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04:16:39 <gadgetgrl> !pointer
04:16:39 <Sacchi> http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-03-06.html#T4-16-39
04:22:14 <gadgetgrl> I would partake in beer tasting, but from the backlogs i read, it seems more difficult than might be worthwhile :/
04:58:36 <AChes> It shouldn't be a problem. I'll just check a bag, it was probably the righ plan from the beginning
05:40:01 <Pipian> Okay
05:40:08 <Pipian> I'm giving up on this Nuzlocke crap
05:40:35 <Pipian> Once my L49 E4 runthrough inevitably fails
06:27:00 <gadgetgrl> early day again tomorrow...night!
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08:49:08 <Pipian> Thus rendering it a moot point; Cynthia's team requires me to level in any case.
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15:53:50 <Puyopuyo> !pointer
15:53:50 <Sacchi> http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-03-06.html#T15-53-50
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17:13:45 <Pipian> And thus my Nuzlocke run comes to an end with the E4, as somewhat anticipated, because eff grinding against wild Pokemon that are over 10 levels below me.
17:14:03 <Puyopuyo> The wonders of Gen 4.
17:14:13 <Pipian> Well hey
17:14:15 <Pipian> Could be worse
17:14:19 <Puyopuyo> See, I had no trouble with the E4.
17:14:20 <Pipian> I could be trying to do HG/SS
17:14:37 <Puyopuyo> BECAUSE MY LEVEL 100 EVENT ARCEUS DOESN'T BELIEVE IN QUITTING!
17:14:43 <Pipian> hurr
17:14:58 <Puyopuyo> Seriously, that's the only thing that got me through the E4.
17:15:03 <Puyopuyo> The level jump is ludicrous.
17:15:18 <Pipian> Well, I finally managed to Nuzlocke Bertha
17:15:32 <Puyopuyo> You can't Nuzlocke Cynthia.
17:15:34 <Pipian> But then the fire types tripped me up a littcle
17:15:36 <Pipian> And yeah
17:15:36 <Puyopuyo> Your party will go down fighting.
17:15:44 <Pipian> Nuzlocke Cynthia is pretty much impossible
17:16:24 <Pipian> (also Lucien pretty much ended that too since I don't really hdave anything that's particularly effective against Psychics)
17:16:34 <Puyopuyo> No dark?
17:16:39 <Pipian> Non
17:17:21 <Pipian> Non-STAB Crunch on a Luxray
17:17:38 <Pipian> But most of Lucien's pokes have a speed advantage over Luxray
17:17:52 <Pipian> Which makes it pretty difficult when all of their attacks hit for over 50% HP
17:18:02 <Puyopuyo> Ugh
17:18:10 <Puyopuyo> Stupid Luxray not being DARK/ELECTRIC
17:18:12 <Pipian> Add on Mr. Mime's Reflect and it makes it very difficult to take out the first few.
17:18:24 <Pipian> Really dunno why it wasn't.
17:18:35 <Pipian> And then of course Cynthia's Garchomp
17:19:33 <Pipian> Which basically has the speed advantage on everything, and trashes the only poke I could possibly hit it with: My Empoleon with non-STAB Ice Beam
17:20:13 <Pipian> About the only way I can avoid a OHKO at L49 against the L62 Garchomp is to throw an X Defend because EVERYTHING HAS EARTHQUAKE
17:20:49 <Pipian> (which is hell on a team with a pure Fire-type, pure Electric-type, part-Steel-type, and part-Rock-type)
17:21:17 <Pipian> (Sure, the Crobat takes no damage, but it can't make a dent in half the pokes that have Earthquake on them)
17:21:28 <Pipian> Incredibly
17:21:37 <Pipian> They toned DOWN the levels of the E4 in Plat
17:21:53 <Pipian> (even though the levels throughout most of the rest of the game were toned up by 1-2 levels)
17:22:02 <Pipian> But Cynthia was bumped up of course
17:22:26 <Puyopuyo> Of course.
17:22:33 <Puyopuyo> She's Cynthia, greatest Champion EVER.
17:22:47 <Pipian> So you're going from a L53-59 team with Lucien
17:22:57 <Pipian> To a L58-62 team with Cynthia.
