#Weirdly I associate Prehistoric Ruins with Atlantis The Lost Empire because I watched it the night before

[melonthesprigatito]

Happy 7th Anniversary to the Dumbest Most Painful Mistake I Ever Made In A Video Game Ever

(Screenshotted from Archiverse)

I spent literal weeks stockpiling supplies, I gathered 99 Guiding Wands to find the stairs on each floor to get to the top faster, 10 Progress Device+ to put down every ten floors as save checkpoints in case I died horribly so I wouldn't lose my items, Perfect Apples so I wouldn't starve to death. It takes a while to find Gold Bars in the ground to buy these things you know.

I even went to Bulbapedia and wrote down ALL the Pokémon I would encounter and what floors they appeared on in a notebook.

March 31st to April 2nd, top ten pictures taken moments before disaster.

See, what I didn't mention in the first post was that I actually completed the entire dungeon and went back to the Expedition Society HQ. I was super confused, so I resetted to the Floor 90 Progress Device+, climbed to Floor 98 AGAIN, then checked my Connection Orb and discovered my fatal error.

:)))))

Yeaaah, I got hit with that crushing regret so bad that I felt nauseous. I could feel it in the pit of my stomach.

I actually did get put off from touching the game again.

But I buckled down and tried again with less supplies, because FUCK IT I did it once, I can do it again.

(Actually I somehow turned off ALL of my Partner's moves and forgot to turn them back on again???? so she didn't attack the entire dungeon and I didn't realise I until Floor 80, or something.)

I made it. As you can see from Snowflake's pissed off caption, I kinda funneled my frustration into that post.

And yes, I did go from Level 79 to Level 92 from two dungeon expeditions. The EXP gain in Destiny Tower is crazy.

I felt so accomplished from this incident that I included it in a "Write About A Time You Overcame a Struggle!!!" essay in English class. My teacher didn't think it was important enough to write about so I got a lower grade. I'm not proud of it.

I got cut deep. I went on to be terrified of all the mandatory to unlock more content 99 Floor Dungeons in Blue Rescue Team.

And then during the pandemic I scaled Buried Relic several times while binge watching Tremors: The Series to grind Rescue Team points in Rescue Team DX. I guess I'm cured now?