I played Ruby because my first game was Emerald and I wanted to try all variants. As a starter I chose Teriyaki 2 the Torchic. After getting my Pokéballs, I caught Bruda the Wurmple and Zappy the Zigzagoon. I went to fight the first youngster when he killed both Zappy and Bruda. (Why :( ) I caught a Surskit and named it after one of the users I know on this wiki, @Alan Sycamore! I proceeded to grind up to lvl 10+. Not a good start, but I'll get there!