My Gift To You
Pokemons Are Rare And Hardcore Lyrics

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You Can't Kill My Rock 'N Roll

Down down that beat to the floor
You can't kill my rock 'n roll

I wanna go out
I wanna go out tonight
Need to see the ones I like

No hard times just pure delight

When you are at home
Anxious and alone
Staring at the phone
Please tell me to come
To roll away the stone

I call you up
What's on your mind
Why can't you come
Let's not waste no more time

Down down that beat to the floor
What we are living for
Don't be a whiny bore
You can't kill my rock 'n roll

Tonight we're going out
Searching for the sound
Open up your mind
Good times ain't hard to find
You're a friend of mine

Wanna find out
What it's all about
The sound will make me strong
Won't judge me if I'm wrong
Here I belong

I call you up
What's on your mind
Why can't you come
Let's not waste no more time

Down down that beat to the floor
What we are living for
Don't be a whiny bore
You can't kill my rock 'n roll

Down down that beat to the floor
What we are living for
Don't be a whiny bore
You can't kill my rock 'n roll

Down down that beat to the floor
What we are living for
Don't be a whiny bore
You can't kill my rock 'n roll

Down down that beat to the floor
What we are living for
Don't be a whiny bore
You can't kill my rock 'n roll

Down down that beat to the floor
What we are living for

Don't be a whiny bore
You can't kill my rock 'n roll

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Pokemons Are Rare And Hardcore's song "My Gift To You" in "You Can't Kill My Rock 'N Roll" embody the band's love for rock and roll music. The song describes a night out with friends in search of the sound and the vibe that can only be found in a good rock and roll concert. The lyrics depict a desire to escape from the mundane aspects of everyday life and connect with like-minded individuals who share the same passion for rock and roll music. The repetition of the phrase "down down that beat to the floor" acts as a reminder to the listener to immerse themselves fully in the music and let go of any inhibitions.

The lyrics also have an underlying message of perseverance, highlighting the fact that rock and roll music is not simply a genre of music but a way of life. The phrase "you can't kill my rock 'n roll" suggests that no matter what obstacles come their way, the band will always stay true to their passion for rock and roll music. The song can be interpreted as a kind of anthem for anyone who loves rock and roll music and feels that it represents a part of their identity.

Line by Line Meaning

Down down that beat to the floor
Let's turn up the volume and get lost in the rhythm

You can't kill my rock 'n roll
No matter what happens in life, I'll always have my love for rock 'n roll

I wanna go out
I'm feeling restless and want to experience the world outside of my own head

Need to see the ones I like
I crave the company of my friends and loved ones

No hard times just pure delight
I need a break from my worries and just want to have fun

When you are at home
When you're feeling trapped in your own thoughts

Anxious and alone
Feeling worried and isolated

Staring at the phone
Desperately hoping for someone to reach out

Please tell me to come
I need someone to invite me to hang out and take me out of my own head

To roll away the stone
To help me escape my worries and free myself from mental obstacles

I call you up
I reach out to connect with my friend

What's on your mind
I ask how they're doing and what's been occupying their thoughts

Why can't you come
I want them to join me in experiencing the world and having fun

Let's not waste no more time
Life is short and I want to make the most of it with my friend

What we are living for
We need to make the most of our lives and enjoy every moment

Don't be a whiny bore
Don't let negative thoughts and attitudes bring you down and ruin the fun

Tonight we're going out
We're ready to let loose and have a wild night

Searching for the sound
We're on the hunt for the perfect song to get lost in

Open up your mind
Let go of your worries and allow yourself to have fun

Good times ain't hard to find
We just have to be open to experiencing life to the fullest

You're a friend of mine
I cherish our friendship and want to spend this time together

Wanna find out
I'm curious and want to explore life and myself

The sound will make me strong
Music has the power to lift me up and give me strength

Won't judge me if I'm wrong
Music is a non-judgmental force that allows me to be myself

Here I belong
I feel at home and free when I'm surrounded by music and like-minded individuals

Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: DAMIR MUJEZINOVIC, JOAKIM BERGGREN, MAGNUS ANDREASSON, MARTIN SANDVIK, OLOF LINDGREN

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@a.v.y8331

I think something that is pretty cool to play with in terms of rare candy exploits, ev training, and level caps as a whole could go something like this:

1) to eliminate pointless grinding on wild pokemon (which can be simply boring and stakesless), rare candies may be used to bring existing pokemon to the available level cap of the region/area.

1.1) rare candies may not be used until every available trainer has been fought for exp to level up existing pokemon. rare candies may only be used on the necessary pokemon for tackling a level cap gym.

1.1.1) in the event of multiple high-stakes mandatory battles which require different team setups, the nuzlocker may choose which pokemon to grind on trainers (for EVs) and which pokemon to simply level up through rare candies (eliminating the possibility of EVs, but also the chance of fainting).

1.1.2) if a trainer encounter that requires a different team setup is skippable, the nuzlocker may choose to skip that encounter at the cost of losing the rare candy exploit (explained in 2.1).

1.2) rare candies may be hacked into the game as needed to allow the player to have a smoother, but no less challenging experience.

2) EV items are banned. EV training using an EV trainer is banned.

2.1) if the player desires, they may grind EVs (and levels) on wild pokemon and forego the luxury of the rare candy exploit in order to meet level cap breakpoints. if EV grinding is selected as an option, the rare candy exploit may not be used until the existing level cap has been beaten.

2.2) the EV grinding/rare candy exclusion clause is considered broken even if being forced to fight arena trap/shadow tag/magnet pull wild pokemon. being unable to escape them could be considered a strategic error and thus is the responsibility of the nuzlocker, rather than an unfortunate game mechanic.

all of this would be, in my opinion, be in the name of making the game more about important strategic choices, which I think is what makes a nuzlocke fun, rather than simply being allowed to grind full EVs immediately or skipping all trainers in favour of focusing solely on key encounters with rare candies. do you choose to skip a really hard trainer so you don't risk losing a mon? or do you choose to fight that trainer so you can unlock using rare candies on your pokemon but lose the EV training potential?

