Pokemon Stories (only about the games)

[rhyno435]

I don't know why, maybe because of the sudden increase in other pokemon threads, but I have had a sudden inspiration to create a thread dealing with Pokemon stories. I'll go first.

In all my pokemon games, I would always train to level 20 in the first patch of grass and make the entire beginning really simple. Facing your rival who has a level 5 is supposed to be challanging because you only have a level 8 or 9, but I always had a level 20.

Also, in Gold, in Goldenrod City, it took me a really long time to understand how to get past Sudowoodo (I was in Grade 4), so I kept training in the grass around Sudowoodo until I had a level 63 Typhlosion. When I finally made it to the Elite Four, I was level 67. I only leveled up 4 times between the 3rd badge and the Champion.

I also trained my Ho-oh from level 40 to level 100 in the grass outside of Silver Cave (where you fight Red).

I also only ever train my starter pokemon, and I only catch others to use HMs.

So what stories do the Escapists have about their pokemon games.

(Please don't say I'm pathetic for remembering this much about my old games, I just have a really good memory for this sort of thing).

 

[Slash Dementia]

One thing I remember clearly was being scared of the song in one of the cities (forgot the name, but it had ghosts). I also never used any stat effecting attacks as I had no idea what the hell I was doing, so I kind of just powered my way through the game and die several times along the way.

There were times when I wouldn't have a team without Scyther, Beedrill and Sparrow, and only use them to train because I wanted them to be stronger than the rest.

 

[NeutralDrow]

One thing I remember clearly was being scared of the song in one of the cities (forgot the name, but it had ghosts).

Oh god, Lavender Town. That place was creepy...

As for me, I always tended to plan out my ultimate lineup before starting the game. Including one inadvisable move of wanting a Tangela...a few hours, at least, before I could even catch one.

And the stupid gameshark code to run into one never worked.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I would always train my pokemon equally ^^; I wouldn't face a gym or the elite 4 unless my pokemon were at the same level. Because of this, I have never had a level 100 pokemon. I guess once I beat the gyms and elite 4 and whatnot, I lost interest and couldn't focus on training my pokemon to level 100

 

[I Resurection I]

I would never train any pokemon other than my starter and pigy (playing pokemon blue) or tailow (playing pokemon Saphire). Also through out my entire pokemon Saphire game I never captured Latios. I didn't want to knock it out and never be able to catch it so the one time i had it down to 1 hp and couldn't capture I would just let it beat me.

 

[Armored Prayer]

Ah, I remember my Lvl 98 Gengar that knew Hypnosis, Nightshade, Dream Eater, and Thunderbolt.

I kicked everyone's ass with him. Hell, he obliterated everyone in Stadium 1 and 2.

Also I used to throw away all my gold nuggets. (I was seven back then)

Ah, good times.

 

[Silver Scribbler]

I caught every single pokemon in the original red game (trading with my brother where needed), then lost the fucking cartridge. In Austria.

*sigh*

 

[dekuben]

My line up was always Bulbasaur, Caterpie, Pidgey, Rattata, Pikachu, geodude and Jigglypuff.
Even in the games where you couldn't catch them at the start.
If you use anything else you are an infidel and a terrorist.
Also I trained them up to lvl 100 in the first area.

 

[J-Alfred]

I always viewed Pokemon as a strategy game of sorts. To go up to a gym leader and say, "Oh, you use fire type pokemon? WELL FUCK YOU! I've been leveling up my water type and now will kill all your pokemon in one hit. What's that? You use grass pokemon and can easily kill my water type? FUCK YOU AGAIN! I've trained a flying type which will destroy your grass type!"

Yeah. Most of my games went like that.

I caught the legendary pokemon, but I never used them; I just got them to fill up my pokedex. Except for Articuno, because it could learn Fly and killed Lance of the Elite Four ten ways to Sunday.

Personally, my favorite game generation was LeafGreen/FireRed, because my favorite generation of pokemon was the original 151 (gotta catch 'em all!), and it was nice to play the original games all upgraded and crap.

 

[rosac]

I would always train my pokemon equally ^^

This. All my mon are currently lvl 50 cept my bonsly, who is lvl 23 atm.

Also, I got stuck on the ghost gym in platinum, so I max level all my mon and, once Id beated that gym, blasted through the rest.

now im levelling my team to 60 to take on the L33t 4

rosac

 

[jamesworkshop]

Oh man during the original days of Red and Blue, two weeks before a Nintendo event in London I restarted the game and got a team of
Charizard (Always keep my starter)
Raticate (super fang + Hyper Beam FTW)
Articuno
Zapdos
Mewtwo (Psychics were far too powerfull back then)
Venusaur
All to Level 100 and as for the event you could only have a party of 3 and you need 3 consecutive wins before you could challenge for the Mew.
Won my first 3 battles then for the final it was Mewtwo Vs Mewtwo which I won however they were not giving Mew away at the venue but I got given a badge that I had to take all the way to Southhampton to get mew which I did.
Then a friend of a friend decide to steal the game with Mew on it(never got it back).

 

[Flour]

I usually had one overleveled pokemon until one point after which I had a full group of 100s.

