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Posted: Mon, 30/12/2013 08:15 (10 Years ago)

Yellow in 2000. It was the only game I initially knew existed because my best friend had been telling me about hers and when she eventually showed me I had to have it. The first Pokemon I ever captured was a Pidgey whose name, Windy, I had come up with before I had obtained the game inspired by my best friend's Pigeotto's name. I'd also modeled my Pikachu's name after hers. Hers was Zappy and I came up with Zapper. I wasn't as creative then as I try to be now. I would never name a Pikachu Zapper anymore! XD

Next came Silver in which I begun with Totadile but because it had been my first time actually choosing a starter I had done it absentmindedly and once it fully evolved I ceased using it for a long time but later after completing it restored it to my team. It didn't have a nickname at first but I later called it Surfer USA. At one point I transferred all my valuable pokemon from Yellow to Silver except Zapper. This included Windy, Mewtwo and the three birds. Windy had made it to level 100 along with two other pokemon; a Dragonite named Norbert and a Furret named Muffin. My best friend and I beaten it and her Gold side by side, we traded, mystery gifted, link battled and bred together a bunch. Good memories.
My silver cartridge died in 2007 taking everything with it. I had Stadium 2 so I could have saved my pokemon but I hadn't any knowledge of save batteries dying.

Yellow has still been working fine but I haven't turned it on for a while it could very well be dead by now. It doesn't have the original file on it anymore I have restarted it about 4 times at least. I'm surprised my red and blue survived as long as they did since I had gamesharked the heck out of them. XD

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Posted: Mon, 30/12/2013 07:22 (10 Years ago)

Actually it's not:

"When I am upset with a stranger or acquaintance I may call them a few choice names mentally."
Though I specify 'mentally' this just the same is NOT to the target's face. That is the point of the above statement. This person treated me like dirt for absolutely no reason, I hadn't done a thing to her. I had only begun the assignment the teacher had given in the class we were in together when according to her I needed HER permission to start. She took being the materials manager of our table as a queen's crown!

To one who has never done me any wrong or whom I love I'd never direct it in insult. This however was not an insult I intended the statement as an adjective not a noun.

I will reword it and apologize for the uncensored word. I had to leave the computer for a short time during the composition of that post so that error had escaped my attention and I see how it was misinterpreted, an awful habit of mine. Forgive me for causing an upset.

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Posted: Mon, 30/12/2013 02:48 (10 Years ago)

Hmm, honestly I am on the bridge here. There is sense to the idea and it is easily ignored by those who disagree with it but at the same time I am seeing quite a few reasons that it is pointless. Though I am new and thus learning the workings of this site here what I feel based on my observations thus far:

1.) Via the lab you are told the egg's rarity, type and even the pokemon but once the egg is transferred to one's party that information seems to vanish from what I have noticed. So how would one be able to tell that it is an unwanted pokemon before hatching? You are constantly at battle with the other players for the egg shown in the lab so how can one tell for sure that this is the egg received, that they hadn't clicked just a moment too late and ended up with another?

2.) Are we not able to box eggs here as the video games allow? If we are than why not simply box an unwanted egg, hatch it later and then trade or release it if desired?

3.) A user mentioned earlier about how the experience here is supposed to be a challenge or that it would be more ideal for it to be and if this is how the creators of the website feel than going by the Anime it would be considered cruel to abandon a helpless egg. Also since this game from what I have seen seems to mimic the video games, eggs can not be released in the video games.
I actually kind of concur with the notion of presenting challenges via concepts such as mistakingly getting the wrong pokemon.
For example, I just hatched a female Pidgey. I prefer a male because I always use the same nickname, that of my first ever Pidgey in the video games and first ever captured pokemon. This was Yellow where pokemon did not have genders but when I traded it as a Pigeot to my Silver it was revealed to be male. The cartridge and all my most treasured pokemon died in 2007 and I simply can not apply the nickname to a female as I use it now as a memorial.
So I'll just have to find/hatch another Pidgey.
Personally if I got everything I wanted from this game right away I'd grow bored of it very quickly.

4.) Is it really that big a deal to hatch a pokemon you may not want? It's only a game after all and as I have stated said unwanted pokemon can simply be traded.

Also as a side note, My arrival may have been very recent but my eggs have not taken an excruciatingly long time to hatch. It helps that I don't sit around the site waiting for them to but please don't mistake me for accusing anyone else of doing so. I only meant to point out my experience.

So I think I am leaning more towards not supporting this, apologies but a good attempt at a useful suggestion nonetheless.

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Posted: Mon, 30/12/2013 02:15 (10 Years ago)

So far having come to this thread I found my first possible bothersome signature on Mushroom, not only is it large but that animation can become an eye sore to watch. Other than that however all the signatures I have seen are decent sized and simple graphics. Though I understand this opinion and will support you.

No is one bothered by my signature are they? I had actually resized it after applying it and then having the preview reveal how large the image actually was. Hence the quote being a bit difficult to read.

