[OOC] Pokemon - Willow League

[Soulserenity20]

Lol you could go with the conspiracy theory concept. That the pokemon evolves during the trade as an attempt to make their trainer want to keep them. They evolve to try and be better, of more worth, for their trainer. XD

[Crimson Flame]

He said pages back that this would be like Pokemon Special/Adventures. I'm on a 3DS right now, so I don't really want to find and quote the post. :/ (The 3DS web browser is slow and laggy.)

The balls are translucent, yes.

[marcopolonian]

Draexzhan said
As for the map, it's on an earlier page, I'll go fish it out.

Crimson Flame said
He said pages back that this would be like Pokemon Special/Adventures.

Be right back, reading through all the OOC as I probably already should've...

Soulserenity20 said
Lol you could go with the conspiracy theory concept. That the pokemon evolves during the trade as an attempt to make their trainer want to keep them. They evolve to try and be better, of more worth, for their trainer. XD

This makes me laugh and cringe simultaneously.

[Draexzhan]

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

Now, this is something I'm not completely sure of myself. Trading machines are not necessary, that much I can promise. I'd probably make it work like level evolutions, or someone else has to train the pokemon for you for a bit before they'd evolve. One or the other. If you have any input on this, feel free to put it in.

[Joshua Tamashii]

I would say they evolve normally, just like they would in the show. I mean how many pokemon have evolved by trade in it?

[marcopolonian]

Joshua Tamashii said
I would say they evolve normally, just like they would in the show. I mean how many pokemon have evolved by trade in it?

According to Bulbapedia, exactly two. They both happened in the same episode.

It's worth noting that Pokemon have evolved by trading in the manga, too. But unlike the anime with its fancy trading machines, the manga only requires physically swapping Pokeballs. At one point, Red and Blue accidentally swap Pokeballs without noticing, and after a bit of training with Red, Blue's Machoke evolves into a Machamp.

[marcopolonian]

THERE IT IS! My epic masterpiece.

Oh God, my thumbs. Never use a smartphone to type something as long as that.

In case you're worried, no, I don't normally do posts as long as this. I don't know what happened here.

Again, the narration merely reflects the character's beliefs, not my own. For example, I don't believe Andre is an impostor disguised as Andre.

So I worked hard in packing as much of the "She's not very nice" tone as I could into that. Did it come out okay? I hope it didn't turn out overstuffed.

To any (European) Portuguese people, I apologize in advance if I ever butcher your language/customs.

[Draexzhan]

You wrote all that on a smartphone? That takes dedication.

Anyways, I'll get another post written up here soonish. It'll probably be mostly a reaction post, but I do aim to show a bit more of Willow's personality, and what he thinks of everyone.

[Joshua Tamashii]

That being written from a phone deserves some kind of medal.

Also I assume the 'little preteen girl' is Amelia. Assuming I'm correct I can't wait to see Mariana's reaction when she finds out that Amelia is the daughter of one of the richest people in Johto.

[marcopolonian]

Joshua Tamashii said
Also I assume the 'little preteen girl' is Amelia. Assuming I'm correct I can't wait to see Mariana's reaction when she finds out that Amelia is the daughter of one of the richest people in Johto.

That is correct. And I'm actively planning in advance on this discovery

[13sparx13]

Woah! That is long. And you seriously did that on your phone? That's just awesome.

[Crimson Flame]

Again, the narration merely reflects the character's beliefs, not my own. For example, I don't believe Andre is an impostor disguised as Andre.

Of course. Because If I wanted a Celebirty Impersonator, I'd use a canon celebirty. :P

I wonder how she'll find out he's the real deal? :P

[Rune_Alchemist]

marcopolonian. Ugh. Dude. I hate your character right now. Well, love/hate. I hate snobbish arrogant people.

[Draexzhan]

Yeah, she's kind of a bitch...

Also, I'm finding the whole idea of hugging a sword to be kinda funny.

[marcopolonian]

Rune_Alchemist said
marcopolonian. Ugh. Dude. I hate your character right now.

In that case, she's Working As Designed.

I'm not really planning on making Mariana's story a story of corporate espionage, intrigue, grey-vs.-grey morality, or anything like that (although it's not strictly out of the question). I'm instead thinking maybe something like A Christmas Carol. I mean, not the Christmas part, nor the three ghosts, nor any it-was-all-just-a-dream, but something like it.

[Joshua Tamashii]

So the slow change from greedy bitch to someone more... likeable

[marcopolonian]

Joshua Tamashii said
So the slow change from greedy bitch to someone more... likeable

Well, I hope it won't feel slow, but that's essentially it.

Also, what are the rules on posting order and such? As in, how many posts after your last post should there be until you can post again? I'm not asking because I'm impatient or anything, just wondering for future reference.

EDIT: (sorry for so many questions) It was mentioned earlier that our Pokemon's moves would be emailed to us at the start of the journey, but are we allowed to decide, say, Nature and Characteristic (for roleplaying purposes only, I presume) ourselves? As in, are we allowed to decide their personalities?

[Draexzhan]

Bah, sorry I've been busy.

Posting order there's no hard rule on, I just really don't want a whole bunch of back and forth. If you need to do that, collab via PM

As for natures, your pokemon are your characters. You can decide their gender, nature, behavior, and everything about them except for shininess.

[marcopolonian]

Draexzhan said
Posting order there's no hard rule on, I just really don't want a whole bunch of back and forth. If you need to do that, collab via PM

Oh, also, I was wondering about the last part. Once a conversation-(or-anything-else-requiring-back-and-forth)-by-PM is finished, could we, say, compile them and post the result in the IC as a single post?

[Bigg Slamm]

thats what you normally do with a collab post yes