1) Trainer Assignments

If you posted your profile in the lab before November 27th, your name should be on this list. If it's not, please let me know so I can assign you to a moderator.

This is an important change to the RPG. Rather than having moderators assigned to specific forums, moderators are now assigned to specific members. This way your assigned mod can get to know you and your journey better. If your assigned moderator is away, other moderators can make replies temporarily during that time. If you're wondering who your assigned moderator is, here's the list:
(This list here in the Announcements forum won't get updated all the time. It's just here to help make the switch go more smoothly.)

Alma Altars
*~Albino~*
Abyss
Aurora
Cullin1
hero
k'lar
poochyena
stirling
Venusaur Warlord

*Angie.Teh.Great*
?Question?
CrazyPsyduck
Dark Ho-ho
emberbolt
Fire Starter
Jcstyla
Kiki
mudkip58
S Latias
Sword of Light

Dark Typhlozion
CompleteCh@os
Dragonfyre
Griffin Eyes - Protector of Abmory
Phantom Raichu
Pyro
sonya19
Wes1234
White Tiger 386
Vannah349
Xatu23456

Fate
emeraldrayquaza
fei
Greengrouden
milfeulle
Revolution
shirousagi
Snowdome
Tabby

Fire Starter
*Angie.Teh.Great*
Alma Altars
chibi archangel
Dragon pokeball
iamsmall
Latios 2005
Pokemongenius555
Raigar
Sephiroth Masamune
~Despair of Tyranitar~

Joan
Butterfree
Belle Starlia
darklugia001
Latios999
Lyn
Magmabuzz
pokefan64
UmbreonGT

Serebii
.Shugo-Chan
Da double of Amy
Darin
Dark Typhlozion
Eony
Lufu
Pichu
rapidash21
Starlight
XaleneDreas

Seth
100rayquaza
Blake Black
DarkSneasel
Derek
Fifth Fang
Luna
Majek
Sasha Marten
Serebii

Tabby
An64fan
Darkgoku207
Dragonknight131
Fate
Hooh251
Kisara
Layren
Seth
Scy

UmbreonGT
Joan


2) NPCs

Thanks to a suggestion by Fire Starter and *Angie.Teh.Great*, you can now have an NPC in your journey.

What is an NPC? It's a non-playable character. In other words, it's an imaginary person who travels on your journey with you. If you choose to have an NPC, a moderator will add the NPC's name in your profile just for reference. Your NPC can do pretty much whatever you want them to as long as you follow these simple rules:

• Each member can have no more than 1 NPC.
• An NPC cannot give you items, money, pokemon, etc.
• An NPC cannot own a pokemon.
• An NPC cannot be a pokemon.

If you want an NPC to join you in your journey, all you have to do is add it into one of your replies. Here's a quick example:

I could see someone up ahead. A trainer, perhaps? My pokemon could use a battle, I thought. But as I came closer, I was surprised to find that it was Ray, an old friend from my hometown.

"Ray! Ray, it's me!" I called to him.

"There you are!" he replied. "I heard you had left on a journey, so I came to look for you."

"Why would you do that?" I asked.

"Well... to be honest, I just didn't like the thought of you wandering all over the place by yourself."

"Ha! You don't need to worry about me. I've come too far to quit now, so you'll either have to return home alone or come along with me."

"Come along with you? Yes, that sounds like a good idea. Ok, let's go!"

If you have any questions about anything, please post in the questions forum.

There's a new forum: Profile Corrections. It's in the help section. If something in your profile needs fixed, post there and it will be corrected. ^_^

Also, we gained a couple affiliates recently: Starlight's Delight and Pokémon Generations!

As you may know, for the past 14 months or so I haven't been able to upload any new sprites to the site due to a problem in the admin cp. Today, I have somehow sort of fixed it by accident! XD
:banana:
I've uploaded some sprites, and here they are:
:natu:
:doublebluedratini:
:greendratini:
:orangedratini:
:reddratini:
:rwbmareep:
:darkpichu:
:goldenmagikarp:
:goldengyarados:

And the codes for them are:

I will attempt to upload more tomorrow. ^_^

More sprites from past promos uploaded!

Note: I had to delete some shiny sprites in order to upload these, so if you had a shiny pokemon in your signature or post that was never given out in a promo, such as shiny Tyranitar, it may have been deleted.

Also, Golden Gyarados and Golden Spinarak have been given a slight makeover. Golden Magikarp will get one soon. Golden Gyarados still uses the same code as before, though. Only the picture has changed.

Anyway, here are the sprites uploaded today:

:goldenspinarak: Golden Spinarak
:rwbflaaffy: RWB Flaaffy
:rwbampharos: RWB Ampharos
:doublebluedragonair: Double Blue Dragonair
:doublebluedragonite: Double Blue Dragonite
:greendragonair: Green Dragonair
:greendragonite: Green Dragonite
:orangedragonair: Orange Dragonair
:orangedragonite: Orange Dragonite
:reddragonair: Red Dragonair
:reddragonite: Red Dragonite
:darkpikachu: Dark Pikachu
:darkraichu: Dark Raichu

And the codes for them are as follows:

Just so you know, I may be online less than usual over the next few days, so if it takes me longer than usual to respond, it's nothing personal. I recently found out that my boyfriend has passed away. I will still be here each day, though.

I should be back online as usual now. Thanks to everyone who shared their condolences.