Let's Play! Ardy Plays GPS Monster Scouter!

[Ardy]

Well
Some of you may know me from my long abandoned Blazed Glazed playthrough and my recently abandoned Gaia playthrough (I swear it was not because I got too drunk the first time). I really enjoy making these playthroughs but the problem is Im too busy to really get any time to play them, especially this year with Covid and being an essential worker has meant I havent touched my laptop for like 2 months, which is why the Gaia Drunklocke is on hiatus (I have been drinking enough to compensate though).
But anyways I was clearing out my phone recently and I found an app that I used to use a LOT in the past but which I havent touched in a year. And I realised it would be really interesting to make a playthrough of it. I am talking about the colossal timesink that is GPS Monster Scouter.

The Game
GPS Monster Scouter is a fanmade app that is essentially a low budget version of Pokemon Go (even tho it predates that shit) that somehow manages to be more fun and truer to the spirit of the franchise than Go ever was. It is much easier to play, easier on the battery, and has many more features that keep you hooked. I highly recommend downloading and playing it, it is fuckin fun.

Its perfect for a playthrough because:
Theres a ton of shit you can do and try to go for (shiny hunting, living dex etc)
Its an app that requires travel and I live in New York City, which is practically MADE for this app
I use my phone exponentially more often than I use my laptop
I have already done a complete dex of Kanto in a previous playthrough


Anyways, this playthrough is simple because the game has no plot: I am going to attempt to do a Catch em All of every Pokemon in all 8 generations. Depending on my luck, I might also go for a Shiny Catch them all. Will this take ages? Probably. Will I get bored and abandon this before then? Almost certainly. But will I have fun along the way? Debateable.
Without further ado, lets start this!

Part 1: Snom Purgatory

Totally not an excuse to show off my phones background

Your first time loading, it will ask you which datapack you want to load. Datapacks can be loaded from the link above, and range from specific gens of Pokemon to digimon to even a datapack about viruses! (That last one probably isnt the best in the current climate though, oof).
Anyways, the datapack I have contains all 8 generations of Pokemon.

Since I dont have a backup for this datapack, lets start a new one.

It asks us which generations we want to get Pokes from, and, fuck it, all 8 we go.
Time to see our spawn.

Aaaaand its Snom.
This is not good.
Im at work playing this, so it isn't all bad because atleast its not my home spawn but even so, Snom is bad as a starter for reasons I will get into when I start battling. Point is, you want your starter to have a good defensive typing or have an immunity to take advantage of so you can level it up quickly. Snom has neither.
The good news is, we dont have to start with Snom if we dont want to, I could always move to a new area and catch the Pokemon there instead.

In the meantime, while Im waiting to go on break and catch a starter, lets set up the preferences and shit

First thing we do is set up a Trainer card.

As always, I name myself Terry and I choose the Aroma Girl from DP as my sprite cuz wynaut. I dont have any achievements as of now, but we will get them soon.

I change a bunch of settings too, but the main one I change is this. Swarm settings from Automatic to Manual. Ill explain why in a bit.

We get items at the start of the game. Lets run through them.
Grass Food is bait to attract Grass type Pokemon. Its actually useful since Snom is gonna be super effective against Grass, which should help it out while grinding.
Local Meeting Poster invites trainers to your base, which is good because thats how you get levels quick when youre higher than 30 cus at that point wild battles dont cut it
Pokemon Food attracts Pokemon of any type, which is generically good. You wanna have these cuz youll use them often.
Regional Meeting Poster is for stronger trainers.

These are all Swarms. When placed over a base, a swarm will appear after 24 hours. However, once activated, they will leave after 30 mins. You want the swarms to be manual so you can activate them when you want, so you arent chasing them across the city and only ending up with 5 mins of a Heracross swarm or whatnot.

There is not much more we can do until we get out of Snom purgatory, but I have my break in about an hour and i should hopefully pick up something better then.
See you guys in a couple hours!

 

[Ardy]

Part 2: A Snom of Ice and Fire

Last time we left off (legit barely 4 hours ago) we had done absolutely nothing. This will be a recurring theme in this app.
Anyways, on my lunch break I took a walk to try and find another Pokemon. Btw the way routes work in this game is that every route (theyre divided into 200m x 100m rectangles iirc) will only have 1 pokemon family that can be encountered, with a low chance of encountering Pokemon from neighbouring routes, depending on how close you are to them.
Anyways, I took a walk and got a new route to find...

Cubone?
Dont get me wrong, normally Cubone would be a wonderful starter, but seeing as it spawned next to Snom, who absolutely demolishes it, Im not gonna pick it up.
I walked around trying to find a new route, but I had to go back to work before I could manage to. So, fuck it, Im gonna start with snom after all.

For your starter, all you have to do is go to any route and click seek monsters. One will join you, and it doesnt even cost a Pokeball the first time! (Which is good cuz Pokeballs are VERY valuable in this game).

Say hello to the first member of our team!
Ill explain the Power Level in a sec

But first I nickname Snom
Dont ask me for rationale behind the name, I have none

And with that we can start playing! You just click Seek Monsters to battle

And now the battle engine. It is pretty simplistic and minimalistic and easy to get behind.
The Pokemons level is how much damage it does. A level 5 pokemon will do 5 damage, a level 18 will do 18 damage, and so on.
Pokemon can only attack with STAB moves. So Snom can only use Ice and Bug attacks. It will automatically choose whichever does more damage.
Type modifications are important. 4x effective moves add 20 damage to the total, 2x effective add 10, resisted moves reduce the damage by 10, and 4x resisted reduce the damage by 20.
Additionally, every pokemon species has an inherent multiplier called their Power Level. These are: Scarce (-5 damage), Basic (no modification), Good (+5) Excellent (+10), Extraordinary (+15) and Legendary(+20). The species modifier depends on their base stats.
Since snom has pathetic stats it has a -5 modifier, which makes it a rly bad starter.
So to recap the battle above, our Level 5 snom does 5 damage with a nuetral Bug attack (since ice would be resisted), which is knocked down to 0 damage. Since 0 is higher than the -1 our level 4 opponent does, we win the battle and get experience!
Once you faint a Pokemon, you are guaranteed to catch it. You cannot attempt to catch a Pokemon that has fainted your Pokemon. You can seek upto 3 monsters at a time if you have 3 or more Pokemon ready to fight.

Most Pokemon need to cooldown after fights, with longer cooldowns depending on how close the end result was.

And we come across a Pichu!
I normally wouldnt bother but I need it for the Pokedex. Its too much hassle to evolve a Pichu so Im just gonna catch a Pikachu later on.

I name him pikapii which is my code for all the pikachu clones, with the number of i at the end depending on the generation

And in my first tragedy of the run, pikapii loses to a shiny snom, which means I cant catch it. Shinies are easier to come by in this game, however, so no biggie.

