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Hey, it's another one of these again. No, please don't run away yet. As the title implies, this post is to initiate discussion about the current event system in PokeMMO. My concern (that I've been feeling for a good while) has been that the events in PokeMMO have been far too identical to each other to really be interesting anymore. Another tournament, just with a different shiny prize. Another catch event, just some different specie to catch. Another Scavenger Hunt but apparently we haven't been catching Flying-types yet. People who have been around for a while know that this hasn't been always the case. PokeMMO used to have a plethora what we used to call "gimmick tournaments" with custom rulesets, some of which were great and some that... could have used some more thought. But in both cases, I've come to realize those kinds of events were the ones to keep the game interesting. It utilized this game's uniqueness - the MMO aspect. Having nothing but automated tournaments doesn't really set this game noticeably apart from, let's say "Smogon tournaments". Rather than spectating the games with just username, you have a customizable avatar to watch games with. That's how it feels, really. What I'm suggesting you could do is to revive what we used to call "gimmick tournaments" at least in some form and host these events somewhere in the overworld, in an actual location in the game. If you need ideas, I mean there were all kinds of attempts (STAB-tournaments, monotype-tournaments, trivia-PvP combinations etc) so there were plenty of things that were fun that could be revived. And I wouldn't even care if you tried something completely new, even if it is something silly, just to try out if a concept works. Even unsuccessful attempts of something "weird" would keep this game more interesting. It is clear this shift happened largely due to automated battle system. There is no doubt the successful implementation of both automated tournament system as well as matchmaking improved the quality of this game by a lot. But it also slightly killed the soul of the old PokeMMO, which is what I've come to realize initially kept me in this game to begin with. If this soul could be demonstrated also to new players, I think it could improve the player experience by a lot. I've participated in this kind of discussion briefly in some unofficial conversation channels and a common concern against these kinds of non-automated events is that people don't really read PokeMMO Forums, so automated tournaments are the only way to get a reasonable amount of participation in today's PokeMMO. But I think a way to avoid this is to implement a functional event calendar inside PokeMMO client that lists all the upcoming events of PokeMMO (not just PvP-events) and it directs to a forum post that explains the full ruleset to players and directs them to signup. This way players do not have to active forum readers to take part of these events and they can get the information of events already from in-game client. I do also recognize having custom rulesets have become less implementable because the average playerbase of PokeMMO doesn't speak just English anymore. But these events could be hosted to all kinds of language groups in the game. Even just a couple of custom ruleset tournaments per month would keep this game far more interesting than it is now, in my opinion. Also, I am aware this requires effort from staff members to happen. In order to have these events, there would be staff members to have willingness and time to host all of this and I recognize it isn't small work. But just come up with any event idea you as staff members consider fun and different and I'm sure it will be well received by the playerbase because as I said, I think we really need something new and different to this game. That's all really, thank you for reading. P.S. You don't have to link me "event suggestion thread", I know it exists. This post isn't just about specific event suggestions but about far broader topic - the whole philosophy behind current event system which I think could use some of the aspects from "the old PokeMMO".

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Is not as nice as others entry ? I hope you like this IGN : LoIita ( I = i )

Finally got my shiny smeargle, and got lucky with the adamant synchro and ivs!

First shiny in 2022. First shiny since August 2021. Shiny Scyther/Pinsir hunt failed the 3rd time in a row. Over 100k single encounters since last shiny (stop counting over a month ago) RNGesus really hate me that much.

While you've made efforts when it comes to tournament rewards I don't think we're quite there yet. The shinies are underwhelming in an overflowing market where even the highest-value shinies are worth 1/10th-1/100th of most limited vanities, you're still intent on providing non-shiny rewards to official tournaments for reasons I can understand. Although K9's suggestion is what I'd really like to see (see link below), and this doesn't replace an actual long-term solution, here's what I'm suggesting: A distinct & recognizable particle effect added to any tournament reward pokemon that would serve as additional bragging rights and that might incentivize winners to actually try & fit those pokemon into their teams. Bragging rights are what most people play tournaments for anyway, prizes are often just a bonus ranging from somewhat helpful to completely irrelevant. While waiting for an actual solution, might aswell double down on those bragging rights. K9's suggestion

All of Team Magma went away, but one. He found his Best Friend inside of the Hideout and only has one thing to say: WE HAWT !!!

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Another shiny

He is the metronome champ I can attest to that -- On topic, if you're out of ideas, older MMO staff had plenty of great ones some of which have already been mentionned, recycle those if necessary If you're short on staff willing to host non-automated events, hire more, broaden your recruitment parameters even if specifically for that purpose, it's worth it To that point, I'd argue that (chinese aside) the game population is broadly the same. Some used to learn English through the game sometimes solely for the purposes of participating in forums discussions & those kinds of events. The game itself adapting to its various language groups is a net positive, but that + automated copy-pasted simple tournaments + a growing population has made the community feel a bit more fragmented. There are obvious solutions to that issue though, either as Orange suggests here take the time and effort needed to translate those rulesets (you do have a Chinese counterpart to these forums so it's not outside the realm of possibility) or as I'm seeing in the Doubles UU discord server, language representatives will step up and do it themselves if allowed.

