Would you take part in a "raise and fight" Pokemon Tournament?

[Bubba]

Yeah, no requests all the way. As long as the pool of Pokemon is on a reasonably equitable level then I'm happy

[Skyblade]

I think any and all Pokemon should be fair game, but it'd be really interesting if Skyblade made sure that there were no duplicates. And then obviously randomly mix up the eggs (or maybe use a number generator) and give them out.

I think as to choosing which Pokemon should be in it, just use a hat picker online. So oh, it pulled out #1 of #649, so throw a Bulbasaur egg in the mix. That way to make it truly random and exciting.

There is one restriction I have considered, but I need to present it to you all:

No trade evolutions.

Now, I have two systems, and most of the items needed to evolve Pokémon via trade (and I can just get more if I want). I will even happily trade with people and provide them the items if they so desire. But that will be cumbersome and cut into training time, so I am not sure it will be fair.

We've actually talked about not having duplicates, but I just thought that there is one Pokemon that makes sense if there are duplicates - Eevee, considering the choices you get when evolving it. But otherwise - yeah, no duplicates.

Espeon is my favorite Pokémon, so while I would love multiple Eevees, I am admittedly biased.

When it comes to distributing the eggs, he'll send them over to me first, and I'll distribute them, so there is no chance of any bias - no one knows which eggs are which once they're on my box.

Yep. I'm just going to trade them away as I get them (and I lose track very quickly anyway when doing a mass project like this). He stores them and hands them out as he wants. I'll be the only one who knows what is potentially out there to get, but I won't know where it'll be or what I'll actually get.

While complete randomization is an interesting idea, and while I know Skyblade has access to a lot of Pokemon, Im not sure if he's capable of breeding all of them.

I recently completed my PC collection in Pokémon X. My PC currently holds 30 boxes full of Pokémon: Every Pokémon in the game, sorted by Pokédex number. Bulbasaur, Ivysaur, Venusaur, etcetera. ALL OF THEM. This is part of why my PC box doesn't have a lot of room for eggs, and while I'll be transferring them to you every dozen or so that I breed up.

I can't breed Legendaries (except Phione). Everything else is fair game.

[Scotty_ffgamer]

I honestly have no time for this (I've barely played any of Pokemon X as well so I'd have to continue the story as well). I'll say I'll do it though just because. Most likely I'll have an underleveled, under trained pokemon, but that's okay.

[Fynn]

When I said "requests" I meant you'd be able to request which Pokemon would appear in the tournament - no one said you'd be getting it, since the egg draw would still be completely random

[Jinx]

Yeah, Pokemon who need trade evolutions should be out. Too much hassle. I think that really only removes a few Pokemon from the game.

How do we feel about Mega Evolutions? Maybe we should exclude the Mega Evolution itself from the challenge. Like, you can use your Charizard, but not Mega Charizard.

[Shaibana]

How do we feel about Mega Evolutions? Maybe we should exclude the Mega Evolution itself from the challenge. Like, you can use your Charizard, but not Mega Charizard.

i agree with that.

im already excited for this tournament :3

[Jinx]

Same! I'm miffed we have to wait a whole month or two! I'm ready to do it now!

[Skyblade]

Yeah, Pokemon who need trade evolutions should be out. Too much hassle. I think that really only removes a few Pokemon from the game.

They've added quite a few over time. Originally, there were only 4. Now I think there's 26.

Full list:
Alakazam
Machamp
Gengar
Golem
Accelgor
Escavalier
Rhyperior
Magmortar
Electivire
Gorebyss
Huntail
Gigalith
Steelix
Trevenant
Gourgeist
Porygon 2 + Porygon Z
Scizor
Kingdra
Slowking (though Slowbro can still be gotten)
Politoed (though Poliwrath can still be gotten)
Aromatisse
Slurpuff
Conkeldurr
Milotic
Duskull

How do we feel about Mega Evolutions? Maybe we should exclude the Mega Evolution itself from the challenge. Like, you can use your Charizard, but not Mega Charizard.

I think that's a good idea. Should we ban items entirely?

