PXFIRE Planning General Chat

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Hey guys! After discussing with the other admins, we thought it might be cool to have a planning council, rather than just having a couple of people help out!

So welcome EmeraldSky, LKWayvern, Born, Caite-chan, Morzone, Spiderc, Speed-X and Sacred Fire! This forum is only visible to you guys and to the admins.

In this forum we can plan out exactly how this event will work. Feel free to make new threads if you come up with something you'd like to discuss or an idea you had, as then it won't get lost in this general chat thread!

If you're not sure how to help then just post around in here and give us your ideas and opinions! Later on we can delegate specific tasks to people, once we get to that point :)

Neo Emolga, Suicune's Fire and I will have the final say on stuff if it ever gets to that point, but we hope that we can all discuss things and come up with a plan together. :D To get us started, here is a list of things we need to sort out. We are aiming to hold this event sometime in JULY.

Here is a brief to do list to give us some idea of where to get started. Feel free to post if you'd like me to add something to it! (I will probably get Caite to help with organising this list and keeping track of our ideas! xD)

THINGS TO DO

Finalise rules

Team rules
Judging/scoring rules for each event
Rewards for participating
Any other rules

Determine which events are included

Finalise list of major events
Come up with participation only events and how they will work
Potential team event?

Organise judging

Hold judge sign-ups
Select judges
Have judges submit their theme/challenges for each week of the event before PXFIRE begins

Create official threads

Rules thread
Participant sign-up thread
Judge sign-up thread
Scoring thread
One thread for each event



And here is the original proposal:

GOALS

An event that everyone can participate in, but
Maintain a level of competitiveness which drives activity
Improve forum activity without draining everyone for the next 3 months XD


TIMELINE
4 weeks of events. Different challenges may last for more than 1 week.
To occur in July

TEAMS

Individuals sign up for PXFIRE and state which sections they are likely to participate in.
At the end of sign ups, members are distributed semi-randomly into teams with an effort made to spread skill among the different sections.
Where possible, each team will have the same number of members.
Each team will have a leader and possibly coleader. Those interested in leading a team can indicate this on their sign up form. Team leaders will be chosen by the PXFIRE leaders.
Once members are assigned to a team, the team works together to develop a name and theme. The leaders will be in charge of pulling it together and making sure their team is ready by the start date.
Members who join after PXFIRE begins will be assigned randomly to a team, keeping the numbers as even as possible.


SECTIONS

Challenges from the following sections will be included: drawing, graphic art, spriting, roleplaying, creative writing, comics, showdown battling, humour.
Additional, random pop-up challenges offering only participation prizes may also be offered, such as puzzles or games.
Some sections may run multiple challenges throughout the 3-4 week period and some may have only one challenge, etc.


JUDGING

Judges should provide feedback to all participants after each challenge and must have a clear grading rubric.
Judges will be assigned 100 points to distribute among the entries, with the best entry receiving the biggest share of points, etc. Each entry must receive at least 1 point, but it is otherwise up to the judge to distribute.
Judging could potentially include other awards such as "people's choice", "most improved", etc.that do not give out any points, but that members can vote on as an extra thing so more people can get recognition.
Judges cannot participate in their section, but will receive points for submitting their judging each week in a timely manner.
Judges should submit their 4 week plan for their section (number of challenges, what each challenge is) before PXFIRE begins.


Feel free to chat in here about whatever! But if you'd like to bring up a major discussion/idea please do post a new thread. We can use this whole board 8D

[Morzone]

Woo let's get this party started.

I think the listed events (drawing, graphic art, spriting, roleplaying, creative writing, comics, showdown battling, humour.) are enough for the individual major events. Though if others can think of more and think they can get judges for them then I'll probably be fine with that too.

For participation...

I figured we could keep track of how many entries individual people do across the competition, (1 participation point per entry) then add them up at the end to find: Top 3 Most active overall, as well as a top 3 most active for each team (possibly the team ones might exclude the ones that win over all so that it's not the same people over again)

Team event...
I'd honestly love to see a team event, but I'm stuck on trying to think of something that would really require several people to work on it together to make it come out well :/

Maybe we could have have them write a "team story" that has to involve some direct representation of each team member in a major-ish part. That way whoever does the writing has to co-ordinate with their team members to think up a story and figure out how each member wants to be represented. I literally thought of this as I was typing that I was stuck on ideas

[EmeraldSky]

I really really want to incorporate Gotta Watch'em All into this, but don't know how to go about it--ideas?

