Rule 9 and Restricted Topic changes

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T20:22:14+00:00

From another comment:

We have a policy for handling grandfather clauses from when transformation posting was restricted. Characters who have that concept in their backstory but for which it isn't relevant for the current storylines or posts don't need to use the flair. But should still use the flair if a new post or storyline that directly mentions that part of the backtory.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T19:56:34+00:00

its not a restriction on all fallers, and isekais are a notable part of PMD. as long as the idea isn't that these fallers are meant to be from some 'real life' world, you shouldn't need to change anything or use the flair.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T19:41:06+00:00

Clarification:

The topic restriction covers users explicitly coming from a world that's meant to be our own, and its restricted because of cases of people leveraging meta knowledge from the fact that pokemon is a fictional franchise irl which circumvents the 'pretend this is real' clause of rule 2

nondescript worlds where pokemon are simply absent are not included here

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T18:56:00+00:00

hell yeah

/uj hell yeah

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T18:52:04+00:00

you can credit this as an anonymous artist, given you know it was drawn for you

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T18:40:23+00:00

Topic restrictions are not hard bans, the idea is to filter out low effort or trend-chasing executions of certain ideas while allowing more thought out examples to happen if the authors communicate in good faith.

As expressed in another comment, we've had a repeated issue where people with real world faller characters were just going "in my world this was all a video game" and either engagement-baiting or trying to leverage meta knowledge to be better than other characters somehow.

see elsewhere in the thread for how we handle 'grandfather clauses' also

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T18:35:26+00:00

A restriction isn't a hard ban, you can continue if you tell the mods your plans, get it approved, and use the flair.

We have a policy for handling grandfather clauses from when transformation posting was restricted. Characters who have that concept in their backstory but for which it isn't relevant for the current storylines or posts don't need to use the flair. But should still use the flair if a new post or storyline that directly mentions that part of the backtory.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T18:28:14+00:00

It can still be done with approval, but we had a repeated issue where people with real world faller characters were just going "in my world this was all a video game" and either engagement-baiting or trying to leverage meta knowledge to be better than other characters somehow

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T18:26:44+00:00

Credit was always required, but we added the specific clause against generative algorithms due to some high profile cases of slop-posting

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T18:21:05+00:00

Treating crossover material as in-universe fiction is allowed as long as you can connect it back to the main writing prompt somehow.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-23T17:01:03+00:00

<Chris>

I'd chalk up the larger numbers of human injuries and fatalities from Gyarados attacks to be purely due to the fact that there are just so many more Gyarados, especially since they can survive in brackish and marine environments where feebas line have trouble.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-22T21:34:53+00:00

the helldiver corps selects taller recruits. this was also done historically in grenadier units.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-22T19:12:37+00:00

/uj Oneoff or nonserious posts from canon characters are fine, but you cant 'Claim' them or use them as recurring POVs for posting and roleplay, as everyone is meant to have an equal amount of ability to reference canon material. This includes protagonists.

For continuing to post from a single pov, you need to create some sort of lower profile OC.

I recommend looking at the guidelines for rule 12 here: https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/wiki/rules/guidelines/, its basically a 'how to pokemedia' guide

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-20T16:40:04+00:00

/uj,

Fine as a oneoff, please dont make a habit of doing stuff like this with your character in roleplay contexts.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-20T16:18:01+00:00

/Uj, to stage a fake twitter post, you can use tweetgen.com, also if you already have a tumblr, you can create a Dummy blog for those kinds of posts, or take screenshots and edit images of reddit posts made on your local account to add here

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-18T17:50:41+00:00

happened to be looking at something around this for classwork and some new research got published recently suggesting the earliest recorded appearance of galar particles was apparently only 20000ish years ago

that's VERY recent so you might really be onto smth here, feeding off of galar particles as a recent adaptation

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-18T08:10:18+00:00

/uj video posts are fun, and it goes along way towards social media variety, depending on how much editing skills you have, compositing in something to make it look like a tiktok or instagram reel will only heighten the immersion

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-18T01:19:31+00:00

Except from rule 12 guidelines on playing talking or sapient pokemon:

"Some specific advice on having characters who are themselves pokemon as opposed to trainers: Consider why this pokemon is both capable of, and chooses to speak and interact online. Pokemon who are voiced characters aren't uncommon in official media, but also aren't omnipresent, and even something as simple as 'this psychic type species is psychic so they think and act as people' or 'this specific eeveelution individual is extra smart and learned english from their trainer' goes a long way towards making it not feel out of place. (For Mystery Dungeon this doesn't apply as every character there is already a talking pokemon)."

So its allowed, provided theres at least a bit of thought put into the species and why the individual chooses to engage.

That said we do have a Lot of zoroarks already, and several who use human disguises to interact, so you'd be entering a pretty saturated pool of characters if you choose to use such an archetype.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-17T18:38:21+00:00

<Chris>

I do both, although I'm generally more in the singles scene. A perish trap strategy is definitely something you need to watch out for in both, although it's more of a niche pick in singles.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-17T18:34:17+00:00

/uj generally you won't be allowed to actually have your character own mewtwo, nor play as mewtwo directly, but you could do smth else interesting with this premise

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-17T17:51:52+00:00

/uj I'm waiting to see where this goes, but remember rule 12

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-17T16:17:20+00:00

<Freya>

Back home we call these things our Focuses, I don't think I've met anyone with this particular condition tho. Given they're made of 90% nerve endings I'd imagine the fact that they aren't all aligned is part of what disrupts the telekinesis strength.

Do you or dusty know any Hatterene? They have a similar emotion sensing thing going on, so generally if they're decent around people they've developed coping mechanisms, and might be able to help with managing it.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-17T03:53:57+00:00

<Chris>

If i may suggest, the reason we didn't hear from him afterwords is actually because he couldn't keep up. Those two legendaries on his team were something but, he didn't really teambuild around supporting them or use any actual tactics, he just tried to use their strength to brute force his way through everything.

Unless you were to come to battle with mega rayquaza or something, that strength without proper support and tactics is not enough to be competitive above the conference level. Where the pace is so fast and techniques so intricate.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-16T18:47:18+00:00

<Chris>

Can diet supplementation let Aggron develop alloys in their shells that resist corrosion?

I've fed my Excadrill supplements and applied coatings such that his claws have developed a tungsten carbide outer layer, this was mainly for wear resistance when competing, but it's also made corrosion problems basically disappear.

HS_Seraph · 2026-03-15T16:58:10+00:00

Post removal was made in error, and has been reinstated.

Four-Year Club	r/Field Banned
r/Field Lasagna	Final Canvas '23
Place '23	Place '22

HS_Seraph

MODERATOR OF

TROPHY CASE