AZKnight

I just want to say that I do not have nearly as big of a beef with Doubles as I do with Triples. Even though it's still hard, I feel it's easier to adapt a team for a Doubles battle. Does not help that in Triples that the battle usually only lasts 2-4 turns. I also agree with Ame about how it probably feels more prominent because it keeps repeating because of the [s]insane[/s] [s]impossible[/s] [s]ludicrous[/s] hard difficulty. Can we make a compromise and if PO ever gets Rotation battles working, we use that instead of Triples? I feel Doubles does what it does best and that Rotation is the next variation of battles. Triples is just...bleh compared to those two.

[quote name='N8theGr8' post='9370' date='Jan 17 2011, 06:20 AM']There's just a little issue I have with the end time. You say the people who don't go due to cutoff will have priority, but what if the person is trapped into a leader that only challenges Mon Wed Fri and the person can't battle the next day?[/quote] I would assume that they their priority would carry over to when they can battle that leader. Now if they have options about which leader they can fight I don't know if Ame will let them wait to use their priority or force them to battle the first Gym Leader they are able to. If you are only able to battle one Leader though yeah, I think he'll let it carry over. Otherwise you could just keep getting drawn to go too late and not battle for weeks.

All sounds really good and logical. Hopefully now Ame won't be forced to drop out of college and peddle Pokemon merchandise on the streets. Oh the horrors! Water Gym......Reborn League.....Rain Hell...... *Begins eying Tyranitar for his new team*

[img]http://images.wikia.com/kimpossible/images/e/ef/Kim-possible-1.jpg[/img]

Yeah, I keep hearing about it happening, but nothing else. It's like that mysterious hang out you always hear about, but no one knows where it is. Or when it takes place. And everyone is too lazy to pull up Google Maps and find out.

When I saw N8's post I thought "Win!" But then I saw Will's post and thought "Also Win!" But...which one is more win? Hmmmmmm.... Sorry, but nostalgia wins out. [b]N8 WINS![/b]

Hmmm, I'll have to look into PokeFiends. I've only ever tried two Pokemon RP sites with widely different results. The first one had a close knit community and was very creative. People would always post well thought out and detailed posts. Only problem was that people enjoyed making intricate and intereresting characters sooooom much that they would make a character, start them off, then abandon that character to make a new one. They would also get so focused on their new characters that if yours wasn't related or involved with their new characters they would pretty much forget you, too. Which was a problem when trying to get moderators to reply to your posts. Needless to say, no one ever got to the first town with a Gym. Great quality, poor commitment. Second site was very active and had a small core group with a larger group made of new members always flooding in and people that would come once a week, every day, randomly, etc. So normal people. Moving was fast and there was a well staffed...staff that got people going and moved fast. Plenty of events going on to give you a unique team and people actually got to the first Gym pretty fast. Real problem was the quality of the posters as most of it was beyond sub par. So bad was it in fact that after just two weeks, they promoted me to a moderator because of my posting abilities. So desperate were they for competent members and staff. I easily got overwhelmed as did the rest of the staff, meaning our characters moved really slow. Eventually I couldn't commit the time to the site to be a moderator and left on good terms. Let's see what this new ally has to offer. Third time is a charm, right? Plus, I could squelch my idea of bringing a Reborn RP setting here. Avoid needless work. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go do some stuff I've been putting off all winter break.

