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The Grinding Challenge

I might try this in a modified slightly insane mode with egg moves and trading between games but all the pokemon will be breed or caught on the game that I do it on. Gonna try for 30 level 40's and a team of semi-Ev conscious training Level 75's in Heartgold. I'm first getting my team to level 40 then I'll fight Morty (4/8 Gymleaders), then I'll train a box of pokemon to level 30. By the time I beat Red, I will have 2 boxes of pokemon at level 60.

I'm thinking:
Electivire
- Thunder Punch
- Fire Punch
- Meditate
- ?
Naughty(+ Atk, - Sp. Def)

Garchomp
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- ?
- ?
I finally figured out how to get outrage and earthquake on garchomp without using a tm.
dragonair + Gible = Outrage gible + Larvitar = Outrage Larvitar + gible = Earthquake Outrage Garchomp

Crobat

Starting my game today, got the egg moves breed on Elekid. I'm gonna upgrade my progress every few hours.

2:15 - Level 16 Quilava

4:00 - Level 19 Quilava
- Level 14 Elekid
- Level 2 Pidgey

6:30 - Level 19 Quilava
- Level 19 Elekid
- Level 17 Pidgey
- Level 3 Spinark

25:02 - 22 Caught/75 Seen
- Level 40 Electabuzz
- Level 33 Quilava
- Level 12 Gible
 
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Hmm....Seems interesting. I'll do this on White.

Name: Fallentheangel
Game: White
Mode: Normal


Grinding Challenge - Pokémon White Update 01:

1.a: Intro, named my character White, chose Tepig.
1.b: Beat Bianca
1.c: Beat Cheren, Tepig grew to level 6.
1.d: Met the Prof., and nicknamed Tepig Woof.
1.e: Got Pokedex, Town map, and 5 Pokeballs.
1.f: Caught a new Pokemon: Pupz Jr.
1.g: Grinding...
1.h: Still in the process of Grinding, but saved.

Current team:
Pupz Jr. - lv.5
Woof - lv. 8
 
Hi, i would like to take this challenge for the ruby game! It will be fun. :) i'll post my updates here and such. Thanks! Easy mode btw.

EDIT: Alright so i started the game, went through the beginning and such. I picked Treecko, defeated the poocheyna, and went through all that other stuff :P So after the beginning beginning, I grinded up Treecko to lvl 10, and went to odale town. I beat May easily, and went through all that other stuff, and went to the next part in the game. -The place where you go before you can get into the next town- I grinded Treecko up to lvl 12, and caught a poocheyena. I grinded both them up to lvl 15, beat the trainers, got into the next town, met my dad, helped wally catch his pokemon and moved on. I went through that forest, beat all of the trainers up to the next town. I am currently grinding my pokemon to lvl 20. I caught a Taillow.

Current team:
Grovyle: lvl 20
Mighteyena: lvl 18
Taillow: lvl 10

Sorry its short, and i left out their evolutions :P
I've played 10 hours so far -.-

Wow... this challenge takes way to long! Its pretty time consuming too... sorry... I'm gonna have to quit this one.
 
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New update...

(Also gonna do this a different way, where I put the levels they gained...)


Grinding Challenge: White update 02:

2.a: Caught a New teammate, Rache the Patrat.
2.b: Found out that Pupz Jr. has pickup.
2.c: back to grinding...
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Spoiler for the ones who want to know how many levels they gained:
Spoiler:

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2.d: Saved.
 
sweet, INSANE be good challenge, on my crystal. keep this updated.

also please explain insane mode, didn't really understand rule 5.
 
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Joining in on Black

Hey, this challenge sounds really hard. And I
like hard. So I decided I want to take part in this challenge. I'll be playing the Black version. I'll keep you guys updated on my progress.
:)

Day 1:
Started new game.
Chose Tepig as my starter.
Got Pokeballs from Prof.
Caught Lillipup and Patrat.
Grinded Tepig to Lvl 12, followed by Lillipup, then Patrat.
Went onwards to Accumula town.
Brought some essentials.
Began grinding Tepig. He got to 19.
Caught Purrloin. Grinded to 12
Began grinding Lillipup. He got to 15.
Saved and Stopped.
 
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Oo count me in for LiquidCrystal :D this sounds fun but i'll be doing easy mode since I still wanna have some fun for my first play through haha
 
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This looks really interesting, and hard. Sign me up for Insane Mode on Platinum Please.

Will do my best to update daily :).
 
