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Intro
Have you ever imagine yourself managing a musical group - specifically a string sextet? You can try to run one here, but Pokemon-style. Yes, this challenge is called String Hexalocke (a.k.a. String Hexad-locke / Sextet-locke, as sextet and hexad are the same thing) which basically emulates the typical string sextet consisting of two violins, two violas, and two cellos.
Rules
1. Only first encounter per area can be caught. Dupes clause is recommended here. For those who play Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, these rules are replaced by:
3. Just like the real-life string sextet, the maximum capacity of your party is six: 2 violinists (violin players), 2 violists (viola players), and 2 cellists (cello players). And no, this isn't a Wedlocke, so you're allowed to shuffle the members around as long as they don't break the formation. As for which Pokemon is which, see here:
4. A Pokemon breaks its instrument upon fainting. If that happens, it must be retired. (this is basically the "death" rule in a regular Nuzlocke, just worded differently)
6. Shiny and legendary Pokemon can be considered as virtuosos, so they can be caught regardless of rule #1. However, only a virtuoso per instrument can be in the party at the same time (total up to 3 virtuosos).
End Points
Sign-up Form
Username:
Game(s):
Instrument groups: (Primary/Secondary/Shuffle-style)
Challenge: (Single/Ultimate)
Here's mine:
Username: saniachan
Game(s): Ultra Sun (continuing this playthrough, but I'll transfer my previous updates here ASAP)
Instrument groups: Shuffle-style
Challenge: Single
Challengers
Single
Ultimate
Champions
Single
Ultimate
Have you ever imagine yourself managing a musical group - specifically a string sextet? You can try to run one here, but Pokemon-style. Yes, this challenge is called String Hexalocke (a.k.a. String Hexad-locke / Sextet-locke, as sextet and hexad are the same thing) which basically emulates the typical string sextet consisting of two violins, two violas, and two cellos.
Rules
1. Only first encounter per area can be caught. Dupes clause is recommended here. For those who play Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee, these rules are replaced by:
- Only first catch per area can be used. Subsequent catches in the same area are only allowed for grinding due to the game mechanics and they must be released ASAP.
- Dupes clause is still recommended here, but a second Pikachu/Eevee (depending on your game) counts for the first encounter since your starter can't evolve. However, a third one no longer counts.
3. Just like the real-life string sextet, the maximum capacity of your party is six: 2 violinists (violin players), 2 violists (viola players), and 2 cellists (cello players). And no, this isn't a Wedlocke, so you're allowed to shuffle the members around as long as they don't break the formation. As for which Pokemon is which, see here:
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4. A Pokemon breaks its instrument upon fainting. If that happens, it must be retired. (this is basically the "death" rule in a regular Nuzlocke, just worded differently)
- Exception: Said Pokemon gets a new instrument (read: revived) when auto-heal ensues with no access to PC box (perhaps in a cutscene or something).
6. Shiny and legendary Pokemon can be considered as virtuosos, so they can be caught regardless of rule #1. However, only a virtuoso per instrument can be in the party at the same time (total up to 3 virtuosos).
- Optional: The legendary part may be omitted, thus making this rule a limited shiny clause.
- Exception: this rule is null and void in gen 7 games because they have their own HM equivalents: Poke Ride (Alola-based) and Secret Technique (Kanto-based)
- Exception: rule #3, it kicks in as soon as you get your starter instead.
End Points
Spoiler:
Sign-up Form
Username:
Game(s):
Instrument groups: (Primary/Secondary/Shuffle-style)
Challenge: (Single/Ultimate)
Here's mine:
Username: saniachan
Game(s): Ultra Sun (continuing this playthrough, but I'll transfer my previous updates here ASAP)
Instrument groups: Shuffle-style
Challenge: Single
Challengers
Single
Spoiler:
Ultimate
Spoiler:
Champions
Single
Spoiler:
Ultimate
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I'll give this a go!
Username: SorveteQuente
Game(s): Leaf Green, Heart Gold, Omega Ruby, Platinum, White, Black 2, Y, Ultra Sun
Instrument groups: Primary
Challenge: Ultimate
Username: SorveteQuente
Game(s): Leaf Green, Heart Gold, Omega Ruby, Platinum, White, Black 2, Y, Ultra Sun
Instrument groups: Primary
Challenge: Ultimate
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I'll give this a go!