[indent]Koga: Fwahahaha! Bugsy: Your laughter suggests you are eeeeevil. Koga: A mere child like you dares to challenge me? Bugsy: What do you expect when you can get your Trainers License at 10-years-old? Koga: The very idea makes me shiver with mirth! Bugsy: Is that good or bad? Hang on, I have a dictionary... Koga: Very well, I shall show you true terror as a ninja master. Bugsy: If you were a master ninja, wouldn't I [i]not [/i]be able to see your feats of terror. Or something. Koga: Poison brings steady doom. Sleep renders foes helpless. Bugsy: Are you sure you aren't with Team Rocket? You sound really evil. Koga: Despair to the creeping horror of Poison-type Pokemon! Bugsy: Hey! Only Bugs do creeping around these parts! [img]http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/3054/bugsyvskoga.png[/img] Leader Koga sent out Koffing! Bugsy sent out Goomba [Parasect] ! Goomba used Spore! Yesssss, inhale my spores...of DOOM! Koffing is fast asleep! Goomba used Slash! Time to give you a ninja scar. Koffing woke up! [Lucky bastard] Koffing used Sludge! Well that's not too- Goomba was poisoned! Again with the status conditions! Goomba used Spore! Now you just sleep tight while I give myself the antidote. Koffing is fast asleep! Don't you dare wake up next turn. Bugsy used an Antidote! Goomba was cure of its poisoning. Koffing is fast asleep! Much better. Bugsy used a Super Potion! Goomba is at about 75% HP. Koffing woke up! Koffing used Sludge! Fine, just don't- Goomba was poisoned! Ok, so long as you don't- Goomba fainted! DAMN IT! Bugsy sent out Prince [Venonat] ! Prince used Psybeam! Let's see how you like laser beams...from my brain! Koffing Fained! Yeah, I thought so. Koga sent out Muk! Prince used Supersonic! C'mon, do what Erika did... Muk used Minimize! Wait, does that mean it's a Grimer now? Prince used Psybeam! Despite being Super Effective, that did...nothing. Muk snapped out of confusion! Muk used Acid Armor! Aaaand now I'm screwed on the Physical side, too. Prince used Supersonic! Let's try that again. Muk hurt itself in confusion! How does slime even hit itself? Prince used Psybeam! Down to about 1/2 HP. Muk used Acid Armor! Prince used Psybeam! Down to about 1/4 HP. Muk used Sludge! Fool! For I, too, am Poison! Prince used Supersonic! If I go for Psybeam it won't kill and he'll just heal. Have to pray he doesn't hit him this turn, but he does next turn and knocks himself out. It's all very complex. Muk hurt itself in confusion! Oh please don't have done enough to warrant - Koga used a Hyper Potion! Ffffffffffff- Prince used Psybeam! But now it's at 4/5 HP so whatever... Prince used Psybeam! Muk snapped out of confusion! Muk used Sludge! Can I just not get more than two turns of confusion? Prince used Supersonic! I don't even know why I'm trying this anymore. Muk used Sludge! Now I'm down to 1/3 HP. Bugsy used Super Potion! Hey, if he's going to draw this out... Muk hurt itself in confusion! And watch as next turn it snaps out of it. Prince used Psybeam! Muk snapped out of confusion! Muk used Minimize! See! I told you! Prince used Psybeam but missed! Great, now it's the size of used chewing gum. Muk used Sludge! Prince used Psybeam but missed! Grrr... Muk used Sludge! Critical Hit! The game has turn against me. Prince used Psybeam! Leaving it with a sliver of HP. Muk used Sludge! Critical Hit! Oh come on! Prince fainted! That is just bull shit! I would have easily survived if it weren't for those two Crits! Bugsy sent out Gladiator [Pinsir] ! Koga used Hyper Potion! I thought you only had one of those. Pinsir used Seismic Toss! Which is why I thought that would kill you. Bugsy used Revive! Prince was restored to health! Muk used Toxic! Awwwww damn it. Gladiator used Seismic Toss! At least it does set damage despite the typing match up. Muk used Minimize! I hope you slip through a crack and give me the TKO. Gladiator used Seismic Toss! Just one more, assuming he doesn't have a third Hyper Potion. Muk used Minimize! How small can it get? Gladiator used Seismic Toss but missed! Small enough that I can't pick it up apparently. Muk used Sludge! Baaaaaah! Gladiator used Seismic Toss! Time to go splat you annoying pest! Muk fainted! Koga sent out Koffing! Bugsy sent out Prince! Bugsy used Super Potion! Guess who's back at full health you Critting bastar Koffing used Sludge! Prince used Psybeam! And there goes 3/4 of you HP. Koffing used Sludge! Critical Hit! OH COME ON! Prince used Psybeam! Just get out of my face. Koffig fainted! Koga sent out Weezing! Weezing used Sludge! Ruh roh, I guess being 5 levels higher than me makes you faster. And you're a Weezing so yipes. Prince used Psybeam! Easy four-hit KO...if I can survive 4 turns. Weezing used Sludge! Prince hangs on with 2 HP! Finally! Prince used Psybeam! Perhaps this could be a 3-hit KO. Bugsy used Hyper Potion! I only had one of those to use. Weezing used Tackle! Conserving PP, I admire that. Weezing used Sludge! Prince used Psybeam! Yes, and that's the end of - ....What do you mean it's not over? I can't even see it's Health bar! Weezing used Sludge! No more Crits for you meaning... Prince used Psybeam! WEEZING FAINTED! Bugsy defeated Leader Koga! Koga: Humph! You have proven your worth! Here! Take the Soul Badge! Bugsy: For a ninja, you yell a lot. Bugsy got $4300 dollars for winning. Prince is trying to evolve! Oh no you don't, I have a plan for you. Huh? Prince stopped evolving! Koga: Now that you have the Soul Badge, the Defense of your Pokemon rises. Bugsy: Exactly how does that - Koga: It also lets you Surf outside of battle! Bugsy: But I still want to know how - Koga: Ah! Bugsy: AH! o_o Koga: Take this, too! Bugsy received TM 06! Koga: Sealed within that TM 06 lies Toxic! Bugsy: Again with the random yelling. Koga: It is a secret technique dating back some four hundred years. Bugsy: Oooooh, sounds potent. I'm sure either Prince or Ace could make use of it. Koga: When afflicted by Toxic, a Pokemon suffers more and more. Bugsy: How so? Koga: It suffers worsening damage as the battle wears on! Bugsy: No wonder you have moves like Minimize to go along with it. Koga: It will surely terrorize foes! Bugsy: Seriously! You sound like Team Rocket with your laughing and terrorizing and poison and just...AAAAAH![/indent]

