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Post by Bees on Aug 11, 2020 1:35:10 GMT
I'm working on a Nuzlocke of Pokemon SoulSilver! (I've made brief attempts at Nuzlockes before, but all experienced technical difficulties before getting very far OR losing.) I will be streaming this Nuzlocke at my Twitch channel twitch.tv/probablynotbees! I also intend to put together highlight videos on my YouTube, which is also probablynotbees. In addition, I'll be posting session summaries here. IDK how deep I'll be going with this but it's not totally impossible that I'll actually write about it.
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Post by Bees on Aug 11, 2020 2:41:53 GMT
Session one! Starting on our journey through the Johto Region ... Bees chose a Cyndaquil as their starter and named him Sebastian, at Nix's urging. Sebastian started out at level 5 and reached level 8 over the course of the session. We traveled to Mr. Pokemon's House, where we received a Mystery Egg! (That's me.) Then, on our way home, Professor Elm called to say something terrible had happened. Further down the road, we were accosted by a mysterious boy who said he'd be the best trainer ever ... despite the fact that Sebastian and Bees defeated him and his Totodile. The full video of the stream can be found here for the next 14 days. The YouTube version, edited down to just the highlights, is here.
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Post by Bees on Aug 12, 2020 2:07:26 GMT
Session 2! We returned to the Lab to find that Roy, the redheaded boy we met on the road, had stolen one of Professor Elm's rare Pokemon! While the police investigate the case, Professor Elm suggested that Bees take on the gym challenge, starting in Violet City. We had a fairly uneventful trip to Violet City and explored it and its environs. But, most importantly -- on our way there, Ethan taught us how to catch new Pokemon! We quickly added some new friends to our team. After the first one, I decided to pull names from Fire Emblem: Three Houses characters, for my own amusement. Route 29: Justin the Rattata! Met at level 2, reached level 6 by the end of the session. Route 30: none yet! Route 31: Ashe the level 4 Hoothoot! Route 32: Ferdinand the level 6 Bellsprout was traded with the NPC Rudy for Rocky the level 6 Onix! This session's video got split into two parts due to a technical difficulty. Part one is here (18:24) and part 2 is here (41:31). Here's the abridge YouTube version!
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Post by Bees on Jan 8, 2022 3:33:46 GMT
Bet you thought you'd seen the last of me! Session 3! (Didn't stream/record this one, but I do want a record of it.)
I didn't realize I'd gotten Faulkner's badge already last time, so I ended up walking around a bit more than I needed to before hitting Union Cave.
Man, I'm really starting to feel the lack of that full-party Exp. Share.
Taught Rock Smash to Rocky the Onix.
Captures: Union Cave: Nothing. Every single encounter I had in Union Cave was either a Rattata or a Zubat.
Almost lost the entire run to a Slowpoke because a) 3/5 of my Pokemon were weak to water and b) Yawn. With a special honorable mention to c) Hypnosis's abysmal accuracy. But we squeaked through without any deaths!
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Post by Bees on Jan 8, 2022 21:37:10 GMT
Session 4
Uh oh, Team Rocket's maiming Slowpokes. After the Slowpoke I fought last session, I'm tempted to just say "Good." Team Rocket successfully removed.
Captures: Ilex Forest: Hubert the Zubat Slowpoke Well: Sylvain the Slowpoke (sorry Sylvain), who headed to a box for now Hatched in Azalea Town: Ignatz the Togepi
I've also realized that I forgot to summarize some past developments; I know at some point I had a Pidgey named Ingrid, and that she died, maybe in the first gym? I'd have to look back at the video to be sure.
We returned to Professor Elm's lab to show him the Togepi (though Ignatz nearly died on the way there, which would have been awkward).
Part 2!
Grinding ... I want all my Pokemon to hit level 10 before I try the next gym. My team for this gym is: - Hubert the Zubat - Ashe the Hoothoot - Rocky the Onix - Justin the Rattata - Sebastian the Cyndaquil - Ignatz the Togepi
I think this is the Grass gym so it shouldn't be too hard -- Sebastian should be able to take care of them with Ashe for backup. But just in case ...
Captures: Route 33: Lorenz the Ekans
Walking into the gym, I discovered that it is in fact the Bug-type gym! But, uh, still weak to Fire and Flying, so ... plan hasn't really changed. Oh, but the first trainer's first Pokemon is level 12, so I miiiight want to grind a little more ... My Cyndaquil is only level 13, and my Hoothoot is only level 12.
While I considered the question of whether to go grind again, Sebastian one-shotted both of the first trainer's 2 Pokemon, leveled up, and evolved. Yeah, we'll be OK ... Probably.
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Post by Bees on Jan 10, 2022 3:29:25 GMT
Session 5!
Continuing in the Bug gym! I beat all the trainers, feeling pretty good about myself, and then Bugsy throws out his first Pokemon ... Scyther. And it's level 17. Uh-oh. It immediately kicks Sebastian's ass, so I pull out Rocky in the hopes that he can at least tank it for a bit ... and U-Turn crits, taking Rocky from green to dead.
Through the miracle of Hypnosis actually hitting 4 times, I manage to take out Bugsy's Metapod. But now his Scyther is back. Ashe puts it to sleep, but it gets off a Quick Attack, so Ashe has 2 HP. Back to Sebastian, whom I've Super Potioned back to full. Through some miracle, Scyther doesn't wake back up until its health is almost gone; I try to Quick Attack it, but it Quick Attacks faster, so while Scyther is down, Sebastian is at a little more than half HP. But we do get a nice chunk of EXP for killing Scyther, and his next Pokemon is only a Kakuna ... I leave Sebastian in.
Sebastian one-shots his Kakuna. We're through. But Rocky, you shall be missed.
To replace Rocky, Raphael the Geodude returns to our team. He was sidelined mostly because I thought we would be in a Grass-type gym, but now he's back.
Once we rearrange our team, we find that our rival wants to fight. Turns out we're way underleveled to fight him, too, and I really have nothing for his Croconaw. Time for the good ol' Hypnosis again ... except his Croconaw wakes up and one-hits Ashe with a crit. Then it kills Justin, Hubert, and Raphael while I'm scrambling. Finally Sebastian manages to Quick Attack it to death while it spams Scary Face, and Roy sends out his next Pokemon ... a Zubat. Which, after a little shuffling over Supersonic, we manage to kill.
Back at the Pokemon Center, we sadly say goodbye to Hubert, Ashe, Justin, and Raphael. We pick up our new team members, Sylvain the Slowpoke and Lorenz the Ekans, and I vow to do a better job leveling my team next time. And to find something that works well against Water types.
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Post by Bees on Jan 11, 2022 1:52:02 GMT
Session 6
Grinding begins. I found a man's Farfetch'd and earned the TM Cut, but the only Pokemon I have who can learn it is Sebastian, and I don't want to use one of my starter's move slots on Cut ... I still haven't caught a Pokemon on Route 30, so I might go back there and pick up a Weedle, but that'll have to be during the day.
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Post by Bees on Jan 16, 2022 1:12:00 GMT
Session 7 (technically 8 but all I did last time was grind a little)
Captures: Route 30: Dimitri the Weedle
Unfortunately Weedles cannot learn Cut, so my only option to continue is to teach it to Sebastian. Oops. Well, at least we have 5 Pokemon now.
Working our way through Ilex Forest ...
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