The Secret Time Out Threads 2: If TO was so good why isn't there a TO2?????

[Sneaze]

They still don't know the reason for the API issue.

[Lil'twick]

Yuuuuuuuuuuuuup. now how am I supposed to advertise my stream and partake in finely curated Fizzy memes

[blu3shift]

Hey! I've been looking over various parts of FB recently and noticed a few strange oversights. While I'm not within the authority to make any changes, I figured that at the very least I could list off the flaws that I noticed and the changes that I'd like to see. Please look them over and tell me what you think.

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RULES

• While treating other members with respect is noble, this rule does not cover people who are not members of Fizzy Bubbles.
• The double-account rule can be bypassed if you have triple, quadruple, or more accounts. This applies to the ban-evasion rule as well.
• Legendaries are not allowed but my friend Zack really likes Zekrom. Please correct this oversight.
• If mods do not bite, then how do they eat? This information is a blatant lie.
• If UPN's character limit is abnormally large, then what is the normal amount of Trainers that I can use? Please add this information somewhere within the rules.
• Pokémon BIOS is recommended, but what about Pokémon UEFI? It's 2022, we shouldn't have to use outdated standards.
• How can a Pokémon use all those moves without forgetting something? I mean, what if they drop a quarter or something?
• I don't like links being recommended. They broke into my house and destroyed all my pottery, then proceeded to plant bombs next to every visible crack in my walls.
• What are the exchange rates for Pokédollars? I own foreign currency and would like to transfer it over to a Fizzytopian bank account.
• Pokédollars are a digital currency and is therefore taxable in the United States. Please add this information.
• Rare Candies are not rare and should not be called such.
• Watts are a measure of power and therefore are not a form of currency, even if money is power.
• Can I mint a Bored Passimian on the Pokédollar blockchain? Please respond ASAP.
• There are no addresses listed for any shops. How am I supposed to find them?
• I tried eating a gummy and James Bond did not show up at my house. False information.
• Why can't I tell my updator what I want? I have needs and concerns too. SMH my head.
• If bond can only be raised, then how am I supposed to reach it from way down here?

SHOPS

• The Fizzytopian Department of Employment has not responded to my calls to look for a position. Please check in with the staff to make sure that the phone lines are currently operational.
• The Cram-o-Shop put a Cramorant on my screen and it won't go away. It's currently ransacking my bread folder.
• The Updator Echeladder does not account for God Tiering and Boondollars.
• There are too many scalpers in the GTS.
• The Move Tutor logo is off-center.
• The LGPE move names are awful and should be removed from sale as soon as possible.
• Remove Herobrine.
• There is no link to the paperwork required for the Adoption Center.
• There is only one department store, which means that there is a monopoly on common goods.
• The bank doesn't update very often. Can you increase the frequency so that it updates daily?
• There are bi-monthly updator rewards but no trans-monthly or a-monthly rewards.
• On that note, where is the nightcare center? My Pokémon is nocturnal.

ZONES

• Updating at least once per day should be required to ensure that every updator gets burnt out immediately.
• Who is "Blurb Tbd" and why are they in the Mystical Realm?
• There are no cups in the Desert of Cups.
• I cannot connect to the Unreal Archipelago. Is it a UT2004 server?
• I paid for a season pass to Phantom Isle and never used it. Can I get a refund?
• Hyun-pa turned me away because I don't have a library card. Is there a different branch of the Djinn's Archives that I can go to to get one?

SECRET BASES

• Give us the truth. Are they actually secret or not?

FREE RP ZONES

• The bouncer at the Nightclub did not ID me. They should be replaced.
• I can't find DJ3K or the ladder behind the speaker that connects to the underground pool. Were they removed?
• Where is the Father Tree?

OTHER

• Raids
• Shadow Pokémon should disappear in complete darkness, because shadows only appear in areas with lighting.
• Please give me access to ping everyone in the Discord server. I swear that I will use it for good and will definitely not choose to repeatedly spam it attached to random frames from the critically-acclaimed Nickelodeon television series iCarly starring Miranda Cosgrove.
• Please add Pinaclsaur to the game.
• This link does not lead to a Rickroll.

