PlatinumSkink

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist Well... um... Okay! I mean, catching as many as possible is the idea in the game, but you're obviously free to roleplay as you like! ... So THAT'S why you wanted that wish-list, because unless you meet the Pokémon you really want, you'll be stuck with what you currently have, huh? Because you can't catch what you're half-hearted about... ... ... Hah.

Having the Pokémon in the PC is never once treated as a bad thing in the games, and as such it will not be in this roleplay either. I'd just like to point that out.

@Pikmin Eye Exploded? I don't know about exploded, one of us just had an opinion. XD

In any case, yupp, you have the right idea.

@Keyblade87 Alright! I'll give you another day, then! Though, if it's not up when this post hits "1 Day Ago", I'll just go ahead~

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist Well. Um. That thing that you say make you a bad person. I'm like "Ain't that how you usually are supposed to beat Gym Leaders? I typically don't and just use my own team because that feels better, but the games almost always supply the means to get a new Pokémon that can beat the current Gym somewhere nearby". Anyways, yeah.

Anyways. I like it like this. But upon requests, I can surely tailor the individual journeys as well. I mean, if you WANT me to scale up a Gym Leader's Pokémon if you find that they'd normally be no match... Then heck, they're all experienced Pokémon Trainers, them having strong teams ain't farfetch'd! ... I can't believe I just made did that. Oh, well.

Oh, and no matter how strong you get... The Major League Gym Battles will likely always be a challenge. You might blow the Minor League battles away if you get strong enough, but then they'll just recommend you go Major instead. See, if you can blow away a Minor League Gym Leader, you're likely on the wrong level anyway! XD

@Keyblade87 So, how's life? I see you've been online, if you hadn't I would have posted already. How's it hanging?

Pokémon: Start

@Rune_Alchemist Did I ever say that- oh, I see, I did. Well, the reason behind that is that it'd take so long to roleplay. But, there's without a doubt going to be 6v6 Pokémon Battles. It's just if the trainers themselves decide to do follow other rules that things change. The most significant battles will definitely be 6v6. And, of course, if you ever happen to end up fighting people outside the law... then rules won't apply anymore regardless in those fights. XD

The important thing I have to say is, well, if you use six Pokémon, then you can bet the opponent will, too. The Pokémon League battles in particular DEFINITELY will be 6v6. It's just that, if you want to fight a random utterly nameless unremarkable trainer on the road, is there REALLY a point in making those full 6v6es? 2v2 or maybe even 1v1 will do, really! XD

And if you overgrind and completely crush a Gym Leader, that just means you're qualified for the badge. It isn't as if it should be HARDER for you to get the badge just because you're more experienced. That's no way to qualify for a Pokémon League. But, yeah, if you're strong enough... Maybe the Leaders will want to challenge you with their real and competitive, not-limited-to-a-single-type team rather than their Gym team? Haha.

IT also means a trainer could research the gym leaders pokemon and then just build a team designed to perfectly counter them.

@Rune_Alchemist

Oh, and that... is the point. XD

I don't see why all the gyms have to be type-specific, otherwise. Adapt your team so it defeats the newest threats. This also allows the Gym Leaders to be a little stronger than otherwise, because of definite weaknesses trainers can exploit. Haha. Oh, well. Let's get this on the road and see what happens, ey? I see Keyblade online.

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