If I can't work in GWEA, I can always help plan and judge writing challenges

[Caite-chan]

I really really want to incorporate Gotta Watch'em All into this, but don't know how to go about it--ideas?

If I can't work in GWEA, I can always help plan and judge writing challenges

I'm the same way with VPP as you get them but posting.

[Morzone]

I really really want to incorporate Gotta Watch'em All into this, but don't know how to go about it--ideas?

If I can't work in GWEA, I can always help plan and judge writing challenges

How would you turn watching the episodes into a measurable, point-giving system? Seeing how many episode a person can watch in a set time period isn't plausible since the judge can't actually tell if they've watched them or are just making it up.

The only thing I could see working is if the judge gave them a set number of certain episodes, then had then do some kind of project/quiz/something else based directly one the given episodes.


I'm the same way with VPP as you get them but posting.

Err... what is VPP? I feel like I should know but I'm afraid I don't.

[Spiderc]

Hey thanks for the invite to help with the planning, I have a habit of lurking more than posting (as is evident by my post count), but I'll be sure to pitch in if I have any ideas. Similarly, if anyone needs focused feedback on something, just let me know and I'd happy to help.


The one idea that I had was for a minor team event between each of the teams, so AvB, AvC, and BvC. A while back I made a simple webapp for playing the board game Codenames online that my friends and I have had a lot of fun with. Organizing people to play as a group might be an issue though since I know we have people across all timezones and the game doesn't really work as a play by post game (although I guess it could). The rules for the game are here (http://czechgames.com/files/rules/codenames-rules-en.pdf)and my webapp is here (http://andschleicher.xyz/codenames/codenames.html). If people are interested, I could easily add some Pokemon word lists for us to use.

[Caite-chan]

How would you turn watching the episodes into a measurable, point-giving system? Seeing how many episode a person can watch in a set time period isn't plausible since the judge can't actually tell if they've watched them or are just making it up.

The only thing I could see working is if the judge gave them a set number of certain episodes, then had then do some kind of project/quiz/something else based directly one the given episodes.



Err... what is VPP? I feel like I should know but I'm afraid I don't.

You can find everything about VPP HERE (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?12691-VPP-Virtual-Pokemon-Pet)

[EmeraldSky]

The only thing I could see working is if the judge gave them a set number of certain episodes, then had then do some kind of project/quiz/something else based directly one the given episodes.

This was the main idea I had in mind--use the trivia parts of the episodes' Bulbapedia pages to create a quiz, and when the episode ended, test their memory of the episode to see who was actually paying attention.

[AD]

As I have said, the Showdown section of PXR is basically dead, I really hope this sparks up something, though the depending on when stalkers ends, i may have time to do a Mini-Event for some Showdown fun. I'll start taggin everyone.


At first, i was thinking random battles would be kinda fun to have; BUT, Random Battles are not fair when someone can have a legendary up against a Weedle.

[Soups]

For participation...

I figured we could keep track of how many entries individual people do across the competition, (1 participation point per entry) then add them up at the end to find: Top 3 Most active overall, as well as a top 3 most active for each team (possibly the team ones might exclude the ones that win over all so that it's not the same people over again)

Hm... Since judges will already be busy enough rewarding points as is, maybe Participation Points could be something that the teams themselves do. For example, if John from Team A enters Creative Writing during Week 1 and doesn't rack end up racking up too many points, he'll still be rewarded by his team for participation. At the end of PXFIRE, teams could reward certain awards such as Team MVP, Unsung Hero, Funniest Member, Most Creative Member, etc. I don't know. It's just thought!


This was the main idea I had in mind--use the trivia parts of the episodes' Bulbapedia pages to create a quiz, and when the episode ended, test their memory of the episode to see who was actually paying attention.

