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The Ones That Got Away

Sydian

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  • The Ones That Got Away
    Originally created by Sammuthegreat. CSS by Necrum.
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    Time to revisit and oldie, but goodie! Do you have any Pokemon that you have never gotten to use for some reason? Pokemon was too late in the game, your team was already planned, or you just plain haven't used it and would like to? Or even Pokemon you might have used in older generations that you haven't gotten a chance to retry in a newer one -- or vice versa! Whatever your reasoning, this challenge is for you! First things first: You'll need to make a list of these Pokemon you want to use. Include this in your sign up and another participant in the challenge will assign you a team based on your list of ones that got away. Once your team has been assigned, you're free to start your journey!

    Sign up format:

    Username:
    Game:
    Pokemon that got away: (Please put these in a spoiler)
    Parameters:
    (Any rules you want the team chooser to follow, like no Pokemon of the same type, a team number less than 6, etc.)
    Mode: Normal/Expert (read further down for expert mode details)






    Rules:


    1. Your team must be chosen with the process above, and cannot be changed during the course of the game. If for whatever reason, you find that a member of your team cannot be obtained, you may request a new Pokemon to fill its slot.

    2. You may use HM buddies when necessary.

    3. Any means may be used to obtain the Pokemon for your team. Hacking is allowed for this purpose. Hacked in Pokemon must be legal. Meaning they cannot have moves that are impossible, or be fully evolved versions of themselves at low levels.

    4. If any Pokemon on your team requires an item to evolve, you may trade or hack that item into your game. You may also trade or hack any TM for your Pokemon that is only available for post game.

    5. Your journey ends when the credits roll for the first time.

    -Expert mode is a different end point whereby you decide to play the game in question to its greatest challenge. You may not hack or trade any items if you choose Expert Mode. Here is the end point for various games:

    • R/B/Y/FR/LG - Capture Mewtwo (no Master Ball)
    • G/S/C/HG/SS - Defeat Red
    • R/S - Capture Rayquaza (no Master Ball)
    • E - Defeat Steven
    • D/P - Capture Giratina (no Master Ball)
    • Pt - Defeat Cynthia's rematch team
    • B/W - Defeat Alder
    • B2/W2 - Defeat Iris' rematch team
    • X/Y - Complete the Booker Side Quest and capture Zygarde (no Master Ball)

    My Sign up:
    Spoiler:




    Challengers:

    Spoiler:





    Champions:

    Spoiler:







     
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    Duchevco

    Rowlet/Drampa/Vikavolt/Salandit/Bewear/IceNinetale
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    Game: Omega Ruby
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters: 6 Pokemon, Mainly Sinnoh/Johto pokemon, at least 1 ice type, and 1 unova pokemon
    Mode: Normal
     

    Sydian

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  • Game: Omega Ruby
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters: 6 Pokemon, Mainly Sinnoh/Johto pokemon, at least 1 ice type, and 1 unova pokemon
    Mode: Normal

    Octillery, Heracross, Froslass, Mandibuzz, Rotom, and Magcargo. Have fun!
     

    Gandhi Savage

    [FONT=Maven Pro][COLOR=#00AAFF]OJAMA DELTA HURRICA
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  • Username: GandhiSavage
    Game: Pokémon Volt White
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters: 6 Pokémon with a surfer and flyer please
    Mode: Expert

    Thank god you re-made this challenge it's one of my favourites and I was considering it!


     
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    Nidoking, Sunflora, Galvantula, Crowbat, Chandelure, Toxicroak

    User name: リリース
    Game: soulsilver
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:


    Parameters: team of 4 pokemon
    Expert mode
     
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    Gandhi Savage

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  • User name: リリース
    Game: soulsilver
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:


    Parameters: team of 4 pokemon
    Expert mode

    Bellossom, Muk, Octillery and Mamoswine
     

    Gandhi Savage

    [FONT=Maven Pro][COLOR=#00AAFF]OJAMA DELTA HURRICA
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  • UPDATE #1

    here's the tl;dr version

    Ones That Got Away!
    Pokémon Volt White - 1/8
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    and now here are some screenies, just a quick lil update so i'm too lazy to type out what happened haha

    Spoiler:
     

    Sydian

    fake your death.
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  • Challenger list is updated. I also need a team, if someone would be so kind. n__n
     
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  • I always wanted to do this challenge, but there always seemed to be another challenge that I wanted to do more. But now there is nothing in the way so here it goes :). Also it's a good way to use pokemon I've never used before, so I might stay here for a while.

