I'm here because I like Pokemon games.
Although I like Pokemon games and although there's hundreds to choose from in any given game... I don't break out of my own molds all too well. It was Generation IV that taught me that, actually. Going from Diamond to Platinum, I still ended up having a Rapdiash and a Luxray in my main party because those two had worked out so well for me in Diamond. I didn't know it at the time, but the seeds of the random team run were planted there. Seeds that would eventually grow into the tree of knowledge and then I took a bite out of the fruit of the tree of knowledge and the fruit said, "OW WHY WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU WHY DON'T YOU JUST GET A RANDOM TEAM THEN."
So I do! Through methodology I get a list of six Pokemon and then use Action Replay codes to force them to appear at the start of the game. I'll randomize the starter options to any Pokemon with two evolutions through the use of the Ultimate Pokemon Randomizer, which also purports to be able to change trade-based evolutions to something that's possible while you're playing alone on an emulator. In addition to having some other quality-of-life improvements. I'm not actually out to utterly break and randomize the game, just to set up a goofy challenge run. Goofy, but not impossible, as I've already demonstrated with:
Team Don't Call Me Lance:
and
Team Invasive Species:
So with these runs, there is just one rule. The Rule:
The randomly assigned team is the only team I can use in battles.
I can catch other things to put HMs on (and hey, this is Sinnoh! Home of the HM Master, Bibarel!), but I'll only have six friends to beat every battle in the game with.
And because A: I'm a creative person and B: Pokemon in particular encourages the creation of player-generated narratives, I end up turning these into a light Let's Play, or LP. An LP is a screenshot or video playthrough of a game, with creator commentary of some kind. Screenshot LPs in particular can become creative exercises and very well written stories that intertwine the narrative of the game with the created narrative of the author. I love them! Anything that's in quotations or in prose is meant to be actual narration or storytelling anything [in the brackets] is my out-of-character commentary. Me, Spammy, the author, sayin' stuff.
You may also notice some low image quality in the first two updates! This is my first experience with DeSmuME and it took a bit to figure out render settings and image size. I'm not sure yet whether the update schedule will be weekly or biweekly.
I'm not sure what else to say by way of introductions. I suppose it's time for the journey to begin.
Although I like Pokemon games and although there's hundreds to choose from in any given game... I don't break out of my own molds all too well. It was Generation IV that taught me that, actually. Going from Diamond to Platinum, I still ended up having a Rapdiash and a Luxray in my main party because those two had worked out so well for me in Diamond. I didn't know it at the time, but the seeds of the random team run were planted there. Seeds that would eventually grow into the tree of knowledge and then I took a bite out of the fruit of the tree of knowledge and the fruit said, "OW WHY WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU WHY DON'T YOU JUST GET A RANDOM TEAM THEN."
So I do! Through methodology I get a list of six Pokemon and then use Action Replay codes to force them to appear at the start of the game. I'll randomize the starter options to any Pokemon with two evolutions through the use of the Ultimate Pokemon Randomizer, which also purports to be able to change trade-based evolutions to something that's possible while you're playing alone on an emulator. In addition to having some other quality-of-life improvements. I'm not actually out to utterly break and randomize the game, just to set up a goofy challenge run. Goofy, but not impossible, as I've already demonstrated with:
Team Don't Call Me Lance:
and
Team Invasive Species:
So with these runs, there is just one rule. The Rule:
The randomly assigned team is the only team I can use in battles.
I can catch other things to put HMs on (and hey, this is Sinnoh! Home of the HM Master, Bibarel!), but I'll only have six friends to beat every battle in the game with.
And because A: I'm a creative person and B: Pokemon in particular encourages the creation of player-generated narratives, I end up turning these into a light Let's Play, or LP. An LP is a screenshot or video playthrough of a game, with creator commentary of some kind. Screenshot LPs in particular can become creative exercises and very well written stories that intertwine the narrative of the game with the created narrative of the author. I love them! Anything that's in quotations or in prose is meant to be actual narration or storytelling anything [in the brackets] is my out-of-character commentary. Me, Spammy, the author, sayin' stuff.
You may also notice some low image quality in the first two updates! This is my first experience with DeSmuME and it took a bit to figure out render settings and image size. I'm not sure yet whether the update schedule will be weekly or biweekly.
I'm not sure what else to say by way of introductions. I suppose it's time for the journey to begin.
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