I've never participated in GWEA, so I'm not too sure how it works. However, I'm assuming the challenge is to watch a certain episode - or certain episodes - and you'll quiz those who watched afterward, correct? If that's the case, wouldn't be easy to cheat? I'm not saying that anyone will, but there's no way of knowing who did and didn't. Again, I'm not well-versed on GWEA, so maybe I'm missing something, and if I am, don't mind me. xD

[LKWayvern]

I kinda like Born's idea.
Or maybe there's the points the Judges give out, and then there are secondary points that are Participated Points, dispensed whenever someone enters and completes a round. There can be a Team given 'Most Active' and a member given 'Most Active' for participating in rounds. Maybe the other things Born suggested could be stuff the members vote on, to get a bit more activity from them>

[Morzone]

I figured participation would be counted up at the end of the 4 weeks, since the judges are required to give feedback/points to all entries, every completed entry would be listed in their end-of-week point giving post. With all the entries in one place it would be easy to count them up.

I like the idea of the team awards though, it would really help build team spirit.

[EmeraldSky]

Born: The main purpose of GWEA is to enjoy the Pokemon TV show from episode one on up to today, but I thought a trivia quiz would allow this to have a competitive aspect to include it in PXFIRE.

As far as cheating goes, I would spell out what cheating is before starting an episode (no looking it up in your games or on Google)

[Soups]

I kinda like Born's idea.
Or maybe there's the points the Judges give out, and then there are secondary points that are Participated Points, dispensed whenever someone enters and completes a round. There can be a Team given 'Most Active' and a member given 'Most Active' for participating in rounds. Maybe the other things Born suggested could be stuff the members vote on, to get a bit more activity from them>

I'm fine with either option. They're both viable, honestly. I do have a slight preference toward the teams themselves being in charge of Participation Points though. I'd feel pretty awesome if I knew my team leader(s) and members were paying close attention to my efforts. It makes you feel at home rather than just being apart of a team for event purposes. xD


I figured participation would be counted up at the end of the 4 weeks, since the judges are required to give feedback/points to all entries, every completed entry would be listed in their end-of-week point giving post. With all the entries in one place it would be easy to count them up.

I like the idea of the team awards though, it would really help build team spirit.

You're right. It would definitely help build team spirit, which is an important factor in a team-based event.

I'm fine with either option though! I'm just spewing some suggestions. xD


Born: The main purpose of GWEA is to enjoy the Pokemon TV show from episode one on up to today, but I thought a trivia quiz would allow this to have a competitive aspect to include it in PXFIRE.

As far as cheating goes, I would spell out what cheating is before starting an episode (no looking it up in your games or on Google)

Awesome. Well, if you can figure out a viable way to execute GWEA, I'm all for it!

[EmeraldSky]

Born:

Another idea would be to riff on the episodes a la Mystery Science Theater 3000, and the funniest jokes get points. (this would especially work well with the old episodes and cheesy dubbing)

[Soups]

Born:

Another idea would be to riff on the episodes a la Mystery Science Theater 3000, and the funniest jokes get points. (this would especially work well with the old episodes and cheesy dubbing)

I like that idea. It's fair and creative. xD

[Neo Emolga]

Born:

Another idea would be to riff on the episodes a la Mystery Science Theater 3000, and the funniest jokes get points. (this would especially work well with the old episodes and cheesy dubbing)

I think you'd have better luck with something like this than to do trivia. Let's face it, there's a lot of mock-worthy material to work with when it comes to the anime. That and unfortunately, it's pretty easy to cheat with trivia...

[EmeraldSky]

I think I'll take the MST3K route for GWEA--hopefully it will stand out from all the puzzles and trivia games.

[AD]

I think i will incorporate my SD! Event into Crossfire. I was gonna do a Whirl Cup. It is that Water Pokemon only event that took place in the Orange Islands arc of the Pokemon anime. Instead of doing a bunch of random themed matches, why not just do an entire Theme for the Showdown section of PXF.

Maybe not the Whirl Cup, because it is the polar opposite of CrossFIRE lol
I only have one problem...I don't know anyone that knows how to make those awesome logos that places like Smogon and UCL use. A small problem, a very trivial problem lol

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I think i will incorporate my SD! Event into Crossfire. I was gonna do a Whirl Cup. It is that Water Pokemon only event that took place in the Orange Islands arc of the Pokemon anime. Instead of doing a bunch of random themed matches, why not just do an entire Theme for the Showdown section of PXF.

