Amethyst

...Wait, I thought Ice was blonde...

Then probably no one would care because it's just a lot of hype. What if I moved this topic to the game corner where it belongs? Oh, wait.

Reverser Sawk (M/F) @ Salac Berry Trait: Sturdy EVs: 252 Att/252 Spe IVs: 0 HP/0 Def/0 SpD Lonely Nature - Counter - Reversal - Stone Edge/Payback/Bulk Up - Stone Edge/Payback/Bulk Up Unlike the above, this set intends to make good use of its natural Sturdy ability- arguably one of the best abilities in the game, even if subverted by the vulnerability of the type to sand, unlike all of its other carriers. For this reason, this set has more of a place on a team with spin or anti-sand support. These details aside, the set actually works best against a physical sweeper. Counter will allow you to take on their hit, KO them back, and activate your Salac all in one fell swoop. From there, Sawk has a 200 base power STAB Reversal on top of its brofull 383 attack power ready to outspeed (with 403 speed from Salac) and take down almost anything. The last two moves are a matter of preference. When coming in against a special sweeper, Counter obviously isn't going to do you any good. In the turn waiting for you to activate Salac if you don't feel like attack with either Stone Edge or Payback, Bulk Up can be used to further bolster attack power. The other two attacking moves are chosen in accordance to the types resisting Reversal. Stone Edge will take down your typical flying type, but Payback is intuitively more useful against Ghosts and Psychics (if lessened by the fact that you'll probably attacking first unless you use it before Salac.)

Moved to the right place for Wuji [quote]Ninjask (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Speed Boost EVs: 252 HP / 148 Def / 108 SDef Jolly Nature (+Spd, -SAtk) - Substitute - Roost - Baton Pass - U-turn Volcarona (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Flame Body EVs: 128 Def / 252 SAtk / 128 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Butterfly Dance - Flame Dance - Bug Buzz - Hurricane Serperior (M) @ Choice Specs Trait: Perversity EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) - Leaf Storm - Giga Drain - Hidden Power [Ice] - Glare Chansey (F) @ Evolution Stone Trait: Natural Cure EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SDef Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Toxic - Softboiled - Ice Beam - Flamethrower Conkeldurr (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Guts EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SDef Adamant Nature (+Atk, -SAtk) - Mach Punch - Bulk Up - Payback - Drain Punch Umbreon (M) @ Leftovers Trait: Synchronize EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Def Sassy Nature (+SDef, -Spd) - Toxic - Curse - Moonlight - Payback [/quote]

This one was inspired by an idea that AZKnight mentioned a very long time ago, and in fact that he took part in back then. But: Tournament 12 will be themed to ban all items! What does this mean? Rules: -Each competitor will register six Pokemon species by the restrictions below. -Battles will take place 6v6 Singles -The Tournament will be held in Double Elimination (this is open to change if people have a strong preference for single elimination or round robin) -Other clauses are left for the players to decide match by match Restrictions: -Pokemon in Reborn's Uber Tier may not be used (for now, this includes Wobbuffet) -NO ITEMS MAY BE USED. At all. On anything. Ever. Registration PM species names to Ame no later than Sunday, March 20th [b]Unlike previous tournaments, we will no longer have a set meeting time.[/b] Instead, I will post match-ups, give you all a week (or shorter if everyone finishes quickly) to find your partner and battle. The battle will not count if you do not post the log in this topic. If no battle is held, it counts as a loss for both players. The first round will begin on Monday, March 21st. Prizes: 2nd Up- Choice of Retry or Fight-Up Credits for League (can rematch a leader same night; can fight 5 leaders above lowest missing badge) 1st- Custom Member Title Scoreboard: [img]http://www.pokemonreborn.com/images/t/sb/12.png[/img] Teams: [b]Bullet-[/b] Politoed Gamegeroge Borutorosu Kingdra Ludicolo Vaporeon [b]Dragonz-[/b] Toad (Politoed) Lily (Cradily) Kingdra Croakcaine (Toxicroak) Livolt (Manectric) Niterich (Dragonite) [b]Allan-[/b] Infernape Ninetales Scrafty Lilligant Tangrowth Slowbro [b]Scarlet-[/b] Victini Honchkrow Lapras Salamence Gigalith Conkeldurr [b]Tink-[/b] Sableye Cacturne Tyranitar Kirikizan Warubiaru Barujina [b]Knight- [/b] Vaporeon Shuckle Flygon Tyranitar Mamoswine Skarmory [b]N8-[/b] Crustle Ferrothorn Slowbro Dragonite Lucario Terrakion

O_O indeed. Hi Mika. You seem awesome and all, but this is all very sudden...

