Do gym Leaders Get payed? Page 2

Started by jirachi_pt March 5th, 2004 4:15 AM
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You'll notice that when you lose a trainer battle, you lose half of your money. I assume that the gym leaders recieve half of their opponent's money after a win. They may lose and have to give away cash, but since they no doubt have some saved up, it does generate an income. An alternative would be reciving a certain amount from the Pokemon League, though where they'd get the money is beyond me. Ticket sales only go so far.

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I'd say that in the pokemon world, the pokemon league is the most powerful source of income anywhere...everyone seems obsessed with pokemon...pokemon's popularity hugely overshadows that of any other major sport. The pokemon league, I figure, has a hand in all aspects of life and probably has a pokemon-related product for anything. Gym Leaders probably make a salary proportional to how many trainers they defeat a month, and also they have the right to take half of a losing trainer's money. It seems to be a very lucrative profession, but only the top pokemon trainers in their respective elemental fields could ever hope to attain gym leader status. Pokemon masters have a reputation to defend, after all. They need the best in the business to bring honor to the pokemon league.

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Here is the way I see it:

Pokemon gyms are appointed by the Pokemon League. I still recall that one episode where the villagers wre afraid of pokemon trainers because the two local gyms were fighting to be recognized as official.

Also, Like any member of an organization, I believe that the gym leaders are paid by teh pokemon league with a set salary. otherwise maintaining the gyms would be rather difficult.

my final point, is that in the game, when a trainer loses thay pay up half their money to the winner. THis is a form of income and also an incentive to avoid losing. so gym leaders train up strong because they 1. don't want to be considered a weak gym, and 2. want to get paid that extra commission.


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hmm... 5 bucks...
It's a start!

I agree with Pogiforce-14. Those reasons seem logical.
Although I'd have to argue with the take-half-my-money-if-I-lose thing. Gyms with a losing streak wouldn't be able to get back on their feet easily and trainers would have a hard time defeating gym leaders if they have a ton of money and the trainer doesn't.

P.S. Pokmon gym leaders are NOT Pokmon Masters, just an expert in their elemental class.
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Ash's Pikachu used Thunder against Roxanne's pokemon? He knows theat it's useless, he's still a nub ._.

Anyway Gymleaders might get payed by how well they do in a gym, from 10-100 depending on their skill.

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hmm... 5 bucks...
It's a start!

I agree with Pogiforce-14. Those reasons seem logical.
Although I'd have to argue with the take-half-my-money-if-I-lose thing. Gyms with a losing streak wouldn't be able to get back on their feet easily and trainers would have a hard time defeating gym leaders if they have a ton of money and the trainer doesn't.

P.S. Pokmon gym leaders are NOT Pokmon Masters, just an expert in their elemental class.
If the gym leader is on such a losing streak they have no money to keep up, then maybe the league would replace them. =\ I'm sure they don't want poor gym leaders holding their badges.

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