All right, after some early morning / latest evening deliberations with Raven, we have managed to come up with a list of people who will be travelling Kanto in the beginning.
Sybil Goldon
Fary Nitashi
Aeris Mason
Charlie Delacroix
Danny Harrison
Kat McKenzie
Claire Hawk
Gil Chevalier
You have been chosen to take part in the Indigo League challenge. To the unsuccessful candidates, it was a tough cut, but don't be disheartened! First of all, there is a good chance of drop outs. More than half the original starters in Indigo V1 dropped out and weren't there at the end. So keep following and if need be, I'll ask for one of you to fill the gap so to speak (You'll be given the opportunity to level up and catch to get caught up with everyone). If you can't wait though, my co-GM has another Pokemon RP currently in it's Interest Check stage, although I know he's put a lot of work into crafting a brand new world with some new mechanics factoring in the Conquest lineage. You can find it at the link below.
As for the starting trainers, please message me your Skype details so I can add you to the chat and we should be able to get things started later today!
I'm going to have a problem getting in the Skype today. Gonna be on mobile most of today and my battery is almost dead. I'll see how early I can get on tonight.
I'm always on a phone or similar devices, and Skype, as I recall, is blocked on my home's router. Would it be possible for anyone to PM me summaries or quotes from the conversations?
Huh, never heard of that problem with Skype before. Well you can definitely communicate via PMs here. Just in my experience Skype makes it a lot easier to plan larger multi-person posts.
Before Indigo's story gets started, I'd like to take a moment to shamelessly plug the interest check for my own Pokémon RP, Warriors of Sengun. The Sengun region features several new species added to the roster, as well as new 'gameplay' mechanics based on those used in the spinoff game Pokémon Conquest. Also, Neo is co-GMing for it, so it's essentially run by the same people except I'm the one telling the story. =D
(The interest check and main thread were originally posted in Casual, but both got swamped by the speed at which the Casual forums run, so I wrote a better interest check for Advanced in the hope of seeing more people take a look.)
Huh, never heard of that problem with Skype before. Well you can definitely communicate via PMs here. Just in my experience Skype makes it a lot easier to plan larger multi-person posts.
If that's all we're using it for, I'd like to recommend TitanPad. It lets multiple people edit a document in real time and each of their edits are color coded so it clears up ant confusion about who's typing up phalluses all over the pad.
I've used this before with roleplay and it's a very nice tool for collab posts
That made me laugh harder than it should've. But wow, never heard of this and it looks like it would be pretty cool to use. Google documents let you do the same thing as well.
That made me laugh harder than it should've. But wow, never heard of this and it looks like it would be pretty cool to use. Google documents let you do the same thing as well.
Yeah, I prefer titanpad though, because it has the color coordination which is really nice for seeing how much people are contributing.
@Hella CuteWell, the reason we like Skype is because we're on it all the time and if we have a question we can reach the person quickly. We've tried RP groups before and it didn't work nearly as well as Skype.
@Alchemist: Okay, where do I begin? Having looked over the sheet, there are several issues present:
- I tend to take issue with characters that don't have, or don't know, one or more of their names. And several others in the role-play agree on that.
- Your starter is level 10, when the template in the first post specifically states starter Pokémon begin at level 5. In addition, several of us take issue with your choice of starter; we tend not to look favourably on those who choose Riolu, as it has the potential to become powerful rather quickly compared to other species.
- The Appearance section. As a whole. - - Eyes should only ever be a stable colour instead of changing and shifting. Pick one and stick with it. - - By "Arua" I'm going to assume you mean "Aura", the detection of which is a highly rare ability in the present-day Pokémon setting. Having looked it up, I can count the number of people with this ability on one hand. - - Describing one's own character as "considered to be extremely attractive" raises a lot of red flags.
- I see several points in the personality with which several of us take issue. - - She's "shy and untrusting", but you note her as being kind in the Appearance section. This feels like a rather large clash. - - "patient and caution. but can be passionate and reckless". Which is it? - - Being "brilliant" in terms of strategy. We aren't looking for full-blown geniuses here. Particularly ones with no explanation of where they learned their knowledge. And apparently wisdom. A sixteen-year-old probably shouldn't be considered "wise" unless they were fast-tracked in a monastery.
- Biography as a whole is on the far too short side, with very few details. A single paragraph just doesn't cut it. Sixteen years is a long time, and there could be plenty of noteworthy events that take place. - - Professor Elm lives in Johto, not Sinnoh. You may be thinking of Professor Rowan, who lives in Sandgem Town, not Celestic. Unless this character travelled from one region to the other, which isn't mentioned at all.
- I see no proper explanation of where this character learned martial arts. Books can only take you so far in physical activity. If you don't have someone teaching you, you will inevitably end up doing something wrong, which can lead to injuries.
In conclusion, I won't lie: everything about this application gives me the impression that the character wants to be a special snowflake. Neo and I are in agreement that we won't accept this character.
If you want to try again with a different character, my advice is this: don't try to make your character special. Instead, try to make them normal for the setting. "Normal" doesn't mean "uninteresting".
As an additional note, we would appreciate it if future applications were posted in the OOC tab, rather than in the Characters tab.
