The Ministry of Innovation

[HKim]

Welcome to The Ministry of Innovation.
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"If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves." ~Thomas Alva Edison


The Ministry is dedicated to thinking up and developing new ideas that will help PE2K. We believe in the potential of members to come together and create an idea that will transform PE2K into a popular and fun community for everyone. We continue to put our hopes in the future and our dreams in the present. We believe in helping PE2K.

Together, we will unite our efforts and create ideas never heard or seen before in this universe. Our differences make us unique. Our similiaries bind us to each other. Now let us use our talents, our dreams, and our passions to create a new PE2K, a better PE2K.



Information
The Ministry is an organization dedicated to taking new ideas and implementing them on the forum in order to improve various sections. The Ministry not only thinks of ways to improve the existing sections, but to also work on new sections and new ideas.

Anyone who wants to help in the Ministry is welcome to join. We are open to all ideas.



Departments
The Ministry will be composed of different departments. Each department will focus on one forum section. Each department will be put under the command of a Department Captain who will be in charge of all ministry work in the department.

Currently, there are no captains. We will be recruiting captains at a later date.

Current Departments
- Department of Role Playing
- Department of Fan Fiction
- Department of Art
- Department of Other Chat
- Cards Department



Member Roster
When you register, please indicate what departments you would like to join.

Ministry Executives
- Fair
- HKim
- Loyal Arcanine
- Neo Pikachu

Department of Role Playing - Captain Bronislav84
- RocketMeowth
- Tamer San
- Cris
- Sky Girl
- Channel Delibird
- Blaziken 90
- Tyranitar_Trainer

Department of Fan Fiction - Captain Tyranitar_Trainer
- Megumi
- Pika57
- Kayden Javlaíakín
- Pokemon Trainer Sarah
- Channel Delibird
- Redlark

Department of Art - Captain Nefarious
- RocketMeowth
- Megumi
- Surly Professor
- Kayden Javlaíakín
- Cris
- Sky Girl
- FShadow
- dannieman
- Tahir123

Department of Other Chat - Captain Pika57
- Karisuma-Teichou
- Channel Delibird
- Redlark

Cards Department - Captain Fenix
- Surly Professor
- Pika57
- Kenny

Other Staff
- Finglonger


Note: If you do have any ideas for departments or projects you want to see done, feel free to post them here. We're interested in anything you have to say and anything you want to add. After all, you can shine no matter what you're made of!

[RocketMeowth]

I would love to register for the Department of Art and the Department of Role Playing please.

If I can only have one then let it be Art. ^^ I hope to be able to help out as much as I possibly can.

[Seawolf]

I'd like to join the Departments of Fan Fiction and Art. Or just F Fiction if you're only allowed to join one. :oops: I love this idea...

[RocketMeowth]

I also have a new idea for the forum. I made it at another forum site (which is dead now. Baka site) over a year ago.

It's for dragons. All kinds, even made up (the ones who run the Dragon thing will be in charge of makeing up new types)
The City is called, Scale City. There are many places to go to inside the city and outside the city.

First you go to the lab and aquire your dragon egg. Then after a period of time I, or someone else who is incharge PM's the egg owner saying that their egg has hatched aswell as what type of dragon it is, the gender, and blah blah blah. When your dragon hatch's it is just a Drake (baby dragon). You can raise it as you post and the more you raise it the more things you can do. There is a city square for shoping, a battle arena for training your dragon, and much more. You can even make stories up to go on an adventure with your dragon to gain their respect. At a certain point of respect you can go to the square and buy a "Dragon Rideing Kit" and ride your dragon through your story makeing it more fun. After a LONG while your dragon will grow old and you can leave it at the "Elders Center" where all elder dragons are cared for by other people. And you can go back to the lab and get another egg to start all over again.

I also made up this cool item that is in one of the shops at the square. They are called Dragon Cubes. They all come in diferent colors and, are made for specific dragons. Dragons are picky about what they eat so speciale cubes are made for them. Say you have a Pyrro dragon and you try to give it a Miner (my made up) dragons cube. The Pyrro will slap it away immidiately. But some dragons will try other dragons cubes. It doesnt mean they will like it it just means they will try it.

I had spent over 2 months makeing this before posting it on the first forum site. I had written over 100 pages of notes and descriptions for this.

The notes were all accidentily thrown away when my mom cleaned my room but, I have started to re-write it. More things have beeen added that revolve around the Dragon language I made up.

At certain times a dragon owner will recieve a PM with a note written in the dragon language. They have to decode it and when they do there will be a hidden message. Now, this part I am still working out so it isn't perfect.

Well, what do you guys think?

[Surly Professor]

Yay, I can get my username on a list? Sign me up for that action.
Artsy fartsy Departsy please,

Personally I think we have far too many different forums here. I believe we could easily consolidate (Mixed Fanart/Original Art & Mixed Graphic Arts) and a lot of others that I don't frequent that just seem to exist for a post a day.
I also think Mixed Voting Polls would be easy to ditch because it's just polls that could easily go into... whatever category they are talkin' about.

Those the kinda suggestions you're lookin' for?

[Fenix]

Personally, I think that the TCG section needs much improvement. I am willing to work on it, but it has so many problems that it would be a steep job for a single person to tackle.

If anyone is interested in improving the TCG section of the forum and has experience with it, let me know.

[Kenny_C.002]

Personally, I think that the TCG section needs much improvement. I am willing to work on it, but it has so many problems that it would be a steep job for a single person to tackle.

