PXR WAR Season 1: Petition Thread

[Rival Max]

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We have been getting a ton of feedback on contest that should be added. So we are going to open a petition/ suggestion thread. Below are some things to know as we move forward.

Conditions and Rules
1. If you are going to suggestion a contest you must already be part of a team.
2. For a contest to be considered by the WAR 1 Council there must be at least 12-16 people who petition for that contest. This number will show that enough people interested to make it worth it.
3. On the off chance that lots of people petition for a contest they do not intend on joining the length of these contests will be determined actual contestants who take place. There will be trial period. Meaning that contests created here may only run for half the tournament because of their activity.
4. If a group petitions to get a contest started and all the members are part of the same team that contest will automatically be dropped down to one or two weeks. WAR is about competing against others not stacking a contest.

That being said here is the submission form

Name:
Group Name:
Contest Title:
Brief Description of Contest:
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?:


WAR is a forum wide event and if you feel strongly enough about a contest being added. Please suggest it, WAR is whatever we make it. If you have any questions that are not related to this thread please post here (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?3609-PXR-WAR-Season-1-Discussion). This thread should be used only for petitions nothing else.

In case you are looking for info on the current contests we have planned check out our WAR1 Home Page (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?3737-PXR-WAR-Season-1-Information-and-Link-Hub)

[We Taste Pies...]

Name: We Taste Pies...
Group Name: Pilates Fantasies
Contest Title: Pokemon Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: People battle on the popular battling simulator Pokemon Showdown, with different tiers/battle types each week.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: I think lots of people would participate due to its pretty great popularity and its ease of access to anyone wishing to participate.

Also, I would like to question the reasoning behind the "12-16 petitioners" section. Currently, there are only 23 people who are currently on a WAR team (25 if you count teams that haven't met the 5 person minimum so far). That would mean more than half of the current participants would have to petition. I have trouble believing that any (or at least most) of the currently approved WAR Contests will have 12-16 participants at all. I would like to petition to lower the required number of petitioners to approve a new Contest. Try saying that 5 times fast now :tongue:

[Dragon Master Mike]

Name: Dragon Master Mike
Group Name: Team Awesome
Contest Title: Pokemon Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: Pretty self explanatory. A competition involving battling on showdown. There could be, maybe like, a battle a week per player that signs up maybe?
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: I think that enough people would participate to justify it's existence. I suppose this thread will show if there is or not though.

Even if I know I won't do particularly good, I would participate if this was put in as a contest.

[Nitro]

Name: Nitro
Group Name: Pilates Fantasies
Contest Title: Pokemon Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: WTP did it
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: The Shoddy/PO/PS section has been a WAR staple for years, and it's the most effective competitive battling section we could have for a variety of reasons versus the more gimmicked and member-exclusive URPG/ASB sections. Not sure why it isn't there.

[Corey]

Name: Corey
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Wi-Fi Battling/Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: Battling competitively online in Pokemon X or Pokemon Y. Showdown explained previously.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Wi-Fi Battling and Showdown Battling have been a part of WAR prior to PXR and numerous people took place in them. A lot of people on PXR want Wi-Fi and Showdown battling back on the list as well!

[Dash]

Name: Lightning Dash
Group Name: Team Trainers
Contest Title: Pokemon Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: Not going to bother explaining it since many people already did.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Pokemon battling has always been a tradition for many events, and I don't see why it shouldn't be a part of this one. With as many people that are asking for it and might ask for it, we should add it to the WAR agenda.

[Kaoru]

Name: Kaoru
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Wi-Fi Battling
Brief Description of Contest: Corey described it
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Wi-Fi was a part of past WARs and I'd like to see it return. I know I'm not the only one who wants to see it return as people will participate in it just to earn points.

Name: Kaoru
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: See the other descriptions
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: I think it would be very interesting to see Showdown in WAR. There is a lot of interest in it already and I believe it would be fun to battle other players.

Name: Kaoru
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Communitylocke
Brief Description of Contest: Players play any of the main series Pokemon games (DPPt in this case), earning points by catching Pokemon and defeating checkpoints in a given amount of time.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: It would the first Communitylocke in WAR and I'm sure we could fine a creative way to distribute points.

