[OOC] Pokemon - Willow League

[Crimson Flame]

marcopolonian said Well, I'm honored to have received such a reaction.

I've used snobby rich girl types in RPs with the intent to have them go through character development myself before. I know how to deal with them. :3

Sadly, the RP's always die before the character development actually gets to happen. :/

[Soulserenity20]

So. Draex/all you lovely RPers. Any suggestions as to how a late comer could/should jump in? :)

[Draexzhan]

Draexzhan said As for catching up, since we aren't far into the rp by any definition of the word, my suggestion is to just post a wall of text to catch up. We'd assume your character is with the group, as there are nameless trainers who are just kinda there in the group. Something as heavily advertised as this would attract more than 10 people.

My suggestion, anyway.

[marcopolonian]

Crimson Flame said
Sadly, the RP's always die before the character development actually gets to happen. :/

Yeah, something like that always happens when I make long-term plans in an RP in general...

Draexzhan said
There are no gym leaders or the like. You'll be building teams from wild pokemon and then later will all battle and Willow will determine who is a gym leader/elite four/champion. As for the map, it's on an earlier page, I'll go fish it out.

(Thanks for the map, and) Will the battles to determine gym leaders and such be the end of the RP, or would the RP continue after that?

[Soulserenity20]

Draexzhan said
My suggestion, anyway.

Aweeesome. K I'll have to do that tomorrow :)

[Draexzhan]

Well, it depends. There's multiple directions this rp could go. It ultimately depends on what your characters do, and what I have planned. It also depends on what things look like at that point. The GM is never the only force driving an rp. Basically, my answer is "maybe."

[Soulserenity20]

K I hope that was an okay catch up post. I didn't want to spend much time on catching up as focus more on staying caught up.

[Crimson Flame]

Um... I don't think Eevee was one of the options... >.<

[Soulserenity20]

It's okay, I spoke with Mr. GM on this one, but you're right :)

[Crimson Flame]

Ah, alright then.

[marcopolonian]

Could I start in medias res? I feel like I can write a much stronger opening there (lightly explaining afterwards what had happened beforehand) than at the ship, disembarking.

[Draexzhan]

Okay, a few things.

I did say if you really wanted a pokemon not on the list, you were welcome to PM me about it. I had actually been considering Eevee, so it didn't take much to convince me there.

Now, about the post... Oak was traveling with Treize, a trainer-to-be at the Saro region. Lumen wouldn't have been able to not notice him. Also, Oak left to do some work of his own when the group departed from the dock, so he didn't go to the lab. Oak actually wasn't someone I planned to have in the rp, but I'm amending things to accommodate for him. 13sparx13 was the one who brought Oak in. If you want Lumen to affiliate with Oak at all, she'd probably affiliate with Treize too, so I'd PM 13sparx13 about this.

[Draexzhan]

marcopolonian said
Could I start in medias res? I feel like I can write a much stronger opening there (lightly explaining afterwards what had happened beforehand) than at the ship, disembarking.

In medias res...

*googles definition*

HAY GAIZ I LEARNDED A THING!

Sure, that could work too.

[Soulserenity20]

Draexzhan said
Okay, a few things.I did say if you really wanted a pokemon not on the list, you were welcome to PM me about it. I had actually been considering Eevee, so it didn't take much to convince me there.Now, about the post... Oak was traveling with Treize, a trainer-to-be at the Saro region. Lumen wouldn't have been able to not notice him. Also, Oak left to do some work of his own when the group departed from the dock, so he didn't go to the lab. Oak actually wasn't someone I planned to have in the rp, but I'm amending things to accommodate for him. 13sparx13 was the one who brought Oak in. If you want Lumen to affiliate with Oak at all, she'd probably affiliate with Treize too, so I'd PM 13sparx13 about this.

I'll edit my post accordingly :)

[marcopolonian]

So to establish my character's, well, character, I - with narration - am going to insult basically everybody else's characters. (I'm sorry in advance, and I myself don't actually think any of it.) I'll especially have to insult Professor Willow.

But I've played Ace Attorney Investigations. By insulting Professor Willow, because of where his picture is from, I'll be insulting Colias Palaeno as well.

Again, I stress the fact that I myself don't actually think any of these insults...

[Draexzhan]

marcopolonian said
So to establish my character's, well, character, I - with narration - am going to insult basically everybody else's characters. (I'm sorry in advance, and I myself don't actually think any of it.) I'll especially have to insult Professor Willow.But I've played Ace Attorney Investigations. By insulting Professor Willow, because of where his picture is from, I'll be insulting Colias Palaeno as well.Again, I stress the fact that I myself don't actually think any of these insults...

Oh cool. I'm glad someone knows where the picture is from.
Palaeno freaking reminds me of the Happy Mask Salesman half the time. XD

[Rune_Alchemist]

Hrm...I should post. I'll get to work on that xD

[13sparx13]

Draexzhan said
Oak actually wasn't someone I planned to have in the rp, but I'm amending things to accommodate for him. 13sparx13 was the one who brought Oak in. If you want Lumen to affiliate with Oak at all, she'd probably affiliate with Treize too, so I'd PM 13sparx13 about this.

I didn't mean to make you change it, but I guess that's just how RPs work. :P

And as for the second part, you can really do whatever you want with Oak, and if you really wanted to, Lumen could recognize Treize, I don't really care, though we probably would have to work out their exact relationship in PMs, yeah.

[Soulserenity20]

13sparx13 said
I didn't mean to make you change it, but I guess that's just how RPs work. :PAnd as for the second part, you can really do whatever you want with Oak, and if you really wanted to, Lumen could recognize Treize, I don't really care, though we probably would have to work out their exact relationship in PMs, yeah.

I'm going to PM you :)

[marcopolonian]

How will the whole evolution-by-trading work out? Is it caused simply by physically swapping Pokemon, or are more intricate trading machines required?

Also, are the tops of Pokeballs slightly translucent like in the manga?

In general, which is closer to how this RP will work out, the manga (Pokemon Adventures, since there have been multiple mangas) or the anime?

EDIT: I no longer actually need an answer to my first question to choose a starter (Horsea wouldn't be in character for Mariana, as she doesn't yet know that Horsea becomes Kingdra), but I'm still curious.