I'll join on my FireRed, I need something I can chill with and listen to music.
Name: heLL15
Game: FireRed
Insane Mode

Cya till my next update

EDIT: As I was grinding I had been thinking
Insane Mode. You must capture every unique Pokémon you come across and train them to the required level before entering each town.
What if we buy repels and don't come across any new pokemon? :) it isn't against the rules. What do you think?
 
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-Started the game and chose Turtwig as my starter.
-Grinded to lvl 10 before entering Sandgem town, nicknamed Turtwig Twizzler
-Bought Pokeballs and headed back to route 1
-Caught Bidoof (Chubbs), Kricketot (Melody) and Starly (Tempest)
-Grinded the mentioned above to lvl 10, Melody evolved
-Headed to route 2, caught Shinx (Pride) and after a lot of grinding (8 hours 50 minutes) got my team to lvl 15 (Bidoofs are monsters to lvl up)
-Finally entered Jubilife City

Team:

Twizzler (Turtwig), Lvl 15, Adamant Nature
Tempest (Staravia), Lvl 15, Relaxed Nature
Chubbs (Bibarel), Lvl 15, Quirky Nature
Melody (Kricketune), Lvl 15, Careful Nature
Pride (Luxio), Lvl 15, Hardy Nature

Additional Rules I'm Using:
-No Running From Battles
-Healing Items may only be used against Rival/Galactic Admins(Mars/Jupiter/Saturn)/Cyrus/Gym Leaders/E4
-No Repels
 
Player: ~Hot n' Cold~
Team: "image removed""image removed""image removed""image removed""image removed"*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Badges: 1
Generation: 1 [FireRed]
Location: Pewter City
Play Time (Take into consideration the speed option in VBA): 13:21

Damn. This challenge is really hard and takes a huge amount of time. Mankey was a ***** to grind. Pidgeotto, Wartortle, Spearow and Rattata were all okay but Mankey and Caterpie took FOREVER. I just Karate Chopped both of Brock's Pokemon for the win. On to Cerulean!

Also, while grinding, I ran into a shiny Weedle. I have a feeling that since I will be battling so many wild Pokemon, I might see a few more shinies.

"image removed"
Mankey LV19 @ N/A
- Karate Chop
- Scratch
- Rock Tomb
- Leer

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Butterfree LV19 @ N/A
- Tackle
- Confusion
- String Shot
- Poisonpowder

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Rattata LV19 @ N/A
- Hyper Fang
- Tackle
- Tail Whip
- Quick Attack

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Spearow LV19 @ N/A
- Peck
- Pursuit
- Leer
- Fury Attack

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Wartortle LV19 @ N/A
- Water Gun
- Tackle
- Bite
- Bubble

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Pidgeotto LV19 @ N/A
- Gust
- Tackle
- Sand-Attack
- Quick Attack

Player: ~Hot n' Cold~
Team: *pokemonelite2000 image removed*"image removed""image removed""image removed""image removed""image removed"
Badges: 2
Generation: 1 [FireRed]
Location: SS Anne
Play Time (Take into consideration the speed option in VBA): 27:20

This is taking forever! Oh my gosh. I had to grind for about 13 hours to get from Cerulean to Vermilion. That was so evil. The only good thing that has come out of this is that the battles are extremely easy and there is not a chance in the world that you could lose. I just beat Gary with my LV33 Pidgeotto. Lt. Surge is up next!

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Pidgeotto LV33 @ N/A
- Wing Attack
- Tackle-
- Gust
- Quick Attack

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Primeape LV34 @ N/A
- Karate Chop
- Mega Punch
- Mega Kick
- Brick Break

"image removed"
Fearow LV34 @ N/A
- Peck
- Pursuit
- Attract
- Fury Attack

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Butterfree LV34 @ N/A
- Gust
- Whirlwind
- Psybeam
- Confusion

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Wartortle LV33 @ N/A
- Water Gun
- Tackle
- Bite
- Water Pulse

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Raticate LV33 @ N/A
- Hyper Fang
- Pursuit
- Dig
- Quick Attack
 
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Player: ~Hot n' Cold~
Team: "image removed""image removed"*pokemonelite2000 image removed**pokemonelite2000 image removed*"image removed""image removed"
Badges: 4
Generation: 1 [FireRed]
Location: Celadon City
Play Time (Take into consideration the speed option in VBA): 65:55

So freaking difficult. I played for SO LONG! Grinding in Mt. Moon was absolutely terrible. I am very sad. Nothing really exciting has happened so far. I would usually quit challenges like this, but because I am so involved already I might as well stay. This is a very tough challenge.

