The Meddler
Never Forget
The Pokémon Royal Rumble X-2
Introduction (2.0)
PRR is back and entering its 7th year of existence. After a small step down with the PRR X debacle and the sad departure of Endoplasmic Reticulum, I have saved PRR and brought it back after a monthlong absence. So I, The Meddler, welcome you to another exciting battle, a vicious fight to the top. You can read more about the history in the future when I add the history section. For now, enjoy Pokemon Royal Rumble X-2!
History (3.0)
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
The Winners Archives (4.0)
There have been many previous winners for the Pokémon Royal Rumble. Here is a list of all them and their Pokémon. This list will be up to date, so whenever someone in this thread wins, it will be added here. Take a look:
Objective & How To Play (5.0)
The Pokémon Royal Rumble is a fantasy 10-12 way Pokémon battle with each Pokémon taking orders from a separate trainer (which are the members of SPPf). Each trainer will order attacks to the Pokémon they control to cause other Pokémon's HP to lower. There will then be a reffing to determine the outcome of everyone's commands (see sec. 17.0). When a Pokémon's HP gets down to 0, it faints. The rumble will then end once every Pokémon besides one has fainted, and the last one remaining will have won. Once they have won, the Pokémon and the trainer will be added to the winners archives (see sec 4.1), and they will be able to participate in the Ultimate Rumble.
The Ultimate Rumble (5.1)
The Ultimate Rumble is a royal rumble fought by the winners of the previous 10-12 rumbles and the Pokémon they won with. Once a winner has been determined, they will receive the title of "Ultimate Rumbler". If a member wins a round more than once between the previous Ultimate Rumble and the upcoming Ultimate Rumble, they will be able to control all the Pokémon they won with, and not just one.
When the round just before the Ultimate Rumble is coming to a close, all participants will be privately messaged asking if they are able or willing to participante. If all members respond yes, then the Ultimate Rumble will take place immediately after. However:
1.) If I notice that a participant has been inactive for awhile, the Ultimate Rumble will take place after the next round, and the next round's winner would replace them.
2.) I get a reply saying that a member will not be able to participate then but will in the distant future (like for example if they are going on vacation), then the Ultimate Rumble will take place after the next round. The winner of that round will not be added to the upcoming Ultimate Rumble, but the one after.
3.) If I get a reply saying they do not wish to participate, the runner up to the round that the member has won in will take their place, with the Pokémon they controlled.
Below are a list of the Ultimate Rumblers and their Pokémon:
Rules (6.0)
1.) Obey main forum and game section rules.
2.) If you have an issue with ANYTHING to do with how this game is ran, please do not take it up in the thread. Instead either visitor message/privately message me, or talk to me on the chatroom (see sec. 19.1).
3.) Don't complain if a reffing doesn't go your way. Politely PM or VM one of the refs and ask them why (insert complaint) happened.
4.) No badgering refs for an update.
5.) When a referee says "ceasefire" or "stop attacking", this means you may not command or attack anymore. Any others after this post will not be counted.
6.) When a referee announces they are going to update, they may request a member to post a "filler". "Fillers" are an unproductive post a random member may make to prevent the referee from double posting when the reffing is complete. If this scenario occurs, only ONE member may post a filler, and other posts that do not have any productivity will be considered SPAM.
7.) When claiming a reffing as a ref, you cannot say to "claim the reffing after" if someone has claimed the reffing for the current turn. It's first come first serve unless someone tries to ref twice in a row. Basically, you cannot claim in advance.
8.) Don't ask for a reservation next round. You will not get one, deal with it.
9.) NO ALTS WHATSOEVER. I cannot stress this enough, if you are caught using an alt, during a rumble or not, you will be immediately evicted and reported to the mods. No warnings.
The Punishment System (6.1)
There is no determined punishment system for your actions, but you should know what you are doing wrong. I will warn you, but if you continue to disobey I will ban you for a time I see fit.
The Banned List (6.2)
Bolded Name - Date the ban will be lifted
The General Rumbling Rules (7.0)
1.) This game is adapted from animé style so attacks don't work exactly the same as in the games. You may specify what you want the attack to do but it won’t always happen if the ref thinks it’s impossible. For an accurate description of how the move will work in the Pokémon Royal Rumble go to the Attackdex (see sec. 11.2)
2.) Do not try to join in the middle of a round.
3.) You may only attack THREE times per reffing. If you go over that amount you will get a 10 HP penalty (see sec. 11.8 for more details).
4.) You may only use moves that are in your movepool (see sec. 11.9 for more details). If you use a move that is not in your movepool, you will receive a 5 HP penalty.
5.) Never change a command once you have posted it. If the ref sees that you have edited a post that includes a command you will get a penalty depending on the ref. The minimum penalty you can get is a loss of 10 HP.
6.) You may not command in the past. This means that you may not make a command that occurs before what you have already commanded. If you do so, it will not work. This is an exception if you are attacked before your most recent command then blocking it would be allowed.
7.) Unless there have been no other commands between the two, you may not make another post commanding your Pokémon to do something different to a previous command you made. It will not be counted. If someone is misinformed by the referee, they will be allowed to change their commands, but any other subsequent commands afterwards by other participants that are affected may also be changed.
8.) When attacking, all attacks you use must be bolded and your Pokémon's name name be present. If you fail to do either of these, it will not be counted.
9.) When using an attack that targets only one other Pokémon, you must specify who you wish to target. If you do not, the attack will still be used, but it will not hit anyone. You cannot request to target randomly either.
10.) If you are inactive for 3 reffings, you will be modkilled.
11.) No alliances or truces unless otherwise stated. This means you cannot help another participant you are playing with get to the finals along with you or you cannot agree to not attack them if they do not attack you. If a referee or I discovers you are doing this, you will be modkilled.
Registration (8.0)
Due to how popular this game is, being able to sign up for an upcoming rumble will be tough. First you must state what Pokémon you would like to be and what ability (see sec. 12.2) you would like to use. If the Pokémon is not part of the theme you will not be permitted to join until you have changed your choice. In addition, if the sign-ups are full do not fret. Those who did not participate the previous round will get priority registration, so if sign-ups are full you may still join and replace a member who did play the last time. The one who will get booted is determined by whoever of them signed up for the current round the most recent. This is unless the round that someone was signing up is their third round in a row, then they will get booted first.
This is an exception to those who came in second the previous round. The person who came in second place will automatically get a reservation for the next round, and they also may not be booted off the sign-ups. If the person who came in second place does not want to join the next round, the person who came in third place may take the reservation instead. If they do not want it either, the person who came in fourth will take it and the privilege will keep on going downwards if no one wants to take it.
