# Pokemon Trades and Battles **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 8, 2010, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392 "2010-06-08T04:16:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/81 "2010-06-27T03:06:52Z")
> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#): > > I don’t mind just taking a couple of pidgey or whatever for those other HGold exclusives you wanted. We’ll need some random trade fodder for my evolution trades anyway. And yes, tomorrow afternoon is fine. > > Good luck against Ghana! Nearly forgot to swap friend codes! Mine is 4813 0487 9145 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/82 "2010-06-27T04:04:39Z")
I am sorry to report that Bricker Jr has mislaid his HG cart. We will have an intensive house search tomorrow, but at the moment, he is not in a position to do any of the previously mentioned trades. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/83 "2010-06-27T11:05:15Z")
> [@MeDrewNotYou](#): > > The match was pretty good, up until, you know, the US lost. ☹ Its up to you to defend group C’s honor now against the dastardly Germans and the rest of the world, so good luck tomorrow/today! > > As far when, how’s 3/4 your time? (11/12 here I think) That’s fine by me. And you know what they say about football; it’s a game of two halves, and then the Germans win on penalties. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/84 "2010-06-27T15:33:44Z")
It’s half four here at the moment. I think my understanding of time zones is still lacking. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/85 "2010-06-27T17:07:31Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > I am sorry to report that Bricker Jr has mislaid his HG cart. We will have an intensive house search tomorrow, but at the moment, he is not in a position to do any of the previously mentioned trades. No problem. I figure for all of _my_ delaying, I owe him at least few years patience. I mean, a week is forever in kid-time. > [@Revenant\_Threshold](#): > > It’s half four here at the moment. I think my understanding of time zones is still lacking. Internet crapped out on me again and just now came back; I jumped on, but I didn’t see you. If tomorrow (your) afternoon is good, we can try again. Also, I think we’re 4hrs apart right now, so its 5ish for you as of this post, right? Tough luck with the Germans. I didn’t see the first half, although the commentators said you were cheated out of a goal or two. The second half, though, was unfortunate. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2010, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/86 "2010-06-27T17:18:16Z")
Nope, your post was at 6, so just one hour out probably explains things. Tomorrow at around the same time your side would be fine (so I think, 11-12 there, 4-5 here). We were robbed of one goal, but in the end, that didn’t really seem to matter much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/87 "2010-06-28T15:09:02Z")
Ok, just to try and unmess up confusing time zone difficulties (I really should try a bit harder to get how it all works), it’s 4pm here and i’m currently online. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/88 "2010-06-28T15:55:55Z")
> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#): > > Ok, just to try and unmess up confusing time zone difficulties (I really should try a bit harder to get how it all works), it’s 4pm here and i’m currently online. It has been going on and off all morning, but jumped on and saw you. Let me get things together and I’ll be right back. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2010, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/89 "2010-06-28T16:38:05Z")
I’m guessing your 'net is down again, but at least we got a couple of trades off. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/90 "2010-06-29T21:17:22Z")
> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#): > > I’m guessing your 'net is down again, but at least we got a couple of trades off. Yep, it was. ☹ The cable guy supposedly fixed it this morning, and so far things seem okay. As for the trades, I thought we’d get them all done, otherwise I would’ve done the important stuff first. I can get you a lvl 1 Teddiursa if you’d like; Ursaring is a pretty decent Normal-type that’s worth building up yourself and using. The Burmy (thanks **Trion**!) I bred some copies from. I think they’re Sinnoh-only, and the Linoone is from Hoenn, although an unevolved Zigzagoon can be caught in Johto. If those two are unacceptable, I can get you some starters or whatever. The Vulpix is Silver only, but I have a Ninetails if you want me to breed you a lvl 1. They’re decent, but there are tons better Fire-type to use so it probably isn’t worth the trouble. Finally, I noticed you had your held items backwards. Give the Scyther the Metal Coat and the Poliwhirl the King’s Rock. (I noticed you Scyther was super-levelled. I bred a butt-load of them on Pearl and a lot have really good Nature/IVs that I can bring over\*. If you’d like, just give me a junk Pokemon that _won’t_ evolve with a Metal Coat and I’ll give you one of the good lvl 1 Scyther with one if you’d like to start from scratch. Since Scizor and Scyther’s base stats are so different, this may be worthwhile if you plan on customizing it EV-wise. I’d just use the item up for you, but they’re kinda rare. 😉 ) I’ll check the thread every couple of hours tonight on the off chance that you’re around. If you can’t make it today, just say when we can try again. I’m open pretty much full-time during summer-break, so this is at your convenience. \*-I won’t consider this cheating on my goal since I already have a Scyther on Silver and I’ll just trade myself junk Pokemon in return. I’m open to criticism on this point, especially that of **BrickJr** , who I think is doing the same “no using super-charged previous collections” thing as I am. (Shoot, I love to hear the kid’s opinion about anything Pokemon!) ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/91 "2010-06-30T15:27:59Z")
