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Okay, here's my week 1 entry. Took me days longer than it should have. [spoiler] I try not to look at the gash in my forearm. The pain isn’t that bad. It’s mostly just a stinging, numb feeling, but it’s spreading. Purple lines crawl slowly up my arm, almost to my elbow. My Espeon, Phii, nuzzles my shoulder until I stroke her velvet fur. My heart sinks as my hand passes over her tiny form, emaciated after too long with too little to eat. Her large ears fold back. She knows as well as I do that we’re out of Antidotes. How could I let this happen? We were supposed to weather the storm together. After the leaders of Kanto went silent and the economy crashed, Phii and I decided to ride it out rather than flee. Fuchsia City is our home, so we holed up with enough supplies to keep us comfortable, waiting for the change we were so sure would come soon. What feels like years later, we’re starving, living in a one-room house, and I’m dying from a Nidorino’s Poison Point. But we’re still here. There’s a twinge of pain in my arm, and Phii is at my side before I can even wince. Her violet eyes watch carefully. “Come on, Phii,” I sigh, pushing my chair away from our rundown table. I can’t give up yet. Despite the dark clouds overhead, the air is pleasantly warm. Thunder growls low to the north, and a twitch of Phii’s tail tells me it’s less than an hour away. We’ll have to get to the PokéMart fast. There have to be Antidotes left inside. But the trip that should take no more than a minute is now unbelievably dangerous. Once the ponds were dry and the grasses dead, the Pokémon confined to the Safari Zone made their way out, vicious with hunger. Many of the weaker native species have been driven away or eaten. Now only the strongest survive. As soon as we get outside, we’re targets. The herds of Tauros are murderously territorial. Fortunately there’s just a single Pidgeotto lurking around today. After making sure we’re alone, we slip through the overgrown hedges and into the zoo. Most of the zoo Pokémon escaped. The enormous blue Lapras—deathly pale and decaying—was one of the unlucky ones. A flock of Fearow peel away what flesh still clings to his corpse. We hurry past, almost to our destination. A sudden pain in my chest almost knocks me to the ground. Phii is at my side immediately. “I’m fine,” I tell her breathlessly; my arm is numb to the shoulder, and I can’t catch my breath. Phii smashes the PokeMart’s barricaded door. The store is untouched by the chaos outside—the shelves are depleted, but we find an Antidote easily. As soon as it’s in my hands, I’m spraying the medicine into my wound. The relief is instant. I slump against the wall as the feeling creeps back into my arm. “It won’t be long now,” I whisper, as it starts to rain. “We’ll survive.” [/spoiler] Word count: 500

Woooo JJ brah doin work

There's always that one name that won't do anything when you click it. I support this idea.

Congrats to our winner for the day BlueJim and Beldore for winning the Dynamic Duo! Thanks to everyone who showed up today ^_^ Tomorrow is 6v6 OU. Bracket

You guys are all I miss about this game.

So it's annoying to do /w longw3irdnamehere69 Why not have a /r(eply) command where you can reply to the last user who messaged you. For example [Whispers] YouCantPmMeLol: Hello there [Whispers] ExampleN2m3: Hello there Now let's use /r(eply) [Whispers] ShinyDoctor -> ExampleN2m3: Hey man!

Here are some suggestions that I feel would improve the game, and make it much more appealing to play. Item Hunting Concept: You enter a large forest with several pokeballs lying in random positions. Each pokeball spawns a random item - much like a mystery box. The challenge being that you only have a limited number steps to find the pokeballs in. Perhaps the mini-game could be limited to having a daily cool down to prevent people from constantly farming. _________________________________________________________________________________ Thanks for taking the time to read this post. If you have criticism, please be constructive - feel free to direct your questions to my forum inbox. Have a great day. - Ign : Eargassm

It be cool after this, the next entry or category continuing the story of each submission. I like to continue reading a lot of these stories or sure maybe others have more to the story they like to continue with. (Just an idea).

