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@redfuentesremix3108

6 ай бұрын

"Merry Christmas!" for you and everyone else :)

@catsthatsmokemeth

6 ай бұрын

It’s Sprigatito…not Sprigato. Loser

@acidmindstate3418

6 ай бұрын

Go for the 4.0radical red hc nuzlocke plz ;)

@beaksters

3 ай бұрын

Dope

Alpharad phrased the whole candies debacle the best: "Grinding is cringe and cheating is based"

@jaimereupert4247

6 ай бұрын

Grinding is part of the game and cheating is cheating. If you're hacking in rare candies, your nuzlocke runs are NOT legitimate.

@gabrieldixon9621

6 ай бұрын

​@@jaimereupert4247if I catch anyone cheating in rare candies then they WILL be banned from nuzlocking for life

@wysaab

6 ай бұрын

​@@jaimereupert4247 rofl okay dude enjoy wastong 12 hours grinding in your gen 2 runs for "integrity" just to fuck up some calc on an explosion mon

@InsertFunnyThingHere

6 ай бұрын

​@@jaimereupert4247unless you're trash you shouldn't ever lose a pokemon to grinding rare candies just skip the almost objectively not fun part of the game, specially true for the elite four's because most of their level caps are like 10 levels above the last level cap and that's just nonsense. You could make an argument that rare candies are a downgrade if anything because you lose out on a lot of potential EVs just for the ability to do the already almost completely riskless process faster I could see an argument to be done about banning them in the early game when deaths to wild pokemon are more plausible and level caps are small so it's less justifyable, but really who cares

@drsupriyobhattacharya7422

6 ай бұрын

​@@jaimereupert4247if you wanna sit there for like 2 hours straight and grind your ass off hey you do you

There's a subtle, humorous foreshadowing with Jan saying that Cyclizar is a Pokemon that requires having good strategies to be effective

1:06:41 “The Onix clip is nothing compared to the damage this man has done” That’s it, Gerber’s dead, there’s no coming back from that

@SomeAsian

5 ай бұрын

Braden Captain Kidd (> '_')>

@josanchez1536

Ай бұрын

Gerber also pushed them to do the clay gym before grinding. And I'd have to recheck but he may have also pushed them to do Flannery without grinding but not as sure on the Flannery thing. Don't trust Gerber

"Any of Salty's friend in the next Friendlocke that chooses not to evolve, $50 for you" Welp, it's been fun folks, but seems like this is now the end of Friendlockes for good lol

@anotherrandomuser1015

6 ай бұрын

Yeah cause they’re not gonna be friends anymore lol

Something to note here is that Torch Song ignores substitutes. Thus, Shed Tail would not have been a good play in the Skeledirge encounters.

@azurerandomness

6 ай бұрын

Ohhhh right it’s a sound based move and those ignore subs don’t they

@tripleaaabattery8480

6 ай бұрын

God Skeledirge is so strong

@DParkerNunya

5 ай бұрын

Skeledirge is so strong that it makes picking Quaxly dangerous. I say this as someone who loves Quaxly the most out of the three starters.

51:29 To anyone who wasn't there to read the manga (the VOD or livestream), I cannot underestimate how **PISSED** Salty got. The Greedent bs with Mikey wasn't Salty being angry, he was annoyed. You can tell because despite the tone, he was still talkative and witty. After Gerber and Jay's graveyard cook-off, Salty was almost dead silent for most of the stream after that. No more laughs, no more jokes, you can feel the tension. It's gotten past the point of loud anger and went straight into silent seething rage. The editors did an honestly swell job hiding how much anger Derek was radiating on that stream. You can *_TELL_* he wanted to end the stream right then and there, even Chat was kinda spooked. I highly recommend you check the VOD and the anime (highlights) when you have the chance. This shit is why Friendlocke is the gogoat of the YT Nuzlocke genre. It can be humourous and nonsensical, but also so raw and emotional in so many different ways. No other series compares.