When the registration will close is determined by the referee who is doing the opening ref. They may call a "cease registering" which means no one may join anymore. However, if the list is already full with people who did not play the previous time, as well as whoever came in second place, this will not be necessary as sign-ups would already be closed
The Pokémon Royal Rumble
Table of Contents (1.0)
1.0 Table of Contents
2.0 Introduction
3.0 History
4.0 The Winners Archives
5.0 Objective & How To Play
8.0 Registration
9.0 Themes
To quickly get to the section that you wish to read, press ctrl + f and then type the number shown beside that section.Table of Contents (1.0)
1.0 Table of Contents
2.0 Introduction
3.0 History
4.0 The Winners Archives
5.0 Objective & How To Play
5.1 The Ultimate Rumble
6.0 Rules6.1 Punishment System
6.2 The Banned List
7.0 General Rumbling Rules6.2 The Banned List
8.0 Registration
9.0 Themes
9.1 How Themes Are Created
10.0 Styles10.1 Current Types of Styles
10.2 How Styles Are Created
11.0 Attacks10.2 How Styles Are Created
11.1 Stamina
11.2 The Attackdex
11.3 Super Effective/Not Very Effective Moves
11.4 STAB
11.5 Recovery
11.6 Resting
11.7 Protecting
11.8 Move Limit
11.9 Move Availability
12.0 Abilities11.2 The Attackdex
11.3 Super Effective/Not Very Effective Moves
11.4 STAB
11.5 Recovery
11.6 Resting
11.7 Protecting
11.8 Move Limit
11.9 Move Availability
12.1 The Abilitydex
12.2 Pokémon's Abilities
13.0 Status Effects12.2 Pokémon's Abilities
13.1 The Status Dex
14.0 Stat Changes14.1 Speed
15.0 Stages15.1 How Stages Are Created
15.2 Stage Points
15.3 Field Effects
15.4 Weather Effects
16.0 Items15.2 Stage Points
15.3 Field Effects
15.4 Weather Effects
16.1 The Itemdex
17.0 Refereeing17.1 Reffing Eligibility
17.2 How To Become a Referee
17.3 Certified Referees
18.0 Current & Future Rounds17.2 How To Become a Referee
17.3 Certified Referees
18.1 Current Rounds
18.2 Future Rounds
19.0 Website18.2 Future Rounds
19.1 Chatroom
20.0 OutroductionIntroduction (2.0)
PRR is back and entering its 7th year of existence. After a small step down with the PRR X debacle and the sad departure of Endoplasmic Reticulum, I have saved PRR and brought it back after a monthlong absence. So I, The Meddler, welcome you to another exciting battle, a vicious fight to the top. You can read more about the history in the future when I add the history section. For now, enjoy Pokemon Royal Rumble X-2!
History (3.0)
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
February 24th, 2006 was a memorable day in the games section. It was a day where games on Serebii would change forever, and a brand new series of games would be created over the next five years. On February 24th, 2006, Pokémon Royal Rumble was created.
The very first Pokémon Royal Rumble was created by a user named Undertaker88. The premise of the game was simple – ten users signed up as their favourite Pokémon, and attacked other Pokémon to lower their HP and eventually faint them, knocking them out of the rumble. The last Pokémon standing would be declared the winner – in the very first round of PRR, that user was ~*Myuu the Ryuu*~ using Rayquaza. The second round introduced Silent Conversation, the oldest PRR participant still active, who won his first round with Swampert. Round 2 also introduced another very important user – ~Shadow Espeon~, a user who started off as a simple ref, but would later have the greatest impact of any user during PRR’s history. The third round then began, and it was won by a user named Crobatconey, later revealed to be Endoplasmic Reticulum. During Round 4, the idea of the Ultimate Rumble was brought up, where the winners of the first 10 rounds would compete in an ultimate round to determine the greatest rumbler. Round 5 was the round that changed PRR forever, though. ~Shadow Espeon~, being the only ref active, decided that to stop users from overusing powerful moves, created an energy system and a limit of 5 moves per day. However, Round 5 was the last round of the thread, as Undertaker88 had disappeared and ~Shadow Espeon~ was running the whole game, so he decided to start fresh. On April 30th, 2006 – a mere two months after it had been opened – the very first Pokémon Royal Rumble was closed.
One day later, Pokémon Royal Rumble 2 was opened by ~Shadow Espeon~, and as Round 6 began, the game had changed a bit. In addition to the new energy and move limit (which was changed to 3 per day and later on changed to 3 per update), reffings now included a Status Bar and a Field Effects section. Round 7 then introduced the concept of themes for Pokémon you could choose, with the very first theme being Kanto only Pokémon. One of the participants in this round was rotrum, another very active participant in the current PRR. Another competitor was Endoplasmic Reticulum with his current account, and he ended up the winner of this round. Rounds 8 and 9 continued the themes with Johto and Hoenn only Pokémon respectively, and Round 9 introduced yet another important participant – ground tamer, the user considered by many to be the greatest rumbler to date. While he didn’t win that round or the next, he did end up winning Round 11, the round right before the first Ultimate Rumble. It was a very intense rumble, and it ended with ground tamer as the winner, beating out rotrum in a close final match. Now people were vying to win for a spot in the second Ultimate Rumble, and after a mere two rounds after winning the first UR, ground tamer had already won another round and had gained a spot in the second one! However, by the time the next round (Round 15) began, people had noticed that ~Shadow Espeon~ had disappeared, so due to a lack of reffing, the second PRR was closed on February 13th, 2007 – close to a year after the game had been originally created.
It looked like PRR wouldn’t even last a full year, but on August 4th, 2007, ~Shadow Espeon~ made a return with the hilariously misspelled Pokémon Royal Rumbal 3. Long time rumblers who were still active such as Endoplasmic Reticulum, ground tamer and octoboy were excited to compete once again. Round 15 was restarted, but once again it was stopped early due to ~Shadow Espeon~ disappearing. PRR3 closed on September 21st, 2007, not even two months after it had opened. After this quick thread, people were finally accepting that Pokémon Royal Rumble’s three-thread run was over.
…That was until May 4th, 2008, when ~Shadow Espeon~ once again made a very unexpected return, opening The Pokémon Royal Rumble 4. Round 15 was started for the third time, and this time some competitors made an alliance between each other for the first time. One member of this alliance, octoboy, came out the winner, while the other two members of the alliance became 2nd (Endoplasmic Reticulum) and 3rd (crobatman). Seeing how successful this alliance was, two other competitors of Round 16 decided to join – Silent Conversation, who had returned after leaving halfway through PRR2, and The Meddler (then known as The Fad) newcomer who would later own a thread. The alliance proved successful again, as Silent Conversation won Round 16 with Wailord – his second win with a water type. Round 17 gave the alliance its third consecutive win, with Endoplasmic Reticulum winning this round. However, by this time a counter-alliance was being created to oppose the original alliance. During Round 18, ~Shadow Espeon~ started a new project that would later become a very vital part of PRR – the Attackdex, a list that described each attack’s effect in PRR. The original alliance didn’t gain a win again until Round 20, where the final member got a win – The Meddler – but by this point many people were getting annoyed with the whole alliance idea. Round 21 came along, and was very important for three reasons: the implementation of the Protect bar, the creation of the Abilitydex and the how it was won by the cheapest rumbler ever – royo, who reached up to 145 HP and 225 stamina!! This led to putting a maximum on HP and stamina instead of it being unlimited. By Round 22 (in which ground tamer got another Pokémon for the UR2) the alliances were getting too out of hand, so ~Shadow Espeon~ ended them once and for all by banning them. Ultimate Rumble 2 then came around (during which the name energy was changed to stamina), and a mishap involving a tag team round caused confusion and annoyance. However, the UR2 went on and ended with ground tamer winning AGAIN, with other veteran Silent Conversation coming in 3rd. Round 24 started the race to get into the third Ultimate Rumble, and the first one to earn a spot was Silent Conversation with Milotic, a third water type. By the time this round had ended, ~Shadow Espeon~ had left once again, and this time PRR was too successful for everybody to wait for him. So, contestant and ref hoblaph decided he would continue the game series with an all-new thread. Pokémon Royal Rumble 4 was closed on October 16th, 2008, and although it had only lasted five months, it is still considered by many to be the most successful PRR thread.