My writing is horrible, but ThinkNice insisted I humiliate myself, so, oh well. 497 words. Just a Little Longer [spoiler] My eyes fluttered from a dreamless sleep. I stepped out of the old house and realized my afternoon nap had extended to the evening. I decided to take a leisurely stroll across the barren city, passing by my surroundings without granting even a glance -- nothing but empty, abandoned structures and vague, splintered signboards in the once developed area; even the luxury of nature in the city had diminished, the Safari Zone empty of diversity and filled with nothing but murky waters and dry grass. Fuschia City wasn't itself anymore -- catastrophe struck, and I was perhaps the only one left, others either left or dead, it was simply me alone with no one but my own Pokemon to talk to. I halted my footsteps at the southern beaches -- seemingly unscathed despite the destruction -- and surveyed the abudance of the sea, hued by the orange rays of the evening sun setting below the horizon. I wondered, staring across the distance that perhaps extended beyond an infinity -- how far a good place would be from this, how long would it be to live in a suitable place again. Fingers of a cold, soft-clawed hand caressed against my own, as I stared into my Banette's golden eyes and the gleeful smile that stood on it's zip-like mouth. He held a can of seemingly heated soup in his hand, as I pondered with little amusement on how he managed to accomplish that -- perhaps from his own Will-O-Wisps. I ended up withdrawing my Pidgeot from it's Pokeball and shared the soup evenly among the two, knowing that their well-being, protection, and company were more important that satsifying the sour intensity that panged in my stomach. I continued peering at the sun, now nearing the brink of sinking completely across the horizon with it's final traces of orange. Perhaps it's time I left, I spoke in my mind, my lips involuntarily quivering. Another cold touch, and I peered into their eyes -- eyes that talked for them, eyes that were filled with a glint of hope. Just a little longer, they told me. Just a little longer. What is there to wait for? I thought. What is there that makes it worth lasting in this place? I wrapped my eyes around theirs for endless moments -- I grasped their optimism, percieving perhaps the feeling beyond description that made them sure something good would was to come. But perhaps they're right -- I felt the feeling rise to my sense, shattering my doubts. Just a little longer, then. I stole a glance at Banette and Pidgeot, both with meek expressions on their faces, as I turned away from the sky and sea, now diminishing into shades of purple and dark blue, devoid of the beautiful orange and gold a while ago, and allowed a small smile to curve up my lip. Wondering if my whispers or my response had reassured them of my answer, I returned to the damaged house and set out the night. [/spoiler] EDIT: Minor edits.

And I finally finished my submission. Prepare for the lameness that I have prepped up [spoiler] Seven months had gone by and I was still here. Why? Everyday people made a run for it, but I couldn't force myself to leave. This place was my home. However, I was running low on money and starvation was staring me right in the face. I needed something that would get me money to buy a ticket out of this place. As I sat down by the water watching the swimmers venture out into the depths of the route up ahead, I thought, Maybe my answer is out somewhere lurking in the ocean. Quickly, I climbed to my feet and kicked off my shoes while tossing my cap into the sand before pulling my shirt up over my head. My fingers ran across the pokeballs along the belt and I grabbed the last one and tossed it into the air. "Let's do this Quagsire!" Without hesitation, I pulled the belt off and hid it under my cap and turned back to the water. Quagsire was already splashing around when I joined him. "I hope you realize once you go out there, you won't return. Articuno is said to live out on an island in these waters," a swimmer said to me. I chuckled and rolled my eyes. "We'll see about that" I remarked. That was it- I needed to catch the legendary bird and then I could become rich and leave. "Go right on ahead, another loss wouldn't bother us," he replied. A scowl crossed my face and I grabbed a hold of my Quagsire before he dove underwater. We disappeared into the depths of the ocean, having no fear in the world for what laid out ahead. When we resurfaced, we had arrived at Seafoam Island. The state of the island was even worse than my hometown, but then again nobody ever dared to venture out to this place anymore. Every last resource had been sucked from these mountains. Quietly, I walked across the barren, sandy shores and toward the mouth of the cave that would lead me to Articuno. A cold breeze hit my wet skin and chilled me right to the bone. The icy interior of the cave wasn't going to stop me from getting what I came here for. I slid across the ice with Quagsire close behind me. The silence in the cave only made it feel colder as we continued deeper and deeper. Once we made it to the bottom floor, Quagsire dove into the water, allowing me to surf on his back until I could see the large, blue bird up ahead. As we moved closer, I noticed how still the bird was and I knew this bird was fake and staff set it up to fool us all. "Are you kidding me?!" was all I could manage to say. Another day and another failed mission to try to earn money. I was going to be doomed if an update didn't come soon.[/spoiler] Word count: 491 I truly had to suppress myself to keep within the limit. Spent like 45 minutes editing this

End is near. Even Golden has his fanclub. Waiting for Cody's fanclub

triple post because this one is worthy of its own post <3 Also I havent slept in 22 hours

