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[spinnerlockeplay]

Pokemon FireRed Nuzlocke Part 4 - Diglett Problems (Celadon Gym Part 1)

Okay, it's official. I'm a busy writer and I neglected too much on the current playthrough and post that I had to get this back and try to finish this as best as I can. I'll explain soon, but for now, I should get this over with.

Don't worry, I'm still not abandoning it and I just finished Pokemon Violet. So if possible, I might finish this depending on the progress. So with that out of the way, time to continue this playthrough.

Basic Nuzlocke Rules

Species Clause

Gym Level Limit: 30

Lives: 8

Detailed Rules

Before we start, remember one of the rules I made for this Nuzlocke, which is "The battle style must be on Switch."?

Well, I'm ripping it away temporarily for this next Gym Rule!

Current Gym Rule:

Set Challenge Rule - If defeated before and during the fourth gym, I can restart my save file and I’m allowed to revive one dead Pokemon for each wipeout. Until I defeat the fourth gym, I must change my battle style to "Set" in all battles. Additionally, I can only use 5 Potions and 5 Super Potions for the gym leader battle. Once the gym is defeated, one life is deducted if no whiteouts or additional life if there are whiteouts.

I had to make this rule for this gym because one: with two of my party strong against Grass-types, I have to set a handicap.

Two: I need an extra challenge and despair.

Sure, I already lost Aggro the Spearow and Nerde the Magikarp (which BTW, still stung even to this day), but most of them came from wild Pokemon battles, and reading back on my previous posts, only the Vermilion Gym has some description regarding my struggles against my Gym Leader battle. And it's been a while since I do a Set (after my failed Platinum Nuzlocke... T_T), so this is just a test bed to see if I can do it again, namely at the Elite Four battle.

Also, I need to clarify something about my version of the Dupes Clause, namely how I deal with dead Pokemon. Bulbapedia and other sites such as the Nuzlocke Reddit have broad terms regarding the clause itself, so I ultimately decided that if I encounter a duplicate, but that said Pokemon is dead, I'm free to capture them. I'll amend this rule after this post will go up. With that said...

(So I found another Magikarp...)

I had to catch it on Route 6! Although in my defense, I should have caught it at Vermilion City to save the route in case of emergencies. But I was desperate to replace Nerde and I WANT MY GYARADOS! Of course, since he's somehow the successor of Nerde, I had to call him "Salty" based on NerdeCrafter's alternate persona, "SalteCrafter".

So back to my journey, I switch out from Radish to Salty to grind him up to my current party level and headed off to Route 11 to battle the rest of the trainers there. Wrecker evolved into Graveler during the whole grinding session and Queen got in trouble with a Gamer's Bellsprout...

So far, it's a normal grinding session with no issues. But then, I battled an Electrician...

(Crap.)

In case you've been living under a rock, Voltorb is an Electric-type Pokemon that has an appearance of a Poke Ball, which is perfect to end a Nuzlocke run to any unsuspecting trainers. But its appearance isn't the problem, it's their movesets. It has Screech, which lowers Defense by two stages and the two dreaded moves:

Selfdestruct and EXPLOSION.

Both of them not only deal a large amount of damage to one of my Pokemon, which might be enough to kill them, but the user faints when they use it. I repeat: THE USER FAINTS. WHEN THEY USE ONE OF THESE MOVES.

So if Voltorb used one of them, Flora would be dead by now. Luckily, Voltorb used Screech first and Flora knocked them out before they had the chance to attack. And trust me, this was not the last I saw them.

After I beat all of the trainers, I headed into the gate where I failed to get an Item Finder from one of Professor Oak's aides, which you need 50 captured Pokemon to do so. And knowing the rules of the Nuzlocke, I moved on.

At least, I tried to... I got blocked by Snorlax's big butt. So back to the drawing board...

After I healed my party back at Vermilion's Pokemon Center, I decided to traverse through Diglett's Cave to discover what was on the other side. But because of Nerde's death, I can't trust Salty on getting more EXP from switch grinding. So I had to give Salty a break and lead the whole trek with Flora.