For the same reason as [url="http://www.pokemonreborn.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1032"]Miss Lucy[/url] (but of course, a different prompt.) For those who don't know, a Lazar House is a church-run community wherein lepers were quarantined... [quote] INT. LAZAR HOUSE. DAY. [i]SILA, 16, lies on a cot in the corner of a boarded house's only room. She wears rags under her cloak, and under those still, most of her skin is bandaged completely. Only her face is exposed- dirty, disfigured and scarred. She has another bandage over her eyes. The door opens from the outside, and ELEFTHEIROS, 17, is thrown into the house. He lands on the dirt floor as the door shuts and locks. Eleftheiros crawls to his feet. His face is malformed even worse than Sila's. Eleftheiros slams against the door and pounds on it.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS (shouting) I said you're making a mistake! Come on, I'm not one of them! Let me out, I said LET ME OUT! [i]He rams the door on these last words. Sila jolts up in shock.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS Damn it, why don't you listen?! I'm not- I'm... UGH. [i]Eleftheiros kicks the door in frustrated resignation, and turns around to take stock of his surroudings. He notices Sila.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS Oh. Er, hi... Eleftheiros backs into the opposite corner from Sila, not taking his eyes off of her. ELEFTHEIROS Okay. Let's get one thing straight here, I'm not like you. I'm not- SILA Infected? ELEFTHEIROS Y-yeah... So stay away from me. I'm only here by mistake, and I'll get out soon enough... SILA There's no use in trying. They don't let anyone out, not until they're dead and ready to be burned... ELEFTHEIROS Once I can explain to them that I'm not... Like you... They'll let me go... They have to. They said its their duty under God to purify- and if I stay here I'll just... become- SILA Repulsive? [i] Eleftheiros chokes as she says that word. He sighs. Short pause.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS I'm getting out of here. SILA There's no use in lying. ELEFTHEIROS I'm not lying! I'm NOT a leper! I've been this way my whole life, but- SILA That is, to yourself. ELEFTHEIROS ...Look, I'm not. Just- [i] Eleftheiros sighs and slumps to the ground, burying his misshapen face in his hands. A pause.[/i] SILA What's your story? ELEFTHEIROS (After a pause) God spat on me. SILA That goes without saying. We're here, aren't we? ELEFTHEIROS No, literally. I've been hideous my whole life- But then some dumb clergyman passes by and decides I'm a- well, like you... Sila You will be soon. ELEFTHEIROS Not if- just stay away from me. I'll get out, and- SILA How? [i]Short pause.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS ...God should help me... Instead he cursed me... I'm not like this... I'm not a sinner... SILA God is just an excuse for these men to make whatever they don't want to see- go away... ELEFTHEIROS If they don't want to see, they should just close their eyes. SILA That is not always so easy... I saw- myself, once... ELEFTHEIROS So? You still look better than me... People think I'm gross- no one will speak to me... SILA ...I could not bear what I saw in myself... ELEFTHEIROS ...Then I don't know how you can stand to look at me. SILA I don't. ELEFTHEIROS What? SILA When I saw myself, I... was in such a fit- frightened by how truly horrid I had become... I tried to scratch the disease off my face, and... Eventually... I began scratching my own eyes, and- ELEFTHEIROS ...So you made yourself blind. A pause. Sila nods slowly. ELEFTHEIROS ...You rejected yourself. But I've been rejected by everyone else. SILA ...I have not rejected you. ELEFTHEIROS ...It got to the point where I thought, I might be alone for my whole life... SILA ...I am here. ELEFTHEIROS ...Then I... will always be with someone here... SILA ...As repulsive as me. ELEFTHEIROS At least it's someone... Someone who can't see me, even- SILA I can see you. ELEFTHEIROS But you said you were blind? SILA I can see you... You're the most beautiful person I've never seen... [i]A pause. Eleftheiros stares at Sila, slowly climbs to his feet, and walks to her at her cot.[/i] SILA I thought you... wanted to stay away. You'll get- ELEFTHEIROS Infected? SILA Yes... And then they will never let you out, and- ELEFTHEIROS Why would I want to leave? [i]Eleftheiros lies down beside Sila, and holds her.[/i] ELEFTHEIROS ...After all, it seems God smiled on us. [i]Fade out[/i] [/quote]