[b]Magical[/b] [i]~ Mystic ~ Otherworldly ~ Clairvoyant[/i]

First of all, when I look at the second to last panel I immediately think of the [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P5qbcRAXVk&feature=related"]Alert Sound[/url] from Solid Snake. Second of all, good job on the first panel. If anything it shows that you have a level of artistic ability beyond just doing chibis. You can clearly show detail and accuracy with portraying something as intricate as the eye. The lens flare is also a nice touch and adds to the close up shot. Thirdly, I like the dialogue for this page. We focus a lot on the art direction as we should, but this is still a story and so the words are important, too. The second and third panels have that reluctant involvement that I like to see, when the protagonist doesn't necessarily want to jump into the fold because he has common sense. Sarcasm is always a plus as well. Then the dialogue from the grunts reveals the motivation of the grunts you always wonder about. Do they truly believe in their cause? Do they understand what they're doing? Is it for money? Protecting someone? Grunts matter, too, man! And with these two we see that they understand to some degree what they're doing and that it is destructive and are thus relieved that their loved ones will not be affected. Minor development that you can enjoy during that moment, but not going to be important in the real story. That's what makes a narrative enjoyable. *ahem* "By the beard of Zeus, that Grunt is controlling a tornado on his finger tip!" "What? Where?" "There! The guy on our right. He's balancing a black tornado of doom on his finger!" "I think that's smoke..." "Oh...Oh! And that's a cigarette. I see it now." "Yep, guy is just smoking." "In that case, let's get them!" [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2P5qbcRAXVk&feature=related"][color="#FF0000"][b]!?![/b][/color][/url]

