Gym Leaders Discussion - All ideas here please

[Chris 2.1]

I dont remember that match AT ALL *hangs head* ever since I ate Kellogs Nuclear-O's I've had such a bad memor.............where am I?

[Mega Horny]

Dude thats awesome! You can think up your own badge? Woot, i've gotta find some way to beat one of you guys and take over! I can dream, right?

[Dark Dragonite]

ok, so when can we start challenging, when all have posted, and are approved, obviously, I guess?

Also, how does the GL get their pokemon, pick 4 from their regular team?
Can those be used in regular matches after that, or do they stay with the Gym?
Ok, now for argument's sake, I have to ask this...if you have 6 badges from beating all 6 GLs, but 1 gets replaced, do you need that new badge to take a GL down, or no?

[+conspiracy+]

lol Chris nice badge

[Negrek]

I apologize if I've asked this in the wrong place, but reading the GL rules kinda got me thinking...

Edit: Never mind, I'm just stupid.

And congrats to all new Leaders, btw.

[Blademaster]

Negrek:

Gym Leaders cannot challenge each other.

Congrats to the Gym Leaders, though we all knew Chris, Dan, and Becca would be GL's, and Andrew and Jeff weren't too surprising either. But aragornbird? I wasn't expecting that... (erm, no offense, ar-bird )

[aragornbird]

Oh that's right, you may not know me very well because I was gone for an extended period and you happened to join during my absence. But before that, I was an active member of ASB ever since 2003.

[Blademaster]

Oh, I see...

So, how was your record at ASB back then?

[Dark Dragonite]

I know of Aragornbird...I've faced you before...you earned your GLness, congrats, I await the day we face off again!!

[The_Missing_Link]

Oh, I see...

So, how was your record at ASB back then?

Quite good, as I remember. Although I remember his reffings more than his battles, he's not a weak battler

[Spike]

Congrats to all GL! Don't expect a challenge from me anytime soon though, I need to get stronget pokemon first.

[Mega Horny]

From what I've seen, he's quite the tough battler. And, personal experience has lead me to believe the same. I also vaguely remember him winning Ref of The Month, or something of that nature...

[Chris 2.1]

He clobbered me fantastically back before he left. But our match dissapeared so it wasnt an OFFICIAL win All I remember is Cacnea being thrashed by Dratini...Baltoy losing to Blaziken....I'm sure Elekid did something too. Anyway it dissapeared, like my 6-6 VS Razor Leaf.

[Elec Man EXE]

Hmm, so AB is a gymleader now? No wonder he's not going down without a fight in our battle (which is also the neverending battle... 25 rounds so far and its only 2 vs 2 )

Grats to AB and everyone else who got gym leadership. I look forward to taking you all on

[Everoy]

Oh that's right, you may not know me very well because I was gone for an extended period and you happened to join during my absence. But before that, I was an active member of ASB ever since 2003.

I remember you

[Dark Dragonite]

I doubt this will ever come into play, but being the Devil's Advocate I am...What happens if a GL is DQ'd?
I mean, technically, you didn't [i]beat[/b] them.

I could suggest a system...but it's very outlandish...such as everyday past the DQ, the pokemon of the GL takes a 5-10% hit...be it similar to a freeshot by the pokemon waiting...or you could probably come up with a better explanation...when the pokemon out is KO'd...the challenger wins...of course, if the challenger is DQ'd...game over.

[Andrew]

How about the Pokemon tries to fight for itself, but without a trainer, it can't figure out complex strategies, but will attack with what is easiest, and will get it in/out of trouble, as per it's personality.

[Dark Dragonite]

that sounds interesting, as I could see Gym pokemon trained to defend themselves without instruction.

[Chris 2.1]

Most likely thing is that Gym Leaders cannot be DQued. Or if the MATCH is DQed whoever has the most HP wins.

[Dark Dragonite]

If those are the only options, I would prefer the first, it would prevent any intentional DQs

[Chris 2.1]

I think intentional ones would be easy to spot. I'm not sure.

[Silencer]

So you mean if you are winning and the battle is more then half done?

I think you should make a difference between battler DQ and ref DQ. If a ref hasn't posted in a long time and you can't come up with a sub-ref soon then you could go by the 55% HP thing, but if a battler is DQ you could just make him/her the loser of the fight.

