Jonathan Landis @hitstun@computerfairi.es

@pokemon
Oh hey, @tom gave us a Game Boy Color. Thanks, Tom!

@dani
Thank you. I try to cite my sources where I can. When we got the Mystery Egg, we fought our rival, entered the lab, and triggered a cutscene where we gave our rival a name. But then we just walked out without actually talking to the Prof. Elm, and most of us didn't realize the error until we tried to progress to Violet City and the path was still blocked. I can't blame them. I'm pretty sure that happened to me in one of my playthroughs back when the game was new.

@fediplayspokemon @dani
The Story So Far

We started February 10 with Cyndaquil. He's now L9, get Ember at L12, and evolves at L14. We got the Mystery Egg but forgot to show Prof. Elm. Weeks later, the path was still blocked and we had to go back. Prof. Elm gave us Poké Balls and we caught a L2 Sentret. We're going to Violet City now.

@Mikie1600
Ah, thank you. Most of the Fediverse supports Markdown, a safer way to format text than HTML. If you write text like this...

[Speedrun route](https://www.speedrun.com/pkmngoldsilver/guides/xmk9w)

...it displays like this...

Speedrun route

When I learned to run my old subreddit and now my Mbin community, Markdown was essential for nice-looking pages. Most Mastodon users don't know it works here.

@Mikie1600 @phi1997 @katan @VieilOgre @tom @fediplayspokemon
gets Bidoof flashbacks, but shakes it off

Because this level 2 Sentret isn't even a good HM Mule, and we get a better one in Krabby before we actually get the HMs to teach one. I knew two days ago this was a waste of time. But then someone threw a Poké Ball and now we have an international incident. We should've been through Cherrygrove City by now.

@Mikie1600 @phi1997 @katan @VieilOgre @tom @fediplayspokemon As our popularity grows, we will become more resistant to brigading. I'm happy more fans are finding us and joining the voting, even if we're naming a crappy Pokémon "Fart". I think we'll make good progress through the game together, one input per hour. I believe the voting majority will usually want to make progress through the game... when we're not wasting a whole month backtracking because we forgot to talk to Professor Elm, anyway

@phi1997 @Mikie1600 @katan @VieilOgre @tom @fediplayspokemon
I appreciate the teamwork, but you shouldn't take this game too seriously. We're basically playing Twitch Plays Pokémon in Democracy mode. The only rule is chaos. Nothing is sacred. If a group of jerks ever brigade us, release all of our battle ready party members, save, and make the game unwinnable, and so be it. If you want a perfect battle team, go play Pokémon Showdown instead.

@Mikie1600
@skaverat @pokemon @fediplayspokemon
Maybe we're being a little mean to this L2 Sentret, but it's useless to us. If it was smart, it would have run away from the battle. Catching this was a waste of a Poké Ball.

@phi1997
@tom @deoxys314 @fediplayspokemon @pokemon

When we replace this Sentret with a Krabby, name the Krabby "TOMTWO". It'll know Cut, Surf, and Strength!

@Mikie1600 @phi1997 @deoxys314 @fediplayspokemon @pokemon

I think @tom 's name is worth more than this crappy early game Sentret, but I won't stop you from naming him Tom.