Long ago, back in the year 2013, Samual (moving), Sam and I discussed our mutual love of gaming outside of Pokémon and talked about opening a site that covered all gaming news. Although I bought the domain in March of last year, I didn’t start working on it for several months. We opened up the forum to some members from Mt. Moon Community and our Facebook page (fan perks I guess) and got some initial feedback. Then I got busy again and we started covering news related to Pokémon X & Y. After that was over though… and our semester had finished… we began work again on the site. I had wanted to reveal this on the first of January, but we decided we wanted more time to fix things 🙂
What is Retry Level?
A community-centric gaming site
Although there are a lot of game news sites out there, I felt that they lacked a real sense of community integration. Over the years, PokéJungle (the site, not me) has really inspired me to focus on new media in a way which draws the reader in and makes them a part of the site they’re visiting. To this end we’ve created a gaming site which will (eventually) feature content hubs based on both news AND community threads. They will open in several weeks after we’ve had time to fill up the forum a little.
An independent unbiased source of news and commentary
There’s also the issue of independence which is an important one for me personally. I’m not a fan of sites which are run by large corporations and are driven by how much profit they can milk out of their media properties. I’m not interested in plastering ads on every inch of Retry Level and I want our team to be able to fairly review and comment on games without working about reprisal from advertisers. There have been several incidences on gaming sites in which a reviewer’s score has been called into question.
What are some cool features?
Steam integration
We’ve invested in some plugins which allow our members to login with their Steam IDs, as well as areas of the site on which you can view other gamers who are currently online and what they’re playing. Big plus for PC gamers (like myself).
Twitch integration
Game streaming has become a phenomenon. We allow our members to add their own streams so other members can watch and comment on them. Currently the PC and PlayStation 4 support Twitch streaming and the Xbox One will as well within several months.
News from your favorite PJN staffers!
If you like how we do things here, you’re going to love Retry Level as well 🙂 The tone is a bit more professional, but we’re definitely the same writers and with the same intense passion for Pokémon and gaming! A cool thing about Retry Level for us is that we’ll get to see some of our regular commenters here also post on our gaming site. Which will make us very happy 😀
We’re just getting started!
It’s true! So don’t hesitate to offer feedback! We’re guided by your opinions so be sure to share them. This is definitely an exciting time for us and we’re very happy to be branching out into the general gaming field. I hoping you all will support us and help Retry Level to become a successful gaming news site that rivals any of them currently out there. We can do it!
Thanks for all the support, not just in this endeavor, but also right here at PokéJungle. Without the experience of running this site and the encouragement of all my visitors I wouldn’t be who I am today. I really owe you all a lot and everyone here means so much to me. You guys are great!
<3 PJ
I’m eating popcorn and my dog keeps looking at me with Espurr eyes. O_O
Is Intimidating on? I have to ask him a question 😛
Does anyone know how Intimidating got so many Balm Mushrooms??? I really need some 😛
Restaurant Le Wow in Lumiose City.
Restaurant Le Wow gives them to you after you battle there.
No wonder I don’t have any, I’ve never been there 😛
It’s a great place for training!
What levels are the Pokémon there???
Around 63. As long as you have some high level Pokemon, it’s easy to train other Pokemon, and gets a lot of exp!
Thanks! 😀
Le Wow. Just beat the battles without having any pokes faint and in the right number of turns.
Hello, fellow Pokejunglers. How is everyone tonight?
I’m a bit frustrated because of how tedious IV breeding Riolu is…
I’m looking for a 5 IV Ditto, which would hasten the process.
Ah, that can be tedious. Haven’t done it, but done baby Pokemon. I wish you luck in your search!
Thanks. Mega Lucario is the last member of my team, sadly, a completed team will going to take a while.
If it’s any help, I have some 5 IV male Pokemon from that egg group if you wanna use one of them
Thanks, I would appreciate that. I don’t have anything good to give you in exchange however…
That’s okay. What IV are looking to not be perfect?
Special Attack. Thank you very much.
I have a 5 IV Nidoran Male missing Special Attack for ya! I believe we have each other registered. Just let me get online
Thanks! That’s wonderful, but is Nidoran in the same egg group as Lucario?
Yup! Just breed the Nidoran Male with a Female Lucario and swap out any new females with better IVs
hey john well i have breed many 5iv perfect porygon and hatched a 5IV shiny yamask
You seem to be on a roll! And congrats on that shiny Yamask 😀 So lucky!
i know 😀 tomorrow i will look for shiny porygon
Good luck! 😀
Frustrated because my internet keeps shitting out on me, I can use my team well, and I have a feeling people think I’m rage quitting… ;-;
Eh, that sucks :/ Bad weather or something?
