AWKWARD ZOMBIE

Don't ask me how I can tell there's a Pokemon actually in the TV, rather than just being shown on the TV. I just can, alright?


I'm a regular Fonzy!


Oh hey, I was right! Its a Pokemon!



Why is the Legendary Pokemon music playing?


Well crud, this isn't going down the way I wanted it to go...


It used Curse. Removes 1/4 of the opponent's health each turn, unless it switches out. Which makes it a VERY risky move to use on Pokemon you want to catch, since although it can rather precisely knock them down to near-zero health, you only get one shot at catching it.


Yes folks, I'm just that awesome!

And in case you're wondering, no, I didn't need to restart the game. Wootinary!


Best! Type! Of Pokemon! EVER!



So yeah, y'know the way I kept saying that I wouldn't keep any of my current Pokemon on full-time, and I'd always be switching? Well this Pokemon is the first one that I will be always having on my team for the rest of the game!

I guess in that sense, this would be my starter Pokemon... sorta...

Well alright, not really. Or at all. But it still sounds cool.


Awesome! Now I can... go... exploring...?
I coulda sworn I was exploring the world this entire time, but apparently I'm not doing it properly until I've got myself a specialised kit.


That must be the easiest job ever. All you have to do is rate a name! Man, I haven't heard of people with that kind of a job outside of IGN's "reviewers".


Really? You mean that? So my Pokemon isn't going to be traumatized for life because I kept calling him that?


I made some rather large Pokemon name changes here, along with teaching Wukong cut so I don't have to keep going to a Pokemon centre.


So anyway, now on to Team Galactic's Base!


I can't help but get the feeling that something is... different.


I stole a TM that teaches how to steal. Talk about redundant!


You're telling me! Heck, I wouldn't have been able to tell you're not just an ordinary grunt if you didn't start your speech with "Looker:".

You should probably stop doing that, it gives away your identity.


Being able to put on a wig and get dressed in standard mob clothing doesn't exactly make you a master of disguise. I mean, if you were actually impersonating someone, than sure, but you're just acting as a random grunt!


DUDE! Seriously not a good idea to take off your costume while in the middle of the enemy base!

I mean, if that guy took two steps to the left, then turned around at 90 degrees, you could be spotted!


Do I still need to point out the relation between Eterna City and People Stating The Obvious? I feel I've done it into the ground at this stage.


Hmm... so one of these is a trap.

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that the stairs that isn't[i] guarded by the extremely-visible thugs is the one.


You know you're facing Team Galactic when they actually have a sign saying "Go this way to foil evil plans".


Set of stairs #2. This one is actually better done, as both ends are near identical.

I mean, aside that one of them has the blatantly obvious sign again. That'll cost marks.


#3. Easy pattern is easy.


Oh LAWL, talk about bad eyesight! Why on earth did they put him on guard duty?


If this was any sort of game other than Pokemon, I would've suspected that these "Go this way to win" signs would be a trap.

Then again, if this was any sort of game other than Pokemon, I'd still have to go into that trap to advance the plot.


Woo! I made it to the top and-

Hm. Second thoughts, those itemballs over there are too much to resist. TO THE TRAP, I GO!



Don't ask me how I know there are itemballs over there, alright?


Man, why couldn't all henchmen be like this guy? That'd make Evil Business so much easier!


Naturally enough, when facing a Psychic Pokemon with a Ghost Pokemon, the ghost will never actually have any ghost-type attacks.


Woo! Finally, I have a revive! Do you know how long I've been looking for these?

Well, not very long at all, actually. I didn't really need them before.


Awesome! Now I can...
Um...
Whats it an upgrade for, anyway?

Oh yeah, and you two don't mind me. I'm just walking past, stealing your stuff. You carry on your staring competition.


Goddam, I just had to walk directly in front of her, didn't I?


Alright, I can understand why you'd put your grunts in ridiculous costumes, to give them a sense of unity and stuff. But why on earth are the commanders forced into ridiculous costumes too?
I mean, its not like all the commanders have a set uniform or anything!


That must've been perhaps the quickest Boss opening this entire game.


Its a giant skunk! Aaah, the smell! And its getting ready to pee too, apparently! Dear gods!


Oh ho ho, unintentional pun!


Goddamit! Machineria didn't even have a nose!


Yeah, alright, I think I'm just gonna have to admit that my two bug Pokemon can't fight.


Well FINALLY! I mean geez, a level 23 Pokemon should not be able to do that much damage so easily!


You're... finished with this place? Wut? Isn't this, say, one of your bloody HQ buildings?!


Oh... wo[i]w... I can really see that being a threat.
Watch out, Huntterfly! They're going to try bedazzle you with their knowledge of ancient legends! Whatever shall we do?!


And thats the secret sign for "Pick up your free bike so you can actually go places".




It's a secret entrance! The size of a van!

Yeah, this is what the Secret Key was for. I missed a screenshot of that part.


Household appliances! Amazing! I can really see why such lengths were put through to keep them hidden!


