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Sweeeeeett!!!! Haha We can talk a lot faster on IRC if you ever want to chat and stuff. Just let me know whenever you're going on and I'll meet you there. We can catch up then. :)
Of course the biggest change is most of us now know how to breed and capture pokemon with desired IVs, nature, etc.. It's called RNGing which you may find in sticky topics. I've essentially replaced most all my pokemon with them.