If anyone is interested in improving the TCG section of the forum and has experience with it, let me know.
You saying the pkmn TCG section? Yeah I guess it most likely does. Still looking for someone who can do other TCG section tho...:-/

[Nefarious]

I'm probably too late but I'd like to be in charge of Art. I've already started many ideas in the past, including the Forum Template Project and the Banner of the Week Contest. And any new ideas would go through me into that department.

I think the Fan Art Board and the Graphics Art board should either be combined into one board, or both set as sub-boards into a parent board. There's no sense in having them both seperate. And once the forum gets more activity and we get more people posting in those boards, we should consider some more sub-boards such as a Sprite sub-board as well as some others.

btw, I thought you were leaving PE2K Harry. After the whole shack thing came up I didn't even think you'd be here let alone help this palce out. But I'm glad and it makes me want to stay here even more. This project will definately help the forum.

[Tamer San]

I'd like to give a hand in the Department of Role Playing, that's nearly the only thing i am good at :P

[bronislav84]

Department of Roleplaying for me. Thanks.

[Pika57]

If you need help in, the departments of Other Chat or Fanfiction Im in.

[Fenix]

You saying the pkmn TCG section? Yeah I guess it most likely does. Still looking for someone who can do other TCG section tho...:-/


Yes, I meant the Pokemon TCG. I probably should have stated that, I'm sorry.

[Kayden Javlaíakín]

Awesome idea, Hkim!:happy:
If possible, may I sign up for art and fanifiction, or, if only one is allowed, then just fanfiction, please. :P

[Cris]

can i be in the RP dep and the art dep?if i can't be in two,just put me in the RP dep.

[Finglonger]

Yeah I brought up a pkm of the week/strategy of the week system a while back..could that be fit into this by any chance?

[Sky Girl]

Art, if you deem my artwork good enough......

Nice picture Kim :wink:

Edit: Oh, and Roleplaying. Didn't see that before...

[Karisuma-Teichou]

I would like the department of Other Chat because I'm most active there.

[Focal]

Signing up for the Department of Art please :happy:

[HKim]

Wow, we certainly have a lot of responses. I'm glad so many people want to help out. With all of us working together, I'm sure we can make PE2K a great place.

I updated the list of members and put you down under the sections you wanted to do. For those of you who signed up for two sections, I put you down under both.

RocketMeowth, I really like your idea. It is well thought out and looks quite involved. We've been thinking about the possibility of a new feature to add to the forum and your dragon idea may just be what we want. I suggest you create your own thread in this section about your idea so that we can comment and begin planning out how it is going to work.

Surly Professor, your idea of combining the art sections is logical and even Nefarious agrees. We should probably discuss this further about how it will be organized so that we have a consensus. Go ahead and create a thread about it and let's discuss it in there. As for the polls, it's true that some polls can go in other sections, but people create so many polls that we will be overwhelmed in places like Other Chat. I think we'll keep them there for now, but it's a nice suggestion.

Fenix, I do hope someone else joins who has expertise in Pokemon Cards. Right now, I'm thinking of making a department for it if we have enough interest. Same goes for Kenny and Other Cards.

Nefarious, it's good to see you here. Yes, I decided to stay with PE2K. Some members like Matthew can work with both forums and some members like me can only stay with one. I hope that now that my attention is focused, I can help PE2K become the best. As for Department Captains, we will be choosing them later in a thread. I just have to find the third Ministry Executive and then we'll begin the search for captains. I am glad that you're still here though, Nefarious. You're an excellent artist and moderator. We appreciate your skills.

Finglonger, I like the idea of Pokemon/Strategy of the Week idea. I think we can fit that in if enough people can do it. As I see it, two or three people can run such a thread and rotate each week, unless you want this to be a cooperative effort. Go ahead and create a thread about it and we can talk about the finer details.

As mentioned above, the Ministry will be run by three Ministry Executives. Loyal Arcanine and I are two of the three and we are currently looking for a third one to join the ranks. Once we find the executive, we'll begin hiring Department Captains.

It looks like our efforts are charging forward. Let's keep going!

Oh, if you create a thread related to The Ministry of Innovation, just put TMI in the title so that we know it relates to the organization.
Ex. "TMI: New Roleplaying Game Idea"

[[Fair]]

As mentioned above, the Ministry will be run by three Ministry Executives. Loyal Arcanine and I are two of the three and we are currently looking for a third one to join the ranks. Once we find the executive, we'll begin hiring Department Captains.

Guess who? Yeah, that's right. ME! I'm back in black, baby! Well, actually, probably not black. More like a t-shirt and jeans. But, that's not my point.

According to good ol' Kimmy, I am lucky executive #3. I promise you, I'll do my best to make this TMI thing a success. :wink:

[HKim]

']Guess who? Yeah, that's right. ME! I'm back in black, baby! Well, actually, probably not black. More like a t-shirt and jeans. But, that's not my point.

According to good ol' Kimmy, I am lucky executive #3. I promise you, I'll do my best to make this TMI thing a success. :wink:


Heh. Yes, Fair is the third executive for the Ministry. He has proven himself in the War, the URPG, and the PE2K Times. He will be an excellent leader of the Ministry.

Now that we have all three executives, we are now taking applications for Department Captains. So far, we are hiring four captains, but we might add more sections later and thus hire more captains. If you're interested in the position, apply here:
http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/forum/showthread.php?t=12504

Once we have chosen the Department Captains, we'll create a thread for each Department that can be used to plan, discuss ideas, and organize thoughts. For now though, if you have an idea, feel free to post it in here.

Looks like we're still surging forward.

[Channel Delibird]

I'd better not go in for captain, but if you need me, I'd be happy to join the Departments of Role Play, Fan Fiction and Other Chat.

