Anyway, we here at The Pika Club are thinking about brining them back to the forums next year, and this time the prizes will be based around the Adoption Agency! But in order to see how popular these competitions will be, we're going to do a couple of tester competitions before hand.
First up, the ever popular (cause its the easiest to make) Caption Competition. It's a simple game, I supply the picture, and you make up a caption on it

(Click the image to get a bigger picture... a way bigger picture)
A Caption should be a single, sentance that is either clever, witty or funny (or a combination of those). For example, once such caption for the above picture could be "That is a BIG hat!"
A Caption should NOT be several sentaces or a conversation like:
Mario: I'm under this big hat you know
Luigi: I'm standing by this big hat you know
Yoshi: I'm standing by the guy standing by the big hat you know
Lakitu: I'm floating on a cloud... so no standing for me!
While this is not really a proper caption, these kinds of entries will still be considered if they are not too long and are funny.
Now for the actual competition. As it was in the previous Caption Competiton, and all caption competitions I will run, there will be TWO prizes on offer. The first is for the best Caption. The second will be for the first person who makes the same reference I have made in my secret caption [Hint, its neither of the two above]
But what of the prize on offer this time around - well the winner(s) will be able to change ANY ONE of thier own pokemon into a SHINY pokemon... yes that's right, for our tester competitions you have a chance of turning that special pokemon of yours into something even more special.
Rules: 1. Competition is open until Saturday 6th November.
2. The Secret Caption and its related prize will not be revealed until the end of the competiton, and only the first person to make the same reference [i.e get as close to my caption as possibe] will win.
3. The winner of the Secret Caption will be unable to win the main competition over all.
Good luck to all who enter this competition.
(Another hint for the Secret Hidden Caption, there are 2 key points I wlll be looking at in my caption, you will need BOTH of these points in your caption in order to win the Secret Hidden Caption Prize)