I'm so sorry

Is this the End? [spoiler] “Pastelo, get up. The Lottery will be starting soon.” my sister Velma tells me as she shakes me to get up. I groan and sit up on my thin sleeping bag. I rub my eyes and blink a few times to clear my vision, even though it’s the same as always. I see our small house, which is just one room for the 2 of us. There are cobwebs everywhere and cracks in the walls, but it keeps us safe. I look to my side and see my sister on her knees next to me, crossing her arms. I finally respond to her question: “Ok, fine, give me 5 minutes.” She gets up from beside me. “I’m just gonna head over there, but find me, OK?” Velma tells me and I nod while she takes off. I strip down and then wash outside in the pond by our house. I get dressed back inside in some smelly clothes. I walk over to a corner of the house and I nudge my Spinda a little which was sleeping on some old papers. She gets up and happily climbs up on my shoulder. Anyone with a Pokemon is lucky to have one since most Pokemon are now hostile and Pokeballs are scarce. We got even more lucky, as Spinda came from an Egg we found and was innocent. I head outside with Spinda and walk over to the Head House which used to be a Gym before everything went bad. All towns in the Kanto region look terrible with few shelters and most people living on the street. Velma and I are lucky no one has tried to take our shelter yet since assaults are common, and there are few rules of protection. I finally make it to the Head House and see Velma waiting for me in the crowd for the Lottery. The Lottery is basically a raffle that happens every week; everyone enters, and the winner gets a ticket to leave this region. The Head of Fuchsia calls out the winner. “The winner is…NoadHunter!” he announces. Velma and I sigh. The woman who wins gasps and then begins crying hysterically as she makes her way to the front of the crowd to get her ticket. We all applaud depressed and then head back to where we live. We are not lucky enough to leave here today. The Lottery is the only highlight of each day and the only thing to live for as the rest of the day is just plain awful. There is no time for games, only for food and survival, which is how we spend the rest of the day. Our population is small and shrinking as most people just choose to kill themselves. Every night, Velma and I pray to the gods of our religion: “Staff” as we call them. We hope for an “update” and the change it brings to come some day and save us from this hell. [/spoiler] Word Count: 494 IGN: Pastelo

Aiming for 2nd, Lucky if First, NYLE #2 tho

Hey hey. Here's my entry for Week 1. [spoiler] I haven't left my room in days. My sleep schedule is ruined. It's 9pm and I just woke up. Had a lemonade for dinner, it's all I could afford. I just sit here in my room, all day every day, watching some ads on TV, waiting for something interesting. There's this one ad that goes "WTT shiny {M:42304869}". It pops up all the time. I can't get the music for it out of my head. In fact, there's little enough content that this ad just played twice consecutively. Trade channel is a wasteland. There's only so much left to do around here. I'm bored out of my skull and on the edge of starvation. All I have is this brilliant shiny spearow that I caught when I first moved here. I'm in love with its golden plumes. But, I'm running out of options... I sent my own ad to the trade channel and just saw it display on the TV. Nobody wants it. It's priceless to me, but others just don't see its value. Even if I sold it, it'd hardly help pay the egg hatching bills. I despise that scientist. He probably makes more money than the top shiny scammers. I wish I had a genius idea like him. Yet, I still feed him all my resources. I'm glancing back at the TV, wondering what it'd be like if something happened. Anything. Just, something new and eventful. I can understand why everyone left the region to go to Kalos. I remember the good times when people were speculating about swarm times and jotting down encounterable species and trying to figure out patterns. And that one fateful day when people thought there were was nothing new left to find, and suddenly a wild Makuhita was spotted. The hype that followed. Sadly, it didn't last long. That was it. One species. Anything new like that would probably help. Anyways, I can't lose faith. It might happen. I look back at the TV, watching for my humble ad concerning the spearow. It should be up any minute now- when suddenly, "BREAKING NEWS!" I'm stunned. There's a swarm. Not only have we not had anything new, but, we just haven't had a flat-out swarm in so long because nobody pays attention to it anymore. Have the gods of RNG heard my prayer? "We have just heard from PATRICK that wild JYNX have been-" I shut the TV off. I'm losing faith. I despise my rival PATRICK for always reporting such inconsequential things. Almost had me excited. It's about time he spotted something new. How about a changelog? Ha, right. As if that'll ever happen. I finished my modest meal of a lemonade. I still don't feel like going outside. None of my teammates seem to be available for chat. I guess it's time to go back to sleep. I've lost faith for today, but I'll try prying again tomorrow, like I've been doing blindly for the past six months for some reason. [/spoiler] Word count: 500. Woop.