Username: SorveteQuente
Game(s): Leaf Green, Heart Gold, Omega Ruby, Platinum, White, Black 2, Y, Ultra Sun
Instrument groups: Primary
Challenge: Ultimate
Oho~ Ultimate challenge already? I wish you a good luck for that one. Username: SorveteQuente
Game(s): Leaf Green, Heart Gold, Omega Ruby, Platinum, White, Black 2, Y, Ultra Sun
Instrument groups: Primary
Challenge: Ultimate
That being said, lemme (re)post my first update~
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 1)
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The Players
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Me in (Lake Valor | Marriland)
No updates from others yet? Awkay, I gotta double-post here. However, if nobody post here after this, I might have to triple-post (or even multi-post) for my own (re-)updates. Doesn't it feel like too spammy? 
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 2)
The Players
The Backup Players
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 2)
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The Players
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The Backup Players
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Me in (Lake Valor | Marriland)
Seems like it's very lonely here, but I'll start one of my own hexalockes soon, don't worry. Might go for Hoenn first this time.
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Sorvete's Ultimate String Hexalocke Challenge
Games: 0/8
Pokémon Omega Ruby
Deaths: 0 | Badges: 0
Games: 0/8
Pokémon Omega Ruby
Deaths: 0 | Badges: 0
Part 1
Dear Alexandra,
It's getting hard, it seems like I can't trust anyone. Wish I was there with you.
It's getting hard, it seems like I can't trust anyone. Wish I was there with you.
February 2nd, 2017
My journey starts tomorrow! This is so exciting, can't wait to get my first Pokémon already. I bought this journal to record interesting things that might happen, but I don't want anyone to read it, alright?
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February 3rd, 2017
I chose Mudkip! I was pretty indecisive about my starter, actually, but I ultimately choose him because it's even cuter in person! Her, I mean, it's a girl. Professor Birch said those are rarer than the boys, lucky me! Her name is gonna be Wendy!
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February 4th, 2017
I arrived in Petalburg this morning, and found dad at the gym! He doesn't seem to want to battle me yet, though, says I'm still too weak. Guess I'll have to get a few badges first. I also made new friends along the way, a Poochyena, Carl, and a Taillow, Mel.
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February 5th, 2017
I didn't realize it would be so hard to get past Petalburg Woods, took me about 8 hours to figure a way out. I'm glad I found a friendly scientist at the end to show me the path. He was being harassed by an evil man, but I defeated him in a battle. I'm here at Rustboro and my battle against Ms. Roxanne will be tomorrow. I need to rest now.
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February 8th, 2017
It's been some time since I wrote here, but a lot of things happened! I got my first badge pretty easily, it seems like Water-types like Wendy have an advantage against Rock-types like Geodude, and Roxanne used rocks! I also helped that scientist again and his boss asked me to do a favor for him, so I went to Dewford. There's another gym leader there who uses Fighting-types. Clyde told me Flying-types are supereffective against them, so I used Ruth, my Beautifly, in the gym. She had learned Gust recently, so it would be perfect. The battle was easy for me, second badge acquired! Mr. Brawly also complimented my battle strategies and said I would be a very successful battler in the future, how nice of him!
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February 10th, 2017
I delivered the letter to Mr. Steven, and Mr. Briney took me to Slateport. I was gonna check the museum, but I decided to take a break for a bit at the Pokémon Center and listen to some Coldplay. Their Rush of Blood to the Head album is amazing.
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February 15th, 2017
It's been a long time since my last update here, but I'm pretty nervous at the moment. Rachel, a Minun I caught, was heavily injured and they're taking care of her at the Pokémon center since yesterday. I just hope for the best. I'm here at Mauville and the city is huge, but I don't think I'll be sightseeing for a while.
Notes: Sorry about this weird kind of Journal thing, and I know it doesn't have anything to do with music at all (save that Coldplay mention), but I am following the regular hexalocke rules and everything, just had thought of this type of update and figured I wanted to do something different this time. Don't know if I'm gonna keep this format for future challenges, but I will for the Hoenn arc. Here are the important things that happened if you didn't read or can't interpret the story:
- I got my first 2 badges;
- One death ocurred. It was a Minun who died by a critical hit.
Also another important note: I am using the exp. share for this to save the grinding, but I might turn it off if the game gets too easy later on.
And now I'll post my current team and the backup in the PC.
