The Secret Time Out Files Part 1: The Slowpoke years

[jolteonjak]

Those look great Alli! And congrats to Lilblue and Okiku!

[Missingno. Master]

Couple of things. First off, I like that color scheme for your Axew, Alli. Second, I can't believe I forgot to mention this, but congrats to lilblue and Okiku! And third, the Monday fun isn't over yet, as my latest post in the park with Batrach proves.

(nicknames; Batrach=Tranquill)

[Gemini Spark]

Well, guess who Mia (Taillow) is going to fangirl over next? =3

: Me, right? I mean, I did just officially get into Team Pocket after all~

Haha, I was just going to get to you! So yeah, if you can see the hat, she's now a Team Pocket member!

: I'll steal the hearts of men as well as their wallets! Yay~ X3

[OkikuMew]

Thanks for all the congrats, guys! ^^

Originally Posted by Allishinca

If you don't mind me posting a request so soon,
I just got an Axew today that I planned to recolor.

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I just need the tiny humpy sprites, please!

I don't mind at all! ^^ Helps us get on to business right away XP I can get it done in about 14 hours from now (not that it takes that long to do it! ^^; I just got work to deal with beforehand) but if she have more time than I do, Lilblue will get it done for you before I can put my hands on it XP ^^


This reminds me, if you guys are wondering who out of the two of us to contact to make humpy sprites, just contact the both of us and we'll choose between us for who's gonna do it based on who has the most time to do it as soon as possible
As to who will be most likely to pick them up though, well at the moment Lilblue is the one most likely since she has no school while I still got work (oh, Christmas and New Year's Day, I miss you so much already ;-;) but when she'll get back to school I'll be the one most likely to do the sprites to let her concentrate on school/homework/studying ^^ Of course that's just to give a general idea of our availability; it may change depending of our IRL situation.
And if you want one of us in particular to do your humpy sprites, well we won't stop you from doing that X) Just don't expect having it done as quick as our powers combined if we choose who does them related to our availability.

[DaveTheFishGuy]

Nice colour scheme Alli! I should work on one of those for my Scolipede but oh god I can't art. Also it'll be a while away.

Congrats on Batrach's evolution, MM!

[enchantress]

Originally Posted by Allishinca

If you don't mind me posting a request so soon,
I just got an Axew today that I planned to recolor.

Spoiler: show

I just need the tiny humpy sprites, please!

The first two are ok, but the Haxorus recolour is too close to the shiny form to be allowed... :/ I know the parts you're wanting recoloured aren't the same, but the colour combo is almost identical.

[lilboocorsola]

Originally Posted by Gemini Spark

: I'll steal the hearts of men as well as their wallets! Yay~ X3

*looks worriedly at Kief*

Originally Posted by OkikuMew

I don't mind at all! ^^ Helps us get on to business right away XP I can get it done in about 14 hours from now (not that it takes that long to do it! ^^; I just got work to deal with beforehand) but if she have more time than I do, Lilblue will get it done for you before I can put my hands on it XP ^^

Originally Posted by enchantress

The first two are ok, but the Haxorus recolour is too close to the shiny form to be allowed... :/ I know the parts you're wanting recoloured aren't the same, but the colour combo is almost identical.

I can make the sprites now, but do you still want that color scheme for the first two, Alli?

[Allishinca]

Hold up a bit, lemme see what I can do here.

[jolteonjak]

Congrats MM on your Pidove's evolution!

[Thrain]

*peeks into TO*

Hey, guys! So after disappearing off the Internet back in March last year, I've decided to come back to FB. I had a few things going on in my life that required immediate attention, but they have since been resolved.

I would like to sincerely apologize to everyone I was involved with in the RP before my disappearance. It wasn't right of me to leave without explaining my absence, and for that I am truly sorry!

Greetings aside, what's been going on with all of you? By taking just a quick glance around, it seems a lot has changed since I left.

I'm excited to get back in the swing of things; see you all around! ^^

[Raves]

Oh yay, returning folks.

Good to see you got shit sorted out in life.

[Missingno. Master]

Welcome back, Thrain!

[Talon87]

Originally Posted by Thrain

Greetings aside, what's been going on with all of you? By taking just a quick glance around, it seems a lot has changed since I left.

Of the things that come to mind ...

Big Changes You Witnessed That Are Still The Same:

• infinite PC slots
• anyone who signed up in FB after a certain point and who hasn't completed a tour of the Arcane Realm must do so prior to being allowed back in to other zones. So if you haven't completed your Arcane Realm adventure yet, be sure to start that back up.

Big Changes You Witnessed That Have Since Been Done Away With:

• players trading coins to other players in the Cable Club. This is no longer allowed. Coins can still be traded for TCG cards but even that's under review.