GL's are choisen from experience, team seize and expertize. These aren't aquired by people that are absent a lot so I don't see a GL getting DQ'ed

[Dark Dragonite]

I just remember the horrors of Cyrus and company, who when losing...dissappeared...

[Silencer]

Guess I wasn't around during that time. But you shouldn't be to worried about a repeat of that situation. Atleast not from Chris, RaZoR and the newly appointed TBA who are trying their best to revive ASB. And I'm sure the other GLs have this in mind aswell.

Edit: suggestion. Maybe have the current gym leaders listed in the first post and wether they are available or not? This way you could prevent that "I challenge an open gym leader" threads and turn them into "I challenge that GL" thread. Or you could just have people post in the Gym Leader Tower, saying stuff like "I challenge Chris to a GL match" and as soon as he's available, Chris will start the match with his condition. This way you could fight the people in the order that they posted and they could always PM the GL or delete their post if they want to back out.

[Elec Man EXE]

I agree with Silencer on that idea... something in the Gym Leader Tower listing each gym leader either in battle, away, or open for battle would really help us regular ASB'ers trying to challenge the gyms, instead of having to search for each gym leader to see if they're in a match or just making open challenges.

[Dark Dragonite]

I third Silencer's idea...yay democracy?

[Blademaster]

I fourth the idea - it certainly could be useful, what with five Gym Leaders currently... 'booked,' I guess you can say, and 1 who's MIA...

(yawns)

[Mega Horny]

I ninth that Idea. The organization would really help out, in general, so ASB and GL battles dont get confused.

[Ace64]

Why not just have GL's post an open challenge to anyone as soon as they're done with the current match? Whoever is ready to take the GL could. That way, you wouldn't have to clutter up the GL Tower with challenges: "I challenge Chris 2.0!" "Ok, I have him next." Then me!" etc. With all the GL's, you'd be searching all over the page to check if no one else had him. Also, if you've already challenged a GL, maybe you would have to fight another one before re-challenging them again in the case of a loss.

[Silencer]

That way, I'll probably never get to challenge a gym leader. I live in a completely different time zone then you guys. Besides, people that have had their challenge could delete their post or I think mods can do it as well.

And if you go by status you could do something like

TBA - no challengers
RaZoR - fighting Dark Dragonite, challenged by Wolfsong, Ace64
Chris2.0 - fighting Mega Horny, challenged by Blademaster

You'll know around what time you can expect to fight someone and after you made a post with I challenge that GL mods or thread started can modify the first post and your post can get deleted. No cluttering and people will have a fair advantage and will not be passed because someone just happened to be online at the right time and issues a challenge

[Mega Horny]

Umm, I'm actually battling Andrew, Chris is battling CL, but that was probably just an example anyway....ok...nevermind.

[Silencer]

Just an example indeed. But it can be useful, right?

(I always need confirmation, I am really insecure)

[Ace64]

Only problem I can see is this: GL's can have a fifth slot open for challenges. Regular joes like us can't. Which means, if you're waiting in line, you'll have to keep a slot open for that time, or risk missing your chance for a battle with that GL. In the terms of the example, since I'm behind Wolfsong, I could probably use up the slot- battles don't move too quickly. But when I'm next up, it would be best to keep it open, or miss my shot.

If that kind of thing bothers you. You could just do 1 v. 1 for all that time, I guess. Or give regular joes a fifth battle slot exclusively for GL matches. w/e.

[The_Missing_Link]

I'm not MIA, I'm just not that creative when it comes to creating a gym and badge

That should be remedied soon though

[Blademaster]

My mistake.

I don't think you should worry too much about being that creative, Becca. After all, none of the Gyms on the anime were that creative, when you think about it. If you make it, it's yours, no matter how much or how little effort you put into it.

Anyway, I agree with Ace - the fact that Gym Leaders have a challenge-only slot when the challengers themselves don't have a Gym Leader-only slot seems a little off-kilter to me...

Or, maybe not. It might help, but it could also be hard to keep track of...

Well, like I said, I dunno. It could work, or it could complicate things more...

Anyone else have any input on this little idea... Anyone?

[Ultimate Charizard]

*looks around* are we mortals allowed to post here yet?
Going on that idea above just liked to ask if there are any free GL's or if i could go on a 'challengers list' etc

[Chris 2.1]

Like I said in your topic, Becca is the only one not in a battle. A challangers list will be sorted soon.