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[Pokemon] We will have clowns now! I mean... Clans... (read the OP)

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Alright, hopping on.

    Bleh, Wifi's being stupid still, it kicked me off the first time I attempted to log on. But it's going now.

    Thanks. Out of curiosity, how do you have so many TMs, anyway? Cloning?

    Mx. Quill on
  • steinstein Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I do not have opposable wireless thumbs in my hometown. I mean not at my house anyway.

    Looks like it'll be until Tuesday afternoon, when I'm back at my apartment, until you can trample my face in.

    I'm considering giving up on breeding a Bold and Quirky Abra. I still have to catch Dittos of every nature with the Abras I have, let alone breed those last two. Bah.

    Also losing interest in my clan idea. Someone pitch me theirs. I'm a good minion.

    Edit: Team Industrial Machines or whatever it was has some types I like. Perhaps that.

    stein on
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  • OldSundownOldSundown Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Got to love Emerald, Emerl.

    And I shall see you then Stein. But I don't know about this clan thing, I guess I could start my own. And rule upon a throne of TMs. How does one start a clan?

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  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Ah. Then I suppose you had a huge stock of TMs 1-50 prior to DP, then.

    Good to know when I undoubtedly will require more Earthquakes in the future, for we never settle on any 6 Pokemon as permanent party members.

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  • AggrilAggril Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Bah, I came up with Clan Industrialism more as a foil to the whole 'earth first' thing. I suppose its strong enough to stand on its own, but most of the point of a clan thing is that not everyone ends up in the same clan. We need rivals to taunt and such!

    Another reason for the steel/poison theme is giving me the push I needed to finally begin breeding the new, most awesome lead ever for my team. Who will LEAD US TO GLORIOUS VICTORY!

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    ..or die horribly, whichever.

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  • dingus xavierdingus xavier Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    OH SNAP IT'S MAWILE

    Did you know that after an Intimidate, Mawile can tank as well as Skarmory?
    Except without the health recovery, and the phazing, and the spiking.
    And with an Earthquake weakness.

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  • AggrilAggril Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    The words 'Mawile' and 'tank' should not be in the same sentence. Unless that sentence is something like 'And then the Mawile punched the tank in the face.'

    More hilariously, I see that supposedly in Pokemon XD, you can get a Mawile with Sing. The only songs I could ever see that Pokemon singing would fit in Little Shop of Horrors, which would not be terrifically sleep inducing.

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  • Professor HydronProfessor Hydron Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Aggril wrote: »
    The words 'Mawile' and 'tank' should not be in the same sentence. Unless that sentence is something like 'And then the Mawile punched the tank in the face.'

    More hilariously, I see that supposedly in Pokemon XD, you can get a Mawile with Sing. The only songs I could ever see that Pokemon singing would fit in Little Shop of Horrors, which would not be terrifically sleep inducing.

    Mawile actually is a fan of RENT

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  • dingus xavierdingus xavier Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Why do you think Sing's accuracy is so low? Most of the Pokes who use it, like Jigglypuff, are actually pretty fugly.

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  • OldSundownOldSundown Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    One of you butt smokers want to get FUCKING STOMPED?

    Translation: Would one of you fine chaps like to have a friendly pokeyman battle?

    Edit: :(

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I could fight you. But it wouldn't really be a fair fight.

    I can't even beat the stupid ghost gym. D:

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  • OldSundownOldSundown Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Heheh, you should probably work on that ghost gym thing.

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  • ReynoldsReynolds Gone Fishin'Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I'm doing fine, until one of them remembers they have Shadow Ball or Ominous Wind. Then they one-shot me.

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  • Kay2Kay2 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    What are you using to fight them, Reynolds? Go for a LINOONE with SHADOW BALL! (Or just something that's not Ghost type, with a Ghost or Dark move, I guess.)

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I have started transfering the remaining Pokémons from my GBA games and the process is very annoying. At least there's that bug that allows me to do it multiiple time a day.

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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Yeah...I can't find my GBA games. So annoying. :|

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    It would be so much better if you could just take the ones you wanted and didn't have to catch them and be done with it.

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  • AggrilAggril Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Its also annoying how it makes you transfer a full six each time, even if all you really need or want to transfer is one or two. And you have to then catch all six, deposit all six in your boxes, THEN you may go ahead and release the unwanted filler ones. And oh, don't forget to make sure you took whatever item they might have been given first. That's another step!

    Aggril on
  • GigatonGigaton Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    OldSundown wrote: »
    MY HORSES STRAIN AT THEIR BRIDLES FOR YOU TOASTY

    WITH THROBBING ERECTIONS

    I know this was a couple of pages ago. But I've been laughing at this post for hours.

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  • DarmakDarmak RAGE vympyvvhyc vyctyvyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Gigaton wrote: »
    OldSundown wrote: »
    MY HORSES STRAIN AT THEIR BRIDLES FOR YOU TOASTY

    WITH THROBBING ERECTIONS

    I know this was a couple of pages ago. But I've been laughing at this post for hours.

