☼ The Fortress of Flames ☼ (Fire type fanclub)

[Sayan]

Greetings, fellow trainers! I welcome you to...

☼ THE FORTRESS OF FLAMES ☼
The Fire Pokemon Fanclub




Introduction

Fire is another name of passion. In the Pokemon world, Fire is one of the 17 elemental types, a primarily offense-oriented type focusing on a high-risk high-return playstyle. It is fragile, like a real flame; but while it lasts, it make its presence felt and if given the opportunity, it can result in devastation. Fire can have many fascinating faces; from the charming Ninetales to the cool Arcanine; from the ever-so-cute Victini to the awe-inspiring Ho-oh. The Fortress of Flame is dedicated to these magnificent creatures.

If you are also fascinated by Fire Pokemon, or even if you're just a little interested in them, feel free to join FoF. As a member, you would be able to...

☼ Participate in various discussions on Fire Pokemon.
☼ Create new topics of discussion.
☼ Enjoy to company of their favourite Fire Pokemon (up to 6 Pokemon allowed in a user's party).
☼ Post images to celebrate the beauty of the fire types.
☼ Score points and redeem them for prizes and special privileges..
☼ Take part in the "Question of the Week" contest and various events.


Rules & Regulations

1. All rules of PokeCommunity forums are to be followed. No exceptions.
2. No spamming, trolling, personally attacking or flaming others. Yes, despite the name, "flaming" is not allowed.
3. Any responses, topics or images you share must be related to Fire Pokemon. Try not to go off topic.
4. To Sign Up, everyone must post an application of the same format as the "Demo Application" shown below. Otherwise their application would be ignored.
5. Each user must choose 1 (and only 1) starter Pokemon when signing up. The Pokemon must have Fire as at least 1 of its types. The starter may be given a nickname (optional). More Pokemon (but Fire only) can be redeemed afterwards (refer to the "Points System" section for further information).
6. The sign up application may also include the "Reason for joining". This field, however, is optional. The "Referred by" field is also optional.
7. The answers for "Quiz of the Week" should be posted in this thread. Do not PM the answers. The first member to answer correctly would be declared the winner and the contest would be closed for the remainder of the week.


Application Example

Name- Sayan
Starter- Draco the Arcanine
Reason for joining- I find Fire Pokemon fascinating. I also really like the Fire starters from most generations.
Referred by- ... (optional)


List of Pokemon

Spoiler:

This is an alphabetically ordered chart of all the Fire Pokemon currently available. You can only select Pokemon that appear in this list. Hover over a Pokemon's sprite to see its name.

Points System

Spoiler:

FoF factures a Points System. Members get points for interacting positively. After collecting enough points, they can redeem them in the "Redemption Center". A member's current point is displayed in brackets beside his username in the "Members and Scores" section.

Here is the list of some actions and the points awarded for them (effective as of 10th Feb, '12).

☼ Signing up (after the application is accepted) - 10 points.
☼ Making posts (excluding the signup post) - 2 points
☼ Posting images in spoiler tags - 5 points*
☼ Posting images without spoiler tags - 2 points*
☼ Posting images of the current Pokemon of the week - 5 points**
☼ Winning the "Question of the Week" contest - 8 points
☼ Creating a successful topic of discussion - 5 points
☼ Creating a "The Fortress of Flames" userbar - 20 points
☼ Creating a "The Fortress of Flames" banner - 20 points
☼ Using a "The Fortress of Flames" userbar for a week*** - 30 points
☼ Recruiting a member (must be stated in sign up application) - 30 points

*Sprites and overworlds don't count.

**as a bonus. The regular points for posting images are also given. Sprites and Overworlds don't count.

***Members must send a PM to Sayan to notify and confirm that they have used an FoF userbar for the whole week.

Redemption Center

Spoiler:

Here members can exchange the points they have collected for special prizes and privileges. The following is a list of the prizes and their costs (effective as of 10th Feb, '12)

☼ Exchanging a Party Pokemon with a new one- 50 points.
☼ Changing the forme of a Party Pokemon - 75 points
☼ Making a party Pokemon shiny - 100 points
☼ Choosing the next Pokemon of the Week*- 100 points
☼ Obtaining the 2nd Pokemon in party - 100 points
☼ Obtaining the 3rd Pokemon in party - 125 points
☼ Obtaining the 4th Pokemon in party - 150 points
☼ Obtaining the 5th Pokemon in Party - 175 points
☼ Obtaining the 6th Pokemon in Party - 200 points
☼ Changing name font color in Members list - 200 points
☼ Getting FoF Elite badge (doubles point gains) - 250 points

*Can only be availed once a week.

