Scavenger Hunts

[Cattail Prophet]

Friendly reminder that daylight saving time starts for US/Canada tonight, so we're gonna be an hour closer to GMT than usual for the next few weeks.

(Well technically all summer, since the time zone itself doesn't care about DST, but we've got a few weeks extra on everywhere else that uses DST)

 

[ashiemore]

03/08/15 GMT -5

Winner: social netwerk
Second place: GoodMorningEspeon
Third place: Valiancy
Consolation prize to: Dylas, Gargoyle31
Solution: mirrorcoat, icebeam, sslibra

(no blitz)

Questions...
1) This piece of clothing would really reflect your inner feelings (answer is a move)
2) Even a skilled gymnast would have difficulty on this equipment (answer is a move)
3) This ship from the Pokemon games split in a way similar to the Titanic

hunt by kevinrocks

 

[ashiemore]

03/11/15 GMT -4

Winner: Mr. Wan
Second place: sirDonovan
Third place: Weebl
Consolation prize to: Cattail Prophet, kevinrocks
Solution: pidgeot, loudred, skarmory

(no blitz)

Questions...
1) In Generation I this Pokémon has the second highest base stat average that is not a whole number.
2) Gourgeist is to Seadra as Shaymin is to what?
3) Find the Egg Group for which all the members have two types. Then find the 19th Pokémon in that Egg Group by National Pokédex order.

Explanations...
1) http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pokémon_by_base_stats_(Generation_I)
2) Gourgeist's National Pokédex number is Seadra's reversed, while Shaymin's is Loudred's reversed

 

[ashiemore]

03/11/15 GMT -4

Winner: Weebl
Second place: Cattail Prophet
Third place: GoodMorningEspeon
Consolation prize to: Trauer, social netwerk
Solution: 12, xscissor, 925

(no blitz)

Questions...
1) How many pokemon are there in the Gender Unknown egg group that are NOT dual typed?
2) This is the highest base power move that starts with the only letter not present in any berry names (don't count tcg berry cards)
3) This is the combined BSTs of the 2 Pokemon that were the inspiration and main Pokemon of costumed superheroes that Ash and his friends helped out in the anime

hunt by kevinrocks

 

[Cattail Prophet]

3/13/15 GMT +0

Winner: Chauque
Second place: kevinrocks
Third place: Wan the Avatar
Consolation prize to: ss1234, social netwerk
Solution: shipping, geosenge, 401409

Questions...
1) Bulbapedia has trigger warnings for articles about this.
2) What is the only main series settlement that portmanteaus with itself? (don't use town/city in the port or the answer)
3) What is the only pair of consecutive prime numbers that both exist as unique base stat totals?

263269 was also a valid answer to 3. I was not made aware of this until after third place finished.

Thanks to mount ashiemore for hosting!

 

[Instant Apple Pie]

03/14/15 GMT +0 (pi tastes decent)

Winner: Cattail Prophet
Second place: Archipelagoat
Third place: no-one
Consolation prize to: no-one
Solution: lampjumpkickdownload, lusterpurge, 3558

Questions...
1) (Port Question) [Pokéathlon Event][Fighting-type Move][English Translation of the Japanese Name of a Fighting-type Move][Pokémon Ability]
3) (Losedude Question) Someone who hates diamonds and new silverware might use this move
3) Find the last three users accepted to the Smogon GP (Grammar-Prose) team. Now find the average time in minutes (rounded to the nearest minute) between the time their acceptance was announced and the time they posted their first official GP check

Explanation for Q3: Queez, Psywaves, and P Squared are the three users most recently accepted to the GP team. Queez's time is 6198 minutes, Psywaves was 799, and P Squared's was 3678. Those numbers' sum is 10675. 10675 divided by 3 is 3558.3, which is 3558 when rounded down.

Hunt courtesy of Weebl

 

[Manaphy286]

[03/12/15]

Winner: Weebl
Second place: Chupps
Third place: Aeolia
Consolation prize to: social netwerk, Trauer
Solution: pokemonmysterydungeonbluerescueteam, tempo, seabreakpath.

1) This game is the first to allow a Pokemon to learn the same move twice concurrently and not encounter a glitch. Name the first alphabetically in the case of a tie.
2) Purity is only possible with the maximization of this value--which is achieved by very specific permutations of four pokemon.
3) This longest route in a main-series Pokemon game occupies 8 map units.

 

[Snaquaza]

Reserving Official Games for Sunday, 9 O' Clock GMT +0!

