Let's Play: Pokemon Ruby Post Game 4: In which we face off against evil

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[HEADING=2]Let?s Play: Pokemon Ruby[/HEADING]​


Pokemon Ruby was a game released for the Gameboy Advanced back in 2003. It brought with it the third generation of pokemon. The game was a success, as it, along with Pokemon Saphire, sold 13 million copies (Thank you Wikipedia). It holds a 82% on Metacritic, and a 84% on GameRankings. Despite being successful, I don?t think many fans of the series talk about it as much as the others. As of the writing of this LP, the fifth generation has been out for 7 months. I purchased Pokemon Black? and then gave it to my cousin after I got bored about 7 hours or so in. I felt like it had lost some of its charm. I went back and replayed Ruby and had a blast. So I thought it would be good to LP it.

Who are you?
My name is CM156, but if you like, you may call me Caleb. I?m an internet satirist and an enthusiast of web-based media. I grew up with pokemon.

When did you get this game?
When I was a lad, way back in the year 2003, I got the game as a birthday present.

Have you ever done a LP before?
Nope. This will be my first attempt. Wish me luck! If I do well here, I?ll probably LP Neverwinter Nights 2, and the two expansion packs.

How often will you update?
As often as I can. I?m a student, and my schedule can be a bit wonky at times. Sometimes I?m free, others, not so much. The actual playing of the game doesn?t take much time, as I can speed up the game by a factor of 10.

Why are the pokemon a bit of a higher level than they should be?
Depending on how much is needed, I?ll grind a bit off camera. That 10X speed thing also helps

What input do we get to have?
Besides naming the character, you can make recommendations on anything related to the pokemon or what I do with the game. If you think we should capture a specific pokemon, or learn a certain move, let me know. There will also be certain points where I ask what we should do. That will be done by popular vote.

Will you be doing breeding?
Likely no.

Will you use cheat codes
Likely, no. I will not.

What will be the tone of the LP? Will you be covering the story much?
The tone will be more informative/humorous. I?ll be mentioning the story, what there is of it. Pokemon games, have never been, in my opinion, the best ?story? games.

What is your favorite pokemon game?
Pokemon Silver. I played it for over 200 hours

Why are you LPing this game then rather than silver?
Because silver hasn?t aged well, and the graphichs are? not so great.

Will you be doing a Nuzlocke challenge?
No. I don?t really like doing those. Plus, I feel as though it cuts out quite a bit of the game. So no. I won?t be going by the Nuzlocke rules.

Your spelling is bad
That?s not a question. But yeah. It is. Dyslexia and all that. I?ll try the best I can, but please forgive my mistakes.

I think you could improve in the following areas?
Then please, tell me. If I can get better, by all means, tell me what I should do. Comments and critique are always welcome.

Your first few updates suck!
Yes, yes they do. But don't worry, they get better.

So here we are. Here?s what I want from everyone
Gender for our main character: (Most for either wins)
A name for our main character(The one I like most)
What starter to pick: (Again, most for any wins)
What to name that starter (See Name)

A small rule here though. I?ll name the pokemon anything? except something crude or crass. Yes, yes, I know we all named a Metapod ?Penis? or something along those lines, and then snickered when it used ?harden?. But come on. Some of us are adults here. I don?t mind clever things, but nothing too profane, m?kay?

So again, Gender, name, starter pokemon, and starter name. I?ll give you 24 hours to vote and then tally the results. I?ll give more time if not a lot of people get involved. I?ll tell you when the voting is closed. After that, I?ll try to get an update out.

UPDATE
Gender: Female
Name: Raven
Pokemon: Mudkip
Pokemon Name: Liek


NOTE: When I'm talking like this, I'm talking in character for Raven
When I'm talking like this, I'm the narrator or myself, making comments about the game.
UPDATE: I stopped doing this because I didn't find it funny anymore.
UPDATES:

Chapter 1 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Let-s-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-1-Our-story-begins?page=2#13221566]
Chapter 2 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Let-s-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-1-Our-story-begins?page=3#13269937]
Chapter 3 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Let-s-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-2-Our-story-continues?page=4#13288156]
Chapter 4 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Let-s-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-3-In-which-we-meet-the-Evil-Cult?page=4#13299849]
Chapter 5 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-5-In-which-we-do-nothing-for-a-while?page=6#13367443]
Chapter 6 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-5-In-which-we-do-nothing-for-a-while?page=7#13403192]
Chapter 7 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-6-In-which-we-get-another-badge?page=7#13473295]
Chapter 8 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Mini-Update-1-In-which-we-enter-a-house?page=8#13496221]
Chapter 9 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-8-In-which-we-beat-up-a-special-child?page=8#13504180]
Chapter 10 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Mini-Update-2-5-In-which-we-call-the-cops?page=10#13522068]
Chapter 11 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-10-In-which-we-talk-to-trees?page=10#13529004]
Chapter 12 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-11-In-which-we-walk-through-ashes?page=11#13534455]
Chapter 13 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-12-In-which-we-fight-criminal-scum?page=11#13539262]
Chapter 14 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-13-In-which-we-abandon-logic-and-science?page=12#13548803]
Chapter 15 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Mini-Update-3-5-In-which-we-play-Arceus?page=14#13602478]
Chapter 16 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Mini-Update-4-5-In-which-we-zap-to-the-extreme?page=15#13619824]
Chapter 17 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-16-In-which-we-steal-fruit?page=15#13643969]
Chapter 18 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-17-In-which-we-catch-a-justice?page=16#13669274]
Chapter19 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Mini-Update-5-In-which-we-go-on-a-quiz-show?page=17#13682265]
Chapter 20 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-19-In-which-we-mess-with-the-afterlife?page=17#13685399]
Chapter 21 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-20-In-which-we-watch-something-get-jacked?page=17#13688751]
Chapter 22 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-21-In-which-we-go-sailing?page=18#13695875]
Chapter 23 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Mini-Update-6-In-which-we-feed-a-fish-to-a-Pelipper?page=19#13709696]
Chapter 24 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-23-In-which-we-blame-Al-Gore?page=19#13714254]
Chapter 25 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-24-In-which-we-enter-a-cave?page=20#13720623]
Chapter 26 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-25-In-which-we-reach-a-climax?page=20#13723552]
Chapter 27 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Mini-Update-7-In-which-we-cha-cha-real-smooth?page=21#13729307]
Chapter 28 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-27-In-which-we-beat-up-a-cripple?page=22#13736473]
Chapter 29 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-28-In-which-we-do-a-different-kind-of-Nuzlocke?page=22#13739016]


Mini-updates

Mini Update 1 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-7-In-which-we-see-more-cartoonish-villainy?page=8#13487767]
Mini Update 2.0 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-9-In-which-we-engage-in-a-shocking-battle?page=9#13510276]
Mini-Update 2.5 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Mini-Update-2-0-In-which-we-help-dig-a-tunne?page=9#13514468]
Mini-UPdate 3 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Part-14-In-which-we-become-arsonists?page=12#13554276]
Mini-Update 3.5 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Mini-Update-3-In-which-we-get-something-hard?page=13#13580874]
Mini Update 4 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-15-In-which-I-ramble-about-legal-terms?page=14#13606663]
Mini-Update 4.5 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Mini-Update-4-In-which-we-once-again-fail-to-understand-stranger-danger?page=14#13613353]
Mini Update 5 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-18-In-which-were-as-free-as-a-bird?page=17#13676640]
Mini Update 6 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-22-In-which-were-shuffling?page=18#13698410]
Mini Update 7 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-26-In-which-we-make-a-splash?page=21#13726803]

Post Game
Chapter 1 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-29-In-which-we-realize-that-some-things-never-change?page=22#13742988]
Chapter 2 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Post-Game-1-In-which-we-go-sailing?page=23#13751448]
Chapter 3 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Post-Game-2-In-which-we-draw?page=23#13752988]
Chapter 4 [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/9.322711-Lets-Play-Pokemon-Ruby-Post-Game-3-In-which-we-catch-another-powerful-entity?page=24#13757058]
 

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I'm really liking that people are starting to do LP's on this forum; Adds another reason to come back to it. I really don't blame you on the Nuzlocke challenge: i attribute it to my vietnam flashbacks...
 

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Sarcastic_Applause said:
I'm really liking that people are starting to do LP's on this forum; Adds another reason to come back to it. I really don't blame you on the Nuzlocke challenge: i attribute it to my vietnam flashbacks...
I feel Nuzlocke takes some of the fun out of the game, to be honest. You lose a pokemon forever due to a small mistake. Oh well.

That, and I'm really not super good at pokemon, good enough to do a Nuzlocke.
 

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Alright. Lacking suggestions I'm going to go with this:

Trainer Gender: Female
Name: Kat
Pokemon: Mudkip
Pokemon Name: Liek

Still, you've about 12 more hours to give me another name if you'd like that.
 

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After the last time I played Pokemon Ruby, I was forever banned from naming anything in a video game ever again. The potential for abuse is simply too great. But, if one insists...

(Also, I had a box of inbred mice (Azurrils, I think) organized by generation. True story.)

Given a lack of originality, I recommend the Fire Chicken of Kickliness as your starter, and that you name it Le Punt (or Norris, if you must), assuming you get a male. I...dunno what you'd call a female flaming kickboxing chicken.