This is really a direct spin-off of Tempest's topic, but more localized. He raised a good question in, "What would you do in the Pokemon world?" Or at least I thought it was a good question, if only because I hadn't an answer for the life of me... We all talk about what Pokemon we'd really keep, and what we like, and such, but when it comes down to it, what would you actually try and accomplish? Take on the gym league- the typical? Or maybe you would want to be a gym leader yourself? Or a coordinator, breeder, something else? Be creative; really think about it. What would you do? Ignore that most people don't even know what they want to do in this reality, let alone another... I think it's still a topic worth humouring.

This is a subject that came up this weekend when I was out, and though I didn't have the will to pursue it at the time, regardless of whom it came up with, but it's been weighing on my mind heavily since... But I mean this as a serious, mature discussion. We don't have many of these here, but if you want to put some real thought into this, I think it'll be interesting. As a whole, at their core, are humans naturally good, or bad? Or neither? Forgive the overly cliche phrasing of the question, but the issue remains the same. I'll throw in my two cents when I'm not in class, though.

+Wasabi! But I don't feel like going into great detail with all the +this-that like I usually do... But... +Best Emo Corner ever. -Was on and off depressedly for most of the con... Ironically not when I was in said emo corner though? +Unbirthday parties are fun. +? So is falling asleep on one side of a room and waking up on the other side. +? Got a room to sleep in, finally, but... didn't use it? - Instead crashed on various couches for five minutes at a time -/+? Actually fell asleep during the Sleep phase of the game Werewolves (Mafia/Murder in the dark), but it ended up saving my life because I was accused of being the werewolf that day and I was able to use the fact that I had actually fallen asleep as a defense. o.o + Werewolves is cool in general. - Added another name to the list of canadian girls who are psycho (currently consists of: every canadian girl I have met) --- Thought my phone had no service all weekend. Turns out I had just pressed a button to turn off the network... ._. - And I figured that out within one minute of leaving the con to go home... + Finally realized that the whole reason I was depressed in the first place was moot - ...Took me until three this morning to figure that out... + Auu?

Cute things.... pl0x? But moreover: -Gardevoir -Mismagius -Absol -Umbreon -Espeon -Cinccino No one is surprised. As for what to use them for...? That's a unique question... I'll have to think about it.

That's part of our problem. I have to remake a forum banner universal to all skin colors now- so give it time. D:

Unless we want our banner to say Invision Power Board forever...

Okay... So as a whole, this is kinda bittersweet. The good part is that the new version is great, with greatly improved security features- actually, features, features errywhere... I don't even know where to begin oh my gawd how are we not up to our armpits in features belahbgjfhbdjhgd. The bad part is that there are so many features falling out my ears I really don't know what to them... Or how to use them, is the bigger problem. Prime example: You'll notice that there's a little link at the bottom left, reads "Cusomize Skin" With this nifty little toy you can make the skin themed to any color you want... Well, as awesome as that is, it also means I can't control other things, such as the banner or new post buttons per skin. Sooooo... I'm at a crossroads as to what to do with this exactly. I'll figure it out in the coming days; in the meantime, bear with me through the slowly changing madness. That said, enjoy the new interface everyone!

[quote name='ashenneko' post='11482' date='Mar 7 2011, 05:07 PM']Late [i]next[/i] week? What about all this week (other than Friday, since you've already said you're gone)? Seems like someone's shirking duties.[/quote] Unless I can do it tomorrow, I won't have time. Wednesday, school. Thursday through sunday I'm otherwise obligated. Monday, more school. Etc. Invision is quicker to respond than I expected though so tomorrow is remotely possible...

Okay. So. Big fat NEVERMIND on this whole poll. I was poking around for some other options on the official Invision site, and lo and behold what did I find but an up-to-date version of our current skin. This will make the transition remarkably (relatively) smooth, so definitely snagging that as soon as I can. A couple hoops to jump through but we're looking at an update probably late next week.

Call shenanigans all you want, but they never answer their phone...