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This journal's actually become too powerful long! So you can see the updated list here


Previous News: May 18th
There has been a bit of confusion regarding the recent redesign of the Exclusive Deerlings. If your hatch comment or Deerling was hatched before the upload time of the redesigns, you may use the Grandfathered designs. If you posted a hatch comment after the upload time, then you will have hatched a revamped Deerling.

You are welcome to keep the old designs if you own one (unreffed or not) and are not forced to change.

Thank you all.


Previous News: April 17th
Hello everyone! Tyto here with a nice little update for you

Some alternative forms of a select few pokémon will now be available in CC, these are ones that have had canon appearances in games only, and the list will be updated when needed.

1st Pokémon Rotom Dex is now a canon form in CC, using form change powder to obtain it. Rotom Dex's types in CC will be :iconelectrictypeplz:Steel type  and its signature move will be Flash Canon
2nd Pokémon Ash-Greninja is now considered a canon alternative form for Greninja, to get it your Greninja must have Battle bond set as its ability and some form change powder used. There are no additional benefits in battle as of yet, right now it is purely aesthetic. 3rd Pokémon Zygarde cells and cores You can now hatch a Zygarde cell or Zygarde core from a legendary egg. A cell or a core cannot battle or breed, the only move it has and can learn is splash. Form change powder can be used to change any Zygarde form into a cell/core and vice versa. It may be implemented that a Zygarde 10% can produce Cells and Cores from breeding

Thank you and enjoy this little update~



Previous News: August 22nd 2017
Hello everyone!

Tyto is back, The trials are over and we'e made our decision! Its time to welcome two new mods to the team!

Please welcome ReensBeans and An-Ironic-Kiwi

Well done guys, you did great!

A massive thank you to everyone who participated in the trials! If you weren't hired you can still try again whenever we open up again!


Previous News: August 03th 2017

Hello everyone! Tyto here with some important news!

We're opening mod trials once again! Tyto has a week off work soon so she'll be able to be the main supervisor for most of it. Everyone interested has until Friday the 5th of August to say so, after that applications will be closed and the trials begin. Before you apply however, please know the following:

Being a mod means you're willing to act professional, dedicate time and effort towards the group, and take on the responsibility with helping run it day to day.

THE PROS
- Members will recognise you for your work
- You'll learn the inner workings behind the group.
- You contribute to making events and run your own in the future.

THE CONS
- Members will rely on you and expect journals to be kept up to date.
- Without time management you will struggle with juggling mod work with real life
- You will know of all issues that arise in the group as all mods decide as a team on what to do.
- You have to download skype to talk with the other mods.

WHAT YOU NEED IN ORDER TO QUALIFY

- You need to be an active member.
- You need to a member of at least 3 months
- You can not have a strike to your name currently

I know the details may scare aspiring applicants but I wanted to make sure you know what you're getting yourself into. Mod are here purely out of their love and devotion towards the group and it's a big step from being a member.

To apply send a note to the group expressing your interest, let us know what timezone you run off and your rough availability with doing mod duties (doesn't have to be a detailed schedule, just how many hours here and there).

From there we'll put successful applicants onto a trial period with a temporary mod status where you'll try keeping each journal up to date. We don't have a set amount of mods we'll take on but we can't guarantee we'll take on all applicants so please don't take it personally if your application is declined, but we can let you know what areas to improve on if you're interested for next time.


Previous News: July 17th 2017
Hiya everyone! Havoc here,

The mods have come to a standstill and we need all your help in making a decision. It's been brought up by some individuals that they feel albino and melanistic Pokemon should fall under the shiny trait instead of the variant trait as they do now. The original reasoning behind albino and melanistic being variant is that they are genetic mutations that occur in real life and these two specifically because they are the most well known mutations. But with the recent suggestion it has us divided if we should leave the trait as is, modify the definition for albino/melanistic as variant, or swap both attributes under the shiny category. So to solve this a poll will be going live shortly for you guys to decide what becomes of it. We really hope to hear your feedback so we can get this issue resolved as soon as possible. We thank you all for your time and the help in deciding what to do!


Previous News: July 15th 2017

Because the new battle system will be delayed another 1-2 weeks, the old system will be reinstated so battling is now available again. I apologise for not being able to get the new one out on time, I've had to prioritise school after losing some assignment files A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH and don't want to release it when it's only partially complete.