Erika: Hello... Lovely weather, isn't it? It's so pleasant... Bugsy: I suppose it is. Lovely garden you have here. You wouldn't happen to have seen... Erika: ...Oh, dear... Bugsy: What? Erika: I must have dozed off. Welcome. My name is Erika. I am the Leader of Celadon Gym. Bugsy: You're the leader? Erika: I am a student of the art of flower arranging. Bugsy: You have to go for school for that sort of thing? No wait, better question: There [i]is[/i] a school for that? Erika: My Pokemon are solely of the Grass type. Bugsy: Oh good, that means a buffet for my Bug Pokemon. Erika: ...Oh, I'm sorry. I had no idea that you wished to challenge me. Bugsy: I had no idea you were the leader, so we're even. Erika: Very well, but I shall not lose. Bugsy: Very well, my Bugs shall nom on your grassy flesh! Leader Erika would like to battle! Leader Erika sent out Victreebel! Challenger Bugsy sent out Prince [Venonat]! Victreebel used Stun Spore! Prince is now paralyzed and may be unable to move. Prince used Confusion! Deals more than 1/3 and now Victreebel is confused. Status revenge! Victreebel used Acid! Darn, I was wishing it would choke in confusion. Prince used Confusion! Brings it nearly into red health. Victreebel snapped out of confusion and used Acid. You should have choked on acid and saved me the trouble. Prince takes it out with a third Confusion. Ties its vine in a knot around Victreebel's body and tosses it off the field. Victreebel is knocked out! Erika sends out Tangela! Tangela used Ingrain! Now a create of vines has vines in the ground. Prince used Leech Life and deals 1/4 damage. Begin the feast! Tangela used Giga Drain! No, I eat you not the other way around. Prince is Paralyzed! Heck, I'm surprised it took this long for that to happened. Tangela used Giga Drain! It's doing pitiful damage so eh. Prince used Supersonic! It misses... Tangela used Constrict! I'm really not comfortable with this... Prince is Paralyzed! Allowing Tangela to get back to full health. Damn Ingrain! Tangela used Constrict! Prince used Supersonic! Let's see how much health you regain when you hit yourself in the face. Leader Erika used a Full Restore! Really? Just to cure confusion when you were at full health? Dumb bitch, now I get a free turn to- Prince is Paralyzed! Rafargle! Tangela used Constrict! Princed is Paralyzed! Fffffffff- Tangela used Giga Drain! Why? You're at full health! And Constrict does more! Prince used Leech Life! And now he's reeeeeally hungry for some whole grain pasta! Tangela used Constrict! Seriously, I think she's just alternating between her two attacks now. Prince used Supersonic! Hopes she wastes another Full Restore to heal it. Tangela hit itself in confusion! Wh-what are all these tentacles?! Aaaah! Prince used Leech Life! Tangela is at less than 1/2 HP. Tangea hit itself in confusion! Oh my god the tentacles are everywhere! Make it stop! Prince used Leech Life! Tangela is in the red now. Bugsy used Paralyze Heal! Might as well, one more attack and I- Leader Erika used a Hyper Potion! .......DAMN IT! Prince used Leech Life! Back at full health again. Tangela used Giga Drain! Ok, I think I'm cool now... Prince used Leech Life! Tangela used Constrict! Wait...these are [i]my [/i]tentacles! Prince used Leech Life! Tanglea used Giga Drain and snapped out of confusion! I think I got the full 5 turns of confusion there. Prince used Confusion! Trying to do damage and confuse it at the same time. Oddly, Confusion might have done more damage than the Super Effective, STAB Leech Life. Tangela used Contrict! Prince sinks its two fangs into the writhing flesh of Tangela and used Leech Life! Draining the gooey sap brings Prince back to 100% Tangela is knocked out! Prince Leveled Up! Prince is trying to learn Psybeam! Hell yeah! Time to upgrade Confusion! Erika sends out Vileplume! Prince used Psybeam! Deals around 1/3, just the way I like it. Vileplume used Stun Spore! And I had just gotten used to being faster, too. Vileplume used Acid! It does...5 damage. Prince used Psybeam! Down to just 1/4 HP. Vileplume used Giga Drain! A hopeless attempt as.. Prince used Psybeam! Three beams of psychotic energy to the face! Vileplume is knocked out! Challenge Bugsy defeated Leader Erika! Erika: Oh! I concede defeat. You are remarkably strong. I must confer on you the Rainbow Badge. Bugsy got $2900 for winning! Erika: The Rainbow Badge will make Pokemon up to Lv. 50 obey. It also allows Pokemon to use Strength in and out of battle. Bugsy: Wow, I had no idea your badge carried that kind of weight. Erika: Please also take this with you. Bugsy received TM 19: Giga Drain! Erika: Half the damage it inflicts is drained to heal your Pokemon. Wouldn't you agree that it's a wonderful move? Bugsy: I....guess so. Maybe? Wasn't that wonderful for you in our battle. Goomba might make some good use of it thought. Bugsy: Anyway, thanks for showing me your Pokemon. Especially your rare Tangela. Erika: You are cataloging Pokemon? I must say I'm impressed. Bugsy: Why thank you. I'm most focusing on Bugs but I still try to- Erika: I would never collect Pokemon if they were unattractive. Bugsy: ...This conversation is over.