    Username: Kostucha
    Game: Leaf Green
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters:
    6 pokemon, a surfer and a flyer
    Mode: Normal

    Username: Schwann (Sydian?)
    Game: White
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters: 6 Pokemon. No repeating types. I'd like at least 4 party members to be Unova-native.
    Mode: Normal

    And for you:

    Qwilfish
    Mismagius
    Leavanny
    Krookodile
    Sigilyph
    Vanilluxe

    Enjoy! :)
     

    Sydian

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  • I always wanted to do this challenge, but there always seemed to be another challenge that I wanted to do more. But now there is nothing in the way so here it goes :). Also it's a good way to use pokemon I've never used before, so I might stay here for a while.

    Username: Kostucha
    Game: Leaf Green
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters:
    6 pokemon, a surfer and a flyer
    Mode: Normal

    Thanks for the team! I was really wanting to use Vanilluxe especially, so this works out great. For you, I'll give you Hitmonchan, Kabutops, Xatu, Forretress, Banette, and Flareon. :)
     

    Duchevco

    Rowlet/Drampa/Vikavolt/Salandit/Bewear/IceNinetale
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    Sorry! completely forgot i posted here.

    Octillery, Heracross, Froslass, Mandibuzz, Rotom, and Magcargo. Have fun!

    Cool! I'll be posting my updates soon.
     
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    Sydian

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  • Super mini update! I've been pretty busy with work + travel and now Sun/Moon are out ahhh. But I did start this. Just trying to get through the beginning so that I can trade in eggs for my first two party members, Misdreavus and Qwilfish. That also means having to breed them and unfortunately, they're in separate games so lmao I had three 3DSes going one night... Slowly but surely making my way to truly beginning this, of course!
     

    BlazingCobaltX

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    Ooh nice! I always kinda do this in the Gen I-III games. I'm pretty indecisive though so this might be handy. Is it okay to sign up for this even though it might take a while before I start on it?

    If yes:

    Username: BlazingCobaltX
    Game: LeafGreen
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters:
    Spoiler:

    Mode: Expert
     

    DyingWillFlareon

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  • Ooh nice! I always kinda do this in the Gen I-III games. I'm pretty indecisive though so this might be handy. Is it okay to sign up for this even though it might take a while before I start on it?

    If yes:

    Username: BlazingCobaltX
    Game: LeafGreen
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters:
    Spoiler:

    Mode: Expert

    Alright then, seems kinda late but a week or so isnt so bad right?
    for the team, if you choose charmander: vaporeon, beedrill, snorlax, dugtrio, hitmonlee
    If you choose squirtle: fearow, beedrill, snorlax, dugtrio, hitmonlee
    Really just wanna make sure i get the flyer AND surfer for both and still give you the balanced types..
     

    BlazingCobaltX

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    Alright then, seems kinda late but a week or so isnt so bad right?
    for the team, if you choose charmander: vaporeon, beedrill, snorlax, dugtrio, hitmonlee
    If you choose squirtle: fearow, beedrill, snorlax, dugtrio, hitmonlee
    Really just wanna make sure i get the flyer AND surfer for both and still give you the balanced types..
    Thank you for the reply! It's fine, I've yet to finish my current run of LG but I wanted this posted here already. I'll get back at you when I start this playthrough. :)
     

    AxelTheInkling

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  • Username: Axel
    Game: Emerald
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters: 4 pokemon only, not including HM Slaves.
    Mode: Expert
     
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    Username: Axel
    Game: Emerald
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters: 4 pokemon only, not including HM Slaves.
    Mode: Expert

    Hariyama, Masquerain, Sableye, and Spinda are your Pokemon! Since you didn't specify anything other than the number of Pokemon on the team, I just used a random number generator to pick four of them. Enjoy!

    Username: Feraligatr13
    Game: Omega Ruby
    Pokemon that got away:
    Spoiler:

    Parameters: 6 Pokemon that don't share types.
    Mode: Normal
     
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    Username: Hetzalwel
    Game: Sacred gold
    Pokemon that got away
    Spoiler:


    Parameters: 5 pokemon and 1 HM slave preferably none of the same time
     
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