-Elyzalea


Previous News: July 9th 2017

Hey all, this is AnnGalaxies and with a heavy heart I am announcing that I am stepping down as a mod. I am just finding myself more stressed and strangely angry about small things than I should be so to focus on my storytelling and shipping I will be resigning but still quite active in the group.

-anntheazelf101




Current News: July 9th 2017

For events you are allowed to upload separated comic pages!

We know that comics can become very lengthy when it's all added together in one submission to keep to our '1 entry per event part' rule, so as long as your comic pages have clear continuation, are all linked together and are submitted before the event deadline they can count for event levels. This has now been updated in the event rules.

-Elyzalea
how do you find the time to draw comics I can't even



Previous News: July 2nd 2017


Hi everyone, another announcement this weekend~

Regular battles will be unavailable for about two weeks while we rework the battle system and roll out a new and improved damage calculator - details will be released once it goes live. Gym battles and perks can still be done with the current damage calculator during this though!

Almost all journals will be updated over July and August, give them a read once they're in your notifications so you can stay up to date and informed. These updates are mostly to make sure information is easy to read and understand, and once they're done we'll be able re-open our join requests again (just hold on a little longer interested watchers!)

Rare candies are now cheaper! Havoc reports that with the recent advances in cultivating some plants in newly purified areas, candies are now made more easily acquired with extra sugar and less recycled fructose corn syrup. It's also healthier too! FOR POKEMON CONSUMPTION ONLY

That's all folks!
Elyzalea back from hiatus :9



Previous News: June 30th 2017


Heyo, Vel here again!
We've recently been made aware of some changes that have needed to be made regarding OOS in the Trading Post.
We never expected to hit 100 members honestly (or rather, we expected it to be a ways down the line still). Nor did we think we would hit the milestone of 5000 IDs anytime soon. Since the group was so small, we had it so that a random Megastone and a random Poffin would stock - anywhere from 2-5 at a time for that month.

As more and more members joined, we realise that this isn't fair - especially to our now 132 members. So we are revamping the system.
As of July, the Trading Post will stock a random Megastone and random Poffin in an unlimited amount for 24 hours. However, each member is limited to a purchase of one of each.
The first batch of 24 hour OOS will stock July 2nd!
Enjoy~!

-Vel



Previous News: June 25th 2017


Tyto is here again!

ID 5000 has been reached -cue confetti-

Congratulations Velnyx Your recent Shiny variant Charmander is ID 5000. Comment below for your Oos.

Until ID 10,000 then!

Tyto out~



Previous News: June 19th 2017


Tyto here

A quick update, a new folder has been added to the gallery, its called "Miss trainer details". This is for all touch charts, Affinity charts, scar charts ect for trainers, it'll keep the trainer bio folder and the other fluff folder a little less mixed up.
Images have already been moved across.

Thank you

Tyto out~



Previous News: June 17th 2017

Tyto here with a rather unfortunate update.

I regret to inform you all, that as of today we will be removing the ability to breed new exclusives from the group. I know this is rather sudden, allow me to explain.
Between May 21st to now, 4 exclusives have been bred: The deerlingThe Jangmo-mothe growlithe and one that hasn't been drawn yet ( as far as I am aware). Thats 4 exclusives in 4 weeks, that is a bit ridiculous.

I know that you might say "but maybe it was just a lucky fluke!"

And maybe you are right, but its a fluke the the mod team aren't willing to risk again. With exclusives we want to avoid duplicate lines, to do that we must limit how many exclusives we can do in events in a single year. Because 4 exclusives have appeared in the space of a month we're having to cut down on how many exclusive based events we are doing this year. This is why the June event being run by Ann is caps, The July event run by myself is non-exclusive and the August event being run by Hammy, again, will be non-exclusive.
We're putting the sudden influx down to a larger member base and the exclusive breeding item going from an Oos to a regular item.

Will we ever put this back in place? 
Highly unlikely, the moment this comes back we might have an even larger member base, and how many would rush to breed when that news journal appears? We'd be back to this point again.

What does this mean for breeding exclusives?
You can still do so, but only for those that already exist, see the Exclusives Handbook for more details (Yes I know it needs updating), so you can still use exclusive berries.

