Pokémon Thread: It's mid-January and only 1 person has claimed his Christmas Poké.WTF

InvisibleInk

silence1186 wrote: »

If I was even able to just see those mons, though, I would be able to search for them on the GTS. In Pearl at least, you're only allowed to seek/ask for pokemon you've seen in your pokedex.

Sonelan wrote: »

I will probally have to wait for HG and SS to come out then. While I have wifi everytime I want to trade the people on the trade building want crazy shit for simple trades.

Guys, never ever use GTS. Its worthless. If there's something you want just ask for it here, Gamefaqs, Smogon or wherever.
There are plenty of people who are generous with simple stuff.

Munkus Beaver

Hey now. I put up a pikachu on the GTS once and I got back a shiny Scizor.

So hurf to you.

Kay

Starmie can be built bulky, and resists Fire/Fighting.

Gyarados'd probably be better at it though, what with insane SpDef, Intimidate and better HP.

Enlong

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

Hey now. I put up a pikachu on the GTS once and I got back a shiny Scizor.

So hurf to you.

Speaking of Shinies, I once did a casual fight aganst someone, and they sent in a shiny Rayquaza.

I wanted to be mad at the ensuing beatdown, but I couldn't. He looked too awesome to hate.

Munkus Beaver

Kay wrote: »

Starmie can be built bulky, and resists Fire/Fighting.

Gyarados'd probably be better at it though, what with insane SpDef, Intimidate and better HP.

Exactly. It's the Intimidate + typing which draw me to it.

Also keep in mind that I am making most of my decisions based on the fact that I will be able to win real cash prizes money money for playing pokemon for the foreseeable future.

That is correct.

I can beat the shit out of children in 2v2 pokemon using my unstoppable Jim/Bojangles combo and get 100 bonus dollars a month.

Kay

That seems sorta mean.

I would be - oh, I think I just worked out at least part of your Jim/Bojangles combo. That's definitely quite mean.

Mx. Quill

Which one was Bojangles, again?

Munkus Beaver

Bojangles is Starmie.

Fun fact: The majority of people who play pokemon have no idea what Toxicroak does.

Mx. Quill

Ah, I thought so. Yes, I recall your devious strategy with the two, now.

Munkus Beaver

I think my favorite part of the last tourney was when some guy switch in Gyrados against Jim and was all "Finally, I will take Jim down." Poor Jim was at 50% HP.

Naturally, I assumed he'd sweep the field with earthquake.

But no, he was afraid that he'd kill his own poke in the process.

So he used Waterfall.

Mx. Quill

Yeah, it's always hilarious when a UU takes down an OU. Still like how my Lanturn survived a Rhyperior's Earthquake only to one-shot it with Surf, and when my Hitmontop one-shotted a Tyranitar with Mach Punch. It's just awesome to see your opponent utterly clueless as to how to combat UUs since they assume they'll never show up.

Munkus Beaver

The most hilarious thing is when you go to a 2v2 tourney that has zero bans on legendaries/ubers.

Oh hey kid. Oh yeah, you got a team of Mewtwo, Groudon, Kyorge, Raquazza, etc. etc. And I see you are talking smack talk.

I see.

Well this is Jim. Say hello to Jim. Yes. This is Jim and this is Deoxys.

If you kill either of them, I will give you a dollar.

silence1186

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

The most hilarious thing is when you go to a 2v2 tourney that has zero bans on legendaries/ubers.

Oh hey kid. Oh yeah, you got a team of Mewtwo, Groudon, Kyorge, Raquazza, etc. etc. And I see you are talking smack talk.

I see.

Well this is Jim. Say hello to Jim. Yes. This is Jim and this is Deoxys.

If you kill either of them, I will give you a dollar.

I am new to the PA Poke-community, so I must ask: Who is this Jim? What is his special power?

Speed Racer

silence1186 wrote: »

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

The most hilarious thing is when you go to a 2v2 tourney that has zero bans on legendaries/ubers.

Oh hey kid. Oh yeah, you got a team of Mewtwo, Groudon, Kyorge, Raquazza, etc. etc. And I see you are talking smack talk.

I see.

Well this is Jim. Say hello to Jim. Yes. This is Jim and this is Deoxys.

If you kill either of them, I will give you a dollar.

I am new to the PA Poke-community, so I must ask: Who is this Jim? What is his special power?

It's a Toxicroak.

