I really haven't been doing much on Diamond. I'm trying to get together a good competitive battling team. But on Pearl Version, which I got back from my friend, I restarted. Unfortunately. Oh well, I didn't feel like starting in the center of the story with Pokemon I didn't train myself. Here's what I did in the past few days:
Chimchar. Gosh, I hate you, but I'd rather have you than a Ponyta. Chimchar was my starter. Crushed the rival outside of Jubilife, and reached the first gym leader, Roark. Had a great time with him. I only had a Starly, Bidoof, Shinx, and Monferno. I won on the second try.
Got to defeat all those annoying Team Galactic peeblez in Valley Windworks. Got through Eterna Forest, which lead to the defeat of Gardenia and that one Galactic commander. Who was that, Saturn or something.
I am now almost in Hearthome, which is the starting of the worst point of the game to me: getting from Hearthome to Veilstone. Lucky me.