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All legit means, as far as Pokemon goes, is it came from the game with no external device interacting with the game. So if it's Emerald's cloning glitch, GTS cloning, or the cloning that happens when doing a direct trade with someone, then it is by all means legit, assuming the original Pokemon's origins are legit also. If you are using an Action Replay or flashcart to mass clone, it is not legit.

No. It's an illegally obtained ROM.

Go to Pokemon Requests. READ THE RULES AND THE STICKIES BEFORE POSTING. Consider this your warning, thank you.

Or you can show your support through your wallet. Does your toys r us have a massive amount of Pokemon merchandise? If not, that might be an indication that Pokemon doesn't sell well in Canada (remember, the point of the events is to promote and get stuff sold; not just games, but anime DVDs, toys, etc...). Toys R Us is a much better place to do an event than Gamestop because they sell all those things. Gamestop only sells games, and they don't even carry that many copies and anything older than 2 years or so relies on used games being traded in. Compare that to TRU, where I still see a copy of R/S/E every now and then. So while in addition to telling TRU, start buying this merch to show that there is interest in Pokemon events. You can buy crap at Gamestop too, but meh, I doubt it'll make much difference. Gamestops are horribly disorganized and, as I mentioned before, ownership can be screwy. Since TPCi mentioned Toys R Us in their e-mail, that means that's where they're trying to go.

Yes. Whatever you do, don't use the multiple help/small questions thread posted in all the game discussion forums

Gamestop has no control over getting/not getting the event. Your complaint lies with Pokemon affiliates, probably specifically Nintendo of Canada (is there one? Or do they just use NOA?) and TPCi. The reason the US and Canada don't do events at the same time is because often, chain stores are owned by entirely different companies. It's basically a franchise that shares none of the agreenments the chain has with the corporate HQ in the US. A good example of this is Circuity City. Even though the company FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY, closed every store in the US, and just has a skeleton crew at their corporate HQ handling some paperwork before closing forever, the owners of Circuit City-Canada own Circuity City and have none of the ties to Circuity City in the United States. Their stores are still open. Interestingly enough, Gamestop purchased EB games in the states a few years back. And a few posts above, you said EB Games owns Gamestop in Canada. And just FYI, just because Gamestop hosts the event in the US doesn't mean that's the only store that'll distribute it elsehere. In Australia, they distributed one of the movie events at TARGET stores.

Real men vote for Dragonite!

Well, first off, Celebi hasn't been available for in-game capture since Gen II. Gen III-onwards makes it impossible to have a Celebi with an in-game OT/ID#. They are all events. And as of right now, all 3rd gen events.

Please do not link to uploading sites. Attachments are allowed on your posts for this very reason.

If BellyZard gets to set up without SR damage, you basically will lose a Pokemon no matter what you do. Your Feraligator is basically saying "Hi, I'm a knockoff of Gyarados who doesn't take Stealth Rock damage." Change it to the Swords Dance version and use Aqua Jet.

I think it would help if the picture of a shiny Pokemon wasn't obviously hacked. Charizard can not me "met" or "apparently met", since that is for Pokemon encountered in the wild of the 4th gen. It either comes from a Gen 4 egg or has Pal Park information (IE "Arrived At lvl X") http://projectpokemon.org/games/mechanics/shinypokemon.php

I really don't see why this can't be done in the questions/help thread. Eventually I want to get guides posted in the Competitive Battling section.

Closing and unstickying. Poll seems to be done.

I'm unstickying this for now since it hasn't had any posts in months.

