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blocking you ingame sadly doesnt spare me from seeing your stuff in forums

Hi everyone, I am OrdinaryConfiden, the rank 1 OU player in season 13. I think many player knows me, due to I play a lot in pvp season 13, and won the gold crown at last. Last morning, I wake up and login to the pokemmo as usual, however I find I was banned due to win trade? I was so confused with this announcement, because I never trade with anyone for PVP in game. Of course I love play PVP especially OU game, and I treat every game and every opponent seriously, but I have never let my game become a trade. Thus this result make me not only upset but also angry. First I want to clarify, every game I played, I treat it seriously. I enjoy the PVP game so much, which you can see from my game record in season 13. I have plenty of time this summer, and I have played for over 2000 games with 911.38 score in that season. What's more, the second place is only 905 score, which means I can get the gold crown with no doubt. My win rate in season 13 is over 80%, I think this result can demonstrate that I am good at OU game. In addition, I have gained 2 championship in OU tournament, and also won the world cup represent the China team. I think these achievement can also be the proof that I don’t even need win trade. In fact, I have NEVER do the win trade with anyone! I am wondering what evidence can let the devs to give the win trade punishment to me. Please check whatever evidence again pls, I'm pretty sure I didn't have any unusual behavior in any of my games. I even never speak or trade with anyone I met in PVP game, which you can see from my history. So pls recheck whatever record or evidence, if you need more information, you can replied to me, and I will give my explanation. I think there must be some misunderstanding between us, and I sincerely hope we can solve this problem. What’s more, I guess this banned is due to the report from another team OA. My team (in game) has some conflict with them, and they started maliciously reporting players from my team. I hope the admin and devs can give a fair judgment after more investigation. Again, want to speak to the administrator, I NEVER trade with ANYONE for PVP game, I swear to god. My account should not be banned. Please check my history, and make the decision again. I love play Pokemmo, it is almost part of my life. I hope I can still play with my friend and make more friend in this game. Thank you.

Shiny tenta exists OT #23 Team [ÄV]

I failed my Shunt for a shiny Ursaring and got a Donphan a little over a month ago. I got bored after that and since then I've been doing some Shunting for Camerupt and have been breeding for a Shiny Shroomish (1000 eggs deep). Today I came back to the Ursaring location (Johto Victory Road, South Entrance), and the horde is drastically Donphan favourited now, with me not seeing a single Ursaring horde for at least 10 minutes of Sweet Scenting (looking at the Dex, Ursaring apparently no longer even has a horde location there anymore). Is there anywhere this information has been released? When I was last here, it was a 50/50 between Donphan and Ursaring, and I was here VERY recently. I don't know when this changed but I'm almost positive it's been at some point during this week, but maybe a little more or less. It feels like a kick in the nuts to be 15k deep into phase 2 of my Shunt and then it's changed like this with seemingly no information / updates that I can find on the forums. Is this a bug? I'd be ecstatic if this were the case, but I thought I'd ask here on the forums. I'm not sure about this one because I've not been there, but Ursaring is now a rare spawn at the Mt Silver location. I was told this was 50/50 before, does the rare spawn means that Ursaring is similar to the Dratini vs Magikarp rates in Dragons Den?

this is serious

Congratulations to @Sawwario you're the winner 🙂 I've just mailed you your prize. Congratulations!

Congratulations to the winners ! 1st Place Lilaijace 171points - 02:07:11 PM UTC 2nd place cxscz 171points - 02:15:56 PM UTC 3rd place ZorosBlade 166points - 02:41:02 PM UTC 4th Place surpheroman 12points - 02:38:06 PM UTC A huge thanks to my wonderful refs ! @Cosmooth @EnzoAbbacchio @Edwardinho @BabyTap

