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Make-a-Mega
The idea of the series is pretty much what's in the title. Each article will take a pokemon that in general does poorly and then propose a hypothetical mega that would give it a place in a higher-tiered meta-game or at least make it so it doesn't suck.
Pokemon I'm thinking would be good to look at -Flygon -Fearow -Dunsparce -Poliwrath -Druddigon -Others, so many others. The articles will be rather lighthearted but I'll still write them somewhat intellectually. Probably with a format like -Summary of the pokemon -Why it sucks -The theoretical Mega -Why it would make it better Ideally I'd like to work with an artist on this if it gets greenlit. |
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The focus is on what kind of mega would make it better. As for why I'd like to work with an artist, I think having art to go with the hypothetical mega would make the article more appealing. |
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It's meant to be an article series. |
Great idea. I'd love to see some proposals for some truly horrible Pokemon. It seems like they only gave a couple of those mega-evolutions.
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I like this idea! Sounds like a nice creative project. Any preference for the first Pokemon to be written about? Also, I suppose down the track with the Pokemon Analysis series we could try and time one of these with those too.
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Alternatively (and I'll ping Fairy as well), one could hold a 'competition' or event in A&D - give anyone in there a while (during the article writing process) to make up their own design and maybe explain why they designed it like so, and all completed entries get featured in the article. Also, some fake mega forms already exist which could get a shout-out too. If anyone in the artist position wants to make a design too outside of the event then that can be included as well. Activity in A&D in a hopefully fun event and maybe more chance of getting art to go with the analysis. Thoughts on that approach? Quote:
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I'm sure A&D, and myself included, would love to contribute to this in some way. I second the approach of posting a small contest in A&D, though I'll leave how it should be structured up to you guys. Just let me know how we can get the ball rolling on this when it's green-lit and we'll do it! Sounds like a lot of fun and I know I will personally be contributing! :)
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Just to get it clear how I think we could do this. We can decide on a pokemon we want to make a mega for. Then I can (or Kirby can if she'd rather) can post a competition thread in A&D explaining the pokemon, any planned type/stat changes and requesting artists design a mega to fit those changes with the winner being featured in the article. Once I have the winner, I'll add their art (and mention who won) to the article. I want to make this a regular thing, my question is how regular should it be to allow artists time to produce an image? |
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Also, a single piece of art is going to be a lot less messy than a clump of different quality pieces of different sizes. |
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That said, it could be a competition with only the winner's piece included and the competition thread linked within the article so interested readers can see what else was made. Competition does require a touch more work in setting up and judging too - so I'm curious what is felt should be the best way to judge the pieces (yourself/Kirby, member vote?) |
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It'd be cool if you would pick a Pokémon and make a discussion thread in BTB or somewhere relevant where people can suggest stat, ability and typing changes and the reasoning behind their suggestions. That way there would be more involvement with the community and you'd potentially have more ideas and things to write about in the article.
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There could also be a poll on the next Pokémon to get a Mega Evolution, you could give a choice of three Pokémon and do a poll, or have people suggest any Pokémon and choose one of those, or have a poll with the suggestions. Up to you. Unless that's what you meant by collecting suggestions and not suggestions on the Mega evolution changes. There could be a week of picking a Pokémon, two weeks of discussion, and two weeks of voting on the changes. Then this could be monthly. |
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Week 1: People suggest possible pokemon and then vote on which one we pick. Week 2: The A&D side can start whilst changes are discussed. Week 3: A&D winner is decided, changes are finalised. Week 4: Article is published. How does that sound? |
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I'm with you there. |
We can also implement these on the battle server once we have a PS client. :) There will be an Improve-A-Pokemon project for BTB in the future too, so you could keep that in mind when deciding what Pokemon to make Megas for. e.g. Would the Pokemon benefit more from receiving buffs or being given a new Mega? This is relevant if we were to put all of them in a battle format. Some Megas simply don't see use not because they're bad, but because there are better Megas to use your Mega slot for.
I think you should follow a similar process to Smogon's Create-A-Pokemon project, but much shorter and less extensive (not as many polls). They've been doing CAP for a very long time and have developed a process that works well, so it'd be a wise to take inspiration from it. Discuss, nominate, and vote on each detail of the process at a time (1. typing, 2. discussion of what would threaten the Mega and how to fix that (if this is worth it?), 3. ability, 4. stats), then have the artists submit designs for the Mega and vote on that. You can include all of the submitted designs in the Daily article, but I think there should be a chosen design in the end. |
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This might end up being too convoluted, but there are only 3 things to discuss and vote on (typing, ability, and stats), excluding designs. I think it'd be more organized and focused than having people decide on everything at once. Could always streamline the process in the future. |
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So, just giving this a bump because this needs more input.
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To make sure I'm following as well...
- Discussion thread in battling section about what a new mega for a Pokemon should have (stat changes, ability, typing) - Possible follow-up poll thread based on discussion - In meantime/afterwards, A&D competition designing a mega design for the Pokemon given above info. Submission period followed by member votes; best one gets featured in article (other entries linked to from article). - Create article based on above - Post-article - implementation on a potential PS server for battling, again using winning design? If so (or similar), I am fine with this strategy. |
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