Yeah, no problem!  I appreciate all the suggestions!  We might be able to do a search and rescue thing where they go around and save people's pkmn.

I really don't do well in groups larger than 4, sorry.  I was thinking if we end up splitting it up we could start with the same situation and figure out who wants to take it which direction and split ourselves up that way.  Or we could split it by writing difficulty level, like casual in one group, advanced in another?