The Official DPPt Recent Happenings Thread (Remade ~ READ THE FIRST POST OR ELSE)

[The Benmeister]

Was thinking of restarting Platinum. But decided against it (especially since I'd lose my two gold symbols), and instead, am aiming to dust off Wuvdisc and get it as many ribbons as physically possible.

I am currently obtaining my nineteenth as I speak. Many more on the way hopefully

[KGB13]

GAHHHH! After losing in the Battle Arcade once again, I decided to try my hand at Shiny Hunting with the Pokeradar for the first time. I was on Route 222 chaining Skitty when all of a sudden...my chain is broken by a shiny Luxio who freakin Roar'd my Marowak and me away!!! I was deeply saddened...

I'm going to try again tonight though. My goal is to get either a shiny Skitty, Electubuzz, Luxio, Floatzel, or Pelipper. Wish me luck!

I also obtained all the Weekly Ribbons for my Lickilicky. He now has 23 ribbons.

[Typhlosion Trainer]

I havent played Platinum that much since HG/SS came out but I did do some recent breeding on Pt for my HG.

[barath]

Woah.. i almost have a full team, got a female eevee at hearthome city , evolved it into umbreon.. egg hatched to togepi.. then got a abra from a trade in jublife city evolved into kadabra.. did lots of training.. all are lvl 27 now.. weasy evolved , on the way to solaceon town..

see my sig for team

[The Benmeister]

Lost to Palmer AGAIN. If his Regigigas didn't have Brightpowder I could quite easily have won. But when EARTHQUAKE misses you know it's not your day.

On the other hand, my Luvdisc now has 23 ribbons. Also, it managed to take out 2/3 of Palmer's silver team by itself :P (And no, I was not moronic enough to keep using Luvdisc after that battle, just to get myself the Ability Ribbon for it.)

[Wigglytuff FTW!]

So, I'm not sure if I should post it here or not, but I can't find any "Shiny Discussion" thread here, so I'll put it in here! After not playing my Platinum for a while, I forgot where all my berries are (the berry pots in HGSS are such a luxury!). So when I was going around looking for my berries, I did not put up repel, so I was wandering in the grass. "Aw jeez! Another one?!" But this guy was different. It was a Kadabra, and I noticed he was slightly paler than normal then *Buh-dink*. I was ecstatic. Luckily, he didn't know Teleport and I caught him in a Repeat Ball. Yay. Right now, I'm EV training him. i'll put a picture up if I can get my damn phone to transfer the pictue to my computer! X[

[Orepheus]

I found my old Pearl and started it up today. I chose Piplup because he is awesome and started my journey. I beat Roark or whatever and then caught a Budew. I then made my way through Eterna Forest and caught a Buneary, but then I just pc'ed it in exchange for a Meditite and have been training that since. I'm going to challenge the second gym sometime soon.

[KGB13]

Since my last post I've decided to take a break on trying to get a shiny with the pokeradar because the man that once chained 48 Floatzel on his second day after learning how to chain, can no longer even chain 20 Skitty in a swarm -_-. To make matters worse, I challenged Argenta in hopes of getting my Silver Print for the Battle Hall and her Leafeon 1HKO'd my Electivire with Leaf Blade, I felt like such a failure -_-.

Now I'm EV training my Timid Ghastly named King Boo to help me in the Battle Frontier.

[foxyman1167]

Been breeding for my new Pt team of Infernape/Gyarados/Roserade/Luxray/Gliscor/Mismagius, and currently breeding Budew. Caught a Nuzleaf last night, leveled it up and taught it Extrasensory, evolved it and taught it Leaf Storm. Bred them with Roselia for a Modest Natural Cure Budew with Leaf Storm and Extrasensory.

Currently breeding my EVd Gengar with a Misdreavus for Shadow Ball and Focus Blast.

Once they're done, I shall start.

[foxyman1167]

Been breeding for my new Pt team of Infernape/Gyarados/Roserade/Luxray/Gliscor/Mismagius, and currently breeding Budew. Caught a Nuzleaf last night, leveled it up and taught it Extrasensory, evolved it and taught it Leaf Storm. Bred them with Roselia for a Modest Natural Cure Budew with Leaf Storm and Extrasensory.

Currently breeding my EVd Gengar with a Misdreavus for Shadow Ball and Focus Blast.

Once they're done, I shall start.

EDIT: Finally finished breeding Misdreavus, and booted up my other Platinum.

It turns out I still hadn't picked up my Jirachi I hadn't picked yet. I really wanted to start ASAP, so I just picked it. First one I got was Timid, so I was happy about that. Traded all stuff to my main Platinum, so I restarted.

