Alright, I've decided I want to
request another gauntlet since it's become apparent to me that I'm not going to complete my first one. This isn't because of the challenge itself though; in fact I was quite enjoying it. It's because I was playing it on a Platinum Emulator, and DS emulators run super-slow on my computer. It felt like my character was constantly wading through molasses and it just got so painful I couldn't force myself to continue with it, which is a shame because the challenge itself was actually pretty compelling. I also want to go back to my roots and do some long-form updates (maybe in a separate thread) again and I need a new challenge to do that.
So. This will be a brand new Gauntlet challenge for me, in
Pokemon Soul Silver. The Gauntlet will
end after beating Red. I'll be taking the same number of challenges I did for my Platinum Gauntlet,
4 rule challenges and 8 event challenges. I want the difficulty of my run to be
hard but not insane. If I feel that your challenge pushes the run into the "insane" category, I will ask you to change it, or if it can't be changed to fit in I'll reject it. Same as before, I want
no overly tedious challenges. Again, I'll be the judge of what qualifies for that, but the general rule of thumb is that if it requires me to spend more than an hour grinding for it specifically, it's probably too tedious. This time I'd like to request that you
try and fill the rule challenges first. This is so I can start earlier, and also so I can better judge event challenges in light of the additional rules I'll be under when attempting to complete them.
Thanks in advance, and good luck to those who are currently running their own gauntlets!
List of Challenges accepted:
Rule Challenges:
1. If a Pokemon faints twice it can no longer be used in battle (turskain)
2. If an active Pokemon has a stat dropped, I must immediately switch it out unless this is impossible. (Deinosaur)
3. My team must have balanced genders, and only one gender may receive EXP from any given battle, effectively dividing the genders into "teams". Genderless Pokemon get assigned a "gender" via coin-flip at the time of capture. (Celever)
4. I can only use items (other than Pokeballs) in battle if my opponent has used one first, and I can only use as many as they have used before me. (Kadew)
Event Challenges:
1. I am not allowed to use STAB moves in the gym battle against Clair (turskain)
2. One of Morty's Pokemon must be KO'd by a Pokemon I caught during the Bug Catching Contest (Deinosaur)
3. I must fight Falkner with only Pokemon that are weak to Flying. (Celever)
4. I must box my favorite team member before battling the E4, and take them on with only 5 members. Gotta show Karen she's wrong! (Kadew)
5. I can't have any Pokemon over level 65 when entering my battle with Red (lucariomaster2)
6. I can't use super-effective moves against Whitney's Miltank, and my Pokemons' max level must not exceed hers (Lucariomaster2)
7. I have to put at least half of Erika's team asleep (UllarWarlord)
8. I have to "show mercy" to the Rocket Grunt that stole power plant parts in Cerulean. I can only attack his Pokemon with false swipe and confusion, and it must KO itself in an act of "surrendering" (UllarWarlord)
Challenge filled! I'll be starting this soon and I'll make a whole thread dedicated to the updates. I'll post a link here when I have topic ready. See you there!
EDIT:
THREAD IS UP!