Scavengers Ladder Cycles

[avyrie]

Reserving a fish on Tuesday January 19th at 9pm EST (19th 6pm PST, 20th 2am GMT, 20th 730am IST)! QC'd by DarkShinyGiratina and PartMan, hosted by DarkShinyGiratina.

The official scavenger hunt was ended automatically.
1st place: Merlee [08:27].
2nd place: toxic boosted [08:41].
3rd place: charlier [15:56].
4th place: TurtalKatThing [16:00].
5th place: BubidaJeffery [17:44].
Consolation Prize: Computerwizard8800 [22:19], dot Comfey [23:12], SectoniaServant [28:21], 111ace111 [44:01], QUI?GONT!HEFLY?GON [01:11:33], EsaEevee [01:14:47], CyniCCyndaquiL [01:30:03], ezlaturbo [01:38:12]

Solution

1) Fish. List your answers alphabetically for the whole hunt. These are the only moves that the Fish Pokemon share. [Flail, Splash, Tackle]
2) Name all Pokemon that female Fishers use. [Barraskewda, Lanturn, Pyukumuku, Qwilfish]
3) In Pokemon Red/Blue, these Pokemon can be caught in the Celadon Gym. [Goldeen, Magikarp, Poliwag]

solution for q3

Red/Blue glitch allows the player to go fishing in gyms' statues, though it doesn't work in Cerulean, Saffron and Cinnibar. Additionally, tihs glitch does not work for Super Rod. Thus, the answers are all possible fishing encounters from Old Rod (magikarp) and Good Rod (Goldeen Poliwag).

Merlee finished first but dipped soon enough that there weren't any twist questions for this official. Nevertheless, congrats to all finishers! Hope you had fun.

 

[Gallant Spear]

Reserving official hunt on January 23rd at 3 PM UTC
1st place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [02:15].
2nd place: LittEleven [02:57].
3rd place: Pepsi Man 2 [05:39].
4th place: iph ( [09:26].
5th place: BubidaJeffery [15:06].
Consolation Prize: AndrewThePenguin [18:12], Teutonic✠Squire [28:23]

Solution:

1) If a Pokemon card with this ability is the last card in your hand, you can activate it to play the card to your bench and draw 3 cards. [elusive master]
2) This Pokemon appeared in all episode of Pokemon Anime XY series except 1 episode. (exclude movies and specials) [dedenne]
3) A sign in this route suggests the player to throw pokeballs instead of throwing something else. Name the region and the route number in that order. [kanto 17]

Twist question

In Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, which Pokémon found in Vien Forest can be used to destroy a blue Gigaremo Unit? Luxio

Winner: none

Thanks to PartMan and DarkShinyGiratina for QC

 

[Parcly Taxel]

Prime number stats hunt, 24 January 11pm UTC+8 (3pm UTC)!
QC by PartMan and LittEleven

1st place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [06:02].
2nd place: Damnright [11:35].
3rd place: BubidaJeffery [20:16].
4th place: DarkShinyGiratina [27:10].
5th place: Pepsi Man 2 [27:51].
Consolation Prize: SectoniaServant [27:58], TurtalKatThing [30:49], Teutonic✠Squire [35:55], Luca12379 [37:37]

1. This is the first Pokémon by national dex number, including formes, to have at least three prime number base stats. | Ninetales-Alola; Alolan Ninetales
2. The only three-stage evolutionary line, all of whose members have prime number BSTs, begins at this Pokémon. | Pidgey
3. These two fully evolved Pokémon obtainable in gen 8 have exactly four prime number base stats. (alpha order) | Clawitzer Skuntank

Twist question: In Pokémon Conquest, there are 7 stories where only female warriors and warlords appear except for a certain male warrior. Which Pokémon forms a perfect link with the male warrior at Rank I? | Riolu
(SectoniaServant, TurtalKatThing, YveltalNL got this correct in that order)

 

[selfiehater]

Teutonic✠Squire and I (OHKOff⁇) have prepared The Struggle Odyssey, which was held on Friday, 29th January 2021 at 8:00pm GMT +3 / 10:30pm IST.

Thanks a lot Tapler and LittEleven for the QCs, and LittEleven (and later DarkShinyGiratina) for the host!

Official Hunt Results:

The results are approximate because the hunt was reset around ~60 minutes.

1st place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [01:54:03].
2nd place: 111ace111 [02:11:26].
3rd place: CynicCyndaquil [03:36:17].
4th place: powergo [03:38:39].
5th place: Luca12379 [04:29:16].
6th place: Bronzecrank [04:29:33].
Consolation Prize: None

Official Hunt Questions and Answers

Q1) Special Agent Ayyeh: Attention Agent Scavenger! I'm Special Agent Ayyeh! The International Police has received top secret information about suspicious activity taking place in the region. The selection of agents for the investigation team was narrowed down to two agents, you and Agent SmartyPants. You need to answer this question to finalize my selection: "Pick any Pokémon that can learn at least one recoil move. No matter which Pokémon you pick or which recoil moves they learn, this is the only recoil move (according to Bulbapedia) in the main series that will not be resisted by any such Pokémon." [Struggle]
Q2) Special Agent Ayyeh: Good job Agent! Since Agent SmartyPants could not answer the question, you have been selected to accompany me during this mission! We will now go to Record Inc. [redacted] Division to investigate the records about this place. (You and Special Agent Sergeant start rummaging through the records of the place. You slowly understand that the records contain information about each structure in the place. These structures are categorized by the eight sectors each structure belongs to, and the information about each sector is recorded by a different person. At first, you do not find anything suspicious. ``/scavenge Welcome to "The Struggle Odyssey".`` to continue.) [Welcome to "The Struggle Odyssey".]
Q3) [Excadrill] This is the first Pokémon owned by Ash whose egg was shown in a flashback. [Froakie]
Q4) [Swanna] Name the only Pokémon-specific item in Explorers of Sky that boosts only the higher attacking stat of a Pokémon with a unique typing that resists Thousand Arrows and is listed in-game to be an item for the same Pokémon. [Tort-Horn]
Q5) [Watchog] Name the first word of the alphabetically first two-word item that allows Venomoth to use a 60 BP Physical Poison-type move in Generation V. [Kebia]
Q6) [Haxorus] In the Kalosian location that the player can learn the final skating trick, this the only Trainer that uses at least one Pokémon with no resistances. (Answer without the Trainer class.) [Slater]
Q7) [Zebstrika] Bulbapedia falsely claims that a certain two-word item is the only item in the main games that becomes permanently unobtainable specifically when you beat the Champion for the first time. (According to Bulbapedia, if you are defeated in the Champion battle, you can still obtain it. However, during Teutonic✠Squire's private playtesting, the item never became unobtainable even if Teut beat the Champion.) Answer with the item's first word. [Spelon]
Q8) [Lillipup] In Pokémon TCG, this Poké-Power can remove an opponents Lv. X card from the bench and return it to their deck once per turn. [Level-Down]
Q9) [Leavanny] In the episode a certain two-word item debuted, an elderly woman is stated to be able to distinguish between two Pokémon from their way of collecting said item. Answer with the first word of said item. [Aspear]
Q10) [Haxorus] Quite a lot of TCG Attacks later appeared as moves in the main-series games. This is the Romanized Japanese name (according to Bulbapedia) of the chronologically first card that has no weaknesses and such an Attack that debuted outside of the Base Set. [Ghost]
Q11) You ask Special Agent Ayyeh what these Pokémon are. "Oh, they just belong to the record-keepers of these sectors. Don't you recognize them? We used to be Ace Trainers after all!" Taking another look at the records, you can't help but feel that something is off. "Don't you see, Agent Scavenger?" he says. "These sectors are not placed in the order they should be!" You realize that someone has been trying to unsuccessfully tamper with these records. "This must be the work of the evil 'Berry Bros.'", Special Agent Ayyeh says. "Fortunately they left their marks everywhere. Can you figure out the members of the 'Berry Bros'?" You realize that you also need to put the sectors in the correct order. In the correct order of their respective sectors, which record-keepers are the members of the 'Berry Bros'? [Lenora, Burgh, Elesa]
Q12) With a brilliant deduction, you successfully arrest Lenora, Burgh, and Elesa for involvement with the 'Berry Bros.' Several years pass. Special Agent Ayyeh has retired, and you have taken his position. You are informed of a fire that broke recently at the place you had investigated years ago. Said fire has caused heavy damage to the place. Once again, this time as Special Agent Scavenger, you need to investigate the records of the same place to understand more about the fire. To handle this mission, you head to Record Inc. once more. ``/scavenge You are alone this time.`` to continue. [You are alone this time.]
Q13) [Torkoal] Name the only person who can hand you an Accessory obtainable from the Massage Girl in DPPt (except Massage Girl herself). [Keira]
Q14) [Torkoal] Thanks to their Abilities, the effectiveness of moves of certain types on some Pokémon is an odd prime number. Name the lightest such Pokémon. [Paras]
Q15) [Torkoal] This is the only male main traveling companion (according to Bulbapedia) of Ash that is canonically confirmed by the anime to be the same age as Ash. [Goh]
Q16) [Torkoal] A certain regional Professor is mentioned in-game to have studied under another regional non-Galarian Professor. Given that both professors are from the core games, this is the surname of the chronologically first voice actor that voiced the older Professor in the Brazilian Portuguese dub of the anime. [Lopes]
Q17) [Torkoal] Out of the people participating in the Masters Division of the 2020 Latin America International Championships, this is the surname of the person that won the highest cash prize. [Baek]
Q18) [Torkoal] This non-Elite Four Trainer uses a Pokémon in the Battle Villa in Pokémon Masters EX whose STABs are both super-effective (in the main games) against the non-forme Pokémon featured in their sync pair. [Thorton]
Q19) [Torkoal] This is the only Pokémon caught in capture tutorials whose base Special Attack is strictly higher than its base Attack. [Ralts]
Q20) [Torkoal] This is the longest song (by track length) on the newest album of The Afters. [Well Done]
Q21) (Well done indeed, for making it this far!) All of the sectors have been damaged by the fire, and they needed to be recorded all over again. Apparently, the damage was so vast that the place is now unrecognizable, with several structures in it being completely burned down. Furthermore, the new record-keeper, the well-spirited but clumsy Flannery, has messed her job up and mixed up the order of the sectors. However, you are sure that no structure was recorded outside of its sector. On the other hand, the evidence shows that this fire was no accident, and you need to find the singular arsonist responsible! You can feel the arsonist laughing at you behind what he has burned down, but thanks to your ESP101 training, you know that you have enough information to find out his identity. Who is the arsonist? [Ollie]

