The Pokemon Journal

[BreakABone]

I don't know... bored at work... covering the front desk with access to a computer and had an idea.

Like how you have a journal in the new Pokemon games to keep track of what is going on, I will attempt to keep a journal of my daily playing.. as much as possible.. it won't be daily and it won't last long, but worth a shot.

With that said, I started my game yesterday and I picked a Piplup to the surprise of no one. I always go with the water-started and he is a penguin so it was a no-brainer.

I nicknamed him EJ after my own nickname, and we are off on our adventure. We do the usual pre-game crap which takes like 20 minutes or so according to the game clock.

I was lazy and my rival is named Gavin and he is an energetic little bugger.

Anyhow, thus far I haven't had time to get into the adventure but caught the first 3 Pokemon you see.

Shinx which I named Em after a girl I know who likes to bite people.
Starly which I named Soro because the description reminded me of something I won't repeat in good taste.
And Bidoof who I didn't nickname because I won't keep him in my party long.

Right now Piplup is a level 8, Shinx a level 5, Starly 4 and Bidoof at 3.

[magus113]

I think I might join in as well. I want to finish Suikoden Tierkreis before I hit up Platinum. So maybe I should start my own thread for this?

[BreakABone]

I only got to play a little at work, but leveled up most of my Pokemon
Piplup is now at 12
Starly at 10
Shinx at 9 and Bidoof at 7

I met Gavin again and beat his ass, he went off whining of course.
I had to search for 3 clowns to get the first part of my Poketch.
I met some random travellers, and of course won.

I HATE Abras... why do they even show up in the wild? They either teleport or... well teleport... right away.

[TheSlyMoogle]

I only got to play a little at work, but leveled up most of my Pokemon
Piplup is now at 12
Starly at 10
Shinx at 9 and Bidoof at 7

I met Gavin again and beat his ass, he went off whining of course.
I had to search for 3 clowns to get the first part of my Poketch.
I met some random travellers, and of course won.

I HATE Abras... why do they even show up in the wild? They either teleport or... well teleport... right away.

If you really want an abra keep encountering them and immediately throw poke ball. They have a high capture rate with no damage. I think you will catch one eventually. They aren't hard to get.

Also you'll be keeping shinx and starly in your party probably. They are two of the better pokemans for most of the game.

Any more poke questions and I can let you know what is up. I'm the nerd who ev leveled his pokemans and all that stuff.

I love pokemans more than anything

[BreakABone]

It was a big day for us, a few members joined our team including a Zubat which I named Bruce for obvious reasons I hope, a Psyduck I named Field after one of my residents who always seems to be suffering from a migraines. Machop which I named after Acebot's roomie because he is short but packs a punch and an Abra which I was gonna name after TSM for giving me the tip, but the sukowodo or lichitung are too good to pass up, and read the description and only person who suffers from using their mind and need to sleep for 18 hrs was Teuthida. :lolz:

We also won our first gym badge, the gym itself was pretty easy with only two challengers before Roark, but Roark kicked my ass... I should say his Cranindos did... the headbutt would destroy most of my time in one hit, it didn't help that his Geodude/Onix would use stealth rock which would cause damage whenever I switched in someone.

In the end, we won and now we can equip Rock Smash to use. Also had my first run in with Team Galatic and my first Team Battle.

Have the fashion case now.

[TheSlyMoogle]

Just FYI abra doesn't learn an attack until it evolves at level 16. Teleport go baby! But in all pokemon games pretty much he is the only psychic you can acquire for at least the first half of the game. Plus Alakazam is too cash not to have always. In the Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald series though you get Ralts and he is straight up money. Gardevoir is amazing.

[Swan]

Just FYI abra doesn't learn an attack until it evolves at level 16. Teleport go baby! But in all pokemon games pretty much he is the only psychic you can acquire for at least the first half of the game. Plus Alakazam is too cash not to have always. In the Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald series though you get Ralts and he is straight up money. Gardevoir is amazing.

I ended up using a Tm on my Abra so he could attack. This way he could be more usefull at the whole leveling up thing. Even though I have not beaten the game he is still my strongest pokemon,

[Vampyr]

If you really want an abra keep encountering them and immediately throw poke ball. They have a high capture rate with no damage. I think you will catch one eventually. They aren't hard to get.