MOAR VOTAN TIEM!
Or, since the actual machine doesn't change anything except one attack, make a choice on:
*Overheat (fire - 140power, 5pp, 90% accuracy, reduces all special attacks of the user by 1/2 until switched out)
*Leaf Storm (grass - same as Overheat)
*Air Slash (flying - 75power, 15pp, 95% accuracy, 30% chance of causing flinching)
*Hydro Pump (water - 120power, 5pp, 80% accuracy)
*Blizzard (ice - 120power, 5pp, 70% accuracy, 10% chance of freezing opponent)

For the time being, I'm most inclined to Leaf Storm. Its good for taking down a Pokemon in one go, then switching when prompted. And I already have a fire Pokemon. Plus, the lawnmower has the creepiest smile ever!
Later on, when I get Rain Dance, I'll switch to Hydro Pump and teach it Thunder. That'd be rather deadly!

Rotom has Levitate, right? Does it still have Levitate when it's a lawn mower?

Once again, the actual machine doesn't change anything except one attack.

La-a-a-ame. Don't change it at all.

I meant the differences between machines. They all give a significant boost to stats as well, akin to those of an evolution.

Leaf storm is a good choice. Either that or Air Slash. But my opinion doesn't matter.

In unrelated matters, I've started indexing the updates on the first post.

I should really find some way to archive this stuff. As in, everything on a separate, trust-not-to-go-bollocks site.

I just got Platinum a few days ago too! Yay!
I just got to Eterna city too.

By the way, I thought you were gonna name your Rotom something like "Poltergeist" or something similar. Or is that too cliche?
I thought Mothula was actually a good name for that moth pokemon thing that doesn't know how to battle.

Too cliche, too boring, too not-awesome-enough.


I was gonna name it Mothula, but I thought BeedrIsnt worked better because of the naming scheme.

I thought you were going to name Rotom PLASMA for a second.

I say go with whatever gives you Leaf Storm, just because I like Grass Pokemon. Sometimes it feels like everything is weak to them!

Mini-Me.

All students studying Engineering are able to intrinsically know the state and condition of any motor or engine nearby, even when not actually visible.


That is every Mechanic's dream ever.


Ahahah! All shall cower before the awesome might of LEAVES!


I TOLD YA HE'D POP UP IN THIS CITY! AHAHAH!


These... um, these are household appliances. Not Pokemon.

Wait, you haven't been mixing the two up all this time, have you? That would explain why you don't seem to care whether your Pokemon are bruised or dented or such.


Well gee wiz, Rowan! All this time I thought that we'd know everything in the universe by the time you reached 60! You sure set me straight!


Its too long to show in shortcuts:
[quote="notebook]"Our encounter was a sudden one. It was when I found my toy robot, one that I had earlier misplaced. At that instant, a Cockfighting Society startlingly emerged from the lawn mower's motor! Clutching my robot, I started, transfixed by the peculiar Cockfighting Society.
The Cockfighting Society hovered in the air, held aloft by a power unseen. As if curious and unafraid of my presence, it floated toward me. Crackling sounds accompanied it, as if from static electricity in the air. Remarkably, it seemed the Cockfighting Society was the source of this power! In alarm, I flinched, certain that my face would be subjected to a shock. Much to my surprise, the Cockfighting Society seemed to favor me with a smile.
Finally, I came to realize that the Cockfighting Society only wished to be friends. I have decided to name this most wondrous Cockfighting Society 'Rotom.' Simple though it may be, Rotom emerged to me from the motor of a lawn mower. Motor and Rotom... Surely the link is obvious?
Rotom is a Cockfighting Society that is simply sensational. The fact that it can turn invisible is simply the beginning. What makes Rotom unique is its ability to enter and operate machinery!
Rotom and I became fast friends. We were perpetual companions. The electricity from its body forbade contact, however. We could not touch, let alone hug or hold hands, but we cared not. For we were bonded on a much deeper, incorporeal level.
A feeling of mischief got the better of me one day. Seeing Rotom hovering, I decided to startle it--normally I would not. Perhaps frightened, Rotom discharged power beyond its usual range. I fell, stunned, into the arms of unconsciousness...
When I came to, to my horror I realized that Rotom had disappeared. I searched high and low for my friend in dismay and desperation. 'Don't chastise yourself. The fault is mine. No harm done. Let us play as we always have.' Though my words poured out, my friend could not be found to hear them...
My search for Rotom carried me far from home. It was in the town's rubbish heap that I again found my old toy robot. Curiously, our eyes met, then the robot waved a hand as if in greeting. I knew then that I had found my lost friend. I ran to it and hugged Rotom tight, talking on and on.
The robot's eyes lit up happily as I held it. I'm certain that, within it, Rotom was emitting lots of electricity. Somehow, I felt I could understand Rotom's thoughts better than before. Also, I realized that we would remain friends throughout our lives..."[/quote]
Apparently written by Char...

Well, now we know what happened to Ash's Charizard!


Look at it. Look at daisies thing! You know well that in its spare time, it bites off the heads of Oddishes!


Speaking of which, it needs healing. I do have to wonder how it managed to incorporate the lawnmower while fainted.

