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This is about more than confirming these players exist, too.

That would be boring.

Pokemon Journeys screenshot of Ash and Pikachu with a Pokedex

Instead, Zarmos will physically go say hello in-game for the Pokedex photo.

It’s kind of like playing Pokemon Snap.

I added every Pokemon name across two of my accounts and played the game normally.

Nightmare Mode character faces the RuneScape wilderness

If they went online I’ll say hi."

Most of these sightings have been “completely random” and often fueled by tracking names in friends lists.

“I can just [message] them.

A selection of Pokemon from Stellar Crown, Shrouded Fable, and Twilight Masquerade divided by white lines

As time went on though, they got increasingly rarer.

I have also become connected to the name market which still remains a source of new names.

Nowadays there will be a new one once every three or four weeks at best.”

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The name market surrounding RuneScape and OSRS is one of the most fascinating variables here.

As Zarmos says, these Pokemon names are totally unique, which inherently makes them rare.

And anything like Charizard, Pikachu, etc.

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you could double or triple it."

And if you’re wondering, yeah, 10 billion gold isa lotof money, especially in OSRS.

The white whale for Zarmos is one day meeting a player named after their personal favorite Pokemon, Chimecho.

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I was pleased to find that they’ve already found my favorite Pokemon, Lapras, number 131.

But their most memorable encounter so far has been and just hold back your memes Vaporeon.

He was very difficult to reach though, I couldn’t message him on any platform."

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Vaporeon is in the log, joined by Jolteon and Flareon.

May Zarmos one day complete the RuneScape Pokedex in its entirety.

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Erenshor

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Skyblivion

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