Yes, but my computer is not exactly as portable as my DS is. Road trips, waiting for class, just feel like it, etc. Those are times that the ROM will not do. To me it also feels entirely different to play the real game on the DS from playing a ROM of it on the computer. Just the way it looks on the screen it was meant to be played on and the layout and interaction with the DS. It's like saying that playing the original Super Mario Bro. on the computer through some ROM hack is as good as playing the original on the NES. No, it is not. Totally different experiences. Then unlike my Yellow, Silver, Crystal, Emerald, and Leaf Green games, I can now contribute to a competitive side of the games. Before I restart a game if I remember to, I could always send over some items and TMs like Leftovers and Earthquake that are normally limited or hard to earn.

Then I can't use my DS for anything else. And I'd have to worry about keeping it charged 24/7. It shouldn't be that much of a hassle to just play my Pokemon game any more than my other games.

One of the corner stones of Pokemon has been widely expanded with the advent of new technology. This is of course collecting Pokemon, be it through catching them yourself in the wild, trading with friends and strangers, and being rewarded for your dedication through promotional events. These methods have always been available from the beginning but they were restrictive. You had to have a link cable to trade with people which meant being in a five-foot radius of each other. There was that wireless attachment me but it was still just wireless and had limitations of you still needing to be physically near each other. It was hard to find people with link cables sometimes and harder to find other people who played Pokemon and wanted to trade Pokemon. Promotional events were even worse because they often took place at locations you could not possibly hope to go to. And when the locations were more reasonable like Toys-R-Us, there was still the problem of getting there and as we got older the problem of embarrassment going to such events. Plus, it was hard to know when and where these events were held. Today we are bless with the internet, wifi and the ability of the Nintendo DS to use both of these. Now you can trade with people down the street, across the country or on the other side of the globe. Events are also easier as many are downloadable in your own home and now Gamestop does the majority of events in America which is far more comfortable going to, especially since you don't have to go inside. Now we can expand our Pokemon collections to levels that were unheard of at the beginning of our journeys. But there is a cost. I do not know about many of you, but I love restarting my old games and beginning exciting new adventures. There is a game there to play with a plot and goals to reach, guiding you along the way. There is a satisfaction of catching your Pokemon at level 10 and then raising it up to level 60 to face the Champion, facing trainers, Gyms and the Evil Organization to increase your strength. It was something you could either play with now and again when you needed it for trips or waiting in line, or you could get serious by focusing on it with a fresh vigor and trying to do something like catch all the Pokemon or reach level 100. You could go back and replay these adventure over and over again with little to be lost that you could not regain when you restarted. It is not so simple now since Diamond and Pearl followed by Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver. Why is that? Because suddenly we can get things that we can't get back if we restart. Your friend might give you a Pokemon that is exclusive to their version, give you Pokemon with good IVs that you will in turn EV train for competitive battling or the Battle Frontier, or a TM that you really need plus many other cases. Those event Pokemon are also precious because they are offered for a limited time and once the event is over, no more. You restart and lose those event Pokemon good luck on finding them again. Sure there are cheating devices like Action Replay, but most of us don't have them and you'd still have to recreate the Pokemon every time you needed/wanted them. The Internet has been a curse and a blessing. We can now train more Pokemon and get rarer ones, expanding the meta/post game experience. In turn we have lost replay value and the stories we fell in love with while playing, never