17:23:08 <Pipian> Considering that your pokes at that point are, at BEST, L49
17:23:36 <Pipian> Maybe a bit better if you go the "insanely leveled starter + 5 throwaway low-level pokes"
17:25:29 <Pipian> You get a few levels against the E4 (so maybe you're L50-51 by the time you take Cynthia)
17:25:31 <Pipian> But still
17:25:35 <Pipian> So the dreams of a Nuzlocke are ended
17:25:46 <Pipian> And I'll just have to do the standard thing against the E4
17:25:56 <Pipian> Which is "run against them until your pokes are leveled enough"
17:26:27 <Pipian> Which will have to wait until after Black
17:27:07 <Pipian> Which I am actually going out to get now
17:53:34 <Puyopuyo> Nice.
17:53:40 * Puyopuyo hasn't started his copy of Black yet.
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18:30:35 <AChes> !pointer
18:30:35 <Sacchi> http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-03-06.html#T18-30-35
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20:12:37 <nathanbp|laptop> woo finished Wise Man's Fear
20:12:47 <nathanbp|laptop> now only 4 more years until the final book comes out >_<
20:15:09 <Puyopuyo> Ha ha
20:18:51 <nathanbp|laptop> 4 years is being optimistic actually >_>
20:19:15 <nathanbp|laptop> on the plus side I actually have the last 2 books of The Malazan Book of the Fallen series to read!
20:19:34 <nathanbp|laptop> (held off on reading the 2nd to last one because I heard it ends on a massive cliff-hanger)
20:20:20 <Puyopuyo> (Good reason to hold off)
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22:08:17 <gadgetgrl> !pointer
22:08:17 <Sacchi> http://www.pipian.com/stuffforchat/cochineal-logs/Cochineal-2011-03-06.html#T22-8-17
22:08:42 <Puyopuyo> Whoa, it's a Jenn back from GDC.
22:08:53 <Puyopuyo> Did you go to the mini-rant panel?
22:10:02 <gadgetgrl> no, but i heard about it
22:10:15 <gadgetgrl> i have access to the video vault so i'll probably view it then
22:10:53 <Puyopuyo> Cool.
22:11:53 <nathanbp|laptop> did you get a free Xoom from google? or whatever I heard they were handing out?
22:13:17 <gadgetgrl> no...didn't go to the right panel
22:13:30 <Puyopuyo> Boo.
22:13:41 <gadgetgrl> that's okay
22:13:48 <gadgetgrl> it would have been cool
22:13:50 <gadgetgrl> but i made out last year
22:13:56 <gadgetgrl> so i'm okay with it this year
22:14:04 <gadgetgrl> though motivation to sign up to work those panels :p
22:14:08 <gadgetgrl> nintendo failed this year :p
22:14:27 <gadgetgrl> not only did they not give ANYTHING away, but they had a mini-ad for the 3DS in the middle
22:15:15 <Puyopuyo> What, the keynote?
22:20:21 <gadgetgrl> yeah
22:20:35 <Puyopuyo> I enjoyed watching that.
22:20:39 <Puyopuyo> NEW SUPER MARIO BROS 3-like game.
22:20:59 <gadgetgrl> at least that was exciting
22:21:07 <gadgetgrl> but it was really uncessary to have reggie come out
22:21:07 <Puyopuyo> Yeah, I liked the 3DS info.
22:21:16 <Puyopuyo> I won't disagree with that.
22:21:23 <Puyopuyo> But for the devs, it was an interesting appeal.
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23:22:16 <Pipian> Alright
23:22:21 <Pipian> Time to restart until I get a female Oshawott
23:22:32 <Pipian> And then name it Wotter
23:45:09 <Pipian> There we go
23:45:13 <Pipian> Female Oshawott obtained
23:45:48 * Puyopuyo is going to be wifi traded the other two starters...who are currently in eggs.
23:46:37 <Pipian> I've got a few friends who can assist with that as well
23:46:44 <Pipian> But not at the egg stage
23:50:02 <Pipian> Time to give this Oshawott the only true name
23:50:04 <Pipian> Wotter