[Missingno. Master]

Ooh, new person! Welcome to FB, Stargazer!

[Stargazer]

Woo! Thanks! I'll see about joining the Discord ASAP

[lilboocorsola]

Welcome, Stargazer! (Love the astral theme~)

[AKWillbe]

opps wrong spot

[Missingno. Master]

OK, I'm thinking it's time to maybe revive this thread, maybe with a little question for y'all; Do you have any big plans for anything in FB in the near future?

Me, I got a few things in the works. I'm thinking of getting some of my mons ready to evolve- in some cases, I don't have anything specific in mind for their evolutions yet, but I still want them to be ready- two of them in particular I have out in a zone and while I'm not 100% sure I'll be evolving them there, I'd like to keep the option open at the very least.

I also have something else in the works that'll be seen next week. I won't go into detail just yet, but I've been getting a lot done, and in the meantime, I'll leave this teaser I posted in the Discord yesterday;

[Lil'twick]

I have a lot of plans for FB at the moment, both as a player and as a moderator. As a player, I'm currently working on my major plotlines which can be read in my VG, Zone Adventures, and in Free RP. I have a VG post planned for once the Casino plot wraps up, but besides that, it is starting to look like it'll be time to head back to zones for those plots to continue.

I am currently working on the Cram, as seen with it being worked on in the dev forum. Besides that, all I can point to is the list we made after going over the survey. So, hope everyone looks forward to what we have in store for those kinds of details!

[Gemini Spark]

I'm honestly trying my best to get a bunch of personal RP done so I can get my character back into full swing at FB, though there's so much to write I'm likely to break it up into three parts, hopefully the first of which is coming soon!

[blu3shift]

yep! I'm bouncing back from a really awful bit of burnout that started around the time that I was updating the bank, so I really want to get back into the swing of things by chipping away at that story that I've been hyping myself up for—and doing a little more RP now that I've learned my lesson about how much people go through just to get an update out :P

anyway my plan of action is to drop something in VG first thing and then move on to a zone intro, hopefully really soon

[Missingno. Master]

Originally Posted by Lil'twick

I have a lot of plans for FB at the moment, both as a player and as a moderator. As a player, I'm currently working on my major plotlines which can be read in my VG, Zone Adventures, and in Free RP. I have a VG post planned for once the Casino plot wraps up, but besides that, it is starting to look like it'll be time to head back to zones for those plots to continue.

I am currently working on the Cram, as seen with it being worked on in the dev forum. Besides that, all I can point to is the list we made after going over the survey. So, hope everyone looks forward to what we have in store for those kinds of details!

Excited about the Cram being worked on. I'm certainly looking forward what's in store.

Originally Posted by Gemini Spark

I'm honestly trying my best to get a bunch of personal RP done so I can get my character back into full swing at FB, though there's so much to write I'm likely to break it up into three parts, hopefully the first of which is coming soon!

Ooh, I look forward to reading this!

Originally Posted by blu3shift

yep! I'm bouncing back from a really awful bit of burnout that started around the time that I was updating the bank, so I really want to get back into the swing of things by chipping away at that story that I've been hyping myself up for—and doing a little more RP now that I've learned my lesson about how much people go through just to get an update out :P

anyway my plan of action is to drop something in VG first thing and then move on to a zone intro, hopefully really soon

Heh, so I've seen. Congrats on the Porygon2!

[Marion Ette]

Originally Posted by Missingno. Master

OK, I'm thinking it's time to maybe revive this thread, maybe with a little question for y'all; Do you have any big plans for anything in FB in the near future?

A few, yes. I'm working on an intro post for Leo's base with Sister Minerva, Sister Bia the Bewear, and her two Wynaut, Journey & Voyage, which will be a direct follow-up to their recently completed adventure in MR. Depending on how the Casino storyline goes, I may end up going back on my decision not to start any new zone adventures, because I have some ideas going on that front with Oroitz & Bedivere. I've got like a million VG stories that I need to write, but I'll get to them as I'm able.

Also, I promise someday I'll update the Egg House records... again...

[ShadowDRGN]

Originally Posted by Missingno. Master

OK, I'm thinking it's time to maybe revive this thread, maybe with a little question for y'all; [B]Do you have any big plans for anything in FB in the near future?

