OCTOBER ANNOUNCEMENTS
OCTOBER ANNOUCEMENTS
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Welcome to the second month of Pokespe! We are very excited to jump into October and we hope that you'll enjoy what we have planned. Please read these announcements carefully. As this is our first month, we will be having a general feedback/HMD in the commentson your thoughts on the game so far! If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to ask them also in the comments.
⬥ As a reminder, October will be a no-plot month. This means that players can take a break and wind down from investigations. During these no-plot months, there will be a higher focus on building CR, but there will still be a few investigations ongoing for those who want to dig deeper and gather hints towards the overall plot; it just won't be anything too heavy such as the on-plot months.
⬥ Starting from today, Pokespe has increased its player cap to 30. As a reminder, players each have one invite and when they use it, they must comment underneath their invitee's application to confirm that the +1 was indeed intended for that person.
⬥ Also starting from today, the character cap per player has increased to three. Players may app in a third character, but only after they have passed one round of AC.
⬥ Character tags have now been added to the main community (
pokespe). Please ensure that you use your character's tag whenever you comment on an entry.
⬥ The calendar for October is as follows:
⬥ As a reminder, October will be a no-plot month. This means that players can take a break and wind down from investigations. During these no-plot months, there will be a higher focus on building CR, but there will still be a few investigations ongoing for those who want to dig deeper and gather hints towards the overall plot; it just won't be anything too heavy such as the on-plot months.
⬥ Starting from today, Pokespe has increased its player cap to 30. As a reminder, players each have one invite and when they use it, they must comment underneath their invitee's application to confirm that the +1 was indeed intended for that person.
⬥ Also starting from today, the character cap per player has increased to three. Players may app in a third character, but only after they have passed one round of AC.
⬥ Character tags have now been added to the main community (
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⬥ The calendar for October is as follows:
- 10/01 - Game feedback
10/03 - Event log #1 is posted
10/15 - Event log #2 is posted
10/31 - Activity Check closes
→ SETTING CHANGES
The following characters have been dropped from the game with the following statuses:
In addition, these are the following changes within the setting:
⬥ With the case of the Drifloons being solved, all the missing children have been returned to their parents and the rumours about the balloon Pokemon being evil child-snatchers have been put to rest. They now roam around Toran peacefully and the townspeople are beginning to warm up to them.
⬥ With the case of the Murkrows being solved, they are now welcomed into the hospital with open windows. They play with the patients and often befriend whomever they can find. They are no longer chased away from the building and are even considered as good luck.
⬥ With the case of the boba zombies being solved, nothing... has changed. Nearly all of the townspeople already knew that the zombies were nothing but just sugar-crashed dummies, which is why they just ignored them. However, with the insistence of Efi and Fai, a few of them will be moved either to the hospital or Pokemon Center.
⬥ The Pokemon offered at the Game Corner will be swapped on the first of October. Mudkips will no longer be available and will be replaced with an Onix. This Onix's special move is that it already knows Dig.
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In addition, these are the following changes within the setting:
⬥ With the case of the Drifloons being solved, all the missing children have been returned to their parents and the rumours about the balloon Pokemon being evil child-snatchers have been put to rest. They now roam around Toran peacefully and the townspeople are beginning to warm up to them.
⬥ With the case of the Murkrows being solved, they are now welcomed into the hospital with open windows. They play with the patients and often befriend whomever they can find. They are no longer chased away from the building and are even considered as good luck.
⬥ With the case of the boba zombies being solved, nothing... has changed. Nearly all of the townspeople already knew that the zombies were nothing but just sugar-crashed dummies, which is why they just ignored them. However, with the insistence of Efi and Fai, a few of them will be moved either to the hospital or Pokemon Center.
⬥ The Pokemon offered at the Game Corner will be swapped on the first of October. Mudkips will no longer be available and will be replaced with an Onix. This Onix's special move is that it already knows Dig.
→ OCTOBER 3 - WELCOME TO MANGO CITY
For those who choose to leave Toran and travel through the raging waters, they will eventually make their way to Mango City, but only after a few rough nights through a dense forest. Assuming that no one wanders off or dies during their fun camping trip, Mango City will offer trainers a new environment where they can enjoy themselves. Some notable locations and things that everyone can do and enjoy:
- ⬥ Pokemon Gym: welcome to your first gym! Trainers may attempt to challenge the leader inside and receive a badge to show off their strength. More information will be shared when the log goes up, but as a sneak peek, the gym type is Steel and bonding with the leader may be a good way to get a powerful ally on your side. Though it may be ironic if you somehow made them the villain instead, haha.
