Hello! Originally created by stellar user Joim, the Scavengers room is a long-standing public room on Pokémon Showdown that focuses on Scavenger Hunts, short and engaging trivia games that test the user's knowledge and searching skills in a variety of question types. In particular, the room focuses on Official Hunts, which award points to the finishers. Official Hunts are primarily led by the room staff members, but any user can help out with making regular hunts.
Official Hunts award points to the five highest placing users; first place earns 20 points, second place 15 points, third place 10, fourth place 5, and fifth place 1. If any of the top three users finish within 1 minute of the hunt's starting, they will earn 10 extra BLITZ points.
We also create Mini-Officials that are hosted spontaneously and also count towards the monthly ladder. First place finishers will earn 10 points, second/third place 5 points each, and fourth/fifth place 3 points each.
Every month, users will compete to gain points on a ladder hosted here; the top players from each month will be recorded and receive special mentions in future ladders and the room itself. Any non-auth members in the top five places of the monthly ladder will also receive a nomination for Room Voice. Additionally, the highest finishing non-staff member of each monthly ladder will receive the opportunity to have the mouse cursor icon in the room intro be a Pokémon or item sprite of their choice.
Lastly, every month's ladder has a unique twist that allows for different question types, point scoring systems, and more, making each month's ladder a different experience.
Our room also has a website with all sorts of information, so if you're looking to get into the room for the first time or refresh yourself on some rules and details, check it out!
The official hunt can also be viewed by using the command /scavtop when in the Scavengers room; however, a record of some of the past ladders can be found on the site's ladder archive.
May ladder twist: Every regular official will consist of four questions! As such, the BLITZ period will be extended to 80 seconds.
Please refrain from unnecessary posting in the ladder thread, as it is used primarily for documenting hunt reservations and results. If there are concerns with the thread that need to be addressed, you can message a staff member on either Smogon or PS. (This has been an unspoken rule of the ladder threads over the past few years but I'd like to officially put it here for reference.)
And of course, thanks to all of these folks for helping out a ton with the room in the past: Spy, Darnell, Level 51, The Captain., Vacate, Alter, Shame That, Joim, The Immortal, sirDonovan, queez, Xylen, ashiemore, Flerovium, and Painter Espeon!
Official Hunts award points to the five highest placing users; first place earns 20 points, second place 15 points, third place 10, fourth place 5, and fifth place 1. If any of the top three users finish within 1 minute of the hunt's starting, they will earn 10 extra BLITZ points.
We also create Mini-Officials that are hosted spontaneously and also count towards the monthly ladder. First place finishers will earn 10 points, second/third place 5 points each, and fourth/fifth place 3 points each.
Every month, users will compete to gain points on a ladder hosted here; the top players from each month will be recorded and receive special mentions in future ladders and the room itself. Any non-auth members in the top five places of the monthly ladder will also receive a nomination for Room Voice. Additionally, the highest finishing non-staff member of each monthly ladder will receive the opportunity to have the mouse cursor icon in the room intro be a Pokémon or item sprite of their choice.
Lastly, every month's ladder has a unique twist that allows for different question types, point scoring systems, and more, making each month's ladder a different experience.
Our room also has a website with all sorts of information, so if you're looking to get into the room for the first time or refresh yourself on some rules and details, check it out!
The official hunt can also be viewed by using the command /scavtop when in the Scavengers room; however, a record of some of the past ladders can be found on the site's ladder archive.
May ladder twist: Every regular official will consist of four questions! As such, the BLITZ period will be extended to 80 seconds.
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July 2015 Ladder
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January 2018 Ladder
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Original Ladder #2
Original Ladder #3
July 2015 Ladder
August 2015 Ladder
September 2015 Ladder
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November 2015 Ladder
December 2015 Ladder
January 2016 Ladder
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March 2016 Ladder
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October 2017 Ladder
November 2017 Ladder
December 2017 Ladder
January 2018 Ladder
February/March 2018 Ladder
April 2018 Ladder
And of course, thanks to all of these folks for helping out a ton with the room in the past: Spy, Darnell, Level 51, The Captain., Vacate, Alter, Shame That, Joim, The Immortal, sirDonovan, queez, Xylen, ashiemore, Flerovium, and Painter Espeon!
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