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Pokémon: The Return of Team Galactic (PG)- Sign Up Thread
Plot: It all happened 1 year ago. Lucas, a Pokemon trainer striving to be the best in Sinnoh and his sister, Dawn, striving to be the best Sinnoh co ordinater, took down Team Galactic. This event took place at Spear Pillar when the leader of Team Galactic, Cyrus, used his 2 Red Chains to summon both Dialga, the governor of time, and Palkia, the governor of space. Looker, a member of the International Police and Cynthia, the current Sinnoh Champion, were there to help. Former commanders, Mars and Jupiter, were there to help Cyrus. Things went wrong when a black hole appeared from the ground between Cyrus and the two Pokemon, Dialga and Palkia. From the black hole, Giratina had appeared. Giratina roams around as the only Pokemon in the Distortion World. The Distortion World is a place parallel to the human and Pokemon world. Giratina pulls Cyrus into the Distortion World and then Lucas, Dawn, Looker and Cynthia go on in. When they found Cyrus, Lucas and Dawn battled, and beat Cyrus. Giratina makes the realization not to stay mad since Cyrus will just stay in the Distortion World. Dialga and Palkia then go back to their respective dimensions.
But, that is what happened a year ago. Now, Cyrus is at the Distortion World, Mars and Jupiter are good girls now, Charon is arrested because of his actions at Stark Mountain, but people have reason to believe that Saturn will recreate Team Galactic although no one has seen him. Most people think that Team Galactic is gone forever; others believe that Team Galactic joined forces with other evil organizations, but Looker, Cynthia and Rowan all have reason to believe that Saturn has recreated Team Galactic. They do not know their current intentions now though. The three of them fear that Team Galactic has the same plan for a new world that involves a Pokemon far stronger than Dialga or Palkia. Cynthia is not accepting any Pokemon battles right now for people to steal her title of Sinnoh Champion until all of this is resolved.
Now, you are probably wondering where you come in. Well, Rowan is expecting 10 new people to come for your starter Pokemon and so you guys can begin your journeys. He is expecting 5 new co ordinaters and 5 new Pokemon trainers from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. Now that Lucas and Dawn are in a new region, they cannot help so these 10 people should help. You guys are to report to his lab in Sandgem Town at the Sinnoh Region to retrieve your starter Pokemon.
(You can only go as far as Route 202 until everyone posts retrieving their starter Pokemon. Don’t make too many mini adventures though. Your first RPG post in the thread shows you getting to Sandgem Town and getting your starter. After that, you can have your characters do something productive while the other RPGers get their starters. BOTH OF YOUR CHARACTERS TRAVEL TOGETHER!)
General Rules:
1- We are required to abide by all of the SPPf rules that relating to RPGs.
2- Under no circumstances can you argue with me, although you may point out mistakes NICELY.
3- You’ve got to stay active! I’m taking a lot of time to do this so don’t be rude by not being active! It’s a different story if you have a midterm in school or something, so arrange for someone to take over if something like that happens.
4- The RPG is rated PG so let’s keep it like that. Keep in mind of your character’s age as well. I guess there can be minor kissing if they are opposite genders and talk of love too.
5- Don’t flame other members and don’t be an annoying troll.
6- Don’t ask annoying questions. Check the first post for some answers before asking questions.
7- Have fun!!
Sign Up Thread Rules:
1- Your Sign Ups are expected be up to par with what my criteria is expecting.
2- If this is your first RPG, you can Sign Up especially if it turns out to be good.
3- If you know that you won’t be active, don’t join. I don’t know how long the RPG will take. It could take until 2011.
4- I’ll give you some chances if you mess up, especially if it is minor.
5- Reserves will last for exactly one month although I might extend it since there are 2 Sign Ups to be made.
6- Please don’t take forever. Sign Ups are not life projects. It could easily take you 2- 3 hours maximum if you put in the time.
7- The Sign Up thread will be used for questions relating to the RPG until the Discussion Thread is posted. I’ll make an announcement when the Discussion Thread is posted.
8- Don’t tell people if something is wrong with their Sign Ups unless if you are the mod, me or my Co-GM. (Which I don’t have)
9- Don’t argue with me about the qualifications containing the Sign Up. It’s MY RPG which pretty much has the qualifications that the SPPf RPG staff is looking for.
10- Don’t say that you’ll reserve, log off and never come back on SPPf or just not post in the RPG. Also, reply to my VMs and PMs.
11- It is recommended that you type the Sign Up on a word processor like Microsoft Word so you can check for grammatical mistakes and it makes life easier for you.
12- Your Sign Up must have great usage of punctuation marks, capitals, etc.
13- Once the Discussion Thread and RPG Thread are posted, I’ll have a mod close the Sign Up Thread so that no annoying members post there and since it would be utterly useless when the Discussion and RPG Threads are posted in their respective locations.
RPG Thread Rules:
1- Only the 4 accepted members, mods giving warnings (which should not happen) and I are allowed to post in the RPG Thread.
2- You are expected to stay active and post in the RPG contributing posts.
3- It is required by the SPPf RPG staff that all posts in the RPG thread should be at least 7 lines with very good description. At least make solid attempt with the description.
4- Your posts are expected to have great usage of punctuation marks, capitals, etc.
5- Your Pokemon should not be too powerful early on unless if they are fully evolved Pokemon caught when you have 6 badges or something. Egg moves are allowed but not very strong Egg moves.
6- Your characters are to travel together but can join other people although no one will be far ahead of the other RPGers.