@NapkinDictator

2y↑1

I like to play with this specific ruleset. Keep in mind, I'm a degenerate randomizer lmao

1: Permadeath, obviously
2: Nickname everyone, obviously
3: You only lose if you either completely run out of pokemon in your boxes, or if you softlock with no way to use needed HM's
4: Items are OK out of battle
5: First encounter catch in each new route/area. Static encounters/gifts are good too, though don't trade your precious babies away
6: Don't intentionally grind too much, I don't really have a hard limit for leveling though
7: Keep the EXP share in gens 6 and 7 turned off

Now for the random bits
1: Use global randomization!! This replaces all instances of wild pokemon with specific species. Every annoying zubat could be an annoying eevee, or palkia, etc. Catching 2 of the same species is ok, you just gotta deal with it
2: For trainers, use full random for everyone, except your rival. They get to keep their starter because I think it's cool
3: Randomize all items, and shops too, if you can. The randomizer program doesn't support that unfortunately

Thats all I can remember rn

@TheSLATEcleaner

The way I like to play with Nuzlockes is like this:

No items, set mode, nicknames [obvious ones]

Lose on white out

Level cap to the gym leader before going in the gym but must finish the gym without leaving on entry [variation]

Instead of getting random encounters the normal way, I use a random number generator to pull a single pokemon of each type from before the post-game not including the type of my starter. I can capture one of each of these pokemon as I encounter them to make up my team. This allows for team variety without allowing me to get 'free' good pokemon through exhausting early encounters or grabbing uncontested Magikarp. This also limits my total pokemon number to a max of 18 once fairy types were introduced, 17 between gen II and gen V, and 15 in gen I. This greatly reduces the amount of leeway I have on strategic sacrifices, since at max my runs have 3 full teams of pokemon available.

Additionally, for main series pokemon games [i.e. not romhacks] I use a 'slot' system where I start with two slots and gain one every two badges. This limits the number of pokemon I can have in my party at any given time to the number of slots I have [2 prior to badge 2, 3 pokemon after badge 2, 4 after badge 4, 5 after badge 6, and a full team of 6 after the eight badge]. If a pokemon dies, I remove a slot as well as releasing the pokemon. This heavily punishes mistakes and makes me play more cautiously in the early game, since if any 2 pokemon die before badge 2, I auto-wipe since I don't have a slot left to carry pokemon, and even losing a single pokemon early means being down a pokemon for the rest of the run.

So far, I've run White, Black 2, Sapphire, Sword, and Blue like this.

Blue was by far the hardest, though it was the only one I didn't have failed attempts with. I lost my Bulbasaur to Misty and Venonat to SS Anne Rival fight, so from SS Anne rival until I beat Erica I had only one pokemon slot. I only lost one other pokemon - I made a bad play against Silph Co rival and lost my Ghastly - but that meant I doing Blaine and Giovanni with only 2 pokemon, then pre-Victory Road rival and the Elite Four with only three pokemon. The only reason I completed the game at all was getting Tauros as my Normal type encounter and Jolteon as my Electric type encounter, they carried hard. I think that's fair though, since I literally had just Bulbasaur until Mt Moon where I could get my bug type [Venomoth] and my ground type soon after just before Cerulean [Sandshrew] then didn't get to pick up another pokemon until Rock Tunnel. My encounters for Bulbasaur [Grass], Venomoth [Bug], Sandshrew [Ground], Jolteon [Electric], Ghastly [Ghost], Hitmonlee [Fighting], Aerodactyl [Flying], Tauros [Normal], Jynx [Psychic], Vulpix [Fire], Lapras [Water], Cloyster [Ice], Dratini [Dragon], Koffing [Poison], and Onix [Rock]. I decided against using Dragonite since I was nervous about trying to sweep with it vs Lance

The Sword run I'm in right now [it will be my second] lost a Liepard to Marnie 1 so now I'm going into Hammerlocke with a two pokemon team with the two best being Lanturn [my electric type] and Stunky [my poison type]. I'm terrified of running my Corvisquire right now since Corviknight is above my level cap and during attempts for my first run I lost a minus defense nature Corvisquire in the double battle with the Team Yell Grunts right before Gym 3, which along with an early loss of my starter to a stray crit forced me to try single pokemon Gym 3 with just Sheer Force Gurdurr [the only pokemon I had at that point that was even close to bulky], which then got burned twice [Rawst Berry] vs Kabu so I wiped.

It's been fun, if a bit of a headache if i don't get enough early game pokemon.

@joselmancomancoconhonor9757

My favourite nuzlocke challenge I did was on Pokemon Ultra Sun, the InsularLocke. I will leave the rules here just in case anyone is wondering:
Classical Nuzlocke rules:
If a pokemon faints it must be stored or released
Only first encounter on each route can be catched
No overleveling the Totem Pokemon / Hunai main pokemon
No duplicates - evolution lines. If one is encountered, you may reload it

And here the extra rules apply
The team can only have 1 pokemon per island (exclusions to this are the starter and the eevee you are gifted)
Can only use 3 Z-Moves on the run (I choose 3 as an arbitrary number back in the day, but only really used 2. Using none is definitely possible dough)
There are a maximum of 10 lives in the run. Eevee(volution) and/or the starter may revive at any point, consuming a live. If any other pokemon faits, it consumes a life and can not be revived.

@wildstorm3486

3y↑1

@@feva6774 hmm you bring up a good point. I don’t know if he has anything that covers that.

So I’ll counter with this. First off I do believe he said at least once in this video that this list is a little old and somewhat out of date.
And second You don’t have to follow his rules to the letter. You can teak and change these rules to make more sense to you. And in fact you should change them if you are not have fun.

These rules are rules that he feels makes the games more fun and enjoyable for himself while keeping the games challenging.

