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Pokemon Emerald Help

A while ago I bought Pokemon Emerald almost wholly to have access to cloning (also, I enjoy raising pokemon without the stress of competitive battling). I reached my goal of being able to clone any poke, item, or TM, but now I'm looking to put some rare moves on some pokemon (like Fire Punch on a Marowak). For this, I need to use the battle points in Battle Frontier, but seeing as how I'm lazy I was wondering if anyone had any advice on how to quickly gain BP, like easiest battles, places where you gain the most BP, etc. Anyone out there have any advice?

Ranch Trades

I'm not sure if this is common knowledge, but I started testing things with ranch and figured something out.

When Haley asks what kind of pokemon she should bring ("red one", "light one", etc...), if you say no twice, she will just pick "one she is interested in". So far every time I've done this, she's brought one of the trade pokemon over. If this is consistent, then it should speed up how long it takes to get the 20 regular trade ones, since you won't have to worry about days where she brings over random other pokemon.

Next Meeting

First and foremost, a big thanks to Jason for helping me get some play-testing done on my Poison team; I'm a lot more confident in it ability to compete, now. Secondly, when do we want to have our next get together? I was thinking about trying to host something this Saturday evening, but I don't how well that works for people. Otherwise, is there a day people are free to get together, either in person on online?

Poison Team DONE

OK, my complete Poison Team is done, and I think it's pretty good. I've got a Tentacruel, Weezing, Venusaur, Gengar, Nidoking, Crobat, Drapion, Roserade, and a Toxicroak. I've also trained a Breloom as unofficial member; while he doesn't carry the Poison type I think the general spirit and his Poison Heal ability fit the team well. I considered training an Arbok or a Seviper, but my experience with my Nidoking tells me I'm better off dealing with guys I know and who have decent stats than trying to make it work with subpar pokemanz. Next up, new Ground types for my gym.

Pokemon Video Game Showdown

So it looks like I was not selected for the Pokemon Showdown. Anyone else check their results?

Rate this alakazam, and check out this fish I caught.

I'll post again so I don't take up too much front page space.

Wii Code Check

I wouldn't mind having your mii's in my ranch, so if you wouldn't mind, please post your wii codes. Mine is 0470 5205 5952 1487.

My Pokemon Ranch

There has been alot of confusion for the release date of this WiiWare title. It was first thought to be a WiiWare launch title, then expected to only be held back a week or two. Well its finnally here and I just finished downloading it. It cost 1000 points to download. Thats ten dollars for the simple folk.

Another Excuse to Get Together

So thanks to Bulbanews, I just noticed that there will be a Deoxys event coming up pretty soon at GameStop. Seeing as there are so many GameStops all over the place, maybe this doesn't necessitate a meeting, but we've gotten together for less of a reason in the past. Let me know what you all think. I'll most likely send a reminder out from the yahoo group. [Ace - Don't be afraid to use pics]

Opinions Needed

Hey guys, I was wondering if I could get your opinion on a Drapion I'm making for my Poison Team. My basic plan is to give him Night Slash and the hold item that boosts critical hit chance and capitalize off of his Sniper ability, but I'm not sure whether to make him more of a supporter or an attacker. As a supporter, I'd give him Roar and Knock Off and maybe Cross Poison and have him keep the opponent at bay and wait to start attacking with high crit chance moves. As an attacker, I'd give him a Agility to boost his speed, then have him hack away with Night Slash immediately. Either way he'd have a 25% crit chance and would 3x damage. Anyone have any thoughts on what I should go with or have any other ideas?

BTW I just finished my Crobat and the little guy has PERFECT speed. I love him.

I hope I didn't step on any toes ....

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Getting there ....

I have no idea how to make it shimmer like those TCG badges. I know it looks like a little kid drew it, i need to work on it. I was leaning towards a red center/house and a dark badge interior, but I think I like the Pokéball center better.

Do we need "No Stinking Badges?"

Since I think it would be cheaper for gym leaders to create electronic badges. I decided to use some down time to design a dark badge based of of these TCG badges. The changes I plan to make are the wording (of course) and the shape of the badge. What does darkness look like and for the matter, what does normal look like?