Interest check - Pokemon

[Shaissa]

ok ok before we go into dream world... What is it? and Yeah I'll be the commander Leanne

 

[Martel]

i already said i wanted totodile on the first page, him or pikachu i said if i remember correctly, im sure i asked before pink squid. whats going on?

I didn't start accepting reservations until the second page. If you wanted Totodile, you should have said so after I started accepting reservations, not before, when I wasn't even sure if this RP was going to kick off in the first place. Also, I'm not classifying Pikachu as a starter, since Yellow was a one-off.

One last question now that I took a look at the b/w serebii list: Will we be able to use Dream World abilities if a Pokemon has one? For instance, the Torchic line has the DW ability Speed Boost instead of Blaze.

A good question...unless people would prefer to use DW abilities, I'd be inclined to say no for now, since the Dream World isn't technically part of the Pokemon world...it seems to be more of a gimmick thing than anything else. Still, if people want a wider choice of abilities, I'm not absolutely opposed to it.

 

[Whoareyou]

If there's a third comander space and no-one else is particularly interested I'll fill it

Since I can't see my elite four person needing to get overly involved for a while.

 

[Ironman]

would it be at all possible to get the Bio Template so we can take a look at the criteria we need to fill and we can give our characters a long hard think, to make sure we get them right please.

If you don't have the time to whip one up now Leanne then it's okay, i can wait until the sign-up and discuss thread is open and write one up then, but my bio will be better if i have time to think about my characters, and really put some effort into writing my characters.

 

[Filendie]

So will our characters Pokemon have specific levels and learn the moves automaticly when leveling up? Or will they just grow naturally after fights and training and every so often our characters try to teach there pokemon the moves?

Just trying to gauge if it will be more like the comp games or TV series or both. Think it would be cool to have to teach them moves, helps with bonding and character development me thinks.

 

[Martel]

So will our characters Pokemon have specific levels and learn the moves automaticly when leveling up? Or will they just grow naturally after fights and training and every so often our characters try to teach there pokemon the moves?

The way I see it, growing naturally after battle and learning moves automatically when levelling up amount to the same thing. You'll start off with a specific moveset - the first four moves of your starter, although you'll only be level 5 to begin with - and you'll gain more as you battle, travel etc. Just learn them by level - so, for example, my starter trainer's Bulbasaur will learn Poisonpowder next.

How they learn these attacks is up to you, though - if you want them to learn them automatically, or have them show signs of learning them, which you then coax out (kinda like how James taught his Cacnea Drain Punch, or Ash taught his Pikachu Iron Tail/how it discovered it could use Volt Tackle) then that is your choice.

Just trying to gauge if it will be more like the comp games or TV series or both. Think it would be cool to have to teach them moves, helps with bonding and character development me thinks.

You'll learn moves based on what you would if you were playing the game, but you've got the freedom of choosing how the Pokemon learn the moves, so you can have the whole bonding/teaching thing they do in the TV series, if that makes any sense.

Oh, and a progress update: the sprite map is done. Well, it's not as complete as I'd like, but I've lost all patience with this shitty new version of Paint and all the locations are on it. Tomorrow I'll come up with some location names, as well as a brief description. After that, it's just a matter of posting everything...so, tomorrow at the earliest, Saturday at the absolute latest, there will be an OC thread and an Information thread.

Sign-ups will be for one week, or until all the positions in my first post are filled. I may delay that, however.

 

[Ironman]

would it be possible to have my Commander as a third sibling to my Main char and gym leader, it would make the intensity of the battles and conversation better as there would be a mutual disgust at each other's decisions.

 

[Himeno-Pretear]

fine ill take chimchar then what is the decided bio style?

 

[Ironman]

Could i change the 7th gym leader type from Rock to fighting please, i think it would roll into my Char's bio better, plus i have an idea for his Pokemon training style

 

[Martel]

would it be possible to have my Commander as a third sibling to my Main char and gym leader, it would make the intensity of the battles and conversation better as there would be a mutual disgust at each other's decisions.

I don't see why not, but I'm going to have to put a cap on this sibling thing...

I'm about a third of the way through everything, so bear with me. When I'm done, I'll post everything and request this thread be closed~

Also, I'm going to limit new trainer teams to two rare Pokemon each. By "rare", I mean something that you don't encounter very often in the game, or Pokemon that are given as gifts that you can't get otherwise - pretty much every dragon-type, Beldum, Togepi, Eevee, etc etc. Obviously this excludes the starter Pokemon. Just to keep player teams balanced, because these Pokemon are rare and one-off, and not something you're going to find just wandering around in the grass or whatever at random.

 

[Squid]

So what does the 'rare pokemon limit' mean for a trainer who... lets says goal is to become a pokemon breeder or catch every pokemon, does that mean they cant?
Or are you saying for the for the first few gym badges we can get many rares? (I'd be fine with that)

 

[Channizard]

You'll start off with a specific moveset - the first four moves of your starter, although you'll only be level 5 to begin with - and you'll gain more as you battle, travel etc.

Excuse me for being a PokeNazi, but Starter Pokemon don't always have 4 moves. Most don't even have three. The majority of them have Tackle/Quick Attack, and then either Sand Attack/Tail Whip. They don't usually learn their next atack, an elemental one, until a couple levels later.

Also, I'm going to limit new trainer teams to two rare Pokemon each. By "rare", I mean something that you don't encounter very often in the game, or Pokemon that are given as gifts that you can't get otherwise - pretty much every dragon-type, Beldum, Togepi, Eevee, etc etc. Obviously this excludes the starter Pokemon. Just to keep player teams balanced, because these Pokemon are rare and one-off, and not something you're going to find just wandering around in the grass or whatever at random.

