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First off, I love this mod. Second, I'm having weird issues when trying to use it. I have used the IPS patcher on countless clean rom files, and I always end up with my Pokemon sprites working in battle, but not in Dex or party. For example, my Bulbasaur showed up as Beedrill in the PokeDex. It's not super important, but I was wondering if anyone else had this problem and/or knew a fix for it so that it's all neat and tidy.

Hey all! I'm finally returning to the game after my long hiatus caused by updating my computer to Windows 10. I now have access to a computer that can run the game, so I'll be back most every evening on my main character, ByeByeKitty! After a while, I'll be reviving the PrettySkitties Team to cause meowhem everywhere once more!

Ok, I don't expect to win, and the word limit killed me inside (1500 is harder than a buffed Metapod). Regardless, I enjoyed writing this and hope you all enjoy as well! IGN: ByeByeKitty​ Word Count: 2019​ Title: "The Feature Creepening 2: Electric Boogaloo: Revengeance (and Knuckles 3) "​ [spoiler] Chapter 1: The Cutest of Charms "Another Trainer wound up missing yesterday, Officer Jenny. Like every other time, the trail ends right at the edge of the tall grass." The young recruit wiped his brow. This was the 50th trainer missing in the past couple weeks. Whomever or whatever was happening had begun to accelerate beyond the investigative capabilities of their tiny department. His thoughts were jarred by the terse words of his superior: "File the report. There's nothing we can do for now. We'll send these to all the surrounding stations, but without any real evidence…Just file the reports." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Pleeeeease?" Aria looked up at her big sister ByeByeKitty with her large blue eyes, pleading with all the cuteness she could muster. "You said when you came back from beating the Elite Four that you'd help me catch a bunch of cute Pokémon! You promised!" "Hmm?" ByeByeKitty, champion of the Pokémon League in 2 regions, was lost in her studies. She wanted so badly to find the exotic Pokémon, that she hadn't done anything but devour any research she could find on their whereabouts and habits. She turned to her little sister and was pulled back to reality for a moment as she saw the 12 year old girl at the door, hopping impatiently. "I suppose I could take a break for a few days. The Pokémon have been there for ages, I guess they'll wait for me to load up my baby sis on all the cute she can handle." Her statement was met with excited squeals and Aria went rushing down the hall shouting "I'll get my PokeBalls and change!" Minutes later, the two girls were at the door, ready to embark. ByeByeKitty sorted through her Pokémon, and Aria skipped around her. Their mom came out of the kitchen with their lunches and kissed each girl on the cheek. "Be safe, try to be back before nightfall, there were some more disappearances on TV earlier, I don't want to be worried about you two." "Don't worry mommy, ByeByeKitty is the Champion! She'll scare away any baddies that wanna snatch me up!" Aria chimed, gleefully dancing around with her Skitty purse and Eevee hat. "Let's go already! I don't want to waste another moment!" ByeByeKitty waved to their mother as Aria dragged her bodily out the front door "I'll take care of this munchkin mom, don't worry." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Ok, let's start in Route 116, I want a Skitty and an Eevee and a Whismur first!" The little girl was practically vibrating with excitement. Finally, she'd get her first Pokémon on a hunt with her famous big sister. "Let me land first, Aria! Stop wriggling!" ByeByeKitty was trying to contain her own giddiness as well. While she had caught and trained hundreds of Pokémon, the thrill of the tall grass never ceased to excite her. "Land by the PokeCenter Altaria, we'll stock up on supplies and then start out." Soon, they were strolling happily towards the grass of Route 116, singing silly songs as ByeByeKitty's Pokémon chimed in with their happy chatter. As they got closer, they saw a dirty looking man whistling as he strolled around the edge of the grass. ByeByeKitty shouted out "Hey Clark! How are you?" The man turned with a broad smile "Well if it isn't the Big-time Champ herself! How's