Game: The PokeZoo Battle Tower V.6 (MA)

[Wolfsong]

The PokeZoo Battle Tower

MA by Wolfsong/Lady Vulpix

Welcome to the Battle Tower, where you can train your Adopted and Captured Pokemon by battling against other trainers.
Thanks to everyone who fought to get it back, and Pokemaster Jay for posting the topic, and LP for allowing us to get the BT back.


Rules
You must list your Pokemon's species, levels, attacks, characteristics and items before you can battle, or have them on an updated website. The Pokemon will be listed in a post below.

You cannot add on TMs, moves, or items after the match has been agreed upon.

If you don't choose a bred on move before you make a challenge, your pokemon forefeits it.

Whenever your Pokemon's levels or attacks change, or you get a new Pokemon, post the new stats, and the post will be edited with the changes. If you have them on a website, make sure to post the new URL if the website moves.

Do not post here asking for someone to battle you. Challenge someone via PMs or Instant Messenger (or any other method that doesn't involve posting here).

You may only start one battle a day for adopted pokemon, and one battle a day for captured pokemon.

If you decide to battle in the Widget Room, the levels of all participating pokemon will be set to 50 for the duration of the battle.

Once you have agreed on a battle and what Pokemon, one person posts the two trainers and the two Pokemon. Then, one of the Battle Tower's refs will decide to ref.

You then each PM or IM your attack to the ref, who will post the round, and you will PM/IM the ref again, and this continues until the battle is over.

The moves Perish Song, Destiny Bond, Baton Pass, Roar, Whirlwind, Beat Up and U-Turn are not allowed.

You may include alternative/substitute moves in the instructions you send the ref (Eg. If <insert pokemon's name> gets poisoned, use Refresh. Otherwise use Surf). But moves that go first by default may not be used as substitutes: when the pokemon sees what move the opponent is using, it's already too late to try one of those moves.

When the battle is over, the winning Pokemon gains one level.

2-on-2 battles are allowed. When you're in one, you must send the ref the attack for both your pokemon, and tell which of your opponent's pokemon each attack is aimed for (you can use both attack on the same pokemon, or one on each).

When a 2-on-2 battle ends, if both pokemon on the winning team are still standing, they will gain one level each. Otherwise, the last pokemon up will gain 2 levels.

NO SELF BATTLES.

No Battling Adoption Center against Captured Center pokemon

Any one suspected or caught cheating (ex. losing on purpose) will receive a warning. If the behavior continues, a possible temporary ban from the battle tower may be issued

On the subject of forfeits: there will be a penalty for forfeits. You will not be able to battle the next day. Unless the person has a reasonable excuse such as "my opponent went on vacation" or both people agreed to forfeit.


Rules for multiple battles (with 3 or more Pokemon):
1. Both trainers agree upon how many Pokemon will participate (up to 6), and how many -and which - will be in the field at a time (up to 3).
2. One of he trainers posts as usual, listing the Pokemon who will be on the field at the beginning of the battle.
3. The ref posts the stats for those Pokemon.
4. As they send their first attacks, the trainers tell the ref what other Pokemon are waiting.
5. The battle proceeds as usual, except that switching moves are allowed, and a Pokemon may spend a turn to switch out and be replaced by a waiting teammate instead of attacking.
6. If a Pokemon performs a move which causes it to switch out (Baton Pass, Volt Switch, etc.), the trainer can choose a replacement from the waiting list (i.e. the Pokemon who are in the battle but not on the field). If the waiting list is empty, the Pokemon will not switch out.
7. If a Pokemon is switched out by an opponent's move, the ref randomly determines the replacement from the Pokemon's team's waiting list. These moves fail if the waiting list is empty.
8. Switching works like it does in the games: the Pokemon who leaves the field loses all temporary effects (stat changes, attraction, confusion, etc.), and Baton Pass allows temporary effects to be passed on to the replacement.
9. If a Pokemon gets knocked out, that Pokemon's trainer can choose a replacement among the waiting list. The battle ends if every participating Pokemon from one team faints.
10. At the end of the battle, no experience is gained, but each trainer gets 1 Rare Candy for each opposing Pokemon knocked out.

Refs
The current refs are:
Wolfsong, Lady Vulpix, The_Missing_Link, TheBlueAvenger, *Murkrow, classy_cat18.

Ref on trial:
None at this moment. IM or PM one of the workers to apply.

These are the only people that are allowed to ref battles. All reffing will be done in GS mode.


Workers/Co-owners
The two workers/co-owners are Lady Vulpix and Wolfsong. If you have any questions, feel free to PM or IM any one of us. We also may change or add rules whenever we decide it's necessary.

AIM Contacts:
Lady Vulpix: Lady Vulpix G
Wolfsong: Wolf1998us
The_Missing_Link: Link Ocarina2002
TheBlueAvenger: SudoElwoodo
classy_cat18: Classycat18