You have whited out.

[Digitalkaiser65]

Whiteing out.

I was thinking today, and I began to wonder, why they actually put this phrase in the pokemon games. Its an infamous line, and I dont encounter it much anymore, but back in the day I remember getting so angry when they told me I whited out.
I get so frustrated when half my gold was gone and I had not even succeded to do what I needed to.
It angered me more then a simple 'You have lost!' would have!

WHY NOT BLACK OUT? Or....Why not say "Camden, You lost. N00b."
Or somthing like that?

; Whats its origins?
What and how does it apply to pokemon?
What actually happens when you white out.....*imagines negative space falling from the sky and crushing him*

AHHHH?

 

[EternalSmasherSceptile]

I suppose "whiting out" is like faniting, but that's "blacking out"
so, I suppose you just lose and rush back to the nearest pokemon center.

 

[Digitalkaiser65]

Yea thats what you THINK happens, but how do you know how long you are 'whited out' whatever it is!?

How is your money halved exactly!?
And why can you never remeber how you get to the nearest pokemon center! o___o

 

[EternalSmasherSceptile]

Well, It's pokemon...there are many mysteries we'll never find out.

 

[Phantom Gardevoir]

Um...my interpretation would be once you lose all your Pokemon, you basically have a white canvas--thus, whited out. Your *** was wiped in that battle, so you're basically a white slate. XD Bad comparison, I know...

 

[CharizardMaster]

You feel the pain of your pokemon and faint, some unknown person takes you to the last pokemon center you went to. Meh I'm just making up stuff, I'm not sure. Also the unknown person steals half of your money.

 

[TooCoolScyther]

The funny thing is that you lose half your money. It's as if the trainer who beat you practically robbed you as well.

What would make things more "real" is if you don't white out/black out. But that you set a "wager" of sorts. Bet down how much money you'll pay up if you lose the battle. That kind of thing.

But instead. You get robbed and sent to a Pokemon Center (probably an innocent bystander brought you there).

 

[Digitalkaiser65]

Yes, but that unknown person is a THEIF!!!
Who knows where all your money goes to....

o____o What strange things happen when your BLANK!
xD Seriously, this demands an explanation.

 

[Digitalkaiser65]

The funny thing is that you lose half your money. It's as if the trainer who beat you practically robbed you as well.

What would make things more "real" is if you don't white out/black out. But that you set a "wager" of sorts. Bet down how much money you'll pay up if you lose the battle. That kind of thing.

But instead. You get robbed and sent to a Pokemon Center (probably an innocent bystander brought you there).

Thats what they want you to think...>_>

 

[CharizardMaster]

Go ask Gamefreak or Nintendo. I doubt they'll answer you but you never know. You're probably right about the innocent bystander, but why the pokemon center? Is there any human hospitals?

 

[rune the 1st]

I suppose "whiting out" is like faniting, but that's "blacking out"
so, I suppose you just lose and rush back to the nearest pokemon center.

not nearest cause you could lose in saffron city and loses and had never gone to pkm center and goes back to pallet

 

[Hamon_Warrior]

I dunno... they should've kept "blacked out". Whiting out is what happens when you're stranded in a frozen wasteland.

I'd like if there was a bank, like there are in some RPGs. Then it wouldn't matter that much if you lost.

 

[blendmaster0505]

Yeah, the one you lost to will take half your money(never lost to a Wild pokemon so I'll never know). I guess whiting out is like fainting. But how will you faint if you're not the one battling. That's pokémon for you.

signed-
Gregory ;026;

 

[Digitalkaiser65]

Its a scary thought. XD

*hugs self* What game did you black out? Was that rby?

 

[Mello]

The funny thing is that you lose half your money. It's as if the trainer who beat you practically robbed you as well.

They aren't "robbing" you for one thing. When you defeat a trainer you get prize money. The cash you give is just their prize money for winning. =/.

 

[blendmaster0505]

Its a scary thought. XD

*hugs self* What game did you black out? Was that rby?

Who are you asking? Yeah, its a scary thought. Having 999999 money then losing. But you can always reset...if you saved.

signed-
Gregory ;026;

 

[Digitalkaiser65]

They aren't "robbing" you for one thing. When you defeat a trainer you get prize money. The cash you give is just their prize money for winning. =/.

So they get half my money and I get a couple thousand, or a couple hundred or whatever? oO

I smell a THEIF.

 

[blendmaster0505]

So they get half my money and I get a couple thousand, or a couple hundred or whatever? oO

I smell a THEIF.

Yeah, its THIEF. Maybe they suck and lose a lot so that's the only money they have left. Or maybe that's all the money they carry. I wish there was a bank like in MD.

signed-
Gregory ;026;

 

[Chimecho3000]

Maybe because they don't have much money? Anyway, I don't think you lose half of your money when you lose anymore.

 

[Mello]

They just aren't as rich as you. Most trainers aren't so rich, only more elite trainers are. Beating Steven gives you about $5000, meaning he has a total of about $100000. It's probably just half of their money. =/.

Also, by the time you make 9999999 bucks or whatever, you'd probably have a million Lv. 100 Pokemon and not be defeatable. You don't lose money in Battle Tower/Frontier/Tents (Nor do you gain any) and those are the hardest things out there. I find it pretty fair.

I wish there was a bank like in MD.

Back in GSC, you could save money with your mum... I wish they kept that system =/.