7- OOC (out of character) posts can be posted in the RPG thread although you must also have a post for the RPG as well otherwise the OOC post shall be posted in the Discussion Thread.
8- Please don’t make your characters feel like a master. For example, my characters are going to have horrible losing streaks. Try and make them lose at least 1 gym/a bunch of contests. (One co ordinater will win the Jubilife Contest, 1st contest location)
9- There shall not be too many “mini-adventures” like your Pokemon getting stolen so you’d have to go find it. Let’s try and complete the RPG in less than 1,000,000 posts, please.
10- Don’t bash other character’s posts. Only the mods and I can post about posts that an RPGer makes if it does not fit the standards.
11- Have fun!
Discussion Thread Rules:
1- The Discussion Thread will be used for questions, concerns, comments (nice), etc. regarding the RPG.
2- It is also recommend that you post some ideas for posts that you’ll do in the RPG like a full battle against a rival at like Sunyshore City for example.
3- You are not allowed to post in the Discussion Thread if you are not a mod or an RPGer in my RPG.
4- Posts in the Discussion Thread are supposed to remain relevant to the RPG.
5- You can also post things like teams you want a gym leader to have so I can say if it is good enough or not.
About Gyms and the Sinnoh League:
The eight Sinnoh Region gyms are located in their game locations in that they are in Diamond and Pearl. Their teams can be reasonable Pokémon that are not their DPPt teams although you can’t do something like Volkner having Raikou. Their amount of Pokemon should be reasonable too.
Gym battles can be multiple posts to hold suspense, but 3 posts for 1 gym battle is the maximum. Showing a rival battling a gym leader can only be a maximum of 3 posts no matter what! If you must, your character can have it be a 4th post as well but try not to make that happen too often. There are 4 other trainers. If every did 4 posts per gym battle, that would be like 128 posts in total. Of course you can do 1 or 2 posts. We won’t leave a gym place until everyone has done their gym battle. You can have your rival or character beat a gym leader easily like Paul did with Maylene and Ash with Wake, but don’t make it frequent and early on.
Now, with the league, there are a total of 16 entrants in the Sinnoh League which is in the same location as in DPPt, north of Sunyshore City. An NPC that is NOT a rival will win the league. Rivals get lower places than the RPG trainers. Since there will be 5 RPG Trainers, everyone will get in a place higher than Top 16. You can only have a maximum of 3 rivals each so that there can be the NPC who will win. The Elite 4 Members can appear throughout the course of Sinnoh and can battle some RPGers if they want to although Flint’s 1st appearance will be like in the games. Cynthia won’t battle anyone and will be there for Team Galactic involvement. After the Sinnoh League, the RPG ends.
About Contests and the Grand Festival:
Unlike the anime, there are 4 ribbons for each co ordinater to collect. The locations are:
Jubilife City (1st visit)
Floaroma Town (1st visit)
Hearthome City (1st visit)
Solaceon Town (1st visit)
Celestic Town (1st visit)
RPG- Only Towns (Made up although you’ve got to tell me the location and whatnot beforehand which should be reasonable and after Jubilife City. I don’t want RPGers flying all around Sinnoh for a contest.)
Only the RPG co ordinaters shall win contests. Rivals won’t win contests an RPG co ordinater enters. RPG trainers can enter although they won’t win. No one shall win a ribbon 2 times in a row unless if they only have 2 ribbons whereas everyone else has 4(which won’t happen). Of the 5 known locations, one of the co ordinaters will get a win at each of them meaning the winner of the five Non RPG Only-Towns will be different since there are 5 of you guys. The Grand Festival will be held at Valor Lakefront from the Team Galactic Finale at Spear Pillar. After the finale, we’d head to Valor Lakefront since it is on the way to Sunyshore City. Any more contests shall get covered by then. The Grand Festival winner will be an NPC character that is not a rival. Rivals get lower places than the RPG co ordinaters. 32 people enter with 16 people advancing past the appeal stage with them being rivals, RPG characters and NPCs. That means that each co ordinater can only have a maximum of 3 rivals each. After the NPC wins, we go to Sunyshore City and then the league and then the RPG ends.
Team Galactic Appearances:
Team Galactic will be appearing quite a few times throughout the RPG. My characters battle the commanders whereas you guys deal with the grunts. Here are their ONLY locations (with the Commander(s), if applicable):
Jubilife City (2nd visit) - 4 Grunts with 2 Zubats (8 Zubats in total). My characters will help Rowan and then the other 8 characters will fight the Zubats. Looker appears afterwards and talks about Team Galactic.
Valley Windworks- Venus (Clefairy and Zubat) and Neptune (Riolu and Zubat) with 4 Grunts that have 2 Zubats each. You guys help when you beat the Zubats easily. Looker appears late.
Eterna City- A blue-haired fellow with a G on his shirt appears and looks at the statue of a Pokémon. (Arceus) No battling Team Galactic and the leader’s name is revealed later.
Veilstone City- Earth (Plusle, Minun and Golbat) 2 Grunts with 2 Golbats each. Everyone struggles but then, Looker shows up and helps out with his Pokemon.
Lake Valor- Uranus (Bronzor, Grotle and Golbat) 4 Grunts with 2 Golbats each. They capture Azelf. Looker appears late.
Lake Verity- Venus (Clefairy, Chansey and Golbat) and Neptune (Riolu, Prinplup and Golbat) with 4 grunts that have 2 Golbats and 1 Zubat each. We all lose. Looker appears late and Mesprit is captured.
