While making this post, I discovered that the manual approval on posts seems to be gone and I can post instantly. Images and quotes seem to be working again as well, but I still can't edit my posts like before. I believe this will mark a turning point in this era of the official pokemon.com community forums as activity picks up again. This new freedom is a double edged sword, as on one hand this will increase the activity of the forums drastically from now on despite the initial wave of trolls being mostly banned, but on the other hand the lack of pre-approval could lead to more risk of becoming banned. However, I did see a reply to the Iono thread claiming Skyla was the best girl that was now deleted but that user is not banned, so maybe the moderators are leaning off the ban button these days.
EDIT: The filter is still there so you can still randomly hit the approval queue.
@TPCi_GarbageKing get this guy out of here right now.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/5882/ashs-theoretical-return
I'm pretty sure they still have a new Pikachu in the show still.
The Ash fans are very optimistic about his return.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/5809/what-will-you-do-if-pokemon-was-real
This is one of the most controversial topics yet with answers ranging between mundane animal abuse to primal fear.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...-partner-in-real-life-who-would-it-be-and-why
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...hing-you-would-do-if-you-woke-up-as-a-pokemon
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/5896/you-have-one-pokeball-what-pokemon-do-you-catch
Can we stop with all the Ditto posts? Let's get back to some of the real hard hitting discussions.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/5893/what-would-ryan-goslings-favourite-pokemon-be
I feel like Ryan Gosling would be more of a Psyduck fan.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/5904/does-the-cute-charm-glitch-works-in-bdsp
For one thing I'm surprised the Cute Charm glitch and by extension RNG is even an allowed topic. However this is actually a common and enduring myth that BDSP is the exact same as the DS games when the whole pokemon data structure and battle engine has been modernized. A lot of people seem to mistake the surf through land glitch as the original void glitch and call it tweaking for some reason among other things. I blame this parroting on poketubers.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...bles-against-ursaluna-this-might-do-the-trick
This is actually a very long post about a niche VGC strategy. I liked it.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/5895/magnezone-exposed#latest
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...ink-wingull-is-more-regional-bird-than-tailow
This is when I noticed that this guy was able to embed an image. This is worrying both for the future of the forums with manual approval, as well as there being able to be two regional birds ever since Pidgey and Spearow, which Taillow follows in the footsteps of.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...lar-to-the-chao-garden-from-sonic-adventure-2
Why can you post about Sonic Adventure 2 on the official Pokemon forums? This guy should go post with SonicTheHedgehg about the Sega Pico.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/5255/your-pokemon-partner-for-life
Well at least there's nobody saying Ditto here.
At least some people are considering realistic consequences about this.
This guy should go back to the Sonic Adventure 2 thread.
What happened to these peoples' starters?
This is probably the most canon answer because that's Rotom's role in all the games now.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/5885/what-pokemon-deserves-an-evolution
A competitive reference? I hope this doesn't mark the return of the agency.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...-have-chien-pao-been-banned-in-smogon-singles
Apparently this poll still survived. (You cannot create polls as new threads currently.)
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/5669/your-team-of-six-if-you-were-a-trainer/p3
Somehow a Showdown team import has made it onto the forums as well. I am archiving it here in case it gets deleted.
Funny, I actually made a smogon team for this (though it’s not actually viable to play, unfortunately)
Azumarill @ Muscle Band
Ability: Huge Power
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 1 HP / 252 Atk / 1 Def / 1 SpA / 1 SpD / 252 Spe
Naughty Nature
- Protect
- Aqua Tail
- Ice Spinner
- Encore
Blissey @ Leftovers
Ability: Healer
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 1 Atk / 1 Def / 1 SpA / 252 SpD / 1 Spe
Gentle Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Heal Bell
- Healing Wish
- Thunder
- Soft-Boiled
Hatterene @ Mirror Herb
Ability: Magic Bounce
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Psychic
EVs: 1 HP / 1 Atk / 1 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD / 1 Spe
Rash Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Trick Room
Chesnaught @ Rocky Helmet
Ability: Overgrow
Tera Type: Grass
EVs: 1 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Def / 1 SpA / 1 SpD / 1 Spe
Relaxed Nature
- Bulk Up
- Drain Punch
- Spiky Shield
- Super Fang
Talonflame @ Eject Button
Ability: Flame Body
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 1 HP / 252 Atk / 1 Def / 1 SpA / 1 SpD / 252 Spe
Lonely Nature
- Defog
- Brave Bird
- Roost
- Fly
Froslass (F) @ Ability Shield
Ability: Cursed Body
Tera Type: Ice
EVs: 252 HP / 1 Atk / 1 Def / 1 SpA / 1 SpD / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Destiny Bond
- Disable
- Blizzard
- Ice Fang
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/5745/more-better-profile-pictures
This is the first attempt of direct contact to the moderators for change. Will more avatars be added?
This is the real hottest take of them all to bait the mega evolution fans in and then call the mega evolutions bad designs.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...d-crystal-are-the-best-games-in-the-franchise
Despite everything up to this point, at least some correct opinions are starting to be posted on the forums now.
