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Phase 1 - Concept Ideas
Welcome! As you may have seen from the Introduction to OMs thread, I stated that I was planning to get rid of Smogon CAP and replace it with our own variant of CAP, designed and created by us as a community!
CAP stands for Create-a-Pokémon, and in this project we will bring together ideas and sprite designs to try and create a different OM (CAP OU). Currently, we will only be accepting suggestions that see how certain new concepts would affect the OU metagame, so concept ideas based on other tiers are banned.
The CAP Quality Control Council will be decided by myself after Round 1 has ended so we can get a feel of who has the most ideas, etc. The concept stage of the CAP project will end on 6/2/15.
Below are the rules for submission - if your post (in any stage of the process) does not meet the given requirements, your post will be ignored and deleted by the Site Staff and Quality Control Council. If you do believe you have a good idea, please put as much detail as you can into your post - a good, legal concept requires a lot of effort and thought.
The first Perfect Pokémon Create-a-Pokémon Project will be done in the following format:
Please display all primary submissions as follows:
Please understand that this process will take a rather long time, so please be patient with it! I have no doubts that we will start CAP Round 2 after this, so unused ideas may be reused then if not used here.
Submissions end on 5/31/15. The concept vote will then stay open for a week.
Welcome! As you may have seen from the Introduction to OMs thread, I stated that I was planning to get rid of Smogon CAP and replace it with our own variant of CAP, designed and created by us as a community!
CAP stands for Create-a-Pokémon, and in this project we will bring together ideas and sprite designs to try and create a different OM (CAP OU). Currently, we will only be accepting suggestions that see how certain new concepts would affect the OU metagame, so concept ideas based on other tiers are banned.
The CAP Quality Control Council will be decided by myself after Round 1 has ended so we can get a feel of who has the most ideas, etc. The concept stage of the CAP project will end on 6/2/15.
Below are the rules for submission - if your post (in any stage of the process) does not meet the given requirements, your post will be ignored and deleted by the Site Staff and Quality Control Council. If you do believe you have a good idea, please put as much detail as you can into your post - a good, legal concept requires a lot of effort and thought.
- One submission per person. You may edit your submission, but you may not change the fundamental concept behind your Pokémon after it has been posted. If editing your concept, please edit the original post instead of posting again unnecessarily. Do not bump your creation by reposting after you have posted it. If people do not comment on it, so be it -
- If a Quality Control member created a thread out of your idea, you are allowed to submit a new one at that time.
- If a Quality Control member has not created a thread out of your concept, you are allowed to submit a new one after one week of posting your original concept.
- Do not duplicate or closely-resemble concept already posted by others. It is your responsibility to read through all previous submissions in this thread to ensure you are complying with this rule. Ignorance or laziness is not an excuse.
- Specific Pokémon types or type combos cannot be included or excluded in a concept. Nor can other characteristics of the concept specifically result in in the inclusion or exclusion of types. If you wish to discuss typing, this will done at a separate time in the CAP process, not in the concept ideas section. For example, the following phrases would be illegal:
- "This is a Fairy-type Pokémon..."
- "The pokémon should be immune to Fire attacks..."
- "The pokémon should have at least 7 resistances..."
- "The pokémon should get STAB on [Insert Move Here].."
- Specific Abilities are not allowed.This applies to existing abilities and new abilities. Do not attempt to circumvent this rule by mentioning specific battle effects that can only be achieved by the implementation of an ability. Like typing, this will be discussed at a separate stage in the CAP development project. For example, the following phrases would be illegal:
- "This pokémon should have a ability like Intimidate or Marvel Scale..."
- "This pokémon has an ability that steals the opponent's held item..."
- "When this pokémon is switched in, all weather conditions are nullified..."
- Movepools or lists of moves are not allowed. A specific move can be mentioned if it is the basis for the entire concept. For example, the suggestion "Rapid Spinner" would obviously mention the move Rapid Spin. However, if you suggest a move such as Thunderbolt, this is not allowed.
