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I propose a Nuzlocke race. This is where we all launch the same ROM and get as far as we can as fast as we can without wiping out. I'm sure everyone on /vp/ already knows what the rules of a Nuzlocke are, but just so we're all on the same page:
1) You must name all pokemon.
2) You can only catch the very first pokemon you come across in a route.
2a) If you knocked it out, too bad. No second chances.
2b) This is any encounter in a route. Random grass battle, sudden ambush in a cave, scripted encounter like Sudowoodo, or surf/rod encounter. One pokemon, one chance, one route.
3) If a pokemon in your party faints, you have to release it. You can't revive it with a pokemon ability, move, item, or center. 0 health is permanent death.
3a) Because this is a race, it is not good enough just to box them in a "dead box". You have to release them. The number of pokemon you have are your lives. Faint your last pokemon and it's game over.
3b) If you white out but you still have boxed pokemon you can keep going with those boxed pokemon, but you lose all 1-6 pokemon that were in your party when you whited.
So that's all fine and dandy but why go through all this special effort? Because this isn't a pokemon game you've played before. This is a randomized to hell copy of SoulSilver, and you're going to enjoy some of the twists. Some spoilers:
>unfair as shit starters
>route pokemon that have to be seen to be believed
>madhouse movesets
>a truly masterful rival
This is as close to playing pokemon for the first time as you're going to get. Here's where you can get the ROM (no urls will get passed the 4chan filters so navigate to FILEDROPPER dotCOM and append slash chaossilver to the end to get your copy) and this thread is where you can taunt the other racers, show off what you discover, and generally have fun discussing it.
Who's in?