That same day, The Pokémon Royal Rumble 5 was created, the first rumble thread since PRR2 that was not owned by ~Shadow Espeon~. At this point the game had changed a lot, as veteran players such as Silent Conversation, Endoplasmic Reticulum and ground tamer had now become refs. Unfortunately, some of the other refs were newer to PRR, so redo reffings constantly had to be done. Also at this point, a forum was being used for discussing PRR rules, making suggestions and being storage for the Attackdex and Abilitydex. Three rounds went by during this PRR – ground tamer earning his SIXTH win during one of them – before it became evident that like ~Shadow Espeon~, hoblaph had left Serebii and was not returning. Thus, the ownership of PRR was passed over to the ref who had basically been controlling PRR5 – Silent Conversation. On December 7th, 2008, a fifth Pokémon Royal Rumble thread had been closed.
A few hours after PRR5 had closed, Pokémon Royal Rumble VI was made (because roman numerals are cool!) One of the very important newcomers to this PRR was KnightofRawr, who shocked people with an unexpectedly great reffing and went on to become one of PRR’s most important refs today. This PRR was also far more interactive than most, with non-refs having much more of a say when it came to rules and themes, and even being able to vote in the PRR Awards, an idea created by Master Blastoise. He was also the winner of Round 29, which still holds the record for shortest round in PRR’s existence – a mere THREE reffings! Later on in the thread, ~Shadow Espeon~ surprised everybody by returning to the game, this time as a participant as opposed to an owner. As Round 32 came along, a problem became evident – three of the main refs of PRR6 were all competing, while the few refs who weren’t competing were beginning to drift away from the game. This made that round extremely slow paced, which led to users leaving the thread and general inactivity. Finally, only a few rumblers remained, and there wasn’t enough to get the thread up and running again. The final post of Pokémon Royal Rumble VI was on February 13th, 2010 (making PRR6 the longest PRR thread yet), and this time people were accepting that after all this, PRR was done. This time it had not come to a halt because of a disappearing owner… it had come to a halt because the game was no longer popular.
However, four months later – June 18th, 2010, to be exact – KnightofRawr decided he would try to get the game back with Pokémon Royal Rumble VII. Round 32 was restarted and completed, and a new round began. It looked like PRR could potentially be back, but with the sudden departure of the owner and co-owner of the game – KnightofRawr and Robotic Wind (then known as .Wind.) – the game couldn’t continue, so by October 16th, 2010, it too had closed. Amazingly, though, only two days later, Robotic Wind decided to come back and continue PRR with Pokémon Royal Rumble VIII. Unfortunately, Robotic Wind realized the hard way he had left PRR for a reason, so this thread dragged on in the signups of its first round for two whole months. Participant winder222 tried to convince people to stay with PRR by making a motivating post on December 23rd, 2010, but clearly it was not motivating enough, because the thread died immediately after. At this point, the people who still thought Pokémon Royal Rumble could stay an active part of SPPf games realized that it was completely hopeless – Pokémon Royal Rumble was gone forever.
2011 arrived and there was no sign of PRR ever making a comeback. Silent Conversation and Endoplasmic Reticulum realized this, so on April Fools’, they decided to jokingly pretend that the game was returning, announcing this in their signatures. One participant since PRR4, The Meddler, noticed this and got excited for its return. When Silent Conversation and Endoplasmic Reticulum informed him it was just an April Fools’ joke, The Meddler decided that now that the thought of PRR returning was in his head, he couldn’t stop it. So, on April 2nd, 2011, he created Pokémon Royal Rumble IX. Endoplasmic Reticulum decided to give the game another chance and soon after Silent Conversation did too, so with veterans and newcomers in the mix, it looked like PRR was finally back as a success. However, things took a very sudden turn for the worst when The Meddler got banned almost immediately after opening the thread, so the thread was forced to close on April 17th, 2011. But then, on May 24th, 2011 the same thread got re-opened and PRR9 continued like it had never left. Three rounds went by in the thread – one of them leading to Silent Conversation’s FOURTH win with a water type – until The Meddler got permanently banned for all of his alternate accounts he had made on SPPf. However, not wanting the game to die once again, The Meddler passed on ownership to Endoplasmic Reticulum before he was banned.
It took over a day for the new PRR to come up, but the delay was worth it and on July 21st, 2011 came The Pokémon Royal Rumble
. With the tenth Pokémon Royal Rumble came a completely revamped opening post, transforming the previous simple guideline on how to play in to a rulebook of the game going over every single thing in great detail. This proved high risk, high reward as it brought plenty new players in, but also turned many away.
However, the attempt at the games’ fresh new start at first proved not successful as the rounds were either incredibly hectic, or incredibly drawn out, and sometimes both. This was proved by the second round of the thread that The Meddler won which took barely under two months to finish. The worst example of this problem came when THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #3 began.
The ULTIMATE RUMBLE #3 was an interesting rumble, as Endoplasmic Reticulum wished to put on the best show for it and really display its importance. As a result, participants had unlimited time to come on and post their command. This proved to be a bad idea due to participant Master Blastoise, who would only come on every two weeks or so to post his command. This caused the ULTIMATE RUMBLE #3 to be extraordinarily slow, and after two months, the rounds planned to be after the UR3 started while it was still going on. Eventually six months later, in the middle of the UR4 going on, Silent Conversation was crowned the winner of the UR3.
Meanwhile, the rounds that were going on during the UR3 were incredibly important as well. Many of the old players had left, leaving very few of them left. This caused many of the new players to have more opportunities to get better and practice. This was first started by the round that occurred right after the UR3; PRR’s ever first round where winners were not allowed to participate. Afterwards, the newbies started to get better and better at the game, with some of them rising to power and even becoming incredible assets to the game with the old ones gone, such as Charze, RubyXIII, and YDT. YDT especially was important as it was found he was the best out of anyone to create stages, and was thus named the chief of stages. This gave him power in creating the stages and also created the stage shop [see sec. 15.2].
Along with the new players, many old players returned after long absences, including Gryoine, Sigh, and ground tamer during the UR5.
Another important addition to PRR was the implementation of the chatroom. This is where players gathered to talk to each other. At first it was mainly PRR based, but the longer it lasted the more and more people grew to know each other and eventually became a close group of friends. Not only did this help players become more involved and passionate about the game, but it made a bunch of random strangers become close.
The UR4 was eventually conducted, and it was much shorter than the UR3. The UR4 started out fast, with 4 people fainting on the first turn and Endoplasmic Reticulum fainting shortly after, but The Meddler came out on top.