it going ByeByeKitty? Is this your little sister?" Introductions were made, and Clark turned towards the grass "I'm guessing you two are after a couple of them cuties in the grass over there? You take care of yourselves, ok? I'm going to go meet up with Devan, so I'll see you later!" Clark waved and sauntered off towards the grass. The girls gleefully waded into the grass, wandering about to see if they could find any wild Pokémon. A couple hours later, out of breath and hungry, they sat in a small clearing to eat lunch. "Ugh, nothing but Nincadas. We haven't seen one Skitty or Eevee." Aria pouted as she ate her sandwich "Plus it rained and now my shoes are all muddy" she said as she raised a mud-caked shoe towards her sister for inspection. "Ew! I'm trying to eat here!" ByeByeKitty leaned away from her sister as she dug into her various snacks and distributed cookies to her Pokémon. "Don't worry, we'll find them. Just gotta be patient kid." ByeByeKitty's outfit, on the other hand, was spotless. Endlessly obsessive over her appearance, she always took great care when hunting. Their lunch finished, ByeByeKitty leaned back against her Altaria and soon dozed off. Bored, but not wanting to wake her notoriously grumpy sister (one time upon being awoken, she tried using a PokeBall on Aria in a sleepy rage), Aria decided to walk along the edge of the clearing and find a puddle to clean off some of the mud. As she knelt to tighten her laces, she saw a pink object from just behind the grass on her right. Looking over, she saw the adorable face of a wild Skitty chasing its tail. Aria gasped with excitement and grabbed her purse holding the PokeBalls. She turned to her sister, then decided against waking her up thinking "I can do this, it's just a Skitty, and I won't go far". Turning back, she took off in the direction of the Skitty, soon disappearing into the grass. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ With a long yawn and a satisfying stretch, ByeByeKitty sat up from her nap. Checking her watch, she realized she had been asleep for a couple of hours. "Sorry Aria, I guess I was tired from studyi--" she broke off as she realized she was alone in the clearing. "Aria?" ByeByeKitty took a few steps into the tall grass, hoping to catch a glimpse of her baby sister. As she returned, brow furrowed, she noticed a familiar object snagged on a nearby bush. She realized it was an ear from her sister's Eevee hat. "Arcanine, I choose you!" ByeByeKitty cried as she lifted a PokeBall from her pack. Arcanine appeared before her, and she held up the ear "Use Odor Sleuth! Find Aria!" Sniffing the torn ear, Arcanine raised his head, and took off into the tall grass, with ByeByeKitty close at his heels. In their haste to find Aria, they never noticed the large hiking boots and discarded backpack sitting nearby, with a Geodude lying fainted a few feet away… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ About an hour later, Arcanine suddenly stopped near a cluster of large trees. Sniffing the air, he turned to ByeByeKitty and jerked his head towards the middle of the cluster. ByeByeKitty squeezed in between a few of the trees and peered into the darkness. She could just make out a decently-sized hole in the largest trunk, and muddy footprints near the edge. Returning Arcanine to his PokeBall, she pulled out another and quietly whispered "Volbeat, I choose you!". Her little friend appeared by her side, looking up at her with concern. Volbeat's Illuminate ability made it easier to see, as ByeByeKitty slowly entered the hole. Following a twisted series of tunnels, ByeByeKitty soon came upon a lit overlook, and peered down into a large room. At first, she saw dozens of small Pokémon, busy running to and fro, carrying little parcels. In the center of the room, she saw the most beautiful bright red Delcatty, being groomed on either side by small red Skitty. The Delcatty was looking towards the far wall, and following her gaze, ByeByeKitty gasped as she saw a row of trainers, bedraggled and weeping, being blasted by Azumarills and Psyducks using Hydro Pump. Returning Volbeat to his PokeBall, she crept down the tunnel to a corner near the bound trainers. Sneaking up behind the nearest one, she hid as the Pokémon rotated shifts, and whispered in his ear "I'm here to help, what's going on?" He turned his face slightly