[Surly Professor]

Why not merge Other Chat & Other Discussion?
No one's posted in Discussion for a week.

[dannieman]

I'd like to Join the Dapartment of Art please.

(one thing I found confusing when I just came in, was that the rules say no attatchments, but I see attatched images all the time. I thought I had to wait a while before I could make my sig. I eventually figured it out, but I was confused for about a week.)

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I'd like to join the Department of Fanfiction, if possible. I haven't been that active there in the past but I really intend to get involved, especially with school holidays coming up ^^

[Loyal Arcanine]

List has been updated. Looks like we could use a bit more in Other Chat.

[dannieman]

I think it would be really cool if you could have a thread where you could put your fusions in a poll to be rated, but remember this would be like a sticky for rating, and all would be in the same thread, reducing the amount of spam threads.

[Tahir123]

i'd like to be in chage of the arts department

[[Fair]]

All three of the TMI Executives have reached an agreement - RocketMeowth's Dragon idea deserves its own department. If you're interested in helping out in this section, please sign up in this thread.

All department issues will be handled by its new captain, RocketMeowth. (Congrats!) It looks like the first thing that needs to be done is giving it a proper name. Any ideas?

(And, yes, before you even ask, the Bob Dole section is indeed being worked on. It'll be coming to a Pokémon forum near you very soon! :tongue: )

[Seawolf]

']All three of the TMI Executives have reached an agreement - RocketMeowth's Dragon idea deserves its own department. If you're interested in helping out in this section, please sign up in this thread.

All department issues will be handled by its new captain, RocketMeowth. (Congrats!) It looks like the first thing that needs to be done is giving it a proper name. Any ideas?

(And, yes, before you even ask, the Bob Dole section is indeed being worked on. It'll be coming to a Pokémon forum near you very soon! :tongue: )

I'm interested in helping out with Meowth's Dragon RPG-ish thing. :wink: Any ideas, Meowth?

[Sky Girl]

'](And, yes, before you even ask, the Bob Dole section is indeed being worked on. It'll be coming to a Pokémon forum near you very soon! :tongue: )
Bob Dole? Sweetness.

*reads over Meowth's Dragon RPG* Ooo I'm interested, this looks really cool. Name? Dragon Department? Oh how 'bout the Magical, Mystical, Fabuloso, Fantasy World of Dragons Department? j/k

[Blaziken 90]

i would like to sign up for role playing i have lots of ideas:happy: :wink: :goofy:

[Tyranitar_Trainer]

I would like to join if RP Department please! ^^

And as an idea to help out the RP sections (both Pokemon and Other RP) how about this: Maybe every other week (or every three weeks or so) someone could perhaps host an IM RP, over Yahoo or MSN. This could be held around 7 or 8 in the evening, on a Friday or Saturday when people would have the best chance of putting aside some time. This way, people who are interested in RP can attend and if the IM RP starts off good and those involved enjoy it, then said RP can be continued here on the forums. And of course, if anyone who didn't attend the conference would want to join the RP once it got started, then the IM could either be sent to them over PM or e-mail, or maybe even posted somewhere on the forums. That way no one who wanted to RP would be left out. And once everyone was settled and into the RP, then IM conferences for it could be held more often, as well as having the RP continued on the fourms. Once I get my computer I'd be happy to do this, but until I get a computer someone else would have to do it, if the idea appeals to everyone.

You may be asking why someone would go through all the trouble of setting up a time and date for simple RP, but here's one reason: most people tend to lose interest in an RP because one or two people don't post for some reason and everyone is waiting for that person/those people to post before they continue the RP (whether it's out of consideration or simply because the RP can't move forward until that person/those people post). However, if we do it alternating between an IM conferece and the forum, it might make things more interesting for those in the RP, and thus they'd be more inclined to keep up with the it. What do you guys think?

[Redlark]

I'd like to help out where I can. If anything; I guess I could be in the FanFic Department, since I find myself posting there most of the time. Either that; Other Chat, maybe.

[HKim]

Okay, I have updated the membership list including the new Dragon Department as well as the two captains: RocketMeowth and Nefarious.

Looks like we're still heading strong guys and I see a lot of ideas already in this thread. If you have one, don't be afraid to post it! We love new ideas and we want you to contribute that bit of genius that you thought up!

Now to discuss the ideas in no particular order...


I really, really like Tyranitar_Trainer's roleplaying idea. It adds a whole new level to roleplaying and can make smaller roleplays easier to run and manage. Any AIM or YIM chat could easily be posted on the forum for reference and might even encourage others to try such an idea. In addition, the fast roleplaying experience might encourage more people to try roleplaying when they initially thought it would be a slow kind of section.

I think that Tony has the right idea in creating a thread for Other Chat. Yes, we don't have a captain for that section yet, but that doesn't mean we can't start planning for the section and tossing our ideas on to the table. I think that if we were to do that for every section on the forum, we would be rich with thoughts, goals, and dreams. So feel free to create a thread about a section your passionate about. After all, all ideas start somewhere.


Again, we're still accepting captain applications for the Other Chat, Roleplaying, and FanFic Departments. If you are interested, please submit your application soon! Thank you!

[Surly Professor]

I guess I spend enough time there so I'll apply for Chat. Not the Captain position because I have no idea what I'ld do; just as a member of the council.

Thank you,

[Tyranitar_Trainer]

I'm glad you like my idea Harry, I thought it might be able to help the rp sections. I used to do it all the time for a Yahoo/MSN group called Forgotten Legacies. The owner of the group would IM us all with the time and date and we'd do a group rp for about an hour or two, or until a good deal of us had to leave lol.

