*Niprop pops out of the ground wearing a hard helmet*
Okay, lets keep things short and simple here.
1.) Yes, I suppose this is the Pockét Monster Communication Forum (Or at least that's what I think the full name is) for "everyone", but lets get something straight here. When making splices and hacks, there's no excuse. Bad grammar and spelling errors are what break a game. Want an example of the stuff I'm talkin' about?
"hey <Insert Character Name here> prof <insert vulgar, mispelled swear word here> wants you m aby its to get a newpokrmon"
"oh its you.hi my name is <Insert Rival name here> an wth ur gettin ga pokemon to?"
"oh so your then ew traenr everyones talking about.here tkae 1 of these pokemno for you adventure"
<badly resized Darkrai with Charmander's cry>
<Ugly Fakémon that looks like something a 5 year old might smear on the walls with finger paints>
Eevee
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Urgh, that was painful to type. Anyways, when I see things like that in a hack game, usually shake my head in disapointment, dump it into the trash bin, delete the shortcut, and then delete the abomination itself. I honsetly just want to kick something whenever I see "it me ur pal prof <Vulgar mispelled swear word>"or anything similar. But that's not the worst part, oh no, it is not. These are some of the worst quotes I could muster to pull out of a hack game. (I couldn't bring myself to pull in anything with swear words in it, I just can't!)
"luz i jsut fond alot of masterbals inthst caver mabe u should go iside"
"so u thin kur reddy 4 teh l88t 4 well i dont thin kso because im thebest so sho me wat u got luz"
"oh hey <character name> omg did i didnt mean it in any specal way no were jsut frends uh gotta go byt ;) "
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I'll go insane if I have to type any more of this..."Stuff." Spelling errors in one thing, but leet speak is when it gets to the point of garbage. Sure, I can forgive you if it's part of the plot and dignified, but more often then not, it's just the hack's creator trying to be funny/cool/annoying.
2.)
With that out of the way, lets get to the next part. STORY LINE. Yes, I know it's a pain to re-invent the wheel, but cliché story lines get repetative and boring after a while. Here's a list of the most obvious ones:
"Evil team <Bad/Cool Thing> is trying to to something bad. You, having just turned 10, the hero of the story, will go on a journey to collect gym badgers, Beat the Elite Four, and stop the evil team <Bad/Cool Thing>, becoming the "best" trainer of all time in the process."
"It is written, only <character name> can defeat <bad guys>. Using the legendary XXXX*, you will embark on an adventure to fulfill your destiny!"
"Oh noez Darkrai is takin over teh world & u must stop hem!"
"You must calm the legendary <thing> in order to save <region>!"
*Can also be Eevee.
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If your general storyline falls into one of those categories, I suggest that you should SERIOUSLY consider revising somethings.
3.)
Finally, the part you've all been waiting for, Fake-It Monstrosities. Sure, every once in a while, a fake will come out that's not half-bad, but usually, I've seen...Well, I've seen too many freaks to list them all, and some of them are hard to describe, so I'll just list what "bad" Fakémon generally look like:
A crudely scratched sprite that looks like
complete with full black outlining, little to no shading, disproportionate features, and worst of all, it's usually supposed to be a starter, Legendary, or in extreme cases, an Eeveelution.
A cheaply done splice that's supposed to be an evolution to an existing poke. I'm sorry, but ripping off Pikachu's head, sticking it onto Dragonite's torso, and painting it a single shade of yellow to top it off is just not enough to justify an alternate evolution.
Stolen artwork from some random game nobody has ever heard (or cared) about. It just ruins the atmosphere when your level 23 Ivysaur is fighting against a giant robot with lazer-cannons sticking out of it's back, swords for arms, wings that don't seem to serve any purpose, and chains protruding from various areas of it's body.
Reused crys. How am I supposed to be afraid of MewfourZ when it has Minun's cry!?
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Boy, that was long. Well, now I'm burned out... ...
/Rant