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Nice job finally clearing it - a lot of coincidences with my Factory run, e.g. losing at battle 50 (I was given a virtually unwinnable scenario, as detailed in my post), playing it on and off since 2020, and having some unusually good luck. Although posts like yours are the reason I was putting...

I wouldn't mind if there was at least a separate leaderboard for emulators, as long as there's sufficient proof of the run being legit, as in my case (i.e. not just the final result shown, but most/all of the battles). It's okay if people here don't want any new rules yet, but as time goes on it...

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/4th-generation-battle-facilities-discussion-and-records.3663294/page-6#post-9294029 - I returned to Smogon after a long hiatus to post this 9000-word report lol

Platinum Battle Factory Level 50: Gold Print achieved (18 attempts, 27 hours) I lost on Battle 50, but sadly my streak of 49 can't be included on the leaderboards as it was on emulator. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5wtsgxg_YNdgDymWpZqv-NapcyKFFc1M Video playlist of my live-streamed...

That post was about 18 months ago, but now I finally did it! I'll post my full report within the next day or so; it may end up around 8000 words, and the video will show every battle. I actually went against that common wisdom that I learned from researching old Smogon posts about Factory...

I'm just dropping in for the first time in ages as I decided to skim through the last few pages of the thread - it's been great to see so much activity in such an old game, and I think that speaks to the quality and replayability of the older facilities, which has been sorely lacking in recent...

It's nice to see that my 646 streak in the Platinum Tower is still preserved in the leaderboards, from all the way back in 2010... it's clear from this thread that gen 4 battle facilities will never again be anywhere near as popular as they were back then, but I'm posting to say that my Pokemon...

I finally cleared all 18 types in Restricted Sparring. I’ll only post team details for some of the types (the ones in bold), mainly the ones that seemed worthy of the type leaderboards. Here’s a clip showing all 18 of my type records: https://streamable.com/91k604 My win streaks after one*...

I only just saw this post from a few weeks ago, just wanted to say it's really nice that Jumpman is still on the top of a battle facility leaderboard, all these generations later! Congrats on your amazing streak, and for continuing to be a great source of team ideas. As for me, I've only just...

Sorry I only just saw this (haven't been on Smogon for ages), thanks for mentioning my point about the Lum Berry - I just wanted to mention that with the restriction of an Emerald-only team, I'm fairly sure the Petaya Berry can't be obtained in Emerald without trading... that's the main reason I...

Thanks, and I agree that there aren't many ways to lose in the Pyramid - as long as you have a way to deal with stat boosters, e.g. Aerial Ace for Double Team spammers. With Slaking, I hardly ever used Double-Edge against wild Pokemon - when I had Slaking as a lead, it was on floors where I was...

Good to know that the legendary Jumpman16 is still around. Only a decade later do I realise how much I miss the gen 4 Battle Tower days... weird to think how us top players on the leaderboard wasted so much of our lives and cared so much about it. Also, nice to see I'm not the only one who keeps...

Updating my ongoing Battle Pyramid streak (Open Level, retail) to 140 floors: In every other facility I kept going past the Gold Symbols until a loss, but in this case my goal was just to clear all 20 different rounds and then stop. It was as easy as I expected. My team once again varied...

Reporting an ongoing Battle Pyramid streak: 70 wins (Open Level, retail) Now I can see why people just report ongoing streaks; not only is this facility tedious, it's also hard to imagine how one could actually lose, since you can stock up so many Hyper Potions, Revives, etc. Not to mention...

Thanks, I might actually try for a better Pike streak now that I won't forget the gen 3 doubles mechanics again! The lack of Blissey was because I have very limited Pokemon options on my cartridge; no games to trade with. That's why I've been limited to 5 main Pokemon across all facilities...

Alright, these were my teams: Battle Pike 151 rooms (Open Level, retail, ended streak) For the Pike, Starmie once again held a Lum Berry for extra status protection along with Natural Cure, which makes it one of the safest sweepers to use here. Also convenient how it one-shots wild Sevipers...

Yep, I did all my Factory RNG manipulation on cartridge, along with all the RNG needed to get near-flawless IVs on my Pokemon for the other facilities. It was surprisingly easy to get consistent timing. Thanks, I hope the Pyramid will be easy as you say, since it's the only thing standing...

Congrats on the Gold, although I think it's only the hardest if you don't use RNG manipulation for specific starting Pokemon sets. I found it much easier once I had the same teams every time, especially some of the best possible teams such as Starmie/Flygon/Forretress. I think the Palace is...

Just reporting in with a discovery of an amazingly stupid way to lose, based on a mechanic I never expected: Slaking’s Truant can activate on its first turn in battle. How it happened: my Starmie was KOed by Sandstorm damage, then I switched in Slaking. Of course it was just 2 wins away from a...