(Approved by Mekkah; and credit for banner goes to Toaster!)
Intro:
Welcome to Smogon Pokemon trivia; that will be held on IRC #pokemontrivia server. This idea originally came from EeveeTrainer, who one day started a huge trivia session on #stark that received a lot of participation from the channel. The game proved to be very fun, and we all had a good time. Now that there is a channel for this, we hope to get Smogon users more involved in the trivia process, and continue the entertainment in a competitive way.
Rules:
This will be split into two sections, a general sections and in channel one!
General:
1-Only offical hosts can ask questions.
2-No asking dumb questions (e.g. what is pokemon, who is ash, etc.)
3-No questions where the answer is a number.
4-Think long and hard before you post questions.
5-Pokemon related questions only!
6-A minimum of 10 questions must be asked for each game!
In Channel
1-All #stark rules apply!
2-If someone else hosts while the tourney is on the original game ends.
3-No bashing a host.
4-Don't act dumb with your answers.
5-Correct spelling must be used in order for the answer to be legit.
6-The host determines who answered the question first. If the correct answer shows up first for you and the host gave the point to someone else, don't complain! There is a feature on IRC which makes it appear that you have said the answer first, which may not always be the case!
Anyone who breaks these rules will be written up an offense, where the punishment increases each time.
1st offense is a D/Q from the current trivia game.
2nd offense is a D/Q from the current trivia game, and a 1 day ban.
3rd offense is a D/Q from the current trivia game, and a 1 week ban.
4th offense is a D/Q from the current trivia game, and a 1 month ban.
5th offense is a D/Q from the current trivia game, and a 1 year ban.
Any offense past that results in a permaban from the channel!
Hosting
Official Hosts: Justinawe, Toaster, Ungy, Fireburn, Jumpman 16, Bluewind, Zy, Coronis, Dracoyoshi8, Rodan, StevenSnype
In order to become a host, you must be an active participant in trivia while you aren't hosting, and you have to show general respect and understanding. Then if you want to apply, you need the approval of a mod on the channel who believes you would be fit as a host.
UPDATE: #Pokemontrivia now has a bot, Manaphy! It can do many things, such as:
-Host games(ANY TYPE)
-Ask Questions other than stats
-Can Kick or Ban users upon request
-Can Ignore everyone bar the driver and Justinawe.
-Can keep track of scores!
-Greet People
Scoring See this link: http://goo.gl/vJjt
The host will keep track of the scores, where each question answered correctly is worth 1 point. Whenever the game is declared over, someone in the game will upload to google docs, where all scores are tallied. They can be seen in the link next to scoring above! Once a game is finished, the host will post the results of that game in this thread for convenience and as a time log.
However, this is only necessary if the google docs updaters, are offline. Otherwise they will handle all updates, thanks!
Official Score Updaters: Toaster, Zy, Rodan
Conclusion
Pokemon Trivia has been very fun, and we hope this will be a more popular game for Smogonites to play. The scoring system allows for a competitive nature, which many of us are familiar with in pokemon itself. So if you want to test you knowledge, and just learn some interesting things about pokemon, come join us at #pokemontrivia!
