To begin, I used a clone of Sparky (from the last NFE run) to breed with a French Delcatty on my HG. I hatched the eggs over there to make sure they came out right, then turned off without saving and traded them eggs over to SS. No shinies, but I got a nice Skitty with Shock Wave, Wish, and Flash. Her name is Cutie.
I used my other trade-in (B&R, rule III, first clause) to get a plain ol' female Psyduck. I could have waited and traded it in under the third clause of rule III, which would have left me with a trade-in to use. But doing it this way, I don't have to wait til after the fourth badge to start breeding my team, and I can use the Psyduck in battes if I wish.
I nabbed a Sentret to by my eventual HM Buddy, named him Swimz. Using soft reset, I managed to get a Geodude with an Everstone using only three Poké Balls. I put the Geodude away and gave Psyduck the Everstone. I also caught a Rattata just for the heck of it. His name is Sqeak. Spelled wrong, yes, but I only get five spaces and don't know Japanese, so give me a break, okay!?
Haha anyways we made our way to Falkner's Gym, pretty easy going since I
sort of sacrificed used Sqeak and Psyduck to soften up his Pidgeotto, and sent in Cutie to finish up.
On the way to Azalea, I caught a female Ekans for breeding porpoises. By the time we got there, I felt more than ready to take on Bugsy, but his Scyther forced me to use all of my Potions in order to barely scrape by with a victory.
So I went through the Ilex Forest and to Goldenrod. Using the third clause of B&R's rule III, I traded over an American Pikachu-Colored Pichu. Which is how I got Petra:
Once my team starts to learn their final moves, I will have to box her to keep in line with the move restrictions of Extended NFE rules. Either that or she will have to be boxed when I get to the Indigo Plateau according to the Expert rules for B&R. But for now, I've got an awesome Pichu to play with! :]
Anyways, after I got to Goldenrod I was able to start breeding my team. I caught a male Stantler to pass Hypnosis and Confuse Ray to a male Psyduck, who I named Huh? I really wanted a shiny blue Psyduck, but no such luck. Anyway, Huh? passed Disable to my male Vulpix Stud and my female Ekans Tera (Terror -> Tera, get it? Ok, moving on).
I fully expected Stud to be able to take down Whitney's Miltank all by himself, but he got KO'd after inflicting it with Burn status. That did allow me to win, however, and I taught Attract to Stud.
That brings us up to the present moment, where I am exploring Ecruteak. I'll probably fight all the trainers between here and Olivine in order to be ready to thrash Morty's Gengar. Hopefully, I'll be able to outrun it and inflict is with some sort of status ailment, and then Morty will know how frustrating that is.