Maybe not the Whirl Cup, because it is the polar opposite of CrossFIRE lol
I only have one problem...I don't know anyone that knows how to make those awesome logos that places like Smogon and UCL use. A small problem, a very trivial problem lol

It'll be up to the judge to decide the themes for the main events, so you'll have to apply for that first haha. A whirl cup idea is cool for one challenge, but I think it'd be best to do something different every week. I'd definitely do at least one random week using challenge cup rules (or whatever they call it these days) cos that way people who aren't good at/don't like team building can still join in! But yeah xD

[Caite-chan]

I think we should figure out exactly what we want for our sections to be in this event and then it might be easier to figure out points.

[AD]

I honestly thought i was a judge Sarah XD

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I honestly thought i was a judge Sarah XD

Thus far you're just a peasant :O xD

But yeah you can apply once we post the judge sign ups publicly, but that's not til after we confirm what events we're running and how scoring works. :D

[AD]

Nooo, younare all the peasants lmao :P

I hate to ask this, but how many people will be even interested in the showdown portion of the event? I know a few people have said they would be if someone did showdown events, but I don't see them all that frequently so i can guage that properly.

I would love it, but peeps just don't seem to be interested

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Nooo, younare all the peasants lmao :P

I hate to ask this, but how many people will be even interested in the showdown portion of the event? I know a few people have said they would be if someone did showdown events, but I don't see them all that frequently so i can guage that properly.

I would love it, but peeps just don't seem to be interested

I'm not sure... usually people will participate in WAR events even if they don't bother during the rest of the year, because they want points. xD But since this isn't WAR, I dunno how much interest it'll get. We're probably just gonna have to try it out and then if it has bad activity after the second week, it could be canceled, I guess. Still worth a try though. We usually get more active over summer.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

As far as timelines go... let's say we want to start the event on Sunday July 2nd. We probably want to give it 2 weeks for members to come up with their teams and make banners, build hype etc. Which means teams need to be sorted by June 18th. It will probably take a few days to sort people into teams and figure out the number of teams and team leaders, and we'd want to give people at least a week to sign up for the event. So team sign ups should conclude by June 11th and therefore probably start on June 1st.

If events begin on July 2nd then we would want the events all finalised at least a couple weeks before, I reckon. To account for people being late etc. xD So let's say June 18th. That gives us time to come up with a schedule and everything for the 4 weeks. We'd want to give the judges as much time as possible to come up with their events and discuss them etc. so we should start recruiting judges ASAP and then leave sign ups open for at least a week.

So, summary of rough dates:

Judge sign ups: ASAP
Judge sign ups close: a week after ASAP
Judge selection: by June 1st
Individual sign ups begin: June 1st
Individual sign ups close: by June 11th for the first round, additional people will be sorted after.
Indivuduals sorted into teams and team leaders selected: by June 18th
Judges submit their events: by June 18th
Team names and themes finalised: by June 25th
Event threads are posted by judges: by June 25th
Schedule finalised and posted: by June 25th
EVENT BEGINS: July 2nd (Sunday)

Did I miss anything? xD What do you guys think?

[Caite-chan]

I think that all looks good to me and should be pretty doable as long as everyone keeps up with their parts.

[Soups]

I agree with Caite. I think it's a great timeline. Efficient too.

[AD]

Couldn't agree more, sounds awesome.

[Morzone]

Is the team leader application and the individual sign up process going to be the same time then?

[Soups]

Is the team leader application and the individual sign up process going to be the same time then?

I'm assuming it will either be slightly before or leaders will be determined after the individual sign-ups close.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Is the team leader application and the individual sign up process going to be the same time then?

Yeah I thought it could be part of the sign up form. We'll just add a question like "Are you interested in being a team leader?" and list the duties required. I think it's best that way because we won't know how many team leaders we need until we see how many people signed up. :)

[Soups]

Yeah I thought it could be part of the sign up form. We'll just add a question like "Are you interested in being a team leader?" and list the duties required. I think it's best that way because we won't know how many team leaders we need until we see how many people signed up. :)

I approve. If we do it this way, we'll have an early idea of who's interested in being a team leader.

[Neo Emolga]

Yeah I thought it could be part of the sign up form. We'll just add a question like "Are you interested in being a team leader?" and list the duties required. I think it's best that way because we won't know how many team leaders we need until we see how many people signed up. :)

Mmm, did I ever tell you how much I love your way of thinking? XD

[Soups]

Off topic, but...

