Ptyrell

46 minutes ago, JardyB10 said:

Now make them fight, I’m sure we can take ‘em.

If you and someone else wanna set the strategies..

Also here are the All-Star Lineups for the week!

 

1st Team

1. Enorama's Gyarados lv 68

2. Berocka's Rhydon lv 61

3. omgitshim's Venusaur lv 54 w Earthquake

2nd Team

1. JardyB10's Rapidash lv 51 w Earthquake

2. dlamb's Venusaur lv 50 w Earthquake

3. OrbitingDeath's Raichu lv 45 w Megahorn

Alt 1. Doomsday's Espeon lv 43 w Thunder

 

And I've made a new achievement for making the 1st team all-star list.

 

@Enorama @Berocka @omgitshim @JardyB10 @Doomsday @OrbitingDeath @dlamb

The Closing Ceremony

And with that, the first ever Town of Pallet comes to a close! The final standings...

 

Tied for 9th place with 10 VPs: @Berocka and @Lemorse7!

In 8th place, just making the cutoff at 11 VPs: @Ricer13!

Tied for 6th place with 14 VPs: @dlamb and @Enorama!

In 5th place with 15 VPs: @Doomsday!

15 VPs is about what I thought the winners would be around. So everyone above this mark blew me away!

In 4th place with 16 VPs: @rory !

In 3rd place with 17 VPs: @omgitshim!

In 2nd place with 18 VPs: @OrbitingDeath !

And in 1st place with a WHOPPING 21 VPs wtf!?! @JardyB10!

 

But this game isn't just about those boring old Victory Points... Everyone this game was able to accomplish many impressive feats by trying all sorts of different things. And in doing so, many new secret achievements have been unlocked! In roughly chronological order...

 

Secret Achievement - A secret achievement hiding in plain sight.

omgitshim, dlamb, JardyB10, Goliathus

Making a Splash - You believed in the power of Magikarp from the start!

JardyB10

A Modest Contribution - You've helped mod a game! Thank you!

Gustav

The One That Got Away... - Have a Pokemon run away from you!

JardyB10, Doomsday

Blasting Off Again! - Successfully defend against a Team Rocket attack.

JardyB10, dlamb

Explorer - Visit every region in a game.

JardyB10, Ricer13

Technical Machinist - Use 3 or more TMs in a game.

Doomsday

Workaholic - Use all your actions in a day to work.

Berocka, rory

Sweet Tooth - Use at least 5 Rare Candies in a game

Berocka

Eeveelution - End the game with at least 3 Eevee evolutions

Lemorse7

1337 - Defeat all members of the Elite 4 before day 7

Berocka, Doomsday, Enorama, JardyB10, omgitshim, rory

Beefcake - Have a Pokemon with 300+ HP

omgitshim, Enorama, Berocka

1 Punch 'Mon - Have a Pokemon with 150+ attack

Enorama

The Barter System - End the game with Alakazam, Machamp, Golem, and Gengar.

JardyB10

 

Purist - Have no more than 4 different Pokemon types in a game.

Berocka

Pokemon Encyclopedia - Have the most complete PokeDex in a game.

JardyB10

Hoarder - End the game with the most Pokemon.

OrbitingDeath

League Champion - You won the Final Tournament!

omgitshim

Gotta Catch 'Em All! Bronze- You've caught over 50% of the Pokemon in the game all time!

JardyB10, OrbitingDeath

Domination - End with 20 VPs or more.

JardyB10

 

That's 21 different achievements this game! How many more are there???

 

I also must give a HUGE thank you to @Gustav for helping make this game run, along with his clever contributions to the ever growing spreadsheet. And of course thank you to all who took a chance to sign up and play this game that had never been play tested before and had a crazy long rule book. I thoroughly appreciate all of your kind words throughout these ~2 weeks, and enjoyed seeing many of you spend a fair amount of time and energy to try and figure out how best to "beat" this game. That alone I found to be one of the best complements of all.