Lake Acuity- Mercury(Magmar. Monferno and Golbat) and Earth (Plusle, Minun and Golbat) 3 Grunts with 2 Golbats each and 1 Zubat each. We get creamed. Uxie getting caught and Looker appearing late.
Fuego Ironworks- Team Galactic Leader ??? (Three shady Pokémon) We (including Cynthia) see Looker lose against the leader. The Leaders gets three Red Chains and leaves. (No battling. I’ll control Looker VS the Leader)
Spear Pillar- Mercury(Magmortar, Infernape and Golbat), Earth(Plusle, Minun and Golbat), Venus(Clefable, Blissey and Golbat), Neptune(Lucario, Empoleon and Golbat) and Uranus(Bronzong, Torterra and Golbat) Saturn(Alakazam, Toxicroak, Bronzong and Crobat) Looker and Cynthia battle Saturn. There are 5 commanders so my 2 characters battle one and then both of your characters battle one. Things might get hectic. You can help out struggling RPGers if you manage to win.
Sign Up Criteria:
Name: (First and Last, Middle is optional)
Gender: (Male or Female)
Age: (10, for everyone)
Trainer/Co Ordinater: (One of your characters is one with the other being the other one)
Hometown: (Anywhere, although if it’s not Sandgem Town you get there by some sort of transportation in one post)
Starting Pokémon: (Piplup, Chimchar or Turtwig must be different for both characters)
Appearance: (Character’s appearance, 4 lines minimum)
Personality: (Character’s behavior, 3 lines minimum)
History: (Character’s life story, 4 lines minimum)
Pokémon Team at the End: (Moves, Pokemon and when they are caught)
Connection to other Character: (What’s the connection with both of your characters? Make it short and brief.)
RPG Sample: (It’s to see your RPG skills. The sample should be about the character getting ready by packing their things. It should be like you are making an RPG post. Just one is needed and it must have both characters in the one RPG sample which is why there is just one.)
If you have any questions regarding to your Sign Ups, take a look at both of my Sign Ups for some help. If you still have questions, you can ask in the Sign Up Thread.
My Sign Ups:
Name: Zach Hiken
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Trainer/Co Ordinater: Trainer
Hometown: Twinleaf Town, Sinnoh
Starting Pokémon: Piplup
Appearance: Zach is a relative strong white skinned boy. Zach’s height is about 4’8 which is a decently tall size for his age and make him decently sized although Zach is definitely taller than Caroline.. His short hair, eye and eyebrow color all consist of the same color, brown. Zach’s face is free of any blemishes like pimples since those types of things are not too common for 10 year olds. He usually wears a short sleeved orange shirt a lot with a Piplup smiling on it. When it is colder, Zach wears a red hoodie over it that has a Piplup smiling on it. For pants, Zach always wears basic blue jeans without any holes or chains on it. Zach’s shoes are black and white with black laces too. Since Zach needs a belt for his poke Ball, he usually wears a light brown belt wrapped around his jeans.
Personality: Zach has a nice and caring personality evoking from him although he might be heading to the “cool person” personality. He likes to help people a lot and does not admit dark secrets too much. Zach’s not a crybaby as well so if he loses a gym battle or the Sinnoh League, chances are that he would not cry.
History: Zach was born in Twinleaf Town of the humble Sinnoh Region. He has a sister named Stella who is a co ordinater traveling in Hoenn right now. Zach also has a brother named Josh who is traveling with Stella in Hoenn as well. Zach’s parents work at the Valley Windworks which leaves Zach home alone a lot although 99.9% of the time, Caroline is over. Zach became friends with Caroline at Sandgem Town’s Trainer School when they were 4 years old and they have been best friends since then. Zach left Trainer’s School when he was 8 years old.
Pokémon Team at the End:
Empoleon(Starter): Pound, BubbleBeam, Peck, Metal Claw, Drill Peck, Ice Beam.
Magmortar(Route 202): Flamethrower, Thunder Punch, Mach Punch, Solar Beam, Thunderbolt
Roserade(Route 202): Absorb, Water Sport, Bullet Seed, Magical Leaf, Mega Drain, GrassWhistle, Weather Ball, Rain Dance, Sunny Day
Staraptor(Route 205): Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Brave Bird
Electivire(Route 214): Thundershock, Quick Attack, Low Kick, Brick Break, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Flamethrower, Giga Impact
Mamoswine(Route 217): Tackle, Mud Slap, Powder Snow, Mud Bomb, Ice Fang, Ancient Power, Blizzard, Dig
Connection to other Character: Best Friends (Secretly Boyfriend and Girlfriend)
Name: Caroline Rubie
Gender: Female
Age: 10
Trainer/Co Ordinater: Co Ordinater
Hometown: Twinleaf Town, Sinnoh
Starting Pokémon: Chimchar
Appearance: Caroline is a beautiful white skinned girl. She is approximately 4’7 but she definitely smaller than Zach. Like Zach, Caroline has her hair, eye and eyebrow color as brown. Caroline’s hair is long, reaching up to her shoulders. Her face is free of any blemishes like pimples since those types of things probably are not too common in 10 year olds. Caroline usually wears a white short sleeved blouse and is not too affected by the cold badly. She carries around a light brown jacket that has light brown fluff at the edges although it is usually just used for the cold weather. Like Zach, Caroline always wears basic blue jeans with no hole or chains in it. Caroline’s shoes are pink and white shoes with pink laces. Since Caroline needs a belt for her Poke Balls, she uses a white colored belt wrapped around her jeans.