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IGN (In Game Name) : Nivus (Thanks to my girlfriend xMedussax for the help) ¡Welcome ladies and gentlemen, trainers, and shiny-hunters merchants! To the great adventure of the wizard and his apprentice in this mysterious Pokémon world with his magical evolutionary lines. Come, watch and learn with us! Enjoy, have fun and let yourself be carried away by the Pokémon magic. Thank you and good luck to all I hope you enjoy the contest I love you all good community

I'm sure many players have experienced this in some form, but unnecessary hostility, remarks, and insults following a rejection of a trade offer. I understand that the block feature is there, but I was hoping there could be an additional report feature or warning or the like so I don't have to utilize the block feature regularly. I'm not asking something to be done about lowball trade offers, but rather just the kind of responses being given. At the very least, could there be an additional deterrent to reduce these cases? Also I understand we can do the general report, but I was hoping for something a little more specific to the in-game trade chat.

I love looking in here every few days to see what new shinies people have found ?

Rise of the Undeads ?☠? IGN: Dainiel Thanks for the help @HumongousNoodle!!

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4th ot

Second shiny of the day ☺️

Shiny ?

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5th Shiny at Iron Island came quickly. Next time is Riolu for sure

16k encounters for the meme...give me crabs

Ribbons are extremely overlooked and I think an economy based on them would be cool.

March's winner is myself! Only fitting for my birthday month https://challonge.com/ol6id23a

Hi can anyone with enough authority to change stuff show their face?

@Munya can you please tell us if and which pokemon moved "down" to UT and "up to NU"? This is for UT tournaments ofc

(Can I redo my entry? since people are making really good content lol) Ign: Transendence During the 187th cosmic battle between Palkia and Dialga, long before Sinnoh was even considered a region, a powerful but evil spirit was created in the world. It was called "the Absurd" because everything and everyone it touched lost all emotion and will. These alarmed the pokemon Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf because no matter how much emotion and will they placed in humans and pokemon, everything was sucked out by the Absurd. One lone human and his Ninetails, Fina went on a quest to summon the pokemon god, Arceus in order to save the world. Collecting all his plates and placing them on Mt. Coronet, he played the Azure Flute and called the pokemon god. Seeing everything he made good turning into evil, Arceus asked the human what was happening in the world. The human told him the story and asked Arceus to destroy the absurd and save the world. But the Absurd was too strong to destroy. The more energy Arceus let out, all the more the Absurd started growing. Taking the matter into his own hands, the lone human and his Fina charged at the Spirit and began fusing with the Spirit. Arceus then created a rift between time and space and pushed the human, along with Fina, and The Absurd in a torn dimension. As the three of them started merging, there was only sadness and pain in the heart of the lone human. This sadness then turned into nothingness, and this nothingness created Giratina, the abomination, the pokemon that transcended time and space. Giratina wandered around the torn and distorted world for centuries, seeing it mirror reality into twisted forms and states. For centuries, he waited and until— until team Galactic caused the 188th fight between Dialga and Palkia. When Cyrus summoned the gods of time and space, along with the pokemon of Spirit it was a chance to escape the world of distortion. However, he was defeat and was turned back to human, and the evil energy that once controlled him managed to disappear. After the long battle, he and his Fina was transported back on top of Mt. Coronet, confused but hopeful to explore the world anew. When asked who his name was, he can only answer "Transendence", he who transcended time and space and survived.

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Mono-type Metronome Randoms 1v1s Little Cup (pls no "we dont support... we made our own LC before there was even an option in duel request) Triple Battles CatchMMO Team Scavenger Hunts Airborne Tourney A FREAKIN SEASONAL LIKE WHAT WE USED TO HAVE Ubers Actually anything with tag team is hype. Also props to the tournaments nowadays, I know they take a fair bit of effort and I've never seen so many being created on a daily basis, so I can't bash that.

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didnt knew that ralts was so ultra hyper mega rare to no be a shiny reward

no ban pls

Great idea Caio, with this item in my Infernape + vaccum wave I can run away from dugtrios and I can still kill Cloyster kings rock! Gaius, you are a misunderstood genius.

Shiny ?

The Return of Santa's Shiny Elves: Still Bringing Fair Shiny Rates to a Device Near You!

After going dry in 36k encoutners on my main and 26k encounters on my alt the 4th graveler appears . Next one is Riolu, for sure

39 OT Try using donator hoping for horsea but well another fish

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We like to smell the sweet scent of flowers as they sway with the warm breeze of the day Thank you for this wonderful contest ❤️ IGN: Yusday

Boo ?

Found a 2nd in the space of an hour WHAT IS GOING ON??!

Bellossom and I have simple clothes ?, But we are very cute