Also you'll be keeping shinx and starly in your party probably. They are two of the better pokemans for most of the game.

Any more poke questions and I can let you know what is up. I'm the nerd who ev leveled his pokemans and all that stuff.

I love pokemans more than anything

I just beat the main story part of Diamond and am finishing up the side quests.

Then I'm going to farm berries to lower all of my ev's back down to train them up right.

Also going for a 40 length chain to build up a 1/205 chance of getting a shiny mareep.

It will happen.

One day.

:\

[Dylflon]

Pokejournal Apr. 10th 2009.

Dear Pokejournal,

Today I almost caught a shiny Pikachu after 60 hours of trying. But I accidentally killed it! ;_; Well...another 60 hours to go, I guess.

I took the bus to go buy some Chaos trading cards and there was this cute girl sitting next to me. I asked if she wanted to trade some Mons but she didn't know what I was talking about and said I smelled weird. Gurls are dumb lol.








































:p

[Vampyr]

BTW, if anyone else has platinum you can get the secret key to change Rotom's forms here in a week or so, either over nintendo wifi or go to toys R us:

http://www.pokemonplatinum.com/#/pokemon/rotom/

[BreakABone]

Well I just found out that EJ is actually a female... so that makes things a bit akward... yeah I wasn't really paying attention to their gender symbols until Vamp asked me on AIM.

But I guess I can whore her out to mate for me so I have Pokemon to trade. :lol:

Also, I signed up for the Wi-Fi club and think went to the new mini-game area in Plan... I could be wrong... it was weird. :lolz:

4511 6657 2179

If anyone wants to add me.
I'm in the bug forest, and since you have Cheryl with you to heal after every battle just going to use it to grind a bit. Got my Prinplup up to level 20. Staravia up to 17 and I think Luxio as well.

The rest are at 16, and somehow still feel that they are underpowered.
My team as it stands now
Prinplup (EJ)
Staravia (Soro)
Luxio (Em)
Kadabra, who yeah evolved and now knows confusion. :D (Dan)
Budew (Toebbe)
Machop (Smith)

[Vampyr]

Also, if anyone has a female of the water or fire starter from Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, I would greatly appreciate it if you could breed me one. In return, I can breed you a starter from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald.

Also, if you are lucky enough to have a female johto starter...I will make your wildest dreams come true.

<3

[Dylflon]

Damn...you nerds are making me want to play pokemon again.

Maybe i'll pick up this platinum doodad.


On second thought: is this a remake or an entirely new game? Is it worth it to buy this if I already have Pearl?

[Vampyr]

Damn...you nerds are making me want to play pokemon again.

Maybe i'll pick up this platinum doodad.


On second thought: is this a remake or an entirely new game? Is it worth it to buy this if I already have Pearl?

Remake. It is to Pearl and Diamond as Yellow as to red and blue, crystal to gold/silver, emerald to sapphire/ruby.

Probably not worth picking up unless you really feel like starting over but don't want to delete your pearl game, or you just really want some of the new pokemon available in it (like the legendary birds from Red/Blue).

I will probably get it, but I'm a pokemon dork. :\

[Dylflon]

Remake. It is to Pearl and Diamond as Yellow as to red and blue, crystal to gold/silver, emerald to sapphire/ruby.

Probably not worth picking up unless you really feel like starting over but don't want to delete your pearl game, or you just really want some of the new pokemon available in it (like the legendary birds from Red/Blue).

I will probably get it, but I'm a pokemon dork. :\

Maybe I'll just play ruby or something and trade over some mons to my Pearl game.

[Dylflon]

Does anybody have the original starter Pokemon on their games (Squirtle, Charmander, Bulbasaur)?

[Vampyr]

Does anybody have the original starter Pokemon on their games (Squirtle, Charmander, Bulbasaur)?

Not yet, but I will.

In order to get the Red/Blue starters you have to trade them from FireRed and LeafGreen to Pearl/Diamond.

The only catch is you have to have the National Dex in Pearl/Diamond in order to get pokemon from the GBA games.

The only starters that are really a pain to get are the Gold/Silver ones. I think they can be unlocked on one of the GCN coliseum games, and if you get the National Dex in Emerald, you get to pick one as a reward.