The summer then caused PRR to enter high speed motion with most rounds lasting a little over a week. The Meddler retired after his UR win, leaving the season to be nearly dominated by players of this era besides Endoplasmic Reticulum, Sigh, and Gryoine, a player since PRR4, got his first two wins. With that, Charze became the first newbie to win a UR with his UR5 win. The following season then began and after one round was done things made a turn for the worse.
Much like The Meddler himself, Endoplasmic Reticulum had got banned for making several alternate accounts as well as a rough history with the rules. This caused PRRX to be closed on December 5th, 2012. PRRX was an iconic, revolutionary game, for the franchise as not only was it the longest and most active game of the series, but it expanded and found a major fanbase as well as forging a tight community. Unlike PRR9, the next game could not be made immediately afterwards as the mods wished to give PRR a break due to ER evading ban and the circumstances of his banning. That break lasted exactly a month, and on Janurary 5th, 2013 The Meddler decide to revive PRR from the ashes once again after a month of consulting and reasoning with the mods. Pokemon Royal Rumble X-2 was born.
And that brings us back to where we are right now – The Pokémon Royal Rumble X-2. The community is the same, the rounds are the same. The closing of what was such an iconic game that it was named Serebii's Best Game may have dampened things, but hopefully this game will continue things as if it never left as well as continuing its legacy.
The very first Pokémon Royal Rumble was created by a user named Undertaker88. The premise of the game was simple – ten users signed up as their favourite Pokémon, and attacked other Pokémon to lower their HP and eventually faint them, knocking them out of the rumble. The last Pokémon standing would be declared the winner – in the very first round of PRR, that user was ~*Myuu the Ryuu*~ using Rayquaza. The second round introduced Silent Conversation, the oldest PRR participant still active, who won his first round with Swampert. Round 2 also introduced another very important user – ~Shadow Espeon~, a user who started off as a simple ref, but would later have the greatest impact of any user during PRR’s history. The third round then began, and it was won by a user named Crobatconey, later revealed to be Endoplasmic Reticulum. During Round 4, the idea of the Ultimate Rumble was brought up, where the winners of the first 10 rounds would compete in an ultimate round to determine the greatest rumbler. Round 5 was the round that changed PRR forever, though. ~Shadow Espeon~, being the only ref active, decided that to stop users from overusing powerful moves, created an energy system and a limit of 5 moves per day. However, Round 5 was the last round of the thread, as Undertaker88 had disappeared and ~Shadow Espeon~ was running the whole game, so he decided to start fresh. On April 30th, 2006 – a mere two months after it had been opened – the very first Pokémon Royal Rumble was closed.
One day later, Pokémon Royal Rumble 2 was opened by ~Shadow Espeon~, and as Round 6 began, the game had changed a bit. In addition to the new energy and move limit (which was changed to 3 per day and later on changed to 3 per update), reffings now included a Status Bar and a Field Effects section. Round 7 then introduced the concept of themes for Pokémon you could choose, with the very first theme being Kanto only Pokémon. One of the participants in this round was rotrum, another very active participant in the current PRR. Another competitor was Endoplasmic Reticulum with his current account, and he ended up the winner of this round. Rounds 8 and 9 continued the themes with Johto and Hoenn only Pokémon respectively, and Round 9 introduced yet another important participant – ground tamer, the user considered by many to be the greatest rumbler to date. While he didn’t win that round or the next, he did end up winning Round 11, the round right before the first Ultimate Rumble. It was a very intense rumble, and it ended with ground tamer as the winner, beating out rotrum in a close final match. Now people were vying to win for a spot in the second Ultimate Rumble, and after a mere two rounds after winning the first UR, ground tamer had already won another round and had gained a spot in the second one! However, by the time the next round (Round 15) began, people had noticed that ~Shadow Espeon~ had disappeared, so due to a lack of reffing, the second PRR was closed on February 13th, 2007 – close to a year after the game had been originally created.
It looked like PRR wouldn’t even last a full year, but on August 4th, 2007, ~Shadow Espeon~ made a return with the hilariously misspelled Pokémon Royal Rumbal 3. Long time rumblers who were still active such as Endoplasmic Reticulum, ground tamer and octoboy were excited to compete once again. Round 15 was restarted, but once again it was stopped early due to ~Shadow Espeon~ disappearing. PRR3 closed on September 21st, 2007, not even two months after it had opened. After this quick thread, people were finally accepting that Pokémon Royal Rumble’s three-thread run was over.
…That was until May 4th, 2008, when ~Shadow Espeon~ once again made a very unexpected return, opening The Pokémon Royal Rumble 4. Round 15 was started for the third time, and this time some competitors made an alliance between each other for the first time. One member of this alliance, octoboy, came out the winner, while the other two members of the alliance became 2nd (Endoplasmic Reticulum) and 3rd (crobatman). Seeing how successful this alliance was, two other competitors of Round 16 decided to join – Silent Conversation, who had returned after leaving halfway through PRR2, and The Meddler (then known as The Fad) newcomer who would later own a thread. The alliance proved successful again, as Silent Conversation won Round 16 with Wailord – his second win with a water type. Round 17 gave the alliance its third consecutive win, with Endoplasmic Reticulum winning this round. However, by this time a counter-alliance was being created to oppose the original alliance. During Round 18, ~Shadow Espeon~ started a new project that would later become a very vital part of PRR – the Attackdex, a list that described each attack’s effect in PRR. The original alliance didn’t gain a win again until Round 20, where the final member got a win – The Meddler – but by this point many people were getting annoyed with the whole alliance idea. Round 21 came along, and was very important for three reasons: the implementation of the Protect bar, the creation of the Abilitydex and the how it was won by the cheapest rumbler ever – royo, who reached up to 145 HP and 225 stamina!! This led to putting a maximum on HP and stamina instead of it being unlimited. By Round 22 (in which ground tamer got another Pokémon for the UR2) the alliances were getting too out of hand, so ~Shadow Espeon~ ended them once and for all by banning them. Ultimate Rumble 2 then came around (during which the name energy was changed to stamina), and a mishap involving a tag team round caused confusion and annoyance. However, the UR2 went on and ended with ground tamer winning AGAIN, with other veteran Silent Conversation coming in 3rd. Round 24 started the race to get into the third Ultimate Rumble, and the first one to earn a spot was Silent Conversation with Milotic, a third water type. By the time this round had ended, ~Shadow Espeon~ had left once again, and this time PRR was too successful for everybody to wait for him. So, contestant and ref hoblaph decided he would continue the game series with an all-new thread. Pokémon Royal Rumble 4 was closed on October 16th, 2008, and although it had only lasted five months, it is still considered by many to be the most successful PRR thread.