@Alchemist: Okay, where do I begin? Having looked over the sheet, there are several issues present:
- I tend to take issue with characters that don't have, or don't know, one or more of their names. And several others in the role-play agree on that.
- Your starter is level 10, when the template in the first post specifically states starter Pokémon begin at level 5. In addition, several of us take issue with your choice of starter; we tend not to look favourably on those who choose Riolu, as it has the potential to become powerful rather quickly compared to other species.
- The Appearance section. As a whole. - - Eyes should only ever be a stable colour instead of changing and shifting. Pick one and stick with it. - - By "Arua" I'm going to assume you mean "Aura", the detection of which is a highly rare ability in the present-day Pokémon setting. Having looked it up, I can count the number of people with this ability on one hand. - - Describing one's own character as "considered to be extremely attractive" raises a lot of red flags.
- I see several points in the personality with which several of us take issue. - - She's "shy and untrusting", but you note her as being kind in the Appearance section. This feels like a rather large clash. - - "patient and caution. but can be passionate and reckless". Which is it? - - Being "brilliant" in terms of strategy. We aren't looking for full-blown geniuses here. Particularly ones with no explanation of where they learned their knowledge. And apparently wisdom. A sixteen-year-old probably shouldn't be considered "wise" unless they were fast-tracked in a monastery.
- Biography as a whole is on the far too short side, with very few details. A single paragraph just doesn't cut it. Sixteen years is a long time, and there could be plenty of noteworthy events that take place. - - Professor Elm lives in Johto, not Sinnoh. You may be thinking of Professor Rowan, who lives in Sandgem Town, not Celestic. Unless this character travelled from one region to the other, which isn't mentioned at all.
- I see no proper explanation of where this character learned martial arts. Books can only take you so far in physical activity. If you don't have someone teaching you, you will inevitably end up doing something wrong, which can lead to injuries.
In conclusion, I won't lie: everything about this application gives me the impression that the character wants to be a special snowflake. Neo and I are in agreement that we won't accept this character.
If you want to try again with a different character, my advice is this: don't try to make your character special. Instead, try to make them normal for the setting. "Normal" doesn't mean "uninteresting".
As an additional note, we would appreciate it if future applications were posted in the OOC tab, rather than in the Characters tab.
as for appearance Her eyes are many shades of blue they do not change. My eyes are Hazel, Green And Blue.. so it is possible to have multicolored eyes. I apologize for the misconception.
I Chose riolu to be an aura tamer. Lucario is my favorite and thus I would like to train one the way Riley from Sinnoh does being that he is my older brother and where the Riolu came from. Lyra is unaware of this and so part of her story is figuring that out. that is why it was not in her bio.
You would be surprised what a book can teach. I learned martial arts starting that way! granted I made mistakes but lessons have helped me improve even more. Lessons I could get form the Dojo in Safron I am Sure. :3
If you dislike her personality I will fix that. I don't mind. :)
I can add to her biography too. There are details I left out. This is the first time I have tried a serious RP so I don't know everything but am willing to try. and yes she did travel or was shipped from one place to another. I will explain this when I correct her bio.
I do not want to be special I just want to have a Lucario and be able to train it right...
Your advise is appreciated and I will start on my corrections. But no matter what You ask me to change My riolu must remain Please. I love lucario and would not enjoy this nearly as much with out one. oh, and if you know Rileys last name I will add that to her Character Sheet. That would help a lot. I have looked for it but have had no luck in finding out what his last name is. I am sorry.
Hi. I saw this on the last site a while back but unfortunately couldn't join. Now a friend told me that it was running on this site and urged me to join, so here's my attempt to get in.
Name: Lyle Matterson
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Hometown: Lilycove City, Hoenn
Appearance: Lyle looks...like a 14 year old boy i.e. thin, lanky, no meat on his bones, lightweight, things like that. What he does have is...a slightly less than middling body height, only a couple of inches shorter than he should be at his age (he's 5"2). His hair leans towards a light blue, and is currently at medium length when brushed back, reaching to his neck. His skin tone could best be described as only slightly tan, while his eyes would be called mud brown.
Clothing-wise, he's not picky, usually just choosing what fits and leaving it at that. Generally speaking, he wears a soft t-shirt with thin, zigzaging spikes rising from the bottom (one with a white coloring with alternating blue and black spikes, and another with a red coloring with green spikes) and some shorts (in blue and black, respective to the shirts). Usually, he loathes shoes due to how odor-filled they can get while walking so he's gotten himself some sandals...still, his mother has insisted on him having a pair of running shoes, having him take some. He currently leaves those and the consecutive socks in his backpack, having no use for them at the moment. Finally, he wears a blue and black checkered handkerchief around his neck, a likeness that he shares with his pokemon Drumroll.
Personality: Lyle is very...excitable person. He has a large chance of getting hyped for most everything outside of non-travel related physical labor, particularly on the topics of pokemon, food, and new places, and tends to rush through tasks to the possible detriment of actually doing it properly. The only time he seems to be universally calm (outside of the aforementioned non-travel related physical labor) is when he's studying pokemon, leading to his friends theory that he rushes everything just so he can have more time doing field research. He's usually as kind as he can manage in spite of said excitement though and generally accepting, except when it comes to negative opinions on fighting types...or that some pokemon are naturally less useful than others.