*Thinks.* And this is just a personal thing, but for the Fanfic Sections, maybe we should have it be a formal rule for a rating to be posted in the fic's title? I personally know that sometimes I'm lured into reading a fic only to find that it's full of things I would rather not read, such as sex, strong drug usage, etc etc etc. I know that here, we're pretty much not supposed to put things like that in our fics, but making it an offical thing that you have to put a correct rating in your fic title would make it easier for people to decide whether or not they think a fic would be good for them, or maybe even their kids, you see? Or maybe we could take it a step further, and put a rating in the fic along with why the fic has said rating (if needed). For example, my Long Road Home would mostly get a T rating, because there's violence and a bit of death here and there. To be safe I'd do something like this:

FIC TITLE: Long Road Home
RATING: T
CONTENTS (if nessacery): Violence, death, ?mild language?

Of course LRH doesn't have any sort of bad language, but it's another example: say you don't have anything like that in your fic so far, but there might be a time where it's called for. Putting something you're not sure of in question marks could be a sign that this may be inlcuded in the fic later, and to be on the lookout for it, so to speak.

What doth you think?

[Redlark]

I like the idea. I think it'd work out best as an uninforced rule that posters should abide by if thier fanfic has any material that may be offensive:

Violece (blood and gore in excess), death (depends on situation, I would think), language (sort of depends also), type of drugs, sex, drugs, um... rock and roll.

I guess a table of ratings would probably go like:

No-Rating-Necessary - Perfectly sound for the general public.

PG; only necessary if writer or moderator thinks so - a kiss or few, some basic/simple romance (like a Disney movie); some crude humor (random; maybe one beer joke, maybe a fart or crap joke here and there, perhaps a witty sexual innuendo), crude jokes shouldn't be the running gag or theme of fanfic; maybe one or two "weak" cuss words (damn, crap, hell, etc.), and maybe some "weaker" violence (a character loses their temper and punches the other character in the face and walks away, and/or cartoon style violence - Loony Toons... violence without the blood)

T, or PG-13 - Perhaps some "suggestive" situations (a few romantic kisses); minimal blood violence; Crude humor (as said above, but a bit more frequent - but now includes some "socially-offensive" jokes (ie. ethnic, race, country, gender, creed, but not religion (religion should be in the next rating, since a lot of people hold strong to their religion))), this also includes "light" infrequent drug humor (booze jokes, cigarette humor, other chemical addictions (similar to "NyQuil Betty" or "Prozac Peter," etc.); and some strong language (does not indclude the "F" word, that's in the rating below), minimal drug usage (one character smokes cigarettes or cigars and drinks time to time).

M, or R - A sex scene or reference to a sex scene (but not in-depth with detail, like a romance novel (ie. borderline porn)), bloody violence and gore (you know what I'm talking about, this is way beyond Mortal Kombat's "OMG!! There's a Red Dot!!!" scale. Closer to a character using a gun to shoot another character), Crude Humor (constant or frequent, sexual innuendo/blunt jokes; frequent "social jokes" that include religion; frequent drug humor (including. "hard" drugs); an excess of fart and crap jokes; etc.) this is similar to South Park/Family Guy Movie/Beavis and Butthead/Cheech and Chong/Konker's Bad Fur Day/Mel Brooks/etc.; frequent "heavy" drug usage (characters share a doob, or a lot of characters for stylistic reasons chew-and-spit all the time); "strong" language (usage of "F" word, some characters have a cussing problem, etc.)

Ao, or NC-17 - sex scene(s) with in-depth description (like a romance novel, or borderline porn); constant, prolonged scenes of violence (I shouldn't have to explain what this is); senseless violence, even if it's satire/artistic/social-commentary (ie. An unnamed Stanley Krubeck film)

?, UR, and/or Un-Rated - Writer is unsure of rating

[Japucar]

That sounds good.

BTW I would like To help with the Chat section, I know I'm not one of the people that post most on this forum, but I would still like to help, and make it better.

[Tyranitar_Trainer]

I like that Lark, it does sound better than my original idea. ^^ *Does a dance.* I like this whole TMI thing, I have a feeling it might really help PE2K out, you know?

[RocketMeowth]

It might. The idea is very good and I like the rateing system you put Redlark. Sorry I haven't been posting here in a while. I have been really busy thinking up some ideas for my Department and doing other things as well.

[Ace]

Hello there.

Being a former member returning, I would like to help out The Ministry of Innovation. If you would, please sign me up for the Department of Fanfiction and the Department of Other Chat.

I also believe, with the commencement of this new year, we should begin a total reworking of the war system. With PE2k slowly restoring to its former might, and with some promising new members and some of our veteran members entering the scene, I do think, if enough time and thought is given to it, we can have another, successful war.

I hope to address that issue further if given a green light, and I hope to do my best in serving TMI.

[Neo Pikachu]

Well, I finally finished that role playing guide.

http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13613

If a mod could perhaps read it over and give it a sticky if they feel it merits it, I'd highly appreciate it.

[Sky Girl]

:eek: :eek: :eek: If that doesn't get a sticky, then I will personally shoot the person in charge of stickying it. Though I haven't finished reading it, that is an awesome guide NP.

[Neo Pikachu]

:eek: :eek: :eek: If that doesn't get a sticky, then I will personally shoot the person in charge of stickying it. Though I haven't finished reading it, that is an awesome guide NP.

Heh, I didn't expect you to read all that already. Took me quite some time but I actually enjoyed writing it.

Don't know what I should write a guide for now. Or maybe now would be a great time to start a new RP...

I'll try and see what I can cook up so I have something to present to HKim next time he comes on.

[Kenny_C.002]

Heh, I didn't expect you to read all that already. Took me quite some time but I actually enjoyed writing it.