Its special power is that most people don't know what you can do with a Toxicroak.

silence1186

Speed Racer wrote: »

silence1186 wrote: »

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

The most hilarious thing is when you go to a 2v2 tourney that has zero bans on legendaries/ubers.

Oh hey kid. Oh yeah, you got a team of Mewtwo, Groudon, Kyorge, Raquazza, etc. etc. And I see you are talking smack talk.

I see.

Well this is Jim. Say hello to Jim. Yes. This is Jim and this is Deoxys.

If you kill either of them, I will give you a dollar.

I am new to the PA Poke-community, so I must ask: Who is this Jim? What is his special power?

It's a Toxicroak.

Its special power is that most people don't know what you can do with a Toxicroak.

Hit it with Psychic?

Enlong

Sub Punch people? Sucker Punch people? Screw with Water types?
Nasty Plot and WRECK things?
Am I hitting anywhere near the mark?

MetroidZoid

I'm thinking switch in to a predicted Water attack, and BAM you're healed.

Or something akin to that.

Munkus Beaver

Jim is my toxicroak. To understand why Jim is to be feared you must first stare into the eyes of Jim.

Women want him. Men want to be him.

Terrendos

What do you guys use to hold all your DS games? I've just been using a little plastic bag and it's starting to get old. I got a carrying case for my DSi for Christmas and now I'm thinking I can afford to drop a few dollars to carry my games in style.

So that this is not off topic, I would like to comment that I do not really know what Toxicroak can do. I would however be willing to learn if Munkus feels like a battle.

Enlong

Just as an example, one of my Toxicroak has Substitute, Focus Punch, and Sucker Punch among his moves.
If you attack, you may get punched in the face.
If you don't attack, you may get punched in the face.
If you drive him off after he uses a Substitute, you must realize that at any time, he could switch into a water attack and get that HP back.


Edit: I carry my DS game in an OLD GBA carrying bag.
Surprisingly large zipper pocket, especially when carrying those paper-thin DS carts.

Munkus Beaver

I would love to battle you.

But I can't, because my ds can't connect to my wireless. Unless I drove to the Hardee's and sat in the bathroom for 30 minutes, I can't battle anyone.

Jim became a mainstay on my pokeforce a while ago. He is my signature pokemon.

EDIT: I don't use focus punch.

Terrendos

Oh right, that's you with the ridiculous Hardee's story.

My signature pokemon is Arcanine, which would be way more meaningful if my win record were more than like 25%.

Sixfortyfive

Enlong wrote: »

You know, I often find myself wondering why raising Evasion is taboo in tournaments.

No, seriously, we have plenty of moves that remove evasion boosts (Defog, Sweet Scent, Haze, Odor Sleuth, Foresight, Miracle Eye), in addition to a bunch of moves that never miss (Aerial Ace, Aura Sphere, Shockwave, Future Sight, etc.), and stuff like the Snow Cloak ability and Acupressure are allowed anyway, and they increase Evasion.

So, taking all that into account, why is raising evasion with moves like Double Team and Minimize taboo? That seems like plenty fertile ground for metagame and strategy that's just being ignored, there.

I've always thought that the evasion clause was a holdover from the RBY days when Swift and Haze were the only moves that could deal with evasion modifiers. I don't see much of a point to it anymore either, and I don't think doing away with it would change much. I never see evasion modifiers used in PBR or Japanese battles on Youtube or the Battle Recorder or what have you.

Enlong

Just as well, I'm at college and won't have my DS until late February, for a week.
Battle you then?

Yeah, I realized the fun of Toxicroak when I decided to train a "Fighting gym" for a sort of faux pokemon league going on at another forum of mine. I was the Fighting-type gym leader.

Having Diamond, I decided to get the interesting guys, and spent way too much time trying to find a Croagunk.
And then I realized just how much fun he could be.
The "You get punched in the face" guy is named Sting. I've got another one named Venin in training.

MetroidZoid

Hey, what's with pokemon on the GTS that are a different sprite than the name I'm searching for? Does simply naming a Magikarp "Dialga" bring it up when searching Dialga on the GTS, or are these hacked? Do they result in bad eggs or something?

Munkus Beaver

Technically, I am the Penny-Arcade pokemon master. I have yet to relinquish my title.

Terrendos

What are you looking for MetroidZoid? Maybe someone here can help you.

Enlong

...
Hm...
Anyone know what Arceus's name is a play on?