NO WAY BEST BIRTHDAY GIFT LOVE YA <O>

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Date Friday, 8th December 2023 Time 9 PM UTC | 6 PM BRT | 4 PM ET | Time Zone Converter Location Celestic Town, Sinnoh, Channel 1 (Catching is allowed on any channel) Duration 1 hour for catching another 10 minutes for players to submit entries Scoring Total Sum of IVs + Nature Bonus = Total Score Pokemon accepted as valid entries Seaking Nature Bonus Lonely +5 Adamant +3 Nature Translation Rules To win 1st-3rd places that are sorted by high to low, you need to submit an entry that scores the highest To win 4th place you need to submit an entry that scores the lowest You can only submit one entry Players can enter the event with only one account/character All Pokémon must be caught within the event time and at the event location All Pokémon must remain unchanged (untrained/unevolved...) Evolved or unevolved forms of the listed Pokémon will not be accepted as a valid entry You must be the OT of the Pokémon You must link your entry to any participating staff member via whisper to submit it Keep the pokemon in your team till results In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by earliest catch time Rules Translation Participating Staff DeusBruno EnzoAbbacchio 1st Place Prize GIFT Shiny Goldeen Lv.1 Your choice of nature, 2 moves, with 3 selectable IVs and 3x28 IVs & 1,000 Reward Points 2nd Place Prize 500 Reward Points 3rd-4th Place Prize 250 Reward Points The prizes will be sent to the winners a few days after the event.

We know that once someone encounters or kills a legendary the encounter rate is significantly buffed for the individual so why not make the buff apply for the whole team. It would make hunting them easier while also implementing team buffs which is something lacking in pokemmo.

Date Sunday, 3rd December Time 14:00 UTC | 06:00 PT | 09:00 ET | 11:00 BRT | 15:00 CET | 22:00 CST Time Zone Converter Location Cold Storage, Unova, Channel 1 (Catching is allowed on any channel) Duration 1 hour for catching another 10 minutes for players to submit entries Scoring Total sum of IVs + Species Bonus + Nature Bonus = Total Score Pokemon accepted as valid entries Vanillite +3 Minccino Timburr -3 Nature Bonus Timid +3 Modest +1 Lonely -3 Nature Translation Rules To win 1st-3rd places that are sorted by high to low, you need to submit an entry that scores the highest To win 4th place you need to submit an entry that scores the lowest You can only submit one entry Players can enter the event with only one account/character. All Pokémon must be caught within the event time and at the event location All Pokémon must remain unchanged (untrained/unevolved...) Evolved or unevolved forms of the listed Pokémon will not be accepted as a valid entry You must be the OT of the Pokémon You must link your entry to any participating staff member via whisper to submit it Keep the pokemon in your team till results. In the event of a tie, the winner will be determined by earliest catch time Rules Translation Participating Staff Agrat Cosmooth EnzoAbbacchio 1st Place Prize GIFT Vanillite Lv. 1 Your choice of nature, 4 moves, with 6 selectable IVs & 1,000 Reward Points 2nd Place Prize 500 Reward Points 3rd-4th Place Prize 250 Reward Points The prizes will be sent to the winners a few days after the event

Hi. Please make appeal on support.pokemmo.com Responses like "free xyz" will be treated as spam

If i'm not mistaken, the odds are 80/20 in favor of Donphan. It's just stupid that it was announced as a bug fix though...

Please devs add this feature to forums. :v

Congratulations to our winners and participants! 1st Place Bertolfoso 2nd Place JefesonCaminhoes 3rd-4th Place DesoRiom & XxTheMenProxX And special thanks to all my amazing referees! @Cosmooth@Agrat@EnzoAbbacchio

只要你们不违规，公会内部管理你想怎么定都可以

Could you try to learn without being so intense with so many questions? You become a nuisance after a while, you know?

Its 11 years who the fk celebrates the 11th year of anything. It's not a major milestone.

I definitively got mad at that, before i was only one to achieve both extremes on ladder, now i had to share this spot with him.

