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echo; A KANTO JOURNEY (OOC)

Sir Bastian

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If you want to post, feel free to go ahead. I don't want my slowness to drag you down if you just want to RP. I still have to incorporate some character development before I have her head to the forest and I'd hate to keep people awaiting, especially given how fun this RP has been so far. :P

Not that it matters too much at this point, but I noticed Marshtomp is crossed out but nobody has him. If it's alright, do you mind if I use two of the pre-evolved starters that don't have a first-stage Pokemon taken by someone else for characters in my next post?

I'll just make one post ending in my character being outside of the resting shack... thing, and then leave it there, so you can catch up and we can do the joined post. Sound good? :3 Take all the time you need.
 

Xlugon Pyro

Dragon Tamer
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I'll just make one post ending in my character being outside of the resting shack... thing, and then leave it there, so you can catch up and we can do the joined post. Sound good? :3 Take all the time you need.
If they meet it's best to be done inside Viridian Forest. I plan on having another post before I have her participate in Viridian Forest and I have a lot of character development happening early on.

On that note, just threw up a huge post that took me all day to write. XD Granted I got distracted for awhile but I got it done!
 
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Crap, sorry about that last post. They originally had a Marowak and Hypno, but i felt I should change them to Pokemon we've already met to keep up consistency ya know? And I guess I was a little sloppy with the editing, my bad. );

Forget Leer for Scary Face.
Haha, I thought something like that ;p But I actually think it's ok for you to make NPCs have any kind of pokémon. As long as you don't try to trade your own for them because that counts as cheating :3

I'll let you guys know when you're able to trade pokémon with NPCs - it'll be via chapter events. You're always welcome to trade between each other though!

Leer is forgotten and Scary Face will be added!​

Well darnit, everyone is leveling up and being awesome. I think I may need to squeeze in a single post without entering Viridian itself before Pyro manages to catch up, since I think she might need another post by herself before we're doing a joined one. Feel free to correct me Pyro :P
Haha, you guys are so busy posting! I'm overjoyed as a GM, tbh.

If you want to post, feel free to go ahead. I don't want my slowness to drag you down if you just want to RP. I still have to incorporate some character development before I have her head to the forest and I'd hate to keep people awaiting, especially given how fun this RP has been so far. :P

Not that it matters too much at this point, but I noticed Marshtomp is crossed out but nobody has him. If it's alright, do you mind if I use two of the pre-evolved starters that don't have a first-stage Pokemon taken by someone else for characters in my next post?
Oh, that's probably a mistake of mine! Like I said to Charizard_Man earlier, I'm ok with you giving the NPCs any kind of pokémon. Not legendaries, perhaps. It's just that your main rival needed to have the same species as you ;)

Agreed 100%! I am loving this RP every trainer and their Pokemon are so unique its really a lot of fun! :D
I'm so happy to hear! Maybe this activity won't be kept up forever, but I'll always try as best as I can to keep a good balance between letting those who are behind catch up and still keeping things interesting for the players who are up to date with the chapters and events.

No one should feel rushed :] But as for some people leveling a lot while others might not have time to post as often (it might happen), I think it's just ok. Players making many qualitative posts should be rewarded and levels are those rewards! Lots of very short posts is a different matter.

On that note, just threw up a huge post that took me all day to write. XD Granted I got distracted for awhile but I got it done!
I know that feel, bro. I should learn to write a piece at a time of my posts rather than try to do it all at once :x But when I start writing, I just can't stop until the post feels complete :]

I'm working on my post. Sorry about the wait guys. It'll be up sooner than later. ^_^
Glad to see you posted! I'll be reading up on the IC thread as soon as I've made some dinner and dealt with a friend who's running about my apartment today and whatnot :3​
 

Puppeteer Mask

Hey-Chicka-Bump-Bump!
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Will have my first post up tomorrow, sorry for the wait, but work is making it difficult to drum up a decent opening post. I'm really jazzed up about this RP though! I'm excited to get my character rolling.
 
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Quick question about the Mew/Mewtwo event. To what extent will we be able to interact with them? :O
Just a little. Little little. You won't really be able to communicate with them so forget any thoughts about making friends via telepathic conversations ;) As the chapter states, "You will in this forest briefly spot the pokémon..."

Will have my first post up tomorrow, sorry for the wait, but work is making it difficult to drum up a decent opening post. I'm really jazzed up about this RP though! I'm excited to get my character rolling.
Looking forward to it! Life's life, RPing is what we do when we feel like taking some time off or escape for a while ;)

EDIT: ugh... I didn't have time to post today. I've written up half my post, perhaps. It's going to be good, I hope :3 At least a bit more sensitive and poetic than my last ones. If Aberdeen can get poetic. I hope so. Ok, maybe not poetic. But still. Ah. Whatever.

:3 :3​
 
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Xlugon Pyro

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Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahah....

I'm finally ready to start chapter two! YUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
 

RedWing

Pokemon Capture Specialist
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Gah, I'm tired...Would have posted more but I need sleep t_t

Part II of Ch. 2 will be written tomorrow, expect an electrifying battle /shoot.
 

Puppeteer Mask

Hey-Chicka-Bump-Bump!
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Everyone's making this huge posts and I'm just sitting here feeling horribly inadaquate... I was writing from about ten thirty to past midnight last night before I just had to clock out. I ended the post in such a way that I can pick up from it in another post, though, so I guess it shouldn't be much of an issue. Don't expect any battles in the first post, though. It's mostly me trying to establish Grotle's personality as a lovable derp.
 