Big Changes You Didn't Witness That Are Still Present:

• the Shop-of-all-Trades is in limbo right now. You can no longer purchase shards, which means that no new shard quests have been initiated in a long while. You also can no longer trade Pokémon to other people to help them complete shard quests. There's also talk of limiting the S-o-a-T quest-initiating items' tradability, but with the shop in the state it's in right now I think this is still very much up in the air. *shrug*
• after a brief experiment with rotating the Coins-for-Prizes Pokémon offerings (e.g. Absol was available for purchase one month for 400,000 coins), the CfP has been shut down since July. There's been talk of limiting what items are available for purchase there, but nothing's been set in stone yet.
• the Casino shut its doors some time last summer but recently (less than a month ago) reopened on Bulbagarden. It's now a Bulbagarden exclusive, so if you want to use the Casino, you'll need to make a BMG account if you haven't already and post there. For the time being, the shop is updated once weekly on Sundays and offers only the Starter Slots and Roulette.

Any of these three lists may be missing some things, but this is a decent enough start.

[Missingno. Master]

Originally Posted by Talon87

[list][*]the Shop-of-all-Trades is in limbo right now. You can no longer purchase shards, which means that no new shard quests have been initiated in a long while. You also can no longer trade Pokémon to other people to help them complete shard quests. There's also talk of limiting the S-o-a-T quest-initiating items' tradability, but with the shop in the state it's in right now I think this is still very much up in the air. *shrug*

Actually, Tess's response to me in the Suggestion thread suggests that this particular change was never officially implemented, and might not be implemented. At least, that's how it reads to me...

Originally Posted by enchantress

Regarding the Shop of all Trades, nothing has been officially changed yet. People were complaining about shops taking over so we're looking at ways to force members back into zones and this was one of those ways. We shouldn't have to do that since adventure is supposed to be what FB is about, but if our hand is going to be forced in this regard then so be it. Nothing has been set in stone yet, and chances are this won't be incorporated anyway, but I don't think you'll have too much to worry about there as not even we're too fond of the idea of taking it to that extreme.

[Talon87]

I can't be arsed to go back through the backlog of FAQs right now but I remember them putting a hard stop to Pokémon trades for SoaTs, saying that all of the other changes were still unofficial but that that one they wanted to see cut out immediately.

Think about it: if we could still trade Pokémon for one another's SoaT shard quests, then how come not one single person has done this over the past seven months?

Mind, I'm not saying you're wrong. Lord knows that FB rules and quasi-rules can change like the direction the wind is blowing. I'm just saying that I remember the staff being like 'CEASE AND DESIST! " last year with the creature trades for SoaTs and that that's why we all ground to a halt with that. If we really can keep on trading Pokémon for SoaT shard quests because, *wink wink* , "the changes haven't been implemented yet," then anybody who sees a Pokémon on my shard quest list in my Cable Club post should keep me in mind if they hatch one of those SoaTmons and don't want it.

[Raves]

So some guy has been debating a difficult nuzlocke battle with Steven running some nasty rules, and states that Steven's Armaldo seems impossible due to his rules and the fact the thing will run through his team. I suss out a way to stop said Armaldo cold, and slot it on his thread.

15 minutes later another guy comes on and shows him a method to finish the fight in 16 turns sticking to the rules. Fuck my life when a contribution I make is utterly oershadowed.

[DaveTheFishGuy]

Sup Thrain.

>AR updates everywhere

Man I really need to get mine done.

[DaveTheFishGuy]

>Go to deposit trade candies
>Bank locked

...so is the Bank getting updated like every week now? Because that seems... excessive after going months between updates >>;

[enchantress]

They're supposed to be updated weekly, we're just trying to get back on track.

[Treepandaone]

I'd quite like to go on an adventure with my new Pokemon. Are there any non-AR updaters around who would be willing?

[OkikuMew]

Originally Posted by DaveTheFishGuy

>Go to deposit trade candies
>Bank locked

...so is the Bank getting updated like every week now? Because that seems... excessive after going months between updates >>;

I was supposed to finish correcting my previous post/update (because of the whole "didn't see the update" thing) but all I was able to do before it got locked was adding the deposit/withdraws on my latest post/update; and not edit out those that I mistakenly added to my previous post/update when it was updated ;-; I... guess I'm ok since only the latest update counts?

[lilboocorsola]

Welcome back, Thrain!

Originally Posted by Treepandaone

I'd quite like to go on an adventure with my new Pokemon. Are there any non-AR updaters around who would be willing?

Your Adventure in the CG is still ongoing btw. That said I am going back to school soon so Updates will be slow if at all.

[Raves]

And grats to EBE for his recent evos, including FB's first Reuniclus.

[Missingno. Master]

Wow. To be honest, until now, I didn't even know he had FB's first Duosion.

[Kindrindra]

Playing Rewrite after requesting a Grass Nature Egg places pretty high in the 'dumb things to do' list.


/leaves after making reference noone will get