[Meta Thread] Dragonstrike's Pokerole Test Game: Mount Coronet Mystery

[Lord Windos]

So Randolph Gym Battle ends in his favor, after some difficulty curve balls, working my grey matter till it turned ever grayer, and what seemed to be some freaky good luck! And I have to say YES, OH FRICKING YEEESSS! That Gym Battle was genuinely stressful and nerve wracking for me throughout a big chuck of it, and it was not until the very end that I had moderate hopes of winning. You/Candice seemed to have one ordeal of a Pokemon after another in the beginning, before transitioning over to some good old fashion beat stick Pokemon to try and....well, beat Ran/me. Miss Jackie Frost certainly was not pull her punches very much with Ran, though that was sorta the point really.

Seemed like Ran's fight against Candice on a whole was more like a puzzle for me to solve in order to be able to apply the force needed to prevail, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. That, and they were a few parts of the fight I feel were.......not good, to be diplomatic about it, which changed my perspective of the battle from 'Fun Challenge to get through' to 'Problem I need to solve in order to do what is needed' . Granted, I had fun 'solving' the Gym Fight, and it certainly makes it stand out to me and ended up making certain moments all the more epic (Like Diam stonewalling Weavile, and Zorn just doing so well, but I don't think I will grow too fond of these types of battle if they crop up on a regular basis. Every once in awhile seems okay to me for now, though.

Overall, I'd say that I enjoyed this Gym Battle against Candice, even though it had its rough patches and its not kind of fun I was expecting to have. Good job, Dragonstrike!

Now, I'm getting off for the morning, and continue later on. Toodles!

PS: @Spiritmon , please get to your battle when you can, because otherwise none of us can progress to the 3rd set of Encounters of the day and continue with the main plot!