PPL Australia 2015

[Beavwa]

My plan for virizion was a toss up between something with sap sipper so it never heals with mega drain, or ghost being immune to the other 2 attacks, but can't have both.
I have a tendency to over plan this stuff now, since it hurts pretty bad when you miss after 1000+ resets.

Will you keep trying if you don't get timid or decent stats? Or one will be enough?

Good luck with the hunt. How many SRs so far?
(Also, SRing is slightly faster on a new 3DS if you have one handy)

[Volucris]

I've no reliable way of counting SRs, as I'd easily start miscounting if I had to note down each one. I'd estimate somewhere between 500-1k, more towards the 500 mark yet.

I'm not really rellying on abilities and whatnot to stay alive, I've several lvl 100 Pokemon, plenty of healing items and a lvl 100 roserade with sleep powder, I figure if I choose to put it on a false swipe 1 hp to stop it from going pp dry I'd just put it to sleep whenever I can.

For stats I'm basically just hoping for the best. If they're not ideal I'm not fussed, if it goes totally off and leans towards physically offensive I'm happy to build builky physical instead. I'll not be Sring again for a long time once I've completed my forest team.

[MonotoneMorgan]

Gym Leader (E4 ideally) applications submitted for myself and my partner.
Siebold and Malva are ready to take on all challengers!

[Beavwa]

@Volucris I count mine by noting the 'number of times title played' in the activity log on the 3DS before I start, and after I'm done (and any time for a progress check). I find these mega grindy processes become less of an impossible, hopeless blur as long as there's any sort of point of reference to measure some sort of progress against.
Given I'm somewhere past ~5000 eggs and ~6000 resets between Y and OR, it helps to retain a scrap of sanity.

[Duk700]

Just submitted an application. I can't wait to see some of the ridiculous gym leader teams this year .

[Volucris]

hm,my ds doesn't seem to register a soft reset as a change in the number of times played I'm afraid. After resetting for hours it's count has risen by 1.

It's ok though, for me the closer it gets to the average count the more I'll feel as though I'm closer to finding one when that's not necessarily the case. I'll just keep trucking until I find it ^.^ And the Spirits of Glades forest will be complete.

Also, so many new users/leaders: welcome to the forums all! I can tell this year will be bigger and better than ever.

[Erkenhelm]

Hey guys, let me know if any leaders are interested in getting onto the YouTube or Twitch channels once theyre chosen and things really get started. Time zones might be tough to work around but once we figure out exactly how far apart we are time wise I'm sure we can work something out.

[Fernurion]

Glad you mentioned that Erkenhelm. I'll be looking to revive and improve the PPL podcast from last year, possibly extending into video and doing a few Pokemon Showdown matches as part of a leader showcase or something. Still in the conception stage so I'll get in contact with you once the details are worked out.

[NovaCascade]

I'm keen to help you out with anything Erkenhelm. If time zones are an issue, I'll be starting a new job in the next week or so where I'll be working remotely for a U.S. Company so I'll finishing work at 7pm Colorado time, or 11am here, so I'll have plenty of time to help out with streams or anything

[Erkenhelm]