Twitch Plays pokemon

[Rosile]

It's been very chaotic lately with little progress made over the past few days. Then again, we don't have democracy to carry us this time like in Crystal. It'd be nice if we had a solid team by the end of the game, but at this rate, it's going to take a lot of luck and plenty of weed-whacking. Been stalking the steam since Lavender town, so I have faith.

 

[fenyx4]

It's been very chaotic lately with little progress made over the past few days. Then again, we don't have democracy to carry us this time like in Crystal. It'd be nice if we had a solid team by the end of the game, but at this rate, it's going to take a lot of luck and plenty of weed-whacking. Been stalking the steam since Lavender town, so I have faith.

Well, we seem to be making decent progress; we've beaten Maxie in Magma Hideout and I think we triggered that Team Aqua event that occurs at Slateport City's Oceanic Museum, IIRC...

However, now, we're mostly milling about in Lilycove City.. So glad that I got to witness a Pokeblock being made, although I'm still hoping to see a Gym Leader battle eventually! I truly wonder how Sootopolis Gym will be navigated; I expect Democracy Mode to be activated for Pokemon Emerald Version run for the first time...

EDIT:
We've entered Aqua Hideout! Also, 2 Electrode Self-Destructed and knocked out Azumarill and Oddish, respectively. :x But on a more positive note, WE FINALLY OBTAINED THE MASTER BALL IN AQUA HIDEOUT (and almost used it on one of the two "fake-item Poke Ball" Electrode, very narrowly)!!!! ^^

OMG Azumarill is at Level 71?!

EDIT 2: AAUUGHH, we wasted the Master Ball (within 10 minutes after having obtained it) during a Trainer battle, in an attempt to "use" it on a foe Team Aqua Grunt's Zubat! >:( So annoying and anticlimatic, especially considering all the work it took to get to Lilycove City in the first place, let alone reaching the interior of Aqua Hideout and navigating through the numerous warps to reach the "Master Ball" room (Archie's personal quarters...?) Sigh...it would have been awesome if it had gotten used on one of the Electrode...not only would we have used it on a stationary Pokemon, but one that was in a disguise, in the headquarters/base of May's enemy, and fulfills "PokeBallception" (a Poke Ball-esque Pokemon caught within the ultimate Poke Ball). ;-;

Also, I recently found out (from Emerald's live-update thread) that it appears "Select" and "Start" alternate between availability each minute, which is why "Select" can now be inputted without fear/risk.. Very intriguing; I was wondering how Select could be consistently inputted without some jerk/goof-off triggering an unwanted soft-resetting of the game's active file..

Moreover, the "SelectBRA" sequence seems to get modified automatically into "SelectB". Very exquisite compromise IMO; now with these apparent alterations, the Select button can now enjoy intermittent intervals of usage in gameplay, as opposed to being disabled entirely lest we inadvertently soft-reset the game file. ^^

 

[pkmnmaster69]

So we've finally reached the Elite 4 now, with 3 days left to beat them.

We honestly have no chance of beating them, especially with our team relying on a level 94 M4 (Azumarill). Take him away and our team wouldn't be able to even beat Watson.

 

[Treecko]

I've missed so much. :( I haven't payed attention to this stream as much as I wanted......

But good news! M4 has made it to level 100!

Spoiler:

We have our first level 100 Pokemon! Helix has blessed us greatly. Hopefully we can beat the e4 in 2 days cause we start FireRed then. Though I wouldn't be surprised if the guy extended the Emerald stream if there's enough demand. I really don't know.

 

[fenyx4]

So we've finally reached the Elite 4 now, with 3 days left to beat them.

We honestly have no chance of beating them, especially with our team relying on a level 94 M4 (Azumarill). Take him away and our team wouldn't be able to even beat Watson.

The speed at which we reached the Elite 4 is just staggering. :x I had to leave in the midst of our completing of the Sootopolis Gym's ice puzzle (AKA Juan's Wild Ride), and mere hours later, I found that we had already traversed Victory Road and had been battling Wally.