[BreakABone]

just to show how much I grinded during that friggin Eterna Forest

My team at the end
Staravia LVL 20
Prinplup 22
Budew 18
Kadabra 18
Machop 19
Luxio 20

So I made my first trip down to the Underground. Never knew that existed. Dug up some spheres and stuff, and now the old man is sending me back down to plant them.

What do they grow into?

[Typhoid]

Three Dog, my mons would waste you if we battled right now.

[TheSlyMoogle]

Does anybody have the original starter Pokemon on their games (Squirtle, Charmander, Bulbasaur)?

I have the original 3. I can make babies of them for you, or trade you mine and let you make the eggs. We can pokemon friend code it sometime. I also have Darkrai, Arceus and Shaymin. Uhm at least the Shaymin was acquired legally. Nintendo still hasn't presented a way to get the items needed for Darkrai and Arceus, but thanks to action replay you can acquire the items and get the legitimate versions. Anyway you can't have any of those mons I just listed but if you want them for your dex we can trade and trade back.

[Angrist]

I have all 150 PKMN on Blue. And that means a physical copy of every one, not just marks in my dex. :)

All I got was this stupid T-shirt.

[BreakABone]

I just won my second badge, and learned about secret talents. Maybe because I skipped like 2 generations, but don't remember these.

Like if you put a status on Kadabra, his natural ability also puts the status on his opp which came in handy in the grass gym.

Also, I was so worried about being underpowered, I may have overdone it as I KOed the main Pokemon of the gym leader in one hit.

[Vampyr]

I just won my second badge, and learned about secret talents. Maybe because I skipped like 2 generations, but don't remember these.

Like if you put a status on Kadabra, his natural ability also puts the status on his opp which came in handy in the grass gym.

Also, I was so worried about being underpowered, I may have overdone it as I KOed the main Pokemon of the gym leader in one hit.

I didn't grind at all and beat the game with all poke's under level 55.

The champion was a beast though. I didn't have an ice type to counter her level 66 dragon...I ended up leech seeding it, then user hyper potions every turn until it died.

Torterra FTW.

[Typhoid]

I think I'll go play Pearl right now.

[Dylflon]

Yeah, Sly, if you want to send some starters my way, that would be slick!

I think I might see if I can borrow the GBA version from someone and play that for a while though. However, I bought my brother diamond, and if I were to start a game on that, I'd love to use the original starters to play with.

[Vampyr]

Remember to post your friend codes. :)

Mine is in sig.

[BreakABone]

So we just gonna have Mr. Moogle pimp out his starters by farming babies?

I'm gamed. :)

[TheSlyMoogle]

So we just gonna have Mr. Moogle pimp out his starters by farming babies?

I'm gamed. :)

My ditto is a whore. Making babies all day.

[BreakABone]

Pink? Really, you made your Pokemon card pink?
Do you just embrace the stereotype? :lol:

[Dylflon]

Pink? Really, you made your Pokemon card pink?
Do you just embrace the stereotype? :lol:

Clearly he does.

And power to him, I say!

Gay power!

[Vampyr]

My ditto is a whore. Making babies all day.

Is it just me or are your pokes not showing up in the boxes for them?

[BreakABone]

Is it just me or are your pokes not showing up in the boxes for them?

I think he just wants to be shown with a bunch of femine symbols around him. I would worry for your friend. :lol:

Anyhow, didn't play much last night because was attempting to catch Rotom, which based on speaking to people shouldn't be happening so soon, but he is only a level 20 so he fights into my team perfectly.

As of right now I only have Pokeballs, Premier Balls, Heal Balls, Nest Balls and none of them did the job. He was paralyzed and only had one health.

So how soon until I get other balls with a greater chance of catching him? I think I will just forego that part of the game for right now.

Also, they re-did some of the gyms in Plantinum it seems. As I don't remember a giant floral clock in the second gym or maybe I don't remember well anymore.

[TheSlyMoogle]

I think he just wants to be shown with a bunch of femine symbols around him. I would worry for your friend. :lol:

Anyhow, didn't play much last night because was attempting to catch Rotom, which based on speaking to people shouldn't be happening so soon, but he is only a level 20 so he fights into my team perfectly.

