Hoothooters! Can I get sum?

[Mew Master]

Top on the list. Awesome.

Just a quick reminder of how much we RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWK this place.

Easy thar Blade, your ego is showing.

[Knight of Time]

Heh, if this doesn't bring any laughs I don't know what else will.

I just was browsing the entries of a puzzle in this book of Fill-Ins and other related puzzles (e.g. Frameworks, Places Please, Letterboxes, etc.; if anyone wants to know what they are like, look up the website for Dell and Penny Press, I'm not posting it here), and one of the entries happens to be a TPMer. The lucky TPMer who had his or her name published is...Oslo!

Yes Oslo, I saw your name in the puzzle, I just don't know where you fit in it...yet.

[papabopp]

i aspire to have one of every pokemon.
i DO however realize thats pretty tough so i plan of only tryin to get my favorites wich will still be tough cuz i have a LOT of favorites.
i plan on mainly goin for my 2 favorite types (Dragon and Water) and Rock/Ground/Steel types (ESPECIALLY FOSSIL POKEMON)

[Mew Master]

Well since I posted the question, I suppose I better give my answer for it.

When I started back up in ASB way back in 06, this was after our latest overhaul. At the time I was still trying to get my original RBY team back together that consisted of Jolteon, Flareon, Vaporeon, Scyther, Aerodactyl, and Mew. Since in ASB Legendaries are banned, I couldn't have my Mew (Odd that Mew Master has no Mew to... well... Master). Up to that point I hadn't played DPP, and had only played Saphire.

So my first team was going to be a balance. Ralts (Tsuki-Yomi), Aerodactyl (Started as Aero, got re-named to Ziz), Eevee (Liger -> Flareon), and Scyther (Blade)

However I wasn't expanding the team as fast as I wanted. I had no theme to speak of to begin with, but when I started I was going over a list of Pokemon I wanted, which was fairly big. So I started getting what I was looking for through Trees and Buying what I wanted. I still have about... 6 Pokemon or so that I want to get for the team before I call it good.

I actually have a thing I want to write up fo Ziz, because of all my PKMN, he seems to have gotten the most Character development from his time on ASB to a PKMN with an actual solid personality.

[Blademaster]

An ASB Pokemon with a story...

And he said MY ego is showing...

[Asilynne]

Im so glad you know that its my fatass I keep as my sig pokemon DL! Rainshine my milotic for those who do not understand the majesty that is my FATASS XD

As for the theme I have for my team, I didnt start out with any particular theme at all. My first four pokemon (which I will never give away) Fleece (mareep), Sushi (piplup), Skye (swablu) and Kit (was a skitty now a delcatty) were my favorites from the games, and the names I gave them were what I had named them in the games themselves. When it comes to naming the other pokemon I get, all I do is name them something which they remind me of, sort of like a word association thing only with pokemon XD As an example, I named my Barboach in the games "Cornbread" because it made me think of a line in a song "Catfish and cornbread" lol

Some of my asb pokemon are named after books or movies (Baskerville, Heartwhisper, Little Red) some after gods or famous icons (Etain, Reul na Maidne, Lady Liberty, Colonel Sanders, Isis, Siren) some have to do with nature or science (Moonlight, Stormy, Snowshine, Rainshine, Opal, Apis Florea, Clearview) a couple from music and other cultures (A Cappella, 99Luftballon, Feng Shui, and my japanese named Eevee team) and even from things in my childhood/real life: Freedom, Vagabond, Redemption, Forgiveness, and Saint Ben the st bernard <3

Im only really attached to about half, but most I want to keep because yes, I like to collect cute pokemon XD Specifically I like the ones that are based on a favorite animal of mine. Battle wise I love water pokemon as you can probably see, but I also love psychic ones, and flying and normal. I also like to make them purple, pink, black, white, silver or blue if possible lol Im thinking I still need to get a few what Im missing but my team is nearly complete...

Also, I just have to say I love ASB because of the ability to battle with a uniquely colored pokemon, and have others do the same. Even if they arent a unique color, the battlers give their pokemon an identity like how Blade and Denny have done, and it makes it more interesting, especially for rematches. (Ziz will never eat Sushi!!!)

[Dogfish44]

DF: GRUMPYPIG

It's you who named it that, and yeah, GRUMPYPIG is my favorite. If I got a gym, it'd be Ectabat, GRUMPYPIG, Venn, Gulliver, Convectank and Lady Frostbite, with probably Anenome and Homer J. Simpson joining the group. The first 6 are my oldest and my favorite, and Anemone and Homer pack incredible power. Suprising for Anenome (Gliscor = Ectabat, Grumpig = GRUMPYPIG, Banette = Venn, Torkoal = Convectank, Froslass = Lady Frostbite, Corsola = Anenome and Swalot = Homer J. Simpson for those wondering)

Anyway, I name of a whim, no recurring theme.

[Mew Master]

Blade, it's not as if I'm toting Ziz as the bad-ass of all existence. Just because I have an overactive imagination and he has a personality

[Blademaster]

Fair enough... I have a Behemoth who'd be more than happy to beat the personality out of Ziz any day of the week.

[Mew Master]

You couldn't beat the brown off a paper bag.

[Blademaster]

You want to try your luck?

[Mew Master]

All skill baby.

[Blademaster]

To-may-to, to-mah-to.