Btw your Pokemon interact with each other and shit, its really cute
Anyways i think its time to set a marker for work

These are rhe different markers you can have. The way I use them is:
Home for home
Heart for boyfriends places/date spots
Star for places I like to visit infrequently, cafes and sightseeing spots and shops and the like
Crosses for relatives houses or close friends
Circles for work or places I visit nearly every day (subway stations, my roommates workplace, the restaurant near my house)
Anyways I mark it with a circle and label it work

Yep

In the meanwhile I battle a punch of Snom and level up both Pikapii and Snommy Bastard. Its hard cus they need lots of cooldown time.

At this point I decide to take a smoke break and catch a Cubone cuz Ground types are amazing in this game, and pure ground types doubly so. Interesting to note is this is an Alolan Cubone, so it will evolve into a Fire/Ghost Marowak.

Name it Sad Boi cuz the Boi is sad. Also cuz it gets trashed on by Snom.

Pikapii grows a bit more (training Scarce Pokemon is HARD

Walking home, I come across a new route, with Scatterbug. Despite being Scarce, Scatterbug isnt half bad because atleast it evolves early.

Unfortunately, I wasnt paying attention and caught a Level 1 one by accident, which yoing to be A BITCH to train. Oh well.
In other news, in the subway I discovered my train (the Q) wasnt running from that subway. Which means Im going to have to take another train to Atlantic Avenue and switch to the Q. Which is a pain for me, but good for this run, cuz it means another Pokemon to catch!
I will update this again in a while, with Atlantic Avenue and going home.
See you guys soon.

 

[Ardy]

Part 3: The One Where The False Son Rises

It turns out Atlantic Avenue is a Magikarp hotbed. This is great, because Gyarados is one of the best Pokemon in the game, especially if you have its Mega Stone (Megas that change typing are INVALUABLE here), and despite being Scarce, water is such a good typing that Magikarp can usually get through the few levels it needs to become a Gyarados.

I catch a Level 8 Magikarp and name it Sodarayg, as is tradition. Then before I get the chance to do much else my train comes and I am woefully ripped from the womb of destiny by the Q Train
One of the reasons I use the Q Train (i live near 2 subway stations and only ever use the Q, even though its further away from my home) is that in certain parts of Brooklyn, it changes from a subway train to an above-ground train. This is great for the game cuz not only can we seek new pokemon on the subway, but you get coins for travelling a certain distance, and since the GPS actually works on above ground trains, we can make a ton of money just sitting on the Q.
Of course, I fall asleep immediately so it is a moot point. But we do still make money!

I get off at my stop (Newkirk Plaza) and begin walking home. I walk 5 mins before I realise I need to play the game. Upon opening it I see a Sandygast spawn. Sandygast and Pallosand are AMAZING in these games. Basically, Dual Typed Ghosts are among the best Pokemon in the game, specifically because they are not only immune to 2 types, but one of those types is the single best type a Poke can have in this game: Normal
You see, Normal isnt super effective on anything. So to compensate, Normal Pokemon get a +5 Boost when used against any Pokemon that isnt Ghost, Rock or Steel. This may not sound like much, but that +5 boost is priceless, so much so that you NEED a Ghost earlygame just so you dont get beat to the dirt by Normal spawns.

I come across the a rockruff spawn in the meanwhile, and take the time on the walk home to train up Sad Boi and Spoopy Sandsparkles (as Sandy is now known)

I come across two water routes on the way home, giving Pikapii some good training oppurtunities.

You see that sparkling thing in the last screenshot? Its an item, and I can send one of my Pokemon to go and try to retrieve it.

Since he is the most useless atm, I send dummydums on the mission. He cant battle while hes on it, and he will need time to recover afterwards.

Missions will always (in my experienfe) give you a Pokeball, which is good cuz theyre rly expensive from the shop.

Along the way, I get the notification that Pikapii is ready to evolve. This is a big shock, because I was not expecting to even hit the satisfaction requirement with a Scarce Pokemon, but apparently the dummy likes Battling.

:D
By this point I had arrived home so lets set a marker.

By the way I am moving out this week so this is a very short term marker I did not bother naming

In the meantime, lets set a bait, so we can collect Pokes tomorrow.

....or in 12 minutes?
Turns out, because of Covid, the maker has reduced the time taken for a bait to have an effect DRAMATICALLY (from 12 hours to 15 mins)
This is good!

When the swarm arrives, your marker will look like this.

This is actually a VERY good Swarm, since Dark/Normal shits on ghosts, and our home spawn is a ghost type.

Anyways I catch a nice Level 5 one (note how much diff the +5 made, that Level 5 was the highest level I could reliably catch one with, since my highest was my Level 11 Pikachu)

I was on call with my friend at the time and asked him what to name ratata. It went. Well?
Anyways I forgot to take screenies (some things never change) but after the first swarm ended I set a second Pokemon Food bait and got a swarm of kantonian ratata. Coincidences happen I suppose but then..

MINE

Meet Dig Bick the shiny Ratata!
Thats all I have for this update, I will post a second one in a bit.

 

[Yung Dramps]

So I dunno if I missed this in a previous part or not but what's up with those trainer icons? Are those other players? NPCs? Or just for decoration?

Also this game gets a leg up on Go for actually having levels. Only one species per "route" is hella lame tho

 

[Ardy]

So I dunno if I missed this in a previous part or not but what's up with those trainer icons? Are those other players? NPCs? Or just for decoration?

Also this game gets a leg up on Go for actually having levels. Only one species per "route" is hella lame tho

Yeah those are trainers. Ill get to them when we're strong enough for trainer battles.

Part 4: I Like Sparkly Things

During the swarm, we come across this. A Ratata holding an item. I pray desperately as I catch it...

And my prayers are duly answered.
Pokeballs in this game are insanely expensive, at 30 coins for 1. You get deals for buying more at once (the best is 10 for 270 coins) but its still very expensive. Generally, the more we play, the easier its gonna get to farm money and Pokeballs, and this is the beginning. A Normal TM.
All TMs are items that can be used on Pokemon to teach them a new move that they can use. However, the power of that move is reduced (i dont remember how much off the top of my head) and they have high Satisfaction requirements. This means that its generally not worth it to teach them to Pokemon, except in rare cases (A Bewear with a Ghost TM will get a boost against every single Pokemon in the game barring Spiritomb and Sableye). That leaves us with selling TMs, which is a VERY good option, as they sell for 100 coins a piece.

So we take the Ratatas TM

Here is the shop btw since I havent shown it before. The baits used to be each exactly 10x more expensive before Covid btw

As you can see, the TM is FAR more valueable than anything else we can sell. This continues for the entire game.

We dont buy anything straight away, but I soon run out of Pokeballs when I catch this shiny Frillish

I name her Davy Jones Waifu. I am considering turning over nickname duties to you guys cuz I am not having a good track record here.