But it seemed that the Diglett inside were not only annoying to run into but dangerous even for Flora. At one point, I encountered a Dugtrio who not only Mud-Slapped Flora to blind her, but they also used Dig so many times, that she kept missing her Razor Leaves and I had to use my Super Potions to save her from near death.

On one hand, we made it out unscathed, and found myself back at Route 2. On the other...

(I'm an idiot.)

Yeah, I left Bait in the PC. That was stupid.

In my defense, it's been a since I resume this Nuzlocke two times and with all of my writing, RPing, and more, I'm a very busy person. But yeah, enough with the excuses...

As if karma struck me, I was forced to endure the cave with more Digletts and Dugtrio messing Flora up, get back to Viridian's Pokemon Center, heal up, switch Queen with Bait, and endure the cave all over again! If I have any hatred for one of the Pokemon, it has to be those small moles ruining me at every turn!

After that nightmarish back-and-forth through Diglett's Cave, I headed into a hidden gate blocked by a tree and got HM05 from another aide since I got 19 caught Pokemon (thankfully). I headed back to Viridian City and grabbed a Potion there. Also, I met a sleepy guy who offered me the Dream Eater move, which I taught to my Drowzee. I also went to Pewter City through the shortcut and grabbed an Old Amber from a scientist in the museum, finishing any remaining tasks in both towns.

After that (another) nightmarish back-and-forth through Diglett's Cave for the last time, I traced my steps back from Vermilion to Cerulean and exchanged the Bike Voucher I got from the Fan Club president for a Bicycle. But once I headed into Route 9 to battle some trainers, I realized something...

(I got a bike! ...Did I forget something else?)

Yeah, I wasn't thinking straight lately and I forgot I was supposed to switch it to "Set" for this special Gym rule. Thankfully, this is my Nuzlocke and I can make my rules!

Set Challenge Rule - If defeated before and during the fourth gym, I can restart my save file and I’m allowed to revive one dead Pokemon for each wipeout. Until I defeat the fourth gym, I must change my battle style to "Set" in all battles starting in Route 10. Additionally, I can only use 5 Potions and 5 Super Potions for the gym leader battle. Once the gym is defeated, one life is deducted if no whiteouts or additional life if there are whiteouts.

Much better! Now then...

On Route 9, I caught another Spearow to replace Aggro (which I named him "Anger") and battled some trainers there. But thanks to me I changed my battle style to "Set", Drowsy got a close call from battling one of the trainers. And once I'm on Route 10...

(Double crap.)

Yeah, my first encounter there was a Voltorb. Help me.

Before it could get any ideas exploding on Flora's face, I Sleep Powder and caught them, naming them "Volleyball". I would name them "Dodgeball", but again, I wasn't thinking straight and I panicked over Voltorb's potential Selfdestruct. Also, I overreacted when I saw Voltorb because I checked their moveset and saw that there were no signs of Selfdestruct anywhere. Yeah, I'm a bit stupid, but at least most of the Voltorbs on Route 10 can't explode.

This was actually perfect because I decided to spend some time on Route 10 grinding some EXP for Salty. If I want to avoid the same fate as Nerde, I have to buff Salty up into a Gyarados. I also trained Volleyball up to see what I could do with his moveset, which while they didn't have any Selfdestruct, I couldn't see any Electric-type attack except Charge...which could do what was on the name!

Before Gen. 4, the physical and special attacks were determined by types such as physical moves were Normal, Fighting, Flying, Ground, Rock, Bug, Ghost, Poison, and Steel. As you might have guessed, Electric is a special move. Luckily, Voltorb is good with Special Attack, only half compared to their high Speed. So even learning Spark is enough for them to survive without relying on a TM. The only problem is the rest of their moves after Level 21, which gives me concerns about how useful Volleyball will be for future battles to come. And lastly, I need to level up Bait and Queen up to match with the others. Sure, Bait is still death fodder that I loved and I'm not sure Queen can handle the Celadon Gym. But I need to prepare for the worse and I'm not leaving until everyone on my team are strong enough to take on any challenges and emergencies along the way.

