Nearly 3 years after starting Pokemon Sapphire, the mathematical concept of Pi has a level 88 Sceptile but still can't escape the starting town
Sep. 23, 202483,685,085 digits down, infinity more to go
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In all that time, Pi has managed to escape the starting area of Littleroot Town a few times, but the gravitational pull of mathematics has kept bringing it back to that opening village again and again. It still hasn’t found the first gym, but it’s wandered enough in the long grass of the opening routes to do some real power-leveling with its starting Pokemon - a Sceptile that’s now reached level 88.
Pi did manage a major victory back in June, as it finally escaped Littleroot Town long enough to actually reach the first rival battle. This fight normally takes place about 20 minutes into the game. A rough estimate suggests that it took Pi over 20,000 hours to get here. It took the then-level 83 Sceptile exactly one attack to utterly destroy the level 5 Torchic on the other side, but victory only came after about 12 minutes of fumbling through the menus.
Pi might someday manage to beat Pokemon Sapphire, but at this point I’m not convinced I’ll be alive to see it. You can follow the whole saga onTwitchandYouTubein the meantime.
Check out our guide to thebest Pokemon gamesif you need help deciding what to make your next bizarre Twitch bot play.
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