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Nuzlocke thread.

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BrodyMason:
So I totally didn't go into this Nuzlocke run expecting to turn it into a twisted a role-playing experience, but this is what's happening...

And I like it.
 
Enjoy. Second entry will be up by Tuesday, the latest.

Journal Entry #1

Game: SoulSilver
Character Name: Silver (female, age 16)
Death Count: 0
Pokemon Mercilessly: Slaughtered: 1

Current Team:

Zero (Cyndaquil)

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Dear Journal,

Today, life has thrust me in a totally new direction. There's no more playing video games until 4 in the morning, no school, no chores. Suddenly I find myself on a journey; the fantasies I've entertained since pre-school, they're a reality. I'm a pokemon trainer now, with a gruesome thirst for battle. My mission is to become League Champion.

God help you, who are an obstacle on my path.

It started this morning. I woke to find that Prof. Elm had asked a favor of me. Now Prof. Elm was an acquaintance, at best, so it struck me as odd that he would ask something of me. Nonetheless, I was curious, so I quickly went over to his lab.

"It's an experiment," he said. Initially, I was only supposed to walk around with one of his pokemon and to report on any special feelings we may develop between each other. To be honest, I thought and still think his request was rather stupid. Is this what pokemon professors are supposed to do? Send random teenagers out on strolls with pokemon and report on their...feelings? Apparently so. Why didn't he just ask Ethan, anyway? He's always running around town with his Maril. Maybe he just finds Ethan as annoying as I do. God, I hate that boy.

In the middle of our conversation, a call alerted Prof. Elm to the discovery one of his peers had made a city or two away, and now he wanted me to go and check it out for him. Normally I would have refused. I don't walk ten miles to pick up anything for anybody, much less someone who's practically a stranger, but he said he would let me keep a pokemon for my trouble and that was an offer I couldn't refuse. I chose a fire-type, Cyndaquil.

I named him Zero.

The errand only took me about four hours to complete, but something inside of me shifted during that trip. For the first time, I was exposed to a pokemon battle and nothing could have prepared me for the grisly and savage nature of it all.

My first battle left me horrified. An aggressive pidgey confronted Zero, and he defended himself by catapulting his body into the bird's side. The pidgey retaliated with a weak blow of his own, but that only served to infuriate Zero. I ordered Zero to attack and he delivered a vicious hit on the side of the pidgey's skull that popped out one of it's eyeballs. It fell to the floor, shaking vigorously for a few seconds before becoming still.

I stared at the now dead pidgey, experiencing a curious sensation that overtook me. So this is what trainers did. They made it out to be much more glamorous and noble on the television when in actuality it was just a glorified form of murder and violence. But that fact didn't trouble me so much. What really horrified me was how much I enjoyed it.

-Silver

GrizzlyEatsKids:
My friends and I are doing one on Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Any unique rules or ideas/suggestions?

BrodyMason:

--- Quote from: Fenror on February 02, 2013, 12:45:46 AM ---My friends and I are doing one on Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Any unique rules or ideas/suggestions?

--- End quote ---

This looks promising (see attachment).

GrizzlyEatsKids:
We saw that one (and almost did it) the other day actually. Instead we're going with these rules:

-Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released or perma-boxed.

-The player may only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area, and none else. If the first Pokémon encountered faints or flees, there are no second chances. If the first encounter in the area is a Double Battle in dark grass, the player may choose which of the two Pokémon they would like to catch.

-Players must also nickname all of their Pokémon, for the sake of forming stronger emotional bonds.

-A black out/white out is considered to be "game over", even if there are Pokémon left in the PC. When a game over occurs, you may instead release or perma-box all pokemon except your starter, but must start back at the first town, and you cannot fly until you reach the location that the game over occurred at.

-Starter Pokémon is based off your Trainer ID number. If the last number is 1-3 the player starts with a Grass type, 4-6 is Fire type, 7-9 is Water type, 0 is the player's choice.

-You may use revives, but only on your starter, and only one revive may be used per battle.

-No Max Revives, Full Heals, Max Potions, or Rare Candies.

--Legendaries are exempt from the first encounter rule, however, once caught, they cannot be used in battle.

-Masterballs may only be used on legendaries.

-Rules not enforced until the player has Poké Balls and can catch Pokémon.

-First counter rule does not apply to "special encounters"or shiny pokemon.

-Use the same amount of Pokémon as the Gym Leader during a Gym battle.

-If the player has no Pokémon that can use a certain field move that is required to continue through any given point of the game, they may catch another Pokémon that can learn said field move. However, it cannot be used in battle for any reason, and must be released, permanently boxed, or migrated as soon as the player gets another Pokémon that can use said field move.

-Only one pokemon can be kept at a time from the bug catching tournament.

-If you participate in the pokeathlon and come in second, release one pokemon you used. If you come in third, release two of them. If you come in last, release all three of them, even if it's your starter. If you come in first, keep your pokemon and reap the benefits!

-Only one pokemon may be kept at a time from the Safari Zone.

The-Blades-slave:
Fenror, that is dumb. What, you may ask. This:


--- Quote ----You may use revives, but only on your starter, and only one revive may be used per battle.
--- End quote ---

That ruins nuzlocke, and from these rules, it seems like you guys are falling back on starters...

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