You can play with them if you want.
BUT IF YOU are not having fun with them or just
Don’t find them to make sense for your situation change them.

However i do think the ruling would be this.
You have to try and catch your fist encounter in the Safari Zone. If you fail to catch that first encounter well your out of luck just like on any other route. If you catch your first encounter then that’s you POKÉMON from the Safari Zone.

@kamikazesenpai21

My personal rules that I used in my most recent/first nuzlocke:

-First pokemon each route
-gift pokemon are Always allowed, but only one per source. For example, in celadon city, I could get eevee, grimer, and abraham, but not eevee, grimer, abra, and dratini.
-dupes clause, based on the Pokéball symbol.
In the safari zone, you can catch anything but keep only 2
If a pokemon. Faints its dead; permabox it
Shinies are always allowed
Nicknames
Ny team was really good, filled with the best pokemon in the game: Venusaur, Alakazam, Zapdos, Gyarados, Pidgeot, and a death fodder Gastley.

All comments from YouTube:

@drwhoknowswhat6188

3y↑1.3K

Jan doesn't read comments but if he reads this one, thank you so much Jan. You've improved my nuzlocking skills by a lot ever since I started watching you.

@schnitzelmike727

3y↑26

Impossible!

@azurefoxbh9280

3y↑76

he doesnt respond but he liked you are the chosen one

@banj4356

3y↑8

Nah, he says he does, but just hates them.

@zerantula6815

3y↑23

This is the first time I have seen jan like a comment

@azurefoxbh9280

3y↑3

@@zerantula6815 frrr i never see that

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@LinkNinjaMaster

3y↑343

The only time I haven't followed the "met at" clause is in Gen 7, because Alola has fewer routes than usual, but some of those routes have different, unique overworld sections with their own names and encounter tables, but still appear as the same route in the "met at" section of your Pokémon summary.

@silas8772

3y↑112

Yep, my rule has always been “if it has a different name popping up in the corner, it’s a new route”

@skycastrum5803

2y↑18

In my most recent Alolan nuzlockes I actually quit midway and restarted restricting my catches to only one per a major challenge (totem/kahuna/elite 4, and freebie mons). I didn’t like having so many boxed mons.

@obits3

2y↑8

I see two ways to deal with generation 7:

New encounter table = New area
Or
You can replace dead Pokemon with other non-duplicate mons from that route. If you run out, the route is exhausted.

@islarf5095

3y↑474

If encounters don't count until you get balls. Your starter doesn't count as your encounter.

Checkmate

@Tree_-wp5zn

3y↑51

Based and True

@Tree_-wp5zn

3y↑2

@@JohnDoe-kn7ex Yea I guess..

@javrami4883

3y↑15

Based and fact pilled

@fis2483

3y↑40

But your starter Comes in a ball which technically means its your first ball

@CivilChev

3y↑25

Your starter is your very first Pokemon; the first Pokemon of your journey, some could say the start of your journey.

If your starter doesn't count as your encounter then it also can't be used after you can start catching Pokemon.

So yes. If you choose not to use your starter, then it doesn't count for the first encounter, but then you're choosing to use a weaker Pokemon.

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@torow386

3y↑666

Holy shit he actually did a good intro this time

@george9371

3y↑23

Is... Jan ok???

@Klamev

3y↑7

Thanks, i hate it

@Pete_Ness

3y↑3

ikr?

@trueblade3636

3y↑4

Is this a meme? Cause he did the same intro as always?

@eduardoalegre9075

3y↑2

The eye contact is legit

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@rendy3730

3y↑246

Dude really wrote a whole thesis about his nuzlocke rule lol

@schenkus4530

3y↑59

" I think flying around on a dead pokemon is fine" Thats gotta be my favourite quote ever

@alexanderst.7993

3y↑447

Jan's way of treating us youtube commenters is so unique, it makes me even more cringe

@bluesackofballs4913

3y↑44

It's honestly based as hell. No other youtuber would willingly talk shit on their viewers but Jan is correct youtube commenters are cringe lmao

@TheMirksta

3y↑16

@@bluesackofballs4913 It's just most commenters on anything, including twitch, that are cringe tbh but it makes sense, it's just a cesspool of people trying to get noticed

@ninjadandy9166

3y↑20

@@bluesackofballs4913 bruh twitch chat is cringe as fuck. Every second “Roxanne calls 🤓🤓” bunch of nerds

@bluesackofballs4913

3y↑16

@@ninjadandy9166 yeah twitch is more cringe imo. Still based asf to call your viewers cringe lmao

@joshuaspector8182

You are cringe friend. We all are.

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@teaa_x

3y↑274

honey wake up, there's a new PC upload!

@marshie5434

3y↑12

Wake up, kids. New pokemon challenges aka the best nuzlocker in the world upload.

@EshamPlayz

3y↑6

@@marshie5434 he is not the best.

@islarf5095

Proceed to call them a simp

@marshie5434

3y↑5

@@EshamPlayz You're not wrong, but has the best nuzlocker said that they are probably the best? 👀

@nathanwatson977

3y↑6

@@EshamPlayz not the best nuzlocker, but the best guy who happens to nuzlocke

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@grunkleg.3110

3y↑243

Takeaway of the video: Rules are fairly arbitrary. As long as you're having fun, that's all that matters, and ridiculing people for their preferred way of playing a self-imposed challenge run is dumb and sad

As a bonus takeaway, since it was sorta awkwardly explained in this video:
- a counter is able to reliably switch into battle
- a check cannot switch into battle consistantly without potentially being KO'd

It's why Switch Mode completely trivializes most Pokemon games, since you never have to worry about safely swapping a check into battle (and also a reason why slow U-turn / Volt Switch / Flip Turn / Parting Shot / Baton Pass and Gen 8 Teleport are so good)

@Yeshua_Kristos

3y↑33

Example of a counter:
Jellicent can switch into most Volcarona fairly reliably. It resists both Bug and Fire attacks and doesn't take much from Volc's coverage moves. Besides, most Volcarona don't carry Solar Beam.