Outside of updating and adventures, I don't have much at the moment. Goto's VG is currently on-hold until I find the headspace to write for it again, but I do have plans to follow-up on the Hisui event starting this summer.

All I'm gonna say is that if PLA ain't gonna give us DLC, I'm gonna make it myself, with blackjack and-shot

[lilboocorsola]

Do you have any big plans for anything in FB in the near future?

I don't really have any immediate plans atm, other than wrapping up loose ends like my AR Adventure and the Cute Contest. Pretty busy these days so gonna be taking a bit of a break from RPing after that.
There is my Birthday Egg coming up so looking forward to seeing what I get from there. (Also perhaps a potential breed? Hm...)

Originally Posted by ShadowDRGN

All I'm gonna say is that if PLA ain't gonna give us DLC, I'm gonna make it myself, with blackjack and-shot

👀

[Missingno. Master]

To follow up, I think y'all can now see exactly what those big plans of mine were.

[blu3shift]

okay, it's like 2:30 AM as I'm writing this and I'm suffering from an extreme bout of probably-ADHD so I'm going to list off all the things that I want to get done in FB here so that I have some sort of public accountability

Plot Stuff

• Update those bios already. It's been long enough and my characters have taken drastically different directions as I've started to think about plot and such.
• Start work on my second arc of VG Plot™ so that I can finally tell the story that I've been meaning to tell. (spoiler alert: trauma absolutely will be involved)
• On that note, get the "off-hand" Pokémon in my profile introduced the way that I want to so that I can finally use them already.
• Possibly get a Secret Base going. I'm not too sure about the specifics but I've been meaning for it to happen ever since I wrapped up my AR adventure.

Adventure Stuff

• Keep my adventure in DA maintained. This is the easiest thing for me to tackle.
• Update Leo in DA. I'm hoping that the momentum from writing replies will transfer over to updates, but we'll see.
• Either figure out what to do in Mother Tree or drop it; it's not like I'm doing much there anyway.

Bureaucratic Hell

• Get a Memakyu/Emakiss going. Elijah doesn't really prefer any Pokémon, and I don't either, but I want to at least lay down the groundwork for the kinds of Pokémon and items that I might want in general.
• Trainer birthdays need to be sorted out eventually. I was intending to do it earlier but I didn't want that many items that fast and aging Elijah up a year wouldn't make too much sense in canon as of right now. Also I burned out pretty hard, so there's that too.
• Alcremie's Amore? Maybe? I don't consider any part of my team that mature just yet, and relationships are especially awful for me to write as an aroace with zero experience.
• Bookkeeping. This is very low priority since it's an incredibly banal task that I don't want to have to do unless I have to.

[Missingno. Master]

Admittedly a little late to this, but welcome to FB, KingSalmon!

[KingSalmon]

Hey! Thanks for the welcome! Gustav says hi as well (the name will make more sense when he gets cannons, I suppose)

[Missingno. Master]

Heh, fair enough. Admittedly I just went through all my own FB Pokémon (which is a lot, to say the least) and couldn't find an example of something that got a nickname more fitting for its evolution back before it evolved, but I swear I've done that in the games LOL.

[Lil'twick]

Originally Posted by KingSalmon

Hey! Thanks for the welcome! Gustav says hi as well (the name will make more sense when he gets cannons, I suppose)

Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max???

[KingSalmon]

Originally Posted by Lil'twick

Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max???

Danger! Massive Cannon!

[lilboocorsola]

Welcome to FB, KingSalmon!

[Missingno. Master]

[ShadowDRGN]

I'm just gonna throw this in here so I have a quick lookup guide for colors:

• Normal (Wheat)
• Fire (Red)
• Water (DeepSkyBlue)
• Grass (LawnGreen)
• Electric (Yellow)
• Flying (PowderBlue)
• Bug (YellowGreen)
• Poison (MediumPurple)
• Rock (Chocolate)
• Ground (Tan)
• Steel (Silver)
• Ice (Cyan)
• Dark (SlateGrey)
• Fighting (Orange)
• Psychic (Magenta)
• Ghost (DarkOrchid)
• Fairy (Pink)
• Dragon (RoyalBlue)