Musicians
Party:
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Backup:
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Casualties:
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Notes: Sorry about this weird kind of Journal thing, and I know it doesn't have anything to do with music at all (save that Coldplay mention), but I am following the regular hexalocke rules and everything, just had thought of this type of update and figured I wanted to do something different this time. Don't know if I'm gonna keep this format for future challenges, but I will for the Hoenn arc.
Hey, nice journal you got there. 
And speaking of the musical references, that's totally optional. Depending on your writing style, that is.
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 3)
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The Players
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The Backup Players
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The Broken Instruments
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Me in (Lake Valor | Marriland)
sounds fine!
there is my:
Username: Darki the Darkrai
Game(s): fire red
Instrument groups: Shuffle-style
Challenge: Single
there is my:
Username: Darki the Darkrai
Game(s): fire red
Instrument groups: Shuffle-style
Challenge: Single
Day 1
Call my self Darki and my rival Cube.
Take the potion from the computer.
Come with pro. Oak to his lab to taking on what ever he want.
Take Blue Head,the violin Squirtle.
Win Cube with two cricitals by Blue Head.
Come to Viridian City.
take the parcel from the shoper.
Come back to Palet Town.
Take from pro. oak the pokedex and the pokeballs.
Take the map from Daisy.
Catch in route 1 Doll, the viola Pidgey.
Catch on route 24 Codemonkey, the cello Monkey.
Train my party to level 9.
Win easy Cube with Blue head and Doll.
End of day 1.
Party:
violins:
Name:Blue Head
level:9
Nature:Bold
Gender:male
Ability:Torent
Attacks:Tackle,Tail whip and Bubble
violas:
Name:Doll
level:9
Nature:Quiet
Gender:female
Ability:Keen Eye
Attacks:Tackle,Sand-Attack and Gust
cellos:
Name:Codemonkey
level:9
Nature:Relaxed
Gender:female
Ability:Vital Spirit
Attacks:Scratch,Leer and Low Kick
Call my self Darki and my rival Cube.
Take the potion from the computer.
Come with pro. Oak to his lab to taking on what ever he want.
Take Blue Head,the violin Squirtle.
Win Cube with two cricitals by Blue Head.
Come to Viridian City.
take the parcel from the shoper.
Come back to Palet Town.
Take from pro. oak the pokedex and the pokeballs.
Take the map from Daisy.
Catch in route 1 Doll, the viola Pidgey.
Catch on route 24 Codemonkey, the cello Monkey.
Train my party to level 9.
Win easy Cube with Blue head and Doll.
End of day 1.
Party:
violins:
Name:Blue Head
level:9
Nature:Bold
Gender:male
Ability:Torent
Attacks:Tackle,Tail whip and Bubble
violas:
Name:Doll
level:9
Nature:Quiet
Gender:female
Ability:Keen Eye
Attacks:Tackle,Sand-Attack and Gust
cellos:
Name:Codemonkey
level:9
Nature:Relaxed
Gender:female
Ability:Vital Spirit
Attacks:Scratch,Leer and Low Kick
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 4)
The Players
The Backup Players
The Broken Instruments
Spoiler:
The Players
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The Backup Players
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The Broken Instruments
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Me in (Lake Valor | Marriland)
Username: Fenberry
Game(s): FireRed, HeartGold, AlphaSapphire, Pearl, White, Sun
Instrument groups: Primary
Challenge: Ultimate!!
Wait, where's Kalos? 🤔
Game(s): FireRed, HeartGold, AlphaSapphire, Pearl, White, Sun
Instrument groups: Primary
Challenge: Ultimate!!
Me in (Lake Valor | Marriland)
Oops! My bad! Lemme edit that. (I'll be using Y!)
Awright, already added to the challengers list. ������Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 5)
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The Players
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The Backup Players
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The Broken Instruments
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Me in (Lake Valor | Marriland)
Sorry for the long wait. I'm back~ 🙃
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 6)
The Players
The Backup Players
The Broken Instruments
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 6)
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The Players
Spoiler:
The Backup Players
Spoiler:
The Broken Instruments
Spoiler:
Me in (Lake Valor | Marriland)
Aight folks, double-posting ensues here. I'll probably multi-post again if this thread is still as quiet as ever. (also partially my fault because I forgot to update since long ago) 🙃
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 7)
The Players
The Backup Players
The Broken Instruments
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 7)
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The Players
Spoiler:
The Backup Players
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The Broken Instruments
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Me in (Lake Valor | Marriland)
Triple post. Wonder if it makes up for tons of things to catch up in my part, hmm? 🤔
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 8)
The Players
The Backup Players
The Broken Instruments
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 8)
Spoiler:
The Players
Spoiler:
The Backup Players
Spoiler:
The Broken Instruments
Spoiler:
Me in (Lake Valor | Marriland)
Quadru-post (?). Ain't gonna bother to count anymore ._.
