[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

[The video opens on the Lake of Rage, before angling down to show Apollo's face. He's lying on his back in the grass next to the lake. Unlike some of his previous posts, he's not just his usual calm self. He's in a good mood right now, if that contented smile is anything to go by.]

This place really reminds me of home. A lake, a forest, mountains... The giant water snakes who sometimes try to eat me when I go swimming are different, but other than that it's a lot like home. It's nice here. The Pokémon with me like it too.

[The arm holding the gear falls to the ground and the camera films the sky through blades of grass for a while before Apollo sits up and points it back at his face. He's serious now.]

What do I need to know to beat the gym in Goldenrod City? How do I know if the Pokémon with me are strong enough to win?

Comments

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

To be honest, if they were to get seriously hurt in just a gym battle, then something is being done wrong. Exhausted, certainly, but they seem to have an incredible endurance and ability to recover far beyond most humans. I've certainly never seen one bleed or even be badly bruised, even in some of their more challenging battles.

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

Me neither, but it doesn't feel good for them when they get hit. And sometimes things happen that you aren't expecting.

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

Well, by that logic, even just traveling outdoors between cities is risky, isn't it?

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

Yeah, but I don't go out of my way to get into fights. Once I have a place to live ready I won't be traveling as much though, so I won't need to worry about them getting hurt as much.

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

Gym matches are probably as relatively safe and controlled as you could find, really. Certainly far less riskier than what you might encounter while traveling...

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

That's good to hear.

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

If nothing else, gyms are in cities, which means pokemon centers are nearby. Although I believe the one in Goldenrod may still be closed due to those attacks last month.

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

If it is at least I'll be able to buy more potions if the ones I have aren't enough.

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

Goldenrod does have a rather large store, yes.

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

Everything in Goldenrod is really big. It's annoying to go there.

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

Ah, that's what Ryner always said when we were there...

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

It's too loud and it stinks. Whenever I've been there I've gone through as fast as I could.

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

You think so? It seemed rather cleaner than some cities I've seen, and I thought the noise isn't much worse than that music everywhere...

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

It's the sound of all those humans in one place that's so loud, and it stinks of oil and other things that I don't know what they're called. I can't even smell the difference between grass and flowers when I'm in a city.

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

Well, I suppose there isn't much for grass and such in a city, though there is that park just to the north of it.

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

There should be more grass. It would be better than whatever kind of rock is all over the ground.

The park's kind of nice. It's where I won third place in the Bug-Catching Contest for Combee deciding to come with me. It feels fake though, like humans have changed it a lot.

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

If there were grass, though, it would just get trampled by all of the people and pokemon passing through.

And I suppose the park is more like a large garden, really.

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

I guess so. There are a lot of people there.

It should have been left as forest or whatever it used to be.

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

Before there was a city? Who knows. But if the city hadn't been built, then everyone in it would have had to find homes scattered about elsewhere, wouldn't they?

[Video]

[whateveryoueatliveitspart]

What's wrong with that?

Re: [Video]

[dreamsofahero]

Nothing in and of itself, necessarily, but it would certainly make all the surrounding land quite different. Rather than the vast expanses of forests and fields between cities, for example, there would probably be numerous individual homes and small settlements.