Azumarill should be able to take out a chunk of the Elite 4 (well, Rock Smash isn't really helping things).. Ice and Grass/Electric moves would help us immensely, though.. (Ice to take out Cacturne, Shiftry, and various Dragon-type Pokemon; Grass and/or Electric to take out the many water Pokemon of Glacia and Wallace). Surf should shred Phoebe's team to pieces (provided there isn't much Protect spam by Dusclops), and I would like to think that a lot of the other Pokemon can be taken out with Strength and boosted Rollouts.

I've missed so much.

I haven't payed attention to this stream as much as I wanted......

But good news! M4 has made it to level 100!

Spoiler:

We have our first level 100 Pokemon! Helix has blessed us greatly. Hopefully we can beat the e4 in 2 days cause we start FireRed then. Though I wouldn't be surprised if the guy extended the Emerald stream if there's enough demand. I really don't know.

In any case, congratulations on Azumarill getting to Level 100!

I'm really disappointed that I missed it (I wonder what the chat was like), and in a Hoenn-based game no less, but at least Twitch Plays Pokemon Emerald has a memorable milestone!

I'm a bit irritated that I missed all of the Hoenn Gym battles (and I was so close to seeing the one against Juan! After all that enduring of watching us fail at the ice puzzle.. T_T), but I'm glad that I caught a battle (albeit short-lived) against Team Aqua's boss, Archie; as well as the downright epic "Groudon vs. Kyogre" and "Rayquaza's Descent" cutscenes (the latter being more epic, as the former was just their sprites awkwardly "ramming into" and staring at each other)...

The "auto-timer" for Twitch Plays Pokemon FireRed just got me aggravated. Why is the Emerald run now pressured to finish before the time limit? The Red and Crystal runs got to complete their runs in a timely manner without imposed time restrictions; why does Emerald get the shaft? The institution of such a time limit defeats the purpose of the stream, IMO, not to mention that it potentially renders the Emerald "lore" incomplete. At least let the chat who contributed to the Emerald run's inputs beat the game so that they can salvage something for their efforts. At this rate, we might not even get to battle (true Champion) Steven Stone at Meteor Falls during Emerald's post-game!

We shouldn't be in any type of rush, IMO (barring those situations where completion is highly improbable under Anarchy Mode). I personally am not looking forward to the FireRed run that much, particularly because: the "remake" status alone means that it'll be a re-tread of what TPP has already done, and the main "gimmick" for the run will be the randomized Pokemon/Trainer classes/similar values (and the potential for the FireRed run to be intruding into the Emerald run, unless the host decides to change his/her mind or there is enough demand from the chat/fans to maintain the Emerald run). The Emerald run hasalready been plagued by some mishaps in its beginning (the numerous inadvertent soft-resets); can we at least give it a respectable finish (I mean, Kanto's cool and all, but there are other regions! Including the upcoming FireRed run, Emerald isthe only run that doesn't have us visiting Kanto)? Sorry if a majority of this post seems like a rant, but Pokemon Emerald (and the Hoenn-based games in general) are rather dear to me and, in the spirit of Twitch Plays Pokemon I'd like to see us complete all of the core series Pokemon games that we play - potentially leaving one stream's main game unfinished to go and rush off to another one (that we technically have already played) just seems wrong to me.

On a side-note; OMG!!:

16d 22h 29m: We encounter a shiny Chinchou.

AAAGH, AND I MISSED IT LIVE (I was typing this post up when I potentially could've seen/heard its encounter!)! T_T (by the way, we didn't have any Poke Balls with us, so the Chinchou's fate was practically a foregone conclusion! XD) So glad we finally found a Hoenn-residing Shiny Pokemon, though; this run just keeps getting better! ^^ (And apparently, that is some great pseudo-random number generation (PRNG) right there, since, due to Emerald's quirky PRNG, finding Shiny Pokemon can only be done at certain frames/seconds as you play the game, as opposed to the expected "1/8192" randomization in the other Generation 3 games) Although seriously...can we please beat the Elite Four and Champion of Hoenn (and Steven within Meteor Falls, preferably) already..?