Picked the girl, called Anna, and my rival Matthew. I talked to my Mom, she told me not to run into grass, blah blah. Matthew told me to meet him at the road, he tried to run into the grass, what an idiot. Rowan let me choose a starter, so I picked Chimchar, and beat my Rival. Headed back to my house, and my rival dragged to the lake, bumped into Cyrus, blah blah blah. Finally got the Pokedex, and caught some pokemon, traded them for eggs, and hatched them. Currently training them on Route 201.

Chimchar lvl 1
Magikarp lvl 1
Budew lvl 1
Shinx lvl 1
Gligar lvl 1
Misdreavus lvl 1

EDIT2: I trained my team to level 5 on Route 201, and headed for Jubilife City. Bumped into Lucas, he congratulated me on my 6 pokemon, and left me alone. Went to the trainer school, and talked to Matthew. Got a Town Map, and hit the road. Got a Poketch, and talked to some people. Got a few free PokeBalls, and then beat the trainers north of Jubilife City. Afterwards, I healed, and Shinx defeated my rival handily. Beat more trainers, and got the HM Rock Smash. Beat the trainers in the cave, and caught a few pokemon. Explored Oreburgh City, and got more free stuff. Talked to my rival at the Gym, somehow he beat Roark, but anyway, I checked out the Mine, and spoke to Roark, he went back to the Gym, and I followed him, after I caught an Onix, a Ponyta, and two Machops. Traded one away for Kazza the Abra, and trained my team to level 12, against the Mine Workers and the Gym Trainers. With Budew in front, I swept Roark easily, with Mega Drain and Leaf Storm. Afterwards, I healed, and bumped into my rival again. Caught a Bidoof and a Starly, and went into Oreburgh Gate. Then I beat the TG Grunts in Jubilife City with Chimchar, afterwhich he evolved into Monferno, learned Mach Punch. Made it to Floaroma Town, and saved. I also traded Magikarp to my other Platinum earlier, and evolved it into Gyarados.

Monferno level 14
Gyarados level 20
Budew level 15
Shinx level 14
Gligar level 14
Misdreavus level 14

EDIT3: I dealt with the TG Grunt outside the Valley Windworks, and then caught a few pokemon. Went to the Meadow, where Shinx evolved into Luxio and defeated the Grunts. On the way up to Eterna Forest, Budew finally evolved into Roselia, right in time for Leech Seed. Healed outside the forest, and helped Cheryl. Caught some pokemon in the Forest, and leveled up my team to level 19. Cheryl gave me a free Soothe Bell, and I hit the PokeCenter. Took Gyarados out of the PC, and defeated the Gym trainers. I also defeated the trainers near Mt. Coronet, and caught some more pokemon. With my team at level 20, I challenged Gardenia, who was a cinch. Monferno took down both Cherrim and Turtwig with Flamethrower, while Gligar 2HKOd Roserade with Wing Attack. Cleared out the TG HQ, and challenged Jupiter. She was harder than Gardenia, as Gyarados struggled to defeat Skuntank, those dang crit Night Slash's. Healed afterwards, got the Bike and the Explorer Kit, hatched the Togepi Egg, and went down Cycling Road. Beat all the trainers, got my HM Slave Bidoof out of the PC, and currently exploring Wayward Cave.

Monferno level 22
Gyarados level 22
Roselia level 22
Luxio level 22
Gligar level 21
Misdreavus level 21

[ShinyFufu]

Diamond: I've gotten a lot done recently. Aside from soft resetting for a shiny Cresselia, I recently went on a GTS Spree; I got a whole bunch of female Pokemon from foreign areas. I also got a shiny Electabuzz and Machamp, and as far as I can tell, they are legitimate shinies (they have bad natures, normal level up moves...nothing looks suspicious about it, except that the Machamp was caught in a Master Ball). I don't know why anyone would put a legit shiny on the GTS, though, so I'm thinking they aren't legitimate.

Anyways, after that, my brother all of a sudden had a huge obsession with trying to do the 2nd Round Battle with Palmer on at the Battle Tower, so for the past few days, he's been playing the Battle Tower. Somehow, he managed to get to the 49th Battle in only a few days of trying; that's a feat that I've been trying to accomplish since the BT was introduced in Crystal! >_< What's worse is that he didn't breed any new Pokemon for it or anything; he just used the Pokemon I had! Apparently his "Dragon Pulse everything" strategy really works! But like I said, it took him a few days to get it, and I ended up getting like 150+ B.P. thanks to him.

Now that he's done with that, I'm back to SRing for a shiny Cresselia. On the side, I'm going to try to Masuda Breed for a shiny Absol with Mean Look and Baton Pass.

Platinum: Hatching for Riolu eggs. It's taking forever...

[Orepheus]

Traded an Eevee and Houndour from my HG to my Pearl. I defeated Gardenia pretty easily, caught a Buizel to trade for a Chatot. The Chatot helped me defeat Maylene who was almost as easy as Roark. Then made my way to Pastoria to defeat her dad.