Don't know what I should write a guide for now. Or maybe now would be a great time to start a new RP...

I'll try and see what I can cook up so I have something to present to HKim next time he comes on.

I'm afraid that I must lock your guide to avoid further posting. :P

[Neo Pikachu]

I'm afraid that I must lock your guide to avoid further posting. :P

Well, thanks for the sticky, Kenny. I did want to leave it open for people to possibly add to it or ask questions, but... eh, whatever...

Thanks though. :P

[Kenny_C.002]

Well, thanks for the sticky, Kenny. I did want to leave it open for people to possibly add to it or ask questions, but... eh, whatever...

Request unaccepted. Go some place else for that. :P

[Cris]

I have an idea:
Change the name of announcements to forum news and make it a sub forum of pokemon news.
Also:Change the name of other chat to non-pokemon related chat and make it a subforum of pokemon:general.

[Pika57]

I have an idea:
Change the name of announcements to forum news and make it a sub forum of pokemon news.
Also:Change the name of other chat to non-pokemon related chat and make it a subforum of pokemon:general.

Don't like it.

First, announcements... that wouldn't really help anyone.

And Moving other chat under pokemon General. NO. Other Chat is a bigger and more important board than Pokemon General.

[Sky Girl]

What is being done about the WAR? Is it being discussed through PM, IM, what?

[Neo Pikachu]

What is being done about the WAR? Is it being discussed through PM, IM, what?

Nothing at this time. Considering how the last seasons of the WAR played out, it has to undergo serious revision before it has the chance of being released again. Also, the possibility of adandoning the idea isn't too far off either.

[Pika57]

Nothing at this time. Considering how the last seasons of the WAR played out, it has to undergo serious revision before it has the chance of being released again. Also, the possibility of adandoning the idea isn't too far off either.

From what I understand most of the WARs have been killed by inactivity. So maybe reducing the sizes of teams down to ten(with four or five teams at that limit we could easily cover all active members) would help. If three peopel from each team are active enough, It could probably still work out.

[Sky Girl]

Nothing at this time. Considering how the last seasons of the WAR played out, it has to undergo serious revision before it has the chance of being released again. Also, the possibility of adandoning the idea isn't too far off either.
I really hope that it is not abandoned. I never got the chance to participate, because the WAR had already started when I joined. If it needs revision, shouldn't we be rivising it? We are the Ministry of Innovation. Should there be a department for this? Or will the executives do it themselves through PM and/or IM?

[Pika57]

I really hope that it is not abandoned. I never got the chance to participate, because the WAR had already started when I joined. If it needs revision, shouldn't we be rivising it? We are the Ministry of Innovation. Should there be a department for this? Or will the executives do it themselves through PM and/or IM?

Sounds good to me.

[Japucar]

Umm, what is WAR?

[Pika57]

Umm, what is WAR?
WAR is a yearly event in which teams compete in various ares. it is held during the summer and lasts ten weeks.

[Neo Pikachu]

Couple things with the war I think you should know about.

1. The reason why most Wars tend to die prematurely is because of inactivity. In the beginning, Wars are extremely active, but after the fifth or sixth week, they die, almost instantly I might add.

Possible Solution – Cut the War’s duration down to seven weeks as opposed to lasting thirteen or fourteen weeks. While the War may only last five weeks by activity standards, the desire to win the War will keep it going until it finishes. Why bail out when the War has only one or two more weeks to go? To me, seven sounds perfect.

2. A couple problems with team strength. It’s happened in the past where one team ends up getting more people and is way stronger than all the others. It makes the War uneven, and people easily find it unfair.

Possible Solution – Set the maximum number of people a team can have to 10, and we definitely need to keep that very strict this time because when it was raised in Season 4, things only got worse. If all the teams in the War get filled to the max, then all that has to be done is create a new War team. Easy like that.

3. Judges not meeting their deadline. Some of the judges for some of the sections fall short of meeting their grading deadline, so entries never get graded, and it goes downhill from there.

Possible Solution – 3 Strikes and you’re out is what I thought would be a good idea. Sure, vacations and other things come up all the time, but that’s no reason to miss judging again and again week after week. If the judge misses the grading deadline, they get a strike. After that strike, they have to AT LEAST submit results for that week and the new week by the end of the new week’s deadline. If they can’t even make that, then they immediately get removed.


That’s all I can think of for now, but I’m sure there’s bound to be something else…

[Pika57]

Couple things with the war I think you should know about.

1. The reason why most Wars tend to die prematurely is because of inactivity. In the beginning, Wars are extremely active, but after the fifth or sixth week, they die, almost instantly I might add.

Possible Solution – Cut the War’s duration down to seven weeks as opposed to lasting thirteen or fourteen weeks. While the War may only last five weeks by activity standards, the desire to win the War will keep it going until it finishes. Why bail out when the War has only one or two more weeks to go? To me, seven sounds perfect.

2. A couple problems with team strength. It’s happened in the past where one team ends up getting more people and is way stronger than all the others. It makes the War uneven, and people easily find it unfair.

Possible Solution – Set the maximum number of people a team can have to 10, and we definitely need to keep that very strict this time because when it was raised in Season 4, things only got worse. If all the teams in the War get filled to the max, then all that has to be done is create a new War team. Easy like that.

3. Judges not meeting their deadline. Some of the judges for some of the sections fall short of meeting their grading deadline, so entries never get graded, and it goes downhill from there.

Possible Solution – 3 Strikes and you’re out is what I thought would be a good idea. Sure, vacations and other things come up all the time, but that’s no reason to miss judging again and again week after week. If the judge misses the grading deadline, they get a strike. After that strike, they have to AT LEAST submit results for that week and the new week by the end of the new week’s deadline. If they can’t even make that, then they immediately get removed.


