Pokemon teams: Do you always use starters?

[Zhadramekel]

At one point I tried to do a Luxray Pokemon Diamond run which failed at gym 3
And in Pokemon platinum I used a team of Luxray, Lucario, Floatzel, Absol, Togekiss and Glaceon. I did have Chimchar / Monferno on my team up til the end of Cycling Road though.

 

[Vault Citizen]

For me pokemon is a single player game. That being said, i like to imagine (as childish as this will sound) that i am adventuring with these pokemon. What will they think of my actions?

When playing pokemon heartgold i caught a mareep. In olivine city when it was an ampharos, i released it to make way for other pokemon on my team, but created a little story about how it wanted to be in the lighthouse to comfot myself.

I always bond with my starters so much that i can never let them go.

Why didn't you put it in your box?

 

[Ddgafd]

Yeah, always. To me it's just fitting. The first Pokemon you get sticks with you the entire game, through thick and thin. There might be better Pokemon, but I don't care. Though one time I replaced my Swampert with a Wailord, because Wailord is badass.

And if anyone cares, here's my team in Pokemon White:

Lv.60 Samurott
Lv.60 Haxorus
Lv.60 Galvantula
Lv.60 Krookodile
Lv.48 Reuniclus(still grinding)
Lv.29 Larvesta(planning to use it)

I haven't finished the game yet, that's why I'm grinding.

Spoiler

That damn Hydreigon swept my entire team when I fought Ghetsis for the first time.

 

[Azaradel]

I rarely stick with my starter.

Though I do still keep my Typhlosion in HG around because Typhlosion is awesome.

 

[Solo-Wing]

I had this one playthrough of Crystal where I caught a Pidgy and completely forgot about my Todadile. So I had a level 50 Pidgeot, 50 Suicune, and 50 raikou but a level 16 Todadile or something like that.

 

[Solo-Wing]

And that why everyone who skipped Bulbasaur is a nooblet!

I recently played through Blaze Black and it is the first one that I didn't use my starter til the end. That is primarily because I went with a "classic" team of Charmander, Squirtel, Bulbasaur, Pikachu, Gengar, and Machop.

In every gen I always chose the Grass type. Except for 4... I seriously hated the starters in that game. And Turtwig was the most stupid looking one. At least Gen 5 came back with an awesome grass starter.

 

[Reggie Rock]

For me pokemon is a single player game. That being said, i like to imagine (as childish as this will sound) that i am adventuring with these pokemon. What will they think of my actions?

When playing pokemon heartgold i caught a mareep. In olivine city when it was an ampharos, i released it to make way for other pokemon on my team, but created a little story about how it wanted to be in the lighthouse to comfot myself.

I always bond with my starters so much that i can never let them go.

Why didn't you put it in your box?

God damn i hate the box. It feels wrong to me. I don't like the idea that a pokemon i bonded with is just sitting in the box waiting for me to come and get it...

but i never do...

 

[LilithSlave]

I tend to. They're usually pretty solid and continue to be valid endgame.

Also, Pokemon the TV series brainwashed me into 'never letting go of your first'. And instilled in me the idea that if you so much as put your starter Pokemon in Bill's PC, you're a terrible person. And clearly being the brainwashed, Templar moralist that I am, I hold onto my starter Pokemon in my party.

Well, almost always.

 

[Vault Citizen]

For me pokemon is a single player game. That being said, i like to imagine (as childish as this will sound) that i am adventuring with these pokemon. What will they think of my actions?

When playing pokemon heartgold i caught a mareep. In olivine city when it was an ampharos, i released it to make way for other pokemon on my team, but created a little story about how it wanted to be in the lighthouse to comfot myself.

I always bond with my starters so much that i can never let them go.

Why didn't you put it in your box?

God damn i hate the box. It feels wrong to me. I don't like the idea that a pokemon i bonded with is just sitting in the box waiting for me to come and get it...

but i never do...

If nothing else I have to give you credit for your skills as a roleplayer.

 

[The_Lost_King]

always, even when I got raquaza

 

[Reggie Rock]

For me pokemon is a single player game. That being said, i like to imagine (as childish as this will sound) that i am adventuring with these pokemon. What will they think of my actions?

When playing pokemon heartgold i caught a mareep. In olivine city when it was an ampharos, i released it to make way for other pokemon on my team, but created a little story about how it wanted to be in the lighthouse to comfot myself.

I always bond with my starters so much that i can never let them go.

Why didn't you put it in your box?

God damn i hate the box. It feels wrong to me. I don't like the idea that a pokemon i bonded with is just sitting in the box waiting for me to come and get it...

but i never do...

If nothing else I have to give you credit for your skills as a roleplayer.

No other games draw me in as much as the Pokemon series. I just get so connected to my Pokemanz. The TV series was a huge part of my childhood and it shaped who i am as a person.

jesus, when you think about it their is so much wrong with that isn't there?

 

[Vault Citizen]

For me pokemon is a single player game. That being said, i like to imagine (as childish as this will sound) that i am adventuring with these pokemon. What will they think of my actions?

When playing pokemon heartgold i caught a mareep. In olivine city when it was an ampharos, i released it to make way for other pokemon on my team, but created a little story about how it wanted to be in the lighthouse to comfot myself.

I always bond with my starters so much that i can never let them go.

Why didn't you put it in your box?

God damn i hate the box. It feels wrong to me. I don't like the idea that a pokemon i bonded with is just sitting in the box waiting for me to come and get it...

but i never do...

If nothing else I have to give you credit for your skills as a roleplayer.

No other games draw me in as much as the Pokemon series. I just get so connected to my Pokemanz. The TV series was a huge part of my childhood and it shaped who i am as a person.

jesus, when you think about it their is so much wrong with that isn't there?

Considering how popular reality tv has become it could have been so much worse.