Must Tell Someone...

Hey All,
So I've been trying to finish the wifi battle tower challenge for a while and well, I finally did it and got the "world ability ribbon." Yea! Just in case anyone's curious I used the following team:

Weavile (Jolly)
Focus Sash
4 hp, 252 Atk, 252 spd
Night slash
Brick break
Ice shard
Taunt

Garchomp (Adamant)
Choice Scarf
252 atk, 4 def, 252 spd
Outrage
Crunch
Earthquake
Fire blast

Starmie (Timid)
Wise Glasses
252 sp. atk, 4 sp. def, 252 spd
Surf
Psychic
Ice beam
Thunderbolt

Pokemon Center?

So it appears I am about half a year late with this one. But what happened to the Pokemon Center website? Now where am I supposed to go for all my pokemon paraphernalia?

Hangin' Out

Hey All,
I know everyone's got their own rather busy schedules, but if anyone would like to hang out starting the evening of the 24th through the 31st, let me know. My girl will be out of town and it will be pretty quiet my way otherwise. Just let me know if and when you'd like to get together.

Good Move Information

I came across this while trying to look something up. It seems to go into a lot of detail, so I figured I'd pass it along.

Got Lunch???

Hey all,
I don't know if you all had been paying attention to the bulbanews, but Burger King is now giving out TCG cards with their kids' meals. I'm not sure if the specific cards are matched to specific toys, but I picked up a couple today and would be open to trading any repeat cards (or accessories) I might get. I would especially be interested in getting more than one manaphy's in case you come across them. Just for the record I've got the piplup figure and the dialga card case as well as a pachirisu and shinx at the moment.

These pokemon flash animations are really good.

http://lnsector.deviantart.com/art/Electrode-65149206

http://lnsector.deviantart.com/art/Electrode-II-68103006

Old Penny Arcade about Pokemon Ranch

Pokemon Invades Spore: Best and Worst Fan Creations

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/pokemon-invade-spore/a-20080701114947592098

$42.96 + Shipping for a T-shirt?

Click here to see the shirt in question.

Fun Read

This is a link to an article in which the writer expresses his dislikes for the game he likes.

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?