Anyways since we are out of Pokeballs, we buy a 3 Pack. That should last us for now. Btw, I am on a bus at this point, going to my new apartment to sign

On the way I come across another sparkling pokeball mission, and I send Dummydums on it. While Im on the bus.

My boi will follow me loyally until the ends of the earth. Or atleast Midwood.

Hahaha I too want to touch a big dick helpmeplease

Found a Shiny Alolan Meowth! Dark as a typing is nowhere near as good as Normal/Dark, so eh. Itll be a benchwarmer for now.

I am begging u guys dont let me nickname anything else

Anyways, I arrive at my new apartment, a Misdreavus spawn. Overall not bad, atleast Big Dick will have a field day, and Bastard Kitty can have some fun too.

Also even tho Dummydums is still lost somewhere in the wilderness following me, I sent the normal ratata that was holding the TM on a mission to that sparkle in the above SS.

In the meanwhile, Dummydums catches up with us as well

Thats about it for this update. After this the landlord arrived and I had to stop playing, and afterwards I went out for pizza with my current roommates as a leaving gift so I didnt get a chance to play.
Today Im gonna go to Chinatown for sushi, maybe make a stop for some suitcases in Brooklyn Heights, so there should hopefully be enough for an update in the night.

 

[Ardy]

Part 5: The One Where We Lose To Trainers

I started the day off with a few phone calls, and, to pass time while I was on hold, I set a bait at my home marker

Not a great catch, Ill be honest. While it DOES have a pretty good typing (its a little niche but it absolutely destroys Bug and Grass types), Zubat has to spend 25 levels as a Scarce before evolving into Golbat, which is Great iirc. Still, could be worse. Could be a fuckin Snom spawn.

I take the time to start training up Dig Bick.

I find a Zubat with an item and catch it, even tho its just Level 1.

Thankfully, it was not a wasted Pokeball.

After selling it, I take the time to buy a 10 pack of Water Baits, cuz its always a good idea to have a bunch of different typed baits on you.

I also find this shiny Level 5 Zubat, which is honestly not a bad catch.

Here is another thing I havent talked about: PP. Each Pokemon has PP depending on its level and satisfaction and power level. When they run out of PP they take MUCH longer to cooldown after battles.

Later on in the day, I took the 5 train to 86th Street to meet up with my friend. I arrived at his work a little early, and while waiting for him I played a bit. His work is a Chewtle spawn. Water/Rock is a pretty great typing, resisting Normal is always a win, and Water has great nuetral coverage. Definitely a better catch than Zubat.

I catch a nice Level 13 Chewtle

And then immediately encounter a shiny. Oh well.

Heres our Dex and Shiny Dex progress so far. Not bad for just a couple days.

I also buy a 5 pack of Pokeballs since Im running low.

GMS has a nice featuee where you can take Route photos. Im gonna post ones I think are nice. Anyways, heres where we had lunch, the Pastrami Queen on 78 and Lexington. Definitely recommend if youre in Manhattan, great food.

After lunch I headed to Brooklyn Heights to pick up some stuff I needed for the new apartment (cutlery, plates, glasses, and some vodka as a move in present to myself). I didnt get a chance to play while shopping cuz I was rly excited picking out the cutlery and stuff (I should be banned from shopping honestly) but the Court Street station is a Ditto Spawn and I played a bit while I waited for my train. Ditto is fuckin great in this game. It copies the opponents type and power level, meaning that if youre a higher level than your opponent, you always win. Some people make a strategy out of that and have 6 level 100 dittos to breeze through the whole game (levels cap around 60 for wild encounters and 80 for trainer battles iirc) but I always thought that took away from the fun of the game.

Nevertheless, I pick up a Ditto for the Pokedex. I may end up using it, idk yet.
After this, I stayed at home for about half an hour to rest, then set off for Brighton. I play the electric bass (actually recently got hired by a band *shameless flex amplifies*) and I take lessons from a guy in Brighton. I played this on the train there, but only remembered around Kings Highway. Oh well.

Almost immediately though, I catch a Sawk. Sawk and Throh are both Ultra Fighting Types, and theyre generally great unless youre facing a ghost. Definitely a great idea to pick up a Level 12 one.

I run into an Arctovish spawn on the train. An Ultra Ice/Water is somewhat good, but not good enough for me to pick it at this point in the game since it has somewhat limited matchups.

I DO pick up this Taurus though. An Ultra Normal types means a +15 boost on everything that isnt Ghost, Rock or Steel. That is TREMENDOUS.

I also pick up a Level 10 Caterpie, as I can skip right to Butterfree in one go.

More for the Dex than anything. It COULD see some use, but not much. More likely mission fodder than anything.

A piplup spawn is good. I will return to pick one up sometime later in the game.

I came across this trainer at the train stop (think it was Sheepshead Bay? Idr) which prevented me from picking up the GREAT Tirtouga (Great Water/Rock is excellent early game, as covered w Chewtle above) but gave me a chance to show off the NPC feature.

Trainers throw 6 Pokemon at you. If you win against 4 or more, you win the battle.
If you lose, you can ask the trainer to hang around for a bit and rebattle them. This is key to NPCs.
NPCs give u a bunch of experience and also Pokeballs (depending on the power diff). However you are almost certainly going to lose the first battle due to going in blind. However, make them stay, plan a bit, and you can win the second battle easily. For example, over here, I know that Diggersby would trash anything my team could have, so I would send fodder like Ratata against it. Send Zubat against Nincada. Pika versus Tirtouga was already a win. Lose against Mime Jr. Send Big Dick vs Pineco and Hera was already a win. Thats 4 and we win. However the train started moving so its a moot point here.

This is at my Bass teachers place

I lost the first one and thought I made her stay cuz I could win. But after setting up the battle, she had disappeared.

This was my team but oh well
I did not make a marker at my teachers house cuz honestly Im not gonna waste the time I have with him playing this game.
*Slight rant about my personal life skip it youre not interested*
My bass teacher is PHENOMENAL. After moving my commute to his place is gonna be 1 hour but Im still gonna go to him even though Im lightly broke because he is a fuckin god at the bass. Today we spent 1 hour just on Chatterbox by The New York Dolls because he came up with literally 11 different ways to play it, 4 of those using just one string. I do open mics infrequently where I play my own music (thats actually where the band found me) and I had once planned to play a piece there but I just could NOT figure it out. It was so bad that I played an improvised version of Guns Of Brixton by The Class instead. But when I shower what I had to my teacher, he took this bassline that I had been struggling with for the better part of 2 weeks and just instantly within 5 mins made it fucking perfect. He is really good and it is criminal that he is teaching in this corner of Brighton instead of at a studio or sth, and honestly if you live in nyc and want to pick up an instrument really quick, I cannot recommend him enough. The Arts in nyc have been struck really hard by the virus, and its a great way to support them. Anyways, rant over
**Rant over**

I come across a sparkly sparkles on my way home and send Dummydums on the mission. While I was on the train. This is insanely funny because it has been 3 hours as of writing this and Dummydums still hasnt made it home. Poor Dummydums.