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Fearow LV47 @ N/A
- Peck
- Pursuit
- Drill Peck
- Fury Attack

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Raticate LV47 @ N/A
- Hyper Fang
- Cut
- Dig
- Quick Attack

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Pidgeot LV48 @ N/A
- Wing Attack
- Tackle
- Gust
- Quick Attack

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Blastoise LV47 @ N/A
- Water Gun
- Tackle
- Bite
- Water Pulse

"image removed"
Primeape LV47 @ N/A
- Cross Chop
- Rock Slide
- Mega Kick
- Brick Break

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Butterfree LV47 @ N/A
- Silver Wind
- Flash
- Psybeam
- Giga Drain
 
I'm all up for this. I've been getting bored not doing anything. I'll do insane mode on Ruby. Hopefully, I'll update every town or so!

EDIT: Huh, no one replied to this thread so far. Anyway I started Saturday and chose Mudkip as a starter blah blah blah boring parts, then I grinded like crazy. It took forever to grind, I'm telling you. And I'm on insane... I've been catching everything and all so I got to Slateport with about 35 hours clocked in. I caught all the residential Pokemon so now I'm grinding them to 35, since everything else is. Almost halfway there!
 
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I honestly don't think anyone's even maintaining this thread anymore so I'm quieting my challenge, to anyone actually still doing it, good luck lol.
 
Update 1
Started new game.
Chose Snivy as my starter.
Defeat both of my Rivals Starters.
Got Pokeballs from Prof.
Caught Lillipup, Pidgey, Zigzagoon, Starly and Sentret.
Grinded Snivy to Lvl 12, followed by Lillipup, Pidgey, Zigzagoon, Starly and Sentret.
Went onwards to Accumula town.
Beat N 3 pokemon.
Began grinding Snivy. She got to 14.
Caught Caught both Caterpie and Weedle. Grinded to 7 both evolve into Kakuna and Metapot respective and then grind some more to evolve them into Butterfree and Beedrill and grind to level 12.
i also caught a wurmple. Grinded to 7 evolve into silcoon and then grind some more to evolve her into Beautifly and grind to level 12.
Began grinding Zigzagoon and Starly. They got to 13.
Saved and Stopped.

Current Team
Pupz lvl 12 - Lillipup
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Butterfree lvl 12
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Beedrill lvl 12
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ZigZag lvl 13 - Zigzagoon
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Airazor lvl 13 - Starly
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Wildleaf lvl 14 - Snivy
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saved and stopped
 
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Update 2
Grinded Pupz, Zigzag, Airazor, Wildleaf, Butterfree & Beedrill to level 19.
Airazor evolved to Staravia
Wildleaf evolved to Servine
Pupz evolved to Herdier
Battled Bianca and defeated her newly caught Meowth and her starter
Arrived at Striaton City.
battled Cheren defeated his newly caught Starly and his starter and obtained hm 1.
Grinded ZigZag to lvl 20 and he evolved into Linoone
Caught a Ralts.
enter the Striaton Gym and battled Chili and easily defeated him (the grinding made him too easy and only Beedrill defeat all 6 of his pokemon with Cross Poison) and got the Trio badge and tm 83 Work up.
got to the Dreamyard and recived an PanPour and named him Ugly (I'm not using him I never use the elemental Monkeys).
defeated 2 Plazma Grunts.
left Bianca as she went to catch her new Pokemon.
did some pointless stuff with fennel.
switched Zigzag for Ralts.
grinded her to level 19.
went to Route 3 battled many trainers.
Ralts evolved into Kirlia
battled Cheren and defeated his newly evolved Staravia and his 2 new pokemon (a Roggenrola and a Pansage) and his starter
Caught a Shinx named her Lightning
switch Beedrill for Lightning
saved and stopped.
I'll update when i get my next badge

Current Team
Pupz lvl 20 - Herdier
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Butterfree lvl 20
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Lightning lvl 13 - Shinx (just added her to my team)
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Kirlia lvl 20
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Airazor lvl 20 - Staravia
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Wildleaf lvl 20 - Servine
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I'd just noticed that 5 out 6 of my pokemon are Female
 
Fire Red Insane mode will keep updated, If you notice I missed a pokemon I could of caught please let me know and I will go back and get it
 
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