Reborn Holiday Party 2014

[Jericho 114]

Seasons Greetings to you all! For each of the last few years the Reborn community has held an event in the days leading up to the Holiday break and this year we hope to have some special and entertaining events to amuse you all! Oh my, where are my manners? First you'd like to know when and where wouldn't you? Well it will be held on the Pokemon Showdown Reborn server in a room entitled 'Holiday Festivities'. We would like to tentatively start it this Friday (December 19th) at 6 ET and it will run until, well you get sick of it or we run out of things to do, but pretty much count on it being the entire night.


Reborn Royalty:
As for what events we will be holding, the ever so popular Jack Frost and Snow Queen will be making a return.


BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE

In the spirit of the ever growing non-binary community this year, there will also be a 3rd category known as 'Polar Monarch'. Now that's not to say you can't nominate anyone for any of these positions of royalty, go crazy! Submit your nominations here within this thread and they will be posted here in this post at the bottom. The real voting will start at 8:30 ET and will be announced at the end of the night. Please send all VOTES (not nominations) to Abbey Street Update: Renzo will likely be hosting this event due to Abbey Street coming down with the Flu.

Gift Exchange:
In the past years we have done a 'Secret Santa' event where people have been randomly been assigned another person to give something to, anonymously. However this year, I have devised something somewhat different and more interactive. I like to call it 'Present or no Present'.

Each person is to bring one gift. It can be anything from a few rupees (stated before hand to me as an IOU to whomever ends up with their gift), a shop item, or something else, you think will really brighten someones day. Remember the best gift is giving! Once you have told me what you have brought, all presents will be pooled and masked and you will be assigned a number of which will determine the order in which you pick your gift. The first person to go will open one of the presents, they will then either be allowed to accept that present or choose to open another one, which they must take if they do so. Assuming the first person has opened a 2nd present, person #2 may either choose the open present, or open another one, which they must take. If the first person took their first gift, the next person will be permitted to open one and defer to a 2nd present. In short, every person will have a choice of 2 presents, and they may or may not know the identity of their first choice.

I will be holding three different sessions in order to accommodate varying timezones. (6:30 ET, 10 ET, and 1:30 ET). You may pre-emptively sign up for any that you desire. And in the spirit of the Holidays in each session, I will be including a gift thrown into the mix of 2500 rupees each. So shoot for the big bucks! Come in and make someones holidays just that much more memorable, no present is too big or too small! (Be reasonable though)

Snowball Fight:
Queen Elsa (Destructive Skitty), will be hosting a holiday themed tournament with a very handsome prize going to the winner, courtesy of Renzo. (Nizuma/Xiph)

This isn't just your everyday tournament though, there are some unique rules to be considered.
1. It will be 5th Gen OU
2. The only Weather permitted is Hail, the use of other weather effects will result in disqualification.
3. Only Pokemon listed in the Pokedex as Red, Green, or White, are eligible with these pokemon, as shinies, being exceptions.

Jolteon, Dragonite, Beedrill, Raticate, Sandslash, Nidoqueen, Vileplume, Poliwrath, Dodrio, Muk, Marowak, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Mr. Mime, Gyarados, Jolteon, Kabutops, Moltres, Typhlosion, Noctowl, Sudowoodo, Espeon, Ursaring, Stantler, Swellow, Masquerain, Aggron, Flygon, Dusclops, Huntail, Salamence, Registeel, Latios, Torterra, Mismagius, Bronzong, Vespiquen, Skuntank, Drapion, Mamoswine, Rotom, Liepard, Excadrill, Scolipede, Sigilyph, Basculin, Jellicent (male only), Ferrothorn, Eelektross, Druddigon, Genesect.

So come out and show why you're Reborn's Rudolph leading the pack! The tournament gets underway at 7:00 ET, so have your teams ready!

