PC Markings

Started by Mithel_Celestia November 4th, 2013 9:47 PM
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Mithel_Celestia

Alluring Illusion

Age 26
Male
Philippines
Seen June 3rd, 2019
Posted June 3rd, 2015
406 posts
10.8 Years
What do you use them for? These, star, square, circle, triangle, etc. markings in the PC boxes?

I use them to identify which Pokemon I have is EV trained and at which stat it's trained in.(ex. star is for this stat, square is for that.) Recently I have used them to identify which among my boxed Pokemon has a Perfect IV and at which stat it is perfect in using the same assigning of stats for a shape.
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Full Name: Mithel "Myth" Celestia
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Trainer class: Ranger, Psychic, Deceiver*
Specializes in: Dark, Psychic-Types

*Deceiver (Japanese: 奇術師 Illusionist) is a type of trainer class who specializes in Illusions and deceptive tactics to take advantage of their opponents. They are tricksters and tend to disguise themselves as another trainer class to deceive challenging trainers, but soon break off of it as soon as they are found. They tend to use annoyer and stall tactics such as Embargo and Swagger along with bulky and fast Dark-types like Zoroark and Umbreon to give trainers a hard time during battle.

Shirayuki-san

Korrina

Male
Philippines
Seen November 10th, 2013
Posted November 5th, 2013
14 posts
9.6 Years
Me too, I never used them or maybe just a few times before. I usually separate my Pokemon by boxes so I didn't really have to use the markings. But I guess that is a good way to use them. I learned something new :)
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Marionz

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Age 31
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Posted November 28th, 2013
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the markings is being used to make notes of what IV's are perfect whenever you get your pokemon judged by the potential judge NPC.

but no one really knows what they are for, just that people found use for them like that :)
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moon

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15.5 Years
I think I just used them to mark what pokémon I had rotating on my extended team and what pokémon I considered too cute to release etc. Not a feature I really felt was necessary though :3
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Melody

Banned

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Seen March 4th, 2018
Posted March 2nd, 2018
6,459 posts
18.6 Years
I oftentimes use them to denote important information. Marking pokemon I've trained, want to train if enough time is given, or otherwise marking pokemon that have special attributes; like being an event, infected with Pokerus, taught a limited move, knows one or more HMs or is otherwise not a pokemon I'm willing to trade off without some thought or equal exchange equivalent to the plans I had for that pokemon.

PC markings are immediately apparent on their summary; and so this along with box arrangement keeps them organized.

Hikamaru

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Australia
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Posted September 4th, 2018
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12.2 Years
I used to do it a lot back when I played Ruby. Nowadays not so much hahahaha.
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10.8 Years
When I was younger, I didn't use this feature at all; thought it was pretty redundant. Nowadays, though, I use it every now and then. If you mark your Pokémon, you won't be having any issues sorting them. If you're looking for a certain Pokémon in your PC but can't find it, you could easily search through the markings. My three most common marks are triangle, heart, and circle. If I use a Pokémon online when battling, then I'd mark it with a triangle. If it's a Pokémon I really, really like, I'd put a heart on it. As for circle, I use this marking only on shinies and legendaries—y,know, Pokémon that are rare. d:

Brendino

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13.5 Years
For the longest time, I considered them useless, since they didn't seem to do anything other than having the markings highlighted when you looked at your Pokemon. I didn't actually start using them until HeartGold, where I'd mark the triangle and circle on Pokemon that I was planning to trade over the GTS. Once I found out that you could just add/remove those from Pokemon you received in a trade too, I didn't bother using them any more, and haven't since.
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XY is the first time I've bothered using them, but they're exceptionally useful for marking on perfect IVs.
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What do you use them for? These, star, square, circle, triangle, etc. markings in the PC boxes?

I use them to identify which Pokemon I have is EV trained and at which stat it's trained in.(ex. star is for this stat, square is for that.) Recently I have used them to identify which among my boxed Pokemon has a Perfect IV and at which stat it is perfect in using the same assigning of stats for a shape.
That's actually pretty smart, I might have to start doing that, since up to this point, I've never really given the markings a second glance.

Kyrul

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Age 30
Male
Missouri
Seen February 28th, 2019
Posted February 28th, 2019
841 posts
11.7 Years
I used to use them alot back in ruby version because my friends told me this rumor that if you fill in random shapes it makes your pokemon more secure or some crap like that. Now since I'm slightly smarter than how I was back then, I know this was bs.
Male
USA
Seen December 27th, 2021
Posted July 4th, 2014
322 posts
9.8 Years
I don't ever EV or IV train so I just use them something that I don't have to do, but I just like too. I use the circle, square, and triangle to mark how many evolutions the Pokémon has. For example Torchic would have one symbol, Combusken would have two symbols, and Blaziken would have three symbols. I use the star to mark the six Pokémon I use in my main team as well as any legendaries.
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Tek

Age 33
Male
Kansas City
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9.6 Years
Hm I never thought of using them to denote perfect IVs. Very cool. I once used them to indicate the parents of a few eggs, wasn't really even necessary lol. Another good use would be to indicate the stats that are a pokemon's greatest strengths (atk + def vs atk+sp atk + speed, etc). Thanks for the inspiration!
Age 30
Male
Seen December 13th, 2016
Posted February 28th, 2015
188 posts
9.8 Years
Nowadays, I use them for IVs like everyone else. Back in D/P, I just used them to as labels to tell me which batch of eggs a baby came from.

Like, if a Pokemon was part of the first 5 eggs, they'd have the first symbol marked. If they were in the fourth batch of eggs, they'd have the 4th symbol marked, etc.
Yo, isn't Finneon an Eevee evolution? I mean, it has -eon in the name...
Age 31
Female
Bronx, New York
Seen September 4th, 2014
Posted September 4th, 2014
12,048 posts
17.3 Years
The only time I mark a Pokemon is if it has Pokerus on it and when it no longer has it. As for EV training, I put those Pokemon in a separate box.


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Posted April 28th, 2020
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10.4 Years
I never used the PC markings because I don't see a point of using it at the moment.
Age 48
Female
Seattle
Seen January 31st, 2014
Posted December 28th, 2013
311 posts
9.6 Years
I have seen people use them for maxed IVs, but I prefer to give each symbol a meaning, like the heart means it's one of my favorites, the square means a solid IV spread, star means it's great in battle, the diamond means there's a mega stone for it ... etc. That way I can just set the filter to which ones I am looking for and it makes finding them easier if I lose them in some random box.
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