towards her, and she recognized her friend Hiker Clark. He whispered "Thank Arceus you've come! They are insane! This Delcatty has been capturing dirty Trainers and forcing the others to clean them to her standards, which are never met!" "PHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!" ByeByeKitty jumped as she heard the explosion from beneath her. "What in hell was that?" she whispered tersely to the Clark. "That's the sound of another trainer not meeting Delcatty's impossible standards of beauty. She sends them below to where they have the Claydol wait. They are then forced to Self-Destruct, permanently cleansing themselves and the Trainers…" "Have you seen my sister Aria?" ByeByeKitty whispered frantically as the next shift of Pokémon neared. "She's over there" -Clark indicated a suspended row of trainers behind Delcatty- "Those are the ones she finds especially filthy and in need of more 'rigorous' attention." "This ends now!" ByeByeKitty gritted her teeth in anger "I'll get you guys out, just hold tight". Reaching into her bag, she brought out three PokeBalls, and called out Aron, Gardevoir, and Pikachu. Emerging from behind Clark, she startled the first few Psyducks that saw her as she cried "Pikachu! Shockwave!" With a loud "CHUUUUU", Pikachu leveled the line of Psyducks. "Gardevoir! Light Screen! Protect the Trainers!" Gardevoir summoned a wall of screens in front of the bedraggled trainers with a wave. "Aron! EARTHQUAKE! Level them!" Aron summoned a mighty earthquake, shaking the entire nest, sending all the Skitties flying away. Pikachu dashed back and forth, blasting Psyducks left and right with waves of electricity, as Gardevoir worked tirelessly to protect the trainers from stray bolts and using Hypnosis on any Pokémon that escaped the fury of the storms and earthquakes. Suddenly, the nest went still, as a haunting song filled the room. Pikachu stopped, then laid down to sleep next to the snoring Aron. Gardevoir soon drifted into a corner, peacefully falling asleep next to Clark. Looking up drowsily, ByeByeKitty saw Delcatty, still standing in the center of the room, eyes flashing in anger, as she sang the room to sleep around her. Resisting the exhaustion pulling at her, ByeByeKitty pulled her Pokémon close to her sister and glared defiantly at Delcatty. With a cry, Delcatty flicked her tail and soon Claydol filled the room. They all clustered around ByeByeKitty and the other trainers, and she saw they were winding up to Self-Destruct. Shaking Gardevoir, ByeByeKitty frantically tried to wake her sleeping friend. "Get us out of here!" Gardevoir opened an eye, and was shocked awake at the impending danger. Without a sound, she jumped up, and threw up Light Screen to protect the humans and sleeping Pokémon, and turned to look back at ByeByeKitty with a sad smile as she sighed and opened a black hole behind her with the last of her strength. As ByeByeKitty and the others were sucked through, she heard the faint "phooom" of the Claydol horde Self-Destructing behind them, before appearing at the PokeCenter. "Oh no! Are you alright?" ByeByeKitty looked up to see Nurse Joy's concerned face peering down at her. "You all look awful! Here, come let me help you out!" The next day, after constant questioning by Officer Jenny and the media, ByeByeKitty and Aria returned home to mourn the loss of the heroic Gardevoir, who gave her life to save them all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The plan failed, ma'am. The altered Delcatty was discovered and subsequently destroyed by the girl's interference." A figure leaned casually in the doorway. "It was only a matter of time before someone found out anyways. What do we do now?" She laughed, the sound ringing beautifully and eerily in the lobby. "We will prepare for the next stage. It's clear that they believe the danger to be past. The use of the Skitties and their irresistable charm went off wonderfully! We couldn't have hoped for greater success. We just need to use it more effectively next time. Now go, we open in a moment, and I can't have you here." The figure bowed, and took his leave. As he left, a young Trainer bumped into him. "Sorry sir, excuse me!" He looked towards the counter "Hey! Good morning!" She turned to the boy with a bright smile "Hey Joey! Welcome to our Pokémon Center!"…. To Be Continued…. [/spoiler]​