@slimeghost103

6 ай бұрын

i do wanna say this tho...the counter greedent counter shit was kinda his own fault cause Mikey wanted to evolve yet Salty persuaded him not to and instead go to the gym to evolve Not to mention even in the normal gym Primeape is frail if you're not careful but you can't blame him or his friends not knowing that, along with them not knowing there would be a Greedent with counter So mainly it is 50/50 for him not evolving primeape before the gym and for them not knowing there was a Greedent that knew counter

@zeldamaster52

6 ай бұрын

To be fair, I don't blame him. Gerber almost lost the run singlehandedly on a bad bit. Imagine having to start over cause the strongest member of your team kamikaze'd you. He handled that better than I would.

@CB_W0lf

6 ай бұрын

Yeah, I remember, I was there. The rest of the stream kind of felt like walking on eggshells... thank god they caught Cookie to lighten the mood lmao

@applekoi8639

6 ай бұрын

Referring to the vods as “manga” and the highlights as “anime” is the funniest way to put it. I’m so using this.

@Color_Splsh

6 ай бұрын

​@@applekoi8639it's funny cause it's usually the anime that has the filler lmao

They should really invite you to be a part of a Friendlocke.

@GunmetalGator

6 ай бұрын

A Friendlocke of Nuzlockers but they are all weak Pokemon statwise so they challenge all resources in their minds to succeed. That's what should happen people.

@bigragegage

6 ай бұрын

​@@GunmetalGatorgarbage green friendlocke

@sunpraiser96

6 ай бұрын

​@@bigragegageno that game sucks

@superzockertvyt9630

6 ай бұрын

​@@sunpraiser96ok then EK friendlocke

@darkdecidueye9628

6 ай бұрын

​@@sunpraiser96thats kinda the whole point

The irony of them not evolving to Annihilape and then getting KO’d by Counter, a move they would have been immune to if they had acquired the ghost typing , is wild

this video just made me feel bad for the person piloting tinkaton. i wanted more of them, but they were a victim of cyclizar's drunk driving :( him getting fairy type was salt in the wound lmao

@cashclam1126

6 ай бұрын

Bro as manga (vod) watcher you have NO IDEA just how short of time lots of the mons had. Tink I think had 1 stream, and Moushold was caught, had to go away due to personal things, showed back up and immediately died.

@Patodeagua213

5 ай бұрын

All because a lizard and a plant wanted to do a funny bit

@loonloonlikemoonmoon1577

5 ай бұрын

You should check out The Domino Effect animatic for Friendlocke, it was done by the person who played Tinkaton (Claire) from season 2 of friendlocke. She's a very talented artist :)

@rudolfschell5142

Ай бұрын

She

26:17|44:05 I hope everyone else found the irony in Jan predicting the major fuckup of the run being from one of Salty's friendmons fucking around during one of the fights which would then absolutely screw him and the rest of the gang over *WHILST* having paused directly on Jayweed. The hard read was already great in of itself, but the fact that (one of) the culprit is literally sitting right in front of Sherlocke as he's obliviously monologuing feels like some scripted bit from the actual friendlocke You just can't make this shit up💀

Since Jan made the connection himself later in the video: Dan: "WHAT DID I SAY, GERBER?" Gerber: "I THOUGHT IT HAD WIND RIDER?" Also the Elite Four was nothing in the video because the Paldean E4 somehow surpassed the Kalos E4 as the most disappointing E4 experience

@Color_Splsh

6 ай бұрын

How can you say that when Larry exists?

@metalapplesus

6 ай бұрын

@@Color_Splsh Larry is my favourite too, but the rest are so underwhelming it balanced out. The shock value of Poppy being a child E4 was already wasted in the introduction scene after you get your 7th badge, Rika shows up every other time Nemona doesn't, and honestly I just don't like Hassel. In every generation that's had a Dragon Gym/E4, it's been the final one. (AKA Literally all of them except Sinnoh, and even Cynthia has a Garchomp ace) It's so overdone.

@metalapplesus

5 ай бұрын

@@0bject_cuppy554 That wasn't the point, I meant more in impact rather than battle. If your pokemon are high enough level and you knew basic type matchups literally every E4 is a cakewalk.