I'm really excited about PXFIRE.

[Neo Emolga]

So I was thinking of posting this:



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v669/pokemontrainersarah/pxfire-logo1.png


PXFIRE Roleplay Discussion

Hey guys! With PXFIRE starting in less than a month, things are going to heat up fast! In this thread, we'll brainstorm and discuss things people would like to see in the PXRFIRE Roleplay. Anything is possible right now, but here are a few touchpoints that might be good as starters for the discussion. I'll try to use as many of the best ideas as I can and we'll go from there to make a community RP that as many people as possible can enjoy.

These points are just food for thought and are really meant to just get thoughts about this going. You're more than welcome to build off of them, but definitely don't feel restricted by them.

Overall Structure and Setting

Here's your biggie. There's three kinds of things we can do here.

RP with player characters being human. - Basically your typical Pokémon Trainer characters with Pokémon of their own. They don't need to be league competitors either, but we can get into that later.

RP with player characters being Pokémon. - This would be akin to a Pokémon Mystery Dungeon setting where YOU'RE the Pokémon.

RP with player characters being something completely different. - With or without Pokémon? Who knows. It's always a possibility.

Genres

Genres are loose and are definitely meant to be more like labels rather than straightjackets. For example, there are plenty of times when Harry Potter reads like a mystery novel even though it's more in the fantasy area. Lord of the Rings has plenty of moments of romance. And then you have things like Scary Movie that blend horror and comedy together. There's really no limitation on genres and it's possible and even neat when stories wander into other areas. It's something that makes them unique.

For this RP, think of it the same way. Instead of saying "I want something with fantasy," shoot for "I like X, Y, and Z from some of my favorite fantasy games and stores. Maybe we could put those in this?" Try to aim to be a bit more specific, since there's a lot of things to fantasy. Fantasy races, fantastical creatures, magic, and all that other stuff are big areas. Maybe just grabbing one or two things from here and there are all you need. When you shop at a grocery store, you buy things from all different departments to make a tasty and unique meal. Same thing here.

Team Involvement

Keep in mind the RP setting will have multiple teams which could be themed off of anything from the cool, the cute, the weird, the funny, and the silly. The RP should be pretty flexible to allow for any team to jump in and feel right at home, and the same goes for the other way around. A team of noble fighters that specialize in electric-type Pokémon could work well in a space-age sci-fi setting, a medieval setting, or a modern day one. A team of computer hackers might be out of luck in a RP where there's only Pokémon and not even a single smartphone laying around.

A key thing to remember is the RP will be PVP (player vs player) in nature. Which means players will be trying to strategize and keep each other on their toes as they try to rise to the top and be the ones in control. It's fun, it's exciting, I've done it before and it's cool and fun to see what kinds of curveballs people will throw your way. If it sounds a little intimidating, it's totally not. Remember, we're all in the same boat together! Be open and ready for anything.

Crisis Creation

Every good story has something that knocks the characters out of the norm of everyday life and challenges them with all kinds of obstacles. Otherwise, there's really no story unless their everyday life is really that unique and different from everyone else's and that is the story. But even then, there's got to be things that are different that make this particular day noteworthy compared to others.

In RPs and stories, usually something tragic is going on and the characters either have to solve it or at least survive it. For our RP, we'll need that also. Because there will be many players involved, the crisis should be large enough for just about everyone to be a stakeholder in it and have their lives affected in some kind of way that makes them take action. How they react is up to them, and there will be differences between how one team wants to address the situation compared to another. And that might cause them to become rivals. Then things really get fun! >:3

Extras

If you need more guidance, you can always read the Pokémon Crossroads Role Playing Guide (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?180-The-Pok%E9mon-Crossroads-Role-Playing-Guide-(Beginners-Advanced-and-Role-Play-Creation)) if you need some extra thoughts to go with. It's an oldie but goodie! Guide #3 is more of what we're focusing on here, but the other stuff is work a look as well.

I'll try to provide feedback on as much as I can. I feel together, we could make something really sweet and definitely fun for everyone. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y109/Ultradyne/Emolga_587.gif

Think it's good or does it seem to be missing something?

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Looks great Neo Emolga! Go for it!

