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Suggestion: Pokemon RPers
Topic Started: Apr 10 2009, 05:01 AM (1,650 Views)
Tasogare Reiken
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Its pretty simple.

If you want a Pokemon that isn't or cannot be found on the starter list, this is a method for obtaining said Species for your Pokemon RP Character.

1) You need a Trainer first.

2) You need to either qualify for a Second Account, which requires Admin, or be willing to drop your active Account.

3) You need to have said Pokemon.

I think you get the gist of it, but let me summarize it. You need to get the Pokemon you want with your active account. Then release it into the wild. Either you switch gears, and your Account loses the Trainer and goes with the Pokemon, or the Second Account and its Character will be that Particular Pokemon.

Its not an easy task by far, since if you want to RP as a Dratini, you are going to need to find one first, and that wouldn't be easy.
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DarkSlayer1331
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I actually like this idea. You need to prove your worth to obtain that Pokemon in the first place, and then you can play as that Pokemon. I'm all for it. Let's see what others think of the idea.
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Blazing Falcon
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Why bother? Why can't we just allow members to get a Pokemon of their choice from the start if their post is above average? If it isn't, they fail and they can't get it, too bad.
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Lawl I should bring Robyn back and blow up half the island.

/totally constructive
Edited by Bumblebee, Apr 10 2009, 11:04 AM.
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Tasogare Reiken
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Apr 10 2009, 10:12 AM
Why bother? Why can't we just allow members to get a Pokemon of their choice from the start if their post is above average? If it isn't, they fail and they can't get it, too bad.
Would you be willing to just give away Eevees, Dratinis, or Gibles because the Player can post one good post for you? These things need to be earned, and the best way for that to happen is to already be in the RP.
Edited by Tasogare Reiken, Apr 10 2009, 11:11 AM.
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Blazing Falcon
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Obviously there are limits, but really you can play as an Eevee or a Dratini or Gible if you want. In this game, stats mean nothing. And getting yourself to a Garchomp or Dragonite or Eeveelution would be extremely difficult.

Also, you could be marked for further watching to ensure that you continue to post well and don't slack off. Either way, your method just seems like its too difficult. What if I didn't want to be a human trainer? If I want to play as an Eevee, I would have to play for an extremely long time as a human only to totally ditch the character when I get the Eevee. Its not very effective, IMO.
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Xander
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What Taso has is similar to the way we chose starters on Akaiyo. Player would place the three Pokemon they wanted with exceptions to Eevees, Dittos, and Legends and then they were graded on their performence from there. Most that placed their choices for rares were completely denied as the effort put into the work did not match the prize. By Taso's you'd most likely need to write a novel to get one of the three mentioned in here.
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Tasogare Reiken
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The effort matches the prize just fine, unless you are trying to tell me that within Alternia, it isn't work it to ever go after Rare Pokemon? Ditto isn't worth bothering to get as a Trainer because its too much effort?

I certainly hope this isn't the case. And if it isn't, I don't see this problem.

What is the current system for Pokemon RP Characters? As far as I know, its the same as picking a Starter, you get one from the list.

I'm working off of that knowledge, in that no player is capable of being something that can't be in the Starter List.
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Blazing Falcon
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That is the rule, but I'm saying we can change it. I didn't say Ditto wasn't worth the effort. (It is. I would know.) But the concept of playing out a character you don't want in order to get something for a different character is just ludicrous. There's no point to it.

Which is why I proposed the other idea.
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Tasogare Reiken
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Well BF, anyone with the ability to get something as Rare as a Ditto pretty much makes the cut for having a Second Account, doesn't it? Besides that, since the Trainer would be disposable, all of the Trainer's income and stuff can be used solely on TMs and Rare Candies etc for the Pokemon to be. That might even be abuse of the system :P .

I wasn't talking to you so much as Snow when I asked about Ditto being worth getting, but now I see I misread Snow's post anyway.

What is the effort you think should be required to be a Ditto Pokemon RPer?
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I agree with BF. I think that playing as a human character, and putting in the enormous effort of finding a ditto or an eevee just so you can RP as that pokemon is ridiculous. I think that a new system needs to be considered to allow pokemon RPers to choose a pokemon not normally available on the CSL.

Furthermore, half the fun of playing as a pokemon is the whole trying to avoid being captured theme, or the lack of knowledge and therefore instinctive fear of humans. If you're forced to play as a pokemon that has been caught and then released into the wild, these elements of the character are somewhat skewed.
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I liked it though. It allows someone to take their trainer, get a pokemon, then get to play as your favorite pokemon.

Plus, mostly, if you earned your pokemon, you most likely stayed here long enough for a second account.

Furthermore, we can change this and say that instead of it being that exact pokemon, we trade in the trainer's pokemon, in order to play as that species. BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT EXACT POKEMON! Why should we have limits on it being that exact pokemon? If your worried about hte 'avoid ebing caught,' then add this into it, and that's eliminate straight off the bat.
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Tasogare Reiken
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Apr 15 2009, 02:24 AM
I agree with BF. I think that playing as a human character, and putting in the enormous effort of finding a ditto or an eevee just so you can RP as that pokemon is ridiculous. I think that a new system needs to be considered to allow pokemon RPers to choose a pokemon not normally available on the CSL.
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What is the effort you think should be required to be a Ditto Pokemon RPer?


You are saying that while the concept is good, the idea is bad, without an alternative. What less than pages of posts as a Trainer would you accept for a Pokemon RPer? A Ditto Pokemon RPer is insanely stronger than other Pokemon RPers, due to the imba nature (making Ditto really rare to begin wtih).



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Furthermore, half the fun of playing as a pokemon is the whole trying to avoid being captured theme, or the lack of knowledge and therefore instinctive fear of humans. If you're forced to play as a pokemon that has been caught and then released into the wild, these elements of the character are somewhat skewed.


It doesn't have to be. What if the trainer abused or neglected you? Would you really want to be around Humans again? That is a choice on the individual Player, not this system.
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Seraph
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I agree with BF, though I wish I had the power to actually make my posts longer than the minimum so I could get what I wanted.
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Tasogare Reiken
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Well, how much of a Background would be sufficient? Its really up to the Admins now to decide how or if they wish to take this suggestion.

Comparatively, would Stephan Reiken's length and quality of background be sufficent to start off as a Ditto as a Pokemon RPer? If not, whats the rarest thing it could be?
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