The Journal

Does anyone use the Journal item in DP? It keeps track of the most mundane
things and ignores major events. For instance, guess what the most major
thing I did on November 1 is. Don't scroll down too far if you're actually
trying to guess, 'cause the answer is revealed subsequently. Here's what my
Journal says, verbatim:

Started from Galactic HQ.
Elixir was obtained.
Departed from Galactic HQ.



Beat Saturn at Galactic HQ.


Those extra three carriage returns are actually in the Journal by the way.
I don't know why they're there. I don't think I spent that much time
outside their HQ.

Give up yet? Well, you can probably tell from the other things I did there,
but my Journal neglects to mention that I fought Team Galactic's Leader and
released the Three Spirits from their lab. I don't know about you, but that
sounds like something to write home about, as opposed to the occasional
random Pokemon or trainer that gets logged in. I guess some of it is
useful, like which buildings I entered and left or where I flew to, but I
fail to understand what the game thinks is important enough to blog about.
At lot of it seems trivial most of the time.


-- Chet Weaver

"What's the fun of being cool if you can't wear a sombrero?"
- Hobbes, Calvin & Hobbes

Diamond Trainer Name: Minnie
Friend Code: 0988 8637 4610
Badges: 7
Location: Mt. Coronet
Time: 231 Hours since April 22, 2007
PokeDex Completion: 122/105
Score: 15194
Current Goal: Pursuing Cyrus

On Nov 23, 2:07 am, "Chet Weaver - Now with Outlook Express!"
<zeroo....RemoveThis@aim.com> wrote:
> Does anyone use the Journal item in DP? It keeps track of the most mundane
> things and ignores major events. For instance, guess what the most major
> thing I did on November 1 is. Don't scroll down too far if you're actually
> trying to guess, 'cause the answer is revealed subsequently. Here's what my
> Journal says, verbatim:
>
> Started from Galactic HQ.
> Elixir was obtained.
> Departed from Galactic HQ.
>
> Beat Saturn at Galactic HQ.
>
> Those extra three carriage returns are actually in the Journal by the way.
> I don't know why they're there. I don't think I spent that much time
> outside their HQ.
>
> Give up yet? Well, you can probably tell from the other things I did there,
> but my Journal neglects to mention that I fought Team Galactic's Leader and
> released the Three Spirits from their lab. I don't know about you, but that
> sounds like something to write home about, as opposed to the occasional
> random Pokemon or trainer that gets logged in. I guess some of it is
> useful, like which buildings I entered and left or where I flew to, but I
> fail to understand what the game thinks is important enough to blog about.
> At lot of it seems trivial most of the time.
>

Ya, I try not to look at it. It sounds like a good idea but because
we can't write what we want in it, it doesn' help me remember to water
the berries, or that I am trying to train a certain poke for a move or
to go get the eggs or anything useful. If it was useful I could write
my shopping list on it and remember to pick up those odds and ends.

daramark