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[Molly Renata]

On that note, these threads go off on multi-page tangents, so a few posts about pokemon that are actually with the theme of the thread aren't going to upset/offend anyone. So rage away! A rant isn't a good rant unless it's a long, insanely detailed rant.

:V

OK FINE, YOU ASKED FOR IT.


So anyway.
This all started because I was mad at a friend of mine who hated gen 5 for what I consider to be completely trivial reasons. (I know, it's stupid as hell, but bear with me.)
So I decided to do a no-grinding run of Pokemon Black (since said friend absolutely despises grinding in RPGs, to the point where he usually goes out of his way not to).
It started off well enough. Filled out my team early on, lost to Lenora, got my ass handed to me a few other times, accidentally turned off the console while I was playing on my 3DS.
Now, I've gotten close to the end of the game (Dragonspiral Tower, for those of you who are familiar with it), and I have come to the realization that the team which I so carefully cherry-picked way back at the start of the run...
doesn't have anything to counter Dark-types.
And there's lots of Dark-types in endgame. One of the Elite Four uses them, and both of the "final bosses" do.
I find this irritating because it's a no-grinding run (so I can't just overlevel and overpower or swap out one team member for another one).
Although, in retrospect, it's really my own fault that I got into this situation, since the whole thing just started as me being butthurt (and it gradually developed into "oh hey I actually kind of like this" but that's beside the point).

[LordSlowpoke]

that's neither long winded nor derailed nor an essay nor s rage about you failing to nuzlocke

* LordSlowpoke splashes molly with salmon

[Molly Renata]

that's neither long winded nor derailed nor an essay nor s rage about you failing to nuzlocke

* LordSlowpoke splashes molly with salmon

I don't Nuzlocke, but other than that you have all the points spot-on

[LordSlowpoke]

yes

you fail to do the nuzlocke

the nuzlocke is what must be done by you

it is a thing that you can do and a thing that by you will be kharkov

the caspian sea is nice shame about the sandstorms you get tired of darude after a while

[Reverie]

I had to look up what Nuzlocke meant.
It sounds reeeeally frustrating

[Molly Renata]

I had to look up what Nuzlocke meant.
It sounds reeeeally frustrating

I think the concept is more than a little absurd :V

I like some aspects of it, but for the most part it just really turns me off.

[Reverie]

I don't think I'd play a game so much that I'd want to make up new rules to squeeze extra enjoyment out of it >.>
If I'm tired of playing the way it was intended, I'd probably just move on to a different game.

[TD1]

*Slaps thread*

Snap out of it!
Pokemon will canker you from within!

Noo_{ooooooooooooooooo}

[Molly Renata]

I don't think I'd play a game so much that I'd want to make up new rules to squeeze extra enjoyment out of it >.>
If I'm tired of playing the way it was intended, I'd probably just move on to a different game.

Basically, yeah. I sort of want to restart Pokemon Black again after I finish this run, but I'm not doing a no-grinding run again...

[Worldmaster27]

*Slaps thread*

Snap out of it!
Pokemon will canker you from within!

Noo_{ooooooooooooooooo}

Wow.

You slapped the thread into a whole new page.

[Frumple]

I had to look up what Nuzlocke meant.
It sounds reeeeally frustrating

I think the concept is more than a little absurd :V

I like some aspects of it, but for the most part it just really turns me off.

It's considerably more fun to watch, or read narratives based on, nuzlocke runs than to actually play them, insofar as I've been able to tell. They've produced some pretty compelling stories over the years.

[Reverie]

I have 50 posts per page. Ha! Logic.

[TD1]

*Slaps thread*

Snap out of it!
Pokemon will canker you from within!

Noo_{ooooooooooooooooo}

Wow.

You slapped the thread into a whole new page.

I don't think I'd play a game so much that I'd want to make up new rules to squeeze extra enjoyment out of it >.>
If I'm tired of playing the way it was intended, I'd probably just move on to a different game.

Basically, yeah. I sort of want to restart Pokemon Black again after I finish this run, but I'm not doing a no-grinding run again...

It didn't work. 
DOCTOR! WE NEED A HIGHER VOLTAGE!

This is one of the wierdest and most awesome things ever!

Ahhhhhhhh_{hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh}

[Molly Renata]

Actually, in some types of games (sandbox games like KSP and Minecraft mostly) making arbitrary rules can add lots of fun, especially so if they make the game slightly harder (but not too much that it becomes almost unplayable, which is IMO what a nuzlocke does).

....
Actually yes, I would agree with you regarding sandboxes.
But yeah :V

[DeKaFu]

I had a lot of fun doing single-type runs back in Pokémon Red. Beat the game with bugs-only back when there were barely enough bugs in existence to fill a team. I imagine it'd be a bit different now.

Haven't done it since because it requires you to restart your game and I'm one of those people who gets emotionally attached to their digital monsters.