 

Now as for what's next... There WILL be a Town of Pallet #2. Probably will need a week to work on the many changes that will be coming before the next game. And if there is a Town of Salem game in the meantime, probably will start after that. So look for signups in about 1-3 weeks!

 

And if you are looking for a teaser...

Round 4 is all that remains! Gonna lay out my thought process as I work through it...

 

For the 1st place game...

@omgitshim stands alone at 3-0

@JardyB10, @OrbitingDeath , @Doomsday, and @rory  all are at 2-1.

Jardy just lost to omg so he's out.

Doom's loss is to rory so he's out.

Both OD's and Rory's losses are to Jardy. However OD brought Jardy to his last Pokemon and was 1 turn away from winning. Rory only got to Jardy's 2nd Pokemon. So because of that the 1st place game will be between omg and OD!

(though Jardy holds the tiebreaker for 2nd place over OD if Jardy wins and OD loses)

 

Next game will be between Rory and Jardy.

Jardy has lost to an opponent with the highest overall record, and Doom lost to Rory.

 

Next game will be between Doom and one of

@Berocka, @Enorama, @Lemorse7, and @dlamb

Doom already beat enorama and Lemorse.

Between Berocka and dlamb... 

Berocka's losses are to opponents with cumulative records of 5-1

Dlamb's losses are to opponents with cumulative records of 3-3

So Doom vs Berocka!

 

Between Enorama, Lemose, and Dlamb, @Ricer13 has already faced 2 of them. So the last 2 games are

Lemorse vs Dlamb 

Ricer vs Enorama

 

So in summary:
OMG vs OD

Rory VS Jardy

Doom vs Berocka

Lemorse vs Dlamb 

Ricer vs Enorama

 

Final rankings will still be based on record and tiebreakers. So a fair amount of movement could still happen.

 

And the grand Kahuna..

 

Red @omgitshim

Venusaur lv 54

Gyarados lv 54

Poliwrath lv 52
VS

Professor OAK @JardyB10

Machamp lv 43

Rapidash lv 51

Gyarados lv 43

 

Venusaur leads off against Machamp.

Venusaur prepares to use Solar Beam against Machamp! 

But there is a shimmering in the air as the beam flies towards Machamp...

Machamp has transformed! Machamp shape shifts into Steel type!

But Venusaur reacts quickly.. What's it doing?

 

4th match...

 

Ash Ketchum @dlamb

Charizard lv 47

Gengar lv 40

Venusaur lv 50 earthquake

VS

James @Ricer13

Charizard lv 40

Alakazam lv 40

Gyarados lv 43

 

This match will be... completely random! How interesting!

The Charizards start off by trading ineffective Fire Blasts back and forth. Finally Ash's Charizard uses Dragon Claw and the other Charizard goes down!

Alakazam up next...

Alakazam uses Psychic! With no other move, no randomness there! Charizard barely goes down by -2 HP.

Ash sends out Gengar! A classic matchup between ghost and psychic pokemon! But only if Gengar uses the right move...

Gengar uses...

 

Next up we have...

 

Koga @rory

Venusaur lv 48

Gengar lv 45

Rapidash lv 44

S

Jesse @Enorama

Gyarados lv 68

Espeon lv 37

Raichu lv 36

First up is Gyarados with a whopping 20 level advantage over his opponent Venusaur. Gyarados uses Hurricane...

It's a one hit KO!

How will Koga respond? Koga sends out Gengar. Jesse goes to recall Gyarados is fully recalled, Gengar uses...

 

16 minutes ago, omgitshim said:

A thrifty stroll through Celadon City, Red comes home with TMs for Thunder (taught to Poliwrath) and Earthquake (taught to Venusaur).

30 minutes ago, Gustav said:

Admittedly, I'm not sure how the matchmaking is supposed to work for Round 3...so I'll leave that up to @Ptyrell. I look forward to seeing what goes down then!

