Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Monday, March 19, 2012
Alexxx: Journal Entry 2
Dear Diary,
Last time I wrote to you I was headed to Prof. Oak's lab to borrow a Pokemon. Prof. Oak was happy to see me when I arrived. He talked to me about his project, which I already knew about considering he was my supervisor for my thesis. His project consisted of a device that would recognize Pokemon through a full body recognition software solely with an optical scan. Of course for this to work an existing database of Pokemon is needed. However it did not end there, the device would also register the behavior of the Pokemon and would infer statistics. This device could change the world of Pokemon fighting as we know it. Instead of blindly training for battle, a trainer can observe the statistics of a Pokemon and train or battle in consequence. Prof. Oak calls this device the Pokedex; personally I don't think the name will catch on. He should have simply called it an Adaptive Pokemon Encyclopedia (APE for short), which is essentially what it is. Anyways, Prof. Oak was talking to me about this because he had finished his beta version!
Since I already knew about the device he asked me to go and test it out. This was amazing. I was so excited. I would be the first to use this revolutionary device! I would also be the one to populate his Pokemon Database, and then it happened. Prof. Oak's nephew walked in the door. Prof. Oak had a reputation of spoiling him, and just as I had expected, Prof. Oak handed a beta APE (or a "Pokedex") to his nephew Tommy. How stupid can he be! Tommy is not qualified to test such a device. He doesn't know the first thing about Pokemon! He's a college drop out that lives with his mom! He lived his whole life in Pallet Town. Oh and not to mention he doesn't have a Pokemon either, or at least didn't. Just as Tommy received the pokedex he had the balls of asking his godfather for a Pokemon. Prof. Oak, again spoiling his nephew, took out all his Pokemons (he had three) and had Tommy pick which one he wanted.
The idiot of a nephew picked a Bulbasaur, such an amateur mistake. Bulbasaur has four weaknesses: Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. Just to spite him I asked Prof. Oak to borrow his Charmander, a Fire Pokemon to exploit Bulbasaur's weakness. The Brat left abruptly after obtaining what he wanted. Not even a thank you came out of his mouth. I couldn't stand it so I challenged him to a fight right there in the lab. Remember how I said I have learned the theory behind Pokemon all my life. Well this was that moment that I found out that theory didn't mean squat! I failed to realize that my Charmander didn't have any Fire attacks at that level. All he knew was scratch. As you can imagine the fight was a lot harder than I had anticipated. It was really close but of course I won against the brat. I sent him straight to the poke-center crying.
With that done, I set out to find and catch Pokemon of my own. For the second time today, my theory about Pokemon let me down. I can't catch any Pokemon! I know all the theory behind it. You press the middle button on the Pokeball to open it. You then throw the Pokeball such that the interior of the Pokeball faces the Pokemon. I even tried throwing the Pokeball with a spiral to improve my aim. The Pokemon simply won't enter the Pokeball. How can it be so hard!
Last time I wrote to you I was headed to Prof. Oak's lab to borrow a Pokemon. Prof. Oak was happy to see me when I arrived. He talked to me about his project, which I already knew about considering he was my supervisor for my thesis. His project consisted of a device that would recognize Pokemon through a full body recognition software solely with an optical scan. Of course for this to work an existing database of Pokemon is needed. However it did not end there, the device would also register the behavior of the Pokemon and would infer statistics. This device could change the world of Pokemon fighting as we know it. Instead of blindly training for battle, a trainer can observe the statistics of a Pokemon and train or battle in consequence. Prof. Oak calls this device the Pokedex; personally I don't think the name will catch on. He should have simply called it an Adaptive Pokemon Encyclopedia (APE for short), which is essentially what it is. Anyways, Prof. Oak was talking to me about this because he had finished his beta version!