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Posted: Mon, 30/12/2013 02:05 (10 Years ago)

This would be my first event as a member here, and my first contribution to the success of the community. I would love to be Mewtwo winner but as is typical I will not have a lot of free time on the 31st. I will be spending it with my best friend. If at all I will only have a few short afternoon hours to participate. It depends on when she wants to pick me up but I can also get myself up earlier in the morning. What time zone is this website running by please?

Everyone enjoy this and good luck.

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Posted: Mon, 30/12/2013 01:36 (10 Years ago)

This is a subject that has actually caused some trouble for me in my RL and I will admit that there was once a time where it had been a more questionable habit of mine than it is today.
Interestingly I picked it up from a girl I met in the six grade who had befriended me for like a week or two then suddenly for a completely idiotic reason started an argument with me and bullied me the rest of the year(she apologized the next school year but I was done with her anyway, she was a weird chick). There was a cuss word in practically every sentence she spoke.

Never in my life have I used cuss words as weapons at least not aloud. When I am upset with a stranger or acquaintance I may call them a few choice names mentally. But aloud they are only a form of emotional expression. Example: "That is so f****** awesome!" Or "Oh that's sh***y". Personally I don't see this type of use as offensive as long as it's not directed towards anyone or their beliefs/lifestyles as it never is by me.

Even so after several years I learned to use discretion around those who dislike it, mostly the lesson came from a lecture I received from the admin of a fandom forum I had been active with some years ago(I have recently become active there again but sadly the activity has severely dropped from what it was those years ago). It's not always an easy task restraining it when in a situation where the kinder word wouldn't be as fitting for what I am feeling and in these cases it can make me feel a little like Ariel in The Little Mermaid when Ursula stole her voice. Like a part of myself is being taken away from me. But most of the time I can deal.

When you get as much scolding from someone as I had from mostly my best friend you kind of have to learn something right?
I've constantly been surrounded by friends and family that see it in slightly different ways. My best friend and I once a few years ago got into a argument when she snapped at me for using the word 'damn' which I personally don't see as a cuss since it is also a beaver's home. My aunt whom had freaked one night last week over a slip I had in the store "The line is long, we could be standing in it for half a f****** hour" however I am pretty sure would not have reacted had I used the word 'damn' instead(though she did used to scold her own daughter, my younger cousin for the word 'stupid'). Honestly I had no idea where that had come from, not only was it a casual statement with no frustration in it but normally she is not one I would pull out an F bomb around. But I'm human, it happens. Sue me.
That same statement unaltered would not have been a problem for my mother at least not now, whereas it may have been while I was in middle or high school. She used to scold me for the word 'hell' and once in my junior year of high school sent me to my room for 'goddammit' specifically for the 'God' part. If it had just been 'damn it' or 'dammit' or whatever it would have been fine. Since recently getting together with her boyfriend she uses slightly more verbal F bombs than even I do. Ironic to the 'crap' controversy in this discussion, she was actually raised by a father, my grandfather who was one of those parents who had scolded for that word, or so she has told me.
Interestingly I have also had one or two F slips around my best friend in more recent years but surprisingly she's been ignoring them. Her scolding went far beyond cuss words and all of it seemed to have mellowed over the years.

So you see where I had to learn the difficult way exactly HOW to use discretion specific to multiple individuals who have even changed their reactions over the years. Yet even today I sometimes on internet forums have to be told not to swear in their environment. My second or third day here I had already used an expressional swear and though no one responded to it I am learning now scanning this thread that it's not well liked around here so I apologize. I am not sure I could say the same for my younger self but these days the key is to politely explain to me when I have done something displeasing and I will understand and correct it. Whereas scolding only makes me bite back. Something some people such as my aunt are still unable to grasp somehow. That night I described I had to stop her beginning a lecture about 'what if I had a job there' when I absolutely know better than THAT. I have such practiced control now that I would NEVER cuss aloud in a work environment. *eyeroll*

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Posted: Mon, 30/12/2013 00:04 (10 Years ago)

*Mostly clothes; these awesome boots and leggings from my mom that I have been pretty much living in since, two sweatshirts from my aunt (one with Pikachu on it haha).
*A gift card to my local movie theaters and to the Elephant Bar (a restaurant).
*The little Jansport backpack I asked for because a zipper on my very old one broke off. This one is smaller and lacks one of the pockets the old one had but the colors are awesome and well...it's kinda the only way they're made these days. They're not as common as they once were.

My best gift however was the very unexpected PS3 I got from my mom's boyfriend along with Kingdom Hearts 1.5 remix.

Then there were some socks, undies and candy as stocking stuffers.

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Posted: Mon, 23/12/2013 22:00 (10 Years ago)

CarpetMonster: If you'll notice the logic in the games is to accommodate aspects that would take away from the experience if it followed the anime. Because in the anime we see Lugia with a child, Latios and Latias who descend from a Latios who died to save earth and Legendaries are NEVER caught let alone bred by a trainer.

Even pertaining to common pokemon and battle there are parts of what we see in the anime that don't translate into the games. For example the ability to dodge attacks with fancy footwork.

The games simply don't make complete sense.

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Posted: Mon, 23/12/2013 07:51 (10 Years ago)

A lot of these theories are very well thought out however I still see some flaws.