Personality: Caroline’s personality is where she is really girly. Caroline hates getting dirty and she also hates getting wet unless if she has her bathing suit on. Caroline also dislikes Bug-Type Pokemon so she really hates Eterna Forest. She would say “Eww!” at anything scary and hide behind Zach. She usually calls all boys ugly other than Zach although she does not call him handsome or anything to make him think she likes him. Caroline is kind of a crybaby like if she loses a contest except for her first one since she is a beginner.
History: Caroline was born in Twinleaf Town located in the Sinnoh Region. Caroline has a brother named Kevin who does both contests and gym battles. He is traveling with Stella and Josh in the Hoenn Region. Like Zach’s parents, Caroline’s parents work at the Valley Windworks which leaves Caroline alone although she is usually “hanging out with her best friend who just happens to be a boy”, as Kevin teases, and the boy is Zach. Caroline became best friends with Zach at Sandgem Town’s Trainer School when they were both 4 years old and then Caroline left the school at 8 years old.
Pokémon Team at the End:
Infernape(Starter): Ember, Scratch, Flame Wheel, Mach Punch, Flamethrower, Flare Blitz, Close Combat
Mismagius(Route 202): Psywave, Confuse Ray, Mean Look, Shadow Ball, Confusion, Magical Leaf
Cherrim(Eterna Forest): Growth, Helping Hand, Leech Seed, Take Down, Sunny Day, Magical Leaf, Petal Dance, Solar Beam
Vaporeon(Hearthome City): Helping Hand, Sand Attack, Tackle, Bite, Water Gun, Aurora Beam, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump
Togekiss(Mr. Backlot’s Garden): Sweet Kiss, Charm, Metronome, Double-Edge, Ancient Power, Follow-Me, Magical Leaf, Air Slash, Aura Sphere, Sky Attack
Froslass(Route 217): Powder Snow, Bite, Icy Wind, Ice Shard, Ominous Wind, Blizzard
Connection to other Character: Best Friends (Secretly Boyfriend and Girlfriend)
RPG Sample: It was a sunny day at Twinleaf Town. Starlys were flying by, chirping melodically with one and other. This day was exceptionally special to two certain people living in Twinleaf Town. They are Zach Hiken and Caroline Rubie.
“Alright, let’s see what I have,” Zach remarked peeking into his red bag in his room. “Shirts check. Red hoodie check. Jeans check. Sinnoh Informational Guide check. And finally, Piplup-styled bathing suit check.”
Zach stood up and zippered up his bag and then put the bag on his back. A smile emanated onto Zach’s face as he flew out of his room, ready to start his journey. Zach almost even slipped going down the stairs, but retaliated and then bolted out saying”See ya! I’m going to start my journey!”
“Don’t forget to get Caroline!” His mother yelled back.
“’Kay.” Zach replied back. I’d never think about forgetting Caroline!
“Now, let me see what I have,” An eager Caroline remarked looking into her pink bag in her room. “Shirts check. Jeans check. Jacket check. Chimchar-styled diary check. And finally, Chimchar- styled bathing suit check.
Caroline got up and zippered up her bag and put her bag on her back. Caroline giggled and ran out of her room but walked down the stairs.
“Mommy, I’m going to go and get Zach to start my journey.” Caroline said, waiting for a reply.
“Ok. Now you two lovebirds have fun.” Her mom replied coming up the stairs from the living room.
Caroline’s mom is kind of “round” but nice too. She has dirty blond hair which is pretty curly. She has on a green short sleeved shirt with a brown skirt. Caroline’s mom also has on a white apron for no apparent reason.
“Mommy, Zach and I are just best friends.” Caroline said although she could not help but blush and make slight giggles.
Caroline bolted out and then ran to Zach’s house, the wind rushing in her face. She wasn’t aware that Zach was running to her house while she was running to his house.
The two of them suddenly collided into each other and collapsed on the ground.
“Ow!” They cried out in unison, rubbing their heads.
“Oh. S-sorry, Zach. Want me to rub your head to make it feel better. I feel ok now.” Caroline remarked worriedly as she got up from the ground.
Zach blushed and turned away. “No, I’m fine. So, shall we head to Sandgem Town to get our 1st Pokemon?” Zach replied, ready to head on.
“Yes!” Caroline nodded, a hint of excitement emanating from her voice.
So then, they began walking out of their hometown, Twinleaf Town, and into the out open world of Sinnoh.
Accepted/Pending/Reserved:
1. Torpoleon- Zach Hiken(Trainer with Empoleon) and Caroline Rubie(Co Ordinater with Infernape) Accepted!
2. Purplepassion- Anthony Anderson(Trainer with Infernape) and Dahlia Appleby(Co Ordinater with Torterra) Accepted!
3. Double-oh-Platypus- Jasmine "Jazzy" Angelina David(Trainer with Empoleon) and Talia Marie David(Co Ordinater with Torterra) Accepted!
4. Dutch-trainer- Rich Baker(Trainer with Empoleon) and Adriana Bristow(Co Ordinater with Torterra) Accepted!
5. Silver Seoul- Oliver Dominic Richmond(Trainer with Monferno) and Bridget Elizabeth Stevens(Co Ordinater with Piplup) Accepted!
So, I hope you guys all enjoy this RPG just as much as I enjoyed creating it!!
Pokémon: The Return of Team Galactic (PG)- Sign Up Thread
Sign Ups Officially Closed!