able to restart lest we lose those valuable Pokemon and items. The only solution I have seen to this is to have a separate game devoted as a storage system / training game. Everything valuable can just be sent to that game for storage while you are free to relay the other copy as many times as you want. This also gives the benefit of being able to send over limited Pokemon and items each time you replay your leisure copy of the game, like Leftovers and TMs and Legendary Pokemon. Then all the event Pokemon you get are sent over there, double fold in fact since you can do it with each copy. I really want to do this eventually but I've put it off because hey, you have to buy another game for a storage system which is pricey. However, I feel I might finally do this with Black & White. In the future if and when this happens, I'd be glad to act as the Community Storage Personnel for anyone else who shares my sentiments about replaying the games. In the meantime, I'm going to transfer all of my valuable Pokemon from either Platinum or HeartGold to the other. Don't know which yet, but I'm leaning toward having Platinum be my fun version and HeartGold where I store my valuables and train competitive Pokemon. So yeah...just felt like talking about that. Would people be interested in having a Storage Game for a group of us who would use it? Do you share my sentiments about replaying the games? Why or why_not? Have you already done what I'm talking about? Which game should I turn into my storage game? Etc etc? Edit: Fuck you

The Pokemon Phenomenon

At long last! I have been searching for many months, on and off, to find the very last Bug Pokemon for my team. It was very difficult to not only find Pinsir in the Safari Zone but even harder to catch one. At one point I was running into Chansey more than I was Pinsir. As I said, I have picked up the effort for a time then would drop it in frustration. This has been going on since probably my last post. Then today I decided to whittle away the time by searching once again and I managed to find several to my great luck. The not great luck was that I could not capture any of them. After much time of failure and failure, I decided that the last Pinsir I saw during that session in the Safari Zone [if any] would be the last for that day and probably the week. I came across one and sighed to myself knowing what would come. I threw the Safari Ball then set the game down to get some food. When I came back I would be standing in the middle of the field with the Pinsir having fled. But when I came back to my great surprise there was a ball sitting there in front of me! I had caught a Pinsir at last! Now I can finally continue on with my Bug adventure of Bugsy as he attempts to keep up with his rival, Falkner. First I must catch up on where I was on my adventure, finding trainers I had passed by searching for Pinsir and battle them at last and in turn the remaining Gyms. But what dark evil lurks in the shadows for me to uncover... [center][img]http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/c4/Spr_2c_015.gif[/img] [b]Ace - Lvl 34[/b] [i]~ Pursuit ~ Twineedle ~ Focus Energy ~ Fury Attack[/i] [img]http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/d/d9/Spr_2c_047.gif[/img] [b] Goomba - Lvl 34[/b] [i]~ Scratch ~ Spore ~ Poisonpowder ~ Leech Life[/i] [img]http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/4b/Spr_2c_012.gif[/img] [b]Princess - Lvl 34[/b] [i]~ Gust ~ Supersonic ~ Poisonpowder ~ Psybeam[/i] [img]http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/d/d0/Spr_2c_048.gif[/img] [b]Prince - Lvl 24[/b] [i]~ Foresight ~ Supersonic ~ Confusion ~ Poisonpowder[/i] [img]http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/a/a5/Spr_2c_127.gif[/img] [b]Gladiator- Lvl 23[/b] [indent][i]~ Focus Energy ~ Bind ~ Seismic Toss ~ Harden[/i][/indent][/center] * I was originally going to use the new B/W animated sprites, but there were only ones for Beedrill, Parasect and Venomoth [not Venonat] so decided to hark back to what are some of my favorite looking sprites from Crystal* ** I am also considering renaming Princess and Prince. Any suggestions? I would prefer ones relate to each other like Romeo & Juliet since I vision these two being partners ** *** Moveset suggestions, too, I guess. Remember, I am limited to what they learn by level up and single use TMs. So don't go suggesting competitive sets because those might have breeding moves or TMs I can't get.***