[Noblejanobii]

Can someone look over my thread and make sure it meets all expectations?

[Chakramaster]

I plan to get my thread up either by tomorrow of Saturday. At least that's the plan. Hopefully it comes out as we need it to.

[EmeraldSky]

I should have the Caption Contest thread up by tomorrow or Saturday

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Awesome work you guys! Looking forward to seeing those threads!

I glanced over your thread and it looked good to me, Noble! I love the banner you made! I'll take a more thorough look next time I'm on my computer! :)

[Noblejanobii]

Awesome work you guys! Looking forward to seeing those threads!

I glanced over your thread and it looked good to me, Noble! I love the banner you made! I'll take a more thorough look next time I'm on my computer! :)

Aw shucks, thanks Sarah. I wanted some sort of graphic on top so I thought putting some sprites in the PXFIRE logo would be a good choice. Glad to see you like it! And okay just let me know if you see anything that needs altering/addressing.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Morzone How are you going with the spirit events? Do you need any help? :)
Noblejanobii LKWayvern
Threads are looking great, well done :)

[Neo Emolga]

The Roleplay is almost done, I'm just proofreading a few last things and making sure all those silly mistakes are ironed out. Should definitely be up very soon and sign ups will also start right away so as soon as PXFire starts, it'll be ready. That also gives people time to draft up their characters, get them approved, and work with their teammates as to how they want to plot out things. :3

[Chakramaster]

I've pretty much got mine ready to post today. I do apologise for taking longer. It's just been a little tough with everything here lately and right now it's still not looking too much better, but I will perservere! Hopefully have the refinements up in a few hours and the thread posted

[EmeraldSky]

I've got the caption contest thread ready to go for a second Humor event.

[Morzone]

Morzone How are you going with the spirit events? Do you need any help? :)
Noblejanobii LKWayvern
Threads are looking great, well done :)

Here's what I have: (I haven't had a chance to do a proper write up for a spirit thread)

The spirit section is split into three categories, each separate but will affect who will be named as the over all most spirited team.

Participation
Through out the 4 weeks of the event, I'll record the participation levels of each team's members. How many people participated, how many events each member participated in. I expect I'll use 5 points per person per event to keep it simple.

Bonus points will be given out to people who finish PXFIRE participating in more events than when they started. As in, they expanded their horizons to try new things even if they didn't actually win any points when trying something new.

People who jump into new events on the last week just to gain participation points, or people who give in minimal effort work in events to just get the participation points, will forfeit any points they could have gotten for participating in that event.

I'll go through the various events myself, but I'll probably be getting second opinions (if needed) from judges as well as help if I think I may have missed someone.

This Section will be 4-week based, I will count points throughout and announce the order of the top 3 at the end.

Team Identity
This section is based on how close a team is their their fellow members, to their theme, as well as the creativity and effort put into the theme.

This section will work in 2 week periods. At the end of each two weeks, a representative member (each team should elect one, it can be anyone, not just a leader) of each team will submit a team "Portflolio" of spirit. This portfolio should include a description of the development of each team's theme, a description of the theme itself, as well as all accounts of how the theme has influenced team members and their work in individual events. Any team works (art, writing, roleplay scenarios, etc...) should be in the portfolio along with a description of who on the team made it, who influenced it, and how its been used/responded to by the rest of the team.

The second portfolio should build on the first one, but is not allowed to contain any of the same materials. (for instance, you can't submit the same siggy art in both weeks) There should be a description of what's changed in the team's theme since the first portfolio, followed by the same listing/description of how the theme and fellow team members have influenced each other in individual events.

Non-event works Must be posted in the team's thread at least two days before the submission of the portfolio. I will do a quick skim of each team's threads to check to see if materials have really been shared/responded too and if members have actually been conversing together. I'll also be looking to see if its just the same people over and over again. Teams will have a better impact if their works aren't all by the same person.

I'm not entirely sure how I want to judge this part, as the open format makes it hard to use points. Maybe I could enlist some impartial judges to join me in choosing which team is 1, 2, and 3?

And finally: Sportsmanship

This one will be done weekly. Each week I will inquire with each judge if there have been any bad-sportsmanship problems or any examples of excellent sportsmanship during the week. I'll also ask each of the team leaders if there have been any bad/good sportsmanship toward other teams between their own team members. This will be done in Private, so as not to start any arguments or animosity over claims of possible bad-sportsmanship.

