Hello everyone. I've been watching this thread for a bit, and I'm just going to say my two cents. (No full-on proposals yet though, just ideas.)
First off, I'm really feeling like we may want to have an appearance of one of the rivals here, because I'm pretty sure we haven't seen either of them at all ever since the dark gym, and it would be a nice break from the Luck-Sack plot.
Secondly, I think we may want to have a sort of PWT style thing here. It would allow players to get a chance to stop and evaluate their team some more, along with getting to test teams and movesets.
More posts will be on the way.
EDIT: Here is my full proposal on the town.
Town Proposal: Rateem Town (Based off of "Rate Team," as in the RMT forum.)
After passing through the whole cave and mountain, you find yourself in a quaint town, with average houses. However, everyone is missing! If you continue into the middle of the town, AshRival (That's what I'll refer to the secondary rival) Shows up, and says something along the lines of, "Oh, (name), I'm suprised to see you here! This is Rateem Town, and it's AMAAAAZZING! The people here have really helped me become stronger! What?! You haven't seen anyone? You must have not been to the T.I.T.L.E yet! C'Mon, I'll show you!" AshRival then takes you further down the town, and then across a bridge, leading to a large pavillion, with people surrounding it, along with stalls to either side, with two buildings closest to the center. A pokemon battle is going on there, with (insert important trainer here) and the other rival (now refered to as OtherRival). AshRival says to you "This is the Tournament Institute of Training Losing Battlers, or TITLE, for short. Why not TITLB? Because that isn't a good name for this place! Here, you can home your skills and become a better trainer! You can also see amazing matches too, like this one." Then, a voice announces, "Aaaaand the winner is....(Insert OtherRival's name here)!!!" Cheering then comes up from the crowd. Then, AshRival drags you up there, and dialouge commences between both of your rivals, mainly being OtherRival insulting AshRival. Afterwords, AshRival says, "That (OtherRival's name) is so mean! Anyways, I suppose I should show you around now." He then takes you to the building on the left. "This is the tutor guild! The people here will teach your pokemon special moves they can't learn anywhere else!" He then takes you to a stall in the middle of the two buildings. "This is the registration centre! Here, you can sign up for tournaments!" Then, he takes you to the right building. "This is the TITLE branch Day-Care Centre! You probably already know about it, so I won't explain. Oh, also, the people on the stalls by the edges can make your pokemon delete and remember moves, so be site to check them out some time!" AshRival then takes you to the center of the Pavillion. "Hey, it's been a while since we last battled, hasn't it? Well, why don't we have on right now? My friends and I won't lose!"
Cue battle vs. AshRival (also, I really think we should change this rival's name to Ashe Ketchup)
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Gliscor @ Toxic Orb
Ability: Poison Heal
EVs: 248 HP / 188 Def / 72 Spe
Impish Nature
- Protect
- Substitute
- Toxic
- Cross Poison
Pikachu @ Light Ball
Ability: Static
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Volt Tackle
- Extreme Speed
- Knock Off
- Iron Tail
Garchomp @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Rough Skin
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Crunch
- Dragon Claw
- Fire Fang
- Earthquake
Charizard @ Charizardite X
Ability: Blaze
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Dragon Dance
- Dragon Claw
- Fire Punch
- Roost
Talonflame @ Leftovers
Ability: Gale Wings
EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpD / 8 Spe
Careful Nature
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Will-O-Wisp
- Bulk Up
Staraptor @ Choice Band
Ability: Reckless
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Brave Bird
- Close Combat
- U-turn
- Double-Edge
Last Pokemon: C'mon guys, we can do it!
Loss: Aww, we lost...
Win: Woo hoo! We did it!
Post Battle: Whew! That was fun! I may have lost, but that was an thrilling battle! Good Game!
As you can see, the team, while at least a little bit competitive, isn't well synergized, and it lacks any spinners or defoggers, which, as Ashe has 3 rock-weak pokemon, isn't good. It also has some other flaws, but still, it's a sort of solid team. Also, yes, I know staraptor is BL, but it's better than giving him a uu pokemon or only 5 pokemon. Can someone also tell me how to use spoiler tags on this site? Lol.
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After losing, AshRival will give you the tm for scald (It's a fairly good water type move, and I don't think anyone has handed it out yet.) and leave.
So, what do you guys think?
Also,
Creator of Chaos I'm going to tag you here (If I got it right -__-) because I haven't seen you posting here lately.