:

vaporeon7

My life would suck without you

Male
Preparing for trouble and making it double.
Seen September 6th, 2016
Posted May 27th, 2014
5,143 posts
12.7 Years
Oh my god Blade, I want to cry.


Beedrill | f | Lvl 76 | OT: Sakura | 56606
Bashful | Swarm
Poison Jab, X-Scissor, Assurance, Endeavor

Umm so I caught this guy a while ago on SoulSilver, but seeing as I can't connect to the internt in 4th gen, no PokéCheck for me. I can tell you its IVs are no where near perfect though.

Not only were they both shiny Beedrill, both our trainers are named Sakura lol.

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
I know judging is supposed to start today, but this is still part of GT. Can I still put up my entry? I have one caught I just have been waiting til I caught a certain mon so I can remove a certain move from the mon. Please tell me I can still post an entry.

EDIT: lmao, you guys accidentally put June instead of July on some of the dates. XD
I don't mind extending it til tomorrow, if Nathan is alright with it. And I told him to change June to July lol. Guess that didn't happen.

I don't think he'll mind, so yeah, I'll allow entries up till tomorrow night, 11:59 Central. Get entering. I don't see why we just start making GT in general 5 days instead of 3, but oh well, that'll be a suggestion I bring up in the next GT planning.
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Necrum

I AM THE REAL SONIC

Male
Portland, OR
Seen August 20th, 2019
Posted July 13th, 2017
5,080 posts
10.9 Years

#123 Scyther ♂ (level 23)
OT: Käshi ♂ (SoulSilver, 8274/41303)
IVs: 31/16/31/22/12/13 - Hidden Power: Ground 43
Nature: Rash - Ability: Technician
U-turn | Wing Attack | Pursuit | Rock Smash
27 HP/12 Att/1 Def/16 SAt/15 SDf/10 Spd
Caught at National Park

I caught this sucker as part of my Bug Monotype on my German Soul Silver. It won me the Bug Catching Contest, which never happens to me, with a score of 359 points. I chose its move set with a limited availability, as I only have 3 badges, but chose it to rely on the technician ability, making the move Rock Smash much more viable. Wing Attack, with Technician and STAB, become an effectively massive 145 power!

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
Submissions past this point will not be accepted, as well as changes to current entries. Thanks for entering! Results will be posted as soon as we can get them done. :)
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minime010

All food belongs to me.

Male
In the Witch City!
Seen November 2nd, 2016
Posted October 14th, 2015
228 posts
13 Years
I wish we could have these normally, not just for events. It seems so cool!

Beedrill ♂✰
Level 37
no. 015
OT: Sakura ID: 60648
- Sludge Bomb
- Twineedle
- Return
- Toxic

This is my first shiny Pokemon, caught in Crystal Version. This shiny Beedrill is well over 10 years old, but I treasure the moment I caught him; it's one of my fondest Pokemon memories. In Ilex Forest, I was using Headbutt on trees near the exit when a shiny Weedle appeared. I loved the shiny animation in GSC, so immediately I knew this encounter was something rare and special. I quickly evolved my shiny Weedle by taking him around Mt. Silver. I didn't nickname him at the time, but if I would today, I would nickname him Kryptonite. It's a great song by 3 Doors Down and my Beedrill is green. He means a lot to me since he is the reason I started shiny hunting in the 3rd and 4th generations. My passion later developed into RNG abusing shiny Pokemon. You know where that got me today - I'm everywhere on Pokemon forums.

I didn't want to turn on my Crystal version to check because I assumed the battery died. I often talk about this in posts whenever it comes up in Pokemon discussions. Gold and Silver have died. I'll just be ignorant, never check Crystal, pretend it never died! My childhood has to live on...! Crystal was my favorite game because I could play as a female. I spent 160 hours playing my Crystal and I caught 250 species - Celebi being unattainable.

I'm really happy this contest gave me the courage to power on my Crystal to share with you one of my favorite bug type Pokemon and one of my favorite shiny Pokemon.

So... Freaking... Touching! ;-;


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