Lead Ape has a couple of options it's other anti-leads don't have. Encore, Taunt, and Counter. Yours is fine if you actually end up utilizing both attacks, but if you find that you're using Fire Blast more often than Close Combat, or vice versa, than consider one of those three options. Encore will probably let bulky slow leads set up SR, but then be forced to switch. Taunt can stop them completely. Counter will hit them hard if they're running physical moves. I would proceed to rate normally, but then I saw Tyranitar. The only other Pokemon immune to sand is Scizor. Tyranitar and Abomasnow and Hippowdon are not Pokemon you can just throw onto any team. At least 3/6 of the members, if not 4-5, need to be immune to the respective weather patterns. So let's play with this: Instead of Lead Ape, let's use the standard lead Aerodactyl. Aero w/ Focus Sash Pressure Jolly 252 atk/252 speed/6 hp - Taunt - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Stone Edge/Rock Slide/Rock Tomb/Toxic Last slot is up to you. SE causes damage, Rock Slide has flinch hax, Rock Tomb lowers speed (useful when up against other lead aeros), Toxic hits those bulky ground lead Swamperts who won't care about any of the othet attacks. Take Tyranitar out and then use Choice Band Infernape. Infernape (M) @ Choice Band Ability: Blaze EVs: 56 HP/252 Atk/200 Spd Jolly nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Close Combat - Stone Edge - U-turn - Fire Punch This causes SO MUCH damage, and because most usually expect Mixape or Nasty Plot Mixape. Get this. Close Combat wrecks everything that doesn't resist it. So when Scizor "cleverly" switches to Heatran expecting Flamethrower or Fire Punch, hit it with CLOSE COMBAT on the switch instead. Stays in? That's fine, because Scizor hates Close Combat too, and Infernape resists it's priority Bullet Punch. The other common Scizor switch in is Latias. Which, with some prediction, is heavily damaged by U-Turn. This makes Ape a great scouter when you can force a switch. SE lets you cover Dragonite, Salamence, and Gyarados. Thunder Punch is also a decent option. Mach Punch is available but not recommended since Ape is already so fast. Flare Blitz is also available, but if SR is on the ground or sand/snow is up, you'll die quickly from recoil damage. Then, for Scizor, let's play defense with it: Scizor (M) @ Leftovers Ability: Technician EVs: 252 HP/184 Atk/72 Spd Adamant nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Brick Break - Bullet Punch - Swords Dance - Substitute I'm trying to remember why I put 72 speed there...feel free to reassign it if you don't think it's useful. Basically you get behind a Sub and start setting up near the end of the game. Blocks status, but make sure to get rid of Taunt and Roar/Whirlwinders beforehand.

Closing this. You're clearly not up for criticism. Please don't re-post this again unless you're willing to get help for your Pokemon team. You dismissed my entire post with "friends clause" and crap like that. I offered a smiilar suggestion to another poster, take out the OU Pokes and make an UU team. You know what he did? He did just that. Turned out pretty well. I'm a Shoddy player with a Wi-Fi battle background, so I understand both worlds. Yes, a good Suicune is hard to find. But you flat out dismiss Milotic's best set (RestTalk) because...I don't know, you want your team to suck? Go ahead and battle with this team. Hell, hit me up for a Wi-Fi battle when I'm in #projectpokemon or #pp-wifi. But I don't think it'll end well, because you're basically ignoring what your Pokemon are best at and using them for randomly assigned roles.

We shouldn't have to make a team for you. You should have a team already made. If you need help, ask specific questions, not HEY GUYZ CAN YUZ GIMMES SOM ATAKZ!?!!?

Your team is six Pokemon thrown together with no rhyme, reason, stratergy, or thought put behind it. Even though the sticky thread says roles/description are "optional", there isn't much to rate unless you EXPLAIN YOUR TEAM AND YOUR STRATEGY. Otherwise, it's "lol d00ds ur m0ves arz teH sux0rs" or "ur ataks rox0rs my sox0rs"

This is an unreadable mess of an OP. Closin dis.

You literally changed one move, which is NOT AT ALL ORIGINAL or UNIQUE.

Game discussion forums are not the place to ask for help with cheat devices. Also, there's a small questions/help thread for a reason.

There was one, designed by Greencat. My guess is it got lost in the transfer between old and new vbulletin software.

The OP hasn't been on for a month, so I'm closing this.