I will also invite individual players to message me about happenings of good/bad sportsmanship that go on outside event threads or even outside the forum. Players should only be reporting sportsmanship of players from other teams, so that they aren't simply hyping up their own team. However if people feel a teammate's act of very good sportsmanship, or act of particularly bad sportsmanship, needs to be told they can still let me know. I'll add a reminder that it a good sport does not hide the good acts of others to hurt them, nor do they make acts of bad sportsmanship seem worse than they actually are. I'll also note that smack talk should be limited to "friendly rivalry" and as such is ok as long as it stays that way.

I'll keep a general point system to judge this, +1 for good sportsmanship, -1 for bad sportsmanship. I'll probably keep points a secret so teams don't get labelled as "bad sports" Each week I'll note a 1st 2nd and 3rd sportsmanship team, then announce an overall sportsmanship team at the end of the 4 weeks.

Overall Spirit
At the end of the 4 weeks, I'll take into account each of the 3 sections into account and decide which team has shown the best overall team spirit and gracious professionalism.

[Morzone]

Team Spirit Thread is up! Let me know if anything is wrong.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Team Spirit Thread is up! Let me know if anything is wrong.

Looks great Morzone! :)

EmeraldSky Can you incorporate your ideas into one thread called PXFIRE Humour, since that is what the section is called? :) You just need to reveal the first week's event to start with, like the threads for the other sections do. Let me know if you'd like a hand!


Trainer17 Spiderc Not sure who was going to do it, but it would be great to get the Showdown thread up ASAP with the week 1 challenge as we are beginning in a couple days! :)

[EmeraldSky]

Pokemon Trainer Sarah

Sure! I'll just combine both event threads' first posts into one thread.

[Spiderc]

Looks great Morzone! :)

EmeraldSky Can you incorporate your ideas into one thread called PXFIRE Humour, since that is what the section is called? :) You just need to reveal the first week's event to start with, like the threads for the other sections do. Let me know if you'd like a hand!


Trainer17 Spiderc Not sure who was going to do it, but it would be great to get the Showdown thread up ASAP with the week 1 challenge as we are beginning in a couple days! :)

Sam is taking the first two weeks afaik. I'm leaving tomorrow and I'll have pretty limited internet access for the next week and a half.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Sam is taking the first two weeks afaik. I'm leaving tomorrow and I'll have pretty limited internet access for the next week and a half.

Alright cool :) I'll bug Trainer17 to get the thread up then haha. Have a great trip! :)

[Noblejanobii]

If I get all the members of the gracidea order to comment on shaymin in DPO can that count as team spirit points?

[Chakramaster]

Since it's not part of PXFIRE I wouldn't think so xD

[Morzone]

Noblejanobii

Individually Probably not... But a single, collective team opinion with some input from all/most all members might look good in your portfolio :)

[Noblejanobii]

It was a joke but I mean.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

OKAY GUYS! We are live! Thank you so much for all of your help so far! You're amazing and it makes me really proud to see how we all come together to run things like this. :) I hope the event will be a huge success and that you all manage to have fun as well as working hard ;)

[Neo Emolga]

OKAY GUYS! We are live! Thank you so much for all of your help so far! You're amazing and it makes me really proud to see how we all come together to run things like this. :) I hope the event will be a huge success and that you all manage to have fun as well as working hard ;)

The Main Roleplay Thread (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?14553-PXFIRE-RP-PXFIRE-Roleplay-A-Game-of-Storms) is up, open, and ready for action! I also linked it in the Event Rules thread.

And hey, THANK YOU for all that you've done for this too! Good luck and I'll see YOU on the battlefield! >:D

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Noblejanobii Chakramaster LKWayvern Neo Emolga EmeraldSky Trainer17 / Spiderc

Hey guys! PXFIRE has concluded so please make sure you get your judging in within the next 24 hours if possible so we can announce the winners! It's okay if there's a delay but please let me know. :)

Thanks to those who are already up to date with judging!

[EmeraldSky]

I'd say that barring a few hiccups, it went really well.

[Chakramaster]

Will have mine up shortly. Haven't had much free time lately sadly. :(