That same day, The Pokémon Royal Rumble 5 was created, the first rumble thread since PRR2 that was not owned by ~Shadow Espeon~. At this point the game had changed a lot, as veteran players such as Silent Conversation, Endoplasmic Reticulum and ground tamer had now become refs. Unfortunately, some of the other refs were newer to PRR, so redo reffings constantly had to be done. Also at this point, a forum was being used for discussing PRR rules, making suggestions and being storage for the Attackdex and Abilitydex. Three rounds went by during this PRR – ground tamer earning his SIXTH win during one of them – before it became evident that like ~Shadow Espeon~, hoblaph had left Serebii and was not returning. Thus, the ownership of PRR was passed over to the ref who had basically been controlling PRR5 – Silent Conversation. On December 7th, 2008, a fifth Pokémon Royal Rumble thread had been closed.
A few hours after PRR5 had closed, Pokémon Royal Rumble VI was made (because roman numerals are cool!) One of the very important newcomers to this PRR was KnightofRawr, who shocked people with an unexpectedly great reffing and went on to become one of PRR’s most important refs today. This PRR was also far more interactive than most, with non-refs having much more of a say when it came to rules and themes, and even being able to vote in the PRR Awards, an idea created by Master Blastoise. He was also the winner of Round 29, which still holds the record for shortest round in PRR’s existence – a mere THREE reffings! Later on in the thread, ~Shadow Espeon~ surprised everybody by returning to the game, this time as a participant as opposed to an owner. As Round 32 came along, a problem became evident – three of the main refs of PRR6 were all competing, while the few refs who weren’t competing were beginning to drift away from the game. This made that round extremely slow paced, which led to users leaving the thread and general inactivity. Finally, only a few rumblers remained, and there wasn’t enough to get the thread up and running again. The final post of Pokémon Royal Rumble VI was on February 13th, 2010 (making PRR6 the longest PRR thread yet), and this time people were accepting that after all this, PRR was done. This time it had not come to a halt because of a disappearing owner… it had come to a halt because the game was no longer popular.
However, four months later – June 18th, 2010, to be exact – KnightofRawr decided he would try to get the game back with Pokémon Royal Rumble VII. Round 32 was restarted and completed, and a new round began. It looked like PRR could potentially be back, but with the sudden departure of the owner and co-owner of the game – KnightofRawr and Robotic Wind (then known as .Wind.) – the game couldn’t continue, so by October 16th, 2010, it too had closed. Amazingly, though, only two days later, Robotic Wind decided to come back and continue PRR with Pokémon Royal Rumble VIII. Unfortunately, Robotic Wind realized the hard way he had left PRR for a reason, so this thread dragged on in the signups of its first round for two whole months. Participant winder222 tried to convince people to stay with PRR by making a motivating post on December 23rd, 2010, but clearly it was not motivating enough, because the thread died immediately after. At this point, the people who still thought Pokémon Royal Rumble could stay an active part of SPPf games realized that it was completely hopeless – Pokémon Royal Rumble was gone forever.
2011 arrived and there was no sign of PRR ever making a comeback. Silent Conversation and Endoplasmic Reticulum realized this, so on April Fools’, they decided to jokingly pretend that the game was returning, announcing this in their signatures. One participant since PRR4, The Meddler, noticed this and got excited for its return. When Silent Conversation and Endoplasmic Reticulum informed him it was just an April Fools’ joke, The Meddler decided that now that the thought of PRR returning was in his head, he couldn’t stop it. So, on April 2nd, 2011, he created Pokémon Royal Rumble IX. Endoplasmic Reticulum decided to give the game another chance and soon after Silent Conversation did too, so with veterans and newcomers in the mix, it looked like PRR was finally back as a success. However, things took a very sudden turn for the worst when The Meddler got banned almost immediately after opening the thread, so the thread was forced to close on April 17th, 2011. But then, on May 24th, 2011 the same thread got re-opened and PRR9 continued like it had never left. Three rounds went by in the thread – one of them leading to Silent Conversation’s FOURTH win with a water type – until The Meddler got permanently banned for all of his alternate accounts he had made on SPPf. However, not wanting the game to die once again, The Meddler passed on ownership to Endoplasmic Reticulum before he was banned.
It took over a day for the new PRR to come up, but the delay was worth it and on July 21st, 2011 came The Pokémon Royal Rumble
However, the attempt at the games’ fresh new start at first proved not successful as the rounds were either incredibly hectic, or incredibly drawn out, and sometimes both. This was proved by the second round of the thread that The Meddler won which took barely under two months to finish. The worst example of this problem came when THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #3 began.
The ULTIMATE RUMBLE #3 was an interesting rumble, as Endoplasmic Reticulum wished to put on the best show for it and really display its importance. As a result, participants had unlimited time to come on and post their command. This proved to be a bad idea due to participant Master Blastoise, who would only come on every two weeks or so to post his command. This caused the ULTIMATE RUMBLE #3 to be extraordinarily slow, and after two months, the rounds planned to be after the UR3 started while it was still going on. Eventually six months later, in the middle of the UR4 going on, Silent Conversation was crowned the winner of the UR3.
Meanwhile, the rounds that were going on during the UR3 were incredibly important as well. Many of the old players had left, leaving very few of them left. This caused many of the new players to have more opportunities to get better and practice. This was first started by the round that occurred right after the UR3; PRR’s ever first round where winners were not allowed to participate. Afterwards, the newbies started to get better and better at the game, with some of them rising to power and even becoming incredible assets to the game with the old ones gone, such as Charze, RubyXIII, and YDT. YDT especially was important as it was found he was the best out of anyone to create stages, and was thus named the chief of stages. This gave him power in creating the stages and also created the stage shop [see sec. 15.2].
Along with the new players, many old players returned after long absences, including Gryoine, Sigh, and ground tamer during the UR5.
Another important addition to PRR was the implementation of the chatroom. This is where players gathered to talk to each other. At first it was mainly PRR based, but the longer it lasted the more and more people grew to know each other and eventually became a close group of friends. Not only did this help players become more involved and passionate about the game, but it made a bunch of random strangers become close.
The UR4 was eventually conducted, and it was much shorter than the UR3. The UR4 started out fast, with 4 people fainting on the first turn and Endoplasmic Reticulum fainting shortly after, but The Meddler came out on top.
The summer then caused PRR to enter high speed motion with most rounds lasting a little over a week. The Meddler retired after his UR win, leaving the season to be nearly dominated by players of this era besides Endoplasmic Reticulum, Sigh, and Gryoine, a player since PRR4, got his first two wins. With that, Charze became the first newbie to win a UR with his UR5 win. The following season then began and after one round was done things made a turn for the worse.
Much like The Meddler himself, Endoplasmic Reticulum had got banned for making several alternate accounts as well as a rough history with the rules. This caused PRRX to be closed on December 5th, 2012. PRRX was an iconic, revolutionary game, for the franchise as not only was it the longest and most active game of the series, but it expanded and found a major fanbase as well as forging a tight community. Unlike PRR9, the next game could not be made immediately afterwards as the mods wished to give PRR a break due to ER evading ban and the circumstances of his banning. That break lasted exactly a month, and on Janurary 5th, 2013 The Meddler decide to revive PRR from the ashes once again after a month of consulting and reasoning with the mods. Pokemon Royal Rumble X-2 was born.
And that brings us back to where we are right now – The Pokémon Royal Rumble X-2. The community is the same, the rounds are the same. The closing of what was such an iconic game that it was named Serebii's Best Game may have dampened things, but hopefully this game will continue things as if it never left as well as continuing its legacy.
