Day Five

Day Five:

Team Rocket?  More like Team SuckIt!  Slowpoke Well was so easy, although I was afraid what I was going to encounter.  Boss-type Team Rocket members always have badass Pokemon.  Not this time.  Wiped the floor with them and laughed all the way back to town.

Then I got stupid and ran into Assbutt before going to the gym.  Ehrmegerd!  All three of his guys were 4-5 levels higher than me!  No matter.  Got his first guy down no sweat, so he brought out his starter next (Bayleaf).  Threw out Hilda and despite having a super effective move, she could barely put a scratch on him.  To make things worse, he kept using Synthesis and restoring his HP completely.  AND Hilda became poisoned.  This wasn't going to work.  Called her back and looked over my options.  Olan?  No, he's water.  Rockette?  No, she's rock.  Matt or Beavis?  No, they were 7-8 levels lower.  My only choice was DarksMcGee.

Razor Leaf.  1/3 of my health gone.  And all I had was Lick, which did very very little damage.  How was I going to come out of this without anyone dying?  Hypnosis.  Missed.  Almost dead with a critical.  Super Potion back to full.  Another critical.  Super Potion again.  Regular hit.  Hypnosis... it worked!  Ok, so its time to gamble.  There was no other way to win.  But it could mean DarksMcGee's life.  I had him use Curse.  Another half of his health gone and... Bayleaf still asleep!  Whew!  Super Potion!  Heal heal heal!  Within four turns, Bayleaf was dead.  My team easily finished off the rest.

DarksMcGee single-handedly saved me from wiping, because thats exactly what would have happened.

I went and trained a bit but it was slow going, so I went back and hit the gym.  Got to the leader easy enough and then... Scyther.  And Hilda couldn't hurt him for crap.  In the end DarksMcGee bailed me out AGAIN and it was also very, very close.  I wasn't sure he was going to survive.

Next up... the Ilex Forest (and hopefully more grindable wild pokemans!)

New Friends:

• Turnley (Slowpoke)

Trainer Name: Suck it
Rival: Assbutt
Badges: 2

Current Party:

• #1: Olan (Totodile)
• Level Found/Current: 5/17
• Found at: New Bark Town
• #3: Matt (Rattata)
• Level Found/Current: 2/12
• Found at: Route 46
• #4: Beavis (Kakuna->Beedrill)
• Level Found/Current: 4/10
• Found at: Route 30
• #5: Hilda (Pidgey)
• Level Found/Current: 4/16
• Found at: Route 31
• #6: Rockette (Geodude)
• Level Found/Current: 3/17
• Found at: Dark Cave
• #7: DarksMcGee (Ghastly)
• Level Found/Current: 3/18
• Found at: Sprout Tower

Boxed:

• #8: Evan (Ekans)
• Level Found/Current: 4/4
• Found at: Route 32
• #9: Egg
• Level Found/Current: --/--
• Found at: Mr. Pokemon
• #10: Roseanne (Magikarp)
• Level Found/Current: 10/10
• Found at: Violet City
• #11: Bolger (Zubat)
• Level Found/Current: 5/5
• Found at: Union Cave
• #12: Harry (Oddish)
• Level Found/Current: 6/6
• Found at: Ilex Forest
• #13: Turnley (Slowpoke)
• Level Found/Current: 8/8
• Found at: Ilex Forest

Dead:

• #2: Cid (Pidgey)
• Level Found/Dead: 2/6
• Found at: Route 29
• Died to: Pidgey

Missed Opportunities:

• Unown
• Zubat

Day Four

Day Four:

Lots of training and progression today.  Got my first badge and made it to Azalea town.  Had a couple close calls, and the fight against the Violet City gym's leader's Pidgeotto nearly killed my starter.  I had to chug 6 or 7 potions because the damn thing kept using Roost.  And I was a solid 3 levels under it, so it was scary there for a bit.  I still havent seen Assbutt, I could have sworn you were supposed to fight him after the first gym, but I guess not.  I'm dreading that first meeting as it usually comes out of no where.

In other news I finally evolved Beavis into a Beedrill.  He takes a lot of experience to level now, though, so I don't know if I'm even going to use him.  I almost want to pull Evan out of the Box instead because he's a Poison type and has Intimidate, which owns.  Matt killed an Unown that I could have caught, and Rockette killed a second Zubat.  All in all I'm not too sad about those.

