Post by Tanya Christianson on Jul 9, 2014 12:18:21 GMT
Pokemon Contest Club Guidelines
This is going to be a guideline for how the Pokemon Contest Club is going to work and how contests are going to work on the board in general. Please read this thread for not only an understanding of how meetings are going to happen but how contests are going to be run. Don’t want to look foolish coming to the meeting and then messing up, do you?
In any case, pokemon contests are competitions between coordinators where they showcase their pokemon’s showmanship, talent and teamwork with other members of the team. In order to demonstrate these skills, the pokemon contest is structured into two different parts. The first part is the Appeal Round that is then followed by the Battle Round. Two pokemon are chosen by each coordinator to be used in both rounds of the competition. Coordinators are not allowed to switch the pokemon in between rounds. Official competitions are judged with 3 judges but this number is unnecessary for non-official competitions. However, there must be at least one judge to watch over a pokemon contest.
Appeal Round
In this round, coordinators use a combination of costumes, moves and showmanship to create a one or two man show. The aim of the appeal round is to show off what your pokemon can do outside of battle and how they use performance skills to catch the audience’s attention.
For this, you can either use one or both of the pokemon you selected to take part in the contest competition. In a single post, you will describe the outfit that they have on and then use a maximum of two moves to put on a display of your pokemons’ talents. Normally, the more description that is put into this post, the better since it gives a clearer image of your pokemon’s abilities and the show that they want to put on.
Each judge will give a score of up to 10 points in three different categories. These categories are firstly costume, which is how well the costume fits your pokemon and the theme of the moveset that you have chosen. Costumes that the pokemon look natural in and ones that fit to the certain theme of the appeal gain higher points in this category. The second category is moveset, how well the moves are used in conjunction to put on a successful appeal. Moves that are used creatively and moves that have similar themes to each other such as a Sunny Day + Overheat combination normally score higher points in this category. The final category is presentation. This refers to the body language of the pokemon and the theatrics that are behind the moves. Pokemon that show considerable theatricality and beauty in their movements throughout the appeal such as flips or feats of incredible training get higher points in this section. The totals are added up and then carried over to the next round.
This is mostly an exercise for writing and descriptive abilities rather than a mechanical fight. If it suits the character: poor, subjective, or silly choices made in the costuming round are both accepted and encouraged. We would all like to hear about the Machamp in a pink tutu.
Battle Round
In this round, contestants take part in a double battle against another coordinator. While defeating the opponent is one of the aims of the match, it is not the main aim of the battle. In the battle, coordinators show off the teamwork that their pokemon have and how well that the pokemon can preform even on the battlefield.
The pokemon that are used in the appeal round must be used in the battle round. Each participant will have 5 moves per pokemon, resulting in 10 moves overall for the entire battle. Apart from that, contest battles are like normal battles except that pokemon cannot be swapped and no items are allowed. Held Items are allowed.
Once again, judges will score using three different categories on a scale of 1-10. The first category is battle ability. This is how strong the pokemon are in battle. If the pokemon are able to knock out or be severely ahead of their opponent, those pokemon will score higher in this category. The second category is teamwork. The ability for the pokemon to work together in the battlefield is one of the key skills of a coordinator and their pokemon. Pokemon that have moves that synergize well with each other or play to each other’s strengths normally score high in this category. Finally, presentation is the final category in this category like in Appeal Round. The theatrics behind the attacks and how they act while pulling off their moves are judged in this category. Once again, pokemon that show high theatricality and beauty in their movements score high in this category. The scores are then added together and then the total score from that category is added onto the score from the Appeal Round. Whoever scores a higher total score will end up being the winner of the contest.
Pokemon Contest Club Meetings
Pokemon Contest Club Meetings will function somewhat similar to classes. Firstly, they will normally be posted around Monday or Wednesday every few weeks. The President will normally do the first post, which will indicate that the meeting is ready to start. The second post is there for the president to check who has come to the meeting and general greetings as well. The bulk of the meeting will start from the third post, meaning that anyone who comes in after that will be late.
The posting will work in rounds, with each person posting once per round. The round will end when the president posts. Rounds will usually take 24-72 hours in order to give time for people to post. If replies are slow, the president may post after 24 hours, but never before. All of this is also dependent on real life happenings, but I will try to make an effort to be punctual and organized.
There is no official rewards system in place. However one rare occasions the founders might be so inclined as to offer their own items as reward for special performances. Aside from this, Amanda/Tanya/Etc have commissioned several ribbons to be awarded. While they don't have the same official standing as a Badge. They look pretty. Most of the time, there will be a discussion on how contests work and maybe doing some practical work with contest strategies. Tanya is normally quite flexible so she can change meeting plans if she feels that it is necessary. Overall though, this is a place for us to have fun and do contests, so remember to have fun.
(Thanks to Jenny for helping come up with the ideas)