RIP.
Thats all for this update. See you soon!

I need nicknames for: Ditto, Chewtle, Sawk, Zubat, Butterfree and Taurus. Feel free to name them before my friends do and we end up with Pussyjuice the Taurus.

 

[Ardy]

Part 6: Gym Leader Marathon

Dummydums returned literally as soon as I finished the last type up smh.

With a full team and not much else to do, I decide to take on the Gym, since my pokes are strong enough now

Gyms are like trainers. U click on the gym button at the bottom and fight. There are 9 gyms in every region actually hangon lemme get a visual

The bounded area with the badge represents one gym. There are 9 such areas in every region. You can challenge the outer 8 in any way you want, but the 9th is the champion and must be beaten last. The more gym badges you have in a region, the stronger the Pokemon there will be. After 5 badges in a region you can start encountering legendaries.

Somehow Pikachu was unlucky enough to go up against the one Water/Ground type. Typical.

You should ALWAYS rechallenge the gyms, because yoi get a TM if you win, which, as you know by now, is amazing.

So lets do it.

I throw cannon fodder to get a sense of his team.

Fuck yeah!
Big Dick is at Level 19 at this point so I train it up a bit more to get it to evolution

With this, Big Dick is the best member of our team atm. Early evolution normal types rock.

At work the next day. I decide to set a bait.

Yeah, this was the worst case scenario since I already have a shiny
Fuck it, lets gym

Pretty close victory, but a victory nonetheless
Rematch time

Once again cannon fodder enables us to get a better matchup

This is the team I end up with. Sad Boi and Dummydums are death fodder since I cant win those matchups with the limited pokes I have now.

Yeeeeee
Work was busy tiday so didnt get much of a chance to play

At the train station, waiting for my train, decide to do a third gym

We have 2 dark and 2 ghost types. Walk in the park.

Rematch time as always

Didnt even need canon fodder for the rematch. Psychic types can suck it.

This is honestly the best nickname ever

I sell all the TMs I got and make a nice profit of 300 Coins.

At home, mission time

Poor Dummydums.
Tomorrow I will be performing at an open mic, then going to my new place to pick up the keys before moving in thursday. That should be a good day for playing.
See you all tomorrow!

 

[Ardy]

Quick update xuz its late and my phone is dying

Part 7: Im Running Out Of Names

Since smogon was useless on the nicknames front I had to ask my friends. This did not end well.

Going by their suggestions, I got the following nicknames:
Taurus = Wall Street
Butterfree = OMG Cholestrol
Chewtle = Angy Dino
Ditto = Brendon Urie
Sawk = Dr Manhattan
Zubat = Penis
This is your fault, guys

So the first thing I do at work is buy a bunch of Fairy baits. Fairy is always a great typing, definitely in this game as well.

I set a fairy bait at work and get a Mr Mime spawn, even tho Galarian Mime isnt fairy
Oh well

Fingers crossed for the item...

Why do bad things happen to good people

I also pick up a Mr Mime since Ice/Psychic is decent offensively and its easier than training Mime Jr
After work I walk to 14 street. I go to my open mic. Didnt get to perform today but it was fun nonetheless. After the open mic I walk to 31st and 7th cuz theres a coffee shop there I used to love, but it was closed so I cried.

That area DID have a Skarmory spawn though, so it wasnt a waste
A good steel type has been lacking on our team, and Skarm fulfills the niche perfect

I catch a nice Level 15 one

I also get this from a Phantump encounter (fortot to mention it earlier but pokemon holding an item have a chance to drop it without you needing to catch them). Trade Memento evolves trade based Pokemon, and it is honestly great. I have a second phone to use for trade evos, but just using the memento is much less of a hassle.

And then I find by far one of the best Pokes in the game, Stufful.
As mentioned above, with a Ghost TM Bewear gets a boost against every pokemon except Spiritomb, Sableye, and steel/rock types nuetral to fighting (and ig ghost types nuetral to ghost, but idk how many of those there are) so it is AMAZING

I found a nice coffee shop on I wanna say 28th and 7th? Called Bite. I also found this Bewear holding a Fighting TM. Wonderful.
Another Bewear drops a Fighting TM and I am 200 coins richer

Ok so I was in this area a LONG time (easily an hour) and in that whole time I did not find a single Shiny Stufful. I did pick up this Shiny Bruxish tho

Yeet
Bad nicknames from my friends continue

I pick up this Level 20 Bunnelby on the F train, which allows me to instantly get Diggersby, which is huge cuz that typing is amazing

:D

AND THEN I FIND MY FAV POKEMON OF ALL TIME, TOXEL!!!! BABEY PUNK ROCKER!!!! I LOVE HER!!!! SO MUCH!!!!!

YASSSSSSSS

I name her Jackie after that line from the Song 88 Lines About 44 Women by The Nails (Jackie was a rich punk rocker, silver spoon and a paper plate) and,,, babey,,, i love her,,,, i will cherish her,,,,,,forever

I also pick up this Barboach holding a Ground TM, finishing off the last of my Pokeballs. I then pick up 2 10packs of Pokeballs, bringing us to 20 pokeballs. Which should last us a while.
Thats all I have for today. Tomorrow I move into my new apartment (GOT THE KEYS! EXCITED!) and will post in the night again ig. See you all then!

Need nicknames for: Barboach, Stufful, Skarmory, Diggersby and Bruxish

 

[doipy hooves]

This is neat. It does seem closer to the main games, and I like how you have to explore to find different routes and mons.

Need nicknames for: Barboach, Stufful, Skarmory, Diggersby and Bruxish

Barboach: worms
Stufful: Luffle
Skarmory: Sharpenguin
Diggersby: the big man
Bruxish: Toothpaste

 

[CTNC]

This game is kind of interesting because of how simple it is. Shinies being kind of common is weird though. Any idea what the odds are?

Need nicknames for: Barboach, Stufful, Skarmory, Diggersby and Bruxish

Go to Wikipedia and click random page. I guarantee that it will give you better names than your TMI friend. I'm sure a few seeming random letters would even be better than anything he says. *looks at my name* Uh... Just don't do any combo with T, N, and two Cs. I'd rather stay away from anything he named...


Slightly more serious Edit: Fluffy works a lot as always as either a good name for something like Wooloo or a "good" name for something like Ferrothorn. Also, Animal Crossing Wiki seems like it'd be much more likely to give you real names than other Wikis because every villager has a page. Then again, so does every chair, so hope you like chair names if you use that one.

