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Off-topic discussion is allowed, but spam is not; please make sure all your messages are of substantial meaning that at least somebody would be interested in reading and responding to. That being said, obviously I appreciate comments relating to The Cave of Dragonflies, whether they are error reports, questions, suggestions or whatever else you might want to get across.

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Zora of Termina

Well, just before Fruitface hacked TRS and deleted the RPs and stuff, C.C. and I were pretty close friends. You might remember that. Then he told me he was working under Meleon, and I was a tad shocked. Of course I would be, I knew that the fruit was bad, and this just… yeah. Some hours after that conversation, I recieved an email from the melon himself, saying that I had been accepted as High Knight of Fire, making me all WTF.



After that, Flame Gurl (you might remember her) had started a forum of her own. Which got targetted by Cantaloupe. I had joined and got appointed a mod, then it started. He'd been banned, and since he had a dynamic IP, he'd been posting in the account activations there. One of the threads he posted was entitled "To Wind of Darkness" (my username at the time), and he was using a guest name of "you b*tch". As soon as I clicked on it, I saw that he had flamed me very badly for "betraying him". I didn't let it affect me at first, and he got another of his IPs banned.



Two weeks passed with peace, then he showed up again. Promising to be good and all that, so they naively let him in. Two weeks later, he attacked. Spam, flaming, the whole nine yards. Not to mention, personal attacks toward me myself. This time, it affected me, even if subconsciously. That entire week I suffered migranes and nausea, until finally the whole problem was solved with another ban. But that week scared me, because he kept emailing me, the titles filled with flames and insults.



Now you see why I don't give it out anymore.

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My own messages will be signed as Butterfree, with the Admin label below my name. If someone signs as Butterfree without that label, it's probably not me.

Forgenvash

The Calyrex option here is just for Calyrex itself, not the Ice Rider or Shadow Rider form. Does that mean that the catch chance is the same for both? Even for Heavy Ball, when Ice Rider is over 100x heavier than normal Calyrex?

Butterfree
Admin
In response to: post by Pyukumuku Power

My next essay might be one tackling the Venonat and Butterfree connection, actually :P

Pyukumuku Power

Butterfree, do not go here:
https://bogleech.com/pokemon/p048venonat

Pyukumuku Power
Commenting on: 04-21-25
In response to: post by cynder

Jirachi!

Butterfree
Admin
Commenting on: /evolution-list
In response to: post by Pyukumuku Power

That's what the Espeon and Umbreon page is for!

Pyukumuku Power
Commenting on: /evolution-list

I also like the messages now showing the verification Pokemon. (lets go scyther!)

Pyukumuku Power
Commenting on: /evolution-list

Thank you so much for making this! BTW, do you know any tips for getting happiness up on my Eevee in Silver?

NeoSeth

This was a beautiful essay. The first two generation of Pokemon had a certain magic to them; not just because we were children, but also because the internet had not yet evolved into its modern form and the games were so flimsily coded. Some very strange things could happen while a kid was simply playing the game, and lead to amazing stories like this. I really loved reading this one. So long, Jolteon. Your memory will live on.

Butterfree
Admin
Commenting on: /fun-facts
In response to: post by Aivi

I believe Azurill was the only one, due to the specific unique quirk of having a different gender ratio from its evolved form.

Aivi
Commenting on: /fun-facts

Are there any species besides Azurill that can change gender when they evolve? Or any oversights/bugs that would cause a Pokémon’s gender to change? It’d be fun to make a party of the little guys XD

TheScythe
Commenting on: 04-21-25

Happy to help catch that bug in the guestbook! I was wondering why the page 2 link did that.

Also I'm commenting to build up a party, cool feature!

Pyukumuku Power
Commenting on: /experimentation
In response to: post by Butterfree

No, this was a first turn move.

Butterfree
Admin
Commenting on: /fun-facts
In response to: post by Clay

As I said, I know this. However, this says nothing about why this decision was made, only that it was stated in this book. For all we know off that snippet, Game Freak gave them some notes that said this because they were already figuring it worked like that - in fact, that’s what I’m kind of inclined to assume by default, since it seems odd a guidebook would just make up something fairly random and counterintuitive like that out of nowhere, and if the guide had made it up out of nowhere without consulting Game Freak, it seems unlikely Game Freak would have just been like, “Oh, welp, this guidebook made this up out of nowhere, guess we have to do it this way now.” The mere existence of a statement that Nidorina and Nidoqueen can’t have eggs in the guidebook is not evidence of why that decision was made or by whom one way or the other.

Clay
Commenting on: /fun-facts
In response to: post by Clay

Copied it straight from Bulbapedia.

Clay
Commenting on: /fun-facts
In response to: post by Butterfree

"Nidorina and Nidoqueen's inability to lay Eggs was established by Japanese media before breeding became a game mechanic.
[1]Pocket Monsters Encyclopedia: 「ニドラン♀の進化形だが、ニドリーナになると、卵を産む能力はなくなる。」 ("It is the evolved form of Nidoran♀, but upon becoming Nidorina, has lost the ability to lay Eggs.")
[2]ポケットモンスター公式ファンブック Official Fan Book of Pocket Monsters: 「ニドラン♀の進化形だが、卵は産めない。」 ("It is the evolved form of Nidoran♀, but it cannot lay Eggs.")"

sadie

thank you very much for taking the time to write this, i consulted it often over the last couple days as i finished up firered with a friend of mine. :)

rayray

marshtomp screaming happily

Olivia
Commenting on: /making-fake-pokemon

Helpful thanks

Jenny
Commenting on: /essays/the-mew-trick
In response to: post by Genzaidon

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cynder
Commenting on: 04-21-25

Test Comment!

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