Soloing tier 3 raids was something I had to work for in order to achieve…I think I can do almost all of them at this point. Haven’t been able to do hitmonchan yet.
With my latest mewtwo, I now have at least five of every legendary (except Latias, but that’s just because we just got it in the US).
I am also 50k away from level 40…I could have made it by now, but I’m trying to think of a cool way to get the last bit of XP. I was trying to save up 9 10k eggs, but I’ve stalled at six and probably won’t get the other three in time
For valor, it says your pokemon may not be great in battle, then all three stats, and then it’s got room for improvement as far as battling goes.
For 100% it says your Pokémon simply amazes me, it can accomplish anything, then all 3 stats, the. I’m blown away by it stats! WOW!
getting gold badges on all 28 gyms in my local area
That’s literally it. And I accomplished both of these things on the same day after years of work on the first, and months on the second. Game has seemed pretty boring since tbh as there’s nothing else really to accomplish
i’m proud i got multiple Mewtwo and was able to get my cousin multiple Mewtwo.
I cracked the system on ex and get Mewtwo whenever i want now. Saddly it made me bored of the game but at the same time i feel accomplished.
Getting Mew also in 2 days of launch. Mew is one of my favs in all pokemon games i remember winning Toysrus contest and getting Mew in yellow version so many nostalgic feelings in getting Mew.
Also when i quit Pokemon Go for a year i was at lvl 23 and my cousin who never stopped was at lvl27 i surpassed him in 1 month of returning. Felt real boss and now i’m way higher lvl than him.
Reaching L40 before any of my regular Playing Group (I started 4 months after they did too)
Building Battle Teams of 6 Maxed out Machamps and 6 Maxed out Golems.
I am very proud of this beautiful babe for several reasons. Not only is she one point in ATK from being perfect but also in the cartridge games I ran an eviolite/Prankster Murkrow competitively and she was my Shiny Rowena. I feel like she finally migrated back to me in this universe because she loves me so much
What have I achieved In PokemonGO? Id like to think what has PokemonGO done for me?
Well Im a life long Pokemon nut (probably not summit a 34 year old man should shout about to loudly! lol)
But yeah been hooked since day one, I remember a friend telling me about this Red and Green game (PocketMonsterPetFighter - no, really thats what I was told the name was!) from Japan that was insanely popular and was described to me by the said friend “a bit like a fighting Tamagotchi game” digital pets another thing I was obsessed with back then.
So I imported original GameBoy Green in 1996 and used an online walkthrough to get through it, had no idea of the story as It was completely in Japanese text but loved it!
At the time Nintendo weren’t overly excited or keen to bring it to the west as in the UK and US the GameBoy was most defiantly being wound down and was in its twilight years.
Anyway jump to Autumn 1998, my second year of college and Nintendo had confirmed a UK and US release and on day one of the now ‘newly’ named Pokémon - Red or Blue I caught the train to Brum (about 25mins north on the train from Worcester were I live) and ran to CEX (at that time only 4 or 5 stores nationwide and they were an import specialist) to pick up my pre-orderd US Blue, finally I could understand the story and playing it on my bought same day US ‘Kiwi’ GameBoyColor was breath taking! Can remember that sunny day train ride home playing Blue like it was yesterday!
So trying to not go on and on but all my life Ive loved Pikachu and the Pokemon franchise as a whole (still have every GBcart and DScard - my faves Blue/Yellow/Gold/Crystal/Ruby/Emerald/Diamond
Platinum/Black/White2/X/OmegaRuby/Sun/UltraSun
So fast forward to April 2015 and I have quite the head accident, It required 12 hour emergency cranial brain surgery, at the time I was given a zero chance of survival, my mother and wife were told after surgery that the extended family should be called in to say there good byes and an end of life plan should be put in to place and life support withdrew at some point. Id had an internal bleed in the brain, I had almost a cup full worth of blood (300MLish) inside the skull causing a huge midline shift of the brain, a whole was drilled in to the skull and a shunt was fitted to relieve pressure internally at this point I was in a coma and obviously unable to make dessicions.
So as my mother and wife were trying to decide on what to do it was noticed after 24 hours, 48 hours, 72 hours, a week although still in a coma I was in-fact getting stronger not drifting away as doctors had said would happen! A few weeks pass and I wake, at this point I had full body paralysis, a tracheotomy and could only control my blinking. I could hear and see everything but it took a few days for people to realise I was in-fact ‘there’ as such! My twin sister realised first with a simple blink twice for yes and once for no, I was so relieved they realised I was there but as I couldn’t talk they were unsure if the brain had been damaged irreversibly at all and I was still unsure what had happened as those close to me didn’t want to scare me with the facts and risk pressure in the brain rising to dangerous levels again.
So months and months pass and Im transfers to a specialist head and brain trauma rehab unit in Warwick where for close to 10 months I had intense physiotherapy at this point Ive been told what had happened but the doctors and my team couldn’t give me any idea how far my recovery could go as they had never in the history of Coventry or Warwick had a surviver from an injury as big as mine, I was in very ‘unknown territory’.
So we move to PokémonGOs launch Id finally been allowed home with the wife but there was still mountains to climb in terms of my recovery, but still I was so excited after downloading the game but It didn’t take long for me to realise, at that time I was full time in a wheelchair, with my limited co-ordination, balance and massive fatigue playing the game wasn’t much fun for me and watching people on YouTube running around hysterical at the launch or when rare Mons spawned having constant fun made it all the more painful for me, I was gutted!