The Winners Archives (4.0)
There have been many previous winners for the Pokémon Royal Rumble. Here is a list of all them and their Pokémon. This list will be up to date, so whenever someone in this thread wins, it will be added here. Take a look:
Round 1
~*Myuu the Ryuu*~
Round 2
Silent Conversation
Round 3
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Round 4
i dont know 2 A.K.A. quilava lover
Round 5
The Benmeister
Round 6
pyroboi27
Round 7
Round Theme - Back to Beginnings: Part 1 (All 1st Gens)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Round 8
Round Theme - Johto Galore: Part 1 (All 2nd Gens)
Chancellor Hivemind.
Round 9
Round Theme - A Walk Through Hoenn: Part 1 (All 3rd Gens)
i dont know 2 A.K.A. quilava lover
Round 10
Round Theme - A Beautiful Contest (All Pokémon Classified as Beautiful)
rotrum
Round 11
Round Theme - Double Trouble (All Dual Types)
ground tamer
Round 12
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #1
3rd: Draco Malfoy with Swampert
2nd: rotrum with Kyogre
ground tamer
Round 13
snorlaxlife24
Round 14
Round Theme - Sinnoh Exclusive: Part 1 (All 4th Gens)
ground tamer
Round 15
octoboy
Round 16
Round Theme - A Night Under the Ocean (All Water Types)
Silent Conversation
Round 17
Round Theme - Back to Beginnings: Part 2 (All 1st Gens)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Round 18 (Tag Team Style)
Round Theme - Couple's Night Out (All Counterpart Pokémon)
&
ray2020
Round 19
Round Theme - You Never See the Weaklings (All NU Pokémon)
Sigh
Round 20
Round Theme - Johto Galore: Part 2 (All 2nd Gens)
The Meddler
Round 21
Round Theme - Thunder & Lightning: Part 1 (All Legendaries)
royo
Round 22
Round Theme - Heavy Metal (All Steel Types)
ground tamer
Round 23
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #2
3rd: Silent Conversation with Wailord
2nd: ray2020 with Magmortar
ground tamer
Round 24
Round Theme – Adaption is for the Best (All Evolved Pokémon)
Silent Conversation
Round 25
Round Theme – Battle of the Beasts: Part 1 (All Dragon Types)
rotrum
Round 26
Round Theme - A Walk Through Hoenn: Part 2 (All 3rd Gens)
Master Blastoise
Round 27
ground tamer
Round 28
Round Theme - Welcome to the Forest (All Forest Pokémon)
pokemonmaster3.0
Round 29
Round Theme - Quadruplets (All Four-Legged Pokémon)
Master Blastoise
Round 30
Round Theme - Following the Leaders (All Gym Leader + Elite 4 Pokémon)
surfer treecko
Round 31 (Tournament Style)
Round Theme - Super Smash Bros. Rumble (All Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. (not just characters))
Will-Powered Spriter
Round 32
Round Theme - Trademark (All Pokémon With Signature Moves/Abilities)
TehBrawlGuy~
Round 33
Dittoman97
Round 34
Round Theme - A Season Spent in Unova: Part 1 (All 5th Gens)
Silent Conversation
Round 35
Round Theme - All Blobs to the Arena: Part 1 (All Dittos That Randomly Transform)
YDT
Round 36
Round theme - No Getting 120 HP This Time! (All Pokémon That Cannot Learn Any Healing Moves)
KnightofRawr
Round 37
Round Theme - No Resting Allowed (All Pokémon That Do Not Know Rest And/Or Have Their Abilities As Vital Spirit Or Insomnia)
YDT
Round 38 (Tournament Style)
Round Theme - Thunder & Lighting: Part 2 (All Legendaries)
The Meddler
Round 39
Round Theme - Ready, Set, Explode (All Pokémon That Know Selfdestruct or Explosion)
rotrum
Round 40
Round Theme - THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #3
3rd: YDT with Lillipup
2nd: Master Blastoise with Absol
Silent Conversation
Round 41
Round Theme - A Winners' Admirers (All Pokémon That Have Won A Rumble)
Rayquaza is green
Round 42
Round Theme - Reffing the Choice (All Ref Chosen Pokémon)
The Meddler
Round 43
Round Theme - Single File (All Pure Types)
Charze
Round 44
Round Theme - Sinnoh Exclusive: Part 2 (All 4th Gens)
Rotom310
Round 45 (Alliance Style)
Round Theme - Ladies and Gents (All Gender Exclusive Pokémon)
Ace of Shades
Round 46
Round Theme - Shakin' 'n' Quakin' (All Ground Types)
1ns3rtNameHere
Round 47
Round Theme - Look Ma, No Ground (All Pokémon With The Ability Levitate)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Round 48
Round Theme - Keep Dreaming (All Pokémon That Can Be Found In The Dream World)
YDT
Round 49
HydroSwampert
Round 50 (INSANE Style)
Round Theme - Battle of the Beasts: Part 2 (All Dragon Types)
Rayquaza is green
Round 51
Round Theme - THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #4
3rd: HydroSwampert with Crawdaunt
2nd: Ace of Shades with Mandibuzz
The Meddler
Round 52
Round Theme - All Blobs to the Arena: Part 2 (All Dittos That Randomly Transform)
HydroSwampert
Round 53
Round Theme - Mirror, Mirror (All Pokémon That Know Counter or Mirror Coat)
Charze
Round 54
Sir DJ
Round 55
Round Theme - It's Super Effective! (All Pokémon That Have 4x Weaknesses)
Sigh
Round 56 (Upgrade Style)
Round Theme - Nice N' Simple (All Pokémon That Evolve By Level Up)
Ruby XIII
Round 57
Round Theme - A Ghost of a Chance (All Ghost Types)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Round 58
Round Theme - A Season Spent in Unova: Part 2 (All 5th Gens)
Gryoine
Round 59
Round Theme - Stick to the Beat (All Pokémon That Know Metronome)
Charze
Round 60
Round Theme - Veterans Day (All Pokémon That Have Been Used By Veterans)
Gryghaim
Round 61
Round Theme - Unoriginality – Unallowed (All Pokémon That Never Have Been Used)
Gryoine
Round 62
Round Theme - THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #5
3rd: Gryoine with Emolga
2nd: Endoplasmic Reticulum with Dusknoir
Charze
Round 63 (Upgrade Style)
Round Theme - Back to Beginnings: Part 3 (All 1st Gens)
Sigh
Round 64 (Tournament Style)
Round Theme - Johto Galore: Part 3 (All 2nd Gens)
Sir DJ
Round 65 (Tag Team Style)
Round Theme - A Walk Through Hoenn: Part 3 (All 3rd Gens)
&
YDT
Round 66 (Alliance Style)
Round Theme - Sinnoh Exclusive: Part 3 (All 4th Gens)
Mug
Round 67 (INSANE Style)
Round Theme - A Season Spent In Unova: Part 3 (All 5th Gens)
Sigh
Round 68
Gryghaim
Round 69
Round Theme - Slow And Steady (All Pokemon That Cannot Boost Their Speed)
Grim Heaper
Round 70
Round Theme - Anime Desu Desu! (Pokemon Used By Main Characters In The Anime)
Digipoke
Round 71
Round Theme - Normal Kombat (Normal Types)
Shazdar
Round 72
Round Theme - Only Human (All Human Types)
octoboy
Round 73
Round Theme - THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #6
3rd: Sigh! with Audino
2nd: Sir DJ with Xatu
Sigh!