I don’t IV/EV train, so really I don’t mind about all that kind of thing to be honest - not a very pro trainer, i’ll have to admit. 😉 A Teddiursa and a Burmy would be fine. Having the two swapped items was purposeful; i’m not certain whether the evolved version get moves automatically. I’m avaliable for trading from this point onwards today; next certain opportunity would be next Saturday, but it’s not urgent, so I don’t mind waiting. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/92 "2010-06-30T16:30:54Z")
Cancel that, actually, i’m afraid i’m not going to be avaliable for the rest of the day. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/93 "2010-06-30T18:12:26Z")
> [@MeDrewNotYou](#): > > \*-I won’t consider this cheating on my goal since I already have a Scyther on Silver and I’ll just trade myself junk Pokemon in return. I’m open to criticism on this point, especially that of **BrickJr** , who I think is doing the same “no using super-charged previous collections” thing as I am. (Shoot, I love to hear the kid’s opinion about anything Pokemon!) I’ll ask him tonight! ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/94 "2010-07-01T02:33:31Z")
> [@MeDrewNotYou](#): > > The Burmy (thanks **Trion**!) I bred some copies from. No problem. It’s nice to know that my little guy is spreading his progeny far and wide. Actually, it would be pretty cool if you could track that sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2010, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/95 "2010-07-01T03:58:41Z")
> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#): > > Cancel that, actually, i’m afraid i’m not going to be avaliable for the rest of the day. Saturday is actually probably great, if that’s alright with you. > [@Trion](#): > > No problem. It’s nice to know that my little guy is spreading his progeny far and wide. > > Actually, it would be pretty cool if you could track that sort of thing. The globe in the GTS is pretty nifty (I know where you all generally live, muhahaha!), but maybe being able to ‘tag’ one or two Pokemon and receive updates about where they go would be nice. I already get a message on the Wii when my GTS trades go through, so maybe a WiiWare app. Using Trainer ID, or something like the friend code but exclusive only to the cartridge, it doesn’t seem too difficult to know where a given Pokemon is at any time. The big issue would seem to be the amount of info that Nintendo’s servers would have to deal with, but charge 1000-1500 Wii points to cover those costs. (I’m by no means an expert, so please correct me as needed.) ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/96 "2010-07-03T15:06:23Z")
Alright, i’m going to go online now and hang around for a while. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/97 "2010-07-03T15:06:53Z")
**Revenant** - I’m about to leave for a couple of hours, but I’ll be available pretty much any time after 6 GMT, including tonight and all day tomorrow. Also, I just had a Luvdisc swarm, so I have plenty of Heart Scales if you need some. **BrickJr** -Here’s how I’ve been playing Silver: I’m mostly not using my Pearl collection. The major exception is that if there’s something I’m interested in raising in Silver, I’ll bring a copy over for the bonus xp, but only if I actually caught it first. For example, I needed an Electric-type and decided on the Mareep family. I caught one in Silver and then went to Pearl and bred one to trade with myself. I’ve also traded with myself to evolve things, but only using items I found in Silver. The Pal Park is fair game, although I’m not eager to play through the GBA games for 30+ hrs just to get one or two legendaries again. ETA- I just saw your post but I’m just about to step out the door. I’ll post as soon as I get back, or we can go tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/98 "2010-07-03T15:15:00Z")
Alright, i’ll go on then. Also a Heart Scale would be very appreciated; i’m afraid though I don’t think I have any useful items myself, though i’ve got a few of the evolution stones if you want. ---
**Author:** ![MeDrewNotYou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/838e76/32.png) [@MeDrewNotYou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeDrewNotYou)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/99 "2010-07-03T19:08:27Z")
> [@Revenant\_Threshold](#): > > Alright, i’ll go on then. Also a Heart Scale would be very appreciated; i’m afraid though I don’t think I have any useful items myself, though i’ve got a few of the evolution stones if you want. I’m back, but only for around an hour or so. I’ll jump on WiFi and hopefully catch you. Any stones are good, as are any of the berries that “raise X in a pinch” other than Leichi berries. (I was wrong about this afternoon, but late tonight and all day tomorrow is still good if we miss each other.) ---
**Author:** ![Revenant\_Threshold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f1d935/32.png) [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392/100 "2010-07-04T12:10:33Z")
Looks like we missed each other again. 😛 I’m avaliable all day today. Give me a headsup when you’re ready and i’ll jump on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pokemon-trades-and-battles/542392.md?page=6)