[XaiakuX]

Name: Sir Not-A-Stick-In-The-Mud-Like-Dredd (XaiakuX)
Group Name: Team Not-A-Stick-In-The-Mud-Like-Dredd (Team Awesome)
Contest Title: Not-Being-A-Stick-In-The-Mud-Like-Dredd (Graphic Art)
Brief Description of Contest: It is as simple as not being a stick... in the mud. =]

... Like Dredd. (Read below for the answers to both of these.)

Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?:

"I feel that Graphic Art should be its own category/contest. Why? Because to simply categorize it with drawing in one big lump is just wrong. Doing banners, animations, wallpapers, and the like just isn't the same as putting pen/pencil to paper, or stylus to tablet. These are two very different art styles that need to be separated because a person who is good at banners may not have a tablet to digitally draw something. Someone who likes to mess with random brushes on Photoshop may not be skilled enough to paint on a canvas. There is no level of fairness to those who can do one thing, and not another. If the theme one day was: 'Draw a Digital image of a monkey in a tree,' people without a tablet would try to draw with their mouse, and it'd fail miserably. This is why I feel it's necessary to separate the two, so that Traditional and Digital artists could do their things, and the Graphic designers could do theirs."

This is the last hoop. I do this for those who believe I'm correct about this particular contest.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Name: Sarah
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Graphic Art
Brief Description of Contest: Wallpapers, banners and icons that do not require drawing as such, but use digital image manipulation programs to create cool things. :D
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Graphic art is much, much different to the other two art categories - sprites and drawing. It deserves its own category just like them, as not everyone can draw/sprite.

Name: Sarah
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: Please see other explanations above.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: I believe enough interest has been shown to include Showdown in the WAR.

Name: Sarah
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Wi-Fi
Brief Description of Contest: Please see other explanations above.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: I think it would be great to hold a WiFi competition if there is enough interest, as lots of people spend time raising their Pokemon on XY and would love the chance to show them off! Pokemon is all about battling after all. :) People want points so current lack of activity in that section doesn't mean the section won't be successful in the WAR!

[Grassy_Aggron]

Name: Grassy_Aggron
Group Name: Team Awesome
Contest Title: Graphic/Drawn Art being separated

Brief Description of Contest: They're two separate things. Really. Graphics don't require needing to draw but being able to cleverly manipulate images and contrast, while drawing requires the ability to draw (no duh!) but doesn't necessarily need Photoshop and other such creations. They can't be judged on the same scale.

Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Do I really need to answer this? We have a LOT of people that draw, and a lot that do banners. Not many do both. It's only fair to give them all an opportunity to compete and not have to worry about someone pulling out a Mona Misty while all they have is a banner of Meowth getting electrocuted.


May add in support for Wi-Fi and Showdown as well later :)

[Saraibre Ryu]

Name: Sabi
Group Name: Team Awesome
Contest Title: Wi-Fi/Showdown/Graphic Art
Brief Description of Contest: They have been described above.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Reasons many people have already mentioned. Graphic/Digital/Traditional/Spriting are all different styles and skills. I don't see why we can't have Graphic Art. WAR is meant to have fun showing off people's skills so, we should make sure that those skills are properly exhibited. Wi-Fi is because I know many people would be interested, and the activity needs some attention. I think WAR can fix that. Also I may try it out since I actually have some sort of competitive team. Showdown is also a relatively new thing, and it's quite the fun little niche to try out. Again, WAR being an activity booster and many people play it, even if they don't act as active on the forum.

I put it all into one application for simplicity's sake.

[Bloom]

Name: ☯Intel☯
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Wi-Fi Battling
Brief Description of Contest: I think this is already implied from above...
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Wifi battling is a great tradition to bring since it is a common practice done by the members of the community and it also provides a unique challenge for all of the teams.

Name: ☯Intel☯
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: I think this is already implied from above...
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Showdown is easy to use, great to utilize since we have our own server, and fun to use! It would be great to see this as a part of the War since it could help promote the competitive aspect of PxR.

