SLCFR: Frankenstein Chicken

Don't think of it as half attack when below half health. Think of it as double attack when above half health. Archeops was my bro in my white run.

 

Archeops is either a very tragic Pokemon, or a total jerk. When it gets hit, all it can think about is how it disappointed its trainer, and how it wishes it could be stronger. Unknowingly, this lack of self esteem is what does it in. That, or it basically rage quits and says something along the lines of, "I hate this stupid game anyways. Go ahead and just knock me out now, because it's not even worth my effort anymore. Digimon's cooler anyways..."

CLAN NEWS
As if my exciting return isn't enough (wait, I was gone?), there's something I've been working on for a while with some help from Axe Garian that I'm finally ready to announce.

It's been a long time coming, but I am happy to announce that I will be hosting a Pixelmon server, and I'm inviting all of you to join me. We only have enough room for 24 people... but the clan is small enough that it shouldn't be an issue. Details in the spoiler.

Current Pixelmon Version: 3.1.4 on Forge 1.7.2
Current Game Rules: Survival, No hunger, No inventory loss on death, PVP Off
IP: 198.24.189.30
Operators: Killer Snowman, Axe Garian

Who's invited?
Namely, the Active Members of the SLCFR since you're the folks who put up with me. As of this time, I'd ask that you don't share the IP with people outside the clan. I was originally going to use a Whitelist to keep our server private, but I've decided that would just get in the way of everyone starting up. I'm trusting you fine folks to not give the IP out to your annoying friend who speaks entirely in Britney Spears lyrics because they don't know that they're toxic(?)

What do I need to participate?
You need to install the Pixelmon mod. Instructions are HERE. Be sure to install the current version of the server (see above). If the server ever updates, I will let you all know here on the thread, and detail how you'll go about doing that. I also recommend a mini-map mod of some sort, since it will make things much easier for traversing the world. I personally recommend MapWriter which you can learn all about here.

Oh, and you need Minecraft or something.

The World
Here's the map of the world we'll be playing in. High res version without labels here. This is a custom world made by Youtube user TerasHD that I came across while watching paulsoaresjr's Pixelmon LP. Randomly generated worlds just don't do it for me, so I decided to lift this map and tweak it a bit.

1. Uncanny Valley
Our starting area, the Hub-Bub, is located in the center of this valley. It's also home to the Joan River, which is vaguely a river much like how its namesake is vaguely an entertainer. Of all the continents, this one has the most varied set of biomes and the most Pokemon Centers. Ideal for starting out.

Notable Biomes: Plains, Extreme Hills, Forest, Sunflower Plains


2. Lame Island
The name of the island started out as a joke about how lame the island was in comparison to Uncanny Valley. It wasn't a very clever joke, but it stuck. It stuck so well that nobody even remembers what the original name was.

Notable Biomes: Plains, Forest


3. The Amazon.com Rainforest
Named after the successful online retailer, this continent is home to the largest jungle biome on the map. It also has free shipping if you spend more than $35 dollars there.

Notable Biomes: Jungle, Woods


4. The Amazon.ca Rainforest
A smaller, crappier version of the Amazon.com Rainforest, separated by the Borderline Stream. Expect it to take up to 2 weeks to cross the stream due to regulations. Have a nice day.

Notable Biomes: Jungle, Woods


5. Rolling Stone Hills
Home to geriatrics and thrill seekers alike. You wouldn't think they would mix well but they do.
Notable Biomes: Extreme Hills


6. Fortunate Swamp
This ain't no senator's romp.

Notable Biomes: Swampland


7. New Ozland
This continent has a crazy amount of biological diversity for what is almost entirely desert. You'll find Pokemon here that you wouldn't find anywhere else. That is, if you can actually survive out here long enough to find them.

Notable Biomes: Desert, Mesa, Savanna


8. The Clint Eastwoods
After seeing how many forest biomes we have on this map, I decided to plant a treasure in one of them. Now, you may be asking yourself, "Just how many forest biomes are there on this map?" To be honest, I've lost count myself. Considering that there are so many forests covering such a large land mass... you've got to ask yourself one question. "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya PUNK!?

Notable Biomes: Forest, Forest, More Forest


9. Canuckleland
The True North Strong and Free. Get your daily coffee fix at the local Timmy's in New Toronto, and maybe watch a little pailpuck/Pokemon battling at the Canuckle Rink.

Notable Biomes: The cold ones.

The world pre-dates Pixelmon 3.1, so I had to add more biomes in order to make most Pokemon available. Axe Garian has been of great help in getting this world ready, as we added a central hub (the Hub-Bub) and various other tweaks to the world to make it up to date. There's a few things I've added here and there, but I'll leave you all to find them.

The Hub-Bub
This is the starting zone for the world, located right beside the "1" on the labeled map. Here there is access to a Poke Center, some lab equipment, and the Semi-Legal Bar. It's a perfect starting zone as there are Magikarp in the river to the north of HB, and the continent itself is very starter friendly.

It should be noted that I've taken to protecting this area, as well as the entire mountain to the south of it. You folks will probably build far away from it anyway since that's what everyone does, but I didn't think it would hurt.

FAQ
How long will this server be available?
I can only commit to hosting it for 1 month, so August 25 at 12:00am EST to be exact. I'm using one of those third party server hosts to do this, and while I'm not breaking the bank here, I don't want to make it a regular expense. Besides, we'll probably all have had our fill of Pixelmon by the end of it.

What happens to the world and our progress after the 1 month is up?
I will retrieve the world data and give it to anyone who's still interested in playing. Probably host it on Dropbox or something so anyone can download it.