OT #17, 8327 Encounters Male 31 atk iv 💔

Battle Sprites Reloded The purpose of this mod was to make a more vibrant mod that utilizes real-time lighting and shadows. Each Pokémon is set to a scaled height multiplied by their actual Pokedex height. Downloading this mod is not obligatory. If you don´t like any part of it then change it, make your own or use another one. I endorse Verdep's HD Battle Sprites. Update Progress - Complete Game Developer Bugs (I can't change these) Versions (Read Well) Patch Notes (Latest: Version 2.2) I hope you all enjoy the mod. If you don´t, feel free to use Verdep´s. I think his is great. Many thanks to EdRaket, GoKickRocks, NimbleHydra, PrincessLolita, and Realmadrid1809 for making this mod what it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU6kgUP-CdQ&ab_channel=GoKickR0cks GOOGLE DRIVE DOWNLOAD UPDATED with over 200 customs, this update to the only icon mod of its kind was a long time coming... https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_GGxS6dWB4f4KNneoUPiHuvfOnpGw3_P/view?usp=sharing *****In game donations would be appreciated but not required! (Getting every Pokemon for testing was costly)* Mail to Jaredtkl if interested in showing appreciation :)****** Please report any bugs or oversights in the comments and will gladly fix them Also, feel free to just give any feedback or criticism! Instructions: - Download the zip - Toss it into the mods folder - Restart client - Enable mod in MOD MANAGEMENT - Restart and it will be active Enjoy! Credits: Refer to the credits of this project >Many icons have been utilized from this resource as I have also been a part of this project as well National Pokedex (Version Delta) - Icon Dex by Pikafan2000 on DeviantArt

The PvP Statistics page is one of the most useful data resources in the game for people trying to get into competitive play, or for existing competitive players who need to analyse the metagame. However, when using the PvP Statistics page, I can't help but feel that the amount of information being displayed is lacking. I expect this is a common feeling for a lot of competitive players. I suggest that the following data should be collected and displayed on the menu to improve it even further: Top Moves Example Taken from Pikalytics.com (VGC 2023 Ranked Statistics) What moves should a Pokemon have? This is such an important decision for every player to consider, Pikalytics lists it as the most relevant PvP statistic next to stat distribution! In my own favourite meta, Doubles, it's really important to know if a Pokemon should use the move Protect, especially for newer players, as they would typically be used to using movesets from the singles format. Tournament vs Matchmaking Usage Data What works well in matchmaking may not work as well in tournament settings. This is currently recognized by the fact that usage% is listed as either in matchmaking or tournament, which varies for some Pokemon (e.g Rotom-Heat is currently used in 2% of Doubles matchmaking teams, and 5.56% (nearly 3 times as much) of tournament teams), so it would be beneficial to know the reasons for differences in player choices when preparing for matchmaking or tournaments. Again, Pikalytics has this option available for all players to see. Usage Data from Top #100 Matchmaking Players Usage data from the top players would be a really interesting set of statistics. Again, for the Doubles format, lots of new players are going to be using their OU teams, which means that some popular OU Pokemon are typically ranked higher in usage% than in win% for Doubles (*cough* garchomp *cough*), so a separate set of usage data from the top #100 players may prove to be beneficial for people new to the metagame. It would also be very useful for top players to analyse shifts in the metagame at the highest level of play! It might even be worth thinking about implementing usage data from the top cuts of Tournaments, too. Common EV Spreads Another popular data set, Common EV Spreads are a great way to know how to prioritise stat distribution for pokemon for which it isn't obvious. For example, how many HP EVs should you invest in Rotom-Wash if it only has 50 base HP - but you also want to invest in Speed and Special Attack? Having this information readily available would be really great for players who are learning the metagame. That's all I can think of for now! I hope this suggestion can make PokeMMO a much more accessible game to get into competitively for newer players, and for top players to refine their game 🙂 I'd also love to know your suggestions! Particularly from the singles format, as I don't have much experience with it, and I'd love to know what would be useful for you! Thanks, Rakhmaninov