Solutions to More Convoluted Non-Meta Questions

Q1) Struggle is literally resisted by no Pokémon. The rest of the information doesn't matter.
Q4) This page contains all the information that you need other than the fact that Torterra and Shedinja are the only Pokémon that qualify.
Q5) Natural Gift is the move.
Q6) The location is "Lost Hotel".
Q9) The woman is a character of the day named Abigail.
Q10) The Attack is Nightmare. The card is Haunter.
Q14) Dry Skin on Paras and Parasect is x5 Fire weakness; Solid Rock on Rhyhorn family is x3 Water and x3 Grass weakness.
Q16) The Professors are Rowan and Sycamore. Rowan is the older one of the two.

Solutions to Meta Questions

Q11) The members of the 'Berry Bros.' are the owners of the Pokémon who label the questions (i.e. records of sectors) whose answers are Berries. The Berries are Aspear, Spelon, and Kebia. Thus, the Pokémon are Watchog, Zebstrika, and Leavanny. But who are the owners of these Pokémon? Furthermore, what is "the correct order"? That is answered by looking at all of the eight Pokémon. These Pokémon are the ace Pokémon (Hence the "Ace Trainer" comment of Special Agent Ayyeh) of 8 Gym Leaders from Generation V games. Lillipup-Watchog-Leavanny-Zebstrika-Excadrill-Swanna-Haxorus-Haxorus belong to Cheren-Lenora-Burgh-Elesa-Clay-Skyla-Drayden-Drayden/Iris respectively. The solver then needs to order these owners according to their Gym order in either BW or B2W2. Cheren is the first Gym Leader in B2W2; Lenora is the second Gym Leader in BW; Burgh is the third Gym Leader in both BW and B2W2; ...; Drayden is the seventh Gym Leader in B2W2; and Drayden/Iris is the eighth Gym Leader in BW. Thus, the owners of Leavanny, Zebstrika, and Watchog are Burgh, Elesa, and Lenora. However, the correct Gym Leader order forces the hunter to answer with [Lenora, Burgh, Elesa]. This order is super important, as it is integral to solving q21.


Q21) God, this one's a DOOZY. So, since every record keeper is Flannery this time, the hunter has initially no idea what the order of the sectors are. However, the hunter knows that these sectors are the same sectors from before, and the final question tells them the following:

No structures (1) were recorded (2) outside of their sectors (3), just some of them having burnt down (4), and the rest being re-recorded. (5) (i.e.
No new letters (1) are present (2) in the individual answers (3), just some of the letters were removed (4), with the rest being re-arranged. (5))

Now, since the arsonist is "behind what he has burned down", the hunter needs to find what has burned down (i.e. which letters are missing). Since the hunter has the records of the sectors before the fire (answers to q3-10), he/she needs to match the old records and the new records (i.e. q3-10 answers and q13-20 answers) correctly first. Upon close inspection, the hunter will realize that the answers of q13-20 are just re-arranged versions of q3-10. The correct matching is below, in a random order (The capitalized letters in q3-10 in the left column are missing in q13-20 in the second column):

FrOakie->keira
tort-hoRn->thorton
kebIa->baek
slatEr->ralts
speloN->lopes
leVel-down->well done
aspEar->paras
ghoST->goh

But it's not over yet; the hunter also needs to put these answer pairs in the correct order, which was found in q11. There are two possibilities for the correct order because of the two Haxorus. Both are listed below:

leVel-down->well done
kebIa->baek
aspEar->paras
speloN->lopes
FrOakie->keira
tort-hoRn->thorton
ghoST->goh
slatEr->ralts

leVel-down->well done
kebIa->baek
aspEar->paras
speloN->lopes
FrOakie->keira
tort-hoRn->thorton
slatEr->ralts
ghoST->goh

The missing letters (i.e. what has burned down) in the correct order form two possible phrases: either "Vienforste" or "Vien Forest". A simple Bulbapedia search will reveal that there is no such thing as a "Vienforste". However, Vien Forest is a real forest in the region of Almia, and it actually was burned down in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia. And who was the arsonist in that game? A random guy nicknamed Ollie.

Note: Since this question looked so hard to us, we intentionally left Ollie's gender in the question, hoping it would help somehow.

Huge congratulations to all finishers of The Struggle Odyssey!

For the twist, grats Ninetales Alolan<3 on being able to provide the question for the Top Tier Distraction twist in time!

Top Tier Distraction Question Results:

1st place: powergo [00:28].
2nd place: Luca12379 [00:30].
3rd place: Mystiphox [00:34].
Consolation Prize: 111ace111 [00:42], Pepsi Man 2 [00:46]

Twist Question and Answer

Q1) A certain Pokémon can be found in Stage 117 in Pokémon Shuffle, that Pokémon can be found again in which main stage? [596]

Congratulations to everybody who got the correct answer to the twist question in time!

 

[aQrator]

Hosting an Official on Sunday, January 31st at 8am UTC (12am PST, 2am EST, 9am CET, 1:30pm IST)

Thanks LittEleven and Devoxys for the QCs.

The full results were as follows:
1st place: Pepsi Man 2 [05:18].
2nd place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [05:57].
3rd place: Bronzecrank [12:02].
4th place: Computerwizard8800 [16:18].
5th place: Cyniccyndaquil [27:21].
Consolation Prize: Mystiphox [27:21], iph ⌐_ [32:42], quigontheflygon$$ [34:24], bro torterra [34:39], NewsDan ⌐_ [01:07:04]

Thank you all for playing!
The hunt can be seen here: https://pastebin.com/FYtPtM2S

Alternatively:

Answers

Q1. A certain Octillery TCG card was used in 3 WC decks (and many other competitve decks) across two years thanks to this ability it has. Abyssal Hand
Q2. Abyss is also the name of a theme deck that came out in a certain expansion. What stage 2 card can be found in the other theme deck that came out in the same expansion? Only list the Pokémon name. Nidoking
Q3. Throughout competitive PTCG history, drawing cards has always been integral to victory. Not all Pokémon cards giving access to card draw are born equally though. Give the name, expansion and set number of the card that allows you to draw 6 cards, but only if you have 1 card in your hand AND 2 other (very) specific cards and this card on your bench. Unown O (Secret Wonders 70)

For the twist, Pepsi man 2 was able to provide the question for the Top Tier Distraction twist in time! There were some issues with it that I initially overlooked so 2 points will be deducted from him. Any answer that works has been accepted.

Top Tier Distraction Question Results:

1st place: Ninetales Alolan <3
2nd place: Bro Torterra
3rd place: cheese555

 

[LittEleven]

sneaking a fish on Sunday (Jan 31) at 3PM UTC.

QCs by aQrator and PartMan, thanks a lot

be there or bees quare!

The official scavenger hunt was ended automatically.
1st place: 111ace111 [04:11]
2nd place: OHKOff⁇ [04:26]
3rd place: iph ⌐_ [04:28]
4th place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [06:09]
5th place: saltvik$ [07:23]
Consolation Prize: Luca12379 [12:27], guishark [20:41], Cyniccyndaquil [25:45], quigontheflygon [34:08], Add23456 [53:02], Jojosefixu [58:35], Cyllage [59:55], BubidaJeffery [01:00:29]

Solution to Official:

1) These fully evolved Pokemon with a unique typing (only one Pokemon exists with that typing) quad resist (0.25x) atleast one Fighting type move. [Raichu-Alola Weezing Galar]
2) A certain Pokemon's STAB moves in Generation V would hit every Pokemon for atleast neutral damage (barring abilities). Name the highest base power moves in that generation that it could learn, that it gained STAB on. (alphabetical order) [Draco Meteor Overheat]
3) The 7 Pokemon that had this ability in Generation VII do not exist in Sword/Shield currently, though one Pokemon introduced in Generation VIII is the only one to have that ability. Name the Gen VIII Pokemon, then the ability, in that order. [Mr. Rime Tangled Feet]

Distraction Q: : The first Luxray to appear in the pokemon anime knew these moves | Charge Beam, Iron Tail, and Thunder Fang.