Skulkraken

...Archaic? Would depend on how it's pronounced, I guess.

Munkus Beaver

Archaic + Deus

Enlong

Note: In the Japanese, Arceus is pronounced "Aruseus".

Speed Racer

So in other words, it's pronounced the exact same except for to accommodate for the fact that Japanese doesn't like having two consonants next to each other.

Enlong

I was just clarifying, in case people were thinking of the anime's pronunciation. ("Arkeus" irks me every time)

Munkus Beaver

Why? It's how I pronounce it. Ark-eus.

The Japanese also pronounce "Tidus" as "Tee-dus," they are not to be trusted on such matters.

Enlong

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

Why? It's how I pronounce it. Ark-eus.

The Japanese also pronounce "Tidus" as "Tee-dus," they are not to be trusted on such matters.

As does Dissidia, and KH1. In English.

silence1186

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

Technically, I am the Penny-Arcade pokemon master. I have yet to relinquish my title.

Ory? Now I want to battle you, to see JUST HOW badly you'll beat me. What error are you getting when you try to connect to you wifi?

Munkus Beaver

silence1186 wrote: »

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

Technically, I am the Penny-Arcade pokemon master. I have yet to relinquish my title.

Ory? Now I want to battle you, to see JUST HOW badly you'll beat me. What error are you getting when you try to connect to you wifi?

I can't connect to the wifi at all at my house. Incompatible, can't even select it from the options.

The local networks are all password protected, so I can't even leech my neighbor's for this purpose.

And my nintendo wifi dongle doesn't work with either my desktop of laptop.

Jars

Emerlmaster999 wrote: »

Yeah, it's always hilarious when a UU takes down an OU. Still like how my Lanturn survived a Rhyperior's Earthquake only to one-shot it with Surf, and when my Hitmontop one-shotted a Tyranitar with Mach Punch. It's just awesome to see your opponent utterly clueless as to how to combat UUs since they assume they'll never show up.

Rhyperior has been in UU for months. A lot of NUs and complete crap pokes randomly counter a specific uber. Scarf primeape counters darkrai really hard, quagsire walls the shit out of kyogres without ice beams etc.

Most of the UU vs OU stuff is just people not knowing anything about a poke which is relying on people being bad. That won't work on anyone who knows what they are doing.

Mx. Quill

One of these days, Munkus, you'll be walking down the street, and all the little kids you've trounced will team up with some of us here to mug you of your DS.

Sadly, it'll be the only way we make you relinquish your title. :?


Edit: Wait, Rhyperior's UU now? Huh, I think he was OU, maybe BL at the time when I killed it.

Munkus Beaver

Well it helps when you don't use a strategy that is published on smogon.

The only difference between a UU and an OU is how often they are used. The merits of the poke are unaffected.

Jim is godking.

EDIT: You know I'm not entirely heartless. The tourney I went to and demolished my way to the top with Deoxys, Bojangles, and Jim is the most keen example. The grand prize was a copy of PBR and a pokemon shirt. 2nd place was a pokemon shirt.

The semi-finals come up and I sweep my opponent 6-0. I go to tell the person running the thing and I hear two 10-13 year olds talking. One kid is talking so much smack. You can tell that he's just trying to sound like a know-it-all, name-dropping EVs and IVs like it means something. The other kid is just standing there trying to get a word in, but he can't.

Jabbermouth finally let's him get a word in, and he says that all he wants is the shirt. Jabbermouth just laughs, and says "Well you gotta beat me first."

"You can have my shirt."

Both kids stop talking and look at me.

"I'm in the finals. I'm going to get a shirt, win or lose. Don't worry, it's yours."

Jabbermouth finally shuts up and the other kid is just glowing.

Well the kid and the Jabbermouth battle, and Jabbermouth makes some mistakes that are so bad, my friend is able to recognize the errors. My friend who had never seen a pokemon battle before that tourney and just came along for moral support. Just stands behind Jabbermouth and says, "Shouldn't have done that."

"Shut up!" snaps Jabbermouth.

"No, he's right. That was pretty dumb." says another from the crowd.

Well, the kid beats the shit out of Jabbermouth.

So the kid comes up to me before our final fight and says, "You know...I already have a copy of PBR. All I want is the shirt. If I win...I'll give you the game."

"Sounds like a deal," and I shook his hand.

In that tourney he was the only person who managed to knock out one of my pokes. I gave him props for that, especially since he countered my usual opening strategy pretty well.