 

[Ardy]

V v v short update im sorry i promise therell be more tomorrow

CTNC i like meme names tho. When i had cats they were named Salt, Pepper, Mr Fluffles, and Fuckface. You can guess which one I named.

*Edit* Also shinies are not rly common, as youll see I can go hours without finding one, we've just been lucky so far.
It is easier to find them tho, because of a couple reason
1) You can encounter pokemon at once, you dont have to work to get encounters
2) You can have 3 encounters at a time

This means you can go through about 200-300 encounters in 5 minutes depending on how fast your phone is (and trust me, you get really fast with this app after a while). Take those odds and apply them across an hour, and its honestly less likely that we WOULDNT find any shinies.

Part 8: The One Where I Move And Ruminate On The Finality Of Things

First thing I do at work is buy 10 ground foods. Gonna be useful for Sodarayg

Then I set a fairy bait cuz I want a good fairy type. Luckily I get a pretty good one (ftr the absolutely best possibility was Klefki)

I catch a Cleffa holding a TM

And then a Clefairy! Btw that cleffa in the corner was a dick it was holding a Fairy Memory which looks the same as a TM so I got excited in the box manager and I opened it to remove the TM and it was a Memory. Fukkit.

Bte Jackie LOVED this swarm, went from 3 to 9 my little babey I love her so much T*T

Score!
The swarm ended without me getting a Shiny. A couple of them dropped moonstones.

So I use one of the moonstones on Clefairy and thats the Cleffa line done with! At rhis point Im taking evolutions seriously, we cannot progress nuch further with unevolved pokemon. Next on our agenda is finding an Electric spawn so I can farm for Thunderstones for Pikapii

After work I go home for the last time (Ill honestly miss this shitty apartment) and pack up to move out. In the lyft to the new place I was rly emotional so I played a bit to calm myself and found a Wrumple swarm.

Cross evolutions are the worst, esoecially evolutions like Wrumple that you cant control. I catch a level 11 wrumple and evolve it straight to Dustox.

One down, one to go

I then pick up a level 16 Silcoon

Thats Wrumple done with, thank fuck

And then I get to my new apartment. I make a home marker for it and name it home. And thats when it sinks in.

This is my home. My new home.
Ive been in a shitty shitty shitty place (mentally) the last few months. I had to leave behind everything I was used to to start anew. I began to take my music seriously. I began to write more songs. I began to plan out my future. And I had to leave my roommates behind, as much as I hated it, cuz I couldnt be who I need to be if I stayed in that apartment without running water or a working stove. I needed change. And Ive got it. Heres to the start of a new chapter.
See you all tomorrow

 

[Ardy]

No update but I am here to talk about what we need to do next.

First thing, I absolutely NEED a good Grass Type. Im going to Jersey to visit my uncle tomorrow and im praying he has a Grass spawn cuz I have nothing against strong water spawns except my normals and maybe Frillish.
I also need to pick up Better Pokemon in general. Taurus is prolly my best rn, and thats pretty sad since the last time I played this I had an electric spawn and 2 weeks in I had 3 Mega Evolved Ground Types. I need a good Dark Type (read not an alolan form), preferrably Absol.
I need to explore more in general. Im gonna start doing that next week as the city slowly reopens, just go to new places catch a few mons and go home to train. Some more gym badges would be nice since I have 3 but theyre all in different regions.
We dont have to worry about Pokeballs anymore thankfully but this respite is short lived in all probability
I NEED to evolve Pikachu, Stufful and Mime cuz they will be great once I put that legwork in. My spawn being ghost means Stufful has a much harder time getting that training in.
Some more type diversity in general honestly. I am VERY good against certain types, and almost helpless against others.
I need a beer but thats not related to this post I just have a nice ass window that I sat on and played guitar at and it would be better with beer
Why the fuck is NYC so expensive
I need a boyfriend with an Electric Spawn so I can train Spoopy and Sad Boi they are p neglected rn
This has derailed sorry
Anyways
I have sunday and monday off, sunday night I will not be doing much, maybe going to Manhattan to play with the band, but Monday I am going to go explore and look for good Pokes
Expect a good update tomorrow
Anyways thats all I have for today, sorry no update, but even if I dont update update Ill post a little something every day. Also! Nicknames for the following:
Clefable Beautiful Dustox Geodude Honedge Vivillion Barboach

 

[SpookMÆN]

Oh this one's easy.
Clefable= Twinkle twat
Beautifly= Sticky stuff
Dustox= Eat my dust
Geodude= Rock hard
Honedge= Stabby stick
Vivillion= Violin
Barboach= Muddy buddy

I am fully aware that these names suck, but nothing can be worse than the names of the exclusive moves starter Evee and Pikachu learn. (Baddy bad sounded great to GF I guess)

 

[Ardy]

Oh this one's easy.
Clefable= Twinkle twat
Beautifly= Sticky stuff
Dustox= Eat my dust
Geodude= Rock hard
Honedge= Stabby stick
Vivillion= Violin
Barboach= Muddy buddy

I am fully aware that these names suck, but nothing can be worse than the names of the exclusive moves starter Evee and Pikachu learn. (Baddy bad sounded great to GF I guess)

I want to give you flowers because these are the best nicknames anyone has ever suggested to me

 

[Ardy]

Late update sors frens

Part 9: New Jersey Sucks

Last time we left off with me moving into the new apartment. Lets continue.

I immediately challenged the gym. We are pretty well prepared for Dragon. A steel type, a fairy type, an ice type and 3 normals is a good team.

Idk why I used Bastard Kitty instead of Dig Bick but didnt matter in the end. Also take note of just how much of a glue normal types end up being in this game.

Anyways immediately rematch as always

We win pretty easily. Lemme give u guys a region update.

This is the 57th street train station i use to get home

This is my old home

My new apartment

Work
As you can tell we have 4 badges now, but theyre all in different regions. Something to work on, cause you can only start encountering stronger pokes in a region if you have multiple badges in that region.

I buy some Dark Food the next day (fri) at work. Ill save these for later.

Instead I use a Ground bait. I get a Geodude swarm.

So protip for this game: anything with a great STAB combination is great. Edgequake has crazy good coverage, so Rock/Grounds are great. 4x weaknesses are also much less important here cuz most of the time you wont be using weak pokemon anyways you wanna play to your strengths so wherher its 2x or 4x is inconsequential. Hence, Geodude is not bad at all.

Bastard was holding a Trade Memento

Woot Woot!

Later on at the subway I catch a level 13 spewpa since dummydums is never gonna evolve

And thats Vivi done with!

On the way home I come across a Honedge swarm and its too good to not use.

At home I set another ground swarm and get a pretty disappointing Mudkip swarm.