(On the bright side, I got a Gyarados! But at what cost? 😶)

So I was planning to end this blog post with the Celadon gym battle like the previous posts. But it seems I wrote a bit too much on this post, especially with my explanations, and I may need to go through another city to end it instead. Then again, the last post was 1 year ago, so whoops. So consider this part 1 of the Celadon Gym challenge. I'll see if I can resume the Nuzlocke after finishing Pokemon Violet, so see ya in the next post, next year!

I hope.

[stephanidftba]

Sika posted some pics (new merch dropping soon!) and I saw a meme template.

Source

Image description: In the foreground, a light skinned woman with shoulder length brown hair and a blue beanie looks at the camera seriously. Her dark blue shirt has a cartoon Bulbasaur on it eating a sandwich, and the caption reads "I will eat" before it is cut off. Behind her is a light skinned woman with curly black hair, making a funny excited face at the camera. Her grey hoodie has the same design, but is too blurry to read and is blocked by the woman in the foreground. End ID.

Image description: the same photo, but the woman in the foreground is labeled "me, trying to work on my work in progress" and the woman in the background is labeled "new idea". End ID.

[katnightposts]

Its been a while since I’ve posted literally anything since the making of this account again on Tumblr. BUT! I’m back for now and I’ll try to post a pic or two if I don’t forget this page exists (ಥ_ಥ). But I drew this mini fan art comic of youtuber NerdeCrafter, hope you enjoy the sweet salt of it, and till next time I guess. 

¯\_( ◉ 3 ◉ )_/¯

[hello-confess-to-me]

Changes Colors! Customizing 4 AIRPODS + Giveaway Turning Airpods into Cl

If any of my followers on here love crafting videos, amazing humor and being salty over bad craft kits then I highly recommend Nerdecrafter. Jackie is one of the funniest and most serious people on youtube I’ve enjoyed watching. Her SaltEcrafter reviews are amazing as they’re full of funny jokes and it’s always interesting when a kit actually works as intended. Not only this but she also delivers the pros and cons about each kit and if you should buy them or not. 

If that’s the type of thing you’re into (Like I am) You should totally check her channel out!!! 

[the-ballet-prince]

Male!Saltecrafter = Fakir

Why am I imagining Fakir from Princess Tutu doing salty reviews to determine which kits would be better for Mytho to play with. lol

[aestheticsyoutubers]

jackie, nerdecrafter ↳ testing walmart mini tarts pastry set craft kit (saltecrafter #58)

[jackdrawsgames]

So I was reading through the comments of one of @nerdecrafter ‘s vlogs (the one where they shaved sika’s head) and one of them was “I can imagine Jackie walking around in a huge fluffy jacket and with a diamond cane and she looks fabulous” and y’know what? Yes, yes she does. #nerdecrafter #fanart #nerdejackie #saltecrafter #digitalart #youtuberfab #crafting #drawing #illustrations #sketch #colored https://www.instagram.com/p/B4IQAxFpTzu/?igshid=m7xm8w32o117

[calvinpoe-archive]

I drew one of my favorite youtubers. NerdEcrafter. If you don’t watch her, and love craft videos, I highly recommend you follow her. She is funny, and so encouraging. 

[lylacrafter]

Salt shaker aesthetic?

[justpastthesecondstar]

After all the drama I want to take the opportunity to Stan some unproblematic queens. These are like the only youtubers I watch, so please feel free to add your own!

[awildrandomdork]

nobody:

literally nobody:

donnie when he hears about magic/ mystic weapons:

[sweetly-dark-art]

Soooooo I work a day job in retail, finally managed to get a little vacation time in now that the holidays are over. And the first thing I do besides some house cleaning is make some polymer clay unicorns. The tiny one is a Derp-A-Corn and the bigger flat back is a Salt-E-Corn. . . . #sweetlydark #SWEETLYDARKART #SALTY #SALTECRAFTER #NERDECRAFTER #polymerclay #unicorn #derpyunicorn #saltyunicorn https://www.instagram.com/p/BtPkcrglWxB/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=18lbgdnk15s0e

[ultimatenutshackfangirl]

The face he's making on the top right corner looks very similar to NerdECrafter's "SaltECrafter" face.

All of these faces were pulled off in the span of 2 minutes

[angietheinsanecatreviews]

SarasBeautyCorner VS NerdECrafter

TL;DR I side with SaltECrafter and Sara’s argument falls flat because of several different factors.

