Name: Steve
Type: Steel

Team-fill update! I headed north, through Ecruteak, and into Route 38, where I nabbed a Magnemite easily! Yay! Then I kept heading west, avoiding all of the trainers for now, reached Olivine and grabbed the Good Rod and HM4. Good Rod in hand, I headed back to Ecruteak and did some fishing in the lake in the northeast corner of town.The Lure Ball Kurt gave me long ago made it easy to nab my second HMer, a Poliwag! Finally, a full belt... :biggrin:
I wiped the floor with the geisha girls and got HM3, then took on Morty so I could actually use the move. The gym was amazingly pathetic. Practically every ghost in there, including half of Morty's team, Cursed themselves to death. I was relieved when Morty's Gengar and his second Haunter actually managed to put up a fight.
With that out of the way, I headed east. Usually I do the sick Ampharos subplot before the Lake of Rage subplot, but this time I wanted the Thief TM waiting in the Mahogany base as soon as possible. The Red Gyarados managed to offline Magnemite twice, but Pineco finally laid down the smack with a few flinch-tastic Headbutts. Then Lance and I cleaned house in Mahogany, and I gained TM46 and HM6!

Team:
Pineco L25
Headbutt, Take Down, Rapid Spin, Protect

Magnemite L26
Thundershock, Sonicboom, Flash, Thunder Wave

Scyther L26
Quick Attack, Pursuit, Leer, Fury Cutter

Onix L31
Rock Throw, Headbutt, Screech, Mud-Slap

L18FIRE and RAINL20
FIRE: Dig, Cut, Rock Smash, Strength
RAIN: Surf, Thief, Whirlpool, Doubleslap

Next: Rain's gonna be a busy little Poliwag...