Pretty standard, catch to evolve straight into the infinitely better Marshtomp

Today (Sat) I did not play at work since I knew I was going to Jersey afterwards. I boarded the bus to jersey from port authority around 5 30. I was on call with a friend befor that so didnt play on the walk there.
When Im on the bus I will always listen to music while playing. I mean I listen to music all the time, music is literally my life, but I actually properly enjoy it on the bus and subway. Ill be posting what I listen to.

Transmit the message, to the reciever, hope for an answer someday
I got three passports, couple of visas, you dont even know my real name
Sidenote: Stop Making Sense, if you can watch it, is one of the best taped live performances of a band Ive ever seen, I havent been able to listen to Talking Heads the same way after watching it, it is mesmerizing, go check it out

Anyways I buy another 10 pack of pokeballs to last us the journey and catch a Blitzle out of the bus station

Then a THIRD regional form dark type in Grimer-A
This one is actually not bad, Muk A is great

Sandshrew soon follows

Klink is next

hey little sister, shotgun
Its a nice day to, start again
its a nice day for a *dramatic pause* WHITE WEDDING

Apparently this game like Billy Idol (can definitely relate) cuz we catch a Dratini instantly

Cottonee follows. Its holding a Sun Stone but I hold off on evolving it cuz the bus is speeding and I dont wanna miss a good poke

Chinchou is GREAT in this game, fucking great pick

Oh man, these catches make me wish I went to Jersey earlier (not really, Jersey sucks)

Ferroseed is a decent pickup. Three pretty varied steels is a good lineup.

I dont like where this is going, Jon

Purely to get a good grass/ghost in Decidueye

so I put a bullet where i shouda put a helmet and I
I crash my car cuz i wanna get carried away!
And now Im standing on the overpass screaming at myself
HEY I WANNA GET BETTER
I DIDNT KNOWWWW I WAS LONELY TILL I SAW YOUR FACE
I WANNA GET BETTER, BETTER
I DIDNT KNOW I WAS BROKEN TILL I WANTED TO CHANGE
I WANNA GET BETTER
(Sorry i love this song v much it was there for me in hard times)

Rhyhorn is better than geodude cuz Golem is Ultra while Rhyperior is Extraordinary
It is MUCH harder to evolve Rhydon tho

ANOTHER ONE OF MY FAV POKEMON!!! SHIT TYPING BUT MY BABEY!!!
I name her Radium Eyes after that Count Zero song cuz thats what popped into my head the first time I saw Galarian Rapidash

I take a brief break to evolve Cottonee

While over in Iraq thousands are dead because of lies
the spineless war-drumming press corpse have TAKEN LIVES

i realise I dont have a fire type either so I pick up a Heatmor.
At some point during Press Corpse I came upon a Dieno spawn. I thought g-ponyta was psychic/fairy rather than pure psychic so I sent it out and it was brutally slaughtered and before I could find clefable i had moved to the next route
Sadness

dhuuun dhun dhun dhun dhun dhuuun dhuuun
dhuuun dhun dhun dhun dhundhundhun dhunnn
no one remembers seven nation army for the lyrics
Also fun fact this was the first song I ever learnt to play on the guitar and the first song I played with a drummer

The interactions are so damn cute

I come across a normal ponyta spawn and pick it up too

Dont you dare, dont you tread on me
Dont you trEAAAad on MEEEE

Simply becuz I love Obstagoon in UU

Ngl, Drampa is insane in this game, absolutely demolishes any non-steels Yung Dramps

I catch a Timburr since I have a bunch of trade mementos from grinding geodudes earlier

Obviously a Hera as well since its really fucking good

FINALLY A DARK TYPE THAT ISNT A REGIONAL FORM! IS THIS THE REAL LIFE? OR IS THIS JUST FANTASY? LOST IN GALAR NO ESCAPE FROM THE SHITTY

If I dieee tomorrow
As the minutes faaaade away
i cant remember
have I said all I can say?
Sidenote, the way Vince sings "I cant remember" in If I Die Tomorrow is EXACTLY how Patrick sings "I cant remember" in 27 by Fall Out Boy, and it baffles me because Saints of Los Angeles came out in June 2008 and Foile a Deux came out in December 2008 so there was no time for either of them to copy each other but they sound identical???
Anyways Saints of Los Angeles is an underrated album dont fuckin @ me its the best Motley album after Dr Feelgood
EDIT i just looked it up and apparently this song isnt from Saints of Los Angeles? Its from 2005. Copying Motley Crue would be a very FOB thing to do so I guess it might not be a coincidence they sound identical. Still doesnt change my point about Saints of Los Angeles being underrated tho
It was at this point in the bus journey that I fell asleep
I woke up in jersey, which is the worst place anyone can wake up, and went to my uncles house without playing
Also at some point in this journey i caught 4 eevee but i dont remember when and I didnt take a screenie

My uncles house. I set a marker and send Clefable on the mission

The gym is an electric, which is great training for my ground types

Pretty good victory

Rematch goes well too
You dont get more TMs after the first rematch but I did like 5 more anyways just to get my ground types levelled up

:')
Anyways thats all for this update. See you all tomorrow!

I cant even be bothered to compile a list of nickname needing pokes. Go thru the update and name what u want. Tagging SpookMÆN for more amazing names.

 

[SpookMÆN]

I've mustered all the power my two brain cells share, so here goes.

1. Mr mime galar: Twinkle toes (previously The Donald)
2. Marshtomp: Dead meme
3.Blitzle: Zappy zebra, or Marty if you're a Madagascar fan
4. Sandshrew: Gotta go fast.
5. Grimer: Sewer sweetheart
6. Klink: Grinds my gears
7. Dratini: Slithery snek
8. Whimscot: Q-tip
9. Lapras: Long neck monster
10. Ferroseed: Hugging buddy
11. Rowlet: HOOligan
12. Rhyhorn: Horny stud
13. Ponyta: Friendship is magic
14. Heatmor: French kisser
15. Zigzagoon: Garbage Goon
16. Drampa: Old man jenkins
17. Sandlie: Gucci shades

Sorry for the long list and if I skipped a few, I'm just low on ideas rn.

 

[Ardy]

Part 10: Dont Quit Smoking

At some point during our travels I had picked up a Fire Stone (legitimately no idea when) and I now use this to evolve one of the Eevee into a Flareon

I catch a Bellsprout at my uncles, but I cannot be bothered to grind or fish for a shiny or even a TM because I am extremely irratable. I quit smoking the day I moved into the new apartment (I was planning to anyways and Im not allowed to smoke indoors in the new place) and I am already regretting the decision. I have a vape cuz fuck me if Im going cold turkey all at once but Im still craving a cig and it is not ideal for anyone in this situation

so cold again, cant feel my face again, no-oh
my patience is wearing thin
6 am there goes the moon
i feel like death is coming soon and ohh
all i wanna do is fuckin sleep.
My irratibility combined with a lack of time cuz Im still doing last minute shopping for the apartment means I dont actually do anything of note at my uncles until I am back on the bus to nyc. Atleast you guys get to enjoy my impeccable music taste again.

