PlatinumSkink

Pokémon: Start

@Delta44 I did say that the Gyms do not really have numbers. I do have the intention that you can challenge them in whatever order you like, but I also prefer to think of the Gym Leaders as set challenges to overcome rather than it adapting to the level of skill that the challenger is currently at. Because, as long as the challenges isn't set, there will be ways to abuse the system and reason that "if I take this Gym, which I believe to be harder, at an earlier time I will not have to face the stronger Pokémon that I'd face if I dealt with it later"... I want to avoid such reasoning. There's not really an "eight Gym Leader" that is significantly stronger and meant to be challenged last, like in the games. Some might naturally be a bit more challenging, but...

In any case. I will be reasonable. The Minor Gym Leaders will be within your reach, no matter which order you challenge them, and the same will eventually go for the Major Gym Leaders. Just trust me, I am confident that this will go nicely. There are some things that would be impossible with game-logic that works really well by just spicing it up some roleplaying-logic instead. Haha.

Pokémon: Start

@Delta44 (wow, I returned just in time to comment, I have best timing)

... And that makes no sense to me. The Gym Badges are trophies that show that you are worthy of challenging the Pokémon League. You don't SCALE BACK a challenge in order to be nice to weaker trainers, do you? One cannot intentionally carry a team of low-level Pokémon in order to get an easier battle at the Gym, that's not how challenges work. It is for this reason that I'm implemented this Minor and Major League thing, so you have something to challenge while still building your strength.

As for the three Pokémon thing, I'll explain that with that they were three-Pokémon battles, and hence the challenger should only be able to use three Pokémon as well. That's to ensure battles don't last forever, things get so chaotic when its full 6v6, I'll probably not do full 6v6 battles very often, either. Though, I will be considerably tougher with the Gym Battles in this than the games are. But don't worry, there are Minor League gyms in the North as well. You need to travel the entire continent for both Leagues. I totally welcome any who'd want to travel north early for fun. Teh-heh.

Pokémon: Start

Also, question that just hit me now, how are mega evolutions going to be handled? Or are we just saying there are no mega stones on Isson?

@Pyromaniacwolf

AND I FORGOT ANOTHER QUESTION!

And the answer to that is... frankly... I dislike Mega Evolutions. I may use them in some form or another to up the drama, but don't count on them being heavily featured, in the slightest.

... DID I FORGET ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ... If so, yell at me. XD

Pokémon: Start

@PlatinumSkink I am maybe a blind, but which towns the gyms are? I think that either Highhill or Lakewatch have the first one thought.

@Pink Madness

I FORGOT TO ANSWER!

I read your question, then turned to read IC posts because I was to react to those too, THEN I FORGOT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION! MY APOLOGIES!

So. There's a Gym in ALL towns. If you might notice, there is a grand total of nineteen city-spots, the only one without a Gym being the Pokémon League. There are two leagues. Minor and Major league, each which has nine badges associated to it. You only need eight, meaning you can skip one leader if you wish. So, any town you are in, feel free to check the local Gym. However, I will not state what type the Gym specializes in or what League each town Gym is before you get there or someone tells you. That's about it. Haha.

I DO kind of have an order in which I could recommend you to get the badges, buuuuut... The Gyms have no number. It makes no sense for them to be numbered. Therefore, I'll let you find out the strength of each Gym on your own! XD

Edit: ... Key hasn't been online for two days. If he isn't here this time tomorrow, I will post the next post regardless. If shows up and tells me to wait a little, I will. I believe that works.

Pokémon: Start

@Delta44 Got it! Thank you!

Then all we're waiting for is Keyblade87. He said he was on it, so I'll assume that we can expect that quite soon.

Edit: ... And now I broke my perfect balance of posts VS days. ... ... ... OH, WELL! XD

Pokémon: Start

@Pirouette Teh-heh. ”Thrown to the Houndooms”... Any case. Reactions made, connections created, questions answered. Nicely posted.

@Lasrever *snicker* Both of them on the floor. That was kind of hilarious. … And for beating a Rhyperior, Winston's totally the right typing. Haha.

And yupp, that's a reason to start at Route 1. We'll see what awaits. Kalmia will more properly explain what's up with the Routes in my post. Nicely posted.

So, @Keyblade87 and @Delta44, how's it going? I didn't really intend the last post to get a full row of posts and get further rather quickly, but guess that didn't happen. The option to just tell me to post the next post still exists. Haha.

Edit: Oh, look. I have as many posts as I have days. It looks so perfect. I am proud. Hahaha. ... [/pointless commentary]

Pokémon: Start

@Pirouette Way faster than I expected, too. XD

Pokémon: Start

@Pink Madness Aww. We scared the Vulpix. Of course we did, this thing's a brutal monster in comparison. XD
Nicely posted~

@Eklispe *snicker* Stronger than him, huh? Well, there's quite a way to go. XD
Yupp. Well posted~

Alright, that leaves... four people. Keyblade87 and Lasrever has said they'll post, no word from Delta44 or Pirouette on the subject yet. Oh, well. They'll come around.

Pokémon: Start

@Pikmin Eye I understand what you're referring to. My confusion stemmed from that... I see a Wooper and think "Water", I see Nincada and I think "Bug", and with Aron I think "Steel" (rightly, as we concluded, but yeah, small matter), so while I subconsciously remember that the two former are Ground-type I don't think of them as "Ground-type Pokémon" as such, so when you commented on a lot of Ground types before Rhyperior even showed up my first reaction was "There are Ground-types?" XD

Of course, upon thinking a little more I came onto the obvious truth, but yeah. That there appears to be more Pokémon in here that are part-Ground than any other is a complete coincidence, I believe. Haha.

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist Your constant mentions that you want to be on your way is making me worried that I'm being too slow, but I'm not going back on posting this thing that's coming... It's making me worried it won't be particularly welcome. … Oh, well. There's going to be the option to just bolt. ANYWAYS, yupp. That's good use of your time. Teh-heh. Now it's just for Erika to respond. Haha. Nicely posted~

@Pyromaniacwolf XD … Poor Houndour. Compared to the best-of-the-best right-off-the-bat. Haha. Nicely posted.

@Pikmin Eye I wondered if someone was actually going to ask that or not. XD … And yupp, the Pokédex can do a lot. … Though, that many ground types? Among the starters, other than Nincada (who loses the ground-type upon evolving), isn't there only Winston over here who's Water/Ground?

We have one Psychic, one Electric, two Fire where one is part Dark, one Ice, one Fighting, one Steel/Rock, your Bug/Ground and then the mentioned Water/Ground. That's a pretty nice blend. … Oh, well! It's interesting to read your observations anyway! Nicely posted~!

Alright, and now we wait for at least one post and word from the rest.