Even when I was younger, the battles were way too long and I usually got bored of getting a semi-leveled group before the first gym.(always chose the water starter and caught a pikachu in the forest) So I would get Surf as fast as possible and grind a few thousand rare candies, full heals and ethers(or whatever the PP restoring ones are called).

Now I'm older, I usually play ROMs, use the AR function to actually "catch them all" and don't care about time spent in battles because they're all zipping by at 1000% speed.(usually fighting the first gym with a few level 20 pokemon and 14~ hours played)

 

[Cargando]

Good times on Ruby, I had three lvl 100's - Groudon, Sceptile and Swellow... I used to go against the elite four for fun. Good times, good times...

 

[blood77]

The only thing that I really remember is how every one in my school basically got the game, I got teased initial for being the only kid who "picked a stupid bulbasaur." Then the next day came and oh boy did I have fun asking people how their gym battles were going XD

 

[kantalupa]

i remember red the most. i would always pick squirtle cause squirtle was the best in my opinion. i would always use it for fighting no matter what so that it would be overleveled. i would only catch other pokemon for the HMs like pidgey for fly. and by the time i got to the elite my squirtle, now a blastoise would be lvl 90-100 and the elite four would be incredibly easy. every other pokemon in my party would be between lvl 5 and 20 depending on what lvl i caught them. so yeah, thats my story

 

[Kiutu]

I caught an Abra above Cerulean, and turned it into my main. I eventually raised it from a level 8 Abra, to a level 100 Alakazam without a single rare candy. My favorite pokemon ever. (Not Abras, that specific one I raised I mean, though I favor psychics.)

 

[Sgt. Dante]

My line up was always Bulbasaur, Caterpie, Pidgey, Rattata, Pikachu, geodude and Jigglypuff.
Even in the games where you couldn't catch them at the start.
If you use anything else you are an infidel and a terrorist.
Also I trained them up to lvl 100 in the first area.

Bull, At 20-26 exp per fight (not bad for starting area) and at a rate of about 1 fight per minute it would take about 650 hours (ish) to get to LV 100. Per dude. so about 3,800 hours to lv your 6 dudes to 100 in the first area, not counting cheats or lies.

I used to be obsessed with dragon types, at one point having 3 Dragonites in my squad because there was basically no alternative in the first generation. When silver came around i basically started to only use the legendary's.

 

[Azraellod]

In all my pokemon games, I would always train to level 20 in the first patch of grass and make the entire beginning really simple. Facing your rival who has a level 5 is supposed to be challanging because you only have a level 8 or 9, but I always had a level 20.

Also, in Gold, in Goldenrod City, it took me a really long time to understand how to get past Sudowoodo (I was in Grade 4), so I kept training in the grass around Sudowoodo until I had a level 63 Typhlosion. When I finally made it to the Elite Four, I was level 67. I only leveled up 4 times between the 3rd badge and the Champion.

I also trained my Ho-oh from level 40 to level 100 in the grass outside of Silver Cave (where you fight Red).

i do tend to train to a level somewhat above the required level, but that is truly severe training.

i tend to favour the psychic type. i have since i started playing.

my party towards the end of red was frightening. my brother messed some of it up, but i had a horrifically powerful party of flareon, mewtwo, alakazam, raichu, snorelax, and hitmonchan. i went unbeaten with it for ages.

i also have a habit of training endlessly against the elite four to level up. i now have a choice of around 25 level 100s to make a party from (admittedly, not all from the same version originally. i just put them all on pearl because it was the only way i was able to battle people with them thanks to a broken link cable).

my true speciality has now become those double battles. i don't work well with a partner, but when i'm on my own, i create horribly good combinations to play with.

 

[Table Chair]

I almost completed the Pokedex in the Red/Blue games, I had 149/150 (not inculding Mew) I was missing Magmar.

Grass is my favourite type but i've never picked the grass starter for some reason
Bug and Physic are my least favourite.

I beat the Champions final pokemon in Crystal using a level 5 pokemon. (It hatched from an egg, can't remember exactly what it was, may of been a Pichu with quick attack) The Champion was on his final Pokemon, I only had 2 pokemon left, a Gravler and a Pichu. I had no healing items so I risked attacking, His pokemon barly lived and counter attacked. So i swicthed to my Pichu when I noticed it had quick-attack. I won. I forgot how many levels it raised from that. I think it was level 14 after that.

I had a level 100 Clefable with ; Flamethrower, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt and.... bubblebeam...

 

[WhiteFangofWhoa]

About a month ago I was bored and broke out Gold again. Ended up getting to Indigo Plateau within 2 weeks. Kiddy yes, but damn if it isn't addictive.

It's always interesting to try using Pokemon you didn't before as your main six fighters. I just wish the majority of them didn't learn absolute crap for moves and required rare TMs to fare well. Also, Ghost-types still suck.

Current Team:
Meganium - 'El Seed'
Jynx - 'Melissa'
Ariados - 'Spider-Man' (Sludge Bomb is suprisingly good)
Quagsire - 'Quagmire' (Giggity)
Machoke - 'Muscle' (Traded)
Ho-oh - 'Phoenix'

This also marks the first time I've caught the three 'legendary dogs'. I'll probably try the Elite Four this weekend. Rival was much tougher in Red/Blue.

I've forgotten- do you ever actually see Giovanni, or were all those broadcasts by Team Rocket in vain?