No. My dad being cheap and getting the slowest internet+ At least five devices on it at the same time.
Oh, jeez… that’s just terrible
Tired of breeding and STing
Horde training is so much faster and easier.
not for Lv 1s….
If you give them Power Item and they have PKRS, it’ll go extremely fast. As long as EXP share is on, they’ll get the EVs
Power item+exp share.
It’s an endless cycle xD
meh
Don’t be meh!
fine, STing = meh
That’s something I think we all can agree on lol
Good, trying to breed new team members.
Hey when were both done wanna battle? 😀 I probably won’t be done until tomorrow night or something like that 😛
Sure! I’m not too good, though ^^;
Neither am I XD
Practice makes perfect, I suppose!
Nice! Good luck with it 🙂
Thanks! It’s going well so far 😀
What’s the most amount of money you can make from hotel richthing? I’m currently at $20,000
Guys! I’m on Pokemon Showdown and I just won a battle with a Beedrill! xD It can be done!
beedrill too op
But that poison jab tho
Thank you John Hocker! I’m sure this will make the breeding process goes faster!
The Cottonee I gave you has 4 IV, Bold and Prankster.
You’re welcome! I hope having a Pokemon with perfect IVs you need will help and now you just need to evolve any females! And thank you
Haha I was just thinking, which is a better nickname for Cofagrigus: Crown Jewels or ThatDeadGuy?
King Tut. XD
Hey guys! Can someone please tell me what happened on the chat??
what do you mean? :p
Luigi, don’t worry about it
Come on John please don’t ignore it like the others…..something is seriously wrong….everyone seems to be annoyed…..some are saying they will leave…
I came into the situation towards the end. It didn’t affect a lot of people, but many people were there when it happened. Those who weren’t affected by it aren’t hurt. Those who showed up after don’t need to know of it so it can be moved on from and everyone can be happy
O_O I need to know what happened
It honestly wasn’t anything like crazy, just the argument that ensued
Yeah but Cyril’s messages and pipes too are being deleted and Cyril left and tales told me she sees no reason to stay on…..
If it’s unsettling, you should forget about it. Bringing it up again would only stir more conflict.
Does it have to do with TC and djja being mods plus I didn’t even know djja was a mod…I saw Cyril mention something about that
I didn’t know either were mods, I thought that that was a joke 😛
Djja is joking, TC is a real mod.
Why, what did happen?
just visited, EXACTLY why I don’t like the chat + the fact I don’t like being ignored there >:P
I don’t like the chat either.
That’s the only reason we’re here.
Wait, what happened?
I don’t know, I just saw a lot of frustrated people 😛
Anyone remember J2XY?
nope :p
We didn’t even get to Hoenn week….
OHHHH Journey to X and Y
Question: How many egg moves can a Pokemon inherit at a time?
4.
So if I have a Lucario and mate it with a Hitmonchan with 3 elemental punches and Bullet Punch, the babies will get all 4 or less? It’s weird because only Bullet Punch is passed down. Do I have to make Lucario the mother forget some moves?
all 4 😛
As far as I know, the mom’s moves are passed first, then the dad’s, making the dad’s the priority for retention.
*Tumbleweed*
*fart* :p
welp, night, if anyone’s here…. :p
Nighto!
I have a question about Friend Safaris.. I’ve been looking for a HA Poliwhirl for a while now, but I can’t find one. My friend’s not online but I get HA Octilleries.. Someone enlighten me haha
I think it has something to do with which of the three slots the pokemon is in.
Well, goodnight. Nothing like a little drama to wear you out.
Good Night
It’s morning.
WAKE THE HECK UP.
Just received a Shiny Palkia from the GTS!
Good morning, everyone! Happy Selfie Sunday! xD
Mornin’ guys!
Good Morning!~
Good MORNING JUNGLERS 😀
the tumbleweed forms again 🙁
I just stomped on it. 😀
i feel like this masterball is worthless now….
yeah it pretty much is considering the lack of roaming legendaries and the higher catch rate.
technically there isnt even roaming legendaries
well the “lack” in sentence would pretty much say that.
in emerald i used my masterball on a snorunt……..
how old ere ya? XD
i was 7 and used it on my sisters file XD
XD when I was little I used my masterball on a drifloon thinking that it was a legendary.
Azelf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp4HyC7tgGA
my first masterball i used it on Azelf
im still pissed my first LEGIT shiny is a gyarados
dont be its a shiny 😀
That sucks. everyone and their grandma pretty much have a red gyrados
ehhh it named it GovNah so since The governor didn’t exists until 2012