That's super cute ^.^ Thanks a bunch :D

Been awhile since I checked on newer themes, glad I did. The PrettySkitties Approve EDIT: I love the theme, and the only criticism I'd offer is this-The rest of the UI seems drab and kinda blah. Is there any way you can expand the cuteness to the chatbox, menu buttons, etc?

Text: [ROWR] Boss Lady ByeByeKitty Image: Skitty (ByeByeKitty in Korean Characters-can provide if you need) Background: Delcatty Anything else: Preferably a cutesie/cursive style, pinks and purples <3 Thanks in advance!

All right, so I just spent like an hour reading through all of this, and I thought I'd weigh in with my own opinion. I've played so many MMOs, RPGs, RTSs, etc that I probably have seen every system ever implemented in a game...ever. It's mind boggling. But one thing always kills the fun for me in every game (except WoW, which I'll explain in a sec), and that's the bloody economy. Since starting this game about two months ago, I've beaten the story several times, made and spent a total of around 10 mil, and none of that was on myself. I've got boxes of breeders that I've been trying to turn into a team I've wanted since starting the game, but never have gotten around to doing. Why is this? Because as mentioned before, grinding money is like putting on high heels and standing on the filthiest corner of a ghetto hoping for a paycheck that doesn't come with a hospital bill. So from what I've read and what I've been thinking the past few weeks is the following: 1) Dailies Make an NPC in the first gym town of each region give out a mission. It could be find a particular pokemon, a type of pokemon, get him a PokeBall, whatever. Something that scales with, say how many badges a player has. This way, even newer players can get some little rewards, and the older players can have some variety with some decent rewards. 2) Auction NPCs Every other major MMO has this feature. I spent forever on trade chat trying to find someone selling particular items I needed, and all I got was a massive migraine. I can read over 200 words per minute, but watching trade chat is like trying to decipher a foreign language at 1000mph. I'm one of the people who says "go to trade chat" when someone uses /channel for a trade, but I still feel bad knowing what kind of hell they are in for. An auction NPC would facilitate easier trading and help the economy so items don't sit for so long because people like me really don't want to sit around all day trying to buy and sell items that don't move very quickly. This is the only reason the economy didn't bug me in WoW, because all I did as my guild's treasurer was sit on the app and buy and sell items all day. I practically controlled the entire server economy when it came to ores. But again, that's literally all I did as far as gameplay for weeks on end. 3) Mail system This, while economically unimportant, would be nice as a hand-in-hand with the Auction suggestion. 4) VS Seeker/Match Call Upgrade It's already hell on earth to grind these NPCs with 60+ level Pokémon. Even if you OHKO all of them, you get the original moneys as if they were still 12-15 level Pokémon, and that is just plain ridiculous. It would be nice for lesser cooldowns and maybe a relative increase in reward that scales with the increase in level? So for example, a trainer that normally has level 10 Pokémon gives 150 yen per victory. With the rematch, let's say they are now level 60 Pokémon, so they'd give 900 yen for a victory. 5) NPC Pokémon Buyers When hunting for those 1x31s or higher for breeders, it would be nice to have an alternate option for the CrapMon that you catch instead of releasing them all. Maybe have an NPC in some PokeMarts that buys Pokémon for a price no lower than a single Pokeball, and purchase price scales with rarity/quality of the Pokémon? Like a common Pokémon like Rattata would only fetch a base price of 200 yen, but a rarer Eevee would fetch maybe 2k. I know I'm relatively new compared to a lot of the veterans here, but with the economy the way it is, what separates playing PokeMMO from just downloading an emulator and playing there while chatting with friends on a chat app? I'll be honest, because of how bad money is, all I log in to do is stuff for my team. I've pretty much given up hope of building my own Pokémon since all the money I've ever made in the game has gone towards my team. Giving us a little flood into the economy would make it somewhat more enjoyable, and making some things more cooperative would be even better.

It's mainly to cover breeding and training costs, with a small profit. We'll see if it needs to be changed as the date gets closer, but for now since we aren't rich or have much of a donor following, we are using these funds to host future events as well. The 200k fee was laid out in anticipation of a smaller crowd, if enough people show interest it will be lowered so the profit margin remains the same.

My bad, realized I hadn't added that pic to the album. Fixed now.

I put an imgur link in the spoilers so all the moves, stats, IV's, and EV's can be checked out. Was having issues with image linking resetting all my work so I just made an imgur album.

The PrettySkittes Thunder God Smackdown Tournament Saturday, October 3rd Details: No Limit Players Unlimited Reserves 6v6 OU Tournament Single Battle Level 50 Date and Time: Saturday, October 3rd 7:00 PM GMT Registration: Open NOW $200k Entry Fee Location: Devon Co. Channel 6 Clauses: ​Sleep/OHKO/Pristine/Evasion/Species/Hax Items/Time/Self-KO/Bag Item Banned Moves: Baton Pass Banned Pokémon: Uber Tier 1st Place Prize: COMP PIKACHU [spoiler]http://imgur.com/a/ZZcn2[/spoiler] **Update** Per the OT's wishes, the tournament will proceed as outlined above. I understand there are many who balk at the sight of the entry fee, and that may result in a much lower turnout than previously hoped. Regardless, this is not the only event our team will be hosting in upcoming weeks, and while the prize may not be quite as amazing, they'll still be fun and free.