⬥ Pokemon Contest: if your character isn't the type to duke it out, then head on over to the contest hall to show off your beautiful Pokemon! The hall will be holding normal rank competitions for Coolness, Beauty, and Cuteness. Winners will get a ribbon and maybe even a little gift from their fans!
⬥ Bug Catching Contest: every Sunday, a contest is held that awards trainers for catching the largest or heaviest bug-type Pokemon within a two-hour window. Winners will be randomly chosen and given a prize. Characters may choose to either keep or release their bug-type Pokemon at the end of the contest.
⬥ Boba Shop: there's a new boba shop!! Stop by to get your card stamped. Luckily, there are no boba zombies in Mango City and that's because they don't overdose their drinks with a ton of sugar.
⬥ Pokemon Towers: located directly next to each other, there is a tower for radio and another tower for a cemetery. For the former, they've been in some serious trouble as there hasn't been any phone or radio signal for the past two months. They can't figure out what's happening and they're on the edge of bankruptcy if they can't get back on the air. For the latter, it's a solemn resting ground for both Pokemon and trainers. The townspeople often come to visit and pay their respects. A faint static is heard in the air.
⬥ Severe Sandstorm: continuing north and past Mango City, characters will reach the sea; to the east, the forest and eventually sea once more; and to the west, a sandstorm that makes further progress impossible. The townspeople say that it's been like that since August and although sandstorms are common in that area, they have never lasted this long before.
→ OCTOBER 15 - SPOOKY SCARY SKELETONS
If you thought we wouldn't have a Halloween event then you clearly don't know us.
Unfortunately, we cannot give away too many details without spoiling the entire event, but a strange occurrence will cause all the ghost and physic-types will go on a rampage. The mad Pokemon will cause both humans and other Pokemon to turn on each other, bring their worst fears to life, and send them into neverending nightmares. If characters band together to try and solve the origins of the sudden changes in behaviour and put a stop to the incident, they will discover a few clues that will give further inside into the plot. If they fail, well... they can just experience their trauma over and over again until a more competent group comes along.
Fun!
This log will be posted on October 15.
Unfortunately, we cannot give away too many details without spoiling the entire event, but a strange occurrence will cause all the ghost and physic-types will go on a rampage. The mad Pokemon will cause both humans and other Pokemon to turn on each other, bring their worst fears to life, and send them into neverending nightmares. If characters band together to try and solve the origins of the sudden changes in behaviour and put a stop to the incident, they will discover a few clues that will give further inside into the plot. If they fail, well... they can just experience their trauma over and over again until a more competent group comes along.
Fun!
This log will be posted on October 15.
→ GAME FEEDBACK
Now that the first month of Pokespe has passed, we would love to hear your thoughts on the game!
Whether they are positive or negative, we would like to hear your comments about the game. Was there enough to do in the intro log? Were the investigations too convoluted? Did you feel as if your characters were contributing to the plot? Please leave whatever feedback you may have under the appropriate top-level or if you would like to contact the mods privately, please send the mod account (
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Whether they are positive or negative, we would like to hear your comments about the game. Was there enough to do in the intro log? Were the investigations too convoluted? Did you feel as if your characters were contributing to the plot? Please leave whatever feedback you may have under the appropriate top-level or if you would like to contact the mods privately, please send the mod account (
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Speaking of which, is there a limit on the number of Pokemon we can catch per week/month? Aside from the general 6 per party 20 per player, I mean.
EDIT: I'm super pumped about the Halloween event, but I worry that the juiciest nightmares I could play out for Hythlo are kinda spoilers for the latest installment of his canon? I assume I should avoid them in that case?
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Yes, trainer-owned Pokemon will also be affected for the Halloween event. More details will be posted on the log. In regards to playing out spoilers for the event, you could put them under a spoiler cut and warn for them in threads! Then people can use their own discretion on whether or not they'd like to engage in them. A few of our players are doing similar things with their own canon's spoilers so you may look to them for examples.
As for catching Pokemon, there is no limit on how many you may catch per week/month. You can go and catch all twenty in your first day! Just keep in mind that the max that a character can keep at one time is twenty (six in the party, fourteen in the daycare on Toran island) and that you are capped to levelling them by ten per month.
We hope these answers makes sense and are helpful!
