Hey did you guys know that in terms of soft lock-picking content Pikasprey is one of the most consistent and enjoyable channels on YouTube?

"I wish to be surrounded with vaporeons!"
* monkey's paw curls *

One way to make this worse: Vaporeon at Level 99. If you calculate out roughly how much XP each Vaporeon would earn before they KO'd themselves, you could set it so they'll level up before they finish struggling. This would not only add an extra bit of time with each "You gained 10 XP!" text box, but also the tiniest amount of HP you gain from leveling up would feel really spiteful.

so, fun fact: there’s actually two problem spots with the resurfacing-on-the-door-tile thing.

in my own playthrough of pokemon emerald i did recently, i remembered this little trick and decided to try it to get out of kyogre’s cave faster after catching it. my cave wound up being on route 125, and when i surfaced… i was on the mountain tiles on the shoal cave island. since these tiles are unwalkable, if i hadn’t had my altaria or another pokemon that could fly/teleport, i would have been truly softlocked here

while the saw trap version is more fun, i feel like the one i found is also noteworthy (and also i am kinda proud for finding it)

The craziest thing about R/S/E is they NEVER thought someone might get stuck in Pacifidlog Town yet they had so many other failsafes

Pikasprey: Dies
Satan: Welcome to Hell, I’m a huge fan of your work

It won't add a lot of extra time, but if you used a Max Repel before saving, they would have to surf an extra 250 steps before being able to start a battle

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if Pikasprey were to lock himself in a safe and let himself be thrown deep into the ocean, just to gracefully escape 2 weeks later and describe how he used some overly complicated berry strategy to survive.

Only one Vaporeon needs to know Surf & Dive. You can let the other 5 know Growl and Baton Pass (learned as Eevee) instead, increasing the total PP to go through from 960 to a whopping 1400 (40 + 48 for 5 of the Vaporeons). Also, because Baton Pass forces a switch, that's extra menu to go through and you can't turn off the switch animation, which takes even more time :)

i like that you named the vaporeon after the sound the trainer made when they realized their mistake

I love that the reason for making the Pokemon shiny is never "to make the unsuspecting victim less likely to want to just start the game over," it's "to make the escape take longer" 😂

I wonder if having the Vaporeons be a couple levels under 100 would lengthen the lock or not. Your stats still ensure that you shouldn't die to anything but struggle, but now you also have to sit through the exp gain after every battle

The Vaporeons aren't just named that to make it take more time. It also perfectly captures the feelings of the player trying to escape this situation

nice video, every upload from this channel feels like a special event

i feel like the names of the vaporeons are very descriptive to how someone in this scenario would feel

For bonus points, activate a Max Repel beforehand.

The second I saw those Vaporeon, I thought to myself, "They have Water Absorb, don't they?"

Yep, I know how these videos work at this point 🤣

I may have missed it, but you could use the black flute to reduce Pokémon encounter rate. I believe it doesn't stop you from having encounters, but takes longer to encounter a Pokémon, until the next map transition, which is never.
A small addition, if I didn't miss it, apply a max repel right before you hand the game over.

Hey guys did you know in terms of getting yourself softlocked in the middle of the ocean, Vaporeon is the most compatible Pokemon

Pikasprey's willingness not just to set these up and see what can be done but then grind for seven hours to get out of it is legendary

To be fair, in the context of this series, this is a very quick and easy escape!