More to be added (members may suggest more prizes)

Members and Scores

(Hover over the Pokemon icons to see their nicknames)
Sayan (143)
Sector Revenge (98)
Curious (18)
D4rka8isz (80)
Hikari10 (14)
Jayster23 (18)
Avishka (136)
Xeberos (16)
Joel (66)
Cosmotone (49)
Evanlyn (18)
AmiEkcona (12)
Limanya (44)
ShinyHoundoom (16)
Jaz (10)
Angelomanalo (10)
Ndm55 (52)
ShortUsername (10)
Arcan3 (12)
Иιио (12)
YungKnowledge (12)
Halcyon (14)
BZW Golem (14)


Pokemon of the Week #12



Pokemon of the Week #12 Typhlosion, the wingless Charizard.

Question of the Week #12

☼ Question- Name a move learned by Latios that's always Fire type.
☼ Answer- Not correctly answered yet.
☼ Winner- ...


Current Topics of Discussion

(New topics get added to the bottom. Most recent ones are marked with '*')

☼ Which is the strongest Fire type Pokemon?
☼ Which Fire type starter is the best?
☼ Which Fire type legendary is the best?
☼ Which is your favourite Fire type move?
☼ Who the best Fire type Gym Leader?
☼ Which Fire type has the best shiny sprite?
☼ Do you think Fire types can successfully be used defensively?
☼ Which Fire Pokemon are overrated or underrated?
☼ If the Fire types Ho-oh and Reshiram got into a fight, who'd win?
☼ Which Fire Pokemon would make the best real-world pet?
☼ Is Rotom-Heat better as Electric/Fire or was it better as Electric/Ghost?
☼ Dragon are often associated with Fire, but there's only 1 Fire/Dragon Pokemon. Should there be more?
☼ *Which is better, Heatran or Volcarona?
☼ *Do you agree that Fire starters are the best?
☼ *How would you use your Fire Pokemon to pull a prank on someone?
☼ *If one of Fire's 3 weaknesses were to be eliminated, which one should it be- Water, Ground or Rock?
☼ *Water starts boiling in much, much less heat than Steel, Steel doesn't even melt if the temperature isn't really high. Then why is Fire super effective against Steel, but not very effective against Water?
☼ *Which Fire type has the best design?
☼ *Which is the best Fire/Fighting starter- Blaziken, Infernape or Emboar?


Ongoing Events

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More to come...

[Sector Revenge]

Name- Sector Revenge
Starter- Foxy the
Reason for joining- Fire types have been one of my favorite types since the start. I have always chosen Fire starters in every generation thus far!

FIRST MEMBER!! YAY! Been waiting for this club to arrive

Also, I hope you plan on creating a list of Fire Pokemon on here soon! Let me know if you need any help or advice for that.

[Sayan]

Originally Posted by Sector Revenge

Name- Sector Revenge
Starter- Foxy the
Reason for joining- Fire types have been one of my favorite types since the start. I have always chosen Fire starters in every generation thus far!

FIRST MEMEBER!! YAY!

Ok, you're approved. But it would've been better if you had also discussed some of the topics.

I used to choose the Fire starters in the earlier Pokemon games. But lately I choose the Water starters. That doesn't mean I don't like the Fire ones though! But "teh pig" just doesn't do it for me.

[Sector Revenge]

Originally Posted by Sayan

Ok, you're approved. But it would've been better if you had also discussed some of the topics.

I used to choose the Fire starters in the earlier Pokemon games. But lately I choose the Water starters. That doesn't mean I don't like the Fire ones though! But "teh pig" just doesn't do it for me.

Usually get to those after I get approved You want all these answered already? Dang that's a lot for starting out haha

Topic Discussions:
☼According to you, which is the strongest Fire type Pokemon?
The strongest Fire type Pokemon is actually Reshiram in my opinion. Ho-Oh with its Sacred Fire is just insane, but the 4x Weakness to Rock is what hurts it. So Reshiram wins. But other than the great Legends, I'd have to go with Arcanine, very bulky AND is dangerous in offensive.

☼Which Fire type starter do you like the most?
Charizard vs Blaziken. Charizard because he was just the coolest after the first two generation. Blaziken is just badass when introducing the Hoenn region. Of course, Charizard, just like Ho-Oh has that 4x Weakness. I prefer the looks, the tactics and the ability of Blaziken over Infernape anyday, and I absolutely do not like Emboar.

Plus, Blaziken's Speed Boost makes it an Uber Pokemon, just dangerous!

☼Which Fire type legendary do you like the most?
Reshiram. Love her look. She'd be part of my storyline Pokemon I've been writing down about. Excellent Pokemon.

☼Which is your favourite Fire type move?
I'd have to go with Blue Flare. Very beautiful.

?Who is your favourite Fire type Gym Leader?
Blaine! How could you not like him? In the anime, it was very fun watching Charizard vs Magmar battle after Charizard took that nap LOL

☼According to you, which Fire type has the best shiny sprite?
Ninetales!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She's a beauty!