Since I already knew about the device he asked me to go and test it out. This was amazing. I was so excited. I would be the first to use this revolutionary device! I would also be the one to populate his Pokemon Database, and then it happened. Prof. Oak's nephew walked in the door. Prof. Oak had a reputation of spoiling him, and just as I had expected, Prof. Oak handed a beta APE (or a "Pokedex") to his nephew Tommy. How stupid can he be! Tommy is not qualified to test such a device. He doesn't know the first thing about Pokemon! He's a college drop out that lives with his mom! He lived his whole life in Pallet Town. Oh and not to mention he doesn't have a Pokemon either, or at least didn't. Just as Tommy received the pokedex he had the balls of asking his godfather for a Pokemon. Prof. Oak, again spoiling his nephew, took out all his Pokemons (he had three) and had Tommy pick which one he wanted.
The idiot of a nephew picked a Bulbasaur, such an amateur mistake. Bulbasaur has four weaknesses: Fire, Ice, Flying, and Psychic. Just to spite him I asked Prof. Oak to borrow his Charmander, a Fire Pokemon to exploit Bulbasaur's weakness. The Brat left abruptly after obtaining what he wanted. Not even a thank you came out of his mouth. I couldn't stand it so I challenged him to a fight right there in the lab. Remember how I said I have learned the theory behind Pokemon all my life. Well this was that moment that I found out that theory didn't mean squat! I failed to realize that my Charmander didn't have any Fire attacks at that level. All he knew was scratch. As you can imagine the fight was a lot harder than I had anticipated. It was really close but of course I won against the brat. I sent him straight to the poke-center crying.
With that done, I set out to find and catch Pokemon of my own. For the second time today, my theory about Pokemon let me down. I can't catch any Pokemon! I know all the theory behind it. You press the middle button on the Pokeball to open it. You then throw the Pokeball such that the interior of the Pokeball faces the Pokemon. I even tried throwing the Pokeball with a spiral to improve my aim. The Pokemon simply won't enter the Pokeball. How can it be so hard!
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Alexxx: Journal Entry 1
Dear diary,
I've decided that I should start to document my adventure. My life has taken a drastic turn. Last week I graduated from the university of Kanto. I passed my thesis with Prof. Oak. I now have the title doctor due to my doctorate in Pokeology. Dr.Alexxx, gosh that sounds good.
My whole life I have spent learning and studying the theoretical aspects of Pokemon behavior and domestication. Courses like Effort Values and Pokemon Statistics still haunt me today. Despite the long and boring courses, my program at the university had its highlights. I still remember my freshman year when I learned about Pokemon weaknesses. Everything looked so simple back then. I was so naive. Having said that I believe I now have a grasp on Pokemon weaknesses ... well I definitely have simple types down. Pokemon weaknesses with dual types can at some times be confusing.
Anyways enough about my program at uKanto. Today it's time I finally put all of this theory to work. Prof. Oak told me he had a Pokemon I can borrow. I am going to see him this afternoon. I wonder what he has for me.
I've decided that I should start to document my adventure. My life has taken a drastic turn. Last week I graduated from the university of Kanto. I passed my thesis with Prof. Oak. I now have the title doctor due to my doctorate in Pokeology. Dr.Alexxx, gosh that sounds good.
My whole life I have spent learning and studying the theoretical aspects of Pokemon behavior and domestication. Courses like Effort Values and Pokemon Statistics still haunt me today. Despite the long and boring courses, my program at the university had its highlights. I still remember my freshman year when I learned about Pokemon weaknesses. Everything looked so simple back then. I was so naive. Having said that I believe I now have a grasp on Pokemon weaknesses ... well I definitely have simple types down. Pokemon weaknesses with dual types can at some times be confusing.
Anyways enough about my program at uKanto. Today it's time I finally put all of this theory to work. Prof. Oak told me he had a Pokemon I can borrow. I am going to see him this afternoon. I wonder what he has for me.
Saturday, March 17, 2012
I Want To Be The Very Best
Tommy, aged 21.
It's been 1 week since i left my home back in Pallet town to become a Pokemon Master. My mom told me to get the F*ck out of her house and get a job (This is a children's game, no vulgar language god damn it).