~*Myuu the Ryuu*~
Round 2
Silent Conversation
Round 3
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Round 4
i dont know 2 A.K.A. quilava lover
Round 5
The Benmeister
Round 6
pyroboi27
Round 7
Round Theme - Back to Beginnings: Part 1 (All 1st Gens)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Round 8
Round Theme - Johto Galore: Part 1 (All 2nd Gens)
Chancellor Hivemind.
Round 9
Round Theme - A Walk Through Hoenn: Part 1 (All 3rd Gens)
i dont know 2 A.K.A. quilava lover
Round 10
Round Theme - A Beautiful Contest (All Pokémon Classified as Beautiful)
rotrum
Round 11
Round Theme - Double Trouble (All Dual Types)
ground tamer
Round 12
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #1
3rd: Draco Malfoy with Swampert
2nd: rotrum with Kyogre
ground tamer
Round 13
snorlaxlife24
Round 14
Round Theme - Sinnoh Exclusive: Part 1 (All 4th Gens)
ground tamer
Round 15
octoboy
Round 16
Round Theme - A Night Under the Ocean (All Water Types)
Silent Conversation
Round 17
Round Theme - Back to Beginnings: Part 2 (All 1st Gens)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Round 18 (Tag Team Style)
Round Theme - Couple's Night Out (All Counterpart Pokémon)
&
ray2020
Round 19
Round Theme - You Never See the Weaklings (All NU Pokémon)
Sigh
Round 20
Round Theme - Johto Galore: Part 2 (All 2nd Gens)
The Meddler
Round 21
Round Theme - Thunder & Lightning: Part 1 (All Legendaries)
royo
Round 22
Round Theme - Heavy Metal (All Steel Types)
ground tamer
Round 23
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #2
3rd: Silent Conversation with Wailord
2nd: ray2020 with Magmortar
ground tamer
Round 24
Round Theme – Adaption is for the Best (All Evolved Pokémon)
Silent Conversation
Round 25
Round Theme – Battle of the Beasts: Part 1 (All Dragon Types)
rotrum
Round 26
Round Theme - A Walk Through Hoenn: Part 2 (All 3rd Gens)
Master Blastoise
Round 27
ground tamer
Round 28
Round Theme - Welcome to the Forest (All Forest Pokémon)
pokemonmaster3.0
Round 29
Round Theme - Quadruplets (All Four-Legged Pokémon)
Master Blastoise
Round 30
Round Theme - Following the Leaders (All Gym Leader + Elite 4 Pokémon)
surfer treecko
Round 31 (Tournament Style)
Round Theme - Super Smash Bros. Rumble (All Pokémon in Super Smash Bros. (not just characters))
Will-Powered Spriter
Round 32
Round Theme - Trademark (All Pokémon With Signature Moves/Abilities)
TehBrawlGuy~
Round 33
Dittoman97
Round 34
Round Theme - A Season Spent in Unova: Part 1 (All 5th Gens)
Silent Conversation
Round 35
Round Theme - All Blobs to the Arena: Part 1 (All Dittos That Randomly Transform)
YDT
Round 36
Round theme - No Getting 120 HP This Time! (All Pokémon That Cannot Learn Any Healing Moves)
KnightofRawr
Round 37
Round Theme - No Resting Allowed (All Pokémon That Do Not Know Rest And/Or Have Their Abilities As Vital Spirit Or Insomnia)
YDT
Round 38 (Tournament Style)
Round Theme - Thunder & Lighting: Part 2 (All Legendaries)
The Meddler
Round 39
Round Theme - Ready, Set, Explode (All Pokémon That Know Selfdestruct or Explosion)
rotrum
Round 40
Round Theme - THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #3
3rd: YDT with Lillipup
2nd: Master Blastoise with Absol
Silent Conversation
Round 41
Round Theme - A Winners' Admirers (All Pokémon That Have Won A Rumble)
Rayquaza is green
Round 42
Round Theme - Reffing the Choice (All Ref Chosen Pokémon)
The Meddler
Round 43
Round Theme - Single File (All Pure Types)
Charze
Round 44
Round Theme - Sinnoh Exclusive: Part 2 (All 4th Gens)
Rotom310
Round 45 (Alliance Style)
Round Theme - Ladies and Gents (All Gender Exclusive Pokémon)
Ace of Shades
Round 46
Round Theme - Shakin' 'n' Quakin' (All Ground Types)
1ns3rtNameHere
Round 47
Round Theme - Look Ma, No Ground (All Pokémon With The Ability Levitate)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Round 48
Round Theme - Keep Dreaming (All Pokémon That Can Be Found In The Dream World)
YDT
Round 49
HydroSwampert
Round 50 (INSANE Style)
Round Theme - Battle of the Beasts: Part 2 (All Dragon Types)
Rayquaza is green
Round 51
Round Theme - THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #4
3rd: HydroSwampert with Crawdaunt
2nd: Ace of Shades with Mandibuzz
The Meddler
Round 52
Round Theme - All Blobs to the Arena: Part 2 (All Dittos That Randomly Transform)
HydroSwampert
Round 53
Round Theme - Mirror, Mirror (All Pokémon That Know Counter or Mirror Coat)
Charze
Round 54
Sir DJ
Round 55
Round Theme - It's Super Effective! (All Pokémon That Have 4x Weaknesses)
Sigh
Round 56 (Upgrade Style)
Round Theme - Nice N' Simple (All Pokémon That Evolve By Level Up)
Ruby XIII
Round 57
Round Theme - A Ghost of a Chance (All Ghost Types)
Endoplasmic Reticulum
Round 58
Round Theme - A Season Spent in Unova: Part 2 (All 5th Gens)
Gryoine
Round 59
Round Theme - Stick to the Beat (All Pokémon That Know Metronome)
Charze
Round 60
Round Theme - Veterans Day (All Pokémon That Have Been Used By Veterans)
Gryghaim
Round 61
Round Theme - Unoriginality – Unallowed (All Pokémon That Never Have Been Used)
Gryoine
Round 62
Round Theme - THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #5
3rd: Gryoine with Emolga
2nd: Endoplasmic Reticulum with Dusknoir
Charze
Round 63 (Upgrade Style)
Round Theme - Back to Beginnings: Part 3 (All 1st Gens)
Sigh
Round 64 (Tournament Style)
Round Theme - Johto Galore: Part 3 (All 2nd Gens)
Sir DJ
Round 65 (Tag Team Style)
Round Theme - A Walk Through Hoenn: Part 3 (All 3rd Gens)
&
YDT
Round 66 (Alliance Style)
Round Theme - Sinnoh Exclusive: Part 3 (All 4th Gens)
Mug
Round 67 (INSANE Style)
Round Theme - A Season Spent In Unova: Part 3 (All 5th Gens)
Sigh
Round 68
Gryghaim
Round 69
Round Theme - Slow And Steady (All Pokemon That Cannot Boost Their Speed)
Grim Heaper
Round 70
Round Theme - Anime Desu Desu! (Pokemon Used By Main Characters In The Anime)
Digipoke
Round 71
Round Theme - Normal Kombat (Normal Types)
Shazdar
Round 72
Round Theme - Only Human (All Human Types)
octoboy
Round 73
Round Theme - THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #6
3rd: Sigh! with Audino
2nd: Sir DJ with Xatu
Sigh!