 

[kevinrocks]

03/15/15 GMT +0
Winner: iap
Second place: GoodMorningEspeon
Third place: Manaphy286
Consolation prize to: DarkShinyGiratina, Chupps, MukUsedDrillPeck
Solution: Razz Berry, 29, paused

Questions...
1) Which berry scores the most points in Scrabble without any Double letter/Triple letter boosts? (include the word berry)
2) How many "A"s are present in the names of Pokemon with the ability Intimidate? (Include full form names and the A in "Mega")
3) this status condition can be received from using hyper beam (format past participle ex: poisonED

Thanks to ashiemore for hosting :D

(sorry for such short notice btw)

 

[GoodMorningEspeon]

03/15/15 GMT -4

Winner: DarkShinyGiratina
Second place: Dylas
Third place: Valiancy
Consolation prize to: AnonymouzLSB, iap
Solution: electricguitar, gameboytower, magikarp

(no blitz)

Questions...
1) You get this prop for the Pokemon Musical on Route 5 in Unova
2) If you defeat all of the trainers in the Gym Leader Castle in Pokemon Stadium 2 you will unlock this upgrade to a location that allows specific games to run at double the speed as usual
3) This Pokemon from an in-game trade shares its nickname with a song from Season 2 of Phineas and Ferb

hosted by ashiemore n_n

 

[Snaquaza]

Yeah, so it was games, so I can't post questions and answers and stuff. 03/15/15 GMT +0 9 PM

First Place: iap [BLITZ]
Second Place: Weebl [BLITZ]
Third Place: DarkShinyGiratina[BLITZ]

 

[kevinrocks]

03/16/15 GMT -0

Winner: Wan the Avatar
Second place: Cattail Prophet
Third place: Aeolia
Consolation prize to: Dylas, Gleeb
Solution: Hippopotas, Incredible Machine, Cyndaquil

(no blitz)

Questions...
1) This Pokemon likes to live in groups of 10
2) Luminous Crystal - Tears of Princes = X. What did X power?
3) Pretend that there is a Pokemon with the typing of all the 60 base power moves that cannot miss combined. This pokemon would be weak to 2 types. A particular trainer in the anime made a combination move using both of these types together. What was the Pokemon that used the fire type move?

hosted by Instant Apple Pie n_n

rof

EDIT: 100 messages!!!!!juan
I'd like to thank:
Suninto Bandito for being a nerd

 

[ashiemore]

03/16/15 GMT -4

Winner: Wan the Avatar
Second place: Cattail Prophet
Third place: MukUsedDrillPeck
Consolation prize to: Manaphy286, 8-bit Luster
Solution: darkgem, redew, 661302

(no blitz)

Questions...
1) (Losedude/Pun-based Question) You might find this Pokémon item if you looked in Central African and Brazilian alluvial deposits.
2) Smogon user GatoDelFuego was accepted to the Smogon GP (Grammar-Prose) team along with this user.
3) (Combination Question) Find the user who had the best record in Smogon World Cup of Pokémon IX when not counting tiebreaker matches. Now find the day that user joined Smogon in mm/dd format. Now flip that number (314 would become 413) and find the Pokémon with that number in the Mountain Kalos Pokédex. Your final answer is the usage percentage that Pokémon had in Smogon's November 2014 OU 1825 usage stats.

Hunt by Weebl

 

[Manaphy286]

[03/17/15]

Winner: sirDonovan
Second place: Chupps
Third place: Mr. Wan
Consolation prize to: Aeolia, iap, MukUsedDrillPeck
Solution: pacifidlogtown, xatu, sightseeing

1) Game Freak loves memes. Where in the pokemon games can you find a reference to a Sean Bean quote referring to a pedestrian activity that one does not engage in?
2) Who do you go to to open a shiny box?
3) Where is the only place you can go to catch a wild starter? (Do not include Friend Safaris)

Thanks to ashiemore for hosting this hunt!

 

[Instant Apple Pie]

03/18/15 GMT -0

Winner: kevinrocks
Second place: ElegantEspeon
Third place: Painter Espeon
Consolation prize: Cattail Prophet, Manaphy286
Solution: reliccrown, 0545026202, petalblizzard

Questions...
1) This item in the main series games can be sold for the highest price
2) This is the ISBN number of the Pokemon book that lists two abilities that have to do with flinching in the moves section
3) This move can be used to remove grass while battling in the main series games (choose the first one in alphabetical order)

 

[Cattail Prophet]

3/19/15 GMT +0

Winner: social netwerk
Second place: kevinrocks
Third place: Weebl
Consolation prize to: Wan the Avatar, Zhunderbolt (Dylas)
Solution: glare, figy, trevenant

Questions...
1) A statue in the Old Chateau seems to be using this move.
2) What is the largest berry that is smaller than all pokemon? (no berry in answer)
3) Take the trainer ID of rental pokemon from PWT and divide it by (rayquaza's scrabble score * number of ground types in the central Kalos dex). What pokemon has the resulting national dex number? (round if necessary)

Thanks to ashiemore for hosting!

 

[Snaquaza]

3/19/15 GMT +0

Winner: social netwerk
Second place: kevinrocks
Third place: Weebl
Consolation prize to: Wan the Avatar, Zhunderbolt (Dylas)
Solution: glare, figy, trevenant

Questions...
1) A statue in the Old Chateau seems to be using this move.
2) What is the largest berry that is smaller than all pokemon? (no berry in answer)
3) Take the trainer ID of rental pokemon from PWT and divide it by (rayquaza's scrabble score * number of ground types in the central Kalos dex). What pokemon has the resulting national dex number? (round if necessary)

Thanks to ashiemore for hosting!