As of right now I only have Pokeballs, Premier Balls, Heal Balls, Nest Balls and none of them did the job. He was paralyzed and only had one health.

So how soon until I get other balls with a greater chance of catching him? I think I will just forego that part of the game for right now.

Also, they re-did some of the gyms in Plantinum it seems. As I don't remember a giant floral clock in the second gym or maybe I don't remember well anymore.

I'm telling you, you should be able to acquire some timer balls and quick balls by now and those will help greatly. You can't get great balls yet even?

[Dylflon]

I've been interested in setting up a Pokemon tournament where your roster is randomly selected and you have to work with it to make the strongest team you can.

Essentially all Pokemon final forms would be put in a list (NO LEGENDARIES) and using random number generator, each player is assigned 10 pokemon. If you want to use one of the Pokemon's earlier forms, that is allowed.

All players know who the other players have on their list.

The first two weeks would be comprised of everyone helping eachother get the Pokemon for their rosters, then everyone gets two months to train their team up (lvl 75 cap).

The tournament is round robin, and you choose your 6 most suited to fight each player based on their list.



Would anyone be interested in doing this? 3 or more people would be preferable.

[BreakABone]

I would be interested just because a sucker for anything that gets activity :P

And the shinies
http://veekun.com/files/sprites/montage-dp-shiny.png

[Vampyr]

I'd do it.

Are we playing any particular archetype, or just anything below Uber is fine?

http://www.smogon.com/ has a strategy pokedex with each poke's listed archetype

[Dylflon]

Anything below uber pretty much. I have a list of all final forms (minus legendary) with an number attached to each one. So random number generator would select each group of ten.


Then it's grind grind grind.

If we can get Moogle on board that would be sweet.

And perhaps Combine and Fox would be interested. I leave that up to you, earl.

[Typhoid]

Well, considering I have a DS, and Pearl, I'm down for that - as long as I can get my DS connected.

[Dylflon]

Sweet.

[Fox 6]

My wireless security isnt supported by DS

[Vampyr]

My wireless security isnt supported by DS

Sounds like it's time to downgrade your wireless security to WEP.

Who cares if a 5 year old could hack it?

[BreakABone]

Good to see I am getting everyone back into Pokemon.

I had two new members to the clan caught a Gligar (first time I've seen the Pokemon) and named it after one of my HS friends.

Alslo caught a Ponyta which is the first fire PokeMon I've seen.

[Vampyr]

Good to see I am getting everyone back into Pokemon.

I had two new members to the clan caught a Gligar (first time I've seen the Pokemon) and named it after one of my HS friends.

Alslo caught a Ponyta which is the first fire PokeMon I've seen.

And it's the only one you'll see for a long, long time.

You won't run across another wild fire pokemon until you beat the game.

Also figured out why you were encountering Rotom - you can encounter him early in Platinum rather than having to get the national dex.

[Dylflon]

Cam, you could always do your battles at my house, and piggyback off my Wifi. same with you, Sean.

[Bube]

Hey, I just got back into it just because of these threads. I hope I'll finish it this time around (then maybe I'll finish The Phantom Hourglass as well :))

I would be down for some battles after I level up some more..

[BreakABone]

Nice girl gave me an Eevee, just don't know what to evolve it into now.
Also still haven't seen any other Pokeballs, maybe after my 3rd badge.

[TheSlyMoogle]

Nice girl gave me an Eevee, just don't know what to evolve it into now.
Also still haven't seen any other Pokeballs, maybe after my 3rd badge.

Both Glaceon and Leafeon are kinda bad, but they look sweet.

[BreakABone]

Both Glaceon and Leafeon are kinda bad, but they look sweet.

I was thinking of doing the fire one since don't find many fire Pokemon early in the game.

Anyhow, I completed the 3rd gym after going through two dark caves and rescuing some girl named Mira.

My team has changed just a bit
Prinplup at level 30
Luxio
Staravia
Machop
Gliscor
Hauner

Now make up the team. May switch out Haunter, not a huge fan of the ghost type.

Also had another run in with the rival who went down pretty fast.
I have one EXP Share that I've been using among the team to keep them pretty even. (In the range of 25-27 right now)

[Typhoid]

I just got the (forget the name) ancient Pokemon of Pearl, and 1 of the 3 mons that are in the lake caves. I battled another but I ran out of pokeballs and fled - I hope it shows up again, because I didn't save.