功能 万圣节2023 PokeMMO 2023 万圣节回归！ 打败小孩拿走糖果！击退万圣幽灵也拿走它们的！喂给南瓜王后赢取奖励 活动期间大量出现频率变高，请留意新的头目大量出现 神秘的幽火散布在各地。收集起来后可捕捉特殊的季节性万圣头目！ 还可以找到隐藏特性解锁了的特殊幽灵 挑战南瓜王拿走它的礼袋，内含2023特有的新时装。可在紫苑镇、秋叶镇、随意镇、帆巴市以及缘朱市找到南瓜王BOSS 万圣节活动于北京时间11月13日早上07:59结束。结束后，未用掉的糖果可在北京时间11月15日早上07:59之前兑换奖品 礼物商城 火焰摩托为万圣节2023季节性登陆礼物商城 南瓜猫和捣乱猫为2023万圣节限定登陆礼物商城 这些猫猫是多风格的，可以通过按使用键切换 此外，在世界地图上还有独特的动画 其他万圣季节性道具的按活动时间延长 一般功能 增加了隐藏百变怪的交易行搜索选项 背包菜单里树果分门别类了 平衡 力量强化等几个强化道具每只精灵在场时限制使用2次 黑雾类的效果重置此限制 挑衅对 BOSS 无法连续生效 被挑衅后 BOSS 改用别的技能时，威力修正 1.5x 对 BOSS 的真实伤害（例如精神波技能）砍半，最多掉血 10% 译注：真实伤害，指不被防御或特防的能力变化削弱的伤害 爱心鱼的心之鳞片携带率从8%提升至12% 对战南瓜王使用时： 蝙蝠饼干会在己方场地产生持续3回合的反射壁和光墙 扫帚饼干清除己方队伍的能力下降，重置对方队伍的能力提升，并对己方场地产生持续2回合的白雾 三打对战中移动精灵、轮盘对战中站位上场以及对手切入场地的情况下，复制特性都会尝试触发 BOSS被凸凸头盔伤害3次后免疫该道具 BOSS被粗糙皮肤和铁刺伤害3次后免疫该特性 BUG 修复 iOS: 修复使用手柄可能造成闪退的问题 修复火海会对处于半攻击无效状态的目标生效的问题 译注：半攻击无效状态，指技能要放两回合，第一回合后精灵无法被绝大多数招式伤害的状态。比如飞翔、挖洞 修复城都40号道路的一块不可交互的碎岩石 修复剧毒宝珠和火焰宝珠每回合都会播报其被触发的消息的问题 修复火海在没有有效目标的时候仍会播报其被触发的消息的问题 使用月饼不再恢复PP技能点数 允许一次用多个月饼 提升服务端处理高并发登录时的性能 修复污泥浆特性被触发时，消息里提到的目标不是被伤害的对象而是特性拥有者 修复城都47号道路的不可见的墙 修复干燥皮肤特性如果在一回合结束时造成了伤害，特性拥有者的携带道具会在伤害生效之前被触发的问题 修复玩家在城都47号道路悬崖边没法钓鱼的问题 修复有威吓特性的对手入场时白色香草不会触发的问题 修复野怪偷走并投掷队伍中的道具时，如果背包中还有同类道具，会用背包里的道具补充而不是从对战中恢复的问题 修复复制特性和扮演技能不会在提示条里更新触发的特性的问题 对战提示条里现在会显示属性的覆盖情况 修复预知未来技能和破灭之愿技能的动画 修复「买得起的」按钮会在PC电脑箱子的高级设置菜单中显示的问题 修复特性描述在中日韩语言中的渲染问题 挑战凤王、骑拉帝纳以及赤红的BOSS战时，玩家的队伍会在对战开始时全复 修复向尾喵的尾巴在丰源的友好商店售价过高问题 回复封锁技能生效时，会阻止使用受其影响的技能（比如睡觉） 神圣之火☆无法再被对手吸收 说明 交易行上的 RP 点券在更新期间下架 公告原文 ---------- 汉化更新说明 由于万圣节出现的猫猫太多了，原 Pumpcat 翻译「万圣猫」改名为「南瓜猫」。这将影响到相应的质子和新时装