What other choice did i have but to become a pokemon master? My father left years ago to become one, and my brother Ash at the tender age of 10 left to fulfill his destiny. Is this my destiny? All i know is that i have two options in this piss poor cousin fucking town. Either leave with a Poke-companion and go out and live out every boy's dream of beating the elite four, or because I'm not allowed to leave our shitty ass town because of Prof.Oak's crazyyy rules, become one of his many aides across the Kanto region. So because i was given no option of remaining at home and playing on my nintendo in my sick ass room, i took my newly friended Bulbasaur and after an always close match with my long time rival Dr.Alexxx (Prof. Oak's second grandson) i left for my poke-journey. I hit the next town of Viridian where i quickly released my bulbasaur in the hopes of finding a pokemon that definitely wouldn't be set ablaze by that fucking Dr.Alexxx's Charmander (he's always made all of his decisions based off whatever would beat mine).
So goodbye Bulbasaur! Hello Chinchou, Mew, Oddish and Sunflora.
And shortly after, i said goodbye to Sunflora! These pokemon of mine are like trading cards to me.
Maybe after i settle down after defeating the Elite Four I'll do that! I'll create a card game with these pokemon as the card monsters! I honestly can't believe nobody else has thought of this.
Back to my adventure! After defeating a few weak leveled gym trainers (seriously, how does a level 11 Onix fare against a level 50 Ponyta???), I bumped into my old pal Dr.Alexxx just coming back from seeing the Pokemaniac Bill. Of course, Alex was all, "brag brag this, brag brag that, im better at you in life, look at my god damned fucking awesome hair" So he challenged me to a battle and i put on my gloves and got ready to throw down and beat him up right there!
He explained to me that he was a black belt in Karate and i swiftly changed strategies.
I threw out a pokemon instead because I was too young to die! and we battled it out like men.
Like men who make animals do their fighting!
Like men at a cock fight!! How manly!!
He defeated me a few times and after healing at a pokemon center we would meet in the very same exact spot and he would tell me all the things he said about Bill like he did before
After some intense Poke-battling he admitted defeat, like the Ashhole he is!!
I spoke to Bill...or rather...a talking pokemon who said he was Bill and i helped him transform into a human.
this "Human" gave me tickets to the S.S.Anne. I left shortly after trying to capture him with my trusty pokeball. With failure came the Pokemon named Bill's strongest attack, Police Threat, which he would use to summon Officer Jenny to send me away to Jail.
I left towards my next battle, with a fire in my eyes.
One day, the Legendary pokemon Bill will be caught...
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Tournament between friends
Rules:
- Each person has a "dream team" of six pokemon
- The pokemon must be in the first or second generation (from #1Bulbasaur to #251 Celebi)
- All participants will be ordered randomly in a list
- The first in the list gets to pick any pokemon from #1 to #251
- The chosen pokemon and the entire evolutionary chain is now unavailable
- The others, in order, pick an available pokemon from the list
- This is repeated 6 times
- The pokemon game is played in Leaf Green
- You are allowed extra pokemon simply for HMs
- Once all pokemons have been picked, participants can trade pokemon
- The tournament takes place when the team has just beat the elite four for the first time.
Dream Teams:
Alex (Me)
- Girafarig
- Abra
- Gastly
- Electabuzz
- Wooper
- Cyndaquil
Tommy G
- Mew
- Dratini
- Chinchou
- Oddish
- Snorlax
- Gligar
Kim
- Raikou
- Eevee
- Growlithe
- Bulbasaur
- Mr. Mime
- Suicune
McLean
- Lugia
- Totodile
- Sentret
- Pikachu
- Squirtle
- Mareep
Tony
- Mewtwo
- Articuno
- Entei
- Muk
- Zapdos
- Larvitar
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
First Attempt at Hacking a Pokemon ROM
I just started hacking my first ROM. More spefically I'm moding the Pokemon Leaf Green ROM. To do this I downloaded a few tools.
- AdvancedMap: The name can be a little deceiving. It does more than just maps. You can also edit events such as persons and trainers. This is also used to link scripts to certain events.
- XSE (eXtreme Script Editor): This is an IDE (or text editor for scripts). This is only needed if you want to do certain things. You can use this to have a person/trainer say custom text.
- FSF (Free Space Finder): This is needed if you want to script.
- Advanced Trainer: You might want this if you want to customize certain trainers