@gabrielclamens3151

5 ай бұрын

@@metalapplesus in SV's defense, they did se the 18 types, so it was bound to happen to have a dragon type Other wise, it's mostly because pokémon follow rpg tropes, and dragon types are generally tough pokémons, with high stats, which is why you'd often see them toward the end (and generally after an ice type gym, so you get ways to go through it) Although, genuine question, about the "experience" you're talkingabout the characters or the actual fights ? If not both, out of curiosity

the entire rant around 26:11 with jayyweed on screen is incredible foreshadowing

I watched the streams live and this was BY FAR the most stressful any friendlocke has ever been. That anger point was the moment everyone in chat was like "ohhh nooo this is gonna be a rough one"

@SomeAsian

6 ай бұрын

I literally started watching when Gerber started cooking.

@electrocast

6 ай бұрын

the streams were nuts. I was mourning lark for a whole week lmao

@zoeygeorge2403

6 ай бұрын

I was watching the streams and remember thinking "wait Greedent gets counter" right before The Event happened. I remembered that exact trainer for some reason.

"Why is the Brambleghast holding a Carbos?" Jayweed needs his vitamins, dude.

So for what was happening around 31:27 is that Salty had several friends doing that union circle thing where they show up on the map, that's why the Finizen/Palafin and Bellibolt were there and why the Ultra Ball was floating in the air.

Alpharad becoming the fallen hero of the Pokémon nuzlock community while you become the redeemed villain is tbe greatest Oprah ive ever seen lol.

@nottachance8554

6 ай бұрын

What did alpharad do?

@curserolls

6 ай бұрын

@@nottachance8554yeah i’m also curious lol

@MusicComet

6 ай бұрын

Commenting because I also wanna know. Don't leave us hangin', pal.

@wahoobidy4912

6 ай бұрын

You'll see. Just give the plot some more time to cook.

@firewolfandrewb

6 ай бұрын

Oprah? The tv show host?

"How did I build my entire career on being the nerd emoji" is the most self-aware thing Jan has ever said. I mean, I'm watching the content so I'm not going to throw stones from my house of glass, but y'know.

39:19 can't shed tail for 2 reasons 1. Shed Tail consumes 50% of the user's HP and Cyclizar is under 50% 2. Torch Song goes through Substitute since it's a sound move

Came for shits and giggles, stayed for hardcore furry roleplay

@nao8066

6 ай бұрын

real

@casperdias-broughton9408

6 ай бұрын

Well that means I should head the fuck out now.

@InsertFunnyThingHere

6 ай бұрын

​@@casperdias-broughton9408your loss silly boy

@casperdias-broughton9408

6 ай бұрын

@@InsertFunnyThingHere No losses here just saving my time from.

@InsertFunnyThingHere

6 ай бұрын

@@casperdias-broughton9408 your loss then silly boy

Watch everyone skip straight to the Rhyme gym battle to see what he says

@SomeAsian

6 ай бұрын

It did NOT disappoint.

@lwfawn

4 ай бұрын

Literally exactly what I did.

Jan doesn't play around the crit when flirting/making small talk and gets punished for it 🙏🏻

27:52 I love when Jan tries to be super analytical even though it really isn't necessary because for those who don't know, the other moves that Kofu's Crabominable knows is Rock smash and Slam for some reason so it would be more beneficial for the Crabominable to go for random move if anything.

Y’know. The friendless-locke made more sense than the friend-locke. All jokes aside, we all were waiting for this.

Jan schafft es wieder völlig ohne Anstrengung einem visuell 100% Kiffer - Vibes zu geben - und er coseplayed das so überzeugend, dass man regelrecht schockiert darüber ist, wie schnell er redet.

@aededipi

6 ай бұрын

is that spanish

@Foxkiin

6 ай бұрын

​@@aededipilooks like german to me

@aededipi

6 ай бұрын

@@Foxkiin is that french

@portalway

6 ай бұрын

Rare occasion of the translation making actual sense

@chillerhasen

6 ай бұрын

Bischen Kiffen

You'd think they'd have learned to not fuck around on a set-up sweeper after the first fight with Skeledirge, AND YET

If Nemona gets Skeledirge the run turns into a horror game

Losing something to counter because you decided not to evolve your pokemon which would have become a ghost type on evolving is pretty unique as well lol

Gerber is to Salty what Brayden was to Alpha

57:44 Mr. Jan(itor) Shed Tail only works if Cyclerdino is above half hp. However that tera into the Normal Type was crazy.