Example of a check:
Jolteon can easily outspeed and OHKO Gyarados. However, it cannot switch into Gyara directly, lest it take severe damage from Waterfall or get KO'd by Earthquake. Jolteon can only get in safely by means of its teammate being sacked to Gyara, or via a slow U-turn/Gen 8 Teleport.

@Aquilenne

3y↑9

I think it was more "Can't switch into battle and still win consistently", it doesn't necessarily need to be KOd by switching in, but it could say, get burned by a WIll-O-Wisp and from there be unable to outdamage recover without back to back crits, or take enough damage that it loses a fight without necessarily ending up KOd for the attempt.

@idiot1902

3y↑2

I don't understand the reason behind nicknames is it so you don't get attached or what seems kinda silly

@ceazer6857

3y↑181

Love that Jan doesn’t gatekeep and fights against such action.

@Jelsonicc

3y↑49

PC: I don't use shaking grass because encounters are consistent

Also PC: I use Repels to make encounters consistent

@dharpify1

Repels make encounters predictable, which is a good thing. Shaking grass gives you a very repetitive encounter table across most routes, which is a bad thing.

@kyrem13

3y↑98

I'm guilty of doing the Pinwheel Forrest clause lol. The way I see it, because the two areas have such drastically different available mons to use (ie Tympole, Timburr, Sawk, etc on exterior, Venipede, Sewaddle, elemental monkeys, etc on interior), it makes it more fun for me to get an encounter from both areas. It is just my preferred way of doing it. Idk makes the game more fun to me if I have more overall mon options to use on my team in a locke.

@Bunnymafia8150

2y↑18

I mean, that’s always his idea with whatever other people’s rules are. In his eyes if it’s a fun rule for you then it’s a good one

@kyriemacatiag381

3y↑35

Flying on a dead pokemon is fine
-PC 2k21

@godminnette2

3y↑20

Good video; didn't catch this on stream. Only major difference is that when I play blind nuzlockes, I love continuing after a white-out, as there's nothing more satisfying than going back armed with new knowledge to avenge your fallen team. Plus, you get to see more of the game and learn what it's like for your next run.

@CivilChev

3y↑8

For vanilla games this is probably doable so long as you still have viable Pokemon in your box, but for Romhacks it's pretty much a game over.

@alexsean5

3y↑56

I thought you weren't wearing a shirt in the thumbnail and figured "oh that's just part of the nuzlocke."

@puffmogie

3y↑18

Permadeath
No Nicknames
No Grinding
No Shirts

@rennysama9752

3y↑12

Nudelocke soon 🙏🙏🙏

@Juli_is_Online

3y↑65

Based, currently doing Renegade Platinum, BlazeBlack and SacredGold all at once with Hardcore rules and I struggle to get past the second gym. I love it though, the challenge is so captivating and exhilarating.

@InfernoPower

3y↑2

I have that problem too. I can't help but start a new playthrough every time I get somewhat far in these difficulty hacks

@niasee

3y↑6

I just did a sacredgold one and man was it hard, specially since I selected my starter randomly and got chikorita
Probably the starter with most disadvantages in any game, specially the early game

@mathewjohn9460

3y↑77

Man I have been looking for this for so long.

@BLACK-sq2if

3y↑2

Overkill?

@mathewjohn9460

@@BLACK-sq2if yeah.

@sammoses836

3y↑40

That’s it the “blah blah blah % of subscribers” bit got me to sub 😂

@Savariable

3y↑14

8:41
I personally do the shiny clause like this..

You either box the pokemon, or you sacrifice another pokemon to keep the shiny on your team. It's the same sort of trade off as in game trades. (Though I could also add the rule that maybe you need to specifically sacrifice the pokemon you got from that route if possible)

@DoctorCVC

2y↑1

I just use the shiny. If you’re playing normally, it’s only ever gonna happen like maybe once a run, if at all, so what the hell. Also I have mainly played on console so not catching a shiny is sacrilegious to me.

@DoctorCVC

2y↑2

I’ll also add, hearing his reasoning for how it affects his fun, it’s personally something exciting and fun to me, this idea that at some point during the game I could encounter a shiny, so the idea actually helps motivate/entertain me during grinding sessions.

I would never outright pause a run just to shiny hunt to abuse the clause, because that sounds so anti-fun/against the spirit of the nuzlocke.

@kheireddineattala1281

3y↑22

For the HM mle thing, I think you should pre-kill your HM mule before battling trainers as it prevents roaring or similar stuff

@conradthe2

3y↑15

Met on Text note about Black/White (2)
In Mistralton Cave, there is technically two encounters available, given the Guidance Chamber where Cobalion lives is actually read as "Guidance Chamber" in Met On Text, distinct from Mistralton Cave. I abuse it, but you don't have to

@simonalbert7518

It's only in black and white

@galaxystudios370

That is very abusable to guarantee Axew.

@DoctorCVC

2y↑9

For HM mules, since Gen 7 came out and just said “hey we’re not doing hms anymore in games” i’ve just made it a rule in pre-gen 6 games I can just catch random extra pokemon to use as hm mules whenever I want, but obviously never use them in battle. I figure if the later games are saying this is a dumb mechanic we’re not doing anymore, I’m gonna take a similar approach.

@foxoninetails_

3y↑6

When it comes to SwSh wild area encounters, I added a rule to my runs that I think makes it much more engaging to actually work with - each section of the wild area counts as a separate encounter, per "Met On", but I restrict how often I can actually get those encounters. I allow one wild area encounter upon first reaching it, and then one after beating each gym, and disallow "special encounters" (individual overworld Pokemon that are always present under given weather conditions, like the Onix to the left when you enter the wild area for the first time). Without a clause like that, it becomes much, much too easy to just spam a ton of wild area encounters into my team before even reaching the first gym, and the early game becomes entirely trivialized.

