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bohren_ooc2010-09-17 08:06 pm
pokemonleague) wrote in bohren_ooc2010-09-17 08:06 pm
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GAME ANNOUNCEMENT
Hello, Bohren players! As I'm sure you all know, things have been slowing down a bit at our beloved game here, so the mods have been thinking hard to try and figure out things to help spice it up a bit, and to set us apart from other Pokemon RPs out there.
After much deliberation (that's a lie, it was a five second AIM conversation that mostly consisted of flailing over what geniuses we were), we've decided to add a new mechanic to our game that we hope all of you will enjoy!
Since the world of pokemon is so heavily influenced by a trainer's relationship with their pokemon, or by pokemon's relationship with each other, we decided that separate journals for pokemon would be a great option for the game - especially since there are a couple of pokemon-heavy plots being introduced soon (I can't say any more than that).
Rules regarding pokemon journals:
1. We're not going to put a limit on how many you can create, but try not to go overboard (meaning that if we start seeing twelve pokemon journals popping up for one character, we might pull them aside and have a few words). When pokemon are pulled out of the PC, it might be a good idea to make a short note of it in your post. Something like "Faust was glad to be out of his pokeball after so long in PC storage" would be nice, just to let the mods know that you haven't forgotten about the six pokemon at a time rule!
2. All posts involving pokemon are assumed to be happening in pokespeak, so there's no reason to footnote your translations or put them in italics like I've seen many of our lovely trainers doing. Humans still can't understand pokemon (unless they're Yellow).
3. If you're doing a battle post, or a post with your trainer, there is no need to separate tags into trainer and pokemon. Likewise, if you want to bust out your pokemon journal just to use a specific icon in battle, it's perfectly kosher to add the trainer's actions into the same tag. We don't want the tags getting ridiculously long!
4. This is brand new! We'll come up with more rules as we go along! If it gets too insane we might cut back on it, but I predict that this will be a lot of fun!
HAVE A BLAST GUYS.
After much deliberation (that's a lie, it was a five second AIM conversation that mostly consisted of flailing over what geniuses we were), we've decided to add a new mechanic to our game that we hope all of you will enjoy!
You can now create separate journals for your pokemon!
Since the world of pokemon is so heavily influenced by a trainer's relationship with their pokemon, or by pokemon's relationship with each other, we decided that separate journals for pokemon would be a great option for the game - especially since there are a couple of pokemon-heavy plots being introduced soon (I can't say any more than that).
Rules regarding pokemon journals:
1. We're not going to put a limit on how many you can create, but try not to go overboard (meaning that if we start seeing twelve pokemon journals popping up for one character, we might pull them aside and have a few words). When pokemon are pulled out of the PC, it might be a good idea to make a short note of it in your post. Something like "Faust was glad to be out of his pokeball after so long in PC storage" would be nice, just to let the mods know that you haven't forgotten about the six pokemon at a time rule!
2. All posts involving pokemon are assumed to be happening in pokespeak, so there's no reason to footnote your translations or put them in italics like I've seen many of our lovely trainers doing. Humans still can't understand pokemon (unless they're Yellow).
3. If you're doing a battle post, or a post with your trainer, there is no need to separate tags into trainer and pokemon. Likewise, if you want to bust out your pokemon journal just to use a specific icon in battle, it's perfectly kosher to add the trainer's actions into the same tag. We don't want the tags getting ridiculously long!
4. This is brand new! We'll come up with more rules as we go along! If it gets too insane we might cut back on it, but I predict that this will be a lot of fun!
HAVE A BLAST GUYS.
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