@athath2010

6 ай бұрын

it also doesn't block torch-sound because the latter is a sound-based move

@nataliecoronado4206

6 ай бұрын

the most ironic part is that if they *didn't* use the tera, Cyclizar would have resisted Torch Song. Terastallizing into pure normal was the worst possible decision they could have made in that situation

@Bluejay756

6 ай бұрын

@@nataliecoronado4206 If they hadn't tera'd they probably would be above half hp.

Friendlocke is truly never complete until you react to the season. Really ties everything together

I picked Fuecoco because I thought it was adorable and I liked the typing. I had no idea about Torch Song on day one, but yeah it 100% carries

In a post session Q&A, one of the friends playing the pokemon said they'd love to have you feature in a future series somehow!

when i saw Gerber kill Jay my first thought was genuinely "oh Jan's gonna have a field day with this one" but yeah i knew the run was completely fucked the second Derek gave Nemona Skeledirge

I could swear the ad read was going in another direction "But you know what's always been a constant in my life and in this channel? My shaved balls"

28:31 it’s safe because all the crab has is Rock Smash, Slam, and Crabgammer, all of which Brambleghast is either resistant to or immune to

Whats funny is that you became a reacuring gag in this season

Oh god the next friend-locke is gonna have so many un evolved Pokémon, I can feel it

there is a disturbing absence of how little of da cheff we get to see

@vez3834

6 ай бұрын

I think it's good to still reasons to watch the original. Also this is a relatively short video compared to how much content there is about the friendlocke.

The most annoying thing about Mikey dying is that if he had let him evolve into fighting/ghost that never would have happened 😅

Don mind me, just putting the timestamp of Gerber’s trol- I mean plan that should have work… kek 44:20 But I agree with the style as well the difficulty

@Zyaire286

6 ай бұрын

I also putting 11:28 and 35:20 for the heck of it. They’re my favorite moment when one decision cause the downfall for some poke- I mean units. :l

Jan is experiencing the magic of the holy Goon Box at 50:07

Nothing says Christmas like watching the 2nd best Nuzlocker (next to Alpharad because KZread said so), reacting to my favorite white guy! Happy Holidays, everyone!

Gerber getting Cyclizar and proceeding to get 7 people killed is both a Gerber thing to do and a Cyclizar thing to do

The call back to the onix clip is incredible, and the fact that Gerber surpasses it is amazing.

I have personally never lost a mon to grinding. Only to random ass trainers because I had to sack for a pivot. I'm at a point where I have too much going on to manually grind and these challenges are supposed to be fun for the nuzlocker like you have said in this video. I have never seen the problem of someone trying to save time with candies.

@NaturalFireWave

6 ай бұрын

Biggest mistake of this run was not the weird ghost gym "strat" but letting the rival have the fire starter.

I'm sure a lot of people have already talked about it, but since Pchal didn't know, at the Nemona fight around 39 minutes, shed tail wouldn't have worked because it requires half health. And even if it had, torch song is sound based and bypasses substitute

Happy Holidays, Jan! Enjoy your winter time and can't wait to see your reaction to season 3 of Friendlocke. One of my favourites, but just as infuriating (in a good way).

@superzockertvyt9630

6 ай бұрын

👍

I find it funny how you didn't even once mention what, or rather who, the spidops was named after. It even seemed once like you intentionally dodged saying their name. Does he know?

@sophiaisstillagoodunit6626

6 ай бұрын

I guess he just didn't want to fight the homestuck

@menderbug1

6 ай бұрын

I thought it was just named after "Spider" and "special ops"

@sophiaisstillagoodunit6626

6 ай бұрын

@@menderbug1 no spidops is its species name, he meant the nickname, which was vriska, who is a homestuck reference, something that once shooked the internets

32:15 "He's doing great, the only ones who can screw him over are his friends." Oh, the dramatic irony. It hurts.