☼Do you think Fire types can be successfully used defensively? If yes, how?
No not really. They will have to go all out to win. Moves such as, Rock Slide & Earthquake, can easily hurt/injure the Fire Pokemon. That's the only bad part of owning a Fire Pokemon.

[Curious.]

Name- Curious.
Starter- Valorie the Volcarona.
Reason for joining- Fire types are not only vicious and powerful, they can be extremely desteructive yet do so in an elegant and beautiful manner. They do have their weaknesses, but they are still powerhouses nonetheless.
Referred by- Nobody.

According to you, which is the strongest Firte type pokemon?
Like many people believe, there is no one sole pokemon that the strongest. This applies t legendaries also and fire types as a type. I don't find any to be as powerful as others, disregarding their gaming stats and abilities, I find all of them still do the job in the end, but just execute such a task qicker than others.

☼According to you, which is the strongest Fire type Pokemon?


☼Which Fire type starter do you like the most?
Definitely Volcarona or Blaziken both a beautiful pokemon, so destructive yet elegant.


☼Which Fire type legendary do you like the most?
Ho-oh, reason being it was the mascot of my first even Pokemon game: Pokemon Gold on GBC.


☼Which is your favourite Fire type move?
The typical Flamethrower, cliche'd yes; but very effective.

Who is your favourite Fire type Gym Leader?
Blaine stood out for me, because he is more of a logical person rather than a practical person, unlike Flannery and Chilli. The only thing thats irks me about him is his appearance, that bold head. ;__;

[d4rka8isz]

Username: d4rka8isz
Starter: Chandelure
Reason for Joining: The first starter I choose in every generation is fire type... It's an amazing type!


☼According to you, which is the strongest Fire type Pokemon?
The fully-evolved starters because they're always the strongest for me.

☼Which Fire type starter do you like the most?
Definitely Torchic.

☼Which Fire type legendary do you like the most?
Moltres because the rainbow turkey and redundant fire dragon don't appeal to me as much.

☼Which is your favourite Fire type move?
Blaze Kick for sure. It's just because Blaziken learns it.

☼Who is your favourite Fire type Gym Leader?
I would say Flint, but he's an E4 so Flannery is second.

☼According to you, which Fire type has the best shiny sprite?


☼Do you think Fire types can be successfully used defensively? If yes, how?
They could if you're smart (I'm not). If you couldn't, what would Magcargo and Torkoal be for? Cannon fodder?

As for the question:

Spoiler:

Emboar (I asked this question in the quiz game without the HP part...)

BTW: Nice intro

[Hikari10]

Name- Hikari10
Starter- Blair the Infernape
Reason for joining- Fire-types are so helpful and strong to have on your team cos there are so many opponents with Fire weaknesses.

[Sayan]

Welcome to the club Curious, D4rk8aisz and Hikari10. Thanks for joining the FoF. I'm really overwhelmed by the response I've got till now.

[Sector Revenge]

Welcome to the club everyone!!

Question to Curious.

Volcarona is a starter Pokemon? How? What game?

[Sayan]

Members please note that I've organised a mini-contest of sorts ('). It's your chance to make a quick 100 points.

Refer to the OP for more info.

[Jayster23]

Name- Jayster23
Starter- Podge the Charizard
Reason for joining- Fire pokemon are my favourite type of Pokemon, They give off a powerful vibe and are usually all round strong. It's a shame there isn't that many. Exclude all legendaries and there is only a handful.

The question:

Spoiler:

Emboar learns Scald which is a water type move. I remember because my brother told me to teach my Emboar it in Pokemon White

[Sayan]

Originally Posted by Jayster23

Name- Jayster23
Starter- Podge the Charizard
Reason for joining- Fire pokemon are my favourite type of Pokemon, They give off a powerful vibe and are usually all round strong. It's a shame there isn't that many. Exclude all legendaries and there is only a handful.

The question:

Spoiler:

Emboar learns Scald which is a water type move. I remember because my brother told me to teach my Emboar it in Pokemon White

Welcome to the club, Jayster. Your answer is right, it's Emboar.

[Jayster23]

Like a Boss!

Thought i may put my opinion across on the topic discussions:

☼According to you, which is the strongest Fire type Pokemon?
To me it would be Charizard or Blaziken, Charizard has good speed and great Special attack and Blaziken has good speed and regular attack. Both are Powerhouses of their respective generations and when trained properly can be absolutely killer.