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 9)
The Players
The Backup Players
The Broken Instruments
Koh's Journey in a Nutshell (Part 9)
Spoiler:
The Players
Spoiler:
The Backup Players
Spoiler:
The Broken Instruments
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Me in (Lake Valor | Marriland)
Username: stenirrpg
Game(s): Crystal
Instrument groups: Primary
Challenge: Single
As a composer working on string works right now (I'm writing my first string quartet at this time), this is very interesting. Who knows - maybe I'll write a string sextet and use the flow of Pokemon on my team to help define how I write the work. Music inspiring Pokemon inspiring Music!
As soon as I get a chance today, I'm going to get started on Crystal and see what happens!
Game(s): Crystal
Instrument groups: Primary
Challenge: Single
As a composer working on string works right now (I'm writing my first string quartet at this time), this is very interesting. Who knows - maybe I'll write a string sextet and use the flow of Pokemon on my team to help define how I write the work. Music inspiring Pokemon inspiring Music!
As soon as I get a chance today, I'm going to get started on Crystal and see what happens!
One of the Monotype Guys
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Hello, this seems interesting! I would like to give this a try! Let's make it a bit more challenging!
Username: Celèste
Game(s): Red, Gold, Alpha Sapphire, Brilliant Diamond, Black (Rom), X, Moon
Instrument groups: Shuffle
Challenge: Ultimate
PS: I sadly don't have an Unova Game anymore 😢. If it's allowed to use an emulated Rom, I would go for Black! Also does BW2 count as an Unova game too or is it separate? If it is separate and I am allowed to use an emulated Rom, it would be White 2. I'll try to get started as soon as possible and I would most likely 1st finish Red before moving on or am I supposed to write all of them at the same time in the Updates?
Username: Celèste
Game(s): Red, Gold, Alpha Sapphire, Brilliant Diamond, Black (Rom), X, Moon
Instrument groups: Shuffle
Challenge: Ultimate
PS: I sadly don't have an Unova Game anymore 😢. If it's allowed to use an emulated Rom, I would go for Black! Also does BW2 count as an Unova game too or is it separate? If it is separate and I am allowed to use an emulated Rom, it would be White 2. I'll try to get started as soon as possible and I would most likely 1st finish Red before moving on or am I supposed to write all of them at the same time in the Updates?
Usually, whatever Region counts. So, OR/AS counts as Hoenn. B/W/B2/W2 are Unova. I've done runs on emulator, as long as you don't cheat it should be fine.
Best thing to do for an Ultimate is do them one at a time. Takes a bit to go through seven regions. I speak from experience having done two Ultimate monotypes - I got into the habit of two or three posts per region. It does make it easier for the mods to keep up on marking down what games you've completed.
I hate how costly gen 5 has become.
Best thing to do for an Ultimate is do them one at a time. Takes a bit to go through seven regions. I speak from experience having done two Ultimate monotypes - I got into the habit of two or three posts per region. It does make it easier for the mods to keep up on marking down what games you've completed.
I hate how costly gen 5 has become.
One of the Monotype Guys
Usually, whatever Region counts. So, OR/AS counts as Hoenn. B/W/B2/W2 are Unova. I've done runs on emulator, as long as you don't cheat it should be fine.
Best thing to do for an Ultimate is do them one at a time. Takes a bit to go through seven regions. I speak from experience having done two Ultimate monotypes - I got into the habit of two or three posts per region. It does make it easier for the mods to keep up on marking down what games you've completed.
I hate how costly gen 5 has become.
Okay thank you very much! ^^ I guess I'll go with Black in that case and I don't even really know how to use cheats on NDS Emulator, the only cheats I ever used were Fire Red Fan Games/Hacks on private playthroughs on GBA Emulator, but only because I got tired of grinding after a while.... 😅
Best thing to do for an Ultimate is do them one at a time. Takes a bit to go through seven regions. I speak from experience having done two Ultimate monotypes - I got into the habit of two or three posts per region. It does make it easier for the mods to keep up on marking down what games you've completed.
I hate how costly gen 5 has become.