I drift through Vanillish and Spoink routes without picking anything up. I dont really need a Psychic type rn since they dont provide much defensively, and Mime Galar (funny enough also a Psychic) is good for an ice type for now.

And I used to be strong, yeah I used to be tough
She used to be pretty, but now we're just pretty fucked up

I pick up a Vullaby because Dark/Flying is great and we need good dark types

Trapinch follows since Flygon is really good

I also use a Leaf Stone (got some from Bellsprouts) to evolve it

tiiiiiiime goes byyyyy
so slowwww
When youre stuck to meee

I also wait for the dieno route again so I can catch it this time

:D

If we are born to die,
and we all die to live
whats the point of living
if it just contradicts?

I come across this backpacker and think "Hmm I havent won a trainer battle yet"

And I will not win one for some time yet, apparently.

At this point, I decide, god fucking dammit, I am going to beat a trainer today and start keeping an eye out for promising ones.

Damn, that was pretty close. Unfortunate.

Okay this is getting annoying

Are you actually kidding me

You throw your cards upon a playing table
My name is Cain and I am now unable

On the way the bus passes by this library in idek which county and I see this Library every time I take this bus and every single time it fills me with the urge to quit my job and college and move here as a bookkeeper and live with my nine cats surrounded by books so many other people before me have read and loved and aaaaa
But then I realise I would have to live in New Jersey and the desire dies away instantly

After a long while I manage to find one with a decent level.

You've got to be fucking kidding me. Spoopy lost by *1* level.
Anyways at this point I arrive at Port Authority and have to get off the bus.
Then I get home and have to charge my phone so I cant play. But I decide to do my monthly pilgrimage tonight.
So around 9 I leave the house. I walk to the N station about 15 mins from my place.

Come across the perfect place for a ghost spawn

The N station is a Geodude spawn, which I dont feel like rn, so I decide to see the gym since its a new region

With our three steels, 2 ghosts, and Dr Manhattan, I am much more prepared for a Normal gym than I would have been at the start of the game

Sure enough, no casualities

I lose the rematch tho. No biggie. Just shift around some Pokes and...

Attaboy

I move into a new portion of the region and say guck it why not

Woot woot

As per usual

Not bad for our first ever second gym.

But can we do 3???

YES WE CAN!
The train moves into a tunnel and I cant rematch this one but not bad! 3 badges in like 20 minutes

While waiting for my transfer train at Atlantic, I come across a Level 20 Magikarp. Its worth the Pokeball to not have to train Sodarayg 6 more levels

Evolve it, name it Sodarayg, and dump the old Sodarayg in the duplicates box and voila!

I arrive at my station, Clark Street, and it is an Emolga spawn. Emolga isnt bad, but I dont particularly feel like catching one right now

Anyways, I arrive to where I was going, the Promenade.

I come here about once a month on my own because this place holds great significance to me. I come here every month and just sit by myself with a cigarette (vape now) and reflect on the past month and how much has changed since I last came here.

:')
Its beautiful. Even more breathtaking in person, believe me. It feels so freeing, standing or sitting there, feeling so insignificant amongst the millions other people living their lives in this city

I catch a Cacnea, but my pilgrimage isnt over yet. I venture down via Columbia Heights towards the dock, and take the long winding route through the park, as is tradition, to get to the riverside.

Which is my favorite place in the entire city. When I used to come here this past winter, the park was deserted. I used to be the only one here. Now there are a lot more people, probably because we NEED somewhere to go during these times.

I love this city so much.

On the way back to the station I come across this trainer and say wynaut.

Hey, thats not bad at all. Thats certainly salvageable.
I make her stay, rearrage the team and...

YES!!!

FUCKING YES!!!! FIRST TRAINER BATTLE WE HAVE WON!!!! MILESTONES BABEY!
We get a better prize for besting her with such a low average team level.
Anyways, thats all I have for this update. See you all later!

 

[Ardy]

Short update sorry my friends

Part 11: Nugget Bridge 2: Pokeball Boogaloo

I wake up in the morning and play a bit. Some grinding against Misdreavus while I fish for a shiny doubles as training for Galargoon. I find a Galarian Meowth while Im there and pick it up. Steel types are always valuable.

I also buy 10 Electric Foods. Should be useful soon.
I spend the day nursing a headache for some reason, and drinking spiked coke which probably does nothing to help. So I dont play this game until the night.

I decide to set a regional meeting poster to get some trainer battles done so I can get Pokeballs. I set the level around 25 and wait.

I drink some more as I wait which probably explains my stupid ass decisions that are coming up.
The swarm arrives, 3 trainers. Its always 3 trainers for some reason. Whateves. I dip into my Duplicares box for cannon fodder and fight the first one.

Not a bad start. Certainly doable. I want my levels as low as possible to maximise reward.
Luvdisk will do 23 damage since it has no multipliers. That gets knocked down to 13 for those that resist water. I set my level 16 Bruxish against it.
Slugma will do 20 due to being Scarce. Any super effective attack from a level 11 or higher will knock it out. Sad Boi makes a trainer debut as itll do 23 damage.
My tipsy self doesnt bother calculating for whirlipede, only sees that geodude resists both its stabs and goes "yes thisll work". Really though, Geodude will do 18 damage as a super effective move, and Whirlipede will do 19 due to it being Great powered.
Murkrow is problematic, I dont have anything resisting its STABs, but a 23 power move will outdamage it. Level 13 rhydon gets the spot.
Cufant will do 14 damage to anything resisting steel, which isnt hard to find. Level 9 Flareon easily outdamages it.
Lastly, Pyuku might be great powered but it will do 19 damage on resistance. This pissed me off since my Bellsprout is Level 8, just NARROWLY missing out on the KO. I go for Level 11 exeggcutor instead.

So the team ends up looking like this

Apart from the Geodude derp, all my other predictions are spot on and I get 3 pokeballs for my trouble!

Second dude is a bit harder, but still doable
Inkay is an embarassment, any bug type will do +20 and easily kill it. I go for Dustox since its my lowest levelled (11), and it outdamages even with Inkay getting a +10 due to type effectiveness.
I forgot Dedenne was fairy so I sent geodude again like a fucking idiot
Dhelmise is probably the hardest. Its an Ultra Grass/Ghost, which is a stupidly good stab combo. After some consideration, I go for Drampa here. Drampa is an Ultra Level 13 (so 23 damage) that resists both its STABs. So itll get knocked down to 23 as well. Its a dice roll, but it was the best I had at the time.
Cacnea is easy. Any of my bug type will kill it. I go for OMG Cholestrol since Dustox is recovering.
Archen will get knocked down to 21 VS a rock or steel, so i go for rhydon for 23 damage.
Scraggy infuriated me. I wanted Mime Jr here since it isnt Scarce, but it is nuetral to Dark and at Level 7 it ties with Scraggy at 22 damage after its Scarce multiplier. In the end I go for Cleffa, who is Level 8 and resists both its STABs.