[KGB13]

VICTORYYYYY!!!!! After many failed attempts I finally got my Gold Print for the Battle Arcade. I beat Dahlia with only my Garchomp, I almost cried.

My Team was:


KING BOO
Timid Nature
-Shadow Ball
-Energy Ball
-Thunderbolt
-Focus Blast


TSUNAMI
Adamant Nature
-Waterfall
-Earthquake
-Yawn
-Curse


STARBURST
Jolly Nature
-Outrage
-Stone Edge
-Earthquake
-Swords Dance

I'm using this same team to help me get my Gold Print at the Battle Castle.

[reloader]

I recently picked up all of my games, and decided to restart them. It has been a while since I have played in the Sinnoh region, so I might start with these games first.

In Platinum, I have just received Turtwig. It is probably my favorite starter of them all.

In Diamond, I have just received Piplup. I have never used this starter, so I hope this will be a fun experience.

I am not sure when I will actually start this play-through, but I expect there will be an update soon.

[The Benmeister]

Starting my Diamond Scramble team - Vibrava, Octillery, Magnezone, Beedrill, Froslass and Golbat. Should be interesting. Shall commence trading shortly.

Meanwhile on Platinum, my Luvdisc now has 25 ribbons. Kickass.

[Dragon trainer]

I'm going to re start on my platinum now ive traded over my PCP, shaymin and other pokemon.

Going to go with this team of:

Infernape/Salamence/Lanturn/Midmagius/Umbreon/Mannoswine.

Pearl: Going to breed a Bagon with Dragon Dance and Claw. For full movset of DD/DC/EQ and Flamethrower.

Lanturn to have a Modest Nature with Volt absorb surf/Ice beam/Thunderbolt and Toxic
Mismagius is to have a Timid nature with Nasty plot/Shadow ball/Thunderbolt/Will O Wisp
Umbreon will be obtained ingame
Mannoswine will be Jolly Natured with Earthquake and Rock Slide and will have Ice shard/peck/EQ/RS which is what ive used before.

[Ryze]

Just got a 100 steak in the BT, now have my first Gold card on any pokemon game

[reloader]

I started my Platinum yesterday, and I have made quite a bit of progress since.

Right now I am on Route 210 training my team, above Solaceon Town. I got very lucky on Route 209. As I was walking through the grass next to the muddy slope, the first patch of grass I entered contained a Chansey. I caught it because I figured it was rare and I could use the Pokedex entry anyways. As I threw the Pokeball I thought "Wouldn't it be awesome if it was holding a Lucky Egg?"

It was holding a lucky egg. This is the first time I have ever gotten one without chaining. I am very excited. Right now I am using the VS Seeker to battle the male Pokemon Breeder on Route 210. His Elekid gives me 700 exp, and his Happiny give me 1800. I am training my whole team to 40 before I move on. My Gabite has went from 27 to 38 in about 15 minutes.

If it continues to go this quickly as I reach the 40s, I may even train them to 50. As for now though, my team is this:

Gabite
level 38
Naughty
-Dragon Rage
-Dragon Claw
-Sandstorm
-Slash

Grotle
Level 28
Jolly
-Mega Drain
-Curse
-Bite
-Razor Leaf

Gyarados
Level 28
Jolly
-Leer
-Tackle
-Bite
-Dragon Rage

I am not sure if I will just keep these three or add another. If I do, it will be flying.

That is all for now. I hope everyone has as much luck as I have today!

[foxyman1167]

Wow, whenever I don't play my Platinum this thread is hopping, but when I play, its dead.

Anyway, I explored Wayward Cave, which I now know like the back of my hand. Found Mira, helped her out. Beat the trainers near Mt. Coronet, stocked up on items in the PokeMart. Talked to Lucas, got the Poketch app and the VS. Seeker, and talked to Cyrus too. Beat the trainers outside Hearthome City, and explored the place. Bumped into Mom at the Contest Hall, kinda weird. Trained my team to level 25 on the Gym trainers, and challenged the Gym. Misdreavus OHKOd both Haunter and Duskull with Shadow Ball, and Gyarados 2HKOd Mismagius with Bite. Afterwards I healed, and challenged my rival. My Gligar defeated Staravia, Luxio defeated Prinplup, Monferno defeated Roselia, and Gyarados defeated Ponyta.

Monferno level 26
Gyarados level 26
Roselia level 26
Luxio level 26
Gligar level 26
Misdreavus level 26

[steelix48]

I just won a Master Ball in the lottery in my Pearl game
Bringing me to a grand total of 5

Also managed to beat Maylene last night in my Platinum Scramble Challenge, definitely harder than I remember.
Gonna try and do some chaining in Pearl today, havn't done that for a while!