N8. It's a Disney dog. Those animations were the cool days. But moving on. Edit: I hate those commercials, Will

[u][b]Smooth[/b][/u] [i]~ Uniform ~ Sleek ~ Velvety[/i]

Might I suggest checking out a very nice tutorial on sprite recoloring made by the founder of this site? I used to use Paint, too, and have to tell you it's a pain in the ass. Increase your recolor skills or at the very least use a free program that isn't as bothersome as Paint. The topic can be found [url="http://www.pokemonreborn.com/index.php?showtopic=483"]HERE[/url] I made this real quick just to see what you recolored and because I need to practice, too [img]http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/5391/lanceblack.png[/img]

Hey, weather effects just means I have more time to gather my thoughts. The battles I have recorded either have long idle periods where nothing happens, normal pace of battle, or where moves are made immediately with barely any time to read what just happened. The worst is when that last pace of battle happens in triple battles. Right now, my policy is "Fuck Narrating Triple Battles."

Those are the only ones I can reliably do since the league happens at a specific time on specific days. Tournaments are also doable because of the same reasons so the next time we have a tournament I might record those. Only hitch with that is that multiple battles can be going on at once, including my own if I'm in the tournament. If I'm on and there's some epic showdown between say AME vs. BULLET then sure, I'll try and record it. League battles will just be the most reliable and constant of any battles.

