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MINOR LEAGUE GYM
TRAINER HILL
QUICK BADGE
INTRODUCTION
Gym Information
NOTE: This gym is CLOSED due to being made canon! It will be reopening in Rustboro City once the canon slot has been completely approved. All current Gym Challenges will continue, but no new ones will be accepted at this time. [break][break]
THE RACING GROUNDS are located on the north side of
TRAINER HILL, its offices located on the first floor of the far north wing of the building. The office overlooks an outdoor facility for Pokémon races of all kinds. The facility is run by
Josh Devlin and is open for trainers that want to get into racing Pokémon to do so on courses that are easy for newcomers to learn on but are still challenging to master.[break][break]
There is a
grassy and hilly course for overland Pokémon to run on, a
river-based course for Water-types to swim through, and an
aerial course sprawling above the entire facility for flying Pokémon to compete on. On the green beneath the aerial course is a regulation-sized, well-maintained grass arena for traditional battles. It gives the challenger's Pokémon plenty of room to maneuver, but it also gives the Leader's Pokémon plenty of room to utilize their superior speed. There are no obstacles to hide behind, either; the arena is completely wide open.[break][break]
The Leader
does not favor a particular type; instead he focuses primarily on Pokémon with very high base Speed. Expect to see
Electric,
Fire,
Flying, and
Dragon-type Pokémon, but particularly Electric-types.[break][break]
Educational Objective
In addition to sharing his love of Pokémon racing, the Leader's goal is to develop the ability to make
split second decisions, develop
trust of one's instincts,
foster teamwork beyond what a simple Pokémon battle can, and most importantly,
level-headedness under pressure. This is embodied by the fast-paced nature of the Leader's battles and the non-traditional challenge of a race.[break][break]
tl;dr: Trust and act on your gut feelings. They're almost always right. Teamwork is important.[break][break]
RULES
The facility is large enough to accommodate most large Pokémon, but if it's something excessively large such as a Wailord or Steelix, no. If you have questions on what is and isn't allowed, just ask![break][break]
Any instances of a challenger
maiming, injuring, or killing a Pokémon will be meant with an
automatic disqualification.[break][break]
Legendary Pokémon, Mega Evolutions, Z-Moves, etc. cannot be used without prior approval from the Leader. The Leader will not use these against challengers unless agreed to beforehand.[break][break]
During the first turn, the trainer that sends their Pokémon out first will make the first move.[break][break]
Perish Song and
Destiny Bond are
forbidden by International Association of Pokémon Leagues (IAPL) standards.[break][break]
Trick Room and
Sticky Web are
forbidden as these moves defeat the purpose of the experience the Leader is trying to share with challengers.
Tailwind is also
forbidden in
Traditional Battles only for the same reason.[break][break]
Threads that have not been posted on for
four weeks will be
archived. I reserve the right to send out reminders after two weeks. Please see the "Battle Requests" section for further details.[break][break]
CHALLENGES
Traditional
The following formats are available for challengers:[break][break]
1v1 Singles[break]
2v2 Singles[break]
3v3 Singles[break]
2v2 Doubles[break]
3v3 Doubles[break][break]
If no format is specified by the challenger, the format will be
2v2 Doubles.[break][break]
Non-Traditional
All three of the Leader's non-traditional options are Pokémon races:[break][break]
A race with land Pokémon on a
ground-based course[break]
A race with aquatic Pokémon on a
river-based course[break]
A race with flying Pokémon on an
aerial course[break][break]
All Non-Traditional Challenges require the challenger to use a Pokémon that could reasonably carry them using the method of locomotion corresponding to the selected challenge. Teleportation, portals, and any locomotion method other than the one specified in the challenge cannot be used (e.g. no flying in an overland race).[break][break]
Challengers will bring one Pokémon to these challenges, and will be competing against several of the Leader's Pokémon. The Leader will be riding one of his Pokémon, and the others will run, swim, or fly on their own.
All Non-Traditional Challenges will have dice rolls! These dice rolls will be used to determine how well a trainer and their Pokémon can react to the course's twists, turns, and obstacles![break][break]
Non-Traditional Challenges will typically consist of three laps around the course, each lap spanning three posts, meaning nine posting rounds total. Moves that could be reasonably used to make a Pokémon travel faster, such as
Quick Attack,
Agility, and
Extreme Speed, are
prohibited from use during the first lap of the race only. During the second and third laps, however, they
can be used to full effect. Go crazy and be creative! You will be rewarded for creativity! For all Non-Traditional Challenges, it is
highly recommended, but not required, that your Pokémon has
at least one such move.[break][break]
EXTRA INFORMATION
The Leader reserves the right to decline challenges from challengers
he knows are Rockets from another thread he has met them in. [break][break]
Battle Requests
If you have an active Gym thread and know you are going to be away from the forum for an extended period of time,
please let me know ahead of time and I will suspend your challenge. After you return, your challenge will resume as soon as another challenge finishes; there will be no need to return to the back of the queue. [break][break]
Josh will be taking on two challengers at a time for Traditional Battles and up to five challengers at a time in total. The maximum gym queue will be
eight challengers. Any requests for a Gym Battle while the queue is completely filled will be ignored.[break][break]
To apply for a challenge, simply sign up with the below form, DM me at RaikouRider#6795 on Discord, send
Josh Devlin a forum direct message, or ping me in the #plotting channel. Your movesets are not locked in until the
first post of your Gym Thread. Once your challenge has been accepted, you will have
two weeks to post your Gym thread. After two weeks, if your Gym thread has not been posted and there are challengers in queue, you will
lose your spot. [break][break]
On all challenges going forward from 8/26/2022, a challenger who has not posted on a Gym Challenge for
14 days is assumed to have
forfeit their challenge, with a warning instead being issued the
first time this occurs per challenge. If the Leader does not post in a challenger's Gym thread for
14 days, it is assumed the
challenger was victorious, and the Quick Badge will be automatically awarded. If there are at least four challenges in queue, this time frame will be halved to
7 days.
Challenger: @tag[break]
Traditional or Non-Traditional: (choose one)[break]
Format: (2v2 Singles, Aerial Race, etc)[break]
Pokémon: (please list)[break]
ACTIVE CHALLENGES
1)
kyle lopez (Overland Race) [break]
2)
Yvaine Varron (Overland Race) [break]
[break]
QUEUED CHALLENGES
CLOSED
QUALIFIED RIDERS
1)
Elinor Anderson Traditional 2v2 Singles [break]
PATISSERIE HM RP