@joshuaspector8182

3y↑15

The general idea I’m getting is that you make rules to still keep the difficulty and spirit of a nuzlocke while still keeping as much fun for yourself and good content for viewers.

@Zthewise

3y↑14

With Dupes Clause I like the additional caveat that the Pokemon must still be alive when I encounter the duplicate. For example Poochyena in Emerald, if the one I meet on route 103 dies and I meet one in Petalburg woods, guess that is my encounter. There is nothing stopping me from leaving the Poochyena in the box however.

@alko9210

3y↑43

A Tutorial to "how to disable the EV-Gain in my rom" would help me a lot. Can you cover that one in a Video, Jan? ^^

@mannyns4248

3y↑2

Do EVs and IVs affect in game? Serious question as I’m kinda new trying to nuzlocke :)

@clickbaitdemo

3y↑2

@@mannyns4248 yea somewhat! but if you dont ev train you can be fine anyways. base games should be okay without any. ive been nuzlocking for five years and didnt ev train until just recently!

@glumreaper8885

3y↑4

@@mannyns4248 it's easy to play most main games without EV training, but in some of the harder romhacks it can be almost necessary (granted not all romhacks have EV training)

@lilbeyon43beotch

You know a good rom hack to start? I’ve done most vanilla games but I’m looking for a more advanced one

@clickbaitdemo

3y↑3

@@lilbeyon43beotch my first hack was voltwhite 2, not sure if I'd recommend it as your first. pc should have a video on his channel going over/ranking rom hacks :0

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@jamesondrinker

3y↑5

22:42 I was left cackling at Jan’s reaction

@trfinnila6074

3y↑12

“I think flying around on a dead Pokémon is fine” come on man where’s your morality

@MayHugger

He’s willingly sending mons to kill each other, and some out just to die. Morality is far gone by now lol.

@MLGProMaster-tu9tz

3y↑41

I'm hoping to do my first hardcore nuzlocke on FireRed, wish me luck boys.

@lfrisco2

3y↑2

Bruh in the middle of one and its harder than it seems on paper

@juxoq

3y↑2

@@lfrisco2 i can relate, i did my first nuzlocke as a nuzlocke with pc rules on pokemon sword and i still haven’t finished it because ive done over 20 attempts lol (best was getting to 8th gym)

@runl1fe

I might have to join you. I tried to do my first Nuzlocke on Radical Red and have had 9 wipes already, so maybe vanilla Fire Red is the way to go for now. 😅 Good luck!

@silversteel8160

How did it go?

@itzlqmer6084

2y↑1

@@silversteel8160 shit, I died at the rival fight at the 2nd gym place since I was under leveled and I forgot that there was the fight there

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@a.v.y8331

@Pxrfect_Blue

I was thinking a series like this would be amazing, and here it is! Looking forwards to watch more

@epicman590

Been trying to apply some of the rules I've seen in vids to my nuzlockes and it's great to finally have a document to see everything!

@sangreiti

3y↑6

As a modification to the no grinding clause, I’d be cool if at least once or twice, you’d mod the EVs of all Pokémon to be optimal for that Pokémon line. For example, all muck get max hp and spdef. It would make all mons more dangerous, yours and theirs.

@lucaillgen1248

26w

Well, in most Romhacks Jan plays, I think the opponents have optimal EVs/IVs, which makes it a lot harder seeing how Jan has to fight against optimal Pokémon besides having hot garbage for encounters

@NidotheKing

1y↑1

The only rule I skip is the nicknames. I've never liked naming my pokemon and it really doesnt make me miss them any more when I lose one.

@obits3

2y↑1

Regarding encounters, if you are playing with outside knowledge (e.g. level caps, knowing what to repel for, etc.), then I think gen 7 encounters should be based on the actual encounter tables. If the encounter table changes, it is a new area.

Regardless, I believe the most important rule is to establish what counts as an encounter and stick to it. No modification of rules mid game based on grey areas.

@arramdanielyamson4634

1y↑1

Question about dupe claus. Does the dupes clause only count for caught pokemon? If I failed an encounter on a route, can I catch that pokemon if it appears on a subsequent route?

@zertheo8410

3y↑2

I love the persona 5 and pokemon background music played throughout the video

@ajamid0145

3y↑1

what about nincada if it evolves into both shedinja and ninjask do i have to release one ?

@birdenthusiast3083

i just finished my first nuzlocke a couple days ago, maybe thats why im getting your vids recommended lately, so im only really interested in doing randomized nuzlockes which does seem to be regarded as harder, but because of this, here is one deviation i decided on for myself: i decided to allow static pokemon like legendaries or given pokemon like the egg in Crystal (like you mentioned in the beginning), castform in gen 3, to be allowed and not count as my wild encounter catch for that area, the way i randomize is i like to not do "legendary to other legendary, and normal to other normal" pokemon randomizing, and instead do completely random so its a nice boon when it comes to these pokemon as "legendaries" while often not being actually good are at an increased level while something like the egg might be the exact opposite (which ends up being a much different experience for me versus how i usually handle my wild pokemon). I found this concession/deviation to be a very nice one as a beginning nuzlocke player versus the strat of using endless repels until you get to the legendary ive seen other nuzlockers do on playthroughs (which just feels like more of an annoyance than anything).

@samkole4774

3y↑3

Having dupes clause be restrictive in what you can’t catch in addition to expanding what you can is cool, personally I just say whatever Pokémon I happen to run into is the only one I can catch but I can’t intentionally go out of my way to get a gyrados if I already have one

@icedcoffeegrigus

3y↑1

Awesome rules. I 100% agree. If you are to change just the swap style to set, no items, and level cap. The game becomes so much different. Those 3 alone are the biggest quality of life changes. I had a thought while you were talking about held items. Have you considered, if a pokemon dies with a held item, then you lose the held item as well? You deposit the pokemon in the box with the item. Idk if it would make sense because if you're "burying" you can just take the item off but just to make it more of a challenge. I havent considered it this is more fun though lol. I think it's all about fun as you said which is why items, switch ins and grinding are not fun! Good stuff

@Zackattackplayspokemon

I think my general difference here comes from gameplay variations.