Sign Ups Officially Closed!
Plot: It all happened 1 year ago. Lucas, a Pokemon trainer striving to be the best in Sinnoh and his sister, Dawn, striving to be the best Sinnoh co ordinater, took down Team Galactic. This event took place at Spear Pillar when the leader of Team Galactic, Cyrus, used his 2 Red Chains to summon both Dialga, the governor of time, and Palkia, the governor of space. Looker, a member of the International Police and Cynthia, the current Sinnoh Champion, were there to help. Former commanders, Mars and Jupiter, were there to help Cyrus. Things went wrong when a black hole appeared from the ground between Cyrus and the two Pokemon, Dialga and Palkia. From the black hole, Giratina had appeared. Giratina roams around as the only Pokemon in the Distortion World. The Distortion World is a place parallel to the human and Pokemon world. Giratina pulls Cyrus into the Distortion World and then Lucas, Dawn, Looker and Cynthia go on in. When they found Cyrus, Lucas and Dawn battled, and beat Cyrus. Giratina makes the realization not to stay mad since Cyrus will just stay in the Distortion World. Dialga and Palkia then go back to their respective dimensions.
But, that is what happened a year ago. Now, Cyrus is at the Distortion World, Mars and Jupiter are good girls now, Charon is arrested because of his actions at Stark Mountain, but people have reason to believe that Saturn will recreate Team Galactic although no one has seen him. Most people think that Team Galactic is gone forever; others believe that Team Galactic joined forces with other evil organizations, but Looker, Cynthia and Rowan all have reason to believe that Saturn has recreated Team Galactic. They do not know their current intentions now though. The three of them fear that Team Galactic has the same plan for a new world that involves a Pokemon far stronger than Dialga or Palkia. Cynthia is not accepting any Pokemon battles right now for people to steal her title of Sinnoh Champion until all of this is resolved.
Now, you are probably wondering where you come in. Well, Rowan is expecting 10 new people to come for your starter Pokemon and so you guys can begin your journeys. He is expecting 5 new co ordinaters and 5 new Pokemon trainers from Kanto, Johto, Hoenn and Sinnoh. Now that Lucas and Dawn are in a new region, they cannot help so these 10 people should help. You guys are to report to his lab in Sandgem Town at the Sinnoh Region to retrieve your starter Pokemon.
(You can only go as far as Route 202 until everyone posts retrieving their starter Pokemon. Don’t make too many mini adventures though. Your first RPG post in the thread shows you getting to Sandgem Town and getting your starter. After that, you can have your characters do something productive while the other RPGers get their starters. BOTH OF YOUR CHARACTERS TRAVEL TOGETHER!)
General Rules:
1- We are required to abide by all of the SPPf rules that relating to RPGs.
2- Under no circumstances can you argue with me, although you may point out mistakes NICELY.
3- You’ve got to stay active! I’m taking a lot of time to do this so don’t be rude by not being active! It’s a different story if you have a midterm in school or something, so arrange for someone to take over if something like that happens.
4- The RPG is rated PG so let’s keep it like that. Keep in mind of your character’s age as well. I guess there can be minor kissing if they are opposite genders and talk of love too.
5- Don’t flame other members and don’t be an annoying troll.
6- Don’t ask annoying questions. Check the first post for some answers before asking questions.
7- Have fun!!
Sign Up Thread Rules:
1- Your Sign Ups are expected be up to par with what my criteria is expecting.
2- If this is your first RPG, you can Sign Up especially if it turns out to be good.
3- If you know that you won’t be active, don’t join. I don’t know how long the RPG will take. It could take until 2011.
4- I’ll give you some chances if you mess up, especially if it is minor.
5- Reserves will last for exactly one month although I might extend it since there are 2 Sign Ups to be made.
6- Please don’t take forever. Sign Ups are not life projects. It could easily take you 2- 3 hours maximum if you put in the time.
7- The Sign Up thread will be used for questions relating to the RPG until the Discussion Thread is posted. I’ll make an announcement when the Discussion Thread is posted.
8- Don’t tell people if something is wrong with their Sign Ups unless if you are the mod, me or my Co-GM. (Which I don’t have)
9- Don’t argue with me about the qualifications containing the Sign Up. It’s MY RPG which pretty much has the qualifications that the SPPf RPG staff is looking for.
10- Don’t say that you’ll reserve, log off and never come back on SPPf or just not post in the RPG. Also, reply to my VMs and PMs.
11- It is recommended that you type the Sign Up on a word processor like Microsoft Word so you can check for grammatical mistakes and it makes life easier for you.
12- Your Sign Up must have great usage of punctuation marks, capitals, etc.
13- Once the Discussion Thread and RPG Thread are posted, I’ll have a mod close the Sign Up Thread so that no annoying members post there and since it would be utterly useless when the Discussion and RPG Threads are posted in their respective locations.
RPG Thread Rules:
1- Only the 4 accepted members, mods giving warnings (which should not happen) and I are allowed to post in the RPG Thread.
2- You are expected to stay active and post in the RPG contributing posts.
3- It is required by the SPPf RPG staff that all posts in the RPG thread should be at least 7 lines with very good description. At least make solid attempt with the description.
4- Your posts are expected to have great usage of punctuation marks, capitals, etc.
5- Your Pokemon should not be too powerful early on unless if they are fully evolved Pokemon caught when you have 6 badges or something. Egg moves are allowed but not very strong Egg moves.