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Everyone's making this huge posts and I'm just sitting here feeling horribly inadaquate... I was writing from about ten thirty to past midnight last night before I just had to clock out. I ended the post in such a way that I can pick up from it in another post, though, so I guess it shouldn't be much of an issue. Don't expect any battles in the first post, though. It's mostly me trying to establish Grotle's personality as a lovable derp.
Don't worry about post length! It's just that in these RPs, people usually want to create a story with their trainer and to do so it's often easy to just let your fingers run along the keyboard and write as long a post as you need to get everything out. But making shorter posts, more straight to the point with battles and captures and whatnot to earn levels is just as fine if you feel more like playing the game than writing a story.

I should do smaller posts, the one I'm typing up now... I don't know where to end it :x
 

Puppeteer Mask

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Oh, I'm very much interested in telling a story. I just happen to be in a cruddy state of mind at the moment. >.<'

I'm not even really planning on having Chapo catch anything until I hit up Veridian. (I have plans there. Big plans.) My next post will be more establishing a friendship between Chapo and her rival and helping her catch a pokemon. I figure I'll devote the post to establishing the rival's character and have Chapo unintentionally go big sister mode on her.
 
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I've got some stuff to do so I just grinded out a quick post today, didn't want to not post today so I got it done and now I'm heading out. All these posts are so fun to read btw, all my free time is spent reading them :D
 

Sir Bastian

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Jeebus, people are posting so quickly. Especiall you, Charizard :P I'm not even sure I can properly keep up at this pace.
 

Xlugon Pyro

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Jeebus, people are posting so quickly. Especiall you, Charizard :P I'm not even sure I can properly keep up at this pace.
Yeah he's insane. I'm going to put him on a leash. It's out of control.


I'll have Vuowth drop Pound in place of Pursuit.
 
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Oh, I'm very much interested in telling a story. I just happen to be in a cruddy state of mind at the moment. >.<'

I'm not even really planning on having Chapo catch anything until I hit up Veridian. (I have plans there. Big plans.) My next post will be more establishing a friendship between Chapo and her rival and helping her catch a pokemon. I figure I'll devote the post to establishing the rival's character and have Chapo unintentionally go big sister mode on her.
Sounds like it'll be a good read!

I've got some stuff to do so I just grinded out a quick post today, didn't want to not post today so I got it done and now I'm heading out. All these posts are so fun to read btw, all my free time is spent reading them :D
I agree, it's not a chore reading at all. Still, we don't want the difference between the first and last player to be too big, I guess. Hm.

Jeebus, people are posting so quickly. Especiall you, Charizard :P I'm not even sure I can properly keep up at this pace.
Me neither xD BUT! The RP exists for people to have fun, first and foremost :3 Your characters aren't meant to be rivals or opponents when it comes to strength, skill or levels - unless you want them to.

Yeah he's insane. I'm going to put him on a leash. It's out of control.
I'll have Vuowth drop Pound in place of Pursuit.
:p

Ok, I'll make the change in the IC OP!


Regarding levels and stuff. When we reach a gym leader, we can do levels two ways.

1) I assign levels to the leader's pokémon (this goes for other important NPCs too, btw) and if your pokémon are too low leveled, you'll have to write posts in the previous chapters (or the city chapter, of course) until you're strong enough to face the leader. This way, we could assure that players have reached at least around the same levels before we continue.

2) I don't assign levels to gym leader's and NPC's pokémon. I let you do like with your rival's pokémon and determine how strong/weak they are yourselves, only providing the species and movesets. This way you could challenge a leader at any time and levels won't be important for your progress through the chapters - only as a measure of when your pokémon will learn moves and evolve. A sort of tool for measuring your personal progress in the RP, rather than making sure you all keep the same pace through the chapters.​

Which alternative do you like the best?
 

Xlugon Pyro

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Regarding levels and stuff. When we reach a gym leader, we can do levels two ways.

1) I assign levels to the leader's pokémon (this goes for other important NPCs too, btw) and if your pokémon are too low leveled, you'll have to write posts in the previous chapters (or the city chapter, of course) until you're strong enough to face the leader. This way, we could assure that players have reached at least around the same levels before we continue.

2) I don't assign levels to gym leader's and NPC's pokémon. I let you do like with your rival's pokémon and determine how strong/weak they are yourselves, only providing the species and movesets. This way you could challenge a leader at any time and levels won't be important for your progress through the chapters - only as a measure of when your pokémon will learn moves and evolve. A sort of tool for measuring your personal progress in the RP, rather than making sure you all keep the same pace through the chapters.​

Which alternative do you like the best?
I personally prefer 1, but that one might put too much pressure on those who don't have the ability to post as often but still churn out solid posts when they do. I do think, however, that Gym Leader battles should have a higher bar to tackle since they're not just another trainer, but a powerful, league-certified trainer who issues badges that grant access to the league tournament. I'm not sure how this could be done, but it seems it would be too easy to just let players swoop in and take the badge. Perhaps some sort of measure that will determine if the player is allowed to defeat the gym leader that go-around?

Though it still would be neat to have levels play a roll in how battles should turn out when they're GM created NPCs.


By the way, post quality aside, do you determine Pokemon level based on which of our Pokemon are in a battle or event?
 
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levels - Yes, of course. If a certain pokémon doesn't appear in a post, it can hardly get levels. If they just walk and talk without much development going on, I don't really want to give them levels either. Because, as much as levels are a fun way to encourage posting, they should still reflect the experience that a pokémon gained, imo :]
 
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