Congrats to iph, Luca12379 and Ninetales Alolan<3 for getting it right!
I hope you all had fun!

 

[pants]

Reserving a collab official with DarkShinyGiratina at 9PM EST on Monday, February 1st.

QCs by LittEleven and computerwizard8800

be BEE there or beeBEEs quare

1st place: quigontheflygon$$ [10:16]. +5 points
2nd place: killerASCII [16:17]. +4 points
3rd place: iph [18:44]. +5 points
4th place: one for my baby [22:23]. +4 points
5th place: dot Comfey [24:30].
Consolation Prize: acluous [35:36], BubidaJeffery [37:52], NewsDan ♡-♡ [43:08], toxic boosted [47:07], Jojosefixu [57:28], 111ace111 [01:08:55], Cyniccyndaquil [01:23:24], RespectPickles [02:18:01]

Solution:

1) Answer all questions with Pokemon in their base form, and exclude Dynamax/Gigantamax/Eternamax for all questions. Grass Knot will have the largest difference in base power before and after this Pokemon mega evolves. [sableye]
2) Grass Knot has the biggest power difference on these Pokemon's base forms compared to their forms (alphabetical order). [calyrex, hoopa]
3) This Pokemon and its form have an effective base power difference (assume only type matchups can affect "effective base power") of 5 when hit by Grass Knot, and the type effectiveness of Grass Knot on it and its form is the same. [Charizard]

 

[LittEleven]

The second cycle of January 2021 has ended.

Congratulations to Ninetales Alolan<3, Pepsi Man 2 and LittEleven for finishing in first, second and third!

Leaderboard

Rank	Name	Points
1	Ninetales Alolan<3	457
2	Pepsi Man 2	239
3	LittEleven	207
4	Cyniccyndaquil	203
5	111ace111	184
6	iph ⌐_	170
7	Computerwizard8800	163
8	Luca12379	152
9	Yuuma Tokogaya	139
10	toxic boosted	135
11	TurtalKatThing	124
12	Teutonic✠Squire	122
13	OHKOff⁇	121
14	dot Comfey	120
15	Merlee	99
16	DarkShinyGiratina	85
17	BubidaJeffery	82
18	acluous	71
19	quigontheflygon	69
20	Damnright 博士	60
21	bro torterra	57
22	SectoniaServant	56
23	GrubbinTheGreat	54
24	AbuBatata	51
24	xhiglocke	51
24	phorophor	51
27	ProfSapling	47
28	Bronzecrank	45
29	aQrator	38
30	Dratios	33
30	charlier	33
32	The Frozen One	32
33	Mystiphox	31
34	estanislau77	27
35	ezlaturbo	26
36	smartb12	25
36	Soft Flex	25
38	doc1203	23
38	imnewhelppls	23
38	kanupaku	23
38	NewsDan ⌐_	23
42	powergo	22
42	tidal otter	22
44	boredcollegekid	21
45	RespectPickles	20
46	YveltalNL	19
46	guishark	19
48	killerASCII	18
49	AndrewThePenguin	17
49	Jojosefixu	17
51	p^_^okemonvortex.	16
51	Parcly Taxel	16
53	R2Cv1!	15
54	pants	13
54	TpOi2006	13
54	ASnomPlaysShowdown	13
57	saltvik$	12
57	youdontknowmeatall	12
59	Yuuko Yoshikawa~!	11
60	Tapler ❀	10
61	gallant's pear	9
62	TheAura	8
62	p0ip0le ∆	8
64	SpecterReaper	7
64	Bipedalist Llamas	7
64	Brongulus	7
67	Cyllage	6
67	gregoris4	6
67	Auroura_Wolf	6
67	Jablinx	6
67	Rand's House	6
67	Steve456664	6
67	Agari Kamiya	6
74	Wan the Avatar	5
74	Lyndon J Bohnson	5
74	kalifguest22	5
74	aegii	5
74	Penguin D	5
74	cheese555 sucks	5
74	WishMasterJirachi	5
74	AGY645	5
74	KAAAKKAW	5
83	scoobydoobydrew	4
83	testboio	4
83	Devoxys	4
83	cheese555	4
83	Discordual	4
83	EsaEevee	4
83	An_Azurill >_>	4
83	OUTS The Legend	4
83	fearfire22	4
83	Airlex	4
83	Cynder454	4
83	Add23456	4
95	anonymous135	3
95	Sir Tetris	3
95	Juan13pro↝✞	3
95	uu8 latios fan	3
95	DanTheTotoro	3
95	FallingFalafel	3
101	p0ipole	2
101	A㋛Quails㋛Query	2
101	BoltSapphire *_*	2
101	juano ➤	2
101	crepuscular goomy	2
101	fillering	2
101	Elian-San	2
101	DmBrOs	2
101	SergioRules	2
101	Gargoyle31	2
101	jjev	2
101	Psychic Falcon	2
101	osmogenesia	2
101	WarriorGallade	2
101	togedemaru133	2
101	Iananimal	2
101	KAAAKAAWㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ	2
101	Yua999	2
101	Hokatsuki	2
101	NeverLuckyFeelsBad	2
101	Dragonitekid101 ♪♫	2
101	Spearit Shackle	2
101	T+L=The Legend	2
124	lfolfo	1
124	Dragonmirror	1
124	Josh Burnhart	1
124	dfgthfrdghfg	1
124	KirbySSu	1
124	VST SergioRules	1
124	MonsieurPiggles	1
124	ptelzcra	1
124	Lemons29378	1
124	jegoro	1
124	gw112	1
124	hallomario	1
124	Dorron~(.~.)~	1
124	KawaiiiiPotato✿	1
124	FNRTJ	1
124	Not A Shady Dude	1
124	arch of life	1
124	blobfish114	1
124	IFeelLikeABlob	1
124	baldrickroll	1
124	toadp	1
124	J0LTIX	1
124	Vector5557	1
124	moo	1
124	ManUNkind	1
124	herp neeba	1
124	Flying Pichu~!	1
124	Aeolia	1
124	Calox02	1
124	heroictobias	1
124	anonymous136	1
124	Frozoid	1
124	Neic	1
124	Deep x Dope	1
124	DJ Kartana	1
124	ProteanDragapult	1
124	yeet dab xd	1
124	checkoutmymussels	1
124	PeterGriffinLover	1
124	wallape	1
124	IronRazorWhip	1
124	natdexisbad	1
124	Zacian-Crowned	1
124	Kesamokki	1
124	sananaskanana⌐_	1
124	SchizophrenicOkapi	1
124	theaph alt 2	1
124	ShadowTheHedgehog8	1
124	BagonGamer	1
124	Arby	1

The twist for February is: Time is Money!
Players who finish in the top 4 places of Official Hunts will receive two bonus points for each minute that he or she finishes ahead of the next placer (maxes out at five points). This twist does not apply to mini officials.

And finally, congratulations to DarkShinyGiratina for becoming our newest driver, and to aQrator for becoming Scavengers' newest RO!

Use your skill to reserve a spot at the top for the February ladder!

 

[LittEleven]

Mini roundup:

8 January: OHKOff

The mini scavenger hunt was ended automatically.
1st place: Teutonic✠Squire [05:51].
2nd place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [13:52].
3rd place: AbuBatata [33:48].
Consolation Prize: Damnright [37:00], toxic boosted [56:36], Luca12379 [57:55], 111ace111 [01:06:54]
QC: PartMan

18 January: LittEleven

The mini scavenger hunt was ended automatically.
1st place: dot Comfey [03:08].
2nd place: Pepsi Man 2 [05:02].
3rd place: TpOi2006 [05:17].
Consolation Prize: Ninetales Alolan<3 [06:41], Luca12379 [07:57], AndrewThePenguin [11:58], Discordual [16:37], 111ace111 [19:09], quigontheflygon [21:41], OHKOff⁇ [21:49], AbuBatata [22:31], YveltalNL [22:36], Teutonic✠Squire [27:22], juano ➤ [28:01], Damnright [38:55], BubidaJeffery [44:54], Dratios [55:15], boredcollegekid [01:58:35], The Frozen One [02:25:12]
QC: aQrator

 

[LittEleven]

Hosting an official at 4:00 UTC on 10th Feb, QCed by aQrator and computerwizard8800 , thanks!

Be there!