I have an idea for another mod to add to the server...
I'm open to ideas, but I have a very specific goal in mind with this server. This is Pixelmon first, Minecraft second. I'm not particularly interested in adding any more mods since:
a) I want to keep this server as lean as possible.
b) I'm not interested in enhancing the Minecraft aspects of the game any more than I already have.

Wait, so you and Axe are basically gods right? How is this gonna be any fun with you guys spawning Shiny Rayquazas and smiting everyone?
Axe and I have already had our fun with that sort of stuff while working on the map. It's all out of our system. Definitely. Don't mind my shiny perfect IV Ponyta that I'll be riding around. It's totally legit.

u srs bro?
Axe and I won't be using our godly powers unless deemed appropriate. By that I mean we won't have any discernible advantage over any of you other than being somewhat familiar with the map. Should we have any problems on the server, Axe and I will take care of it if need be. I don't suspect we'll have any issues, but you never know.

And I was this close to starting with a Shiny Ponyta. Not a perfect IV one or anything, but I really liked the idea of riding around on a ghostly firey horse. I've since decided against it though.

EDIT: Just realized I never linked you guys the website to download the mod and how to install it. This is what happens when I copy and paste from Notepad++.
EDIT 2: IP added. Server is up. The nice part about this situation is that you guys will be able to go on it regardless of whether I'm there or not.

 

What does Forge want from me?

 

I claim the weird raised dark purple blotch south of Clint Eastwoods. It looks like a landmass, anyway... Whatever, if it's not I'll make it one.

Edit: What it wants is for you to run 1.7.2 Minecraft normal before applying Forge.

 

So, apparently I need to be whitelisted.

Make sure you have 1.7.2 installed, it aint the latest version

 

As Pandora said, Forge is kind of wonky in that you have to download and install the Minecraft version and run it first so that the Forge install actually has a game to mod. Once you've run a profile with Minecraft 1.7.2, you'll be able to run the Forge profile.

I've actually never been to that part of the map. I think it's just barely underwater, so you can definitely make something of it.

Clearly you have to pay a toll. That, or I can do what I said I already did and turn off Whitelisting.

 

aw yiss.

anyone up for growling at my starter to level me up?

 

Hey guys, I need a fire stone, if anyone has some shards I'll be willing to reimburse you for them.

 

If you still need them, I have four fire stone shards. I was lucky on my second mining expedition of last night and found three of them in the same area.

 

Hey! Archeops is not responsible for the horrible injustice bestowed upon him/her by GameFreak! GameFreak is the Villain here! /Shamelessly biased opinion

Dude... that is seriously wussy! Train on Magikarps.

 

Or find a level 40 poke that's weak to you. I got my Totodile up like 15 levels by fighting a level 45ish Lampent.

EDIT: Look how excited Timmy is to be in this beautiful base.

 

Found two pokémon centers literally a few blocks apart. 10/10.

That isn't terrifying at all. ...also why is HE level 11?

 

I think it looks like a postcard.


The Greatest Party That Ever Lived: Their Story Thus Far
At first, there were three. A snowman, a wizard, and a Team Magma Grunt. The Team Magma Grunt ran off to seek fame and fortune in a faraway land, while the others continuously fought Magikarp in an attempt to level up. Eventually, the wizard and snowman came to the realization that they would need more than one Pokemon to succeed, and would therefore require devices to capture said Pokemon. It was foretold by the Grunt that a Holy Anvil would need to be made in order to craft the capturing devices. Our heroes accepted the quest to find the Holy Anvil, and thus The Greatest Party That Ever Lived was born.

The snowman and wizard headed east until they found a suitable mine to begin their journey, where they were quickly joined by a hermit. With their combined skills they managed to obtain the Holy Anvil, and several other treasures along the way. The wizard in particular had accumulated enough wealth and materials that he made a magical contraption that would provide free pet-care for everyone. Having learned this, the snowman entrusted the wizard with the task of providing free pet-care to the citizens of New Ozland. The wizard gladly accepted, and sought to spread the ideals of The Greatest Party That Ever Lived to the poor citizens of New Ozland.

Or so they thought.

Upon making it to New Ozland the wizard made his deception clear to the unsuspecting Party. With his new found power, he would take over New Ozland and claim it as his own, dubbing it "Zandopia". As the new found ruler of "Zandopia", he would oppress the poor people of New Ozland and bend them to his will. In his mind, the continent was now his.

Distraught, the hermit founded a camp on Lame Island where he was quickly joined by the duped snowman. While they had lost the magical healing machine, they gained a new cause, and a new member to fill in the hole left by the deceitful wizard. Every day the party grows stronger, and every day they get this much closer to their goal.

A free New Ozland is a good New Ozland. - Killer S. Snowman

 

Twitch Plays Pokemon graph thingy. I thought you'd all be interested in this, I guess.

 

I'd join you guys in your Pixelmon shenanigans, but my workload's killer atm. x-x

For now, I'll just stand in the background in envy of your adventures. ;-;

 

Speaking of adventures, I ran around fighting every Pokemon I saw with my Charmander, eventually getting him to Charizard status. I named him Marshmellow, flew around a bit. Found KS's base, Attempted to follow Axe to his secret base but he worked with his buddy Walter to evade me, and then I worked on my Super-Secret Base, adding [REDACTED].

And now I am sleep, hooray.

 

Someone oughta stick Timmy down a well.

*Snicker* Ditching you was so easy... almost as easy as Predicting ya'd try to aerial tail me.

 

So, I beat a boss Pidgey (easiest boss fight in my entire life) and he dropped both a Fire Stone and a Leaf Stone. If anyone's interested, I'm willing to trade.

 

I'm not really interested in those... i'm interested in the Hidden Power TM... but I have nothing of value to trade for it yet.

 

My base is in [REDACTED], which is Number [REDACTED] on the map.

Also hi, fellow SCP reader.