Welcome to the Teams Champions League III's Week 4 thread. Relevant Links TCL III General Thread TCL III Signups Thread TCL Discord Server TCL III Bracket Player Docs • Please refer to the Little Cup Rules for LC. Join the Little Cup Club for further tiering information. • We follow regular monthly movements for UT, with the same cutoffs. Anything above 5.5% usage in NU in November cannot be used in UT (Audino, Braviary, Torterra). • Please refer to the Rules and Guidelines for Scheduling, Disconnections and Ghosting. • Make sure you are aware of the rules for Substitutions and Activity decisions. Week 4 Group A NORE (7) VS (3) SLSY OU: iRusher ZeknShooter vs Gabuchox OU: LeJovi YaserAl vs KiwamiU UU: Flacusaurio vs TristanGC UU: CarolML vs ErickECG NU: IHasvik vs zDeviljho NU: xxLazaro vs Wolfangt DB: Alaniz vs xAkiles DB: YJos vs NixxLeville LC: Pablobacas vs zMago UT: Titinn vs Preval EØS (4) VS (6) AW OU: abstractt MaxDuci vs Godhelll OU: WarwitoX vs Zhiko UU: zenenn vs RealDevilLegend UU: AerithZ vs xFlorcita NU: JasonSparrowX vs Tawlaa NU: MexiDany vs Frags DB: RohMartinez vs TiToooo DB: Tlacuacheman vs Akarukokuyo LC: Maahitto vs lLatios LC: lGlaive vs zMauri Enchanteur ZËRØ (4) VS (4) SIÂ OU: DylanWoodz vs Azphiel OU: dangelMA vs Jaawax UU: PsykoO vs Mkns UU: KokoOP vs Eastsiideboy NU: Pokemonbrz vs Lunarck NU: IncursioZ vs pauleeee DB: Daykingg vs Jgaw DB: Frlobo vs Kamimiii LC: InuYashaL vs Smadagos LC: Isperea vs TheDH RMW (4) VS (6) VOW OU: Locoll vs CHUCKunso OU: Aisker vs OoExcoveroO UU ErosG vs Sargeste UU: AngeloDLZ vs JustaChamp NU: ElRegur vs Kaizakikun Onraider NU: Danarchy vs Bulbasaur DB: xXFernetXx vs Razachu OrangeManiac DB: LokiID vs NecasinTrouble LC: Mugi vs DridrigoFK UT: Busso vs Susume Group B SY (6) VS (4) ENIX OU: Jharek vs Smoogee OU: Francofts vs GoldenNovember UU: Kapeletini vs CDomS UU: MallyJu vs GautSamm NU: YamiGod vs zKupo NU llAlexisll: vs Renpai DB: Molisu vs LyanDawn DB: Astrico vs NuraRikko LC: iMariii papudri vs PolarPallas LC: Torpi vs LunaDarkrose VGC (6) VS (4) Oa OU: Zoleiman vs cangyanbaifa OU: HearthLifeOT vs MASDK UU: zAnderson vs Bandantao UU: Huargensy vs Angelaba NU: AlfonsoC vs UOR NU: MiraiFlour vs KDQ DB: Gasyflour vs CocoNeko DB: Cristi vs vQAQv LC: YEYOxD vs XiaoSH LC: zStrafq vs KokenoCastro NWÖ (6) VS (4) BR OU: SecretPlayerZ vs Elvessss OU: DarioBaco vs PaoloBanchero UU: AkumaLord vs makarovmaster UU: Alesic vs Rafapallet NU: wBanw vs Deadwind NU: WarriorPast vs Belegado DB: TiburoncinDs vs Jhowteon DB: PizzaG vs Shentiger LC: Hernjet vs Sizaz UT: ManzaG BadButG vs fefeco Läva (1) VS (9) Lo OU: Poseidonwrath vs MedichamZ OU: ArtOfKilling vs ForFour UU: Wallaro vs shamelessss Iwyuu UU: Nestymore vs NewNewDemon NU: hiddentrainerJ vs KimiWakuzu NU: Facursa vs HayaQL DB: Necroze vs LoveSiNiLe DB: GodXebec vs MarginalPersons LC: Skylux vs EEDays UT: DrTylerGrey vs MullenYu All matches are to be played in Kanto, Saffron, in Silph Co. @tables channel 4. Deadline: Sunday 10th, Dec @23:59 UTC

Art made on the iPad, in the "Procreate" application. Commissions open in PV ❤️

Done! Enjoy! ❤️

Never seen people get so mad at a bait/confused forum in my life, yall need to chill.

只能防生蛋跟交易, 放生還是沒法防止..

Hello. Use Cheri Berries to yield Very Spicy Seed (1/3 chance with harvesting tool iirc). Good luck. 🙂

Read Patch notes. It would save these pointless threads.

haiii, could we get a fix for the minimize tab 😄 on the top right corner @budadeth

If you are seeing no Ursaring hordes at all currently that would be because they do not spawn in the winter season in game. Hibernating accurate to their real life tendencies. Apologies for not mentioning that right away, wanted to source the horde change mainly but that's the specific cause for your issue, i hope this clears up the confusion!