[Rival Max]

Thank you all for the feedback so far.

[We Taste Pies...]

Name: We Taste Pies...
Group Name: Team Pilates Fantasies
Contest Title: Graphic/Drawn Art being separated
Brief Description of Contest: Explained above.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Again, I'm in the same camp as all above.

[Tenacity]

Name: Tenacity
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Wi-Fi
Brief Description of Contest: This has been explained above.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Wi-Fi is fun, and look at how much support it is getting! It'll be interesting see who climbs out on top in the WAR!

Name: Tenacity
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: This has been explained above.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Same as the explanation above.

[Lovecraft]

Name: Kaftzael
Group Name: Team Pilates Fantast
Contest Title: iSketch
Brief Description of Contest: A game of draw and guess, Pictionary basicly but online.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: It's a fun game, easy to do for everyone and is something everyone can do instead of relying in how old you are in something (URPG,ASB,GCeA), a particular talent (the art ones, writing, rp, etc.) and is easy to pick up.

[ShadowJay]

Name: ShadowJay
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Communitylocke
Brief Description of Contest: People participate in our forum Communitylocke, hoping to earn as many points as they can weekly.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: The Communitylocke always get a fair few members participating in it each time, and it would be a lot of fun.

Name: ShadowJay
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Showdown.
Brief Description of Contest: See prettymuch every other post.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Again, see prettymuch every other post.

[Princess Crow]

Name: Princess Crow
Group Name: Pilates Fantasies
Contest Title: Pokemon Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: Battling on the Pokemon Showdown simulator.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Easy to use, widely popular, and open to all participants.

[Tenacity]

Name: Tenacity
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Communitylocke
Brief Description of Contest: People participate in our forum Communitylocke, hoping to earn as many points as they can weekly.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: It'll be fun! And if you look at our current Communitylocke discussion and sign-ups, it's already getting a fair amount of attention.

[Corey]

Name: Corey
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Communitylocke
Brief Description of Contest: ^
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Exactly what Eti said. I think I'll join the Communitylocke if we get a WAR Event for it!

[Pokeman]

Name: Pokeman
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Pokemon Showdown
Brief Description of Contest: Already has bee described by previous posters.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: Online competitive battling has been popular for a while now, and a large amount of people not just in war, but on PXR enjoy it. In my opinion, it'd be a surefire success.

[Rival Max]

Showdown no longer needs votes it meets the requirements. Points and time will be determined and announced in the proper thread.

[3m0d0ll]

Name: Jenn.
Group Name: Team Aqua.
Contest Title: Showdown.
Brief Description of Contest: Battling other players on Pokemon Showdown. A theme will probably dictate which Pokemon can be used on your team (Monocolor, LC, etc) and the Judge should probably watch all the battles to ensure no cheating takes place.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: It's a very fun way to participate in Pokemon battles that requires less preparation time than WiFi battles and is free for everyone to play.

[Rival Max]

Name: Jenn.
Group Name: Team Aqua.
Contest Title: Showdown.
Brief Description of Contest: Battling other players on Pokemon Showdown. A theme will probably dictate which Pokemon can be used on your team (Monocolor, LC, etc) and the Judge should probably watch all the battles to ensure no cheating takes place.
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: It's a very fun way to participate in Pokemon battles that requires less preparation time than WiFi battles and is free for everyone to play. please read the above statement.

[Metal Gear Snivy]

Name: MGS
Group Name: Team Trainer
Contest Title: Wi-Fi Battling
Brief Description of Contest: Using X/Y's online features, two combatants can do battle with their unique creatures then they will promptly quit in the middle and explain a paradigm shift using a four-pronged approach. (In non-fancy terms, using X/Y's in-game Wi-Fi battling feature to fight other members of opposing teams.)
Reason You Believe It Should Be Added?: It's similar to Showdown!, however, some people do not like simulators and prefer using the actual game. It also doesn't have to be competitive with Super Training and it doesn't have to follow Smogon rules if enough people don't want to use them. (Though, the evasion clause is nice, in my opinion.)