Read more if you’d like to know how I came to my verdict. Also, I’m sorry that I can’t ever not make a massive wall of text when I review things lol.

*edit* 

Hey Hi :D

I made a video about this on my youtube Channel Check it out if you’d like

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQbg8KpQbOk&t The SaltE Debacle

I feel very compelled to write this after watching Sara’s video as a response to Jackie’s videos. At the moment I’m actually in the midst of writing a paper on moral justice and legal justice. Why I think they should co-exist within each other. 

However, I have to take a break from this paper to make a rather long-winded lengthy comment/review of this video. I don’t want to dismiss either persons’ feelings as they are justified in this case. I merely want to point out where they might be mistaken and give an overall review of how I think both sides might not be handling it in the best manner. 

I will be dissecting both Sara’s responses to Jackie’s videos and like-wise Jackie’s responses to Sara’s allegations/Jackie’s allegations towards Sara etc. 

I’m going to try to do this in an unbiased matter as I always want to see both sides of someone’s story before I make the final verdict.

Not to act like I’m the Youtube courtroom or something (That’s just silly). 

(Source links will be placed where appropriate) 

First, let’s go into a quick synopsis of what has happened for anyone just taking this in at first glance. 

Jackie (AKA NerdECrafter or in this case SaltECrafter) took it upon her self to make a review solely based on satire and the fact that as a teacher she calls bull on this fooling any sane, university trained educator.  She was reacting to SaraBeautyCorner’s video on 3 back to school DIYs. She took clips from Sara’s video and inserted it into her video criticizing these “hacks”. 

Sara than holds Jackie’s video because she believes that it is in violation of copyright/fair use. Also holding onto the monetized earnings of said video. 

Jackie “retaliates” by posting a video claiming that Sara is holding her video hostage because she believes it infringes on her content and therefore is in violation of copyright/fair use. Jackie states it’s not in violation because it’s commentary based on Sara’s DIY video and that Sara is claiming she COMPLETELY Uploaded her entire video to her channel. She claims that Sara is being “unfair”.

Sara responds that she’s not being unfair that Jackie took 30% of her content and reuploaded it without her permission and that violates the fair use/copyright claim. 

Now that we’re caught up on that; let’s pick one side to dissect. Let’s pick Sara side first. 

Sara claims Jackie took around 30 percent of her  21:02 video(upon further research this is in fact allowed) . She states in her video that she took 6 min. 30 sec. of her content that she didn’t give permission for Jackie to take to use in her react video. She takes clips from Jackie’s video about why she doesn’t believe she’s in violation of copyright/fair use. 

Sara dissects Jackie’s video in such a way that it makes Jackie seem childish and rude. Sara believes that for Jackie to respond the way she did towards her retaliation in holding on to Jackie’s content and money. Stating that she got attacked by Jackie’s fans. Such as threats, insults, and other negative comments on something her boyfriend and her worked on for weeks than she changes it to months. She states she’s not hurt about Jackie’s commentary but rather that she took SOO much of her video without asking. That she could have taken a lot less to make her point more coherent. She states that Jackie’s video is entirely illegal and asked Jackie to take it down or use fewer clips from her DIY. 

Jackie denied her request as she believes that her satire and commentary meets the fair use qualifications. 

Sara quotes the four factors of fair use 

1. Purpose and character of the use, commercial or educational non-profit

2. Nature of the copyrighted work

3. The amount used 

4. The effect of the use on the potential market

So becoming unbiased to Sara’s outcries I decided to look into her claims as to why it’s infringing on her “creative work”.

So let's get into it:

Source

First, the purpose and character of the content 

Did Jackie’s commentary and satire transform/add a new expression or meaning to Sara’s content? 

I believe that it did. Jackie continually makes comments, reacts, and applies satire to Sara’s DIY/hacks. She explains from a professional educators point of view that if any of these “hacks” were applied in the classroom to smuggle or otherwise break the rules. That they would be made a fool. That in a way the kids/students’ parents who fork out money for supplies that are often very expensive are disrespected because their children are ruining these supplies that they spent hard earned money on to assist their studies. 

