From: Brian Brokaw <brokaw@teleport.com>
To: mstepani@ix.netcom.com <mstepani@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Self Destruct
Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 9:47 PM

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Stepanic <mstepani@ix.netcom.com>
To: brokaw@thepojo.com <brokaw@thepojo.com>
Date: Monday, September 20, 1999 2:26 PM
Subject: Self Destruct


>I had a major problem while I battled a friend. He has a couple of
>Magneton. Any way, He used self destruct and killed both his Magneton
>and my Nidorina. At the start of my turn, I was confused on who sent out
>the active pokemon first? He had a DuoDuo and a Nidorino, and of course
>he put out his Nidorino with only 40 HP left. I had a Jynx in my hand
>and set her out as the active pokemon, added the energy, and did the
>double slap. Phsycic is Nidorino's weakness, so it did 40 and knocked
>him out.I won the game (Nidorino was my last prize). But after self
>destruct, who is really supposed to set out the active pokemon? He still
>had that Duoduo on the bench, he could have won instead?
>                 HELP?????


AS SOON AS Pokemon are knocked-out, you must INSTANTLY replace
them with NEW pokemon from your BENCH.  IT IS NOT YOUR TURN YET
UNTIL YOU DO THIS.  If you DON'T have a pokemon waiting on your
bench to replace the knocked-out active pokemon, YOU LOSE.

In your example:
As soon as your friend Self-destructed this is what should have happened:
1) YOU take a prize card (since his Magneton was K-O'd).
2) HE takes a prize card (since it is his turn, he takes his prize AFTER
you).
3) YOU replace your K-O'd Nidorina with a pokemon from your BENCH.
4) HE replaces his K-O'd Magneton with a pokemon from his BENCH.
5) NOW it is your turn.

Hope this helps,
Brian Brokaw