@Lady why

@aescling why does anyone do any challenge run

@Lady @aescling i think it varies depending on the specific challenge.

tho to answer cat's question, this idea seems like its big advantages are that it would encourage one to use mons you otherwise might not by randomly shrinking the available pool of mons (as is common in e.g. nuzlockes) but without bias against infrequently-appearing mons

@alyssa @aescling yeah i think “here is a somewhat limited selection of available pokémon and you have to make them work together” is interesting, but would PREFER a system that occasionally gave you “whoops, the only pokémon from dark cave you can use is the 1% encounter rate dunsparce”

@Lady @aescling wait are you doing this in your current HG playthru?

@alyssa @aescling no i just like dunsparce

@Lady @alyssa it’s pretty good in open great league ftr

@aescling @alyssa i play pokémon as an RPG not an esport