Chit-Chat Home is where the Challenges are Page 7

Started by Necrum July 16th, 2014 7:14 PM
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Necrum

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Hello all,

Rewy here, returning from the abyss of a broken internet modem.

I've recently struck again by the pokemon gaming interest. And actually for the first time bothered to finish my Pokemon X. More or less speed running everything after Xerneas. It was an amusing run tho'. Every other gym or so I was thinking "argh, screw this I'll just restart..." but eventually I just stuck with it by listening to pod casts, wedlockes and wonderlockes.

I should say that I was rather disappointed with the Champion. Or well the overall difficulty in the end.I had 4 part-dragon types, 1 part-ghost and Dedenne. And the only thing that died was the fairy mouse. *eye-roll* Although that thing was my tank over half the game. :D No megas and 5 items per battle max.
It was fun, but disappointing in the end.

Right now, I'm considering how much I want to get a shiny charm...
I just got my Oval Charm and it is a huge difference in finding eggs.

Glad to have you back, Rewy!

Pendraflare

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Yeah, the idea for me not using any healing items in most challenges came while I was watching Drayano's final battle against Ghetsis in his Grass Monotype in Black, where he had to use his Quiver Dance Lilligant to beat Hydreigon. In the comments he was asked why he didn't heal Lilligant when it was about to die from toxic damage, and he said that he was refusing to use healing items because it's looked down upon (look at his Grass Monotype in Soul Silver against Red, for example), but he finds it more fun going the way he did anyway.

I myself find it more fun this way (Set mode + no bag items) anyway. In my Ground Ultimate, there were two games in that I did with no items at all - White 2 and Platinum. Since then, almost all my basic challenges that aren't Nuzlockes and Wedlockes have me doing this, as I said. But after some absolutely over the top level of bogus fights i've had (Zinzolin in my Ground Monotype, Marshal in my Red Mono-Color, etc), I feel I might add a "Super Ultimate Extra Bulls*** Clause" that'll allow me to use a healing item or Revive if i'm about to lose a fight I should have won but didn't because of many critical hits, misses, etc. But that's it.

Of every game that’s been released since RS, the only ones I have never completed a play of without using any items are Emerald, DP and HGSS. When I went through Victory Road in Black 2 in my Medieval Era Time Warp challenge last night, the trainers were just brutal because of my low levels, and Challenge Mode raising theirs.
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Um where do you sign up for challenges cause I have finished all my Pokemon games and have gotten board with them the elite four and champion of X are so easy to beat that its gotten to boring to fight them?

Shiny Pokemon I have caught: Rapidash (SS), Linoone (E), Spinda (E), Bibarel (Pt), Weedle (FR), Garbodor (X), Chansey(x5) (X), Audino(x2) (X), Flechinder (Mn), Whiscash (Mn), Magby (Mn), Caterpie (X)

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Sydian

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Oval Charm noticeably helps you, but Shiny Charm...I think when I found my shiny Mawile and Minccino, I had it, but those were also Friend Safari Pokemon. I haven't had any luck since. That was February and I was actively searching...for Mawile, anyway. Minccino came a few minutes after at random.

Filling the National Dex is a ton of fun regardless of my bad Shiny Charm luck though. :P Speaking of shinies, I got a shiny Froakie off Wonder Trade last night and a shiny Pumpkaboo (now Gourgeist) from Wonder Trade tonight. Hot damn!

Um where do you sign up for challenges cause I have finished all my Pokemon games and have gotten board with them the elite four and champion of X are so easy to beat that its gotten to boring to fight them?
Go to the challenge thread you're interested in and follow the sign up format the first post has listed. Just check out the rules and stuff and make sure it's something you can and are willing to do and then just post your sign up and you're in!
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Xaldin

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The luck is strong in you! I only ever been able to finish the National Dex in SoulSilver,and even then,i got extremely lucky

I got a used copy of Platinum.checked it,and it had a whole slew of legendaries missing on my dex. happy day indeed!

Feraligatr13

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Oval Charm noticeably helps you, but Shiny Charm...I think when I found my shiny Mawile and Minccino, I had it, but those were also Friend Safari Pokemon. I haven't had any luck since. That was February and I was actively searching...for Mawile, anyway. Minccino came a few minutes after at random.
Wait, so you have a shiny Mawile? You should definitely clone me one :3

I feel bad though, because I've had barely any time for PokeCommunity. My challenge is in ruin, I haven't updated on anything in weeks, and so on.

Necrum

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Wait, so you have a shiny Mawile? You should definitely clone me one :3

I feel bad though, because I've had barely any time for PokeCommunity. My challenge is in ruin, I haven't updated on anything in weeks, and so on.
It's okay, I'm behind on updating my challenges, too. It just happens sometimes.