That a large amount of sugar will distract the students from learning correctly.

Did Jackie add value to the original by creating new information, new aesthetics, new insights, and understandings? 

I believe that Jackie did. 

The pieces of information she provided:

That those children might not gain proper education because they’re following these hacks instead of studying. 

That parents are essentially wasting their money on school supplies because their child will only destroy them.

I’m going to interject that from my experience in customer service that children that watch youtube DIYs/crafting and Vlogging are very impressionable. They are often between 5 and 8 and that they idolize the people who make the content. My experience once was from work when a 6-year-old pretended she was vlogging and talking to her viewers as her mom said: “She’s going through a youtube phase.” The second is my niece and nephews like to emulate their favorite youtube gamers.

I don’t believe that new aesthetics were applied except maybe if we apply it to the criticism of Sara’s video then yes. I believe this might be a weak argument. 

Jackie gave new insights on how her fellow co-workers and parents might feel if they got an evaluation stating that their child is destroying their supplies to break the no food rule. 

I believe Jackie’s point of view gave new understandings as to why this might be destructive to a students education.

The first rule has been followed to a point. Of course, as the article points out this is subjective. However, I believe by using the fair use guidelines she followed the first rule.

Rich Stim gives an example that I’m going to cite from his blog which I believe both content creators are taking from:

Rich Stim states: “In a parody, for example, the parodist transforms the original by holding it up to ridicule. At the same time, a work does not become a parody simply because the author models characters after those found in a famous work. Purposes such as scholarship, research, or education may also qualify as transformative uses because the work is the subject of review or commentary.”

Jackie did ridicule it ( sometimes harsher than maybe she should have). She also didn’t take on the exact likeness of the characters only their actions with an undertone of mocking the actions of the characters. 

Second, the nature of the works:

Sara’s content is a parody of Jackie’s profession and Jackie’s video is a parody of Sara’s content. Though Sara’s video wasn’t directly pointed at Jackie nor was she bullying Jackie when she was portraying teachers as dense and aloof. 

Likewise, Jackie was not bullying Sara. She was only showcasing as to why she thought these “hacks” were pointless. 

So the nature of these two works is both informative. 

Sara the student- Teachers seem to be mean and don’t understand the pains of hunger and needing that sugar fix.

Jackie the teacher- Students should focus on their studies not their stomachs if it becomes a distraction when there are healthy alternatives.

Looking at this subjectively and wanting to point out neither of their feelings are wrong I can understand why Sara might have felt attacked however the nature of Jackie’s commentary is not as nefarious as Sara likes to point out quite a lot in her response video.

Third, the amount and substantiality of the Portion Taken

According to Rich the less of the content, you take the better that your case may be excused from a copyright strike but quite on the contrary as this subject is strictly a parody 

Rich states:  “This rule—less is more—is not necessarily true in parody cases. A parodist is permitted to borrow quite a bit, even the heart of the original work, in order to conjure up the original work. That’s because, as the Supreme Court has acknowledged, “the heart is also what most readily conjures up the [original] for parody, and it is the heart at which parody takes aim.” (Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, 510 U.S. 569 (1994).)” 

So, in this case, Sara’s argument is somewhat invalid in this rule. Jackie did, in fact, follow this guideline. Because Jackie’s video is as she states “Parody and commentary”. 

And my review of Jackie’s video is that it is satirical commentary.

Finally, the effect on the potential market. 

Did Jackie’s satirical commentary damage Sara’s potential earnings?

I’m looking at Sara’s social blade and no it did not. She has 9mil subscribers and counting. 

This argument is also invalid.

30% is such a small percentage of the video that it would barely affect any of her income if at all.

So reading Rich Stims article there’s also more information I’d like to cover in this review. He points out of course that my review will contradict itself or conflict with the rules stated above but that I have to make subjective judgments. 

My judgment in Sara using the four factors of fair use to support her complaint overruled. Because Jackie did, in fact, follow the four rules as her video is a parody if not considered constructive criticism in the form of her commentary. 

Jackie never claimed even by monetizing it that she owned Sara’s entire video content. She only used so very little of Sara’s content.