Like, in a normal nuzlocke I always have switch off, but in a wedlocke variant the benefit of switch over set is overruled by the fact that you only have 2 pokemon you are switching between. An occasional free switch works much better when limited to a pair, considering that you dont have 4 other "checks vs counters" to choose from

@aloisiosenra

I created a challenge on my own which I call a "Lololocke". The main new thing is that I'm allowed to switch pokémon from the party only once after each badge / trial battle / totem battle. Essentialy, once after each level cap checkpoint. I can deposit pokémon to prevent it to overlevel (in certain games it's not possible to turn off Exp. Share), but I can't fill the empty slot. There are two exceptions to this rule: I can put Pokémon in Day-care and fill the empty slots with new encounters, but I can't get them back before the slots are empty again; if a pokémon dies, I can fill its slot with the next encounter OR I can reclaim a Pokémon in the Day-care to fill it.

@Maestro19992

3y↑1

7.1 Also happens to casual players if their pc crashes or if they forgot to save. It doesn’t have to be applicable to streamers only

@imperialraider1158

I have another idea for another rule you can add in. Whatever BST you lose in battle a Lifemeter/Life-Gauge goes down as well. (Deducting from a starting number like 5000 for example) when it hits zero you white out. Hence limiting your sacrifice plays to a finite amount. However you can pay double life points to revive a fallen team members such as a Pseudo, starter, hm slave or Legendary
This can balance out a revive as a high bst Pokémon like a FE Starter or Pseudo will quickly run your life points dry, causing a premature white out later

@spluff5

3y↑3

I like to add the rule that the 1st encounter on Route 1 or 101 in X/Y and ORAS automatically are uncatchable because they aren't random.

@JB-bc2ry

3y↑1

Which encounters are they? If they're not that good anyways it might not be bad

@scrunkore

@@JB-bc2ry Pidgey and Poochyena IIRC

@indigotyrannova6113

3y↑4

I'm wondering how the trainer house of hgss virdian works as it now functions as a mini frontier i thought i lost a pokemon but when i checked my party it wasn't red'd out or fainted so i don't know if it counts as a faint.

Any ideas guys??

@jakejake11112

1y↑1

If it goes to 0, it dies. The game healing you is irrelevant

@Shweet224

3y↑3

Good video. When you use rare candies to level up, are there any restrictions beyond the level cap of gym ace?

@brandonvinson7582

3y↑1

What about forced encounters? Kalos comes to mind. Your first encounter is always a pidgey since you can buy balls in the town before. The Snorlax later in the game also blocks access to other pokemon on the route until its dealt with.

@mistahl5350

A decent way to start getting used to the level cap would be slowly implementing it. On one run, you can't be X levels above the leader's ace. The next run you can enter the gym if your team matches the ace. Finally the next one you implement his actual rule.

Another rule to affect difficulty in the key fights might be based on how many good pokemon / moves you can bring into a fight affects your level cap. You get a range of +3 to -3 based on how many pokemon you could bring that would help give an advantage in that fight at all. Example: if you have 3 slots that can wreck Blaine, your team cannot exceed his ace, but if all of your slots could be useful, you can't be higher than his ace -3. This can help keep up the difficulty without utterly screwing anyone with horrible encounter luck. This obviously can be ignored with first gyms that are harder to implement this with

@mken101

20w

I just finished a hardcore Nuzlocke of Emerald where I did not count the starter as my Route 101 encounter. I think it's more in the spirit of the franchise that way; the first route is where you're supposed to start catching Pokémon, so blocking it off on a technicality feels wrong.

I also think it makes the early game encounters more interesting when you can check off Poochyena or Wurmple right away and get another shot at Wingull, Ralts, Shroomish, etc.

@spruce56

2y↑11

I've started using a Hall of Fame clause in my Nuzlockes - if a species appears in my Hall of Fame from a previous run, it counts as a duplicate. Changes up the early game by ruling out a couple of the most common encounters. The one exception I want to make is Altaria, because she's in my HoF, but I never even used her in those battles because they went so well! What's your position on Trade Evolutions?

@andrewshewan4551

Change Impossible Evos ✅
Let’s you get them after level 37 without needing to trade them. On cartridge, a lot of those Pokémon are strong enough without the final evolution (Kadabra, Graveler, etc all do their job well enough) but I think they look cooler.

@skycastrum5803

2y↑1

I don’t do trade evos, but that’s just because I have no friends and refuse to find them.

@sebastianchavez1225

3y↑1

The thumbnail made me think he was shirtless and the 4th rule was "no clothes" for a moment...

@NapkinDictator

2y↑1

@yellowletters9465

3y↑5

Persona 5 soundtrack be banging in the background.

@tylerhamilton9165

3y↑1

hey, great video. I've been doing a hardcore platinum nuzlocke as my first real attempt at one

do you consider pokemon encounters that end due to something like teleport,roar or whirlwind to be considered lost? aswell I've heard conflicting rules on safari zones. some people keep it to be the first encounter you get, others say you pick one from any mon you can catch with your first 30 safari balls.

love the content, keep doing you

@CivilChev

3y↑1

For Safari Zone his rule is the first encounter counts for the entireity of the zone.

As for Teleport, he has stated in other videos that if the Pokemon runs away you lose the encounter. That's why Butterfree is great for attempting to get Abra in FireRed LeadGreen.