To be fair big time wasters and lengthy segments were always kind of present in Pokémon, it's mostly notable in SV for frontloading the exposition and buildup in the beginning rather than interjecting it throughout. Gen 1's best route theme is exclusive to a side path with next to nothing in it, tons of forgettable trainers and inexplicable pole mazes Gen 2 has the entire Radio Tower segment of Team Rocket be an incredibly time consuming affair Gen 3's "too much water" segment with so little happening and stuff to see between Lilycove and the Pokémon League Gen 4 has you constantly run into side NPCs trying to sell you their new gimmick. The Pokétch campaign, the underground kit... and some other drawn out Team Galactic sequences

@hazelharry2033

6 ай бұрын

The difference is that in most of these cases, you actually play the game. You fight through team rocket, you surf and explore from Lilycove. In Scarlet and Violet, however, you press A. For an hour. That's it

@ozvoid1245

4 ай бұрын

It's not great for storytelling though. When you gradually introduce worldbuilding and plots throughout an experience, you can more seamlessly and creatively introduce things. It's boringly overwhelming to have expedition dumps before all the gameplay, and let that instance of exposition being main thing carrying the whole story.

LMAO. him paying them to not evolve is hilarious. hope it becomes a thing

Book at 8:04 is “House of Leaves” by Mark Z. Danielewski

Nuzwlocke of S/V but with only bad/weak mons would be fun with how OP mons are in the game

@combro7096

6 ай бұрын

I actually tried this myself. I did a hardcore nuzlocke with the rule that I can only use Pokémon that are NU or lower on Smogon (and no Tera). Kind of an arbitrary rule, but I found it worked well enough. It’s been a really fun run and a great level of difficulty for me! Would recommend! My best Pokémon have definitely been Bruxish, Hariyama, and Florges, and it’s been fun getting to use so many mons I’d normally pass over. Even spidops has been decent with access to counter for good damage on the team star revavrooms and sticky web in the late game

@JoelTheParrot

6 ай бұрын

smogon rankings are not the same...@@combro7096

The rant about the rare candies is so true. People like Verlis who use the "well the challenge is part of the grind" just reveal that they have no business talking about nuzlockes. The challenge comes from the fights and pokemon availability, it always has. To pretend that you need to make grinding inherently difficult or that you're not allowed to skip the mindless grinding for literal days for it to be a legit nuzlocke is just so delusional.

@holowisewolf1688

6 ай бұрын

More importantly, nuzlockes are about the content, and grinding is boring as fuck

1:13:15 To be completely honest, Metronome could have picked Guilliotine and landed the hit.

Everytime he talks up one of Salty’s pokemon and say how strong they are, I have this immediate response in my head that goes “Well, you’re gonna love how they lose that pokemon”

Pchal seeing the smosh bit out of context is so funny.

@PixelRockett

2 ай бұрын

What was the context?

@jonk1789

2 ай бұрын

@@PixelRockett they joked about smosh after salty mentioned Shayne Topp but while editing the videos Ian and Anthony bought the channel reuniting them after years of radio silence.

YES. I have been waiting for this since it came out, it's like I'm getting to watch it again, but remixed. Thank yooooooou, Jan!

7:00 Wait, didn't Jan himself use Clodsire? I think it was in his "no deaths" gen 9 attempt, wasn't it?

@donshingondonvergonio2247

6 ай бұрын

Who would possibly know that, neeeerd.

@furiouscorgi6614

6 ай бұрын

no, he duoed it with Cloyster and Skeledirge

how to beat the skeliderge: 1. try not to kill lark 2. probably should have had grunpilo on the team before each nemona fight 3. use 4rest and tarastalise into ground type