As some of you may or may not know, Kajj handed over the reigns of the youtube channel to me because...well, I don't really know. I did not think there was any way that this was going to work since at the time I could not think of a way to record league battles. Then common knowledge kicked in and I realized there is image capturing software for recording what is on your desktop. Looked into that and found a free one and tried recording some test battles. Needless to say, it looked like shit. I continued working on it though and found a way to improve the video quality to the point where now it looks really crisp and clean. Still working on audio though as I am currently unable to record audio from my computer while recording, like having the battle music recorded with the video. Might be able to work around it or fix it, maybe not. Currently I am recording narration with a mic with music playing in the background but I would prefer to have the audio recorded straight from my computer like its supposed to. Because of this I'm still struggling to find a balance between the music and my narration so the music can't be heard, I'm drowned out by the music and anything in between. Also trying to make my narration sound interesting and entertaining while also not making an eighteen minute video. I'm shooting for about twelve minutes max for battles. This is where I would wish to extend my hand to anyone who would like to jump on board with this. As I said I feel I've gotten a great quality on the battle videos themselves and just need to work on audio. If anyone would be interested in narrating battles and doing their own commentary, I would be more than glad to hand over the blank videos for you to add audio to. This would give me some motivation to stay diligent recording the battles until or if I can start finishing them myself. Right now I still haven't made an acceptable video from last week in my eyes. In addition, if anyone would like to suggest other methods for me to do the recordings or work with me on my current problem that is appreciated. After all, I'm working with free programs and opensource so not like I'm working with professional equipment. I might upload a battle video with just music playing so people can see the visual quality that I have to offer. My goal is to have an experience similar to the other Pokemon battles on youtube. I follow several individuals on the battle scene and its the people and their commentary that make the videos interesting. Having just the battle is boring, and so can having just music. The human part of explaining what is going on, giving personal thoughts and making jokes is what makes the videos interesting. Similar goal would be to perhaps conduct interviews with the members of Reborn and quite possibly the Gym Leaders themselves. Easiest way, though untested, would be to use something like tinychat. This does NOT mean you have to show your face as doing just audio is possible and we would simply put up an image to represent you, like with callers on news programs. I probably will do this, but maybe I'll eventually show my pretty face. Maybe. Gym Leaders would probably be done in a purely text format though as to protect their real world identities. All of this is because I like both the technical and human aspect of this site and the battles. There is a lot of strategy and thought put into battles, but this doesn't mean there can't be some fun to it, too. [u] Pokemon Channels I Follow[/u] [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/pokemoshpit"]Pokemon Mosh Pit[/url] - A new community channel. You'll find the best of the best here. [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/mtgxerxes"]MTGXerxes[/url] - The first guy I ever started watching and who quite possibly was the one who got me interested in competitive battling. [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/emperorznb"]Nbz[/url] - Pronounced "N-be-Zed" because he's a British bloke, second guy I started watching and who revealed to me the pure awesomeness that is Shuckle. [url="http://www.youtube.com/MMLFrostypixie"]Frostypixie[/url] - A good example of the fun side of battling, she's always in high spirits and proves girls can fight [Pokemon], too! I also had the pleasure of fighting her in a tournament once, which scared the HELL out of me. [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFlamingSpade"]The Flaming Spade[/url] - One of two guys that struck me as exemplary of the battle scene when I started to look into it more. He's the one I got my Snorlax set from. [url="http://www.youtube.com/user/kingdaddydmac"]KingDaddyDMAC[/url] - The other of the two guys. Subdued and possibly the logical and standard of all these battles, but to me stands out as possibly the most well rounded in content.

People making posts that they are leaving the site, whether they come back or not

[u][b]Will[/b][/u] [quote][img]http://www.arkeis.com/images/animations/475.gif[/img] [b]Gallade[/b]: Shiny ~ Shadow Sneak ~ Mirror Coat ~ Ice Punch ~ Close Combat [img]http://www.arkeis.com/images/animations/604.gif[/img] [b]Shibirudon[/b]: Not Shiny ~ Dragon Tail ~ Snake Coil ~ Flamethrower ~ Thunder [img]http://www.arkeis.com/images/animations/359.gif[/img] [b]Absol[/b]: Not Shiny ~ Psycho Cut ~ Swords Dance ~ Sucker Punch ~ Stone Edge [img]http://www.arkeis.com/images/animations/260.gif[/img] [b]Swampert[/b]: Not Shiny ~ Boil Over ~ Yawn ~ Ice Beam ~ Earthquake [img]http://www.arkeis.com/images/animations/254.gif[/img] [b]Sceptile[/b]: Not Shiny ~ Rock Slide ~ Swords Dance ~ Leaf Blade ~ Earthquake [img]http://www.arkeis.com/images/animations/006.gif[/img] [b]Charizard[/b]: Shiny ~ Hidden Power [Grass] ~ Air Slash ~ Dragon Pulse ~ Heat Wave [b]Black + White[/b] Sprite: Working on it...[/quote] **Ame's post was appearing three times, but when I went to delete the copies it deleted all three. No idea what was going on, something glitchy, so yeah sorry.** [color="purple"](that was kinda my bad, I saw it too and deleted the later two posts, sorry.) ~Ikaru[/color] [color="#2E8B57"][[I was going to delete the 1st and 2nd posts but you had deleted the 2nd and 3rd posts while I was viewing the topic. That's actually kind of funny]][/color]

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