Prizes are as follows:

1st place: 20,000 rupees

2nd place: 10,000 rupees

3rd place: 5,000 rupees

Kings Game:
As an ongoing event throughout the Night, Kaito will be hosting King's game for those of you brave enough to ascend this slippery slope! Some of you may not know what King's game is, well you can view the guidelines of it here. (I'll let Kaito fill in the explanation in the spoiler below when he can)

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, HEY! Thanks for the post and introduction Jeri, it's been one hell of a week for me since coming back home! Shame this couldn't be up sooner, but that was my bad! To make up for it, I'll be hosting the ever popular event, King's Game! It was a smashing success under my care at the last holiday party, and I'll be damned if it's not again! Here's how the game works, my little playthings:

1. The amount of people joining is limitless: There's no space shortage, anyone can play if they so want to!
2. There is no end! Unlike the other events, King's game goes until people get bored or I have to leave ( although in the latter case I'll probably just hand it over to someone.)
3. Now for the actual INSTRUCTIONS! The game is played in rounds. Every round, the players of the game get a number, which is changed each round, but here's the fun part: I'm the only one that knows everyone's number, and even then I don't know until they're chosen~ Each round, there will be a "King" selected by RNG controlled by yours truely. Once the king is selected, they decree their "orders", which is basically anything the king wants. They want Numbers 5 and 17 to engage in a heavy makeout session? It must be done! Numbers 1, 7, and 10 have to proclaim their love for certain things or people where everyone can see? Numbers 11, 15, and 25 have to confess their true feelings about a person? Absolute! Once the order is given, I'll reveal who the lucky people are who have to do said order, and then we watch the fun commence~ Isn't it oh so wonderfully chaotic? In the words of a friend of mine: "It's like truth or dare, without the truth!"

Now if that was a little hard to follow, that's okay! Just show up, and learn by observation and doing. That's the best way to enjoy king's game!
Also, I've heard there MAY be a Queen's game running as well for those a little on the... safe side, but don't take my word for it, it's still in the works! Enjoy~

Now for timing, it'll start when I get home, unfortunately I have some family obligations to attend to, also known as "relatives." Sad, I know! But I'll start it up ASAP, and it shouldn't be any later than 9~

Carolling:
And we will have our local community radio hosts putting out the best music selections for the season, splitting time will be Cowtao and Arkhidon. These two never fail to disappoint. You can send either of them a PM for a music request to be selected sometime at the party, Christmas themed or not, so long as it's appropriate for the server or forum guidelines.

Summary:
I may be missing something but for now this is what we have in store for you all:
1. Please submit your nominations for Jack Frost/Snow Queen/Polar Monarch in the thread here. (I will update them here). When voting on Friday night, please PM your votes to Abbey Street.
2. If you wish to participate in the present exchange please PM me what time you would like to do so, and what you plan on bringing/offering.
3. If you plan to participate in the tournament, be in the Themed Tournament room at 7 ET with your team ready to go.
4. More info to come regarding King's game.
5. Please PM song requests to either Cowtao or Arkhidon.

It starts tentatively at 6 ET.



Nominations:

Jack Frost:
1. Blind Guardian
2. Sonikku
3. Jelly

4. Vex

5. Amethyst

6. Ikaru

7. Jericho

8. Maelstrom

9. Kaito

10. Renzo

11. Cowtao

12. Sheep

...

Snow Queen:
1. Kalista (Silver)
2. Destructive Skitty (Queen Elsa)
3. Kamina

4. Azery

5. Minerva

6. Void

7. Amethyst

8. Kaito

9. Blind Guardian

10. Annie Leonhardt

11. Soft Taco Bear

12. Hori

13. ZephyrEnyalios

14. Rosesong
...

Polar Monarch:
1. DobbyTheElf
2. Blind Guardian
3. Kamina
4. HuggyBoo (Flapjackel)

5. Sonikku

6. TheScarletSword

7. Jericho

8. Tacos&Flowers

9. Maelstrom

10. Godot

11. Pyon Pyon Kyu

12. Rupe

13. Poeseph

14. Inuki (Valor McTanuki)

15. Renzo

16. Kind Murdoc

17. Hukuna

...



*PS. If you haven't joined the HATTENING, what are you doing with your life??