We are all really sorry that it had to come to this, we don't like the idea of taking something away that people want. But we feel its the right call.
If you want to get mad at anybody you can get mad at me, Tyto-Tenebricosa   , I put the idea that it should be scrapped forward and it got support. So if you want to yell at anybody, yell at me and nobody else on the mod team.

Tyto out



Previous News: June 08th 2017

Tyto here with an exciting announcement! 

We are 300-ish Pokémon away from reaching ID number 5000! *insert fanfare*

It makes us happy to see how much the group is growing! SO like before, the lucky person to get ID number 5000 will receive a randomly rolled Oos!

Good luck!



Previous News: May 31st 2017
Hey guys, Velnyx here!
This is a bit of a minor update – I am officially stepping down as a mod of PKMN-CrescentCavern.
I was in no way forced to do this, it was my own choice. For personal reasons that I will not disclose – I have been under a great deal of stress for several months now.. Recent events have made it so that I cannot function as a proper mod as it greatly affects my home life.

However, I would like to thank the Mod Team for their full support in my decision as well as hammyhammy22 (and everyone else, seriously I love you guys.. You're going to make me cry twice in one day ;v; ) for keeping me on as an artist for the group (you may see some of the journals getting some nifty images sometime soon)! While I won't be handling any of the rollers, I will be trying my best to spruce things up.

Thank you all for making CC such a wonderful place. ;v;/
-Vel


Previous News: May 7th 2017

Seeing how popular roleplays and storytelling are becoming, a new gallery folder has been added called "Roleplay Stories".

These are for comics, drawings and writings that span several submissions and include other members (however if it's part of an event, quest or level/move payment then they go into those folders instead). This Roleplay Stories folder is just to help distinguish pieces from Everyday Levels and allow members find/enjoy/join the heavier, more expansive plots that others may create and delve into with characters and the group.

I'll be moving some of the recent submissions from Everyday Levels to this new folder, but you are free to start using it now :)
-Elyzalea 



Previous News: May 1st 2017

Guess who makes a return to the world of pokemon, blue moons & the apcoalypse... I missed you beautiful lot! 
As promised it is May and I return to my Mod seat. 

I am spotting many new faces around too which is always exciting to come back to see (before I scare any new people off, I'm one of the founding mods not just some random crazy lady I promise). 

I'm not going to bore you all as to why I was gone, I'll do that on my own page, personal stuff but I'm in a much happier and better spot now.

T'rah for now, I'll see you all around the group.
-Hammy



Previous News: April 2017

Heyo, Vel here!
Lately, there have been requests for a Redesign Item and also there has been a lot of confusion around the Swap Poffin and just what it can do. Sso we've gone and changed it (the description in the shop has been changed to reflect this)!
:thumb578523279:
This beauty will now officially let you redesign a pokemon with an already existing design! Just be sure that the item use is confirmed before updating any refs sheets and link back to the item use comment and things are all good.

It will now also let you change the Mixed Breed species, not including Legendaries. 

Have fun! <3
- Vel


Previous News: March 2017
Tyto here with some important updates

Again

We are having a small overhaul in the mod team.

hammyhammy22 and LapisLazuli2512

Are stepping down from Mod duties for now. This are due to personal reasons I am not able to discuss here, that will be up to them. They will come back, but its their choice when that'll be. Please respect their decision.

AnnGalaxies and controllinghavoc

Have been promoted in their place as per what was discussed back in the old mod hiring part of the news journal , please welcome them as part of the mod team

That is all

Tyto out ~ <3



Previous News: March 2017
Tyto here with some important updates

I will say this now I hate being bearer of this kind of news, but needs must. No names will be placed in this journal, if you know who it is about do not state it!, If you know its about you and wish to talk about it send in a note. Nobody needs to start a discussion or argument in the comments. Lets get started shall we? I'm sorry if I come off as rude:

1st thing
A new rule is going to be implemented soon. Which is:

Unless it is an emergency you do not message the mods privately either through note or their personal skype.

Acceptable reasons to contact one of us privately:
:bulletblue: You wish to confide in that specific mod that you do not want the others to see/know about
:bulletblack: You are being bullied or you have seen a case of bullying ect and want it dealt with faster

Not acceptable reasons to contact one of us privately:
:bulletblue: To ask us to do mod work. Yes, we have our own sections each month. Yes sometimes things fall behind, but we will get round to them, we have our own lives to deal with and you've no idea what might be going on

:bulletblack: To complain about a rule/ that you missed an event timing/ didn't win something. With these send in a group note, head to the suggestions journal or just accept what has happened. Rules are there for a reason and compared to many other pokémon rpg groups...we are very relaxed with those rules, please don't take liberties with that.