And dead. If ghosts are the spirits of dead Pokemon.


Anyway, bike shop.


Well fuck. And just as I thought I'd be able to escape this accursed city.
I suppose you're here to tell me that there's a statue in this city.


Oh.

Okay, if I may ask, why do you have a Pokemon egg? I mean, what, a run-in with a Machoke?





OH GODS, WHERE'S THE BRAIN BLEACH?!


"The Egg Watch"? Isn't that, like, pedophilia? Heck, its a step below pedophilia!


Well that was horribly predictable. I do have to wonder how these bike shops make any cheddar, considering the way they just give them away to the next guy passing.

Well except the one in Johto. Last time I heard, that one is nearly bankrupt.


Yup folks. Even bikes come with manuals nowadays!


One day, the bike makers decided to get enough common sense to introduce more than one speed.



Also, I'm having trouble finding the B button on this bike.


I'M ON A BIKE, MOTHERFUCKERS!



Its like a boat, only it goes on land.

And isn't anything like a boat.


Oh gods, the exit to this accursed city! I thought I'd never get out of there!


...thanks again, random stranger! Now I can...
share?

YOU COMMUNIST!


Is- is your job really just standing here, saying that you should try shifting gears? Who in gods name would hire such a person?


And there's a Shift key on this thing? I can't find any buttons at all!


Right; as far as I'm concerned, I want to get through this route and get to Route 208 as fast as I can, so I plan on avoiding battles where I can.


Of course, that means nothing at all when people's eyesight completely freezes people, even when speeding.


I DON'T FUCKING CARE HOW ON-FIRE YOUR HORSE IS, I'M TRYING OUT LEAF STORM DAMMIT!


I do wonder the practicality of an ever-burning horse. I mean, how would you ride that thing? And how are you meant to cook it?


It's like I'm riding in the internet!


Fuck, these guys do not leave me alone.

Why do you just wait around on a cycling road anyway? That has GOTTA be dangerous!


It was honestly such a pathetic match that it wasn't worth showing.


Woo! I'm off what is perhaps the singular cemented road in this entire island.



Wait, the only cemented road is... cycling-only? So how DO cars get from A to B?!


Oreburgh City? Why does that sound familiar...


AHAHAHAHAHAH OH GODS THIS LEVEL OF VIOLENCE IS PRACTICALLY COMICAL!

Oh.

Um, I didn't know rocks had that much blood.





What is it with burning horses? I mean, how do they eat? Surely the grass burns up when they try to bite it.

Heck, how can you find them... in long grass?!


This must be every girls dream ever!


Whats that, Pokedex? You're saying that, as animals grow up, they become stronger? It must still think its in Eterna City.


Heh Heh Heh.

Okay, now I'm being to much like McPants, boss.


Wha...


FUCK!!
Seriously what in gods name was the point on going to Eterna City if its just a loop?!


In some ways, I'm just as predictable as the bicycle salesman.


So, Slope, we meet again! But this time...


I am the master! Bwahahahah!


And... they have matching outfits, for some reason. Wut?

And why are they just waiting out in the middle of the night anyway?


A double-team of electric took that impostor right out!


Mmm, more electricy goodness! Even though he'll probably never need to use an electric attack again.


Hah! It doesn't matter who he targets with that, its gonna do squat-all!


...well, fuck.


Fortunately enough, Chargedog loves chasing squirrels.

And by 'chasing', I mean 'its his favourite food'.


Right, um, why were you watching those little kids over there?

In the middle of the night?








AHAHAH OH WOW WUT?


Seriously, wut?



Aw dammit, only two steps away from the entrance and she pops along! Thats just typical!

Although then again, its better than if it was Rowan. I mean, in the middle of the night...



And other pedophilia jokes.


Oh, that sounds like a big choice to make! Perhaps I should have a vote on this one...


Fuck you, people-I-didn't-ask-to-vote-rs! Fuck you and the Useless Freebies you rode in on!


Umm... right, what was the point on the pick-a-hand exercise again?


Its like an itemfinder. Only its actually useful, because it tells you where the item is anyway. And it doesn't take 5 minutes to use.


We don't make jokes about healing parylization in this LetsPlay, in real life its a serious disability that is often permanent. We should all do our best to look for help out those handicapped retards.


AHAHAHAHAH! There's just a sign DIRECTLY beside a mountain saying "This is a mountain"! That is just classic!

... Technically the sign wasn't saying "This is a mountain," it was telling you the name of the mountain.

I'm pretty sure there are a lot of signs like that.

Hey, you should return to Eterna if you have an extra Buisel lying around.
In the house next to the Pokemart you can talk to a kid in the first floor. If you give him your Buisel you'll get a Chatot.

I got my Chatot and used it to beat all the trainers in the Gym (level 9 originally). But when it got to level 14 and I was battling Gardenia it kept on disobeying me!
Serously it said stuff like:
Chatot pretended not to notice!
Chatot turned away!
Chatot ignored orders! (followed by the attack I did not ask for, usually led to uselessness).

Seriously, it was like Ash's Charizard except it was actually annoying.