Not sure when, but it has now been implemented to the Flathub website a little while back o: https://flathub.org/apps/com.pokemmo.PokeMMO

ID:PoPoPLUS 新人 选的城都地区 谢谢大佬

Since pokemmo is now gen 5-based and moves/pokemon names/locations are no longer UPPERCASE, for the sake of consistency, Kanto/Hoenn location names should be changed to reflect this. I.e. change FOUR ISLAND to Four Island.

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It was never said to be "after halloween, but before christmas" What we have, is simply a factor of the "telephone game". It was simply stated as shown above. Not before halloween. Kenjim can add "but before christmas" all he wants. It does not make it true. It can release in april as originally intended, and they would still be true to their word Better idea: enjoy the game and content that we already have, and appreciate this game while youre still in the "before times". It seems this new feature will be a decent game changer. Enjoy your glory days or go roll around in some grass for a few weeks

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ID:Nekkio 谢谢大佬

手机拖动精灵或者直接点仓库的蛋仍然可以看b超的(看完就不想孵了🙃

How do you register?

It is still broken because there is no safe switch in, NP Hydreigon with Draco Meteor and Focus Blast or Focus Energy Hydreigon with Draco Meteor and Superpower can sweep almost everything (if not everything), the only way to deal with it is killing it with something faster or with priority. Choice Specs Hydreigon is also dangerous since it has few counters, it can even OHKO Jolly AV Mienshao. It can also run Choice Scarf so you can't even attack it with something faster safely if you don't know its item. I have to say that I didn't play OU much these months so I didn't face many Hydreigons, the ones I fought against most of them didn't have a fighting move or were the Scarf variant so they were not that hard to stop. I also tried to use teams that were not too weak to Hydreigon. This and the fact that many people use Hyper Offense teams which can easily revenge kill Hydreigon is probably why it didn't get the attention it deserves. I guess it will just become another overcentralizing mon to deal with, so many games will still be decided by the match up.

Expecting that already. I doubt Entei would be falling down if all people could easily afford one and not only the top 0,5% of the ladder. This is pure theory, but is more likely to devs release more of those legends. Why not make them an exception for the usage system, at least when it haven't appeared for 2 entire cycles? In that case, the legends if below cutoff wouldn't drop normally, but instead voted if it could fall.

Its not a base if you do not call it your home. I want a secret base to be properly self built and to be available in every region.

Thats a problem of the game, like the pokedex, its not the mod, this will happens with almost any other sprites mod with bigger sprites than original

This is the most riddiculous thing I have ever seen. There is no dmg mechanic in the history of pokemon battling that gives a 1.4 boost: Sheer Force x1.3 Life Orb x1.3 Hustle x1.5 Choice Band x1.5 Expert Belt x1.2 Torrent x1.5 Guts x1.5 etc. There was absolutely no reason for Sharpness to be added in the first place and now we're going to bend over backward just so this ability stays as relevant as possible. We're going to make shit up now? If that's the case, you're not prepared for the upcoming backlash. Imagine 1.4 is too strong of a boost, what next? We're going to go for a 1.35 boost? What about a 1.37 boost? Or even better a 1.3867556 boost? That would be so neat. Cmon this is insanely dumb. Regardless of if you think Sharpness should be buffed or not, you can't possibly consider making such an absurd random change to the game just for the sake of annoying everyone. No one is asking for this, so why bother? What's the point? You're going to open pandora's box for what? People will start asking for custom nerfs and buffs all the time now. What's going to be next, you're going to nerf Regenerator to 31% instead of 33%? Absurd. Unecessary. Oh and how the hell are we supposed to calc anything with a 1.4 Sharpness boost exactly? I rather have an authentically broken 1.5 Sharpness boost than this degenerate buffoonery of a change. I can't even believe for a second that a TC member suggested this because no respectable pvp player would ever consider something so outrageous. I'm not going to name anyone because I don't want to get in trouble, but you all know who I am thinking about and I got nothing nice to say about that person when it comes to their competence...