Next time... Slowpoke Well, Gym Badge #2, and a possible Assbutt encounter!

New Friends:

• Evan (Ekans)
• Egg
• Roseanne (Magikarp)
• Bolger (Zubat)
• Harry (Oddish)

Trainer Name: Suck it
Rival: Assbutt
Badges: 1

Current Party:

• Pokemon #1: Olan (Totodile)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 5/14/--
• Found at: New Bark Town
• Pokemon #3: Matt (Rattata)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 2/11/--
• Found at: Route 46
• Pokemon #4: Beavis (Kakuna->Beedrill)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 4/10/--
• Found at: Route 30
• Pokemon #5: Hilda (Pidgey)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 4/13/--
• Found at: Route 31
• Pokemon #6: Rockette (Geodude)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 3/12/--
• Found at: Dark Cave
• Pokemon #7: DarksMcGee (Ghastly)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 3/14/--
• Found at: Sprout Tower

Boxed:

• Pokemon #8: Evan (Ekans)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 4/4/--
• Found at: Route 32
• Pokemon #9: Egg
• Level Found/Current/Dead: --/--/--
• Found at: Mr. Pokemon
• Pokemon #10: Roseanne (Magikarp)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 10/10/--
• Found at: Violet City
• Pokemon #11: Bolger (Zubat)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 5/5/--
• Found at: Union Cave
• Pokemon #12: Harry (Oddish)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 6/6/--
• Found at: Ilex Forest

Dead:

• Pokemon #2: Cid (Pidgey)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 2/--/6
• Found at: Route 29
• Died to: Pidgey

Missed Opportunities:

• Unown
• Zubat

Day Two

Day Two:

It wasn't supposed to happen.  It was an accident.  Oh God, I'm so sorry Cid.  Level 6 Pidgey vs Level 3 Pidgey.  Cid (Level 6) had 80% of his health, the wild Pidgey (Level 3) was one hit away from death.  Cid moves in for the kill.  A miss.  Wild Pidgey hits for critical, knocking Cid down to a third of his health.  A scary moment, but we survived it together.  Finish what you started Cid.  Another miss.  Wild Pidgey stepped up with another critical hit.  And just like that, Cid was gone.

WHY?!?!?!?!

Thankfully the Poke-Gods realized their error and graced me with Hilda.  But I will always remember my first Pidgey.  RIP Cid.  We hardly knew ye.

New Friends:

• Cid (Pidgey)
• Matt (Rattata)
• Beavis (Kakuna)
• Hilda (Pidgey)
• Rockette (Geodude)
• DarksMcGee (Ghastly)

Fallen Comrades:

• Cid (Pidgey)

Trainer Name: Suck it
Rival: Assbutt

Current Party:

• Pokemon #1: Olan (Totodile)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 5/11/--
• Found at: New Bark Town
• Pokemon #3: Matt (Rattata)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 2/10/--
• Found at: Route 46
• Pokemon #4: Beavis (Kakuna)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 4/8/--
• Found at: Route 30
• Pokemon #5: Hilda (Pidgey)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 4/4/--
• Found at: Route 31
• Pokemon #6: Rockette (Geodude)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 3/3/--
• Found at: Dark Cave
• Pokemon #5: DarksMcGee (Ghastly)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 3/3/--
• Found at: Sprout Tower

Dead:

• Pokemon #2: Cid (Pidgey)
• Level Found/Current/Dead: 2/--/6
• Found at: Route 29
• Died to: Pidgey 

Day One

Day One:

After a false start whereby it took me over an hour to realize I couldn't save a new Pokemon file unless you go to the start screen and push a weird button combination, I'm finally back at the point where I can catch Pokemon.  Being that its 1:30 AM and I don't want a Hoothoot, I'm turning in for the night.

Trainer Name: Suck it
Rival: Assbutt

Current Party:

• Pokemon #1: Olan (Totodile)
• Starting Level: 5
• Current Level: 8
• Dying Level: --
• Found at: New Bark Town
• Died to: --

Ok, lets see how long this lasts!  I'm going to attempt a Nuzlocke of Pokemon Soul Silver.  I'll update at the end of each day of play.  Here we go!!