That’s all I can think of for now, but I’m sure there’s bound to be something else…

They all seem like good solid ideas.

[Loyal Arcanine]

Couple things with the war I think you should know about.

1. The reason why most Wars tend to die prematurely is because of inactivity. In the beginning, Wars are extremely active, but after the fifth or sixth week, they die, almost instantly I might add.

Possible Solution – Cut the War’s duration down to seven weeks as opposed to lasting thirteen or fourteen weeks. While the War may only last five weeks by activity standards, the desire to win the War will keep it going until it finishes. Why bail out when the War has only one or two more weeks to go? To me, seven sounds perfect.

The most likely solution is indeed to cut the length. To me, seven weeks is still too long, five would do for me.

2. A couple problems with team strength. It’s happened in the past where one team ends up getting more people and is way stronger than all the others. It makes the War uneven, and people easily find it unfair.

Possible Solution – Set the maximum number of people a team can have to 10, and we definitely need to keep that very strict this time because when it was raised in Season 4, things only got worse. If all the teams in the War get filled to the max, then all that has to be done is create a new War team. Easy like that.

I always liked the idea of a draft. Make a thread for signing up for the War, and set a deadline for signing up. Then the War Leaders randomize everybody into an agreed number of teams.

3. Judges not meeting their deadline. Some of the judges for some of the sections fall short of meeting their grading deadline, so entries never get graded, and it goes downhill from there.

Possible Solution – 3 Strikes and you’re out is what I thought would be a good idea. Sure, vacations and other things come up all the time, but that’s no reason to miss judging again and again week after week. If the judge misses the grading deadline, they get a strike. After that strike, they have to AT LEAST submit results for that week and the new week by the end of the new week’s deadline. If they can’t even make that, then they immediately get removed.

2 strikes. The War needs to be seriously adjusted, and I think strict rules come in good there.

That’s all I can think of for now, but I’m sure there’s bound to be something else…
Comments in my usual font.

[Sky Girl]

1. Seven sounds good. Wasn't the reason the WAR lasted so long before, because the judges were not active enough?

2. A draft sounds like a good idea, but some people may not like being put on a team with just anyone. The teams will need to be able to work together well. Also, if a team has only 10 members, it may not have all the talent needed. Such as people who can do graphics, people who can roleplay, people good at URPG, ect. There would need to be some way to ensure that the teams are even and can compete in all the competitions. Just a thought.

3. Well, I don't really care how many strikes, but whatever it is, there will need to be a list of back-up judges. I mean, say a judge gets 3 strikes and is de-judged. There must be someone to take their place.

Once again, shouldn't a department or something be made for the WAR? Yes, there are major problems with the WAR. But there's obviously some good ideas of how to fix them. And I know there are people who have ideas but haven't posted them.

[HKim]

I really hope that it is not abandoned. I never got the chance to participate, because the WAR had already started when I joined. If it needs revision, shouldn't we be rivising it? We are the Ministry of Innovation. Should there be a department for this? Or will the executives do it themselves through PM and/or IM?


Well, the War is still a separate entity than TMI, though considering that Fair, Neo, and I are also leaders of TMI and the War, we could bring it under TMI jurisdiction, though we'll have to talk about it.

Hmmm, I never thought abotu it as a department. That is an interesting idea.

We do have to think this over though and allow more input from the members than before. I think that Captains will play a larger role in the next War since it will involve their sections. Beyond that, I don't think we have anything set.

[Neo Pikachu]

It probably would be easier to organize under the TMI format we have now. Still, if anything, it's going to require a lot of dicussion before we can really get anything started. For one thing, like the issues I had brought up earlier, there are still aspects of the war that need to be changed so what happened last time doesn't happen once again.

[HKim]

I like the idea. I think it'd work out best as an uninforced rule that posters should abide by if thier fanfic has any material that may be offensive:

Violece (blood and gore in excess), death (depends on situation, I would think), language (sort of depends also), type of drugs, sex, drugs, um... rock and roll.

I guess a table of ratings would probably go like:

No-Rating-Necessary - Perfectly sound for the general public.

PG; only necessary if writer or moderator thinks so - a kiss or few, some basic/simple romance (like a Disney movie); some crude humor (random; maybe one beer joke, maybe a fart or crap joke here and there, perhaps a witty sexual innuendo), crude jokes shouldn't be the running gag or theme of fanfic; maybe one or two "weak" cuss words (damn, crap, hell, etc.), and maybe some "weaker" violence (a character loses their temper and punches the other character in the face and walks away, and/or cartoon style violence - Loony Toons... violence without the blood)

T, or PG-13 - Perhaps some "suggestive" situations (a few romantic kisses); minimal blood violence; Crude humor (as said above, but a bit more frequent - but now includes some "socially-offensive" jokes (ie. ethnic, race, country, gender, creed, but not religion (religion should be in the next rating, since a lot of people hold strong to their religion))), this also includes "light" infrequent drug humor (booze jokes, cigarette humor, other chemical addictions (similar to "NyQuil Betty" or "Prozac Peter," etc.); and some strong language (does not indclude the "F" word, that's in the rating below), minimal drug usage (one character smokes cigarettes or cigars and drinks time to time).