2nd thing
This your reminder to be nice to one another, I shouldn't have to do that but here we are. Harassment of any kind is not tolerated here in CC.

:bulletblue: If you have an issue with another member that stems fro an event that happen outside of the group, leave it outside. Do not take this beef into the public skype chat and argue about it. Its not fair on the other members who just want to chat. A three strikes and you're out rule will be implemented in the event of such a thing happening again.

:bulletblack: By extension, if this beef with another member spans across one or more groups, it is another reason to leave it outside of CC. The last thing this mod team wants is a discussion with another groups mod team about our members behaviour. We don't want strain between other groups and CC, lets keep it peaceful.

:bulletblue: If a member does not want to talk to you, respect that. Don't pester them, don't demand to know why if they don't want to give a reason. If they want to talk to you they will, if not then the best thing is to let it go, again lets keep it peaceful guys

:bulletblack: Other members might be your friend, we get that. But don't start an argument in the name of protecting them. You could be jumping the gun on a purely innocent situation or you could be driving somebody toxic away, who knows? Either way, if they truly need that kind of help they need to contact the mod team. If somebody is bullying you or making you feel uncomfortable let us know, we can't help you if we are in the dark.


Right, sorry about that guys, on a lighter note:

The member inventories are getting a slight layout change! We are removing the individual trait cells and replacing it with a singular one, this makes the whole thing neater, easier on the mods and prevents the link cell being pushed into the void bu a pokémons name. Its a slow process but you may have noticed yours has changed already~

And with that, Tyto is leaving the building!

Previous News: February 2017
Hey everyone, Ely here with some housekeeping~

- Marking clutch babies as sold.
When you draw up a clutch you need to make sure to update its description once a baby has been sold. This is to avoid any awkward mishaps of other members paying for a mon that you've already sold to someone else.

- Breeding delays.
We have noticed the backlog of breedings, the assigned mod has been having ongoing computer troubles so we'll be spreading the workload more and should have it all sorted and up to date over the next day. After that there shouldn't be any more long waits! Thanks for letting us know though!

- Pokemon Gijinkas and Levelling.
The latest craze the hit CresCave... drawing your Pokemon as humans or anthros! Originally Pokemon wouldn't receive levels in this form but we've decided that they will awarded half the levels (rounded up). This way we don't discourage the effort you put into your drawings while also not letting noncanon/gijinkas take over the group xD

Rounding up half levels: A coloured fullbody is +3 levels -> halving this gives 1.5 so rounding it up means your gijinka gains +2 levels. If you ever get stuck on level amounts, don't be afraid to ask!

- Wiki Inventory Errors.
Because the mods are only human and the wiki is only a wiki site, sometimes errors happen and mistakes are made. Whether you find half your inventory missing, your layout misaligned or just have typos or the wrong item used, just let us know on the Inventory Issues journal. We keep an edit history on all pages so they're generally easy fixes.

I think that covers everything :) Stay freshMisc Emoji-12 (Stars 2) [V1]



Previous News: January 8th, 2017
Hiya everybody, Vel here~!
It's my first journal and we, the Mods, have some BIG news! >v<

Ultra Beasts are now in the group!
They are counted as Legendaries, BUT they are in the breeding generator!

Have fun! :heart:



Previous news: January 7th, 2017
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hI, how you doin'?

Tyto here! Where have I been? 

I N T H E D E E P E S T P I T O F H E L L . . .

Which translates to I moved house on the 5th of December and internet was not enabled until today...so basically I had a whole month without it, which is why I haven't been here!

BUT! Now I have internet so I am back! And man am I glad to be back, I missed being here and talking to you all! 

Tyto out~



Previous news: December 23th, 2016
Ostr 1 Greetings everyone!

Ely here ahh my first journal the mods and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope you have a great long weekend filled with food, gifts and warmth (or coolness if you're in the Southern Hemisphere)!

I also wanted to mention that most mods will be away over the festive period so you may find some parts of the group will become inactive for the next few days - don't worry, things should pick back up next week, especially once the New Year comes around and the full team are all back from their holidays.