(In b4 someone bothers to determine what frame that Shiny Chinchou was actually found on. XD)

 

[AZ Jr]

TwitchPlaysPokemon FR/LG

((Move me if necessary))

So, a while back, I heard about this bizarre thing where people played Pokemon at the same time. My opinion at the time? Pshaw. They'll never even finish. About a week later, they finish. O_O I am not on a piece of technology that can run Twitch most of the time, so usually I have no idea where they up to. Right now we are playing FR/LG And we have been in the PokeCenter for about 30 minutes. Longer probably, but that's how long I've been there. Walking, open maps, Check the PC. Repeat. This is tedious, but some of the people watching think of the funniest things to say. Definitely check it out here if you already haven't.

 

[Razer302]

I'm disappointed they moved on before even completing Emerald TBH

 

[Tetra]

They started on FireRed, hmm? I wonder what starter they've chosen. In fact, let me go check. :]

 

[SS Goku]

I'm disappointed they moved on before even completing Emerald TBH

Actually, they DID finish Emerald. It took 21 days, 6 of them were spend on the League, which they attempted for 100+ times.

They started on FireRed, hmm? I wonder what starter they've chosen. In fact, let me go check. :]

It was a Machop with Truant, since this is a randomized FireRed. So don't be surprise by what you saw/will be seeing.

 

[droomph]

((Move me if necessary))

So, a while back, I heard about this bizarre thing where people played Pokemon at the same time. My opinion at the time? Pshaw. They'll never even finish. About a week later, they finish. O_O I am not on a piece of technology that can run Twitch most of the time, so usually I have no idea where they up to. Right now we are playing FR/LG And we have been in the PokeCenter for about 30 minutes. Longer probably, but that's how long I've been there. Walking, open maps, Check the PC. Repeat. This is tedious, but some of the people watching think of the funniest things to say. Definitely check it out here if you already haven't.

(me as well)

I don't think it's very funny or interesting on face value, but I just love reading the lore made up by the bored users. It's like a new twist on a story I've read a million times.

I can't say I'm following it anymore, because imgur is really touchy about any more TPP posts and I can't be bothered to start using reddit just for that one subreddit :p

 

[Razer302]

I thought they never completed the E4, will have to find a video of it for sure.

 

[Loner_grunger]

We finished emerald but it took too many tries..ugh so many trolls spawn when the pc is going to be used, or a gym fight comes. I dont really like randomized FR but Ill try to help from time to time

 

[Flushed]

The Pokemon in Emerald when I checked were so overleveled, how did it take that long to beat the E4 haha?

 

[SS Goku]

The Pokemon in Emerald when I checked were so overleveled, how did it take that long to beat the E4 haha?

Because:

1. Azumarill has bad stats, bad moveset, bad ability.
2. The rest of the team couldn't level up for dozens of attempts.
3. AI isn't stupid like gen 1.
4. E4 Pokemon are full of trolls.

 

[Loner_grunger]

Because:

1. E4 Pokemon are full of trolls.

That mega troll Shiftry was a pain until Annie finally leveled.

 

[Pendraflare]

So apparently a Hoppip used Overheat and swept them? I wasn't there for it, but gosh, randomizers like that are just bat-chiz over the top.

 

[SS Goku]

Well, I think randomized make it more fun, since you never know what to expect.
Anyway, reporting on the latest event:

"So, A, you have taken the Dome Fossil, eh? WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" - Wattson​

 

[Treecko]

A HAS CHOSEN THE DOME FOSSIL. WE'VE BETRAYED LORD HELIX. FORGIVE US MY LORD WE HAD NO CONTROL OVER OUR ACTIONS.

 

[fenyx4]

Finally, someone else posted in this thread! XD Congratulations for the chat's victory in Pokemon Emerald Version! :t384: ^^ I really wish I saw the final run's live completion; the Hoenn Elite 4 put us through way too much trouble.. XD Well, at least they proved their supremacy...kind of (looking at you, Pokemon that cheaply spam Double Team/Protect/Recover!). I'm glad that we saw at least one Shiny Pokemon (Chinchou) and had Emerald as the first run to sport a Level 100 party Pokemon (M4 the Azumarill). But my gosh, the Hoenn Elite 4 had us on the ropes for days.. The amount of hax that the random-number generator (RNG) doled out was just insane (most evident with M4's Rollout missing at critical moments). I'm glad that Wallace was done in by Rollout, though; serves him and his Milotic (and the rest of his party) right. XD If any of the streams encapsulate the pure definition of The Determinator trope, the Emerald run should be the prime example, for sure.