EDIT: Apologies, I am not sure why my quotes are messed up. I am new and unfamiliar with how it works here but all my tags are correct to my knowledge.

QuoteThe theory that I would like to share is one about Nidorina and Nidoqueen, and why you cannot get Eggs from them.
I think that it is because of how protective they are of their young. Most of Nidoqueen's PokéDex entries mention how they are strongest when they are protecting their offspring, or similar things.
I think that the reason you can't get Eggs from Nidorina and Nidoqueen is because the Day Care man simply can't get to them. If your Nidoqueen was really that protective, would you expect her to happily hand over her Nidoran Eggs to the Day Care man? She is simply guarding the Egg, so the Day Care man can't get to it, and therefore obviously can't give it to you.

If this is so than what is the explanation for being able to do the opposite and separate the pokemon from the egg via removing it from the daycare? Are you even told that the pokemon and it's intended mate are getting along?

QuoteIt's possible that this is even why you can't get Latios or Latias Eggs; their PokéDex entries mention that they live in herds, and NPCs such as Cheryl use them in the Battle Tower, so they obviously need to reproduce, but why should they trust the Day Care man with the Egg of an incredibly powerful Legendary Pokémon?

The explanation here is simple, no legendary in the games can be bred because it would make them less valuable.

QuoteDitto is a failed Mew Clone
Mew and Ditto both weigh 8.8 lbs.
They have the same sprite color scheme, with the same shinies.
They both can learn every move, though in Ditto's case for a certain period.
They both learn Transform, and Mewtwo cannot
Many Ditto can be found in Cinnabar Mansion where many experiments took place between Mew and Mewtwo.

The statement "Both can learn any move" is not entirely accurate. Ditto's only move is Transform which allows it to become another pokemon entirely. There is a big difference.

QuoteGengar is Clefable’s Shadow

Gengar is known as the Shadow Pokémon, but what exactly is it a shadow of? Their body shapes are almost exactly alike, with the only major difference being that Clefable has a curl for its hair and tail, while Gengar has spikes. However, the shadow of an upright spiral like Clefable's tail would only be a line, or a spike. Now look at their typings. One of normal-type, and the other has ghost-type. Due to their immunities, neither of them could hit the other with STAB attacks, since they'd just be immune to each other. Have you ever tried to hit your shadow?

I'd say that since they are never seen together that Ganger is actually the spirt of Clafable who have passed on however it needs to be taken into consideration that Ganger is the final evolution of two other pokemon. How does this fit?

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I don't have any of my own but I am sure we all remember the pokegod rumored tricks in the original R/B/Y games. This Includes one of the most popular, Pikablu, Merril's original identity believed to be an evolution of Pikachu or Riachu due to it's identical facial features.
Pikablu was only one of many pokegods believed to be obtainable in R/B/Y as well as Mew.
There are 3 definitions of pokegods:
*Johto region pokemon believed to be obtainable in R/B/Y which is before they officially existed, this includes Pikablu(Merril) and Togepi.
*Supposed evolutions of first generation pokemon that don't have known further evolutions or evolutions at all. Examples are Onix (since Steelex was unknown at the time) and Flareon.
*Completely fictional Pokemon.

There is a whole detailed description of many of the rumored pokegod cheats and tricks in the original games here:
http://www.blue-reflections.net/ragecandybar/projects/pokegods/
A great deal of these even are coming to my own attention for the first time.

I also once read a trick to capture 'GHOST' the mysterious figure you encounter in place of Gastly when you don't have the Silph Scope on you. It was said that using 'GHOST' actually killed opposing pokemon rather than faint them.

A couple I myself tried several years ago, while my fandom was still young, are:

*Talking to the fisherman who gave you the super rod 101 times was supposed to make him give you the Ultra Rod. The Ultra Rod would fish out the HM Super Strength which was supposed to be able to move the Vermillion Truck where either Mew or Togepi is. I actually attempted this at least five times. I was still a young fan, no older than 15 (I am 27 now) and wanted very much to make it work.

*Use the itemfinder 101 times in Mt. Moon with an open spot in your team. On the 101st time it should beep and your open spot should be filled by a mysterious egg which is supposed to be Togepi.

Not that experienced veteran fans like myself need to be informed but I can confirm from personal attempt these are absolutely bogus!

In addition I had every intention of trying a trick to evolve Dragonite into Yoshi (yes Super Mario World Yoshi) but it required full pokedexs in both Blue and Red which I never achieved. Now both of my cartridges have been dead for a year or so.

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VergeofChaos OFFLINE Forum Posts: 33	Posted: Sun, 22/12/2013 01:52 (10 Years ago)
	Skechi, thanks for the excuse to have a redo. I'm MEW! HELL YEAH! [Read more]

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	Scraped the hell out of my knee and elbow in the first grade playing tag with my two friends (Twin boys). [Read more]

VergeofChaos OFFLINE Forum Posts: 33	Posted: Fri, 20/12/2013 05:38 (10 Years ago)
	Zangoose. That's shit. XP [Read more]

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