Thanks for your patience everyone, enjoy your public holidays~ Reindeer Divider



Previous news: December 19th, 2016
Like the title says, big news, too big to just put in an ordinary news journal, it needs its own special journal

ALOLAN POKEMON HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN ADDED TO THE BREEDING GENERATOR

This means you can now breed them and get them in clutches OH MY!!! 

Just a few things for you to be aware of

Due to the way our generator has to work, some Alolan pokemon have to count as separate from their Kanto counterparts . 

What does this mean? 

Well basically, if you breed a normal Ninetales, it will only produce normal Vulpix's and will not breed Alolan Vulpix's, same goes for Alolan Ninetales, you will not get a normal Vulpix from breeding one/ 

For the stand alone ones 

Alolan Raichu
Alolan Marowak
Alolan Exeggutor

Breeding an Alolan Raichu will give a you a Pichu, obviously you can choose later (if you wanted to) to evolve that Pichu into a normal Raichu or an Alolan Raichu. 

Forms can be changed using form change powder. 

So say you had a normal Vulpix, you could use form Change powder to change it into an Alolan Vulpix, though if this is done you have to make sure that the new form is drawn on the ref sheet. 

Obviously mixed breeds between forms e.g. a normal Ninetales, and an Alolan Ninetales cannot happen through breeding. 

The only way to have a mixed breed between a normal Ninetales and an Alolan Ninetales is to use advanced form change powder.

I think that's everything! 

if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask :) 

HAPPY BREEDING EVERYONE 

Lots of love Lapis :) 

Good luck with the breeding notes BenevolentBovine XD



Previous news: December 23th, 2016
Ostr 1 Greetings everyone!

Ely here ahh my first journal the mods and I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope you have a great long weekend filled with food, gifts and warmth (or coolness if you're in the Southern Hemisphere)!

I also wanted to mention that most mods will be away over the festive period so you may find some parts of the group will become inactive for the next few days - don't worry, things should pick back up next week, especially once the New Year comes around and the full team are all back from their holidays.

Thanks for your patience everyone, enjoy your public holidays~ Reindeer Divider



Previous news: December 19th, 2016
Like the title says, big news, too big to just put in an ordinary news journal, it needs its own special journal

ALOLAN POKEMON HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN ADDED TO THE BREEDING GENERATOR


This means you can now breed them and get them in clutches OH MY!!! 


Just a few things for you to be aware of


Due to the way our generator has to work, some Alolan pokemon have to count as separate from their Kanto counterparts . 

What does this mean? 

Well basically, if you breed a normal Ninetales, it will only produce normal Vulpix's and will not breed Alolan Vulpix's, same goes for Alolan Ninetales, you will not get a normal Vulpix from breeding one/ 

For the stand alone ones 

Alolan Raichu
Alolan Marowak
Alolan Exeggutor


Breeding an Alolan Raichu will give a you a Pichu, obviously you can choose later (if you wanted to) to evolve that Pichu into a normal Raichu or an Alolan Raichu. 

Forms can be changed using form change powder. 

So say you had a normal Vulpix, you could use form Change powder to change it into an Alolan Vulpix, though if this is done you have to make sure that the new form is drawn on the ref sheet. 

Obviously mixed breeds between forms e.g. a normal Ninetales, and an Alolan Ninetales cannot happen through breeding. 

The only way to have a mixed breed between a normal Ninetales and an Alolan Ninetales is to use advanced form change powder.

I think that's everything! 

if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask :) (Smile) 

HAPPY BREEDING EVERYONE 

Lots of love Lapis :) (Smile) 

Good luck with the breeding notes BenevolentBovine XD


December 18th, 2016
A few updates / reminders

Firstly for those of you who are battling, stardust can only be used in Increments of 50, this means the lowest amount you could use on a mon is 50, you could also use 100, 150, 200, 250 and so on.   this is a mistake on our part for not stating it properly in the journal, which i will change after this journal is complete

From now on evolution images do not have to be all the stages, as in pre evolution -> 1st stage etc, from now on you only have to draw / write the next stage, however this includes Mega Evolution as well, so if you are going to mega evolve any pokemon, you must draw / write it with the pokemon in that stage of evolution.