Sydian

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Wait, so you have a shiny Mawile? You should definitely clone me one :3

I feel bad though, because I've had barely any time for PokeCommunity. My challenge is in ruin, I haven't updated on anything in weeks, and so on.
I can clone him, but he's EV'd now and not UT anymore. His name is also Jak. lol But I'd be happy to fetch a copy of him for you. :)
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It's okay, I'm behind on updating my challenges, too. It just happens sometimes.
same here.I think i'm putting a lot on my plate.signed up for 2 more challenges,even though i'm only halfway done with one of them. {XD}

Pendraflare

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Ah yeah, I know what that feels like. I just started documenting a new challenge today (a Blue Mono-Color on X, let's see if this one is as interesting as my Red one on Y), and there are a few more I have to get to doing eventually. Not exactly helped by the fact that classes have started for me again :P But right before classes started I knocked two more off my plate very soon after each other (my Medieval Era Time Warp Challenge on Black 2 and my Heart Gold Wedlocke), so that leaves me with a bit less I have to do.
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I'm the worst. I'm behind on updating all of my challenges, they're probably not active anymore, I never got around to making the challenges I wanted to make back in spring/early summer, and I haven't updated my Fairy mono of French Silver random in a long time. How's that for lazy? :P (More like busy, but...)
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jdthebud

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I just started a new full time job (which is awesome) but that leaves me with a lot less free time than I used to have for challenges. Im gonna finish my blue monocolor soon though and update that thread.

Feraligatr13

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I can clone him, but he's EV'd now and not UT anymore. His name is also Jak. lol But I'd be happy to fetch a copy of him for you. :)
Idc, I just want that shiny Mawile ^_^

It does feel kind of good that I'm not the only one backed up on challenges :)

Xaldin

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It does feel kind of good that I'm not the only one backed up on challenges :)
yep. though i'm almost done with the Time Warp Challenge,so thats one less thing on mah plate.


Also,has anyone ever had an idea for a Challenge,but couldn't put all the pieces together?

Pendraflare

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I just started a new full time job (which is awesome) but that leaves me with a lot less free time than I used to have for challenges. Im gonna finish my blue monocolor soon though and update that thread.
Full-time job, huh? Well considering you'll be getting paid if I'm not mistaken you may very well be able to get a 3DS and X/Y (and OR/AS for that matter) soon.

Also, this may seem like a random question, but what would your favorite main series games be to play challenges on? I'm gonna take a guess and say B2W2 or the Johto games, or Platinum.
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Full-time job, huh? Well considering you'll be getting paid if I'm not mistaken you may very well be able to get a 3DS and X/Y (and OR/AS for that matter) soon.

Also, this may seem like a random question, but what would your favorite main series games be to play challenges on? I'm gonna take a guess and say B2W2 or the Johto games, or Platinum.
Pearl. for gen 1&2 I have Playr, for pearl I have a ROM and DeSmuME, for SoulSilver I have no rom, and for X I have my main game and... well, just my main game. for all else I don't even own, though aparrently Pearl has Diamond's encounter rates in it, making the two nearly interchangeable by hacking (though dialga...).
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Pendraflare

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Haha, that was directed at jd considering he's done Monos on every type and color, I think this very question was asked in the thread at a previous point. But since i'm a Mac user I don't get to use emulators much.
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Sydian

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Idc, I just want that shiny Mawile ^_^

It does feel kind of good that I'm not the only one backed up on challenges :)
Okay. I'll get him cloned soon. :)

You're definitely not alone, haha. I tried to play my Fairy Monotype the other day and I just...couldn't. Five minutes in, I was done. But I evolved Kirlia. Yay.
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Full-time job, huh? Well considering you'll be getting paid if I'm not mistaken you may very well be able to get a 3DS and X/Y (and OR/AS for that matter) soon.

Also, this may seem like a random question, but what would your favorite main series games be to play challenges on? I'm gonna take a guess and say B2W2 or the Johto games, or Platinum.
Yeah, that's true, although I do have some other important stuff I need to get first that I have been lagging behind on. As for my favorite challenges game, it's probably B2W2, although Cynthia is my favorite champion by far.

I really like the first few gyms in HGSS the best, but after that it gets really tough to enjoy because the balance of the game gets out of whack as it's really hard to train up your team for the E4 and then Red. A VS Seeker would make that so much better...

Tek

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I feel bad for a lot of the really creative challenges that died out because no one signed up for them. For example, the Baton Pass challenge, Ranger's challenge, etc.
Born and Raised challenge... >.<

I'm still taking it, so the challenge technically isn't dead. Just the challenge thread.

Pendraflare

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The awesome moment when you finish a challenge and you choose which challenge you wanna do next!
(though i wish someone would bump Time Warp so i could post results :L)
Ugh yeah I know what that's like, I had to wait on people to bump that thread like twice. I had already beaten Iris but had two updates written out and the last one I posted ended with me arriving in Opelucid. Same with my Mono-Color on White, that had similar results. It was even more jarring with my Wedlocke thread back in March and May when I had completed two of mine but nobody posted and it ended up being a month. >_>

And Necrum, as for that blog i've never really been one for rogue like games but I have played PMD myself. Unfortunately my copy of PMD Explorers of Sky (which has Guildmaster Rank, has beaten Destiny Tower and has a lot of stuff with high IQ) is back at my parents' house with a few of my other older DS titles.
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