My bad. Somehow I could've sworn it was illegal and now I can't find confirmation. Maybe something changed since the beginnig of D/P

First off, EVs are divisible by 4. Having 255 EVs in one stat is wasteful. The most any one stat should have is 252. The standard spread means 252/252/6 meaning you get 4 EVs in one stat which gives you a +1 boost, which might mean the difference between being KOed and being able to KO. Your team continues to have little thought put into it. I don't care what anyone else says, the first Pokemon in your post is your lead. Blaziken has very little use as a lead. I think you should take out the 3 OU Pokemon and make an UU team. This rate, for the sake of this being an OU team, will take the reverse approach. As potato said, Roserade is a very popular lead. With the decrease in suicide leads and increase in bulky leads, Roserade can fire off a Sleep Powder and lay down Toxic Spikes. Roserade w/ Focus Sash Timid Natural Cure 252 sp atk/252 speed/6 HP - Sleep Powder - Leaf Storm/Energy Ball/Grass Knot - HP Fire/HP Ice/Hyper Beam/Sludge Bomb - Toxic Spikes Sleep Powder on the first turn, lay down Toxic Spikes until you die or got to two. From there, you got your STAB Grass as your primary attack. Each has it's advantages and disadvantages: Leaf Storm: Overall most powerful. But doesn't have 100% accuracy, and will drop your sp atk by two stages each time it hits. This makes it very easy for a counter to come in, even ones with SE weaknesses, after 1-2 uses of it. Energy Ball: Accurate, hits everything the same. Grass Knot: Only real reason to use this is if you are REALLY worried about Tyranitar an Swampert. This'll hit light waters like Vaporeon for laughable amounts of damage. HP Fire and HP Ice really help round out it's offensive attacks. However, I'm guessing you are playing on Wi-Fi, and it's hard to breed for HPs without hacking or messing with the RNG. since Roserade isn't expected to live for long, Hyper Beam is an okay-ish attack. Sludge Bomb gives you a second STAB, but sucks because of allthe steels around. HOWEVER, part of a Roserade team is the rest of the team. It's best use is on a team that is going to set up entry hazards and abuse them. That means some non-lead is probably going to lay down Stealth Rock (which you don't have), and a Whirlwind/Roar user is very helpful. You also need to have someone to block Rapid Spin (IE Ghost) also something you don't have. Basically, Roserade forces you to re-vamp your team. I'm not going to fix your team for you, but I can at least tell you why these aren't serving you well. Blaziken really isn't doing anything that Infernape can't already do. Infernape has the power and the speed to run a Choice Band set. And, on top of all that, it has access to U-Turn to scout out threats. Blaziken has much better offensive stats and, in UU, is a great wall breaker and sweeper because it doesn't have as many high speed threats to worry about. All the power Blaziken packs won't matter if everyone can outrun it. The one possible area in which I think Blaziken could actually serve in OU is a Choice Scarf Revenge Killer. It's got 3 base speed more than Heatran, and can either go all physical/special or mix it up. However, it doesn't have Heatran's immunity to Fire, Poison, and only resists steel and grass by .5 compared to Heatran's .25. If you do choose Choice Scarf Blaziken, then Flare Blitz and Superpower are fine moves since you're going to be switching out. Gardevoir, in OU, is needless set up. Gengar gives you 5 base special attack more without needing to set up Calm Mind, a LOT more speed, and trades out Gardevoir's defenses for THREE IMMUNITIES. Two of these immunities are from the most common type attacks in the game, fighting and ground. This also gives you a Rapid Spin blocker. Gengar w/ Choice Specs Timid Levitate 252 sp atk/252 speed/6 HP - Shadow Ball - Thunderbolt - Energy Ball/Focus Blast/Icy Wind - Trick Shadow Ball gives you STAB. Thunderbolt gives you great coverage and able to revenge kill some bulky waters. Energy Ball lets you finish off some annoying Swamperts. Focus Blast can be very unreliable but some people love it. Icy Wind is your substitute for HP Ice, but also lowers speed by one stage. Trick is your solution to stop Blissey, Snorlax, and Tyranitar from setting up on you. Normally I'd also throw in suggestions for Destiny Bond or Explosion, but you need Gengar to stay alive to continue blocking Rapid Spin. Salamence is fine. Watch out the PP on Fire Blast because it can easily be pressure stalled. Milotic is, well, it can work in OU, but I don't think your set is the best. IT's best set is Rest Talk because that lets it use it's ability, but there's no shortage of bulky waters who don't need to Rest Talk to be bulky. So generally, it's better to run Vaporeon or Suicune or swampert. All of which have access to Roar, which you REALLY, really, need. Also, Hypnosis and Mirror Coat are not legal on the same set. Milotic is female only, so egg move combinations are very limited. Metagross can work as is, if you ditch Agility for Stealth Rock, and probably explode as soon as possible.