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Reply #250 on: January 03, 2009, 02:58:40 PM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

My old account doesn't exist...
All that hard work... ;O;


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Reply #251 on: January 04, 2009, 11:13:54 PM
Yeah. But it'll still be an internet hunting adventure finding someone who's got one.
I was talking about GTS.  Everyone goes in there thinking to Seek right away, and freaks out at insane requests.  Don't.  Put up a semi-rare breeded Pokemon as I outlined above, and request any old Chikorita.  I've already gotten a couple starters that way.  It shouldn't take long before someone responds, and if the Chikorita sent to you isn't to your liking, just have it shack up with your favorite Ditto and breed until you get a good one.

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Reply #252 on: January 04, 2009, 11:52:28 PM
But I haven't seen them so I can't request one. Because the GTS is great.



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Reply #253 on: January 05, 2009, 12:11:19 AM
......F#$*^%, I keep forgetting that.

Seriously, in future games you should be able to GTS anything after the National Pokedex.  Or at the very least count online matches in the "Seen" section.

Well, I have to leave now, but I suppose I could trade you one later.

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Reply #254 on: January 05, 2009, 12:45:51 AM
But but but my adventure!



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Reply #255 on: January 18, 2009, 03:32:28 AM


Here's my UU team; they're all EV trained and ready to go, so if anyone's interested in having a battle, let me know!  I still need to get a few items from the Battle Tower, but I'm otherwise ready.  Interestingly enough, Smogon has apparently dropped the BL tier from the D/P section.  A lot of Pokemon have been dropped into UU now, which shakes things up a bit. 

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Reply #256 on: January 18, 2009, 08:34:11 AM
So I was just breeding Clamperl, and the very first one I hatched was shiny. And modest. And with an SpA IV of 2.

Thanks Pokemon. Thanks a whole lot.

at least you have a Shiny to trade. My only shiny is a Gliscor that I traded someone with.

I've kind of given up on making a team and raising it. Granted I can actually do something with my team now, it's more fun to just make them on paper since I don't have to do the same thing for so freaking long (seriously, YOU train 3 or 4 Pokemon by beating the same one(s) over and over and over and over again just to get their goddamn EVs that you need, and then you have to go and beat about 2-4 different types of them to complete the other half; it gets insanely boring, especially because there's no merit due to no one else really caring about WiFi battles thanks to Shoddy).



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Reply #257 on: January 18, 2009, 08:54:55 AM
It only takes about 30 battles if you're efficient about things. 30 isn't so bad.



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Reply #258 on: January 18, 2009, 09:03:15 AM
It only takes about 30 battles if you're efficient about things. 30 isn't so bad.

30 in total or 30 per Pokemon?

Either way, it seems like forever, especially when EV training newly hatched Pokemon.



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Reply #259 on: January 18, 2009, 09:14:47 AM
30 per pokemon. Y'can get a stat to 100 through vitamins, and power item + pokerus gives you at least 10 per fight. 16 fights to get one stat to 252, then 16 for another. Then another 1 for your last 4 in hp or whatever.

So 33 fights. Less if you fight tougher pokes so you get more than 10 EVs per fight. A lot less if you're going for a spread other than 252/252/4, 'cause you can use more vitamins.

It's not that hard.



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Reply #260 on: January 18, 2009, 09:26:50 AM
It's not that hard.
Doesn't mean it's not boring.



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Reply #261 on: January 18, 2009, 09:48:35 AM
30 fights of barely paying attention? S'not that boring, either. It's not like you can't do other things at the same time, anyway.



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Reply #262 on: January 18, 2009, 09:51:46 AM
So I'm fairly new to Pokemon Diamond here, been playin' it a bit.



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Reply #263 on: January 18, 2009, 10:14:43 AM
You go Turtwig, Chimchar, or Piplup?



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Reply #264 on: January 18, 2009, 10:34:06 AM
I took Chimchar, he's pathetic.
I want my Charizard dammit.

I don't use my fiery pokemon right now, he's waiting for a use.
Right now my team consists of;

Carnivine, Kadabra, Psyduck, Haunter, Machoke and Noctowl.



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Reply #265 on: January 18, 2009, 01:39:46 PM
30 fights of barely paying attention? S'not that boring, either. It's not like you can't do other things at the same time, anyway.
^This is the joy of Pokemon grinding, learn to love and embrace it.

So I'm fairly new to Pokemon Diamond here, been playin' it a bit.
AND WELCOME FELLOW POKEMON TRAINER 8D


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Reply #266 on: January 18, 2009, 02:07:51 PM
This is the joy of Pokemon grinding, learn to love and embrace it.
No.



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Reply #267 on: January 18, 2009, 03:45:25 PM
^This is the joy of Pokemon grinding, learn to love and embrace it.

I'm just gonna stick with checking out forums or whatever and giving my DS about 10% of my attention, thanks.



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Reply #268 on: January 18, 2009, 03:55:42 PM
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You all make me sad... *goes back to training Gallade*


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Reply #269 on: January 19, 2009, 04:28:19 AM
30 fights of barely paying attention? S'not that boring, either. It's not like you can't do other things at the same time, anyway.

Depends on the area you're in. Not every place has just one Pokemon and it's perfect for EV training, so you actually have to keep an eye on it. Then after one is done, you have to do it again with the others and you repeat the process. 100+ battles later, you have your team that no one is going up against except for a select few that don't make the effort worth it.

I took Chimchar, he's pathetic.
I want my Charizard dammit.

I don't use my fiery pokemon right now, he's waiting for a use.
Right now my team consists of;

Carnivine, Kadabra, Psyduck, Haunter, Machoke and Noctowl.

2 things: 1, why Carnivine as your Grass type? why not use Roselia/Roserade? 2. Once you evolve Chimchar all the way, it becomes a beast.

On a random side note, if you want Haunter and Machoke to evolve, I'll help you out.



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Reply #270 on: January 24, 2009, 08:41:07 AM
Carnivine, cause I often choose the strange lookin' pokemon.
Carnivine, cause I often also DON'T Choose the same pokemon my rival ever chooses to use.
Once I noticed he used Starly, I swapped for another bird. XD

I was using Roselia as my grass type until I noticed the best friend/rival was using it, then I caught Carnivine and swapped out.
Since he's so ugly, yet somehow...cool. 8D

and my Haunter, Kadabra, Machoke, Graveler (not in use right now.) don't need evolving for quite some levels still.
And I'd actually need Wi-Fi in this area, which isn't happening anytime soon. (Lives in the boonies)



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Reply #271 on: January 24, 2009, 08:44:18 AM
Carnivine is way cooler looking than Roserade. Roserade's ugly as hell.




They're still infinitely inferior to Meganium, though.



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Reply #272 on: January 24, 2009, 08:48:23 AM
I think it's the creepy lookin' smile that Carnivine has that grabbed my attention.



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Reply #273 on: January 24, 2009, 08:53:45 AM
After loads of breeding I finally got a Chikorita with good IVs, but it's female, and I'm way too lazy to breed another one.

My life is so hard.



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Reply #274 on: January 24, 2009, 08:57:27 AM
You people and your crazy training and breeding and tutoring and what not.
What happened to the good ol' days of stuffing your pikachu full of Rare Candies and buying a thunder stone?