[Jinx]

Yeah, Pokemon who need trade evolutions should be out. Too much hassle. I think that really only removes a few Pokemon from the game.

They've added quite a few over time. Originally, there were only 4. Now I think there's 26.

Full list:
Alakazam
Machamp
Gengar
Golem
Accelgor
Escavalier
Rhyperior
Magmortar
Electivire
Gorebyss
Huntail
Gigalith
Steelix
Trevenant
Gourgeist
Porygon 2 + Porygon Z
Scizor
Kingdra
Slowking (though Slowbro can still be gotten)
Politoed (though Poliwrath can still be gotten)
Aromatisse
Slurpuff
Conkeldurr
Milotic
Duskull

I'm okay with all of these being taken off.

How do we feel about Mega Evolutions? Maybe we should exclude the Mega Evolution itself from the challenge. Like, you can use your Charizard, but not Mega Charizard.

I think that's a good idea. Should we ban items entirely?

This is something worth considering. Because different people might be at different places in the game and only have x items. Maybe we can include items but it's something like, you can only use x amount of regular potions per single battle. You'd have to use them wisely.

[Skyblade]

How do we feel about Mega Evolutions? Maybe we should exclude the Mega Evolution itself from the challenge. Like, you can use your Charizard, but not Mega Charizard.

I think that's a good idea. Should we ban items entirely?

This is something worth considering. Because different people might be at different places in the game and only have x items. Maybe we can include items but it's something like, you can only use x amount of regular potions per single battle. You'd have to use them wisely.

Well, I'm pretty sure on-use items are banned in online battles anyway. I was referring to held items.

Because a lot of really good ones are only available in the endgame, and they can be unbalancing as heck. I mean, you might get Leftovers or even Eviolite fairly early. But Choice Specs, Choice Bands, Assault Vests, Life Orbs, etcetera? Those of us who have them would utterly break those without them.

[Rez09]

I would absolutely love to take part in this!

As for specific pokemon requests, it's a bit more involved but we ARE six generations in, and there are six slots in a team, so why not have each person receive one egg from each generation?

[Jinx]

How do we feel about Mega Evolutions? Maybe we should exclude the Mega Evolution itself from the challenge. Like, you can use your Charizard, but not Mega Charizard.

I think that's a good idea. Should we ban items entirely?

This is something worth considering. Because different people might be at different places in the game and only have x items. Maybe we can include items but it's something like, you can only use x amount of regular potions per single battle. You'd have to use them wisely.

Well, I'm pretty sure on-use items are banned in online battles anyway. I was referring to held items.

Because a lot of really good ones are only available in the endgame, and they can be unbalancing as heck. I mean, you might get Leftovers or even Eviolite fairly early. But Choice Specs, Choice Bands, Assault Vests, Life Orbs, etcetera? Those of us who have them would utterly break those without them.

Oh, then in that case, yes. No held items.

[Skyblade]

I would absolutely love to take part in this!

As for specific pokemon requests, it's a bit more involved but we ARE six generations in, and there are six slots in a team, so why not have each person receive one egg from each generation?

Well, some generations just have more Pokémon than others, and that could lead to some kind of restrictive selections. Plus, that messes with the random draw we were planning.

But the real reason I'm against this is that I've already sort of lost track of which egg belongs to which Pokémon for the first batch that I've bred so far... >.>

I will definitely have Pokémon from every generation in there!

[Fynn]

I'll try to keep things as exciting as possible until the time of the tournament comes. I think I'll open an official sign-up thread in two weeks or so, so that we have the final number of eggs required set. For now, we can use this thread to brainstorm ideas for the tournament - I'll run official polls on the final rules later as well. And then, just as soon as Skyblade is done wit the breeding, I have all the eggs (and am done with schoolwork >.>), we'll begin the raising stage. It might come sooner than July, but it won't begin later than like the first week of July.

Damn, I'm starting to sound like SE representatives regarding FFXV. "Please be excited!"

[Skyblade]

I'm working up the eggs, but I'm wondering if we should do more than 6 per person. Maybe 8? Just to give some degree of customizability to things in case luck treats someone badly? It would take a little longer to breed, but as long as I can keep it going...