I think in order for Jackie to ever avoid this kind of backlash she should ask permission even if she thinks she shouldn’t have to. Jackie is neither above other content creators or below them. 

I also think Sara needs to step off of her high horse a little and stop acting like her content is the bee's knees of the crafting world. It’s not. Aesthetically pleasing if high saturation and dorky faces are your aesthetic. 

I definitely think Rich Stims Measuring Fair Use is excellent for using in arguments but you have to step outside your own critiques of Jackie’s work and look into your own. Sara, you are not above being criticized by other content creators and as I watched your response video I felt like you had a higher than thou attitude towards Jackie. That you thought her content was lazy and poorly executed.

Your response video was very redundant. You kept mentioning how you’re not a saint no youtuber is a saint. That you think that it’s extremely lazy that content creators take portions from other creators to make viable reviews on their videos.

You said that it's completely irrelevant to you that Jackie made commentary but that she took too much footage when she took the allotted percentage.

You continuously make contradictory arguments toward Jackie. That Jackie said you were punishing her but that you weren’t. In the beginning, you mentioned that you had three options. Hold her video to ensure that she never does that again. That is precisely what a punishment does. 

That you’re not annoyed that she made a review but that she took too much of your footage which is a complaint and in your video, you’re clearly irritated.  

You both say that 20% is allowed you’re both mistaken it’s 30%

For Jackie, if you would like my constructive criticism:

It’s dangerous out there take this

I feel Jackie was entirely within the guidelines of fair use upon the evidence received and that Sara’s response falls flat.

My verdict remains the same from my comment on Sara’s Response video. That I believe that Sara might be a little bitter from Jackie’s satirical commentary.

I feel if this would be taken to court that it would probably be dismissed if fair use is the only thing you have. If Sara thinks she can bring in the other factors

Like:

Intellectual Property and Creative Commons

IP doesn’t apply here because Sara’s video doesn’t benefit society it is in my point of view strictly for entertainment purposes.

The only thing in Sara’s video that was CC was the music

I was going to dissect Jackie’s video but as both videos are so closely intertwined I feel as though that would just be beating a dead horse.

The only advice I would give SaltECrafter is to ask and if they don’t give a butthurt response and give the green light you’re good to go. 

[poobit]

for no particular reason, here are some yt channels i like

emmymadeinjapan - emmy is a woman who makes mostly, cooking videos of either foreign traditional recipes, asian food/snacks and kitchen gadget reviews (retro or as seen on tv) , shes got such a great and kind personality and carries out every recipe with such respect and honesty, mom comedy, i like the way she says “scrumptious” .

Overly Sarcastic Productions - an informative channel about character tropes,mithologies, literature and media , but also has its historian side, all drawn in a pretty cute and simple style , with humor but on the polite side and not actually that sarcastic as it may seem. I actually learned a lot.

Maqaroon - a very cutesy diy channel , but very calm and not ...well, annoying, accesible in both english and german i believe, very honest in every failed try and process to the final outcome of a first try at like, anything, slime, plushies,tips on how to start sewing, how to craft, all kinds of cute shit thats easy to make but isnt utterly cheap looking or dangerous. 

Nitrorad - underappreciated in my eyes, James is a game reviewer, mostly indie and rpg games , but has his fair share of reviews on old ps1 games , not very much about making a show out of it, or make it Super Funny, little to no screaming around, just an entertaining and calm review experience , from game story to mechanics, and he has decent editing, and i like his voice . 

NerdECrafter - a crafter channel of course, at first i found her a bit too amateur ish? but i warmed up to her personality and the way she styled her artwork/sculptures, and then she started doing her SaltECrafter series (where she reviews diy kits) and she just got, very funny in a sincere and lighthearted way, always wears pokemon hats in every single video and i think thats fun .

DollMotion - listen this doll repainter doesnt fuck around with body mods and monsters, SHE REALLY has such an unique “ugly” kind of style that just , entices me to watch every bit of the process, she doesnt get afraid to make girl dolls as weird, mystical as they get, and as the name implies shes an animator , and is always able to make cool stop motion bits in every video, also i just love her accent, so european but thank god, not british.

ANYWAYS THIS WENT ON TOO LONG IM FORGETTING SOME BUT ..YEAH