This was on the 18th GMT+0
Anyway reserving a hunt for today. GMT+0, 8 PM. 19/03/15

Winner: xfix.
Second place: Valiancy.
Third place: social netwerk.
Consolation prize to: duch n-n, iap.
Solution: goldeen, ascriptmaster, 269.

 

[Cattail Prophet]

This was on the 18th GMT+0
Anyway reserving a hunt for today. GMT+0, 8 PM.

No it wasn't. It was the 18th local time for me, but not GMT.

 

[Instant Apple Pie]

3/20/15 GMT +0

Winner: Dr. Wan
Second place: AnonymouzLSB
Third place: Cattail Prophet
Consolation prize to: MukUsedDrillPeck, Painter Espeon
Solution: magnemite, spindasmahjong, ragecrown

Questions...
1) The first Pokemon in national pokedex order who's species name is an anagram of a Pokemon other than itself
2) This Pokemon mini-game is based on a popular Chinese game but uses Pokemon as the playing pieces
3) This machine in the anime when connected to a Pokemon will make them extremely angry

 

[Cattail Prophet]

3/20/15 GMT +0

Winner: iap
Second place: GoodMorningEspeon
Third place: Valiancy
Consolation prize to: social netwerk, MukUsedDrillPeck, Wan Solo
Solution: noivern, marionette, poison jab

Questions...
1) What pokemon's German name contains multiple capital letters and no hyphens?
2) What CAP art submission lost head to head against a submission by the same artist? (give the name of its option in the poll in which it lost)
3) First find the average BST of all the mega evolutions that did not make their anime debut in the mega evolution specials. Then find the designer of the pokemon with the resulting dex number. Then; of all the pokemon this person designed; find the only one that doesn't share a type with any of the others. What is the most appealing move this pokemon learns by level up?

Thank ashiemore for hosting!

 

[Aeolia]

3/21/15 GMT +0

Winner: kevinrocks
Second place: AnonymouzLSB
Third place: social netwerk
Consolation prize to: Wan the Avatar, Cattail Prophet
Solution: wishingbellfestival, focusblastgigaimpactnaturalgiftrockpolish, bugbite

Questions...
1) This festivity in pokemon has its own scavenger hunt
2) A trainer you partner with in the battle tower has all the regis. Name the moves the regice with the ganlon berry had. (alphabetical order)
3) Start with the id number of the pokemon that was distributed at the tournament held at the Cite des Sciences et de I'Industrie during gen 4. Then find the pokemon that debuted that Ash owns that debuted in the same episode as the pokemon who's national dex number matches the first three numbers of the id number. Divide the id number by the national dex number of Ash's pokemon find the pokemon who's national dex number matches that answer (round down). The answer is the last move that pokemon learns by level up

Thanks Instant Apple Pie for hosting

 

[Wan the Avatar]

[03/22/15] GMT +0

Winner: Trauer
Second place: Freigeist
Third place: Dylas
Consolation prize to: iap, MukUsedDrillPeck.
Solution: tectonix, enlightenup, randomdungeontheme2
1) what is the nickname of the pokemon who loved drinking lemonade
2) this episode suggests that pokemon were named after the sounds they make
3) name of the music that plays when you're in the marowak dojo training mazes in pmd2

 

[Cattail Prophet]

3/24/15 GMT +0

Winner: Cyllage
Second place: Chupps
Third place: iap
Consolation prize to: kevinrocks, snackismybae
Solution: regigigas, probopass, diphtheria

Questions...
1) What pokemon portmanteaus with both ends of the same scavengers roomauth? (standard scavengers port requirements ie at least 2 letters of overlap)
2) Of the pokemon that yield 3 EVs despite being neither legendary nor the last pokemon in a 3 step evolution chain; which one cannot breed with any of the others?
3) What was the final diagnosis in the episode of House MD that contained a reference to pokemon?

Thanks to regigigashiemoregigigas for hosting!

 

[Manaphy286]

[03/27/15]

Winner: Gleeb
Second place: Gargoyle31
Third place: Dylas
Consolation prize to: Cattail Prophet, Professor Wan.
Solution: yanma, brycenman, wailordmini

1) Spinda can be found holding an item that is also the species name of a pokemon. Name the pokemon whose species name is in question.
2) Name the fastest Dark-type to lack resistances.
3) The Dim Sun Marine Unit claimed that the wailmer they brought was actually this.

 

[Wan the Avatar]

[03/28/15]

Winner: Aeolia
Second place: GoodMorningEspeon
Third place: iap
Consolation prize to: lovemathboy, Dylas.
Solution: automatichighspeedsuperduperwhatchamacallit, hoennfield, superexpectional

1) name of team rocket's first drilling mecha in the anime
2) All species of pokemon except for one found in this location are female
3) a pokemon may take the graduation test from wigglytuff's guild if they are considered to be what