6- Your characters are to travel together but can join other people although no one will be far ahead of the other RPGers.
7- OOC (out of character) posts can be posted in the RPG thread although you must also have a post for the RPG as well otherwise the OOC post shall be posted in the Discussion Thread.
8- Please don’t make your characters feel like a master. For example, my characters are going to have horrible losing streaks. Try and make them lose at least 1 gym/a bunch of contests. (One co ordinater will win the Jubilife Contest, 1st contest location)
9- There shall not be too many “mini-adventures” like your Pokemon getting stolen so you’d have to go find it. Let’s try and complete the RPG in less than 1,000,000 posts, please.
10- Don’t bash other character’s posts. Only the mods and I can post about posts that an RPGer makes if it does not fit the standards.
11- Have fun!
Discussion Thread Rules:
1- The Discussion Thread will be used for questions, concerns, comments (nice), etc. regarding the RPG.
2- It is also recommend that you post some ideas for posts that you’ll do in the RPG like a full battle against a rival at like Sunyshore City for example.
3- You are not allowed to post in the Discussion Thread if you are not a mod or an RPGer in my RPG.
4- Posts in the Discussion Thread are supposed to remain relevant to the RPG.
5- You can also post things like teams you want a gym leader to have so I can say if it is good enough or not.
About Gyms and the Sinnoh League:
The eight Sinnoh Region gyms are located in their game locations in that they are in Diamond and Pearl. Their teams can be reasonable Pokémon that are not their DPPt teams although you can’t do something like Volkner having Raikou. Their amount of Pokemon should be reasonable too.
Gym battles can be multiple posts to hold suspense, but 3 posts for 1 gym battle is the maximum. Showing a rival battling a gym leader can only be a maximum of 3 posts no matter what! If you must, your character can have it be a 4th post as well but try not to make that happen too often. There are 4 other trainers. If every did 4 posts per gym battle, that would be like 128 posts in total. Of course you can do 1 or 2 posts. We won’t leave a gym place until everyone has done their gym battle. You can have your rival or character beat a gym leader easily like Paul did with Maylene and Ash with Wake, but don’t make it frequent and early on.
Now, with the league, there are a total of 16 entrants in the Sinnoh League which is in the same location as in DPPt, north of Sunyshore City. An NPC that is NOT a rival will win the league. Rivals get lower places than the RPG trainers. Since there will be 5 RPG Trainers, everyone will get in a place higher than Top 16. You can only have a maximum of 3 rivals each so that there can be the NPC who will win. The Elite 4 Members can appear throughout the course of Sinnoh and can battle some RPGers if they want to although Flint’s 1st appearance will be like in the games. Cynthia won’t battle anyone and will be there for Team Galactic involvement. After the Sinnoh League, the RPG ends.
About Contests and the Grand Festival:
Unlike the anime, there are 4 ribbons for each co ordinater to collect. The locations are:
Jubilife City (1st visit)
Floaroma Town (1st visit)
Hearthome City (1st visit)
Solaceon Town (1st visit)
Celestic Town (1st visit)
RPG- Only Towns (Made up although you’ve got to tell me the location and whatnot beforehand which should be reasonable and after Jubilife City. I don’t want RPGers flying all around Sinnoh for a contest.)
Only the RPG co ordinaters shall win contests. Rivals won’t win contests an RPG co ordinater enters. RPG trainers can enter although they won’t win. No one shall win a ribbon 2 times in a row unless if they only have 2 ribbons whereas everyone else has 4(which won’t happen). Of the 5 known locations, one of the co ordinaters will get a win at each of them meaning the winner of the five Non RPG Only-Towns will be different since there are 5 of you guys. The Grand Festival will be held at Valor Lakefront from the Team Galactic Finale at Spear Pillar. After the finale, we’d head to Valor Lakefront since it is on the way to Sunyshore City. Any more contests shall get covered by then. The Grand Festival winner will be an NPC character that is not a rival. Rivals get lower places than the RPG co ordinaters. 32 people enter with 16 people advancing past the appeal stage with them being rivals, RPG characters and NPCs. That means that each co ordinater can only have a maximum of 3 rivals each. After the NPC wins, we go to Sunyshore City and then the league and then the RPG ends.
Team Galactic Appearances:
Team Galactic will be appearing quite a few times throughout the RPG. My characters battle the commanders whereas you guys deal with the grunts. Here are their ONLY locations (with the Commander(s), if applicable):
Jubilife City (2nd visit) - 4 Grunts with 2 Zubats (8 Zubats in total). My characters will help Rowan and then the other 8 characters will fight the Zubats. Looker appears afterwards and talks about Team Galactic.
Valley Windworks- Venus (Clefairy and Zubat) and Neptune (Riolu and Zubat) with 4 Grunts that have 2 Zubats each. You guys help when you beat the Zubats easily. Looker appears late.
Eterna City- A blue-haired fellow with a G on his shirt appears and looks at the statue of a Pokémon. (Arceus) No battling Team Galactic and the leader’s name is revealed later.
Veilstone City- Earth (Plusle, Minun and Golbat) 2 Grunts with 2 Golbats each. Everyone struggles but then, Looker shows up and helps out with his Pokemon.
Lake Valor- Uranus (Bronzor, Grotle and Golbat) 4 Grunts with 2 Golbats each. They capture Azelf. Looker appears late.
Lake Verity- Venus (Clefairy, Chansey and Golbat) and Neptune (Riolu, Prinplup and Golbat) with 4 grunts that have 2 Golbats and 1 Zubat each. We all lose. Looker appears late and Mesprit is captured.