Geodude loses cuz I suck, and Drampa loses the 50/50, but not bad overall!

Last trainer! (It is hilarious level 2 Bellsprout finished off an Ultra level 20 pokemon)
I use my Level 8 Bellsprout (my main) for the maractus, as it could use the EXP and I already know itll win.
Geodude goes up against the second pokemon for the THIRD time, but I thoroughly calc and double check it this time
Pikachu just needs any ground type. Trapinch is my lowest levelled, at 11.
Shroomish will do 10 damage to a resist, so after double checking to make sure it isnt a Poison type (i dont trust drunk me) I send Vullaby.
Rhyhorn is good for the second Staravia.
Lastly, Water/Rock is too good for my team to resist, so I just send in Exeggcutor to smash it.

Cheap fuckin bastard
Anyways, thats all I have for this update, sorry. Ill have more tomorrow! I also have a date on Thursday so expect a good update then!
See you all soon!

 

[Ardy]

I am so so sorry you are all legally allowed to behead me

Part 12: Pokeball Heaven

The first thing I do is set a Music folder. I shoulda done this earlier but I forgot. You can have songs set to routes if theyre saved on your phone. Full disclosure, all my saved songs are from 2 years ago before I got spotify so very angsty and pop punkish cuz thats what I was into at the time.

My home route is My Demons by Starset, and wow. I have not heard this song in a solid 4 years or sth.
TAKE ME HIGH AND ILL SING OH YOU MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY OKAY OKAY OKAY (OKAY OKAY OKAY)
Good times.

I buy 10 bug foods as per usual

I set a Ground bait at work and encounter a Wooper swarm. I catch a level 20 woop.

I immediately evolve it into Quag, as a good Ground/Water is great.

I also set an Electric Bait and get an Alo-Geodude swarm. Meh. It trashes on pure flying types, but since those are so rare (only 3 in the entire pokedex iirc) it wont have much benefits over regular geodude.

I catch a bunch cuz theyre all holding items, and FINALLY! PIKAPIIS TIME TO SHINE!

BABEYYYY

On the way home I catch a Galarian Slowpoke and name it Homer for the meme.

Also I realised since trainers are a solid way to farm Pokeballs I should get these cheap Regional Trainer Posters while I can and so. I up my count to 49.
I finally bought some beer and while I drink it in my balcony cum fire escape I set a Regional Trainer poster for level 30. Im confident we can handle level 30s.
Side note I finished the entire beer and at the time was like "this is why I dont drink beer im not drunk" but then. Dumb mistakes in the battles. So maybe I am drunk.

Cannot believe I run into one of the three pure flying types on the same day I shit on Galardude

Pretty uneventul battles. I mess up cuz Im drunk, but, like I said, its really easy in this game since you can just game the rematches.

Throughout the week, I catch a Nidorino and a Nidoran-F. I evolve the Nidorino using one of the Moon Stones I farmed from cleffa

I catch a Relicanth on my date! We went to Tahenis, which is this really good middle eastern restaurant on Union Street and 4th Ave, and it was a Pinchurin swarm. Since Raichu is better than it, I figured it was better to fish for a shiny, but, alas, no luck.

Got a shitty photo of them tho, little buttfaces that they are
Anyways while I was going home I took the wrong train (took one going to Manhattan instead of further into Brooklyn) and had to double back. It was worth it for the picture tho, the Smith Street station is gorgeous.

Also yes this is Jackies birthplace. I love her so much.

Fuck u too Vulpix (o yaa I caught a vulpix)
Im really sorry for the long wait for a shit update guys. Its been a hell of a week and I was drunk for most of it. I *might* have a drinking problem. But I promise next week will be slightly less shitty and I havent given up on this run yet.

Have this shitty pic of the Manhattan skyline taken from the Q train. Love you all! See you soon!

 

[かたわれ時]

Quagsire: Sir Quag

Sorry for the super late reply lol

 

[Ardy]

Will you guys kill me if I revive this briefly next week or will it be a more gentle maiming

 

[SpookMÆN]

Will you guys kill me if I revive this briefly next week or will it be a more gentle maiming

I would leap in joy, I can finally think of more puns / references for names.

 

[Ardy]

Lmao great, Im getting a scooter next week so Ill have more, well, ability, to play this again

 

[Ardy]

What hiatus what are you guys talking about shhhhhhh

Part 13: Return Of The Trainer

Okay so I know it has been a LONG time, but my boyfriend and me recently got back into Pokemon Go together, which made me think of this game, which made me realise I should probably get back to this playthru cuz its pretty fun.

Okay so today when I was going home after our date I booted up GPS monster scouter and sure enough, my data is still there! So at the Jay Street Metrotech ACF station, I found a Ditto horde.
Ditto is unique because it just copies the type and boosts of the opposing pokemon, which means the level is the only thing that matters in a battle against ditto. The only way I can think of to beat a ditto higher levelled than your pokemon is to be resistant to both your STABs while having learnt a TM thats super effective against yourself. Anyways I caught a couple.

I take the bus home, and there was a Darumaka horde at the bus stop. I tried for AGES to find a shiny but my bus came before I could.

I DID pick up this Pidgeotto! Normal types are always great.

On the bus ride home we ran into a hoppip horde. I swap out my party for all steel types just cuz its v likely theyll resist whatever I find so it makes it easier when I dont have to keep swapping out my party.

Also Galarian Ponyta but we have one of those already

We also did a trainer battle...

We win and get a pokeball! Probably could have used lower levelled pokes but I didnt wanna miss the fight on the moving bus.

Also Arctovish horde!!! Water/Ice is FANTASTIC offensively. Sure, water types resist both, but Arctovish will resist their STAB as well. Infact, the only pokemon in my boxes that could deal with them was...

The mighty CHINCHOU
Anyways I pick one up

Last horde on the way home was Shroomish! We do a lil training and-

MINE

!!!!!
Anyways we get home. I moved after I stopped playing this game so I never actually checked out my home horde.

Its Zangoose!!

I set down a Home marker and some electric bait and then set out to catch a shiny Zangoose

We do a little selly sell

We did a little buyey buy

And in that time, Geodude levels up to 25!!

MINEEEEE

Also convinced my boyfriend to get this so I should evolve Graveler when I see him next!!

FINALLY
THAT TOOK AN ACTUAL *HOUR OF GAMEPLAY*

Anyways besties thats where we'll end off for now. I love you all!!!
Im getting my second dose of the vaccine tomorrow so hopefully I should play this some more
See you later!!!