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How Pokemon taught me to try new things

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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
March 30 2015 23:57 GMT
#1
If I haven't made it clear yet I love Pokémon, I really do. It's such a fun series of games to play and to relax with. So for what felt like the 367th time I decided yesterday to replay Pokémon Emerald, the original remake/new version of Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire which focused on the third legendary Pokémon of the Weather Trio Rayquaza.

This time however I decided to do make a team of Pokémon I have either extremely rarely or never used on my team. After roughly 6 hours of gameplay I have made it through the first 6 gyms (to give some perspective, it usually takes me 10-11 hours of gameplay to make it that far iirc) with a team of Marshtomp, Swellow, Breloom, Swalot, Torkoal. I plan on getting a spheal when I get that far in the game.

The point I am trying to make is that my impulse decision to try something new I never have before turned out to be a surprisingly enormous success and it has caused me to reflect. Overall, I am not someone who tends to experiment outside my comfort zone. I don't normally try new things. In most cases if I have, it tends to be a direct result of my father pressuring me to do so. Although most of the time his suggestions end up being good ones, I remain hesitant in trying something new.

Though it seems ridiculous that Pokémon would be the catalyst that causes this change, it seems to be the case nonetheless and so I make this pledge to always try new things and to not be so judgmental.


Oh and before you even say a goddamn word, no this does not mean I plan on using illegal substances, falling into the temptation of peer pressure etc... I'm not weak.

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TelecoM
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States10760 Posts
March 31 2015 00:18 GMT
#2
Hey dude try this, all the cool kids are doi....oh my bad nvm.
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Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
March 31 2015 00:22 GMT
#3
what wrong with using illegal substances
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itsjustatank
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Hong Kong9178 Posts
March 31 2015 00:34 GMT
#4
it's good, using polonium would end up pretty quickly anyways
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aRyuujin
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States5049 Posts
March 31 2015 02:42 GMT
#5
to be honest, for in game usage, it doesn't really matter what pokemon you pick
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Probemicro
Profile Joined February 2014
3708 Posts
March 31 2015 04:08 GMT
#6
On March 31 2015 08:57 Cricketer12 wrote:
extremely rarely or never used on my team.


On March 31 2015 08:57 Cricketer12 wrote:
Marshtomp
Breloom


Juliette
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States6003 Posts
March 31 2015 06:40 GMT
#7
^ this is clearly not competitive :p

i just noticed it was emerald before i asked "why not garchomp?"

glhf with RNG seed abusing lol.
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y0su
Profile Blog Joined September 2011
Finland7871 Posts
March 31 2015 07:26 GMT
#8
there's just a huge difference between someone else (your father) telling you something and learning it for yourself...
Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
March 31 2015 12:00 GMT
#9
On March 31 2015 15:40 Juliette wrote:
^ this is clearly not competitive :p

i just noticed it was emerald before i asked "why not garchomp?"

glhf with RNG seed abusing lol.

What u talking about im playing vanilla
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
March 31 2015 12:01 GMT
#10
On March 31 2015 13:08 Probemicro wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 31 2015 08:57 Cricketer12 wrote:
extremely rarely or never used on my team.


Show nested quote +
On March 31 2015 08:57 Cricketer12 wrote:
Marshtomp
Breloom



Fuck marshtomp, breloom is cool but because his type i can only use him when i pick mudkip
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KatatoniK
Profile Blog Joined October 2013
United Kingdom978 Posts
March 31 2015 12:40 GMT
#11
Marshtomp, breloom and Swellow were awesome back in the 3rd gen era. Only Breloom retained any usefulness in the modern era though.

I might try this myself tbh, I recently found my original Ruby cart as well as my Leaf Green cart. I remember doing something like this in Black and White but I have more favourites back from the GBA days so it's harder to pick stuff that is different to what I used to use.
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
March 31 2015 12:45 GMT
#12
On March 31 2015 21:40 KatatoniK wrote:
Marshtomp, breloom and Swellow were awesome back in the 3rd gen era. Only Breloom retained any usefulness in the modern era though.

I might try this myself tbh, I recently found my original Ruby cart as well as my Leaf Green cart. I remember doing something like this in Black and White but I have more favourites back from the GBA days so it's harder to pick stuff that is different to what I used to use.

I normally use combusken pelipper gardevoir

but ya breloom is pretty awesome
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Darkhorse
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
United States23455 Posts
April 01 2015 05:15 GMT
#13
I found this to be a fun thing to do (that is, replaying pokemon games using pokemon I never really used before)

I played fire red recently and used Arcanine (ok I always use Arcanine because he is the motherfucking best), Gengar, Jolteon, golem, rhydon, and golbat. None of those are that weird or anything but they're pokemon I never really used in my main party. I decided enough with using legendaries and starters and stuff

Also I kinda want to try a nuzlocke challenge or w/e they're called
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JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-04-01 15:39:32
April 01 2015 15:39 GMT
#14
good luck and enjoy the ride
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Cricketer12
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
United States14000 Posts
April 03 2015 02:34 GMT
#15
On April 01 2015 14:15 Darkhorse wrote:
I found this to be a fun thing to do (that is, replaying pokemon games using pokemon I never really used before)

I played fire red recently and used Arcanine (ok I always use Arcanine because he is the motherfucking best), Gengar, Jolteon, golem, rhydon, and golbat. None of those are that weird or anything but they're pokemon I never really used in my main party. I decided enough with using legendaries and starters and stuff

Also I kinda want to try a nuzlocke challenge or w/e they're called

dont start nuzlocke on firered/leafgreen or emerald, especially if you pick torchic, it is extremely difficult, 4th gen starting with turtwig is pretty easy, especially if you can snag a starly
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