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[Swampert13]

This is the Sign-Up Forum, where people are welcomed to open up a RPG or join in others, but, before you go making a RPG, think about it.
What's the Plot of the RPG?
Does it make sense?

There are many things to take into consideration before starting a RPG,
for example, spelling.
Noone wants to read a plot like "
liek dah parents gve billeh hes ferst pokemon and liek he ws happy an stuf ad hee meet other ppl and liek trvaled wit dem 2 try to beecom a pokemonn masta!!!11!1!"
if you really want to make a decent RPG, make sure that your spelling is atleast decent, =|.

Another thing, a little realism,
yes, you may realize that Roleplaying actually isn't a real thing that happens in life, only partly exists on forums and/or websites, but cmon people, characters must atleast have REALISM added to them.
Let's think a little bit here, say that Gary was trapped up against a wall with a huge crimson ball of fire hurtling right towards him. If it ends up colliding against him, do you think he'll not be hurt, or atleast damaged at all? Chances are that in real life you wouldn't even survive, you'd be severly burned and most likely killed. He'd atleast suffer injuries and likely not able to move one single crippled part of his body for awhile.

And, Another thing, Strengths and Weaknesses, people usually want a character that has balanced Strengths and Weaknesses, maybe Richard is a very muscular figure, and he has the strongest build in school, but, he usually flunks tests and doesn't do well in academics.
Or maybe Harry has a tendency to cause trouble with all the adults and/or kids in the neighborhood, but he is a master at Pranking people.

And Lastly, Originality
Yeah Yeah, we all heard it before, an RPG about people who try to become Pokemon Master, this has been overdone to DEATH,
or "So [insert name here] got up late and hurryed to Professor [Insert Tree Here], but, the only pokemon left was a Pikachu" both have been OVERDONE too many people that most have just gotten tired of seeing it.
If you want to try to have a successful RPG, it is good to come up with a fresh, original plot that interests people and has never been seen/heard of before.

Pokemon Battle Contexts
So, you decided to start a Pokemon RPG eh? Good for you! But, there is one thing that's mostly forbidden in Pokemon RPGs, and that is, Game Boy Style Battles. This is sort of an addon to the 'Realism', honestly, do you think the pokemon would sit there taking turns to attack each other?
Do you think a pokemon would let another pokemon hit them with an attack? You wouldn't have time to go spray a Potion on your Pokemon in Real-Style Battles.

Pokemon...Levels?!
Another thing about Realism, Pokemon cannot be measured in a single digit/number in RPGs, unless you want one screwed up unreal Pokemon RPG. Pokemon are supposed to be Living, Breathing creatures with Emotions in RPGs, and if you can measure them in numbers, then I suppose that you are invulernable to everything that trys to injure you too.

And one last note: Although it is good to have a original plot for a RPG, if the plot is too dull and lacks interest, people may not want to join it.

If you feel that anything should be added here, don't be afraid to PM me.