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2) ...where are the character tags for the comm, I see from the profile page that we have 30 but none of them show up when I try to add them to a post? are they hidden?
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1) Unfortunately, there won't be much information given to the characters before setting off. Even with the Mudkips' use of Whirlpool, they're still going to be turned around and it'd be pretty hard to actually tell which direction they're heading in. That's just one of the downsides of setting off during an awful storm! There will be no indications that they'll have to camp out until they arrive at the shore, walk into the forest, and realize oh hm it's pretty dark and there is still no sight of civilization... it'd be fun! :)
2) Hmm, that's strange. Do you mind trying them out now and see if it works?
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1) Will there be a way for characters who go to Mango City to contact those staying in Toran?
2) Is there a way for characters to go back and forth between the two cities (despite the rough trip from Toran)?
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Characters will be able to travel back and forth between Mango City and Toran quite soon after their rough adventure through the sea! However, there won't be any way to communicate between the two locations asides from the old-fashion way: snail mail via Pidgeys or any other flying-type Pokemon. There continues to be no phone or radio signal, hmmm, mysterious.
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1) I'm thinking of apping a new character, but I'm not 100% certain where they would end up if I apped them this month? Would they still wake up on Toran shore? Er, in fact, can I app a new character this soon or is there a restriction on time between apps? I'm sorry if it was mentioned somewhere and I didn't see it, I'm terrible at remembering things.
2) If I app from a CRAU, can it be... uh... from a different Pokemon-themed game... that I played in 6 years ago... My prospective character's canon is a slice of life sports manga, and he would have little to no motivation to do things here. His previous-game self would, however, have a lot more investment and I feel like he would probably shine here. By which I mean be a total little manipulative bastard.
3) Asking for A FRIEND WHO PROBABLY STILL HAS NOT ASKED THIS: do you accept "doubles"? Said friend wants to app the FFXIV protagonist (like Rhel); they cannot conceivably exist in the same universe, so I suppose they would technically count as doubles despite being different in terms of personality, appearance, etc?
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2) Also yes, we accept all types of CRAUs in Pokespe.
3) I (Ichi) will get back to you on this after Card and I discuss this. Sorry for the wait!
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Game Feedback + HMD
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Also wanted to say thanks for agreeing to include the toplevel view link in the posts! It def helped with my chuggy comp. :D
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While the comment section is fine, most of the tables for the entries stretch out horizontally, which also stretches the page.
Original post on mobile: link
"Fixed for mobiles" post on mobile: link
The quick fix to this was replacing the original "width: 1000px;" with "max-width: 1000px; width: 100%;" every time a new section started. The main concern was the horizontal stretching, which makes things pretty annoying to read. It doesn't make the letter spacing and all look pretty for mobile, but I'm just looking for better accessibility instead of aesthetic.
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it looks like this for them compared to this for me so it's possible other people could have the same rendering error in the future
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General "plans" so far:
Atsushi is leaving solely because he has a Mudkip. He's not having a good time, and is depressed that all the mysteries he tried to help with were solved while he was having a breakdown in a hospital storage room. He won't have any issues with camping, and once getting to Mango City, he'll probably try to get another boba shop job or enter contests if there are cash prizes. Going hard on investigating the radio tower and static because he needs to help and make an impact or he will never get out of his self-pitying funk. However, he'll be completely useless once the worst fear and nightmare things start. Like just cowering in a corner useless. He already hallucinates the person he fears most and this won't help.
Toki is staying, and he'll just hang around in Toran with Hana-chan, participating in shenanigans and whatnot. Fortunately, at this canon point, Toki hasn't made too many solid emotional connections and he's still dissociative as fuck. He purposefully forgets anything that upsets him and so his fears and nightmares are things like "responsibility" and "making decisions". He'll be fine and maybe even accidentally help fix it.
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Efina will be sticking with Theo mostly. She will probably have a wild Wailmer try to eat her on the way to the new island. Fun. She also has a bonus where she punches her problems away, with the addition that every time she sneezes, she punches the closest person/thing next to her. She's gonna be a punching machine. Beware punches from dragon baby. Also yeah, this means she'll attempt to punch the wild Wailmer. The thing that'll make her upset is probably Theo dying/overwhelmed with lies again, but she has a good head on her shoulders! It'll be fine. Hopefully.