M, or R - A sex scene or reference to a sex scene (but not in-depth with detail, like a romance novel (ie. borderline porn)), bloody violence and gore (you know what I'm talking about, this is way beyond Mortal Kombat's "OMG!! There's a Red Dot!!!" scale. Closer to a character using a gun to shoot another character), Crude Humor (constant or frequent, sexual innuendo/blunt jokes; frequent "social jokes" that include religion; frequent drug humor (including. "hard" drugs); an excess of fart and crap jokes; etc.) this is similar to South Park/Family Guy Movie/Beavis and Butthead/Cheech and Chong/Konker's Bad Fur Day/Mel Brooks/etc.; frequent "heavy" drug usage (characters share a doob, or a lot of characters for stylistic reasons chew-and-spit all the time); "strong" language (usage of "F" word, some characters have a cussing problem, etc.)

Ao, or NC-17 - sex scene(s) with in-depth description (like a romance novel, or borderline porn); constant, prolonged scenes of violence (I shouldn't have to explain what this is); senseless violence, even if it's satire/artistic/social-commentary (ie. An unnamed Stanley Krubeck film)

?, UR, and/or Un-Rated - Writer is unsure of rating


This rating system would help members figure out what kind of content they might be reading. Certainly there are children on the forum and we don't exactly want them accidently reading something that would scar them for life.

Now all of this is good except for higher ratings. Certain scenes aren't allowed to be posted on PE2K at all so they won't need to be rated. This might discourage certain writers from PE2K, but that is our policy.

Should we add anything to the rating system?

[Tyranitar_Trainer]

I don't think anything needs to be added, but you're right about the policy against certain things being posted, so maybe everything above the M rating should be scratched out? And the M rating would only apply to things like people being killed in detail, such as someone having their body hacked to bloody pieces with a giant butcher knife or something, and even THAT could go under the T rating if that's as descriptive as it gets, since PE2K doesn't allow porn or porn-like material. And and I doubt a lot of people would tolerate something as simple as grinding and what not, we wouldn't have to worry about that sort of thing needing to be filed under M.

[Neo Pikachu]

Honestly, I really don't want to see anything that goes past the M rating. And even M rated fics should be treaded on lightly. I've even seen some fics with an "M" like rating on Serebii get hammered for that kind of content, and they're usually more tolerant of what kind of material can go into a fan fiction.

Not saying we need to be like them, but I don't want to this is place become a refuge for dirty fan fiction only because Serebii didn't accept them.

[Lord Celebi]

I shoulda come here sooner... Curse my inactiveness.

I read over some of the thread, and I have two main statements:

1. The Debate Forum really needs some sprucin' up. Its quite inactive and rarely do people start GOOD threads in it. Possible section for TMI?

2. WAR. I have some ideas for the next WAR, possibly to make it better. What we should so is to have the war split into 2 parts, One over the Christmas Holiday (The Second Week of December through the First Week of January), and one over the Summer (Mid-June Thru Start of August). The Winter war has less time consuming activities (Lookie, Poetry, Scavenger Hunt, Crappy Section in Art, One Shot Fics) and the Summer War would have more time consuming activities (Hard Trivia, Hard Scavenger Hunts, Multiple Chapter Fics, Other Trivia) while main sections are in both Wars (URPG, Netbattle, Debate, Art), and the RP going year round. But all the points earned are put together at the endo f the winter, and the winner is decided. Each war would be about 5-7 weeks long giving us a 10-14 weeks of war, yearly. This will give about 5 months for excitement to rebuild to continue the war.

[Daniella Defines Divinity]

I request a department for my gyms please ^_^ It's expanding quite nicely and I'd like to hear some opinions and what people would like to see in the future

[Pika57]

I shoulda come here sooner... Curse my inactiveness.

I read over some of the thread, and I have two main statements:

1. The Debate Forum really needs some sprucin' up. Its quite inactive and rarely do people start GOOD threads in it. Possible section for TMI?

2. WAR. I have some ideas for the next WAR, possibly to make it better. What we should so is to have the war split into 2 parts, One over the Christmas Holiday (The Second Week of December through the First Week of January), and one over the Summer (Mid-June Thru Start of August). The Winter war has less time consuming activities (Lookie, Poetry, Scavenger Hunt, Crappy Section in Art, One Shot Fics) and the Summer War would have more time consuming activities (Hard Trivia, Hard Scavenger Hunts, Multiple Chapter Fics, Other Trivia) while main sections are in both Wars (URPG, Netbattle, Debate, Art), and the RP going year round. But all the points earned are put together at the endo f the winter, and the winner is decided. Each war would be about 5-7 weeks long giving us a 10-14 weeks of war, yearly. This will give about 5 months for excitement to rebuild to continue the war.

dude i don't think so... theres already a possibility that they won't have a WAR... Having two halves is just complicating things...

Gym department... is it really necesary...?

[Neo Pikachu]

If anything is going to be done with the War, it's only going to be a single season, and I'm quite sure it's not going to last longer than 7 weeks. Even that may be a lot.

As for the gyms, all we really need is just a rule thread for them. It just seems like a lot of people don't know how to handle competitions, and I'm kind of going with policy for my gym that the challenger and the defender of the gym both make an entry (whether it be in graphic arts, creative writing, etc.), and then other people vote on the best one in a poll. But... there's really no official rule of that.

[Ironshell Blastoise]

Alright, well, once the NBL gets under way to begin again, we're going to need a department for that.

[MystiKal]

Alright, well, once the NBL gets under way to begin again, we're going to need a department for that.
Whoa it's Khold.

[Pika57]

Alright, well, once the NBL gets under way to begin again, we're going to need a department for that.

A department is being planned, I assure you...

[Phoenix dx]

I would like to join 'Role Play and 'Other Chat':razz:

[Kenny_C.002]

If anything is going to be done with the War, it's only going to be a single season, and I'm quite sure it's not going to last longer than 7 weeks. Even that may be a lot.