And the other lake-mon is constantly changing places on the goddamn map so I can't get it. Son of a bitch.



Also, Earl, totally do Flareon. The only fire pokemon I've come across so far is Ponyta.

[Vampyr]

Both Glaceon and Leafeon are kinda bad, but they look sweet.

I'm going for a Glaceon first (already have two eevee's from the Mansion).

Glaceon is awesome looking. :)

[Dylflon]

The smartest way to go in the DS games is to start with Chimchar since there are only two fire types in the whole game.

[BreakABone]

The smartest way to go in the DS games is to start with Chimchar since there are only two fire types in the whole game.

Well next time they need to make the fire starter an adorable Penguin... who also happens to be a water-type.

[Typhoid]

I'm going for a Glaceon first (already have two eevee's from the Mansion).

Glaceon is awesome looking. :)

I don't even have an Evee.
How the hell can I get more than 1, let alone just 1?

[Vampyr]

I don't even have an Evee.
How the hell can I get more than 1, let alone just 1?

You have to have the national dex for both of these methods. You can get it by seeing (don't have to capture) all 150 pokemon in the Sinnoh pokedex.

After you get the national dex, you go to Hearthome, and I believe you talk to the girl in the house next to the pokemon center. She will give you an eevee.

The other method requires that you go to the Pokemon Mansion (I think it is on the right on the path south of Hearthome).

Before you walk through the front door, save your game. Go inside, enter the first door on the right. Talk to the brown haired dude right inside the door. Answer him that 'yes' you are envious twice in a row. He will tell you of a rare pokemon he saw in the trophy garden. If he says eevee, great, you're ready to go. If not, turn off your DS, start back outside the mansion, and talk to him again. There are several other semi-rare pokemon you can catch there though, so eevee may not be the only one you want to get.

Once he tells you one, go back into the hallway, walk left, then north into the trophy garden. You now have a 5% chance of encountering an eevee. Keep walking around the garden until you find one. It helps to have a strong pokemon that knows false swipe (like Sneasel), so you can get it down to 1hp in 1 hit. It is at around level 18 - 20.

You can only get 1 a day like this. I believe it works this way:

1. Talk to the guy, he says there was an eevee.
2. You catch eevee, eevee is no longer in the garden.
3. you talk to him again, he says a different poke. You can now catch this one, but not eevee.
4. Once you catch this one, eevee is eligible to be in the garden again.

I havn't played with this a lot, there may be like a 24 hour limit for every 1 or 2 pokemon. So you may only be able to get an eevee every 2 days, just make sure you catch a rare one in between.

[Typhoid]

Ohhh, okay.
You need the national dex, that makes so much sense.
I forgot Earl had Platinum, so he started with the national dex, so when he told me he talked to some chick in the city right off the start of the game and got one - and I still can't, I got super confused.

[Swan]

Picked this up again recently.

Hadn't played in over a year so I had forgotten what to do. Just sort of started outside of a cave and not sure if I had finished it or not.


Turns out I didn't

[BreakABone]

People in this game are so nice, some dude just hands me a Porygon... no trade or anything... just offers him up... and who am I to turn him down.

No new badges, today was more of a training day. Took my Magikarp from level 4 to level 24 and he is now a badass Gyrados.

[BreakABone]

Well my team has been in a state of constant change these past few days. I added a few new Pokemon, but the largest addition is that I finally caught that Rotom in the Old Chateau!

So he is on my team along with Prinplup, Starvia, Luxio, Gyardos and Gliscor.
Went through the Solacean Ruins and found an Unown as well as HM Defog. Went through the Lost Tower as well.

About to do 4th gym battle, wish my team luck!

[Angrist]

What letter is your Unown?

[BreakABone]

What letter is your Unown?

No clue how do you tell?

Well have my 4th badge, which may have mentioned.
And have seen just over a 100 pokemon which means my Pokedex is about 20% full now.
My Rotom is leveling up well. He is now a level 29 which puts him on par with most of my team outside of Gyardos who seems to be taking his sweet time.

Should I have like 2-3 really strong members and have the rest be back-up or should I really be leveling them up about equally?