☼Which Fire type starter do you like the most?
The Charmander line because Charmander was the first Pokemon i ever chose and Charizard is an epic beast

☼Which Fire type legendary do you like the most?
All the fire legends didn't really appear to me, but my favourite would have to be Entei or Moltres because the first generation roamers were original how one gen was Birds and the next was land roamers

☼Which is your favourite Fire type move?
I'd have to say Eruption is my favourite, In Pokemon Ruby it used to my form of training for the league and what not on Groudon. Groudon would have made a much better fire type. Just saying

☼Who is your favourite Fire type Gym Leader?
I'd have to say Blaine because he has a backstory and seems more experienced. Although as stated before, his look is gross. -.-

☼According to you, which Fire type has the best shiny sprite?
This would be the best shiny sprite

☼Do you think Fire types can be successfully used defensively? If yes, how?
I wouldn't really know because i'm not the defensive trainer, the quicker the opponent faints, the better.

[Avishka]

Name- Avishka
Starter- Arcanine
Reason for joining- It is my favorite type and i always choose fire starters and fire type pokemon have powerful moves

☼According to you, which is the strongest Fire type Pokemon?
The fully-evolved starters because they're always the strongest for me.
☼Which Fire type starter do you like the most?
chimchar and charmander
☼Which Fire type legendary do you like the most?
Reshiram and Moltres

[d4rka8isz]

@Sayan

I answered the question first!!! Oh well...

[Sayan]

@d4rka8isz- I'm really sorry for what had happened. You really are the 1st to answer the quiz. Your and Jayster's points have been adjusted accordingly.

[Sector Revenge]

Good list

Although it wouldn't hurt to find the right Rotom sprite



Merry Christmas

[Sayan]

@Avishka- Thanks for joining the group. I hope you have a lot of fun here !

@Oops, that's what I get for using the National dex ID replacement technique to find sprites (you know what I mean)... Wait I'll fix it.

[Sector Revenge]

Originally Posted by Sayan

@Oops, that's what I get for using the National dex ID replacement technique to find sprites (you know what I mean)... Wait I'll fix it.

Other than that, everything looks great now

I especially love the flaming background you put up, and the introduction picture is just brilliant. Great work!

Hint, Hint; you should answer your own questions too ;P

[Sayan]

Yeah I'm gonna do that, but actually, but right now I'm really fatigued. Well, I guess I can spare 1 answer...

Favourite Fire Starter- Blaziken. Speed Boost Blaziken's really strong and really fast at the same time (although now that it's uber, it's kinda overshadowed). In Gen3, it was the only Fire starter with some good, strong STAB moves running off its secondary type (Charizard didn't have any strong Flying moves). It was also the 1st Fire Pokemon not weak to Rock.

Lastly, (I must say this) it's a blazin kicking chicken! 'nuff said!

[Xeberos]

Name:¥ Xeberos
Starter: Blaziken
Reason for joining: I like Fire-type Pokémon very much because they are pretty awesome with their design and movepool. They are also very powerful Pokémon and they are great Pokémon against many types.

[Sayan]

Originally Posted by Xeberos

Name:¥ Xeberos
Starter: Blaziken
Reason for joining: I like Fire-type Pokémon very much because they are pretty awesome with their design and movepool. They are also very powerful Pokémon and they are great Pokémon against many types.

Welcome to FoF. Your starter, Blaziken, is the current Pokemon of the Week. You'll get bonus points for posting its pictures.

New topic of discussion-
Which Fire type Pokemon do you think are underrated or overrated?

I personally think Charizard is a little overrated. As its health gets halved by Stealth rocks, Solar Power was a pretty bad ability for it. The other Fire starters now have much nicer abilities to boot.

Victini is definitely the epitome of underrated-ness. It has good stats and a few very strong moves. Its only drawback maybe its typing and predictability.

[Xeberos]

Originally Posted by Sayan

Welcome to FoF. Your starter, Blaziken, is the current Pokemon of the Week. You'll get bonus points for posting its pictures.

New topic of discussion-
Which Fire type Pokemon do you think are underrated or overrated?

Thank youuu.

Well I think Ho-Oh is little overrated. Off course it is legendary Pokémon but it doesn't have good movepool if you catch it on Soul Silver and it is pretty easy to knock out.

And underrated Pokémon is Ponyta. Ponyta has pretty good moves actually and especially it's second and final evolution is powerful.

[Sayan]

☼According to you, which is the strongest Fire type Pokemon?

I'd say Reshiram. It gets perfect coverage with its Fire/Dragon dual STAB and Turboblaze (to get rid of Flash Fire Heatran). It has a sky high special attack stat. It has a 130 power STAB moves with no drawbacks. What more do you want?

☼Which Fire type legendary do you like the most?

I really like Victini, the cute-looking powerhouse.

☼Which is your favourite Fire type move?

Hmmm, I'd say V-Create. It has a base power of 180 and without it Victini wouldn't be half the Pokemon it is.

[Avishka]

☼Which is your favourite Fire type move?
I like Flamethrower. It never misses!And sometimes it causes Burning, too.

☼Who is your favourite Fire type Gym Leader?
Blaine!

☼According to you, which Fire type has the best shiny sprite?