Sooyoung will be sticking with Joonghyuk and Dokja. She'll probably get drunk on water due to her bonus. Other than that, she'll attempt the steel-type gym, participate in bug catching contest in hopes of finding a useful bug pokemon, and basically playing tourist. I'm always up for negative CR with her, whether it be her mugging you or just straight up decking your face with her fist.
Hien is... new. He's used to hopping from world to world, but this will be the first time he's gone to a pokemon-based one, and he's a gamer nerd, so he'll recognize pokemon and their mechanics. His voice is heavily distorted and will remain so until he regains his power to turn into another one of his alternate selves with a normal voice. He's basically like a guy who's 24/7 into Halloween, but it's hard when your existence is just Like This. He's nice. Kinda. At least he tries. He's just here to have a good time and see if whatever is causing the balance of this world is going out of whack as he usually does. He'll be freely traveling wherever he wants to go, but he'll probably stay in Toran for a bit to help people evacuate once he figures out what's going on.
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Beato had a rough time in September after making that terrible decision to send Misdreavus out to battle Gyarados, oops. Unsurprisingly, her Pokemon still isn't really over what happened even though Beato tries to be nice to her. Beato willl be hanging around people more in October. It's the best month of the year for the witches, after all. I got some fun bonus effects for her last month and I would like to do something with these before they expire: Since 1 and 2 require some plotting beforehand, but I'm open to all things so hit me up if you're interested! 3 will definitely happen in the 10/3 log.
I'm planning to have Beato try to reach Mango City. She'd probably travel alone, but that wouldn't stop her from spooking groups of people in the forest even before they arrive in the city. She'll try to take on the Pokemon Gym most likely, but with Misdreavus not being super fond of her, this is probably going to be a disaster. I want her to obtain a butterfly-like Pokemon and a Bug Catching Contest seem like a good occasion, so she'll be taking part in that as well. Also all the spooky things like Pokemon Towers and the 10/15 log...your favorite witch will be there 👀
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he also accidentally still has a positive impression of her so it could be fun to do investigation stuff maybe! but it depends how much effort she'd put into dispelling it lmfao
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Once he reaches the city he will have the idea to mail trip reports back to the Toran Pokemon Centre so that people sailing there later can be a little more prepared, but he won't... think to put a recipient on them... so anyone can get in on those or mail back, or the letters can just get lost :') they will include a suggestion to try and convince the Gyarados to come with and hyper beam a path through the forest for easier traversal later so they'll probably look like a joke too, even though he's 100% sincere about it...
He will also almost certainly try the gym challenge, suffer a bonus where he tells lies for 2 days straight, explore around the city and investigate (= possibly unlawfully attempt to climb) the towers; I can finagle some excuse for whatever CR you feel like before the Halloween stuff! A jrpg protagonist never rests o7
During the Halloween stuff he will - most likely be aggressive oops, he is a little too stupid to really do fear or dread outside of it making him angry... I don't know if people are interested in playing around with that, but holler if you are!
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throw soulsclimb grave towersAside from Efi having a lie feast, maybe Sagi can understand the compulsion... like Efi's swearing episode.
If you want, I can have Sooyoung report him and Atsushi to the police when they're climbing as if Sagi didn't have enough vendetta against her already... if that's okay with you. :')
I do want more CR with Sagi though. Maybe he can have an anon penpal too. That would be cute...
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- As someone who's never really set foot outside of his city (and didn't manage to get any kind of practical clothes), he's going to have A Time on the way to Mango. The burden of making sure he doesn't fall down a crevice, twist his ankle, eat something poisonous or get eaten by bugs will likely fall on Rhel (Fae I am so sorry). I'm up for other people teaching him how to do things in a forest though!
- I'm definitely going to have him in Mango before Halloween hits, however, because I have some fun ideas how to make him suffer there. :) Once it happens, he will pretty much do a 180-turn in personality, become closed off, avoid people intensely, try to wander off into the sandstorm. It might take a lot to get him to snap out of it. He will also be hallucinating almost constantly, so if someone wants to be Full On Evil and mess with him during that time, that would be fun too! :D
please just keep my son alive though- Pre-Halloween, Mango: he will definitely want to participate in the Pokemon Contest to show off his Duskull (and a Misdreavus he will pick up on the way there, if I have anything to do with it). He will also be interested in checking out the cemetery, and probably camp out there for a night or two in hopes of regaining his aethersight by trying to watch departing/arriving souls. It will help his purposes if someone dies during that time! :) This isn't ominous at all :)