Though he was born into a Breeder family, Lyle seems to have qualms about thesome ofthe individuals in the business, mostly due to the pick and choose nature that abounds with some of the profession's groups, in spite of any love and caring from the breeders themselves. Due to that, he's decided to focus his attention elsewhere, using his pokemon knowledge for training instead, though he has been recently looking into becoming a pokemon professor. In spite of that, he doesn't hate breeders, it's just the ones that focus on competitiveness that he takes issue with.
Profession: Trainer by profession, but looking into becoming a more "hands on" Professor, ala Professor Birch.
Talents: Decent knowledge of pokemon weaknesses and abilities, good at cooking, and able to understand the intent of a pokemon's actions.
Inventory: $3000 10 pokeballs 5 potions 5 antidote (because that's the only thing he and Drumroll can agree sucks) Sleeping bag 1 bag Poké food 3 lava cookies 1 Pokenav 1 change of clothes, shoes included.
Starter Pokemon: A level 5 Makuhita named Drumroll, with the ability Guts and a Jolly nature. Currently, it knows Tackle and Sand attack. Wears a large blue and black checkered handkerchief around it's neck, only with the knot being in front.
Biography: Lyle's mother has been a pokemon breeder since she was 20 or so, so he was basically born into the business of breeding. Due to her chosen profession, Lyle grew up constantly around pokemon, with his mother flipping between raising her clients pokemon and raising him near seemlessly. Of course, it was hard sometimes, with her having to focus less on Lyle and more on her stock, but eventually they made it through and when he was old enough, he started helping out to lessen the load. One of his main jobs when he started helping out was to basically run around with the eggs in a backpack until they hatched (well, what else would you have a young, hyperactive kid do? Handle poison types? Besides, it's good exercise). Lyle was always the adventurous type so it was hard to keep him on one route, especially when he saw a pokemon that he had never seen before. Still, she found a way to keep him in line, mainly by using the age old trick of bribing him with sweets.
Truth be told, Lyle liked helping his mother and learning about pokemon...he just didn't like the attitudes of some of his mothers clients and associates. Most were nice enough, but there were a few who were unilaterally arrogant and annoying.
Of course, usually his mom put lightweight pokemon in so when they hatched, they didn't weigh him down too much...that didn't mean that she didn't make mistakes though. One day, he found his backpack to be heavier than usual...which he didn't question and instead proceeded to go about his business of running. He had completed his third lap of the place, pretending that he was a Skarmory flitting about, when the weight expanded and shifted, causing him to become unbalanced and fall down. Turns out, his mother had absent-mindedly put a Makuhita egg in his pack that day, as he found out rather painfully. Needless to say, it wasn't a pleasant meeting between the two what with it confused and him annoyed. Still, despite the annoyance, he brought it back to his mom and got his reward, happy to have his hands clean of the issue...or himso he thought. As it happens, that makuhita was to be the newest in the lineup of one contestants team in a contest...unfortunately, saud contestant ended up having to back out of the deal, leaving Lyle and his mom with a makuhita that they didn't know what to do with.
Instead of trying to pawn it off on the next sucker that came in they (or rather, lyle's mom) decided to keep him and treat the pokemon like family until such a time that they could guarantee it a good home. Of course, Lyle was opposed to it at first but eventually, after a bit of convincing and some time, he came around to it. Of course, he didn't come around to liking the makuhita until later, when they got lost in the woods for a "day" (two hours and they were naught but twenty feet from Lilycove. It was just hidden by some bushes) and buried the hatchet. After that, they were rarely seen separate, calling themselves brothers (implied in Drumrolls case) and sticking by each other through everything.
Soon enough, Lyle hit 14 and his want to leave and explore, to learn more than he already knew had grown to a point where he couldn't stand it anymore. With that, he went and asked his mother about it and, reluctantly, she agreed that it may have been time for him to go and explore the world like most do. Of course, he had already lived in Hoenn all of his life so he felt that he had already explored enough of it and implored his mom to allow him to journey around in another region. At first she refused, but eventually, given some time to think, she got in contact with her brother on Kanto, seeing if he could keep an eye on her son. After she got that guarantee, she let him go, letting him take Drumroll with him and start on his new adventure, but making sure he could stay in contact.
His uncle picked him up at the port, taking him over to his home in Kanto and letting him and Drumroll rest before sizing him up and seeing where he should start. Eventually, after a quick questioning, his uncle decided where he thought Lyle should start. It was easy, as he said, to pinpoint where to start, what with his fighting type and all. And so he directed Lyle and Drumroll to Pallet Town, to start their quest to learn more about the pokemon of the world.
Notes/Other: The only reason that he's allowed to go to Kanto is because he has an uncle there, in Vermilion City, who's agreed to watch out for him in his mother's stead.
He wasn't exactly friendless back in Hoenn; he left some human friends behind. It's just that he interacted with his poké friends more than his human friends on a day-to-day basis.
If you have any problems just tell me and i'll work on fixing them.