The official scavenger hunt was ended automatically.
1st place: powergo [01:30]. (+2)
2nd place: AndrewThePenguin [03:15]. (+4)
3rd place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [05:52]. (+5)
4th place: Dratios [09:11]. (+0)
5th place: Add23456 [09:37].
Consolation Prize: Pepsi Man 2 [12:38], QUI?GONT!HEFLY?GON [14:21], aegii [15:45], Devoxys [15:47], CynicCyndaquil [20:59], one for my baby [21:18], kanupaku [24:02], Luca12379 [27:34], Teutonic✠Squire [29:22], TurtalKatThing [53:19], sananaskanana [01:13:52], Bronzecrank [01:22:09]

Solution to Official:

1) This trainer has special voice lines when using three of the four status moves that start a major weather condition. [Raihan]
2) This FR/LG exclusive location has a sign that asks players to keep the environment clean. [Green Path]
3) This FR/LG trainer that is rematchable by VS Seeker gives 7 EVs in defense when defeated with it, and only uses Poison type Pokemon. (trainer class+name) [Biker William]

Hope you enjoyed, have a great time!

 

[aQrator]

Hosting an Official on Friday, February 12th at 7pm UTC (11am PST, 1pm EST, 8pm CET, 12:30am IST)

Thanks DarkShinyGiratina and PartMan for the QCs.

1st place: bobabuddi [21:07]. (+5)
2nd place: SectoniaServant [24:20]. (+5)
3rd place: 111ace111 [27:53]. (+4)
4th place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [30:52]. (+5)
5th place: Luca12379 [49:13].
Consolation Prize: CynicCyndaquil [57:31], TurtalKatThing [01:14:01], tidal otter [01:14:20], Computerwizard8800 [01:18:32], p^_^okemonvortex. [01:54:33]

Thank you all for playing!
The hunt can be seen here: https://pastebin.com/RBj2B3My

Alternatively:

Answers

Q1. In Pokémon Conquest, If you are conquering another kingdom or defending your own, This item can only be used effectively if you do so in Ignis. Crimson Grace
Q2. A certain move that is signature in Conquest can be used against every Pokémon within the game, even though 23 Pokémon present in the game would be immune to it in the Gen VI main games. This Pokémon knows the move in Conquest. Braviary
Q3. Alphabetically list the abilities for which at least 1 Pokémon present in Conquest could have the ability in mainline games as a non-hidden ability, but cannot in Conquest. Use the English names of the abilities. Inner Focus, Keen Eye, Swarm

 

[aQrator]

The Chinese New Year event has been held Sunday, February 14th at 20:00 UTC! thanks to everyone that joined. Due to the crossover nature of the event, the monthly twist did not apply for this hunt. The results were as follows:

The official scavenger hunt was ended automatically.
1st place: 111ace111 [30:41].
2nd place: DarkShinyGiratina [44:01].
3rd place: guishark [47:54].
4th place: one for my baby [01:01:21].
5th place: TurtalKatThing [01:13:59].
Consolation Prize: OHKOff⁇ [01:21:46], Luca12379 [01:26:48], powergo [01:35:17], toxic boosted [01:35:19], acluous [01:36:17], killerASCII [01:58:28], Computerwizard8800 [02:20:58], NewsDan ♡-♡ [02:25:30], CynicCyndaquil [02:26:48], Dorron~(.~.)~ [02:50:01], dot Comfey [03:04:20], ProfSapling [04:06:57]

Solution

1) The first time this Pokemon is encountered in Pokemon Sun/Moon, it cannot be caught by the player due to a jamming signal. [Nihilego]
2) This move has changed damage categories from Physical to Special and back to Physical across generations. [Bite]
3) Among abilities that had an out-of-battle effect in Pokemon Emerald, this one was possessed by the most total Pokemon in Pokemon Emerald. [Keen Eye]
4) In the Pokemon anime, this Pokemon has been Meowth's most common disguise. [Sunflora]
5) An episode of the Pokemon anime turns sepia in reference to a 1939 movie about a girl from Kansas. This character in that episode has an equivalent experience to that girl from the movie. [Simon]
6) A Pokedex entry of this Pokemon mentions Fahrenheit in it, but would still be correct if it mentioned Celsius instead due to mentioning a temperature where the scales coincide. [Seel]
7) This Pokemon present on a mainline Pokemon game's box art has a signature status move, which it can use in the same game. [Xerneas]
8) A certain Pokemon's German name starts with an uncapitalized letter, unlike all other Pokemon. This trainer uses the final evolved form of that Pokemon in its debut game at the highest level among all trainers. (Name only) [Drasna]
9) This is the only Pokemon to have dropped by one BL tier (e.g UUBL -> RUBL) twice in consecutive generations since Generation VI. [Kingdra]
10) A certain set of islands in the Pokemon anime holds a tournament for Water-type specialists every 3 years. This is the name of the northernmost island found in the set. [Ogi Isle]
11) The only LC Pokemon with an equal National Dex number and Galar regional Pokedex number has this category name. (exclude 'Pokemon' when answering) [River Crab]
12) This trainer with a unique trainer class uses all three Kanto starters in a battle with the player in a certain Pokemon sidegame. [Gonzap]
13) In Pokemon Colosseum, the only trainer to own a Shadow Pokemon with a varying moveset has this move on all of their other Pokemon in every battle. [Attract]
14) Name this item (https://i.imgur.com/vunChpg.png // https://prntscr.com/zfz5s3 ) introduced in Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. [Mega Anchor]
15) A certain berry is obtained in a game by saying the words 'CHALLENGE CONTEST' to an NPC. The first three letters of this Pokemon found in the same game are the same as the last three letters of the berry. [Treecko]
16) This is the Pokemon with the lowest BST whose Special Attack stat can rise by 3 stages if Parting Shot is used on it. [Igglybuff]
17) A certain Psychic-type specialist in Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon mega evolves their Pokemon in their second battle versus the player, but cannot in their third battle. After winning the second battle, what item do they give to the player that isn't specific to any Pokemon? [Key Stone]
18) The first 5 letters of a certain Pokemon's Japanese trademarked name is the name of an in-game item whose only value is for being sold. These are the first 5 letters of that Pokemon's English name. [Clamp]
19) In Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, this shop modelled after an Alolan Persian is also named after a Pokemon move. [Switcheroo]
20) This building must be entered to open another building in Generation III, whose music is a remix of that of the S.S. Anne's. [Stern's Shipyard]
21) A certain move in Pokemon Sword/Shield is only learned by 5 Grass-type Pokemon and no other Pokemon. This is the French name of that move. [Tapotige]
22) Looks like there are some creatures hiding in between the previous answers! Once you figure out what they are, what would you call them? https://i.imgur.com/YcXRRID.png // https://prnt.sc/zhpsn7 (This is a meta question, use /viewhunt to see the past answers.) [Spring Ensemble]

Meta Solution

 

[LittEleven]

The first cycle of February is over!

Congratulations to Ninetales Alolan<3, 111ace111 and CynicCyndaquil for finishing in the top three!

Full results of February Cycle #1:

Rank Name Points
1 Ninetales Alolan<3 304
2 111ace111 184
3 CynicCyndaquil 183
4 LittEleven 144
5 Luca12379 132
6 TurtalKatThing 130
7 one for my baby 113
8 iph 112
9 Computerwizard8800 111
10 toxic boosted 105
11 OHKOff⁇ 100
12 DarkShinyGiratina 97
13 QUI?GONT!HEFLY?GON 81
14 dot Comfey 76
15 aQrator 72
15 acluous 72
17 BubidaJeffery 65
18 Pepsi Man 2 59
19 SectoniaServant 54
20 killerASCII 52
21 Jojosefixu 48
22 powergo 46
23 guishark 43
23 boredcollegekid 43
25 Dratios 42
26 estanislau77 37
27 NewsDan ♡-♡ 35
27 ProfSapling 35
27 bobabuddi 35
30 AndrewThePenguin 34
31 Add23456 33
32 Mystiphox 32
33 GrubbinTheGreat 31
33 bro torterra ◕‿◕ 31
35 xhiglocke 27
36 kanupaku 26
37 tidal otter 23
38 Yuuma Tokogaya 22
39 PartMan 21
40 p^_^okemonvortex. 20
41 gallant's pear 18
42 RespectPickles 17
42 Merlee 17
44 Sir Tetris 15
44 YveltalNL 15
44 ASnomPlaysShowdown 15
47 aegii 14
47 Bronzecrank 14
47 sananaskanana 14
50 imnewhelppls 13
50 schaillop ( 13
52 yeet dab xd 12
52 Brongulus 12
54 ezlaturbo 11
55 TpOi2006 10
55 Damnright!♪~ 10
55 Dawn of Athena 10
58 Teutonic✠Squire 9
58 smartb12 9
58 doc1203 9
58 sIang 9
62 crepuscular goomy 7
62 Milo008 7
64 V sauce mikeV 6
64 SpecterReaper 6
64 p0ip0le ∆ 6
67 sceptorus 5
67 pants 5
67 Jablinx 5
67 Andrew 5
67 arhythmetic 5
67 Dorron~(.~.)~ 5
73 Flying Pichu~! 4
73 za 4
73 Tapler ❀ 4
73 Ducky Mioda 4
73 Wan the Avatar 4
73 Illusio 4
73 m4a shinx 4
73 Discordual 4
73 SSRW28 Dog 4
73 legendarymouse 4
73 Lady Monita 4
73 BrunoMars2020 4
85 Soft Flex 3
85 youdontknowmeatall 3
85 The Frozen One 3
85 bulbasaurbuddy! 3
85 Dhar Mann itan 3
85 mgperson 3
85 Rand's House 3
85 Eina Tulle~✽ 3
93 Steve456664 2
93 Spearit Shackle 2
93 Penguin D 2
93 Juan13pro↝✞ 2
93 SergioRules 2
93 Unfunnydededenotxd 2
93 Benjgbro 2
93 FlogameZ10 2
93 alola7 2
93 T+L=The Legend 2
93 a123456789boy 2
93 fearfire22 2
93 Lyndon J Bohnson 2
93 zipzapadam² 2
93 An_Azurill >_> 2
93 AGY645 2
93 Devoxys 2
93 leaf smoker 2
111 Christmas 1
111 KawaiiiiPotato✿ 1
111 Aeolia 1
111 EsaEevee 1
111 Gargoyle31 1
111 ApeHat 1
111 R2Cv1! 1
111 FNRTJ 1
111 WishMasterJirachi 1
111 Auroura_Wolf 1
111 AbuBatata 1
111 Brandt19 1
111 Bukayo Saka 1
111 AzureIsMommy! 1
111 Pear Experience 1
111 Cheese555 sucks 1
111 Olivia Lux 1
111 Bipedalist Llamas 1
111 Krooked Wik 1
111 A㋛Quails㋛Query 1
111 Skippy116 1
111 nomnom3833 1
111 wallape~! 1
111 rellia 1
111 J0LTIX 1
111 lfolfo ~(.~.)~ 1
111 epallaw 1
111 jjev 1
111 Jorge28055 1
111 KTCM 1
111 pisxel 1
111 Poun458Italia 1