As for the FireRed run, some stuff seems interesting... I'm so glad we selected another girl! At first, I was averse to her being named "A" like the Emerald heroine (a ridiculously common/predictable name input), but some of the lore tying the Emerald run to the FireRed run (while still allowing ample room for the FireRed run to do its own thing in terms of lore and such) has been astounding; for instance, "The Beginning Is The End Is The Beginning".. I've heard of Truant Machop, Overheating/Arena-Trapping Hoppip, "Hyperbug" (Surskit with Hyper Beam), all of which seem great.

It will be interesting to see exactly what has been randomized when we complete the game. So far, it seems like the list of available wild Pokemon within given locations has been randomized (although the list seems to retain the same randomization as the original randomization for a particular area if you revisit it..?) Also, I'm not sure about common Trainers' names, but it seems like Trainer Classes have remained identical.. Each Trainer's Pokemon party seems randomized from a list of thematic Pokemon (for example, Kanto's Hikers seem able to use any common Pokemon of the routes they are on). I'm awaiting to see if any legendary Pokemon were included in the randomizations; still waiting to see a Mewtwo pop out of nowhere!

I love that the Gym Leaders get their Type affinities randomized as well; provides much more variety compared to the original TPP Pokemon Red Version run! For instance, Misty is now a Poison-type Gym Leader. It seems that they still get to receive Pokemon from certain pools (for example, Lt. Surge, a Ground-type Pokemon, is limited to randomly-assigned Ground-type Pokemon of Generation 3). I'm wondering if the "randomized Type specialty" will extend to the Kanto Elite 4? Who knows what Pokemon that the Kanto Champion will receive.. (the Pokemon that was his randomized starter Pokemon should be fittingly fully-evolved by the time we face him, though, if that's even possible..)

Something strange I noticed is that several Pokemon have accessed Blast Burn, Hydro Cannon, and Hyper Beam already.. XD I expect some variety down the line, but it's weird that we've been fortunate to receive the "elemental Hyper Beam" moves so early!

I'm wondering if Cacophony (a clone of the Soundproof Ability) was included in the randomization just for kicks..? :P

Oh, and we had better complete the Sevii Island 1-3 sidequest (it helps to add more distinct events for lore) before taking on the Kanto Elite 4! Here's hoping....

((Move me if necessary))

So, a while back, I heard about this bizarre thing where people played Pokemon at the same time. My opinion at the time? Pshaw. They'll never even finish. About a week later, they finish. O_O I am not on a piece of technology that can run Twitch most of the time, so usually I have no idea where they up to. Right now we are playing FR/LG And we have been in the PokeCenter for about 30 minutes. Longer probably, but that's how long I've been there. Walking, open maps, Check the PC. Repeat. This is tedious, but some of the people watching think of the funniest things to say. Definitely check it out here if you already haven't.

Glad to see a fellow newcomer to TPP! Sorry to hear that you can't run the Twitch stream most of the time, though; I've encountered that issues a few times, too... :( On a side-note, that's one of the reasons that I strongly advocated for the inclusion of the live-update links in Bulbapedia's Twitch Plays Pokemon article, because not everyone can constantly run the stream (if they can even run it at all)...

In any case, you might want to check out the Twitch Plays Pokemon FireRed Reddit live-updater! It is largely text (much less intensive on computer resources than the stream itself, I would think) and typically automatically updates itself whenever an updater posts a recent event (some individuals may need to manually refresh the page every few minutes when using older browsers, though). Admittedly, the chat helps to enhance the stream itself, but the updaters seem to provide good doses of comedies every now and then. I hope this helps! :)

And yeah, it can get tedious during the boring parts where we walk around aimlessly and slog through repetitive wild Pokemon battles, but the "plot-based/important" battles and other moments tend to help make up for the monotony, IMO.

