We Are All Pokemon Trainers Signup Thread

Looks like I was too slow.

edited 2nd May '16 6:24:58 AM by BittersweetNSour

Erm... you might want to look back one site, sorry for posting the endpost

"One may feel fear in the face of danger so long as one banishes fear when danger actually arrives"

Good work handling this, guys.

edited 2nd May '16 6:28:30 AM by Umbramatic

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Wait what, so he was a ban evader? Crud, that implies he'd tried to use TVT once before.

Also ooh, so that's who Troll Post is.

edited 2nd May '16 6:42:23 AM by Uilleam

Tastes better on the way back down.

Yeaaaaah, that was definitely a certain stalker. Fortunately we dealt with him quickly.

(Though Troll Post is just a placeholder for nuked posts by guys like him.)

edited 2nd May '16 6:46:51 AM by Umbramatic

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That's what I meant regarding Troll Post.

Tastes better on the way back down.

Gotcha.

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Got busy with school stuff, I come back and see something about a troll post. What did I miss?

: Troll Post is a placeholder for when the mods decide to erase, well, posts by trolls (or other such undesirables). You can likely glean the rest from context.

Tastes better on the way back down.

Nothing special, just this guy. Mods nuked him from orbit in short order.

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Sooo, uh, hi everyone! I've been following the actual WAAPT thread since a few weeks ago and it seemed interesting so I decided to make an account and see if I could join, is it okay for me to post my form now? Or should I wait a bit or something?

edited 5th May '16 2:41:26 PM by BarelyBodaciousBud

I believe you're free to join at any time.

THE FITNESSGRAM PACER TEST IS A MULTISTAGE AEROBIC CAPACITY TEST THAT PROGRESSIVELY GETS MORE DIFFICULT AS IT CONTINUES

Oh! Really? I remember a post saying that it was only like a person a month? Guess I should've checked the date of the post :P

Anyways, here's my form, i'm all for feedback, after all, my motto is: All feedback is good feedback as long as it's feedback and not non-feedback! ....Interpret that however you want.

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FIRST AND FOREMOST: Sinister Scyther and Magnicifent Mankey

Name: Zachary Chattabie

Age: 15

Gender: Male

Ethnicity: White

Appearance: Has light brown hair and very light skin, not too muscular but fairly fit and very short for his age; he often wears an orange shirt (with a drawing of a blue Pokeball surrounded by stars in the center) with a dark orange hat.

Any ties to an organization: None

Region of origin: Sinnoh, born in Floaroma Town

Backstory: Zachary Chattabie is the son of a kind old man living in Floaroma Town, he lived a pretty normal life up until he was around 10, when his father lost his job and had trouble getting another one, since then, Zachary started doing many small jobs with his Pokémon to help out his dad, while he has teached his Pokémon many offensive moves, most of them are there for mostly utility purposes, to help him complete those jobs, however, he also quite liked exploring his surroundings to find new things.

Eventually, at 13 years old, his dad managed to get a new job, which forced them to they managed to to move to Hearthome City, and even though Zachary was very happy that his father could move to a better place with a better job, he was saddened to leave Floaroma City. After having lived in a pretty small town, Zachary wasn't used to so many people in Hearthome City, and so he had a hard time socializing, though he eventually managed to make a very small group of friends.

Zachary is a big fan of music, especially jazz music, and also took an interest in theatrics when he was younger, so much so that he actually took up acting classes and easily fell in love with theatrics.

Personality: Zachary is shy but always tries to be nice, however, he can also be very naive at times, always seeing the best in everyone and thinking anyone can be good if they put their mind to it, while this can be a good aspect it can also be bad as it means he can be tricked a bit easily.

Zachary is very picky about many things, such as food, certain jobs, and other things, however, if it's for a bigger cause or for something or someone he cares about, he'll ignore such things, an example of this is the many jobs he takes in order to help out his dad.

Zachary is afraid of being isolated in places he doesn’t know, which is why he always carries at least 2 Pokémon outside of their Pokéballs when exploring new places or just places he doesn’t know/trust very well.

Zachary has a tendency to babble on when explaining things he likes, often over explaining simple things instead of just giving a direct answer when asked about that sort of stuff.