- Specific stat bias, base stats, or base stat ratings are not allowed. It is acceptable to use descriptive phrases like "fast", "bulky", "strong attacker", etc -- since there are a variety of ways a pokémon can fit those descriptions without specifically requiring certain stats. But, do not use overly-specific descriptions that would narrowly constrain the pokémon's base stat spread.
- Indications of Physical/Special bias are discouraged, but acceptable if it is essential to the concept.
- Do not refer to any part of the pokémon's artistic design. For example, the following phrases would be banned since they just aren’t required at this stage in the CAP process:
- "This is a bright blue pokémon..."
- "The pokémon looks like a..."
- "The pokémon uses its long tail to..."
- A concept must be submitted in the proper format. The format is described below. If the proper format is not used, we will simply delete your post regardless of content.
- CAP Projects are made for the OU Metagame: Concepts specifying other metagames or formats (such as UU or Doubles) are not allowed.
- Do not ask for any kind of mega evolution. If, in future projects, we ask you to come up with a mega evolution idea, we will state as such.
The first Perfect Pokémon Create-a-Pokémon Project will be done in the following format:
Step 1: Concept Ideas
> Quality Control Council will be decided by myself
Step 2a: Type Submissions
Step 2b: Type Poll
Step 3a: Base Stat Submissions
Step 3b: Base Stat Poll
Step 4: Checks/Counters Discussion
> Start of Art Submissions
Note: Art submissions MUST be in sprite form.
Step 5a: Ability Submissions (main ability/abilities (and possibly hidden ability))
Step 5b: Ability Poll
Step 6a: Movepool Submissions
Step 6b: Movepool Poll
Step 7: Secondary Checks/Counters Discussion
> Start of Name Submissions
Step 8a: Resubmission of Base Stat Concepts
Step 8b: Final decision on Base Stats Poll
Step 9: Sprite and Artwork Poll
Step 10: Name Poll
Step 11: Miscellaneous Data (Height, Weight, Pre-Evolutions, etc)
> Server Implementation
Step 12: Testing and Final Analysis
> Quality Control Council will be decided by myself
Step 2a: Type Submissions
Step 2b: Type Poll
Step 3a: Base Stat Submissions
Step 3b: Base Stat Poll
Step 4: Checks/Counters Discussion
> Start of Art Submissions
Note: Art submissions MUST be in sprite form.
Step 5a: Ability Submissions (main ability/abilities (and possibly hidden ability))
Step 5b: Ability Poll
Step 6a: Movepool Submissions
Step 6b: Movepool Poll
Step 7: Secondary Checks/Counters Discussion
> Start of Name Submissions
Step 8a: Resubmission of Base Stat Concepts
Step 8b: Final decision on Base Stats Poll
Step 9: Sprite and Artwork Poll
Step 10: Name Poll
Step 11: Miscellaneous Data (Height, Weight, Pre-Evolutions, etc)
> Server Implementation
Step 12: Testing and Final Analysis
Please display all primary submissions as follows:
Code:
[B]Name:[/B] (short name)
[B]Description of Concept:[/B] (about a sentence or two)
[B]Reasons for Concept:[/B] (see below)
- Name: It doesn’t need to be anything fancy, as the name of the Pokemon will come under Step 7 of the CAP process. This should just give a brief idea of what the concept will be before you go into detail.
- Description of Concept: Following the aforementioned rules, give one or two sentences on what impact your idea will have on the OU CAP metagame. Don’t give justification of why the Pokemon is needed, that is in the next section - for now, just detail what the concept does.
- Reasons for Concept: Here, please detail why your concept will have a notable effect on the OU metagame. At this stage, you could discuss things like: how this CAP suggestion will help us to understand the metagame further, how certain Pokemon become less over-centralizing with the creation of this CAP suggestion, etc.
Please understand that this process will take a rather long time, so please be patient with it! I have no doubts that we will start CAP Round 2 after this, so unused ideas may be reused then if not used here.
Submissions end on 5/31/15. The concept vote will then stay open for a week.
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