Today I witnessed the single most epic series of Pokémon battles EVAR! My brother, you see, never really got very far in either Blue or Gold, tough he was able to reach the Elite for in Sapphire a while back. He'd been able to beat all of the gyms in Blue on his latest playthrough, and had been taking a very long 'break'. Today, I convinced him to at least get through Victory Road. Once on the other side, I said he should probably train up and/or catch a Zapdos, as his team was pretty underleveled. He has a lot of confidence in his Hitmonlee though, so I told him to, just for the lulz, see how far along he could get with the team he had on hand: Charizard, Hitmonlee, and Aerodactyl, mid-forties, Gengar and Golduck, late-thirties, and Raichu, late-twenties.

It was magical.

Hitmonlee took out Lorelei no problem - though Raichu was lost in the process - , and put a good dent in Bruno's team. Gengar took over, and beat Bruno, Agatha, and Lance with a little support from Golduck. Hypnosis, Dreameater, Night Shade... a deadly combo if there ever was one.

Then stupid Blue came along and ruined a good thing with his Alakazam.

My bro was crushed, but I was so impressed I was at a loss for words... except the one: POETRY. That series of sweeps was pure POETRY.

ALSO Emerald update: I'm at the 1337 4 and a bit underleveled (43-47), but Contests are awesome (when my Gardevoir's involved) and so is my Aggron. Rayquaza took up eight Ultra Balls and I'll be off Regi hunting soon. Speaking of hunting, I found a Feebas spot after only maybe ten tiles. Wattson is the hardest Gym Leader ever and Juan is just plain annoying. THE END FOR NOW.

EDIT - Forgot to mention my bro's sweet victory against Winona in Sapphire; he was having problems with her Altaria, so he taught his Marshtomp Ice Beam and froze the thing in one shot! It was hilarious!

EDIT 2 - Why is it impossible to evolve my Feebas? She's Mild, so she likes the blue Pokéblocks, and I feed her til she bursts and her Beauty is nearly maxed-out, but it's like three pixels off. Is it because I'm using Oran Berries, by any chance? Does it have to be completely maxed? Or does life just hate me?

Edit 3 - 10/22/09 Beat da 1337 4 Stupid Wallace's Ludicolo swept my team after three OHKO's and no losses. But I got him back, I sure did... Then I caught Groudon and Kyogre. Just Latios now... would be most sweet if he turned out to be my first shiney evar.

Edit 4 - Got my Milotic! She swept the Beauty Master Rank no problem.

Edit 5 - Found Latios! He wasn't shiney, but still I just tossed an Ultra Ball and let him run. Now that my 'dex'll track him, I'll have some fun chasing him around.

Edit 6 - Got'im I caught him on the water, and he's an airplane, so I named him Hudson. Am I the worst person ever?