[spoiler] I wake up in the morning, and can't even get me a breakfast. Resources are almost finishing, and I can't think of another way to survive except than escaping this poor place Fuchsia City has become. I remember the old days of my life, when I first reached Fuchsia City, they called it the "Hope City", people were coming from everywhere in the hopes of stealing a lucky egg from those Chanseys that liked to flee in front of you in that swamp the once glorious Safari Zone has become. I remember the old times defeating the city gym with my friend Charizard. Now he isn't as strong as he was. Damn economy. This city has fallen ever since Lucky Eggs lost their value, and people decided it was better to breed their Pokemons. Sometimes some rich passes by the city, showing their shining Pokemon, without caring for us, the poor people. I was once insulted by a rich when I asked him for a free Pokemon. Ever since economy has fallen, we humans eat Pokemons. Not every is edible. Chanseys are now extinct. They tasted good, like marshmellons. Each morning my poor Charizard has to go hunting, lately he only found some Rattata. That's all my family can eat. My brother suicided when his strong and very rare Dragonite was stolen by a scammer. Promising his pokemon would have been stronger once properly trained, but he got caught off-guard when the thief run away. Now my only goal in life is to avenge him... Politicians told us they couldn't do anything. In a world that cheated me, why should I play fair? My goal will now be to steal other's pokemons. Maybe I will join Team Rocket. Or will ask some of those scammers I heard in my early days as a Pokemon trainer. I will start from Viridian City, been told the most famous scammers like to hang there. [/spoiler]

The Diary Entry [spoiler]Two hundred and thirteen, that number seemed etched in everyone's mind it was the last time anybody from the region remember warmth , interest and a sense of belonging it was the last time we had a "change" , Fushia is in shambles and has been since the price of Lucky egg which we used to trade with the people of the South became irrelevant and completely lost value, The people of the south say the Leaders came with a fury when changing the trade system of our region they took everything from everyone rich or poor, Important or petty and left them with a few thousand yen , This was said by them as means to fix our economy but we the people know it did nothing more than fund the so called Utopia that they impose on the people. It's been two days since we had eaten,we being my family or whatever remains of it me and my Geodude ,its been in my family longer than I have and would do anything to sustain us in this ratatta infested swamp that was once Fushia city. Geodude used to have it easy in the olden days, it brought in modest pay for Me and my papa by competing in various Gimmick Fights set up by the regime as Entertainment for the higher ups, it was especially popular in the little cup category but the name did no justice to the brutality involved , Geodude held its own for the most part but as years roll by the gravel starts to chip off a once proud Pokemon, leaving it a shell of its former image, we had gotten through the past month by a ration given out to the populace by The Old warden of whatever he had left, which wasnt much as the 'Leaders' took away the wardens as well as Fushia's one means of income by opening breeding houses where pokemon where 'Generated' by them and thus slowly forcing the warden to shut down his operations in the city. I coudnt stay out for long as night blanketed our lands which was a new thing as we had ever shining sun till the rulers in their words 'fixed out problems', As I hear from travelers at the Inn that one of the leaders former officers set out to lands to the north of our region to start a new, his records and family were eradicated to prevent further corruption ,As I slowly daze into darkness I think to myself will we ever get a "change".[/spoiler]

You Wanna Write About It? Alright, so here's the deal. I love writing, and I love reading. This game used to routinely host writing competitions, which were thoroughly entertaining not only to join, but also just to observe and check out the materials submitted. Unfortunately, this is an aspect of the community that has been sorely lacking as of late. So what can I, just a lowly pleb, a commoner, do about this? Host a weird writing tournament, that's what! Ok, so seriously, here's the deal. Every Monday, I'm gonna put forth a prompt, and you all are gonna submit a small story on this thread. I'm gonna have a 3 judge panel read all the entries and vote on the best one. The winner will get a modest 25k prize, but will also be entered into the "masters" tournament for the end of the "season." (original as fuck). Each "round" will last one "week," and entries will be judged over the weekend. I haven't come up with a plan for the "Masters" tournament yet, but it'll be a larger writing competition, and I may even give out a common shiny for a prize (remember when I had that shiny vulpix? Still haven't lost all that value yet). On the next post, I'm gonna put the judging criteria. Note that this is all subject to change: I may be tweaking things as this goes along depending on the popularity, feasibility, etc. I'll also put a small set of rules there, too, but for the most part, you guys can write about whatever the hell you want. Good luck, and feel free to PM me with feedback, insults, etc! WEEK "4" TOPIC Gonna try something a little new here to get us all back into the swing of things. (promise we'll return to the old week 4 topic soon, JJ). I expect to see a lot of entries this week, as the topic/prompt will be pretty simple. Let's write a story about a robbery. Specifically, there's a robbery in progress at a pokemart. Where at? Choose any city inside the pokemon universe, from any generation. Here's the catch: every story has to start with the same two sentences, which will be provided to you. That beginning is as follows: "This is a robbery! Everyone get on the ground!" So, to be clear, every story has to start with ^ that. The word limit will be just 750 words this week, and the entry deadline will be Sunday, 11/30 at 6:00 pm EST. So what will it be? Will you and your pokemon jump in and save the day, or are you on the other end, cashing in on a heist? Will you play the hero, or the villain? The choice is up to you. *PS: If anyone wants to help judge, just let me know!*

