1. I always use my starter in my team.
2. Whatever generation game I'm playing, I exclusively catch Pokemon from that generation (i.e., if I were playing Emerald, a possible team would be; Hariyama, Flygon, Sceptile, Aggron, Masquerain, and Chimecho).
3. I always listen to music when taking on the elite four, or a gym.
4. When training to take on a gym, I look up the leader's highest level Pokemon and train my team so they are all exactly one level below that Pokemon.
5. I always keep the Pokemon in my team at the same level.
6. I do not use legendaries on my team.
7. I try to, but will not go out of my way to get gender appropriate Pokemon (i.e. no female Mr. Mimes).
8. I try to, but will not go out of my way to avoid having multiple Pokemon of the same type on my team.
9.After I beat the game, I go OUT OF MY WAY to get a quagsire on that game. To get it on my red, blue, and yellow versions, I had to get the roms on my laptop, and put Quagsire in the games through a very complicated process too long to describe.