[Asilynne]

Ok guys after the trashtalking step comes the challenging! Lets see it happen!

[Blademaster]

Any place, any time.

[Asilynne]

I would offer to ref but I think everyone knows thats not happening XD

[Mew Master]

Honestly, it'd be a blast, but I gotta finish my four HUGE matches at the moment against Asi/Elf/Kuro, Wolf, Mike, and Asi/Clown before I go making/accepting any more. Though I did wanna take you and RH on in your huge match.

[DarkestLight]

Yer still fighting Wolf? Wtf? How is that possible? I'm almost positive that you and Mike have not damn near caught up to that match.

[Mew Master]

Wolf and I have 4 PKMN remaining and our current set are both at around 20% HP atm so we'll be at 3 each next set. We'll finish up before the Dragon Roost, my Internet and Rossy's Reffing Schedule pending... Meanwhile, against Mike were at the 18th set out of 25 total.

So for both Me and Wolf and me and Mike we're over halfway done in only... what? A month and 10 days? Mike and I only have 8 More to use and I have yet to pull out my heavy-hitters yet!

[Rossymore]

Last year's Winter/this year's Spring was not a good internet time for me.
Mew VS Wolf is chugging along slowly. It should be done by the end of the month.

Also, I was doing the Grey VS Charles match for a year and a bit. Was great fun.

[Blademaster]

Honestly, it'd be a blast, but I gotta finish my four HUGE matches at the moment against Asi/Elf/Kuro, Wolf, Mike, and Asi/Clown before I go making/accepting any more. Though I did wanna take you and RH on in your huge match.

Two of the competitors in the All-Comers' Challenge (Kyuuketsuki and toucheiruka) have vanished from TPM since the fight started. You may still have a chance to fight.

[Mew Master]

I'll try and keep it open then <<. Depends on how fast the rest of my battles go...

[DarkestLight]

By the time Blade gets to KOT, I'm sure one of your battles will be done.

[Mew Master]

Speaking of which.... Where's the NL DL?

[Blademaster]

NL?

[Knight of Time]

I presume NL must mean Newsletter.

[Charles Legend]

Hum man I tell you the Daybreak theme deck from Undaunted is one of the best I have seen Nentendo come up with, why well three reasons, Togetic, Togekiss and Bellossom, believe or not I have had a hard time finding those three in booster packs, hum hopefully I can also find Pinsir and Forretress... -_-

but yeah I mainly use my cards to keep tack of my ASB Team, beside I'm a Collector....

Anyways to answer your question Denny my original plan was sample, All Pokemon owned by Lance and Claire pulse pokemon I like....

I'll show you my trainer log later.

~Charles Legend

[Blademaster]

Charlie, do you ever follow the same conversation as the rest of us? Just curious.

[DarkestLight]

Yeah damn sure we'll have it this weekend guys. Got alot to get off the ground.

[DarkestLight]

Double Post. I do not remember why I did not shift the name to your Birthday Blade :O. You get 2 points regardless of my memory lapse (FB reminded me) and yeah n_n Im a horrible horrible bastijj

[Knight of Time]

Uh, just wondering, but what is the Safari Zone Ref thread for (not the new, main Safari Zone topic)?

[Dogfish44]

I think it means that each ref gets there own thread, advoiding clutter, missed posts from refs and/or participants, and lets refs find there own Safari Ref rewards faster.

[DarkestLight]

Yeah . Its in the Newsletter KOT.

[Blademaster]

Sigh...

[DarkestLight]

Newsletter up By the way :O

[Knight of Time]

With the big overhaul on the Safari Zone stuff, I have a question, the next time I start a new quest (once my current one is over), do I have to post in the new main topic, or am I free to post in one of the individual ref's threads, essentially making my "choice" of who to go with?

This whole thing has me very, very curious.

[Blademaster]

I have to ask a few things about the new E4 layout before I can decide whether to join or not.

First, how exactly will the E4 work? Will it be identical to the games, kinda like them, different, what?

Second, if a Gym Leader become an E4 member (which 3 Gym Leaders are about to), what happens to their Gym? It seems kinda unfair to have someone have a Badge AND a position... Unless the leaders being promoted to E4 status are being replaced...?

And lastly, will there be any room for progression WITHIN the E4? Some members may be antsy and want to be first in line, while others may want to have the honor of being the last, ultimate challenge.

Which brings me to one final addendum: the issue... of a Champion...

[DarkestLight]

KOT:

Post in main topic because that's where the Bank link goes. Ref will post in there saying they got yours.

Blade: Static placement-like in the games right now. So if someone got all badges and then challenged you, it would be in the 1-2-3-4 order.

2) I stated that in the NL right? That if you accept being a E4 member, you lose your Gym Leader positioning? If I didn't that's my oversight. Yes that then leaves vacancies and yes if someone manages to best a Gym Leader, then they themselves become one until we have 6 again.

3) Yes, yes there will be. In about a month of so I'll have that ironed out. Because right now, whats the point of progressing if we haven't seen your skills yet?

4) Way ahead of you. Champion role shall exist once someone has attained 6 badges and beaten the E4. Then they can choose to stay at the very pinnacle-or replace an E4 member at the drop of a hat. No battle. No nothing.

[Blademaster]

I like where this is going...

[DarkestLight]

Whoa no more questions? Wait, lemme get on MSN.