The twist remains Time is Money for the second half of February.

Lastly, Scavengers has opened up a Discord server for the community! Vibe with us and take part in community events here!


Search well to ensure you place in the top of the second cycle!

 

[selfiehater]

A 4-question official hunt was hosted on Wednesday, 17th February 2021 at 5.00 PM GMT +1 / 7.00 PM GMT +3.

Thanks a lot aQrator and LittEleven for QCs, and aQrator for the host. Thank you so much QUI?GONT!HEFLY?GON for giving me the info about q3 and q1.

The official scavenger hunt was ended automatically.
1st place: Archangel Izra'il [01:56:10].
2nd place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [02:37:06].
3rd place: DarkShinyGiratina [02:42:10].

Questions and their Answers

1) For every Ability recognized by Pokémon Showdown, each Ability is officially assigned an arbitrary and subjective score from -1 to 5. This score is called "rating," and it conveys the effectiveness of the Ability in a competitive Singles Battle. This is the only Ability that has a rating that isn't an integer multiple of 0.5. [No Ability]
2) This is the most amount of percentage recoil damage (down to one decimal point) a Pokémon can legally deal to itself in Turn 1 of a battle that occurs in the main series games that were released before Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee. [23562.0 / 23800.0]
3) Imagine Turn 1 of a battle in Sword and/or Shield. Two Pokémon, named A and B, are sent out as leads. Before either Trainer can select an action (Bag/Run/Fight/Pokémon), A's typing changes twice. Answer with the alphabetically first Pokémon that can be A, then the alphabetically first Pokémon that can be B. [Ditto, Stunfisk-Galar / Ditto, Galarian Stunfisk]
4) Suppose that you are watching a friend's Gen V OU battle that has just started Turn 1. Your friend has 'A' on the field, while the opponent has Azelf with Focus Sash. Your friend switches out 'A' into 'B', while the Azelf uses Taunt. Next turn, B selects a STAB move with fixed base power to use against Azelf, but Azelf switches out to 'C'. C takes some damage from the selected attack on the turn it switches in. Assume that A is holding Leftovers, while B and C are holding Choice items. Just by switching into B, C cuts the EFFECTIVE POWER (not total damage) of the move used by B by over 75%, excluding type weaknesses/resistances, but including all effects from abilities, items, type immunities, field conditions, and/or stat changes (Two examples: C has Intimidate and drops the Attack of B by one stage, or C has Thick Fat and B uses an Ice-type physical move so the Attack of B is cut by 50%.). A, B, and C are fully evolved. In ascending order, list all of the numbers that can be the National Pokédex number of one of A, B, or C. [6 38 186 351 / 006 038 186 351]

Solution/Evidence

q1) https://github.com/smogon/pokemon-showdown/blob/master/data/abilities.ts
q2) Shedinja can OHKO Blissey with Double-Edge. The rest is math. (There are conflicting sources about the recoil percentage of Double-Edge, some say exactly 33/100, others say 1/3.)
q3) "Transform Mimicry changes you to your original un-transformed types."
https://github.com/smogon/pokemon-showdown/blob/master/data/abilities.ts#L2003 (the entry for Mimicry)
https://imgur.com/a/qL6Vtbb
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...chanics-research.3655528/page-35#post-8319668
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...t-before-posting.3663703/page-30#post-8607532
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8balancedhackmons-1279028098
q4) The possible trios are:
- Ninetales, Charizard with Solar Power using Flamethrower, Politoed (Fire gets halved by Rain, loses Solar Power boost and Sun boost. Total: 77.8%)
- Ninetales, Castform-Sunny with Forecast using Flamethrower, Politoed (Fire gets halved by Rain, loses STAB boost (due to Forecast) and Sun boost. Total: 77.8%)
- Politoed, Castform-Rainy with Forecast using Scald, Ninetales (Water gets halved by Sun, loses STAB boost (due to Forecast) and Rain boost. Total: 77.8%)

The moves can obviously vary for q4.

The twist was cancelled for this official due to technical difficulties.

 

[DarkShinyGiratina]

My first PS account turned 8, so here's a DSG (should I say CSG?) fish at 8 PM Eastern on Feb. 23! QC'd by PartMan and computerwizard8800, thanks guys :>


1st place: acluous ◑_◑ [10:27].
2nd place: 111ace111 [11:03].
3rd place: one for my baby [11:38].
4th place: TurtalKatThing [12:00].
5th place: toxic boosted [12:49].
Consolation Prize: CynicCyndaquil [17:11], BubidaJeffery¿•? [23:37], schaillop ( [35:56], Bronzecrank [01:08:02], NewsDan ^-^ [01:10:50], dot Comfey [01:26:38]

Nobody got twist points since nobody finished a full minute before the next user in the Top 4!

The Hunt

1) This country had an eight year gap between a dubbed season of the Diamond and Pearl anime and its next dubbed anime season. [Romania]
2) Sevii Isle 8 displays the player's location near this area on the Town Map. [Four Island]
3) In Pokemon games, you generally have to defeat 8 gym leaders to move onto the Elite Four. Which of these Gym Leaders, within the first four generations, have dual-typed aces (their highest leveled Pokemon) in their first ever fight which have secondary types that are super effective on the leader's main type? Exclude types that are Super Effective on themselves. (Alpha, Blue has no main type) [Brock Bugsy Erika Gardenia Jasmine]

Methods/Solutions

For Q1, you can Bulba search "eight year" or "eight years", or just check the trivia page for each of the 4 Diamond and Pearl seasons of the anime, and you'll see that the country is Romania.

For Q2, this is what you'll need. You'll find a key quote here: "If the Town Map is opened at Sevii Isles 6, 7, 8, or 9, it displays the player's location as if they were near Four Island."

For Q3, check every gym leader. If their ace is super effective on their specialty type, that's an answer.

Brock: Onix, Ground is SE on Rock
Bugsy: Scyther, Flying is SE on Bug
Erika: Victreebel/Vileplume (it's tied), Poison is SE on Grass.
Gardenia: Roserade, Poison is SE on Grass.
Jasmine: Steelix, Ground is SE on Steel.

Thank you all for coming to DSG Fish #10! Only 477 more to go until DSG Fish #487!

 

[Gallant Spear]

Reserving official hunt on feb 25th at 2 pm utc
1st place: Teutonic✠Squire [01:25].
2nd place: aQrator [01:36].
3rd place: sananaskanana [01:46].
4th place: Mystiphox [02:50].
5th place: R2Cv1! [03:48].
Consolation Prize: Ninetales Alolan<3 [05:22], V sauce mikeV [21:18]

Solution:

1) This Pokemon TCG attack from Phantom Forces expansion cards becomes an archetype that mainly deals more damage the more Pokemon card with the attack are in the discard pile. [Night March]
2) In Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red/Blue Rescue Team, this move doesn't have increased critical hit ratio despite its description saying so. [Karate Chop]
3) This character in a Pokemon side game has 10 big secrets, one of them is he has 4 stomachs like a cow. [Imakuni]

Thanks to PartMan and DarkShinyGiratina for qc

May the Pyuks be with you

 

[avyrie]

Reserving a fish on Monday Feburary 29th March 1st at 9am EST! QC'd by PartMan and DarkShinyGiratina, hosted by PartMan.