    It IS a good post.

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  • RockinXRockinX Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Aggril wrote: »
    Bah, I came up with Clan Industrialism more as a foil to the whole 'earth first' thing. I suppose its strong enough to stand on its own, but most of the point of a clan thing is that not everyone ends up in the same clan. We need rivals to taunt and such!

    Another reason for the steel/poison theme is giving me the push I needed to finally begin breeding the new, most awesome lead ever for my team. Who will LEAD US TO GLORIOUS VICTORY!

    dpmfa303.png

    ..or die horribly, whichever.

    Our clan has a theme already.

    It's the Pop Culture Clan! With Pokés that were based off pop culture icons.

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  • steinstein Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Is the idea that a clan should have a restricted theme so as to have a weakness and thus make clan rivalries all the more fun?

    If so, how about The Swarm? Scyther's giving me a chubby lately.

    I'd be giddy about joining that or a poison clan. I like Muk too.

    HOW ABOUT A BUG POISON CLAN.

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  • Evil_ReaverEvil_Reaver Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    So I'm trying to battle one of my co-workers using direct wireless communication rather than connecting to our wireless AP. He just started playing, though, so we wanted to do the kind of battle that levels all of the Pokes to level 50 or 100, but I don't know where to go/what to do in order to set up that kind of battle.

    Can any of you gents help me out with this?

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  • steinstein Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Although I think this only makes the max level 50 (not making you level 50), and blocks any pokemon above that level...

    Top floor of Pokemon center, right-side nurse.

    Single battle. Standard restrictions. Won't let you have two of the same items though.

    Kinda sucks :\

    stein on
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  • Evil_ReaverEvil_Reaver Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Yeah, that's the one we tried and it only restricted us to Pokes under level 30. I know the guys in our tournament use the auto level setting, but I have no idea where it is in the game.

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  • steinstein Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Hm. I'm definitely interested in knowing if there is a way to do that without a wireless internet connection.

    I'm gonna go search the trons.

    stein on
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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Hmm. My Buizel isn't living up to expectations. I wanted to use him primarily as a Rock/Ground counter, which seemed to be going well at first, with Water Gun often one or two shotting Geodudes and the like. Unfortunately, every Rock type I fight seems to favor Rock Smash, which can two shot Buizel. So, I either have to keep pots handy all the time, or find a better counter that isn't going to be absolutely destroyed by the strong attacks of Rock-Types.

    Hmm.

    *edit* Hey, look, Squirtle has good water moves AND good defense. Too bad I don't have any of the GBA games. Am I going to have to buy FireRed/LeafGrean to use for farming Pokemon not available in Diamond/Pearl?

    Houn on
  • steinstein Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Doubtful. Between the PA people we've got every pokemon.

    I can breed you up a Squirtle right now if you want. Just gimme a heart scale and/or junk pokemon in return.

    Actually I might have a spare Squirtle I can just trade as soon as I get access to wireless, and breed some more later.

    Edit: Thinking about making a competitive Ditto team, because it would be so glorious to score a KO on someone.

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    stein wrote: »
    Doubtful. Between the PA people we've got every pokemon.

    I can breed you up a Squirtle right now if you want. Just gimme a heart scale and/or junk pokemon in return.

    Actually I might have a spare Squirtle I can just trade as soon as I get access to wireless, and breed some more later.

    Edit: Thinking about making a competitive Ditto team, because it would be so glorious to score a KO on someone.

    That would be awesome. I'll hit you up when I get home tonight. Unless you have a better recommendation for a Rock/Ground counter.

    Also, I'll trade you anything a guy with two gym badges can feasibly find, hehe.

    Houn on
  • Kay2Kay2 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Houn wrote: »
    Hmm. My Buizel isn't living up to expectations. I wanted to use him primarily as a Rock/Ground counter, which seemed to be going well at first, with Water Gun often one or two shotting Geodudes and the like. Unfortunately, every Rock type I fight seems to favor Rock Smash, which can two shot Buizel. So, I either have to keep pots handy all the time, or find a better counter that isn't going to be absolutely destroyed by the strong attacks of Rock-Types.

    Hmm.

    *edit* Hey, look, Squirtle has good water moves AND good defense. Too bad I don't have any of the GBA games. Am I going to have to buy FireRed/LeafGrean to use for farming Pokemon not available in Diamond/Pearl?

    This is ABSOLUTE SACRILEDGE!

    Buizel's best as a physical attacker. (At least, Floatzel is.) He has good Special Attack, but his Physical is better. However, if you want to make him a special attacker, give him Surf as his Water attack. Water Gun is crappy.

    I prefer him being physical, 'cause then I get to use Waterfall and Aqua Jet, which are great, and back that up with 2 moves from Brick Break, Crunch and Ice Fang.