Thank you Gustav for the great presentation!

 

The standings after 2 rounds...

2 teams remain undefeated at 2-0: JardyB10 and Omg!

6 teams stand at 1-1: Berocka, OD, Doom, Enorama, rory, Lemorse

2 teams are looking for their first win: dlamb, Ricer

 

We are halfway through the tournament. However, it is likely that the winner (and last place finisher) will be determined by this round! So without further ado... the matchups:

@omgitshim vs @JardyB10

@Berocka vs @OrbitingDeath

@Doomsday vs @Lemorse7

@rory  vs @Enorama

@dlamb vs @Ricer13

 

Edit: actually, the winner of Jardy/Omg could still come in 2nd if they face a 2-1 team that they haven't faced yet and lose. Since they would have the same record but lose the head to head tiebreaker. That means, technically there are 8 teams that could still finish first!

Next up.. a gym leader showdown!

 

Sabrina @Doomsday

Espeon lv 43

Alakazam lv 45

Jynx lv 40

VS

Koga @rory

Rapidash lv 44

Gengar (sitrus) lv 45

Venusaur lv 48

 

Sabrina starts with her MVP from last game, Espeon! But Espeon is 1 level short of Rapidash, so the fight starts off with a Fire Blast!

It does 127 damage.

Espeon responds with Thunder! That sly minx!

 

Round 2 begins!

 

 

 

 

Ash Ketchum @dlamb

Venusaur lv 50

Charizard lv 47

Gengar lv 40

VS

Jesse @Enorama

Gyarados lv 68

Raichu lv 36

Espeon lv 37

 

Jesse is not messing around this time and starts off with Gyarados! That's not great news for Venusaur..

HURRICANE!

 

3 hours ago, omgitshim said:

Seeing the advancement of emergent technology taking shape, we shall acquire a Shape Shifter chip from Porygon tech co.

That'll be 9999 coins. Shoulda bought the Ditto knock off!

Round 2 Matchups! 

@omgitshim vs @Berocka

@OrbitingDeath  vs @JardyB10

@Doomsday vs @rory

@Enorama vs @dlamb

@Ricer13 vs @Lemorse7

 

Will do more of a writeup for future rounds when I have time

Last up for Round 1 is...

 

Koga @rory

Gengar lv 45

Rapidash lv 44

Venusaur lv 48

VS

Professor Oak @JardyB10

Rapidash  lv 51(earthquake)

Gyarados lv 43

Machamp lv 43

 

Rapidash opens things up with... Earthquake?! This professor has been teaching his pokemon some new moves!

Earthquake is super effective! Good thing @Gustav made that automatic type calculator so that I don't forget that Ground is super effective against Poison!

Gengar goes down!

Koga summons Rapidash! Rapidash uses Poison Horn and takes the other Rapidash to half HP.

Rapidash Sr. uses.. Earthquake! Super effective and Rapidash Jr. goes down!

 

Last up is Venusaur.. Can it take out the rampaging Rapidash before it gets Fire Blasted?

Venusaur uses Poison Jab...

 

Battle number 4:

Bill @OrbitingDeath

Gyarados lv 52

Exeggutor lv 43

Raichu lv 45

VS

Ash Ketchum @dlamb

Charizard lv 47

Gengar lv 40

Venusaur lv 50

 

Gyarados leads off with Hydro Pump. Super effective. Charizard goes down in 1 hit!

Gengar up next with Shadow Ball. 111 damage!

Gyarados doesn't let up on the deluge though. Hydro Pump!

They trade hits back and forth. Gyarados has 62 HP remaining after the 2nd Shadow Ball.

Gyarados eats a Sitrus Berry!
Then it finishes off Genegar with Hydro Pump.

Last up is Venusaur. Will Gyarados get the sweep!?

 

Battle number 3...

 

Jesse @Enorama

Raichu lv 36

Gyarados lv 68

Venusaur lv 39

VS

Sabrina @Doomsday

Exeggutor lv 45

Espeon lv 43

Alakazam lv 45

 

Exeggutor strikes first with Solar Beam!

