Marginal Effects

I'm sure I'm not the only one to ever think about this, so I'll put this question out there. Have any of you ever thought about the marginal effect of a stat increase? It's kind of weird because we all try to get pokemon with stats as high as possible, but how much is enough or too much?

I suppose if one really wanted to be anal about it, they could do some calculus with the damage calculation function. But there are several unknowns and certain assumptions you would have to make in advance and I personally don't really want to wrap my head around what I would need to do to max D in terms of...well, you get where I'm going with this.

So what do you guys think about this? Does it really matter that a metagross' atk is 400 versus 405 (I think that's its max if I remember it right)? Or that my miltank's hp is 384 versus 400-something?

Sunny Park

I tried to do the Sunny Park challenge on PBR for old time sake. There are some cheating bastards in there. I used all level 1 pokemon and every single one of the CPU pokemon were 5. Don't tell me I need to EV train a set of 6 to level 5. That's F'ing ridiculous. Has anyone fought through there? I should make my gym level < 5 ...... syke

Darkrai

I'm assuming all of you have heard about or seen the Darkrai silhouette on pokemon.com. I checked a little while ago and that animation is already gone. I wonder how long it will be before Darkrai is released as the next event.

Challenge Team Discussion

How do we want to handle challenge teams, i.e. the teams trainers will use to challenge for gym badges? Do we want a trainer to have one fixed team with which he challenges each gym, or allow a pool they can choose from, or let them challenge with any team they want each time? If a set number of pokemon is decided, do we allow switching hold items, movesets, etc... Do we want to have a set battle format, or let each gym leader define his own rule set?

Please don't be shy about responses here!

Checking In

Hey All,
I know I've been kind of quiet the last couple of weeks and its mainly due to working on counter-strategies for some of the stuff I've been seeing on wifi lately. What I wonder though is when we'll begin letting people challenge us for badge (or possibily gym) status? I have all of the ice types that I'm going to use in my gym, but I've been doing a lot of work to come up with the six pokemon that I'll primarily be using for all wifi challenges. Also, if anyone has any ideas on the type of badges we'll be handing out, I'd like to hear them. I was thinking (especially since our group isn't that large) that we could each choose our own (not very expensive) pins to hand out.

By the way, if anyone wants to go up against my gym for badge status, just email me.

Battling Tonight?

Hey, anyone out there down for some battling/trading tonight? I have a Onyx I'm trying to evolve, plus there are a few TM's I'm looking for. Also, I have a new Weavile I'm looking to try out. Wi-fi is probably easiest, though if people are down we could always meet up somewhere.

Oh SNAP

For those who don't keep an eye on the BulbaNews RSS in the upper right, Pokemon Snap is just 5 days away. Time to get some Wii Points.

Just keep it away from Mankey

Apparently, someone going by "ecpl-matt" won the bid for one of these tonight...
weird...

Pokemon Snap Updated For Virtual Console

Send pics of your Pokemon to friends.


November 30, 2007 - A new twist for Virtual Console owners will arrive in early December as Pokemon Snap arrives on the Japanese version of the service.

The classic 1999 N64 title, in which players take pictures of their Pokemon, will hit the service with a brand new feature for the Wii: the ability to send pics to friends. You'll be able to post your pics as messages to the Wii Message Board and send them along with comments to friends in your friend list.

Owners of the Japanese Wii can look forward to a slightly modified Virtual Console game on 12/4 for the standard N64 price of 1,000 Wii Points.

New Trainer

Hello everyone!

I responded to the "New Faces" post from October, but now I realize it's been swallowed into the bowels of history. Here's a short recap: thanks to Zero for the invitation; I'm new to Pokemon (working my way through Victory Road); and, I'm interested in some friendly games until I get a real team built.

As you can see from the gym list, I've been added to the Poison Gym. I don't have an official team yet, but I do have one in the planning stage. In the meantime, my Friend Code is posted in my profile if anyone feels like a battle!

Things to buy in PBR

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PBR Mystery Gift
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Not all items are available from the start. But I need a quick place to find some of these. I figured you may too.

Item [Price]
PC = Poke coupons

Special Gift [0 PC]

Dawn Stone [7200 PC]
Dusk Stone [7200 PC]
Shiny Stone [7200 PC]

King's Rock [7200 PC]
Leftovers [7200 PC]
Quick Claw [7200 PC]
Light Clay [7200 PC]
Iron Ball [9600 PC]
Upgrade [12000 PC]
Dubious Disc [12000 PC]
Protector [12000 PC]
Reaper Cloth [12000 PC]
Deepseascale [14000 PC]
Deepseatooth [14000 PC]
Soul Dew [14000 PC]

TM Roar [9600 PC]
TM Taunt [9600 PC]
TM Brick Break [9600 PC]
TM Facade [9600 PC]
TM Skill Swap [9600 PC]
TM Fling [9600 PC]
TM Dragon Pulse [9600 PC]
TM Stone Edge [9600 PC]
TM Captivate [9600 PC]
TM Dark Pulse [9600 PC]
TM X-Scissor [9600 PC]
TM Poison Jab [9600 PC]
TM Swagger [9600 PC]
TM Pluck [9600 PC]
TM Dragon Claw [12000 PC]
TM Ice Beam [12000 PC]
TM Thunderbolt [12000 PC]
TM Earthquake [12000 PC]
TM Psychic [12000 PC]
TM Shadow Ball [12000 PC]
TM Flamethrower [12000 PC]
TM Overheat [12000 PC]

Ganlon Berry [19200 PC]
Salac Berry [19200 PC]
Peteya Berry [19200 PC]
Apicot Berry [19200 PC]
Liechi Berry [38400 PC]
Lansat Berry [38400 PC]
Starf Berry [38400 PC]
Enigma Berry [38400 PC]

IV Natures for Pokemon

IV natures for Pokemon

HIT POINTS
31-Often dozes off
30-Loves to Eat
29-Likes to Relax
28-Likes to scatter things
27-Often Naps

ATTACK
31-Likes to thrash about
30-Proud of its' Power
29-Hot Tempered
28-Quick tempered
27-A little Quick-Tempered

DEFENSE
31-Capable of taking hits
30-Sturdy Body
29-Good perseverance
28-Good endurance
27-Highly persistent

SPEED
31-Alert to sounds
30-Likes to run
29-Quick to flee
28-Somewhat of a clown
27-Impetuous and silly

SPECIAL ATTACK
31-Mischeivous
30-Highly Curious
29-Very Finicky
28-Often lost in thought
27-Thoroughly cunning

SPECIAL DEFENSE
31-Somewhat Vain
30-Strong Willed
29-Somewhat Stubborn
28-Hates to lose
27-Strongly Defiant

DS Night

Since it looks like the Xoy isn't posting much lately, I figured I'd forward along this MySpace Bulletin.

Pokemon Attack of the day

Attack Name: Sucker Punch
Battle Type:
Category:
Power Points: 5
Base Power: 80
Accuracy: 100

Battle Effect:
Always strikes first, but fails if foe is not using attacking move

Happy Birthday Aaron