    Squirtle looks like a Shiggy.

    Also, if you want to play a Level 50 battle, and you have a Wii... you can use Pokémon Battle Revolution and connect with your DSes. It's a nice way to battle when there's more than two people that want to SEE the battle, though it involves a whole other game system and a whole other game.

    Kay2 on
  • Mx. QuillMx. Quill I now prefer "Myr. Quill", actually... {They/Them}Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    And a crappy game, it is. It's worth maybe ten dollars, not fifty.

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Be gentle, Kay, I'm new at this. ;-)

    All I know is, my Buizel gets curb-stomped by Geodudes, the very thing I caught him to kill.

    My Buizel, Level 16
    Att 33
    Def 15
    SpAtt 25
    SpDef 14
    Spd 33

    Growl
    Water Sport
    Swift
    Water Gun

    Looks like, per Bulbapedia, his first Physical Water attack is Aqua Jet at 21.

    *edit*
    My current team is:
    25 Monferno
    19 MagiCarp
    17 Luxio (with no elec attacks yet :P)
    16 Buizel
    3 Bidoof with Cut and Rock Smash
    And an egg some guy gave me that I assumed needs to be in my party to hatch.

    I've got the first two badges, and am currently in Hearthome City.

    Houn on
  • Kay2Kay2 Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    I dunno, I kinda like PBR. It's sorta like a less-haxy Battle Tower that lets you get TMs faster, once you've invested some time.

    As soon as you get the Waterfall HM, Houn, teach that to Buizel/Floatzel. Alternately, ask someone here with some time to trade your Buizel, teach it to him, and then trade it back. :o

    I tend to keep the occasional baby Pokémon back that I've bred that didn't quite make the cut, in case anyone else wants them. (They've got good IVs, just not great IVs. But IVs don't really matter in the main game, so...)

    Kay2 on
  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Oh man. I just made the mistake of looking up the term "IV".

    I am convinced I will never play this game online with any of you now. :(

    Houn on
  • steinstein Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Houn wrote: »
    Oh man. I just made the mistake of looking up the term "IV".

    I am convinced I will never play this game online with any of you now. :(

    Haha, fight me. I'm new enough at it to suck a ton.

    I EV trained them but my attention span is too short to pay full attention so I over/undertrained and then had to guess. So yeah.

    stein on
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  • RockinXRockinX Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Kay wrote: »
    I dunno, I kinda like PBR. It's sorta like a less-haxy Battle Tower that lets you get TMs faster, once you've invested some time.

    Yeah, I think PBR sucks ass.

    But it's my most played Wii game to date :( Thank God Brawl WILL change that.

    RockinX on
  • Evil_ReaverEvil_Reaver Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Houn wrote: »
    Oh man. I just made the mistake of looking up the term "IV".

    I am convinced I will never play this game online with any of you now. :(

    I'm in the same boat as you, dude. I like the game and everything and I have been playing Diamond on and off for a few months (just beat the 7th gym leader this weekend). I got curious, though, and looked up IV and realized that I would never be able to battle anyone in this forum. I'll grind my Pokes to level up, but Jesus Christ... IV and EV training? Talk about out of my league.

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  • steinstein Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    How much does Focus Energy actually increase your critical hit ratio?

    stein on
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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Houn wrote: »
    Oh man. I just made the mistake of looking up the term "IV".

    I am convinced I will never play this game online with any of you now. :(

    I'm in the same boat as you, dude. I like the game and everything and I have been playing Diamond on and off for a few months (just beat the 7th gym leader this weekend). I got curious, though, and looked up IV and realized that I would never be able to battle anyone in this forum. I'll grind my Pokes to level up, but Jesus Christ... IV and EV training? Talk about out of my league.

    Yeah. I think I'll worry about getting through the main game first, then decide if all that math is worth my free time.

    Houn on
  • Evil_ReaverEvil_Reaver Registered User regular
    edited April 2008
    Houn wrote: »
    Houn wrote: »
    Oh man. I just made the mistake of looking up the term "IV".

    I am convinced I will never play this game online with any of you now. :(

    I'm in the same boat as you, dude. I like the game and everything and I have been playing Diamond on and off for a few months (just beat the 7th gym leader this weekend). I got curious, though, and looked up IV and realized that I would never be able to battle anyone in this forum. I'll grind my Pokes to level up, but Jesus Christ... IV and EV training? Talk about out of my league.

    Yeah. I think I'll worry about getting through the main game first, then decide if all that math is worth my free time.

    That's what I'm thinking. I have never finished a Pokemon game despite having owned at least one game from each generation at any given point. I usually get bored with the game because of the grinding 3-4 gyms in, so taking down the 7th gym is an accomplishment. We'll see how I feel about putting in hundreds of hours after I've finished the game.

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