Pokémon Team:

Empoleon (Nickname: Ghiaccio) Female (Starter and First Pokémon)

Personality: Ghiaccio is usually very friendly and jolly but all that can turn into pure fury when angered due to her short temper, she usually also becomes very angry when it comes to battling because of her competitive nature.

Ability: Torrent

Gardevoir (Nickname: Aurum) Male

Personality: Aurum is very serious, often speaking (through telepathy of course) with an emotionless tone, it’s not that he doesn’t care about the rest of the team and his trainer, he’s just a fan of getting the job done quickly rather than play around, he thinks of himself as “the leader of the team” because of his leader-like attitude.

Ability: Synchronize

Quagsire (Nickname: Donald) Male

Personality: Despite his funny look, this Quagsire is actually quite smart and often speaks about profound things while also acting like a true gentleman, always being formal, whenever he’s not battling he is often admiring his surroundings and making up puzzles in his head.

Ability: Water Absorb

Ampharos (Nickname: Joulet) Female

Personality: Joulet often thinks of herself as a great heroine and often speaks of herself like a grand adventurer, when she attacks she also usually does unnecessary body movements and gestures like in anime to make the attack look “””cooler”””, she is willing to help anybody in her way even if it gets her and her team into trouble, that is the mark of a great heroine after all!

Ability: Static

Farfetch’d (Nickname: Smoke) Male

Personality: Farfetch’d often acts like a true ninja, being stealthily even when there is no need to be, not talking much, and generally being a loner, but he does care about his team, he has sharpened his wield stalk so much that he can use it efficiently as a katana.

Ability: Inner Focus

Staraptor (Nickname: Bunby) Female

Personality: Bunby is a Staraptor who really wants to be the very best like no one ever was, even before being caught she always trained to be fit at all times and always trained in flight and even strength, Bunby is very hotheaded and a big fan of exercise, and while she can get cocky at times, she really cares about the rest of the team and their shape, which is why she often forces them to work out pretty much daily

Ability: Intimidate

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I'm starting to think it may be a little too long, not entirely sure though.

EDIT: Aaaand right off the bat I screwed up because I forgot that you need two spaces for it to be separated properly, I think I fixed it now so yay for that.

edited 6th May '16 12:07:08 PM by BarelyBodaciousBud

Good that you're fixing your formatting, and over all it looks good to me. There is still something missing from your application though.

edited 5th May '16 3:34:06 PM by keys2tkingdom

Be sure to read Every's essay and the tone essay very carefully

edited 5th May '16 3:55:20 PM by MajorProblem

THE FITNESSGRAM PACER TEST IS A MULTISTAGE AEROBIC CAPACITY TEST THAT PROGRESSIVELY GETS MORE DIFFICULT AS IT CONTINUES

May I ask what is missing from my form so that I can fix it? I'm sorry if it's super obvious and I don't notice

edited 5th May '16 4:43:26 PM by BarelyBodaciousBud

There's two phrases in the two little essays that newbies are required to read through. Those are supposed to be included in your signup so we know you read them.

If you read the entirety of Every's Essay and the Tone Essay carefully, you should notice it, but I can't specify much more than that

"life is just a series of increasingly canon-eluding ao3 tags" ~ everydunsparce "Keep your hellfruit away from me, tempter" ~ also Every

Oh god, I read both of the essays so many times and I couldn't figure it out until now....Aaaaand I decided to cut this part out just in case because I realized that I gave it away. ANYWAYS, THE WORDS ARE THERE NOW!

edited 5th May '16 6:32:29 PM by BarelyBodaciousBud

With everyone else's tweaks, your signup looks A-OK to me. Minor question though, how'd your character get a Hidden Ability starter?

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Honestly, I just realized that a Starter having a Hidden Ability is impossible, I think it's better if change it to Torrent.

edited 6th May '16 12:14:22 PM by BarelyBodaciousBud

It is possible, actually (one of my characters owns a Speed Boost Blaziken) just not from a regional professor, is why I was wondering. :P

But you look totally fine to me now.

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Great then! Guess I'll just await opinions from other admins and if they think it's good too then move on to the test.

We don't really have admins, just a couple technical G Ms who mainly serve as mediators. This is a community-run RP, essentially, so don't worry. :P

That said, yeah, any other opinions from said community would be nice before we give you the test.

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No complaints from me.

Though, since Crow seems to have done every signup test recently, maybe I could have a shot?

Tastes better on the way back down.