As for the gyms, all we really need is just a rule thread for them. It just seems like a lot of people don't know how to handle competitions, and I'm kind of going with policy for my gym that the challenger and the defender of the gym both make an entry (whether it be in graphic arts, creative writing, etc.), and then other people vote on the best one in a poll. But... there's really no official rule of that.
Keep me posted on the gyms, please. They've been flooding around so much that I can't even get close to keeping track of them. -.-

Oh, and I still say War = 5 week seasons.

[Lightning Pikachu]

I would like to join the Department of Other Chat if I am allowed.

[Pika57]

I would like to join the Department of Other Chat if I am allowed.
Please post in the other chat department thread.

[Sceptile Frost]

I'll join the fanfic dept please. But, where's the thread?


I like the idea of including a rating for fics.

What about an author's lounge for the fanfiction forum?
It might help get some more activity in the forum.

What about a fanfiction of the month award? Where people vote for the best fic or most improved fic?

[HKim]

I'll join the fanfic dept please. But, where's the thread?


I like the idea of including a rating for fics.

What about an author's lounge for the fanfiction forum?
It might help get some more activity in the forum.

What about a fanfiction of the month award? Where people vote for the best fic or most improved fic?


Welcome to TMI. We're happy to have another fanfic writers with us.

Unfortunately we do not have a Fan Fiction thread yet, but the idea of fanfiction ratings is still in development. We probably should have our own thread created for that. I'll go make it now.

We dropped the Fanfic of the month or year idea because of the lack of the activity. We're still looking for a way to incorporate the competition concept, but so far we're drawing blanks. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Jet]

kinda late but...

I'd like to join the cards dept...

[Orange_Flaaffy]

I would love to join the Department of Fan Fiction :)

[Nirvash]

I have a suggestion for a department, A Language department. Many people speak a second language than English here, so it could be set up to teach other people language in their own way. I'm already teaching Korean(working on it) and I think someone else could do something. :tongue:

[ShadowLink]

I have a suggestion for a department, A Language department. Many people speak a second language than English here, so it could be set up to teach other people language in their own way. I'm already teaching Korean(working on it) and I think someone else could do something. :tongue:

http://www.pokemonelite2000.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=23

I think thats enough.

[Vampire]

I would like to join The Department of Other Chat please.

[Hakken]

I would like to join the departments of art, cards, and other please.

[kojirojames2007]

Do you think it would be fun to have a section on Pokemon Cosplay? I've done Team Rocket, and would like to see others who have played PKMN characters from the anime and games.

[Xalapeno]

I got a new suggestion.
How about a sports section?
Any sport can go in it.
Soccer, football, baseball, basketball, hockey, well you get the idea. Just sports.
I think it would help make PE2K a bit more interesting.

So what do you guys/gals say?

[Pooka]

I got a new suggestion.
How about a sports section?
Any sport can go in it.
Soccer, football, baseball, basketball, hockey, well you get the idea. Just sports.
I think it would help make PE2K a bit more interesting.

So what do you guys/gals say?

I second that motion!!!

[kojirojames2007]

Thirded.

[Callum]

I got a new suggestion.
How about a sports section?
Any sport can go in it.
Soccer, football, baseball, basketball, hockey, well you get the idea. Just sports.
I think it would help make PE2K a bit more interesting.

So what do you guys/gals say?

I don't think it would be popular enough. Sports just generally fits in other/discussion.

[DaRkUmBrEoN]

I don't think it would be popular enough. Sports just generally fits in other/discussion.

I think you mean Other:Entertainment.

-]DU[-

[PokemonElite2000]

I got a new suggestion.
How about a sports section?
Any sport can go in it.
Soccer, football, baseball, basketball, hockey, well you get the idea. Just sports.
I think it would help make PE2K a bit more interesting.

So what do you guys/gals say?
If you look at the description, the Other: Entertainment board includes sports talk. I'll add that into the board's title to make that more clear, so it's Other: Entertainment/Sports.

[Xalapeno]

OK. I didn't realize that.:oops:
Thanks.

[pixlepix]

can i be in the ministrey of other chat

[the onworld]

i would like to be in the Department of Role Playing please

[ZiVixx]

I'd like to join in the arts Section Please.

[KittenGirl2000]

Don't revive dead threads.

And DON'T ask to be a moderator.

[i will x your y]

I'd like to join in the arts Section Please.
Reviving dead threads is uncool like cheese.

Don't revive dead threads.

And DON'T ask to be a moderator.
He didn't specify if he wished to be a moderator. He may have been asking to be in that part of the Ministry of Innovation.

[ZiVixx]

Reviving dead threads is uncool like cheese.


He didn't specify if he wished to be a moderator. He may have been asking to be in that part of the Ministry of Innovation.

I was, I obviously thought people were still able to join. I don't want to be a mod, there horrible...

[pokemaster493]

i think the posts in the D&P trading thread should count in your thread count

[Lord Celebi]

i think the posts in the D&P trading thread should count in your thread count

They don't because D/P: Trading is an absolute spamhole, so we don't want any incentive for more spam.

[Rekhyt]

They don't because D/P: Trading is an absolute spamhole, so we don't want any incentive for more spam.

He speaks the truth, ladies and gentlemen.

[Panda]

How about adding like a shoutout box ?

[Lunar Latias]

I would like to join the department of Art and Fan-Fiction, please.

Also, I think we could use more fic contests, or something that will bring them back to life.

I've noticed that place isn't as active as it once was.

~LR

[Angela]

Hey I'm kinda blurry on this how can I join this?

if we need to pick then I would pick this Department of Other Chat