[quote name='mcelfour']Is there a good way to get a thunderbolt TM besides the game corner? At the rate I'm going, I'll have ot play the slots for like 2 hours more to get the coins. :\[/quote]
You can just buy the coins with the game money instead of playing the slots. I think it's 500 coins for $10,000.
[quote name='option.iv']Wow, you got through the game pretty fast.
As for leveling, I would recommend vs seeker. You can choose who and what you battle. Plus you get a fair amount of cash if you are in need. Since you can choose who to battle, you can always score effective hits and reduce the training time. On gamefaqs, a couple of the FAQs should list all the trainers and their respective pokes and rewards.
edit: Looking at Cynthia's pokes, a good pokemon to have would be abomasnow with grass and ice attacks so you can hit 4 out of 6 pokemon for effective damage. And maybe have a poke with something to counter Lucario.[/quote]
Well, I'm at 62 hours played, so it's not that fast lol. I've wasted so much time leveling up pokemon that turn out to be inferior to what I had already leveled. It looks like Abomasnow would be a fantastic choice, especially for Milotic, so I'll go out and catch one today. I'm also working on an Ampharos since I have the Pokeradar, though maybe he isn't needed anymore if I catch an Abomasnow. I was considering dumping my Gyarados for an Empoleon, but that would be too much work with what I've already got to do, and Gyarados gets the job done for the Elite 4 I need him on, so no real point.
I gave up on the VS Seeker when I ran around Victory Road and kept getting "There is a time and place for that, but not now!!". Any other place I go the pokemon are going to be too weak to be worthwhile compared to just leveling them with exp share in Victory Road anyway, so the time spent going to a specific spot for a specific fight will be more hassle than just doing that.
Edit: You know, now that I think about it, it may have been due to me being on the bicycle. I just tried using the Pokeradar and got the same message, and had to hop off the bike. Man, if that's all it was, it could have saved me loads of time.