I think by this, Martie means that if we're starting off at the beginning of our journeys (which some of us may be) then obviously we won't go outside Pallet Town and find a random Togepi right off the bat. These rarer type Pokemon will be available to us, but probably later on in the journey, amirite?

 

[Martel]

Excuse me for being a PokeNazi, but Starter Pokemon don't always have 4 moves. Most don't even have three. The majority of them have Tackle/Quick Attack, and then either Sand Attack/Tail Whip. They don't usually learn their next atack, an elemental one, until a couple levels later.

Yes, I am well aware of this. I was trying to save people the trouble of having to wait until they could use other moves for their Pokemon, moves they started off with in the anime. If you object, we'll take a vote on it. If more people would rather stay true to having their starters begin with, I don't mind at all. It depends on which you'd prefer to stay true to - the games, or the anime. Whilst Pokemon will be able to have more than four moves, we're still using the movesets from the games.

Also, I think you'll find it is Tackle/Scratch, and Growl/Tail Whip that Pokemon start with. None of the starters learn Sand Attack, and I'm fairly sure that only Cyndaquil and Treecko learn Quick Attack at later levels

I think by this, Martie means that if we're starting off at the beginning of our journeys (which some of us may be) then obviously we won't go outside Pallet Town and find a random Togepi right off the bat. These rarer type Pokemon will be available to us, but probably later on in the journey, amirite?

At the beginning, and through a large percentage of the RP, yes. I don't want trainers having final squads of, say, Metagross, Salamence, Tyranitar, Garchomp, Dragonite and Hydreigon, or coming across their first stages at random points. Those irritating Pokemon that people tend to go for immediately in RPs, because they just are that much more powerful than others in both the games and the anime.

Obviously, certain types of Pokemon will be unique to specific areas. I'll probably just operate a "tell me what you want, and I'll tell you where it is" approach to the Pokemon that are either uncommon or rare.

Oh, and I'm almost done with everything. 98% of the locations have names and descriptions, all I need to do is name the outstanding areas, number the map and label the routes, write a small description of the routes, then post everything up.

 

[Channizard]

Yes, I am well aware of this. I was trying to save people the trouble of having to wait until they could use other moves for their Pokemon, moves they started off with in the anime. If you object, we'll take a vote on it. If more people would rather stay true to having their starters begin with, I don't mind at all. It depends on which you'd prefer to stay true to - the games, or the anime. Whilst Pokemon will be able to have more than four moves, we're still using the movesets from the games.

I'm not bothered either way, I'm easy.

Also, I think you'll find it is Tackle/Scratch, and Growl/Tail Whip that Pokemon start with. None of the starters learn Sand Attack, and I'm fairly sure that only Cyndaquil and Treecko learn Quick Attack at later levels

Well played.

Oh, and I'm almost done with everything. 98% of the locations have names and descriptions, all I need to do is name the outstanding areas, number the map and label the routes, write a small description of the routes, then post everything up.

Oh, so this is a brand new area and we're not in a pre-existing place? So we're all pretty much from the same hometown?

 

[Squid]

At the beginning, and through a large percentage of the RP, yes. I don't want trainers having final squads of, say, Metagross, Salamence, Tyranitar, Garchomp, Dragonite and Hydreigon, or coming across their first stages at random points. Those irritating Pokemon that people tend to go for immediately in RPs, because they just are that much more powerful than others in both the games and the anime.

Obviously, certain types of Pokemon will be unique to specific areas. I'll probably just operate a "tell me what you want, and I'll tell you where it is" approach to the Pokemon that are either uncommon or rare.

Oh, and I'm almost done with everything. 98% of the locations have names and descriptions, all I need to do is name the outstanding areas, number the map and label the routes, write a small description of the routes, then post everything up.

great thats what I thought you meant Just wanted to make sure!

I am also not fussed on how many moves our pokemon start off with. I am happy to just have the original 2 at lv 5 and then learn them along the way like normal

 

[Martel]

I'm not bothered either way, I'm easy.

Same, which is why I said I'd allow it if people wanted to go with it. xD

Well played.

I couldn't resist.

Oh, so this is a brand new area and we're not in a pre-existing place? So we're all pretty much from the same hometown?

Indeed. It's based in a rather poorly-designed area that I sprited up earlier, which is shaped vaguely like the UK, but has barely any accuracy at all regarding locations, etc. xD

 

[Himeno-Pretear]

well im glad i got chimchar... whats the bio so i can type one up?

 

[Ironman]

Well, i would rather have four moves from the start, as it would give better battle dinamics from the start, as two pokemon tackling each other is kinda pointless, as for the pokemon are thing, i have already sent you a squad list, so if you could let me know where to get them ill work up an evolutionary/catching route sort of thing for where and in what order im going to catch my pokemon.

 

[Martel]

I'll get to it when I get to it, don't rush me
Seriously, I said I'd have things up by the end of this week at the latest. I could hopefully get things up tonight or tomorrow, but I'm extremely busy at the moment with things. Could you be a little more patient, please? I'm going as fast as I can

...I am glad people are eager to start, though

So we're all pretty much from the same hometown?

Sorry, forgot to answer this. You can come from wherever in the region you like, although every trainer who is getting a starter will start their journey from the same town.

 

[Silver Shadow]

Well... lots of interesting bits. My vote goes to having four moves at the start, by the way.

Now then... My final team would be Typhlosion, Graveler (Golem if you'll let me evolve without trading), Victreebel, Machoke (Machamp), Kadabra (Alakazam), and Dragonite, which I shall receive as I beat my brother when my starter finally beats him. Would that be ok? (I'll explain along the way how big bro would have a dragonite just for little bro)