For the character name: Raven, if female. Chase, if male.
If you're going to take over the world Pokemon League, a douchey name is a must.
 

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Atmos Duality said:
(Also, I had a box of inbred mice (Azurrils, I think) organized by generation. True story.)
You gotta be kidding me....

I DID THE EXACT FREAKING THING! No joke.

Raven is a good name, I think It sounds rather pretentious. By the way, which do you vote for: male or female?
 

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CM156 said:
Trainer Gender: Female
Name: Kat
Pokemon: Mudkip
Pokemon Name: Liek
The bolded lines are good.

Although, I'd go with a something a little... unique for the female name.

How about Dee Zaster?
 

Atmos Duality

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CM156 said:
You gotta be kidding me....

I DID THE EXACT FREAKING THING! No joke.

Raven is a good name, I think It sounds rather pretentious. By the way, which do you vote for: male or female?
Female.
Perhaps the world will end in a fiery volcanic cataclysm because some crazy lady had raging PMS the day she decided to walk her pet Groundon.

Also, did you forget to involve Sea Incense when you were breeding your mice?
I just thought it had a low percentage or such back when I first played Ruby. I didn't know you couldn't get Azurills from breeding unless you had Sea Incense equipped until I was something like 9 generations into the inbreeding.
 

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neonsword13-ops said:
CM156 said:
Trainer Gender: Female
Name: Kat
Pokemon: Mudkip
Pokemon Name: Liek
The bolded lines are good.

Although, I'd go with a something a little... unique for the female name.

How about Dee Zaster?
7 is the maximum number of characters for a character name. I like it, but it doesn't fit.
 

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Atmos Duality said:
CM156 said:
You gotta be kidding me....

I DID THE EXACT FREAKING THING! No joke.

Raven is a good name, I think It sounds rather pretentious. By the way, which do you vote for: male or female?
Female.
Perhaps the world will end in a fiery volcanic cataclysm because some crazy lady had raging PMS the day she decided to walk her pet Groundon.

Also, did you forget to involve Sea Incense when you were breeding your mice?
I just thought it had a low percentage or such back when I first played Ruby. I didn't know you couldn't get Azurills from breeding unless you had Sea Incense equipped until I was something like 9 generations into the inbreeding.
You know, I think I looked up a guide. Back in silver, I kept a ledger of Pokemon I bread. All the inbreeding got a little creepy. Just a little.
themutantlizard said:
make your character a guy and name him fuck me
Sorry, but that's against one of the rules.
 

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CM156 said:
You know, I think I looked up a guide. Back in silver, I kept a ledger of Pokemon I bread. All the inbreeding got a little creepy. Just a little.
Oooh...Pokemon Pedigrees.
Now that is pretentious.
 

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Atmos Duality said:
CM156 said:
You know, I think I looked up a guide. Back in silver, I kept a ledger of Pokemon I bread. All the inbreeding got a little creepy. Just a little.
Oooh...Pokemon Pedigrees.
Now that is pretentious.
If I recall, I bread a pokemon with its own mother, who was also his half sister.


It reminds me of when I played Viva Piñata. I didn't even BOTHER keeping track there.
 

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CM156 said:
Atmos Duality said:
CM156 said:
You know, I think I looked up a guide. Back in silver, I kept a ledger of Pokemon I bread. All the inbreeding got a little creepy. Just a little.
Oooh...Pokemon Pedigrees.
Now that is pretentious.
If I recall, I bread a pokemon with its own mother, who was also his half sister.


It reminds me of when I played Viva Piñata. I didn't even BOTHER keeping track there.
That reminds me of this....


OT: This seems pretty neat, I can't give a better suggestion than your idea for a starter xD

As for an actual name, I'd go with the Yahtzee Crosshaw Tradition and name him/her something like "Fagballs" but that goes against a rule :/

Perhaps....

Ooh!

The game
 

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Urgh76 said:
CM156 said:
Atmos Duality said:
CM156 said:
You know, I think I looked up a guide. Back in silver, I kept a ledger of Pokemon I bread. All the inbreeding got a little creepy. Just a little.
Oooh...Pokemon Pedigrees.
Now that is pretentious.
If I recall, I bread a pokemon with its own mother, who was also his half sister.


It reminds me of when I played Viva Piñata. I didn't even BOTHER keeping track there.
That reminds me of this....


OT: This seems pretty neat, I can't give a better suggestion than your idea for a starter xD

As for an actual name, I'd go with the Yahtzee Crosshaw Tradition and name him/her something like "Fagballs" but that goes against a rule :/

Perhaps....

Ooh!

The game
Well, that song is going to be stuck in my head.

And no offense, but I find the whole idea behind
The game
to be a bit silly.