Results

The official scavenger hunt was ended automatically.
1st place: runescape_boy_420 [13:26].
2nd place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [20:30].
3rd place: Qui-Gon the Flygon [24:23].
4th place: adiass [28:46].
5th place: Luca12379 [29:49].
Consolation Prize: Eina Tulle~✽ [33:33], aQrator [38:44], eblurb [41:41], SPIDERZ(*#&$! [42:05], wallape [43:37], NewsDan [44:06], Sir Tetris ⌐▭‿▭ [45:02], WarriorGallade [46:18], CynicCyndaquil [54:11]

Hunt

1) A certain Ice-type Pokémon shares its height (in inches) with an NBA player currently in the Dallas Mavericks. Name the unique ability of the Pokémon, followed by the full name of the NBA player. [Chilling Neigh, Kristaps Porzingis]
2) Name the only Ice-type Pokémon that could learn and use an attack to freeze an Ice-type Pokémon, assuming there are no in-battle type changes. [Cloyster]
3) Name the only Pokémon capable of having a Defense stat of 3 at level 100, at the start of a battle. [Eternatus-Eternamax]

Hunt explanation

q1 - Glastrier is 7 ft 3 inch, and so is Porzingis. Glastrier is one of the few Ice-types with a unique ability, so you can search from there.
q2 - Tri Attack is the only move that can freeze Ice-types, and that is only in gen2. /ds2 Ice, Tri Attack
q3 - It was recently discovered that stats starting from 655 would overflow back to 0, due to how stat calculation works. A Defense of 3 is obtained from the overflow of 658, which is the equivalent of a Base Defense of 250, where Eternamax is the only Pokemon capable of having that number. More info here here

 

[LittEleven]

The second cycle of February 2021 has ended.

Congratulations to Ninetales Alolan<3, LittEleven and TurtalKatThing for finishing in first, second and third!

Leaderboard

Rank	Name	Points
1​	Ninetales Alolan<3	311​
2​	LittEleven	143​
3​	TurtalKatThing	126​
4​	Archangel Izra'il	122​
5​	Teutonic✠Squire	120​
5​	yestrday	120​
7​	CynicCyndaquil	117​
8​	DarkShinyGiratina	108​
9​	111ace111	102​
10​	aQrator	97​
11​	acluous ◑_◑	83​
11​	Computerwizard8800	83​
13​	Luca12379	72​
14​	dot Comfey	67​
15​	iph	56​
16​	BubidaJeffery¿?	55​
17​	OHKOff⁇	54​
18​	one for my baby	53​
19​	bro torterra	52​
19​	Pepsi Man 2	52​
21​	Eina Tulle~✽	47​
22​	Jojosefixu	45​
23​	NewsDan	43​
24​	Merlee	36​
25​	Yuuma Tokogaya	33​
26​	quigontheflygon	32​
27​	Mystiphox	29​
27​	aegii	29​
29​	boredcollegekid	28​
29​	Bronzecrank	28​
29​	sananaskanana	28​
32​	ProfSapling	27​
32​	pisxel	27​
34​	delphi riddle	24​
35​	p^_^okemonvortex.	23​
35​	Sheepgomoo♫	23​
37​	smartb12	22​
37​	cheese555	22​
39​	Dratios	21​
39​	WarriorGallade	21​
39​	doc1203	21​
39​	wallape	21​
43​	GrubbinTheGreat	19​
44​	Damnright!♪~	18​
45​	YveltalNL	17​
46​	SectoniaServant	16​
46​	estanislau77	16​
46​	guishark	16​
46​	schaillop (	16​
46​	R2Cv1!	16​
46​	Vertigo06	16​
52​	Discordual	14​
52​	killerASCII	14​
52​	p0ip0le ∆	14​
52​	Hokatsuki火影	14​
52​	Best Gal	14​
52​	Henka ⌐_	14​
58​	Skiddo	13​
59​	tenzhii	12​
60​	xhiglocke	11​
60​	gallant's pear	11​
60​	Found. then? Lost!	11​
63​	powergo	10​
63​	Cheese555 sucks	10​
63​	Dankya Nadeau	10​
66​	Shadow Sirens. ♪	9​
67​	tidal otter	8​
67​	adiass	8​
67​	Dreamcatcher UwU	8​
70​	AndrewThePenguin	7​
70​	Vrji	7​
72​	TheIceDash	6​
72​	sIang	6​
72​	yeet dab xd	6​
75​	Jorge28055	5​
75​	imnewhelppls	5​
75​	Lyndon J Bohnson	5​
75​	Gargoyle31	5​
75​	Add23456	5​
75​	Tapler ❀	5​
75​	RespectPickles	5​
75​	ez	5​
75​	zyg	5​
75​	Devoxys	5​
85​	Brongulus	4​
85​	V sauce mikeV	4​
85​	Emboar02	4​
85​	Jablinx	4​
85​	WishMasterJirachi	4​
85​	An_Azurill >_>	4​
85​	Funnysweep	4​
85​	kanupaku	4​
85​	The_Dropman	4​
85​	SPIDERZ(*#&$!	4​
95​	Joshua Plays	3​
95​	elchunko.	3​
95​	TpOi2006	3​
95​	ezlaturbo	3​
95​	SixPathsOfSpain	3​
95​	zipzapadam²	3​
95​	eblurb	3​
95​	dawnash	3​
95​	SaltiestCactus43	3​
104​	A㋛Quails㋛Query	2​
104​	ASnomPlaysShowdown	2​
104​	Gw112	2​
104​	PartMan	2​
104​	FatFighter2	2​
104​	Penguin D	2​
104​	EsaEevee	2​
104​	rxdb	2​
104​	Bipedalist Llamas	2​
104​	dusoebaa	2​
104​	wild drud	2​
104​	K1TE✦	2​
104​	Alexander489	2​
104​	waile	2​
104​	Ocean09	2​
104​	Sir Tetris ⌐▭‿▭	2​
104​	AGY645	2​
104​	ScorrchingTheaph	2​
104​	PokeGuyCena	2​
104​	socool23	2​
124​	heroictobias	1​
124​	Fowad	1​
124​	Midnightsecrets	1​
124​	KawaiiiiPotato✿	1​
124​	metjet111	1​
124​	Brawl MK	1​
124​	Dahia	1​
124​	Alex	1​
124​	Ban Hero	1​
124​	scoobydoobydrew	1​
124​	mrwhy124	1​
124​	Pear Experience	1​
124​	saltvik$	1​
124​	Auroura_Wolf	1​
124​	mgperson	1​
124​	Mike the Entei	1​
124​	daniel UX mur	1​
124​	FakePart	1​
124​	SpecterReaper	1​
124​	1sno loss	1​
124​	1sno ksadkaskd	1​
124​	1sno morning	1​
124​	Teutonic✠Serf	1​
124​	derpeddeath	1​
124​	Eleutheromania	1​
124​	fear火fire火22	1​
124​	KingChandelure	1​
124​	Ssalbap	1​
124​	Dorron	1​
124​	100 gecs fan	1​
124​	Wan the Avatar	1​
124​	crepuscular goomy	1​
124​	Soft Flex	1​
124​	a123456789boy	1​
124​	1sno rlaxxx	1​
124​	motogp	1​
124​	galarianbldoof	1​
124​	sceptorus	1​
124​	s mi i	1​
124​	lfolfo ~('~')~	1​
124​	runescape_boy_420	1​
124​	DryTears	1​
124​	BoltSapphire *_*	1​

The twist for March is Stylish Weeks! This month, special game styles will be hosted more often, including Scavenger Games, Jump Starts, KO Games, Point Rallies, Incognito Hunts, and more!

Wish you all the best of luck during UGO, and make sure to solve and create hunts regularly to maximise your points.
Surge into the next cycle of March to claim your place at the top!

 

[aQrator]

Formal post that I am hosting the UGO KO games with DarkShinyGiratina and Devoxys on Tuesday, March 2nd at 1pm UTC (5am PST, 7am EST, 2pm CET, 6:30pm IST)

Thanks to computerwizard8800 and PartMan for their QCs (and braincells).

1st place: Ninetales Alolan<3
2nd place: Heroictobias
3rd place: Powergo
4th place: Celesteeal
5th place: Aegii
6th place: Henka
Consolation prize: CynicCyndaquil, LittEleven, iph, SheepGoMoo, Outer Wilds, NewsDan, Beware of Poodle, Mystiphox, Teutonic Squire, Wallape, and WarriorGallade

Results

Round 1 - celesteeal, Ninetales Alolan, Outer Wilds, NewsDan, LittEleven, beware of poodle, CynicCyndaquil, heroictobias, Mystiphox, Teutonic✠Squire, wallape, iph, Sheepgomoo, powergo, Henka, aegii, and WarriorGallade have successfully completed the last hunt and have moved on to the next round!

