So anyways, I caved to pressure. I will retry HeartGold with a very satirical plotline. Same rules are in place as the last challenge, and I will use the starter. I haven't actually started playing yet, but here is a brief prologue to the story I will be using:
aSo9x...
gu8ct...
QkLLLT...
bingo
Finally, after typing in some random string of letters that I couldn't read for the fiftieth time, Smogon had finally let me join. I sat in anticipation at finally being able to discuss competitive Pokemon with somebody other than the idiots I played with, when I stopped everything abruptly. Something was wrong.
There was only one forum on the site, and it was labeled
Pokemon World, or something. I decided to look at the forum, and saw only a bunch of
Competitive uses of Magikarp and
Favorite Kanto Pokemon threads. I banged my head on the desk. This was the kind of crap that had convinced me to leave Bulbagarden for Smogon. Furious now, I clicked on some random users name, and sent them a random hate message asking what the heck was wrong.
After about a minute, the random rookie named Rediamond I had VM'd replied. One minute. That idiot must have no social life at all.
"Dear Hero, all competitive purposes of the site have ended following the release of Pokemon World, a World of Warcraft spinoff. Most people realised the potential of increasing thier nerd score and quit Pokemon to play something even dorkier."
I sent back my reply, surely
someone must care.
He replied even faster, "Dear Hero, if you really wish to change things you could try to convince some of the badge leaders to help you convince the chief of policy, but the only way anyone on this site ever communicates with anyone anymore is after a battle. Therefore, if you are truly desperate, you should make an account on Pokemon world and attempt to defeat the best of Smogon."
-Good luck (and stop distracting me from the game), Rediamond.
And thus it began...
EDIT: Before people get mad...
THIS WILL NOT GET INVOLVED IN SITE POLITICS!!!
If I am going to use your name, I will send you all I will do with it, and ask for permission to use it. This will complicate the time between chapters, and I will probably use mostly fictional characters in the story, with an occasional appearance by an actual site member.
Three: The chances of this story actually going anywhere are very small. I will probably stop after chapter two or so, and then have some portions in story. I am writing another story right now, and I'm not inclined to wrote two at the same time. Also, please don't give any "suggestions" on the plot, as I really will have a hard time avoiding an infraction as it is, and I don't need any help getting one.
With that, my rant is done.