"I don't do shootouts go fuck yourself" classic Jan you're a real one for that

Oh, Iono. Violet was my first-ever nuzlocke, and at first, while I still used items, I tried to not overlevel for the battles, and that cost me for the Iono fight. Because of this, I didn't evolve the Sandile that I caught in the Asado Desert. So, due to Iono's Mismagius constantly getting the boost from Charge Beam, I lost my Spidops (my second 'Mon, since I switched up the encounter for Poco Path), my pre-mentioned Sandile, and my Lycanroc (don't know if it was a mistake going with Midnight Lycanroc, but whatever). On the plus side, it got me VERY attached to the shiny Hariyama who remained one of my best Pokemon in the run, since she managed to survive and beat that thing. After that, I didn't care as much about overleveling.

the gerber slander is wild 😭

The fact that vriska single-handedly changed your mind on spidops makes all us homestuck fans very happy ::::)

@Psycchan

6 ай бұрын

not only has vriska done nothing wrong, shes done everything right ::::)

I like at the start, it was blind as the day they started the nuzloke was when day the game was released, and I think the play though was mostly blind and it was enjoyable to watch (especially when the game crashed during the water gym and the accidental egg)

It was all pure chaos, which definitely made it the best Friendlocke season so far.

ALSO! You can switch Pokemon from the boxes between fights during the E4.

The green screen background is actually so funny lmao

Rare candies are a godsend even in normal playthroughs, grinding just isn't fun imo

Watching this season live was something else between Mankey anger point and just the Ryme fight.

Thank you Jan for the amazing videos this year, have a nice new year

hey jan, cooler jahresabschluss! danke für deine videos. immer wieder geil anzuschauen

you know its the end of the month when jan uploads with a sponsor in the video

Good to see another Pokémon challenges video

41:20 I think the feature's cool, I just wish it had a way to turn off, doing the Blueberry League fights in post-dlc and randomly winning to a crit or survive is kinda bleh, but in regular battles it's usually fine xD

Merry Christmas P Chals! love the content, keep it up!🎄🎁

Good to see you back at it man ❤

"How did I buily my hole career by beeing the nerd emoji?" That's the real question to be asked

Thank you for the great content throughout the year.

Based friendlock shot call. I see your bet jan and i'm declaring myself a believer in the scuff

1:06:28 Bro Gerber broke the Onix record for worst moment in pokemon nuzlocke history...even Jan confirmed it was bad XD

I remember watching the first stream, and then i never got any notifications for other streams so i just assumed they cancelled it. Nice to see its a full season again.

If he changed Espathras nature with a mint it would’ve live it had a spa lowering nature

Yes I am glad you are doing this have. A great rest of your year

Hada good year with u. Even if i dont play pkmn and only played diamond on my old DS (The only one i ever played until the end) Its fun to watch your videos. I had so much fun with your videos. Frohe Weihnachten ^^

hell yeah another season of friendlocke reactions

I'm interested to see some nuzlockes on the 2nd part of the DLC, I feel like that's gonna be interesting.

It feels weird to be this early. Thanks for your content and am always waiting for your next videos. Keep up the great work and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays to everyone and hope you have a fun break

3:03 its gonna be reaaaaaal hard to win a friendlocke with just one pokemon.

@Aaa-vp6ug

3 ай бұрын

7 Pokémon total… Yeah… we’re gonna need to optimise.

Jan just giving the biggest wine aunt energy I have ever seen him give off tells me that this is going to be an incredible year

Jan: That's a pretty good Pokemon! Nuzlocke RNG: Yeah, about that...

Great vid as usual PC

I do want to see you try this with some of the other nuzlockers, either all taking it seriously in a hard game or with people working against you/not caring in an easy game

Jan just gave me one of my favorite Christmas gifts this year.

Simple nerf. Make torch song 90% accurate. 57:31

@InsertFunnyThingHere

6 ай бұрын

I don't think signature moves are allowed to be balanced anymore

@creeperEXplode42069

6 ай бұрын

@@InsertFunnyThingHere true

The thing you said about normal types being able to switch into random moves made me wonder if that's why you see so many more normal types in competitive singles in gens 1-4, before team preview.

"The big spenders are always the ones who smoke the most crack" You don't say....

@Aaa-vp6ug

3 ай бұрын

Elon Musk on his way to drain a crack cartel

I always had the feeling that jahn is a wine aunt

I literally lost my primeape to the same greedent😭 the flashbacks and raaaaage🥴