I used that pain and out and out gutted’ness of not being able to play or experience the way people were on the videos as my inspiration, I was determined TO PLAY THIS GAME AS INTENDED! No bullshit teleporting, spoof/spoofing and ‘Sofa play’! Now to the present. After learning to do everything again from scratch, finally Im able to walk, the wheelchair a thing of the past, I certainly wont be running the marathon anytime soon and Sir Mo Farah hasn’t anything to worry about, but walking suits me just fine, talking - its OK, my voice is a little ‘gruff’ as one of the irreversible side effects of my injury is the left vocal cord remains paralysed and will never return but I finally have (part of) my voice back. And although I downloaded the game on the UK release day (14/7/2016) it wasn’t until the Bulbasaur CommunityDay just gone Ive been able to play, my problems made it impossible but since that day, 25th of March Ive played the game and walked round my neighbourhood everyday, in 53 days Ive got to level 28, joined Team-Instinct, caught 261 seen 319 Pokemon and the bit Im most chuffed with? Walked not wheeled in a chair for 173.8KM! Some people will look at that and think ‘And??’ or ‘So what!?’ and it may sound pretty silly but the desire that was inside me to play this game pushed me to get where I am now! Towards the middle of my recovery I went to see my Nuro-team for a check up the two things that meant the most to me? I said to my team will I ever A: dance again and B: be able to walk and play PokemonGO? My doctors found that funny and said to me - “Matt if you put your mind to it, you can do anything!”
and thats so true, Sounds supper dumb, stupid really but I owe so much to this game!
Sorry to bore everyone, just wanted to mention this!
Im not entirely sure how to add my picture of me during recovery (I hope its done wright!) if not your able to see a lot of my recovery on my instagram and/or Twitter @mattyjjenkins for both. Theres a pic of my initial brain scan with the blood internally and theres a few pics of me and the Mrs currently (Im still a tad broken but alive at least!)
Thanks for reading all this and again sorry to bore everyone, just had to get my story out!
+NotanotherKangaskhan - ^above^
+bobbyjack8 -
Thank you both for your kind words, means a lot!
+bobbyjack8 - Hey man, gold badges are pretty awesome too! I only have one, so got some catching up to do!
I find it a bit difficult to meet people/team up to play the game locally, I think my ‘slightly wobbly’ walking and somewhat ‘gruff’ voice intimidates people, obviously I understand, got asked to leave Vue cinema in Worcester when me and the wife went to watch Avenger3 and again at DeadPool2 the other day for being to drunk to go in apparently even though been T-total all my life! lol I either have to hold her hand/arm while walking (or her shoulder if she has popcorn to carry!)
As much as I LOVE the game, playing solo can be a bit lonely truth be told, Im in Worcester UK if your local (both of you/ +bobbyjack8 and +NotanotherKangaskhan) and you ever fancy taking down local gyms or trekking around on a catch-a-thon and dont mind being seen with a slightly drunk looking person with a mini Bulbasaur plushy hanging from his jeans belt loop hit me up with Twitter or Insta - @mattyjjenkins
I discovered Poke Genie today and found out I have five 100% Pokémon I didn’t know I had. My favourite is Venusaur. He is such an impressive looking Pokémon.
I am proud that i can solo gen 1 tier 3 (excluding flareon and jolteon)
That make me the first person in my PoGo Group that done that.
And i became the first to unique challenge it also ( no duplicates pokemon, no legendary, must use atleast 5 pokemons, 6 is better). Alakazam give me the hardest time, it is my last unique challenge for gen 1 tier 3 raid boss
After that, newer Tier 3 become not so challenging anymore, except ninetails when gyarados doesnt have waterfall, and shuckle so i dont bother to do those 2
3 month ago i made 2nd acc specially for duo some Tier 4, and prove to many of my fellows trainer, you dont need full maxed out Machamp Squad to duo Tyranitar with partly cloudy. Level 40 trainer with not all maxed out machamp can do it with the help of lv 32 without using screen recorder and lv 33 with screen recorder on (on my lv 40 phone)
One highlight is also the first trainer in my group with 2 of my fellow trainer to trio Rayquaza, it is first raid of Rayquaza raid and we just try it for fun
After that, i pretty much slowdown playing this game, no target anymore just enjoy it as it is, just ocassional grinding when i see it neccessary like last Tyranitar CD for my Rock Tyranitar squad
Just came across your story. How incredible that you survived, given that your chance was zero. Your will to live must be off the scale. Great to hear that your love of Pokémon helped you to recover, and become strong and well again. Your wife and family must feel it’s an absolute miracle you’re still here. A long time has passed since you posted this story, so I hope you are still well, and not suffering too many ill effects from what you’ve been through. Thank you for telling your amazing story. Puts things into perspective, the little things we all complain about, pale into insignificance after reading that. Best wishes. ️
Thanks for taking the time to read my comment and then reaching out to me. Really appreciate it!
And had to put it out there really because sounds so stupid but my desire and want, to play this game as its meant to be played, I really think that inside ‘want’ pushed me further than expected! As I said and say it sound ridicules, almost dumb but I really owe a lot to this game, Niantic and Nintendo.
Without the crazy inside burn of wanting to play it Im not sure where Id be!
Again thank you so much for taking the time to reach out and your end comment really hit a note - "Puts things into perspective"
It really does, and some people dont know how lucky they are!
God bless!