[Tacos 205]

Who would I be to not nominate the Wifey. Silver you gonna be a queen mk?

#Jerry4SnowKing2k14

[Jelly 103]

I NOMINATE RESPECTABLE USER DESTRUCTIVE SKITTY FOR SNOW QUEEN

[Dark Desire 4]

i nominate kamina for snow queen c:

[Kamina 10]

skitty for queen n_n

N DD

[Sonikku 37]

I nominate Azery for Snow Queen

[Kaito 4]

The King's game has been revealed! Although the spoiler tag is a bit broken... still working on fixing that.

Don't forget to nominate people, people!

[Jericho 114]

Welp, I'll do my own nominations for now. I'll update those in the morning.

Jack Frost: Blind Guardian

Snow Queen: Minerva

Polar Monarch: DobbyTheElf

[Sparky 19]

Jack Frost nominee: Sonikku

Snow Queen Nominee: Destructive Skitty/Elsa

Polar Monarch nominee: Dan/Siberian Guardian

[Lord Bagel 18]

Jack Frost nominee: Jelly

Snow Queen Nominee: Void

Polar Monarch nominee: Kamina

[Raindrop Valkyrie 118]

I don;t nominate people for these things.....feels weird for me to do so.

ANd I haven;t been so far...good XD.

[Flux 30]

Hopefully I can remember to show up for this. King's game sounds like fun... Though I don't think I'll be nominating anybody either, as I wouldn't know who to nominate...

[Rielly987 0]

Don't know about who for nominations... havent been here long enough XD but King's Game sounds... interesting. Should be fun. Time to go look up some Red Green and White Pokemon though...

Would Jarachi Shiny be allowed?... I mean its about as red as Ferrothorn shiny

Edited December 17, 2014 by Rielly987

[AuthorReborn 8]

Well darn, i'm running a Speech and Debate Meet Friday-Saturday, so I'll try to get on later into the night, but eh, we'll see how that goes. Keep the party rolling all night!

[JapaneseWallpaper 0]

Ame for snow queen

[Gore 10]

shadows mum for jack frost e_e

skitty for snow queen

[Jericho 114]

Don't know about who for nominations... havent been here long enough XD but King's Game sounds... interesting. Should be fun. Time to go look up some Red Green and White Pokemon though...

Would Jarachi Shiny be allowed?... I mean its about as red as Ferrothorn shiny

The list is not composed by me, it was decided upon by Queen Elsa, Renzo, and Abbey Street IIRC.

[Joker 64]

Don't know about who for nominations... havent been here long enough XD but King's Game sounds... interesting. Should be fun. Time to go look up some Red Green and White Pokemon though...

Would Jarachi Shiny be allowed?... I mean its about as red as Ferrothorn shiny

Yes, Shiny Jirachi is allowed because of red.

[Huggyboo 2]

I nominate myself, Huggy/Flapjackal, as Polar Monarch because that name is freaking boss as sheeeet. I'll also nominate some other people i guess like Kaito for Snow Queen and Vex (now Menez) as Snow King.

[Azeria 390]

I nominate Dan for Snow Queen

Ame for Jack Frost

and Sonniku for Polar Monarch!

[Shadow Roxas 11]

I nominate:
Jack Frost: Sonikku

Snow Queen: Destructive Skitty

Polar Monarch: TheScarletSword

[Felix~ 240]

Woak, this is a thing. Nominations?

Jack Frost: Dan

Snow Queen: Skitty

Polar monarch: I mean, I AM the christmas Elf ya know.... Tacos

[Red_Chaos 9]

...

Snow Queen:
Destructive Skitty (Queen Elsa)

Jack Frost

Blind Guardian

Polar Monarch:

Jericho

Edited December 18, 2014 by Red_Chaos

[Mikzal 0]

Well haven't you been busy, Jerry.

Jack Frost: Dan

Snow Queen: Skitty

Polar Monarch: Dobby

[The Fush 13]

Jack Frost: Ikaru

Snow Queen: Amethyst

Polar Monarch: Mobius The Frost Monarch