@sooooooooDark

because the safari zone mon can flee (and its kinda satisfying to have a unique, but not necessarily overpowered, safari mon) i make it so that:
if u go into the safari zone u have to throw balls at "whatever shows up first" until its caught of flees, and if it flees u can try again until u catch something (but u mustnt throw stones/lures)

@devinlouise91

3y↑3

I like the persona music in the background

@mattcrvg

PC, do you use mid section level caps? For instance, I'm running Rising Ruby, between Brawly and Wattson there's Rival 2 and Wally. Do I apply level caps here? I usually save it for Team Ruby adms and Maxie

@JKL1805

3y↑11

"Hallo ihr Lieben KEKW" i saw that chat

@fckihate69jokes

This clears up alot for me. I've been trying to nuzlocke games for a while now (sped up of course) and there are plenty of times that i just lose my starter from bad plays or my ace pokemon that i said "nah thats bs, im reviving this" so with a heavy heart also to avoid breaking a ruleset (no matter how self imposed it may be) i release my dead mons from the pc. Man, even set mode is a different beast compared to casual play.

@iateitguy903

3y↑1

My opinion on the shiny clause might be based on the fact most of the games I play have the original 1/8000-ish chance of finding a shiny, so it hasn't really come up yet, but I personally use the variation where I can use them. I also don't have the patience to shiny hunt if I'm in a tough spot, so I can see using the other variation if you do.

For Pinwheel Forest, I get 2 encounters from that because the first and second half (at least in BW1, the one I play more) are almost all different, so I see it no differently than say, Viridian Forest or Mt. Moon vs routes 2 or 4. If the encounters weren't so drastically different I'd agree, though.

@Ziel..

"No breathing"
"No Blinking"
"No moving"

@jlakay1211

I know you'll never read this but recently I had been trying to do nuzlockes again. About a year ago I tried XY on my 3DS and just couldn't do it. I started again recently by trying Emerald but after finally reaching the 7th gym and wiping out I got a bit frustrated. I just couldn't find a ruleset / game combo that I found fun. Then I found your videos and on my 3rd attempt with Pokemon Diamond I completed my first nuzlocke run. Not only that, I also used your ruleset from this video for a HC nuzlocke. It wasn't easy for me, I had some misplays throughout the run leading to deaths including losing Tentacruel to Bertha because I didn't know sandstorm raised sp def, but I kept pushing through and now am looking forward to trying more nuzlockes. Thank you Jan.

@hrenaud8561

2y↑2

Just wanted to say I feel so much better about rare candies by knowing he uses them too

@Tinil0

I'm doing my first nuzlocke now since watching your videos got me interested and I got a friend interested to do it simultaneously. Besides no items, which I just wont be comfortable with until I have at least one nuzlocke under my belt, I think the only major difference I do from yours is that my level caps are very soft. I try my hardest to not exceed the level caps, and I stop using pokemon when possible at the level cap before the gym, but I also consider the entire gym to be free, not just the gym leader themselves. And if I DID accidentally overlevel, I wouldnt ban the pokemon til after the gym. It hasn't happened yet, and theoretically I may still ban them if I can get away with it, but I am not gonna be too strict on myself since this is fun and not for content.

Your rules are great as a baseline though. I can start with them and just adjust whatever I feel like adjusting.

@MarshallLeeFlames

3y↑1

I have a question about your ruleset. If you caught a pokemon with an ability outside the game like, for example, "Pickup", will you be able to keep it in your party so you can still benefit from the skill although you cannot use it in battle?

@sheridan5175

3y↑1

"I think flying around on a dead pokemon is fine"

@12345DJay

regarding the encounter rules:
how do you deal with the post game in FR/LG ?
can you even catch 60 different pokemon up to that point if you're limited to 1 encounter per area?
Or, for argument's sake, let's assume you beat the elite 4. you hit every area and you did not reach the required 60.
Do you consider the run over at this point or do you break the encounter rule to get to the post game?

@TheSLATEcleaner

@OffbeatOutlaw

Hey Jan! I was wondering how you rule fainting during dynamax encounters in the wild area in SWSH as when your pokemon “faint” they are able to come back within the same battle? Do you just not do those battles? Or do you have a special rule?

@megaslush9629

The subtle edits are solid - loving the channel! Always fun to catch you live :)

@nottobay6768

3y↑3

Have you considered the item clause bss and vgc use? Not that having multiples of the same item would be very common outside of farming them.

@joselmancomancoconhonor9757

@sooooooooDark

3y↑1

7:10
when does the "choosing" in a double battle take place? at the beginning of the battle? (because for example if u choose "that voltorb there" at the beginning of the battle and it goes boom - will ur encounter for that route be lost? or havent u "chosen" yet at that point?) 🤔

@Savariable

That example doesn't really work cause the explosion would have a chance of killing the ally too. (I mean that as in their ally in the wild side of the double battle)

@SuccimusPrime

3y↑1

That's an interesting one for sure. For me, id think as long as you catch a valid pokemon from that specific horde battle, youre fine.

So for example, if you wanted a Voltorb but also have a haunter on that horde battle, as long as you haven't caught a haunter yet in the run, the Voltorb blowing up means you still have a chance to catch the Haunter.

But, let's say youve already caught a Haunter, Voltorb blows up, there's no more valid pokemon in the horde, sucks to suck you lose the encounter for that route

EDIT: Id also personally rule that if I accidentally kill my "chosen" mon in a horde, but theres still a valid mon for me to catch in order for it to count as an encounter, i can still try to catch that other pokemon if i want it.

@bloolao8412

I'm trying to come back to nuzlocke cause your channel got my hyped again, but there's always been things that slowed me down SO MUCH. I know nuzlock'ing is a lot of info searching, I've already done that quite a lot.
But I was wondering : is there an easy way to have access to certain info such as max lvl for a gym leader ? Also if I'd like to do a certain type only nuzlocke, is there an easy way to find out where are each pokemon that I can potentially get in the version I'm playing ?
Thanks for the answers if there are some. Nice videos man, loving it.

@bena.5730

you can find all that information on wikis like seerebi and pokewiki

@csieg1608

How does the level cap works in johto???
The 6 gym leader has a higher level than the 7 gym leader
Or fights he the 7 before the 6?