[Angrist]

My name is STEPHAN. I am 10 years old and yesterday I finally got to pick my first Pokémon!

When I had to choose a ball, I actually thought Torchick was the cutest, but I went with Treecko. I've heard that Torchick turns into one of those ugly Pokémon. Oh and my brother will pick a Mudkip when he's 10. That will be in a few weeks, so we can train together!

May is nice I guess. I don't really get girls, but she seems to be looking for friends. Hey, when I'm around, why not? I do feel a big rivalry towards her though... in our first battle I used a potion to make sure I would win! So it's a mixed feeling.

I captured a few other Pokémon, but I don't plan on training all of them. They seem pretty weak. At the moment I'm only training Treecko, Wingull (he's so cute!) and Poochyena. I wonder if that will be enough to defeat the first gym leader...

Oh, my mom is calling me. I went home for the first night, I was homesick! I'm such a baby.

[Angrist]

Wow, I love being a Pokémon trainer! I have caught about 20 of them so far. There are now 4 Pokémon I'm seriously training: Treecko, Wingull, Abra, Geodude. I'm holding back my Treecko's evolution so he'll learn Mega Drain at level 26. At the moment they're all around level 18.
I'm also training Poochyena and Nincada, just to get them evolved into the next stage. I hope it's soon, because they suck.

I've won 2 badges so far. The gym leaders were tougher than I expected. But I just leveled up the Pokémon that was strong against that type.

Oh, I traded a bunch of stuff with a trainer that wanted to quit. I got some of his rare Pokémon. After that we traded a bunch of items, that took so long!! Couldn't he just have given it to me instead of giving it to the PKMN we traded back and forth?
I did get a lot of useful stuff, like TMs and this really useful EXP. SHARE.

Seriously, starting out with an EXP. SHARE is bliss. When I get my own, I'll give my brother my old one.

[Angrist]

[Does anyone still read these?]

Today I have made fire. I mean, I have caught Kyogre. I didn't want to use my Master Ball for it, so it turned out to be a hell of a fight.

I decided to bring 3 pokémon I hardly trained, namely Oddish, Gloom and Cacnea. They were lvl 20-26, while Kyogre was 45, so it was dangerous.


I first brought his HP to 1/4 using Grovyle.
I switched to Altaria and sang Kyogre to sleep.
I put out Cacnea and used sand attack to lower the accuracy. I managed to pull off 4 attacks before Cacnea got creamed by Hydro Pump.
I sent out Oddish to put him to sleep. I tried to steal some HP by using acid, but it was way too slow.
Pelipper brought Kyogre to just like 4% HP. Then it KOd, got hit by an ice beam.
Oddish put it to sleep again.
I threw the first net ball [3x effective on water pkmn], but it broke free right before the end.
I decided not to damage him, but throw another ball right away. Tadaa! I caught Kyogre.

Now I can go to the 8th gym. :)

My dream team of Pokémon:
Grovyle lvl 41
Kadabra lvl 41
Geodude lvl 40
Charmander lvl 40
Altaria lvl 39
Pelipper lvl 41

I'm thinking about replacing Pelipper. No offense.

In other news: my brother also started his jolly journey! :) Last time I spoke him, he had 2 badges and was collecting pkmn quite enthusiastically!

[Angrist]

I just beat the Elite Four and the Champion. What a great last battle! His Pokémon were about 10 levels stronger than mine, but I managed with a couple of revives!

The last one standing, and therefore the one doing the final KO was Sceptile. My very first Pokémon, how epic.

They're all lvl 47 or 48 now.

[Typhoid]

I need to pick up Diamond again.
I havent played since I lost to the champion of the final four.
So disheartening.

Is there a way to make money rather than fighting trainers or selling things?
I'm almost out of money and have no means to get more, really.

[Angrist]

Best way of making money is not dying. Or I think they changed it in generation IV, you don't lose half your money anymore, right?

I've never had a lack of money, in any game.

[Typhoid]

You lose half your money still.

[Angrist]

Hm I really think I read that you now lose money based on which pokémon you were using last. Something like that. But it still could be a lot. :)

I'm currently working on a breeding chain to get Spheal Ice Beam without using a TM. And I'm going to train a Metagross, which should become mighty.