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Vote for President Grookey
As you may or may not know, there has been a Pokemon presidential election going on. With so many choices candidates, you may be wondering what sets me apart from them.
As such, I plan to use this post to explain why you should vote for me, what I'm going to do once I'm elected, and most importantly, how I'm going to do it.
Firstly, everyone needs to understand that President Snow may not have their best interests at heart. She literally named herself after the villain in a popular dystopian book series. She has also hinted at being willing to ruthlessly pursue her ambitions. Here are some quotes from @Hades0918.
"And she can say how she'll do it
Snow points at Cerludge (Obdidian)
Whatever means necessary."
"If you wish it, President Snow and Vice President Obsidian will get it
They will do anything to get it
Anything"
If that isn't ominous, I don't know what is.
As for my own policies, one of the major things I plan to do is try to get the mods to give us new avatars. Not everyone's favorite Pokemon is from the first two generations, and the Forums should reflect that. Naturally, we probably won't get every single Pokemon at once, but gen 3 is a good place to start.
Additionally, the flag system needs to be reworked. We need it to keep the Forums safe, but recently, it's causing been more harm than good because some people choose to report for no real reason. Getting reported should not cause you to lose points, and it definitely shouldn't cause you to get badges. I'm not kidding. If you go to your profile, next to the statistics for how many times you've been agreed and liked and whatnot, you can see how many times you've been flagged. Why? Being flagged a bunch of times does not make for good bragging rights.
I will instate both of the above policies by trying to talk to the mods. However, just one Grookey may not be enough to change things. That's why Grookeys live in groups. If I'm elected, I will create a team (I'm not sure what it will be called yet. The Forums League? The Pokegang? Thinking of a name will be our first order of business.) that will help me establish our goals.
However, you may have noticed that everything I've said so far is similar to what other candidates are doing. As such, I want to bring something entirely unique to the table: a system for catching and battling Pokemon run entirely on the Forum by regular users. The ideas aren't crystal clear at the moment and will need testing. So far, the plan is as follows:
Everyone gets one unevolved (non-legendary, non-mythical) Pokemon of their choice. They can battle that Pokemon against other trainers using a greatly simplified version of the official battle rules. After the battle, the victorious Pokemon will gain a few levels, become more powerful, and maybe evolve. Once that Pokemon is at max level, the trainer may choose to catch a legendary or mythical which is slightly more powerful than an ordinary Pokemon.
With all of this in mind, I hope that some of you will vote for President Grookey.
