Proposal Of Seasle

[Seas]

So, just as an addition before launching into this, I'm Seasle from Torrenta. I was thinking about making a Pokémon site after August. I heard about Graz's site and checked it out and fell in love (with the site, not Graz). I would really like to be an active, useful part of Solastella, but I'm afraid I can't do that if I also have my own site. Therefore, I thought, why not have Solastella be my site, since I only had one concrete idea? Of course, it isn't my site, so I ask you, the members, if you would be willing to try this idea of mine.

The idea is this: a site without pokeballs.

To make things clear, I am not saying your characters can't have as many Pokémon as they like, or keep them all. I'm only saying that Pokémon will have to be befriended, not caught, and instead of keeping them in a PC they will wait for you in the place where you met them, and come when you ask for them. You might send them some mail or ask a friend to find them, but this doesn't have to happen. You can just say that your character contacted them somehow and they showed up, no explanation or delay needed.

The only thing that would change is that Pokémon would be out of their pokeballs at all times (though up to six of them can be left at a Pokémon center nearby if your character wants to do that) and while you can battle wild Pokémon with your own, you can't catch them when they faint.

In one sentence, everything is the same, except pokeballs don't exist. This is the clearest explanation I can offer at the moment. Please feel free to ask me questions about it all.

(And also, the skin is beautiful. My praise to whoever made it.)

[november]

So, kind of like the Ranger concept but you get to keep the Pokémon?

I like it! I think it has potential to work really well if done properly.

[➤ GRAZ !]

_{Maybe we could offer trainers a choice? Not every Pok?mon can necessarily be “befriended” imo.}

[Seas]

November: I haven't played the Ranger games, so I can't say for sure, but from what I've heard, it's very similar, yes.

I'm glad to hear you like it, and I think it would work really well if done properly as well, which is one of the reasons I'd like to have it on this site, since there are already many members who are good at making things work well.

Graz: I could work with that, but I think it would make things less realistic. Why shouldn't some Pok?mon be unable to be caught?

[➤ GRAZ !]

_{It isn’t that they’re unable to be caught, it’s more that you’ve chosen not to? idk}

[Seas]

Graz: I'm not sure how much of a problem it would even be. In theory, there would Pok?mon that wouldn't be caught, but I doubt many characters wouldn't be able to 'catch' the Pok?mon they wanted; mods are notoriously soft-hearted.

[➤ GRAZ !]

<sub>My concern would be where this goes too far to the other extreme - for example, someone (KoD?) on Torrenta once gave a Pok?mon to the trainer after three posts or so. Which is totally not okay.

How would levels work?</sub>

[Seas]

Graz: It isn't okay, but it would be unfair to put a limit on it. That can easily happen anywhere though, as your example proves; I don't see why it would be any worse without pokeballs.

As for levels, I would suggest having them work in whichever way is easiest. In other words, I don't know what way you plan to organize the site, but I would try to create a way of deciding levels that worked within your own rules. Hopefully that wasn't too confusing.

[keo]

I think it should be an optional deal... I think it's a cool idea, but that's a BIG change.

I know I'd make a gentler character who'd do that eventually, but I would much rather use pokéballs, personally.

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[jae]

Yeah I mean...I think it's a nice idea and all, but it issss Graz's site...I think we should let him do what he wants with it, especially in terms of huge stuff like this.

[Seas]

Keo: I can understand that. I know this is a rather radical idea, and I'm glad you are even considering it.

Jae: I asked Graz directly about this, and he said that this was a site controlled by the members, and that I should ask them. I created this thread to do just that.