I first started off with Chikorita in Gold version. :D It's my favorite grass starter. Surprisingly, I didn't have a problem with it. I caught a Caterpie, and evolved it into Butterfree. Then I used Confusion on the Flying pokemon. I leveled my Pokemon up in the Bellsprout tower before battling Falkner. To battle Bugsy, I used either Pidgey or Hoothoot. (I usually begin new games at night or the afternoon.) If it's Silver version, I would catch a Vulpix to be on my team. Once I got Eevee, I would try capturing a Ditto. (That's how I got more than one Eevee.) I attempted to get all the Eeveelutions in the game. (Excluding Leafeon and Glaceon obviously.) Chikorita has always been my favorite grass starter. Bulbasaur is second. (In Fr/Lg/R/B, I either chose Squirtle or Charmander usually.) I never knew what any of the evolutions looked like until later on in the game. I didn't play R/B/Y until Ruby and Sapphire came out.