Lake Acuity- Mercury(Magmar. Monferno and Golbat) and Earth (Plusle, Minun and Golbat) 3 Grunts with 2 Golbats each and 1 Zubat each. We get creamed. Uxie getting caught and Looker appearing late.
Fuego Ironworks- Team Galactic Leader ??? (Three shady Pokémon) We (including Cynthia) see Looker lose against the leader. The Leaders gets three Red Chains and leaves. (No battling. I’ll control Looker VS the Leader)
Spear Pillar- Mercury(Magmortar, Infernape and Golbat), Earth(Plusle, Minun and Golbat), Venus(Clefable, Blissey and Golbat), Neptune(Lucario, Empoleon and Golbat) and Uranus(Bronzong, Torterra and Golbat) Saturn(Alakazam, Toxicroak, Bronzong and Crobat) Looker and Cynthia battle Saturn. There are 5 commanders so my 2 characters battle one and then both of your characters battle one. Things might get hectic. You can help out struggling RPGers if you manage to win.
Sign Up Criteria:
Name: (First and Last, Middle is optional)
Gender: (Male or Female)
Age: (10, for everyone)
Trainer/Co Ordinater: (One of your characters is one with the other being the other one)
Hometown: (Anywhere, although if it’s not Sandgem Town you get there by some sort of transportation in one post)
Starting Pokémon: (Piplup, Chimchar or Turtwig must be different for both characters)
Appearance: (Character’s appearance, 4 lines minimum)
Personality: (Character’s behavior, 3 lines minimum)
History: (Character’s life story, 4 lines minimum)
Pokémon Team at the End: (Moves, Pokemon and when they are caught)
Connection to other Character: (What’s the connection with both of your characters? Make it short and brief.)
RPG Sample: (It’s to see your RPG skills. The sample should be about the character getting ready by packing their things. It should be like you are making an RPG post. Just one is needed and it must have both characters in the one RPG sample which is why there is just one.)
If you have any questions regarding to your Sign Ups, take a look at both of my Sign Ups for some help. If you still have questions, you can ask in the Sign Up Thread.
My Sign Ups:
Name: Zach Hiken
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Trainer/Co Ordinater: Trainer
Hometown: Twinleaf Town, Sinnoh
Starting Pokémon: Piplup
Appearance: Zach is a relative strong white skinned boy. Zach’s height is about 4’8 which is a decently tall size for his age and make him decently sized although Zach is definitely taller than Caroline.. His short hair, eye and eyebrow color all consist of the same color, brown. Zach’s face is free of any blemishes like pimples since those types of things are not too common for 10 year olds. He usually wears a short sleeved orange shirt a lot with a Piplup smiling on it. When it is colder, Zach wears a red hoodie over it that has a Piplup smiling on it. For pants, Zach always wears basic blue jeans without any holes or chains on it. Zach’s shoes are black and white with black laces too. Since Zach needs a belt for his poke Ball, he usually wears a light brown belt wrapped around his jeans.
Personality: Zach has a nice and caring personality evoking from him although he might be heading to the “cool person” personality. He likes to help people a lot and does not admit dark secrets too much. Zach’s not a crybaby as well so if he loses a gym battle or the Sinnoh League, chances are that he would not cry.
History: Zach was born in Twinleaf Town of the humble Sinnoh Region. He has a sister named Stella who is a co ordinater traveling in Hoenn right now. Zach also has a brother named Josh who is traveling with Stella in Hoenn as well. Zach’s parents work at the Valley Windworks which leaves Zach home alone a lot although 99.9% of the time, Caroline is over. Zach became friends with Caroline at Sandgem Town’s Trainer School when they were 4 years old and they have been best friends since then. Zach left Trainer’s School when he was 8 years old.
Pokémon Team at the End:
Empoleon(Starter): Pound, BubbleBeam, Peck, Metal Claw, Drill Peck, Ice Beam.
Magmortar(Route 202): Flamethrower, Thunder Punch, Mach Punch, Solar Beam, Thunderbolt
Roserade(Route 202): Absorb, Water Sport, Bullet Seed, Magical Leaf, Mega Drain, GrassWhistle, Weather Ball, Rain Dance, Sunny Day
Staraptor(Route 205): Quick Attack, Wing Attack, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Brave Bird
Electivire(Route 214): Thundershock, Quick Attack, Low Kick, Brick Break, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Flamethrower, Giga Impact
Mamoswine(Route 217): Tackle, Mud Slap, Powder Snow, Mud Bomb, Ice Fang, Ancient Power, Blizzard, Dig
Connection to other Character: Best Friends (Secretly Boyfriend and Girlfriend)
Name: Caroline Rubie
Gender: Female
Age: 10
Trainer/Co Ordinater: Co Ordinater
Hometown: Twinleaf Town, Sinnoh
Starting Pokémon: Chimchar
Appearance: Caroline is a beautiful white skinned girl. She is approximately 4’7 but she definitely smaller than Zach. Like Zach, Caroline has her hair, eye and eyebrow color as brown. Caroline’s hair is long, reaching up to her shoulders. Her face is free of any blemishes like pimples since those types of things probably are not too common in 10 year olds. Caroline usually wears a white short sleeved blouse and is not too affected by the cold badly. She carries around a light brown jacket that has light brown fluff at the edges although it is usually just used for the cold weather. Like Zach, Caroline always wears basic blue jeans with no hole or chains in it. Caroline’s shoes are pink and white shoes with pink laces. Since Caroline needs a belt for her Poke Balls, she uses a white colored belt wrapped around her jeans.