I'm disappointed they moved on before even completing Emerald TBH

Although I'm very thankful that the streamer allowed the chat to defeat Emerald's Champion (Wallace), I felt as if the game should have "truly" ended at the BATTLE FRONTIER WHAT WHAT battle against Steven Stone in Meteor Falls; he seems just as "Bonus Boss"-ish as Red of Gold/Silver/Crystal/HeartGold/SoulSilver does (except Red gets distinct, 'true' (?) ending credits with his battle, apparently)). However, I would have felt greatly disappointed if we had moved on to FireRed (at the point when the first countdown timer had reached its endpoint) without even defeating the Champion in Emerald..

Moreover, although it added to lore a little, the "timer" imposed on Emerald didn't help matters much; we didn't have to go rushing off to FireRed..

Actually, they DID finish Emerald. It took 21 days, 6 of them were spend on the League, which they attempted for 100+ times.

It was a Machop with Truant, since this is a randomized FireRed. So don't be surprise by what you saw/will be seeing.

I ROFL'd when I read that our starter Pokemon Machop had Truant.. Of all the Abilities in the game.. XD I'm hoping that it returns to A's Pokemon party, as I'd love to see it become a team player (not to mention that I'm eager to see what its Ability could change into if/when it evolves into Machoke).

(me as well)

I don't think it's very funny or interesting on face value, but I just love reading the lore made up by the bored users. It's like a new twist on a story I've read a million times.

I can't say I'm following it anymore, because imgur is really touchy about any more TPP posts and I can't be bothered to start using reddit just for that one subreddit :p

The chat reactions can be quite amusing at times, too (although you usually have to be watching at the right moment.. XD) - the Emerald run's chat was too funny when we got stuck at telling Wallace where Sky Pillar was (one simple question, yet the menu probably posed the second-biggest challenge to us out of anything else in Hoenn XD, surpassed by the Hoenn Elite 4). I think the Red run was the most hilarious, though; so much wonderful strange stuff happened on our first run (like getting trapped in Cinnabar Mansion, and "Venomoth vs. Dragonite") that felt too surreal. XD

Not too sure about Imgur limiting TPP posts, but there's always stuff like r/pokemon and r/smashbros (and countless other subreddits)), if you need incentive to use Reddit more. :P

So apparently a Hoppip used Overheat and swept them? I wasn't there for it, but gosh, randomizers like that are just bat-chiz over the top.

AWESOME.. :p Also, apparently all the Hoppip in the game were randomly bestowed with the Arena Trap Ability (in Generation 3, you're trapped in battle unless you use a Flying-type Pokemon and/or a Pokemon with the Levitate or Run Away Abilities), so those encounters will be quite feared, I'm guessing. XD

A HAS CHOSEN THE DOME FOSSIL. WE'VE BETRAYED LORD HELIX.

I'm actually glad that this happened (oddly enough, on the first run where Democracy Mode has been entirely disabled, at least to the present moment); contrasts with Red Version's Helix Fossil quite nicely. XD I can't wait to see what it gets revived into!

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Finally, can someone please explain what the image below is supposed to mean in terms of TPP events/the FireRed run..? Thanks in advance! (what I'm gleaning is that Bill is in control of the Kanto randomizations and mans the computer; the first 3 player characters are in some kind of stasis and are possibly energizing the room, and some of the released Pokemon of past runs (like Abby the Charmeleon, DigRat the Raticate, Admiral Sentret, and Zexy the Torchic) are also in stasis (again, possibly being utilized as energy sources for the room):

https://www.reddit.com/r/twitchplay...oat_now_if_you_must_you_cant_hold_us_forever/

 

[AZ Jr]

In any case, you might want to check out the Twitch Plays Pokemon FireRed Reddit live-updater! It is largely text (much less intensive on computer resources than the stream itself, I would think) and typically automatically updates itself whenever an updater posts a recent event (some individuals may need to manually refresh the page every few minutes when using older browsers, though). Admittedly, the chat helps to enhance the stream itself, but the updaters seem to provide good doses of comedies every now and then. I hope this helps!

Whoa, didn't know this was a thing. Still, it'll keep me updated while skipping some of the more tedious parts I was talking about earlier. Thanks, fenyx!