 

Next up is...

 

Brock @Berocka

Golem lv 43

Raichu lv 42

Rhydon lv 61

VS

James @Ricer13

Gyarados lv 43

Alakazam lv 40

Blastoise lv 36

 

First a coin flip for who goes first.. Brock is heads, James is tails.

The filp...

 

It's finally time for the first annual Final Tournament to begin! After preparing all week, Trainers are ready show off what they have achieved.

 

Round 1 begins with...

Red @omgitshim

Venusaur lv 54 (oran berry)

Poliwrath lv 52

Gyarados lv 54

VS

Gary Oak @Lemorse7
Charizard lv 40

Jolteon lv 47

Wartortle lv 28

 

Venusaur gets the first hit on Charizard. Poison Jab for 126 damage!

Charizard retaliates with Fire Blast! It is Super effective and does 232 damage! Not the ideal matchup for Venusaur! Venusaur eats an Oran Berry.

Venusar uses Poison Jab again and Charizard goes down!

Jolteon comes out next. If it can beat this Venusaur and get a Thunder on Poliwrath and/or Gyarados, this match could completely flip.

Jolteon uses Thunder...

 

Night 7 ends! Before the tournament begins... Team Rocket strikes!

 

Jesse vs Ash!

Gyarados lv 68

Espeon lv 37

Raichu lv 36

VS

Exeggcute lv 21

Venusaur lv 50

Arcanine lv 47

 

Gyarados uses a combination of Hurrricane and Hydro Pump to take everyone out! Jesse has stolen Exeggcute!

 

James vs Koga!

Charizard lv 40

Gyarados lv 43

Blastoise lv 36

VS

Victreebel lv 21

Gengar lv 45

Arcanine lv 40

 

Charizard takes out Victreebel easily. Gengar gets the first hit off on Charizard and Charizard goes down!

Gyarados takes out Gengar with Hurricane. Last is Jenny's Arcanine... Gyarados wins! James has stolen Victreebel!

 

In the night, Bill's Bulbasaur egg hatches!

 

The Tournament is about to start! It seems trainers are finding that it takes longer to prepare for a trainer battle than a battle against NPCs. Also.. I've been busy! But Round 1 results will be posted shortly...

It's night 7, and Team Rocket is on the prowl for one final time!

 

In the morning... The Final Tournament begins!

 

Round 1 match-ups are as follows:

Red @omgitshim vs Gary Oak @Lemorse7

Brock @Berocka vs James @Ricer13

Jesse @Enorama vs Sabrina @Doomsday

Bill @OrbitingDeath  vs Ash Ketchum @dlamb

Koga @rory  vs Prof Oak @JardyB10

 

Send in your matchup plans on Discord!

2 hours ago, Lemorse7 said:

Action 4: challenge Agatha 

 

Charizard with fire blast on everyone.

Jolteon Thunder on everyone. 

Umbreon Dark Pulse on everyone and switch to him against Gengar if not already in

Charizard Fire blasts Umbreon down in 2 hits!

Charizard gets a Fire Blast off on Arbok before falling. 

Jolteon finishes it off with Thunder.

Gengar comes out and uses Shadow Ball... you send in Umbreon to take the hit...

 

6 minutes ago, OrbitingDeath said:

Exeggutor finishes off the last Poliwag

And gains $102 with 1 level

4 minutes ago, OrbitingDeath said:

Pokeball on Magikarp - continue with great ball if miss

Greatballs left on Poliwag lvl 18

You catch Magikarp on the first try!

You catch Poliwag in the first try!

17 minutes ago, OrbitingDeath said:

Buy Bulbasaur Egg, a pokeball and a great ball and go fishing

Poliwag lv 19, Poliwag lv 18, Magikarp lv 16

41 minutes ago, OrbitingDeath said:

A4: work

You earn $1021