Personality: Caroline’s personality is where she is really girly. Caroline hates getting dirty and she also hates getting wet unless if she has her bathing suit on. Caroline also dislikes Bug-Type Pokemon so she really hates Eterna Forest. She would say “Eww!” at anything scary and hide behind Zach. She usually calls all boys ugly other than Zach although she does not call him handsome or anything to make him think she likes him. Caroline is kind of a crybaby like if she loses a contest except for her first one since she is a beginner.
History: Caroline was born in Twinleaf Town located in the Sinnoh Region. Caroline has a brother named Kevin who does both contests and gym battles. He is traveling with Stella and Josh in the Hoenn Region. Like Zach’s parents, Caroline’s parents work at the Valley Windworks which leaves Caroline alone although she is usually “hanging out with her best friend who just happens to be a boy”, as Kevin teases, and the boy is Zach. Caroline became best friends with Zach at Sandgem Town’s Trainer School when they were both 4 years old and then Caroline left the school at 8 years old.
Pokémon Team at the End:
Infernape(Starter): Ember, Scratch, Flame Wheel, Mach Punch, Flamethrower, Flare Blitz, Close Combat
Mismagius(Route 202): Psywave, Confuse Ray, Mean Look, Shadow Ball, Confusion, Magical Leaf
Cherrim(Eterna Forest): Growth, Helping Hand, Leech Seed, Take Down, Sunny Day, Magical Leaf, Petal Dance, Solar Beam
Vaporeon(Hearthome City): Helping Hand, Sand Attack, Tackle, Bite, Water Gun, Aurora Beam, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump
Togekiss(Mr. Backlot’s Garden): Sweet Kiss, Charm, Metronome, Double-Edge, Ancient Power, Follow-Me, Magical Leaf, Air Slash, Aura Sphere, Sky Attack
Froslass(Route 217): Powder Snow, Bite, Icy Wind, Ice Shard, Ominous Wind, Blizzard
Connection to other Character: Best Friends (Secretly Boyfriend and Girlfriend)
RPG Sample: It was a sunny day at Twinleaf Town. Starlys were flying by, chirping melodically with one and other. This day was exceptionally special to two certain people living in Twinleaf Town. They are Zach Hiken and Caroline Rubie.
“Alright, let’s see what I have,” Zach remarked peeking into his red bag in his room. “Shirts check. Red hoodie check. Jeans check. Sinnoh Informational Guide check. And finally, Piplup-styled bathing suit check.”
Zach stood up and zippered up his bag and then put the bag on his back. A smile emanated onto Zach’s face as he flew out of his room, ready to start his journey. Zach almost even slipped going down the stairs, but retaliated and then bolted out saying”See ya! I’m going to start my journey!”
“Don’t forget to get Caroline!” His mother yelled back.
“’Kay.” Zach replied back. I’d never think about forgetting Caroline!
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“Now, let me see what I have,” An eager Caroline remarked looking into her pink bag in her room. “Shirts check. Jeans check. Jacket check. Chimchar-styled diary check. And finally, Chimchar- styled bathing suit check.
Caroline got up and zippered up her bag and put her bag on her back. Caroline giggled and ran out of her room but walked down the stairs.
“Mommy, I’m going to go and get Zach to start my journey.” Caroline said, waiting for a reply.
“Ok. Now you two lovebirds have fun.” Her mom replied coming up the stairs from the living room.
Caroline’s mom is kind of “round” but nice too. She has dirty blond hair which is pretty curly. She has on a green short sleeved shirt with a brown skirt. Caroline’s mom also has on a white apron for no apparent reason.
“Mommy, Zach and I are just best friends.” Caroline said although she could not help but blush and make slight giggles.
Caroline bolted out and then ran to Zach’s house, the wind rushing in her face. She wasn’t aware that Zach was running to her house while she was running to his house.
The two of them suddenly collided into each other and collapsed on the ground.
“Ow!” They cried out in unison, rubbing their heads.
“Oh. S-sorry, Zach. Want me to rub your head to make it feel better. I feel ok now.” Caroline remarked worriedly as she got up from the ground.
Zach blushed and turned away. “No, I’m fine. So, shall we head to Sandgem Town to get our 1st Pokemon?” Zach replied, ready to head on.
“Yes!” Caroline nodded, a hint of excitement emanating from her voice.
So then, they began walking out of their hometown, Twinleaf Town, and into the out open world of Sinnoh.
Accepted/Pending/Reserved:
1. Torpoleon- Zach Hiken(Trainer with Empoleon) and Caroline Rubie(Co Ordinater with Infernape) Accepted!
2. Purplepassion- Anthony Anderson(Trainer with Infernape) and Dahlia Appleby(Co Ordinater with Torterra) Accepted!
3. Double-oh-Platypus- Jasmine "Jazzy" Angelina David(Trainer with Empoleon) and Talia Marie David(Co Ordinater with Torterra) Accepted!
4. Dutch-trainer- Rich Baker(Trainer with Empoleon) and Adriana Bristow(Co Ordinater with Torterra) Accepted!
5. Silver Seoul- Oliver Dominic Richmond(Trainer with Monferno) and Bridget Elizabeth Stevens(Co Ordinater with Piplup) Accepted!
So, I hope you guys all enjoy this RPG just as much as I enjoyed creating it!!
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