Round 2 - outerwilds, newsdan, bewareofpoodle, mystiphox, teutonicsquire, wallape, and warriorgallade have been eliminated! celesteeal, Ninetales Alolan, LittEleven, CynicCyndaquil, heroictobias, iph, Sheepgomoo, powergo, Henka, and aegii have successfully completed the last hunt and have moved on to the next round!

Round 3 - iph and sheepgomoo have been eliminated! celesteeal, Ninetales Alolan, LittEleven, CynicCyndaquil, heroictobias, powergo, Henka, and aegii have successfully completed the last hunt and have moved on to the next round!

Round 4 - litteleven has been eliminated! celesteeal, Ninetales Alolan, CynicCyndaquil, heroictobias, powergo, Henka, and aegii have successfully completed the last hunt and have moved on to the next round!

Round 5 - cyniccyndaquil has been eliminated! celesteeal, Ninetales Alolan, heroictobias, powergo, Henka ⌐_, and aegii have successfully completed the last hunt and have moved on to the next round!

Round 6 - henka has been eliminated! celesteeal, Ninetales Alolan, heroictobias, powergo, and aegii have successfully completed the last hunt and have moved on to the next round!

Round 7 - aegii has been eliminated! celesteeal, Ninetales Alolan, heroictobias, and powergo have successfully completed the last hunt and have moved on to the next round!

Round 8 - celesteeal has been eliminated! Ninetales Alolan, heroictobias, and powergo have successfully completed the last hunt and have moved on to the next round!

Round 9 - powergo has been eliminated! Ninetales Alolan and heroictobias have successfully completed the last hunt and have moved on to the next round!

Round 10 - heroictobias has been eliminated! Ninetales Alolan have successfully completed the last hunt and have moved on to the next round!

Congratulations to the winner - Ninetales Alolan

The hunts can be found here: https://pastebin.com/1QAUqGvU
Thank you to all who came for the KO games, and once again thank you to DSG and Devo for their collaboration effort.

 

[LittEleven]

Hosted an odyssey on Mafia along with Arby , thanks everyone who attended!
The official scavenger hunt by arby and LittEleven was ended automatically.
1st place: Spiderz [15:41].
2nd place: eblurb [16:04].
3rd place: VigilanteVigoroth [17:11].
4th place: NewsDan [23:26].
5th place: p^_^okemonvortex. [24:53].
Consolation Prize: Alexander489 [31:20], 111ace111 [39:02], Ninetales Alolan<3 [41:30], cheese555 [41:31], Cheese555 sucks [42:03], cleo [46:31], R2Cv1! [48:56], CynicCyndaquil [51:49], Henka [51:57], Wave ≡ Psycho [01:05:26], galarianbldoof [01:05:46], adiass [01:08:45], sceptorus [01:11:33], Edjeanerations➼ [01:11:58], Penguin D [01:14:06], ScorrchingTheaph [01:16:32], Ocean09 [01:16:55], tenzhii [01:26:15]

Hunt + Solution

1) In the Mafia Room, Masons are confirmed to not be members of this faction. [Mafia]
2) This Mafia UGO Achievement requires you to be a Parrot Role. [After You]
3) This person is the creator of the Open Setup 'Subjugation of the Monarchy'. [ForgotToFlush]
4) This modifier prevents the player from targetting the same person on consecutive nights. [Indecisive]
5) There are two Mafia Auth that have a custom entry on the Mafia Database (Mafia DT). Name the lower ranked Auth. [Alexander489]
6) In this 8 player theme, the two Mafia players cannot communicate and must send two different night kills. [Star-Crossed]
7) The Vanilla theme with this number of players is both nightless and White Flag. Answer in letters. [Six]
8) This scum role appears 4 times in the Greater Idea role deck. [Werewolf]
9) This 16 player open setup features three doctors who each effectively have a 1/3rd chance of stopping a kill on average. [Elemental Large]
10) This role in Snaq's Idea can win with exactly two different factions at any given point in the game . [E.T.]
11) This theme played on the Mafia Forums as part of the Summer Circuit 2020 was hosted across two games, subtitled Cats, and Dogs. [Traitor vs Trackers]
12) This 7p theme is named after a part of the body. [Eyes]
13) These two roles in Mafia are counterparts of each other, and named after apostles of Jesus. (Answer in reverse alphabetical order) [Saulus Judas]
14) This role present on Mafiascum's list of roles is the same as the name of a certain Pokemon move. [Thief]
15) This 12 player open setup has two lover pairs, one of which is town-town, while the other is town-scum in nature in its role list. [Mini Love]
16) In Kirby Mafia, this Copy Ability only lets the player roleblock someone. [ESP]
17) Among the roles present in both Cracking Idea and Greater Idea (as listed in /mafia dt), this role has the highest number of characters present in its name (including spaces). [Mafia One-Shot Day Vigilante]
18) This device in logic, used in forum Mafia games, presents the idea that the simplest resolution of an argument is correct, and is named after the village a 14th century English philosopher was born in. [Occam's Razor / Ockham's Razor / Ocham's Razor]
19) This word is used to refer to a setup that involves an informed majority versus an uninformed minority, such as in themes like Assassin in the Castle. [Royal / Royal Setup]
20) This goo steals the actions of anyone that targets it [Yellow Goo]
21) You've gotten through 20 questions and 20 answers so far, but looking at them, you come to think of a past event, that you saw linked right when you entered the room. Curious, you enter the link, but you have no idea what to search for! But then you realise that the answers, when you saw them initially, put together, remind you of one specific incident from the room's past that you knew very well, and you realise that it's exactly what you need to answer with. What is this odyssey trying to remind you of? (This is a Meta Question, and uses the answers of previous questions, which you can check with /viewhunt) [Schiavetto's Goodbye]

Meta solution:

The last part of the hunt (Q21) references taking the initial letter of each answer previously, giving you the phrase 'MAFIASSWEETESTMEMORY' or Mafia's Sweetest Memory; and also advises you to look at the roomintro of Mafia, where you can conveniently find the Mafia Awards linked. Doing so gets you to the Sweetest Memory category, in which Schiavetto's Goodbye won first place. Thanks Schiavetto for all you've done for the room in the past, again!

BIG thanks to Andrew and aQrator for helping QC this hunt, and test solve it; and I hope you were able to get closer as rooms as a result! Cheers; and of course, big thanks to Arby for suggesting this and making half the questions so it would work out.

See you next time!

 

[Tapler]

Hosted an Incognito Fish on Sunday March 7th, QCed by DSG and Litt.

Winner: Ninetales Alolan<3 [20:56]
Runner-Up: Merlee [25:34]
3rd place: ScorrchingTheaph [32:59]
4th place: dot Comfey [38:01]
5th place: Quigontheflygon [42:06]
6th place: CynicCyndaquil [48:18]

Consolation Prize: Cheese555 is bad [01:04:19], NewsDan [01:28:09], SectoniaServant [01:38:14], 111ace111 [01:38:51]

Hunt

1) This battle item can be used to grant the same set of stat boosts as Silver Wind does to a single Pokemon.
2) A certain anime-exclusive plant is noted by the Pokedex as being useful specifically to treat the effects of this move.
3) This fully-evolved Pokemon had the longest period of time between its game debut and its first and only use by a Gym Leader, Trial Captain, Elite Four Member, or Champion in a main-series game. (Use Japanese release dates. Answer with the Pokemon, then the trainer.)

Solution

1) Max Mushrooms; Max Mushroom
2) Stun Spore
3) Parasect, Erika

mushroom hont

Fish Quotes

%PartMan: Who wants to help me aggressively staple Tapler to the wall

@Tapler ❀: !rfaq incognito
@Tapler ❀: that’s why it doesn’t look like anyone’s finished
@111ace111: no, it's just really hard and nobody finished :^
@111ace111: or there's a typo and nobody's noticed

CynicCyndaquil: does anyone wanna help figure out a song stuck in my head based only on like a vague melody
CynicCyndaquil: ok i imagine it being from a musical, ala mary poppins ish, and it goes something like "wake uh ma-doo-la, la la la LA la, la da la da da da da"

@Tapler ❀: !events

Ninetales Alolan<3: Pain.
yestrday: Pain.
+SectoniaServant: so much pain
Kiawe lol ⌐_: Pain.

Ninetales Alolan<3: incog is a great mode
@Tapler ❀: normally it’s not my thing
@Tapler ❀: still way, WAY better than blind incog
Quigontheflygon: Imagine having a blind incognito hunt queued for a big gaming event with lots of noobs

wall#ape: You say spamguess time like it isnt always spam guess time

Pain.

 

[PartMan]

Point Rally in 3 days and 7 hours! (Totally didn't forget to post)

Hosted by me and computerwizard8800 (and has been in the works for over half a year), QCs by resident ROs LittEleven and aQrator (huge thanks to all three)

Also the reason Tapler is trying to steal tape is because I stole his.

Looking forward to seeing you there; it's gonna be a blast~


Huge thanks to CWiz for hosting the whole thing! And thanks to everyone that came!

