There are things that people have written about the history of the Pokemon world, and it was in GPD, and remained in GPD because PFF&P is for
stories, or because sometimes we just don't feel like using BBCode, STORIES.
That's what the problem is. I have two reports for this story hovering around because this just doesn't fit PFF&P standards. It's not a story. It's a short basic summary. People (not we, because I don't read Pokemon fanfiction) come here to read actual stories, not short history texts.
Even as a history text, there's still a lot of "history" missing. Why did the people decide to start battling Pokemon? When did this happen (How many years before "present day")? Who did all this? (If prehistoric times, before writing was discovered, then it would be okay to be nameless, but if after prehistoric times, then names would be known, especially with something like this.)
And why are those four steps the rules for battles? Sounds more like part of the rules for just being a trainer/coordinator, since the rules aren't for anything specifically related to battles. Like the distance for the battlefield, how to know when a Pokemon is knocked out and not dead, the amount of money gained if the trainer wins, what prizes come from battling, etc. And then there's the contest rules, which would be the basis for present day contests.
Could this work as an actual history text? Maybe, but I have yet to see it actually done. (Then again, I have very high standards for the way history is told/written.) But there needs to be a lot of thought put into this. You can't just say "this happened, and it became the world's main focus for LIFE". History has a why to it, as I mentioned up above. And why did this all catch on? Why did people feel that critters beating each other up would become the basis for their lives, pretty much every part of their lives? (Economy, schooling, family life.)
There's a lot missing here. Heck, I'm still thinking of things to add. (Like when it is actually called "training" Pokemon? When does training actually start? Why was the age of ten picked as the starting age?)
Really, you should probably not split this into really short parts (because...well, really), but instead tie everything together. Think up a timeline. History, when looked back on, seems to progress at a "natural" rate. This event happened because of the previous event, which lead to the next event that's related, which lead to the next event that's related... So then, when present day people look back on history, depending on how deep their research goes, then they can see pretty much how and why things wound up the way that they are today. And for the Pokemon world, battling and training Pokemon is the largest "event" in the world, so there would probably be a lot researched into it. Which means that there would probably be a lot more than just 181 words written about it.
I'll leave this open for now, but if things start exploding even more than it already has
Men. *rolls eyes then I'll close it. So you have another chance to improve your story.
It's like saying that there should be more of a plot in a Biology textbook.
History has a plot. It's right there in the word.