@pikasup1696

3y↑91

PC being based by telling you to subscribe without statistics rather than being cringe by showing you youtube stats

R E S P E C T

@pengoschwortz4734

3y↑3

I think the Youtubers who show the percent don’t deserve subs because of how desperate they sound 😂 it actually makes me less likely to subscribe just because it’s so annoying and whiny

@adripurdy1998

omg the shade

@redmenace2997

Yes dream! Of *gloglgolguguglgoglg* course I'll subscribe and *glolgogolguguglugllgogl* give you more money!!!!

@g.wilson536

3y↑5

Ya know, when it comes to switch/set, I feel there should be a third option middle ground that gives you the option to switch out pokemon after knocking out the enemy pokemon, but you aren't told what they're going to switch into.

@Diamond1234548

3y↑3

"I do not recommend using this ruleset as your very first Nuzlocke Challenge"
Well what do you know, I was inspired by this channel, and after years of playing pokemon I finally started my very first nuzlocke challenge with these rules in Black 2
Just made it pass Elesa, wish me luck!

@feva6774

3y↑2

I've been playing with this ruleset, but there's one thing I haven't caught from pc: what about safari zone encounters? I straight up throw pokeballs to everything i encounter and keep the first one that sticks, how is he handling them?

@wildstorm3486

Check out around 24:55 to 25:15
You can only get one encounter in the Safari zone because of the met on text in the encounter capture rules. Around section 1.1 of the document.

@feva6774

@@wildstorm3486 yeah i get you can only keep the first mon on an area but with the catch system being so different in the safari zone and being so likely that you straight up lose an encounter, maybe he had some other rule for it, like the first one that you were able to catch is the one you keep

@wildstorm3486

3y↑1

@oriolpiquer6287

3y↑1

Ever since I discovered this channel, I have been able to be more consistent in nuzlockes and beat my friends if we ever compete

@Oquev

i commented on this, it's so good so see it. I know you can just use your own logic or preference in certain conditions but since this is no small channel the community can exchange their experiencies with the ruleset more easily.
One specific question i've had was if repel trick encounters counted as static for the banlist

@TheAntsygamer

3y↑1

That met on rule is so difficult in Ultra sun and ultra moon compared to OG sun and moon due to that first section of the game

@Insaid_me_

i'm quite sure the first song he used around 4:30 is a song by a nds yu-gi-oh game
can anybody help me ?
i can't find it

@virusmochi

How does the level cap work in black and white, as there are two final battles after the elite four, but you are given the ability to access a pc and switch or heal your pokemon, or even leave the area to train?

@majesticsandwich9134

47w

Hey, does anyone know what Pokemon Challenges does for friendship evolutions? Does he just run back and forth on speed up or does he give himself access to friendship raising items like berries that boost friendship but lower EV's, im doing an Emerald Kaizo run and want to know how PC does it. Thanks!

@Hanetsune

3y↑7

I wonder how a battle style would be where the game asks if you want to swap Pokémon before your opponent sends out their next Pokémon, BUT the game does not tell you what Pokémon they are sending out next. I guess you could predict the AI rather easily, but I think this could be interesting option if you didn't know what your opponent had in the first place.

@IAMJERM

3y↑2

Damn. That pitch got me to subscribe 😂

@astr4ll141

3y↑1

Personally for wild area encounters I allow myself one encounter before the first gym and one after every gym beaten. I feel like this is a good balance instead of going for the entire wild area because there are way too many areas there. Also, how do you work in the DLC's? I just restrict them

@Space_Explosion

3y↑7

Please react to Flygon HG’s fire type only diamond nuzlocke! The amount of thought he put into the runs were insane

@kingarthur8222

3y↑1

I kinda do my own thing with encounters while mainly following these encounter rules. I'm doing a Volt White 2 nuzlocke right now, caught an Audino early on, and in the Route directly outside Lentimas town, shaking grass only have Audino and Gliscor. I repelled and went for shaking grasses until I got the 5% encounter. Would that be allowed under this rule set?

@yech3461

Using duplication clause to manipulate what encounter you get on a route is a strategy Jan actually uses in some of his runs so ye that's allowed under the ruleset

@kingarthur8222

Thanks, I thought I heard him mention something about shaking grass, but I was doing something at the time and haven't rewatched the video yet

@michaellogozzo2073

3y↑1

I say outrule “grinding” for shinies as in encountering trying to find a shiny (as long as the shiny rate is decently ok like 1/8000 or 1/4000) because shinies are cool to use but abusing the clause is cheap

@owenbogle9843

What is the level cap rules for the original Black and White? Are you allowed to switch team members after the Elite 4?

Usually in a nuzlocke once you enter the elite four you aren’t allowed to use candies and your team is set in stone (in Unovas case at lvl 50). Does The separation of Ghetsis and N allow you to switch your team and grind up to level 52 for the champion fight? Does this also mean you can overlevel in the elite four? Does that mean that Pokémon is useless for the rest of it? Usually in edge cases I choose my own rules that make sense but this is kind of complicated, and I’m not really sure how to handle it.

@S73V3N0D0

3y↑1

What about Route 1 in Sun and Moon / USUM?
route 1 spans over 3 very different areas.

@kamikazesenpai21

@aleck.492

I CANT BELIEVE, THIS INTRO WAS BASED.
PC improved his game

@LBNinja7

I have had a question for a while and you didnt answer it. in a raid den in sw/sh, you always say those are broken ways to grind. when your pokemon drops to 0 in one of these, it can come back, and is always at 1hp after the battle. do you count that pokemon as dead?
thanks

@bena.5730

he does, which makes them risky

@anon-kc1bk

3y↑2

Guys, how many times can I reroll per route? For example I get 3-4 Poochyena (example) encounters, should I keep trying until something else appears (for example slakoth, wurmple etc. spawn in that area)?

@gregburden416

Yes

@ernestotorelli1209

3y↑1

I once caught four gyarados in heart gold, two of them just as a buffer for a strategy to catch Ho-oh. I'm now starting to consider using a mandatory dupes clause.

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