Results:

1	woe unto you	330
2	Pepsi Man 2	195
3	BubidaJeffery¿?	185
4	Ninetales Alolan<3	174
5	CynicCyndaquil	155
6	Bronzecrank	154
7	WarriorGallade	149
8	mgperson	137
9	NewsDan	117
10	Dratios	102
11	adiass	90
12	Discordual	60
13	acluous ◑_◑	55
14	iph	45
14	GrubbinTheGreat	45
16	doc1203 ⌐_	40
16	T+L=The Legend	40
18	Vrji	35
19	Sheep¿go?moo	20
19	PenguinD	20
19	Ocean09	20
19	Qui-Gon the Flygon	20
19	Cheese555 is bad	20
24	DJ Milotic	10
24	lfolfo ⌐_	10
24	mf_salvador	10
24	eblurb	10
24	BoltSapphire *_*	10

 

[avyrie]

Reserving a fish on Tuesday March 9th at 12:30 AM EST! QC'd by LittEleven and PartMan, hosted by PartMan.

The official scavenger hunt by iph ⌐_ was ended automatically.
1st place: Computerwizard8800 [11:07].
2nd place: Cheese555 is bad [11:49].
3rd place: dot Comfey [12:12].
4th place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [13:27].
5th place: 111ace111 [17:08].
Consolation Prize: Merlee [19:31], dratios _¬ [20:21], se CTON iaser VANT [22:50], CynicCyndaquil [25:59], schaillop ( [28:04]

Hunt

1) Use alphabetical order to answer this hunt. A certain ability enables the use of a status move that normally requires the user to have a certain status condition to be successfully used. Name the ability and the move. [Comatose Sleep Talk]
2) Under normal battle conditions, these Pokemon are always unaffected by Attract used by a Pokemon of the same species and opposite gender. [Absol-Mega, Sableye-Mega]
3) These items (that have an in-battle effect on only one Pokemon) are unobtainable in Generation VIII, but the affected Pokemon are obtainable. Ignore Mega Stones and Z-Crystals. [Blue Orb, Lucky Punch, Red Orb]

Congratulations to everyone who finished!

 

[PartMan]

Late post ROs please don't kill me

And mods, but it's harder to be scared of a stapler than a spear

Finished a Jumpstart with two hunts - the Fish Fish and the Fishy Fish! Best thing about this was honestly the reactions. QCs by DarkShinyGiratina and Aegii, huge thanks to both! though in hindsight having the the three newest staff on the hunt wasn't a good idea since none of us knew what to do

Hunts:

Fish Fish

Hunt

[Before we start, quick clarification: all answers are in alphabetical order, and answers don't include duplicate terms. Also exclude the word 'Pokemon' from answers.] It's a wonderful day at the beach! You look at your watch and see there's actually an hour to go for the main fish - why not go fishing? The question is, what type of Fish Pokemon even exist? Obviously, you'd only settle for a fully-evolved one - which of those is a fish out of water? | Eelektross | Alright, time to go find an Eelektross! You decide to go find one in Rumble Rush, so you take a boat there. However, once you're there, your boat almost sinks. Apparently, one of the Pokemon there is said to be able to sink fishing boats. What's the minimum base speed you need to outspeed it, in letters? | Sixty One | Whew, your boat is exactly fast enough to escape. And of course, now your line tugs, and you fish out... Pokemon number #61! It seems you've stumbled on a nest - within minutes, you find every single Pokemon from the evolutionary family. What category names do these have? | Frog, Tadpole | Satisfied, you start to sail back - until you remember that frogs aren't actually fishes! D: Good thing you know a water-type trainer who's fond of Poliwag - after all, her Poliwag was how she'd gotten married to a Gym Leader. Her son is a Gym Leader, too, and coincidentally a good friend of yours. What's his name? | Brock | Damn, you haven't spoken with Brock in a while. Then you realize your boat has sprung a leak; you'll have to take the ferry to get home in time for the fish. Brock's number is 9462-1714, but you can't get any reception on the ferry. To be annoyed at the ferry, answer with FERRY - and hope you get home in time for the fish. | FERRY

Results

The unrated scavenger hunt by PartMan was ended automatically.
1st place: Cheese555 sucks [04:12].
2nd place: Ninetales Alolan<3 [05:40].
3rd place: WarriorGallade [08:31].
Consolation Prize: CynicCyndaquil [11:44], adiass [11:54], NewsDan [12:58], TurtalKatThing [13:11], Penguin D [13:55], Arby [14:50], cleo [15:16], ScorrchingTheaph [17:40]

Fishy Fish

Hunt

[Please take careful note of the first hunt - it is relevant to this one, which is somewhat like a continuation. All earlier clarifications still apply.] You sprint off the ferry and straight home - where PartMan has just started announcing the hunt. You're in time! Then he says something surprising: apparently, the object of this hunt is YOU! The screens show footage of you panting from the run, and apparently they've been following you for a while. The first question, fortunately, doesn't seem to be related to your fishing excursion. It's about a fishy fishing competition - and it asks for the Pokemon that debuted. | Basculin; Basculin-Blue; Basculin-Blue-Striped | You finish the first question - and Brock pops up on-screen. The next answer is a Berry, and apparently it needs both the answers to your fishing trip and the first 5 digits of Brock's phone number. | Starf | You shake your head, annoyed that someone would put a puzzle in a Scavengers official. Then you realize that you weren't paying attention to the third question - all you heard was something about fraud and bursts, and how the answer is two Pokemon names. | Bisharp, Reshiram | Whew, you did it! Note to self: pay attention during fishes. Then you realize it's not over - and this is the actual last question. Brock calls you and mentions how the last answer to the fishy fish is a fishy fish - and that you've already solved the meta. | Starfish

Results

The unrated scavenger hunt by PartMan was ended automatically.
1st place: adiass [06:38].
2nd place: Dratios [07:41].
3rd place: ScorrchingTheaph [09:03].
Consolation Prize: acluous [12:22], CynicCyndaquil [14:20], Ninetales Alolan<3 [21:21], TurtalKatThing [23:08], Cheese555 sucks [34:33], NewsDan [37:46], cleo [52:10], Teutonic✠Squire [01:00:19], iph [01:05:52], Penguin D [01:05:57], 111ace111 [01:08:12], yestrday [01:15:52], Luca12379 [01:22:59]

Reactions

acluous has finished the hunt in 4th place! (12:22)
[23:02:51] acluous: wtf

CynicCyndaquil has finished the hunt in 5th place! (14:20)
[23:04:51] %PartMan: gO CynicCyndaquil!
[23:04:51] CynicCyndaquil: PARTMAN
[23:04:52] %aegii: he did it
[23:04:54] %PartMan: How much
[23:04:56] CynicCyndaquil: I HATE YOU

Ninetales Alolan<3 has finished the hunt in 6th place! (21:21)
[23:11:51] Ninetales Alolan<3: oh my god
[23:11:51] %PartMan: gO Ninetales Alolan<3!
[23:11:52] Ninetales Alolan<3: i hate you

TurtalKatThing has finished the hunt in 7th place! (23:08)
[23:13:39] +TurtalKatThing: i am blocking partman rfn

NewsDan has finished the hunt in 9th place! (37:46)
[23:28:15] NewsDan: i
[23:28:17] NewsDan: hate this game
[23:28:19] NewsDan: so much

[23:32:18] NewsDan: fk
[23:32:22] NewsDan: wp, sir

iph has finished the hunt in 12th place! (01:05:52)
[23:56:21] +iph: I
[23:56:22] +iph: HATE YOU

[00:27:07] +iph: PartMan
[00:27:23] +iph: i hate you so much

[23:13:58] Bronzecrank: why is this last q's answer making people block part
[23:14:02] Bronzecrank: im scared

[23:12:35] WarriorGallade: i am already worrying

[23:12:11] +Teutonic✠Squire: these reactions make me worry

[23:18:02] Dratios: when hunt finishes im gonna flame i swear

[23:19:31] Dratios: no i have beef with q4
[23:19:35] Dratios: thats all im gonna say

Takeaway? Spamguessing bad, watching spamguessers struggle good.

This was incredibly fun, thanks to everyone for the entertainment (and turtalkatthing for the :sad: reaction)

 

[computerwizard8800]

Hosted a blind incognito fish on March 19th at 6 pm EST/11 pm GMT
QCs provided by DarkShinyGiratina and Tapler
1st place: TurtalKatThing [06:07].
2nd place: NewsDan [08:15].
3rd place: 111ace111 [08:40].
4th place: CynicCyndaquil [13:46].
5th place: dot Comfey [17:41].
Consolation Prize: GrubbinTheGreat [19:54], Luca12379 [30:15], BubidaJeff ery? [34:40], adiass [35:40], Vertigo06 [42:52], acluous ◑_◑ [46:14], boredcollegekid [01:23:18], RespectPickles [01:24:49]

Solutions

1) This character uses the most fossil Pokemon out of any character in generation V.(exclude trainer class) [N]
2) The first pokemon that a main character of the anime caught offscreen mid-episode evolved into its final stage in this episode. (English name) [Control Freak!]
3) This course in Learn with Pokemon Typing Adventure does not require you to type the names of Pokemon, but instead the names of cities and countries. [Left Shift Challenge]