Moneyking63 said:
Thanks for the credit Ryan! Man Gamercall you continue to amaze me on how many lv 100s you have!! I have only had 2 My lv 100 Typhlosion I lost and my Raichu that I love now!! My ninetales, Empoleon, and Swampert are pretty close probably in their 80's but man you must really like training your pokemon gamercal!! Thats a good thing!! Currently Im searching for a shiny trapinch and its taking forever!!! But i know when i find it, It will become a shiny Flygon and it will never leave my side!!
I'm glad you like what I have! All of the pokes I've mentioned so far have been at lv 100. In my pokemon career (right from RBY), I think I've personally raised around 200 pokes to lv 100. The breakdown of this is about 45 up to GSC, about 70 in RS before I knew of EVs, and the rest is after that. That's around 85 potentially for competition... ya, that's a heck of a lot
Of those, there are VERY few that I would part with - each one is special in its own way. I'll say this though - there's quite a lot of duplicates within that. Of the 150 or so pokes I've raised in RS, at least 1/3 of them are duplicates of others. But that's just because I either love that poke, or wanted to raise a better one.
A couple more for you:
Remember how I said I restarted my mum's Ruby as it became mine? Well, after I'd finished the game and was catching some other pokes I wanted (Manectric was the main one I hunted for). I was using a freshly caught Absol, which I'd levelled to about 35 by this time. For one encounter however, the screen went white instead of black when the encounter took place! You know what that means... something of a higher level was appearing! I naturally had no idea what it was, but when it showed its face it turned out to be Latios! I didn't even know this thing existed at the time, but I knew it would run away like the legendary dogs did. Since I couldn't put it to sleep or block it with Absol, I decided just to throw a ball at it rather than try and weaken it. I only had Ultra Balls as my tool, but it actually worked! It was almost as if it was destined to be mine at that time... Afterwards, I looked at the nature, and it turned out to be Modest as well! Talk about perfect! Course, I didn't KNOW that at the time, but I didn't train it for ages anyhow, and I learned about EVs before I got round to it. It's now one of a pair of Latios sitting in my Diamond Lv 100(1) box.
I'm not a huge fan of legends on the whole though. Or at least not of Ubers.
My other one is from Silver - the only game to ever grant me shiny pokes (beyond the Red Gyrados). I was just going through the game, heading through the cave to the right of Ecruteak. Wild encounters in caves tend to annoy me, but this was one encounter I will NEVER be annoyed with. A Green Wild Zubat came along! Luckily I had Drowsee with me; it withstood Bite and Hypnotized it for me, allowing me to catch it. The Crobat that followed was one of my faves from that era, and Crobat is still a poke of choice for me today as a result.
My other shiny on there is a little embarassing, but... Back when the Shining Magikarp/Gyrados cards had just come out, I was forever curious as to whether a shiny Magikarp was actually Golden or not. In any case, I was coming out of the Dark Cave, after picking up Blackglasses. Surfing along, as you do. Suddenly, a shiny Magikarp appeared for me! The legend of the Golden Magikarp will forever be known to me... I never EVER raised that thing. Knowing that it would turn into a Red Gyrados like the one at Lake of Rage put me off entirely.
Now, my last point will be a tribute to GreatBlue... had I read that story beforehand, I'd have known what this thread was for (beyond sharing awesome stories like we have been). I may have never really liked Wailord as a fighter myself, but it doesn't matter WHAT pokemon it is - if you have a "bond" with it like you clearly did, that's no replacing that. I don't use the GTS much anymore, but next time I do I'll keep an eye out for it.
I do hope you'll find it someday... good luck! And keep the stories coming peoples! This is getting good... and not just cause of the pokes I have a bond with either