Congrats, and I missed this one entirely, went to the store and such. cooking at home tomorrow so maybe I'll be able to catch the entire thing.

maybe do it once a month, and keep the other weeks for fresh stories

#nomoney #nops4

Sure, friend!

so I'm not the only one...

dont know skins + 2 much work Q.Q

It's basically a more serious version of borderlands, kinda bleh

http://youtu.be/hNRQTacPJZE

It was lots of fun, and congrats to the winners

Yeah it was me ^^. Hope it helped you :).

My favorite Poke of all time... would make her shiny if I could. 31/31/31 Defenses and HP Grass 70 too. <3 Pre-Breeding Glory.

I'm sure this will launch at least a few careers. [spoiler]Also, a resurrected 2013 thread that isn't depressing? Crazy.[/spoiler]

That it'll probably be awesome and I'll be super jealous. :p

Oh stolen internet, how you fail me.

Mine would have to be my storyline Pidgeot. I started this game doing a Nuzlocke challenge, and she was literally the first Pokemon I caught (not counting my starter). It was only later that I learned what IVs were and calculated them, only to find that my bird was actually extremely good. It was overleveled (70ish) at a time when flat battles weren't a thing, but I re-EVd it anyway. It may or may not have started my Pidgey-line-obsession. (Turned off Moemon for a moment because this is how I caught and trained it. I might just suffocate if I don't turn it back on now though.)

Naxxramus release date announced as July 22nd. Happy Birthday to me.

IGN: TheBabyBloo

Will just encourage me to write better C: fera pls respond

I did a thing \o/ [spoiler] It had been seven long months since the nation's leaders took any notice of us. Seven long months of increasing poverty and decreasing money opportunities. What ways were there left to make money? You could always leave the 'city' to fight what wild Pokemon there were using payday, but it was risky. Since people had stopped attempting to catch Pokemon and only bred them, the entire region was overpopulated with wild Pokemon. Imagine this: You want to go out for a walk to the next town. Halfway along your journey, hundreds of Pokemon literally spill out from the nearby forest and block your path. You, being a new trainer, can do nothing to get past them, so all you can do is turn around and go home. Sure, life isn't as bad in Fuchsia as it is in some other towns/cities, but it's still difficult to make a living. We don't have to worry so much about all of the wild Pokemon flooding the city since we converted the Safari Zone into a Poke-Pound of sorts where any Pokemon that wander in are taken, but it's still a challenge to get by. Even though our little city is better off than most others, (That damn island to the south-west has no issues whatsoever!) life is still pretty bad. Personally, I live in a cardboard box behind the Pokecenter, working myself to the bone just so I can afford a decent meal every now and then. It's a terrible world out there, but I'm glad to be alive. [/spoiler]

WEEK 1 TOPIC: The world of Pokémon has been almost completely abandoned. Resources are extremely scarce, depleted over the course of what seems like endless years of farming and grinding. People pray to the gods for more resources, hoping that some sort of “update” will come and breathe new life into a once thriving ecosystem, but to no avail. Each day, more and more people jump ship, moving on to more exciting worlds. You, however, remain behind, toughing it out in your sheltered little house in Fuschia City. Describe briefly one single day in your gloomy existence.

Oh, I didn't even see this and still wouldn't have if mariout wasn't viewing it(even with noad mentioning it), I'll work my total up some more tomorrow and donate it

0 hours and already has an OT shiny? I hate you, welcome to PokeMMO.

Welcome to PokeMMO!

http://i61.tinypic.com/2h4cpc0.png internets <3 xD

edit: whoah bigger than expected forgot the details of what i was supposed to do ;_; pls pm

Already working on it. don't expect anything too soon though, it's a lot of work. EDIT: Here's a concept;