Objective & How To Play (5.0)
The Pokémon Royal Rumble is a fantasy 10-12 way Pokémon battle with each Pokémon taking orders from a separate trainer (which are the members of SPPf). Each trainer will order attacks to the Pokémon they control to cause other Pokémon's HP to lower. There will then be a reffing to determine the outcome of everyone's commands (see sec. 17.0). When a Pokémon's HP gets down to 0, it faints. The rumble will then end once every Pokémon besides one has fainted, and the last one remaining will have won. Once they have won, the Pokémon and the trainer will be added to the winners archives (see sec 4.1), and they will be able to participate in the Ultimate Rumble.
The Ultimate Rumble (5.1)
The Ultimate Rumble is a royal rumble fought by the winners of the previous 10-12 rumbles and the Pokémon they won with. Once a winner has been determined, they will receive the title of "Ultimate Rumbler". If a member wins a round more than once between the previous Ultimate Rumble and the upcoming Ultimate Rumble, they will be able to control all the Pokémon they won with, and not just one.
When the round just before the Ultimate Rumble is coming to a close, all participants will be privately messaged asking if they are able or willing to participante. If all members respond yes, then the Ultimate Rumble will take place immediately after. However:
1.) If I notice that a participant has been inactive for awhile, the Ultimate Rumble will take place after the next round, and the next round's winner would replace them.
2.) I get a reply saying that a member will not be able to participate then but will in the distant future (like for example if they are going on vacation), then the Ultimate Rumble will take place after the next round. The winner of that round will not be added to the upcoming Ultimate Rumble, but the one after.
3.) If I get a reply saying they do not wish to participate, the runner up to the round that the member has won in will take their place, with the Pokémon they controlled.
Below are a list of the Ultimate Rumblers and their Pokémon:
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #1
ground tamer
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #2
ground tamer
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #3
Silent Conversation
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #4
The Meddler
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #5
Charze
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #6
Sigh!
ground tamer
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #2
ground tamer
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #3
Silent Conversation
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #4
The Meddler
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #5
Charze
THE ULTIMATE RUMBLE #6
Sigh!
Rules (6.0)
1.) Obey main forum and game section rules.
2.) If you have an issue with ANYTHING to do with how this game is ran, please do not take it up in the thread. Instead either visitor message/privately message me, or talk to me on the chatroom (see sec. 19.1).
3.) Don't complain if a reffing doesn't go your way. Politely PM or VM one of the refs and ask them why (insert complaint) happened.
4.) No badgering refs for an update.
5.) When a referee says "ceasefire" or "stop attacking", this means you may not command or attack anymore. Any others after this post will not be counted.
6.) When a referee announces they are going to update, they may request a member to post a "filler". "Fillers" are an unproductive post a random member may make to prevent the referee from double posting when the reffing is complete. If this scenario occurs, only ONE member may post a filler, and other posts that do not have any productivity will be considered SPAM.
7.) When claiming a reffing as a ref, you cannot say to "claim the reffing after" if someone has claimed the reffing for the current turn. It's first come first serve unless someone tries to ref twice in a row. Basically, you cannot claim in advance.
8.) Don't ask for a reservation next round. You will not get one, deal with it.
9.) NO ALTS WHATSOEVER. I cannot stress this enough, if you are caught using an alt, during a rumble or not, you will be immediately evicted and reported to the mods. No warnings.
The Punishment System (6.1)
There is no determined punishment system for your actions, but you should know what you are doing wrong. I will warn you, but if you continue to disobey I will ban you for a time I see fit.
The Banned List (6.2)
Bolded Name - Date the ban will be lifted
The General Rumbling Rules (7.0)
1.) This game is adapted from animé style so attacks don't work exactly the same as in the games. You may specify what you want the attack to do but it won’t always happen if the ref thinks it’s impossible. For an accurate description of how the move will work in the Pokémon Royal Rumble go to the Attackdex (see sec. 11.2)
2.) Do not try to join in the middle of a round.
3.) You may only attack THREE times per reffing. If you go over that amount you will get a 10 HP penalty (see sec. 11.8 for more details).
4.) You may only use moves that are in your movepool (see sec. 11.9 for more details). If you use a move that is not in your movepool, you will receive a 5 HP penalty.
5.) Never change a command once you have posted it. If the ref sees that you have edited a post that includes a command you will get a penalty depending on the ref. The minimum penalty you can get is a loss of 10 HP.
6.) You may not command in the past. This means that you may not make a command that occurs before what you have already commanded. If you do so, it will not work. This is an exception if you are attacked before your most recent command then blocking it would be allowed.
7.) Unless there have been no other commands between the two, you may not make another post commanding your Pokémon to do something different to a previous command you made. It will not be counted. If someone is misinformed by the referee, they will be allowed to change their commands, but any other subsequent commands afterwards by other participants that are affected may also be changed.
8.) When attacking, all attacks you use must be bolded and your Pokémon's name name be present. If you fail to do either of these, it will not be counted.
9.) When using an attack that targets only one other Pokémon, you must specify who you wish to target. If you do not, the attack will still be used, but it will not hit anyone. You cannot request to target randomly either.
10.) If you are inactive for 3 reffings, you will be modkilled.
11.) No alliances or truces unless otherwise stated. This means you cannot help another participant you are playing with get to the finals along with you or you cannot agree to not attack them if they do not attack you. If a referee or I discovers you are doing this, you will be modkilled.
Registration (8.0)
Due to how popular this game is, being able to sign up for an upcoming rumble will be tough. First you must state what Pokémon you would like to be and what ability (see sec. 12.2) you would like to use. If the Pokémon is not part of the theme you will not be permitted to join until you have changed your choice. In addition, if the sign-ups are full do not fret. Those who did not participate the previous round will get priority registration, so if sign-ups are full you may still join and replace a member who did play the last time. The one who will get booted is determined by whoever of them signed up for the current round the most recent. This is unless the round that someone was signing up is their third round in a row, then they will get booted first.
This is an exception to those who came in second the previous round. The person who came in second place will automatically get a reservation for the next round, and they also may not be booted off the sign-ups. If the person who came in second place does not want to join the next round, the person who came in third place may take the reservation instead. If they do not want it either, the person who came in fourth will take it and the privilege will keep on going downwards if no one wants to take it.
When the registration will close is determined by the referee who is doing the opening ref. They may call a "cease registering" which means no one may join anymore. However, if the list is already full with people who did not play the previous time, as well as whoever came in second place, this will not be necessary as sign-ups would already be closed
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