Alolan mons in the breeding generator, im working on it atm and i promise it will be soon theres just a few things i need to sort out, and then you can breed your alolan mons to your hearts content XD

love ya

Lapis XD


New pokémon


Well majority vote says you all want them now. Please remember to wait till we give you the go ahead before breeding any of the new gen pokémon please

So!

Each of you gets 1 free breeders egg and 1 odd egg. Both can only be hatched into Alolan Pokémon, standard rules for the eggs still apply.

Alolan forms
In the breeding generator Alolan forms are treated as separate Pokémon to their standard forms. This means if you breed an Alolan Vulpix, you can not gain a regular vulpix in the mix.

You can change pokémon like vulpix to their Alolan forms via change powder if you so wish, but if you breed them you forgo any regular vulpix in breeding. In the eyes of the breeding generator its not just an aesthetic change, its a species change, remember that.

Pokémon like Pikachu and Cubone can now evolve into their alolan forms if you so chose, just follow whatever requirements each needs.

You can also start bringing in Alola Pokémon from  other groups or adopts now as well

Ultra beasts
As we haven't really found enough satisfactory information regarding ultra beasts, what they are, where they come from ect. They aren't being included in the group just yet. We need to know how they can fit in the lore before they can come here, so please refrain from bringing any in until we know what we want to do with them.

Thank you


Well thats everything!

Happy hatching!

Tyto :heart:

Also, this thing below here? Still going~!



A fun little thing...

Hey its Tyto!
Now the gyms are being taken over and its been a lot of fun on my side, I've been thinking....


Don't the gym section look a little bare? Like it has the gym name and description...but it feels like its missing something.
And then it hit me. Each gym needs a symbol of some kind! One that represents that gym the best! Like the badges you get in the games.

But I ain't been able to come up with decent enough designs ;w; So! Thats what this is about! I'm asking all of you dear members! Do you think you could come up with an awesome designs for the gyms? Best ones will be used on the gym journal! Everybody who decides to enter this little contest will gain 150 caps and 150 stardust for their efforts.

You can put in a design for each gym, if you want to. I'll close it when theres at least 3 designs for each gym.

Have fun everybody!
:heart:Tyto:heart:

Ok guys

Its time

to announce who is joining us on the mod team.

It was quite a trip these last few weeks, working with those who applied. I enjoyed every bit and you all worked very hard, it was a very tough decision to make between who was our top three. So much so that we decided to stretch it to hiring 3 instead of 2 >>; Please don't judge us too hard on that ;w;

So without further ado please welcome

BenevolentBovine

Velnyx

Elyzalea

To the mod team! Well done guys.

Now as for the following two people

AnnGalaxies and controllinghavoc

You two did very well too, so much to the point that if we could justify it we'd hire you two as well, but we don't think the group is quite big enough for five new mods. The first thing we have in mind is this, when we need to hire again, you two will be our first port of call. The positions will automatically be given to you if you still want them.
To everybody in the group, don't panic at that, Depending on how many new mods we need at that time we will still hold trials again, just for less positions.
The second thing we discussed is, we don't always keep tabs on the skype chat for members, not all of us go in there very often so if everything is suddenly going arse over tit we don't always know.
Hell this is what it looks like on my contacts bar:

*Violin screech**Cars crashing* :bigthumb645971394: *Distant screaming**Buildings falling*

And skype sometimes crashes on me when I'm trying to go in. So! The proposition is, would you two like to be skype mods in the time being? When I can get in (Before skype closes down on me like a little bitch) you two do seem to be in there very often. This means simply keeping an eye on things, removing and blocking  anybody who gets aggressive or abusive. Giving some advice if its needed as you've both seen the behind the scenes magic-not-magic. I'll figure it out how to sort this out as Lapis tells me you can definitely give mods powers to participants.
Of course, if you take the future group mod positions we wouldn't expect you to be skype mods as well, so in future hirings that position will be open as well.

Now! To everybody that applied for the positions! As a thank you for your hard work! Whether you got the
positions or not, you all get an OOS item of your choice! (Excluding the limitless egg). Comment here what you would like!

:heart: :heart: A massive thank you again! :heart: :heart:

Also! I'm not crossing out most of this thing below. If you haven't see that yet  PLEASE READ IT! Its very important ;w;

3 very important things

1. Mod trials

The mod trials are officially over! Tonight the rest of us will chat and tomorrow we will reveal who we have chosen! Good luck everybody and thank you so much for your time! It was a please getting work with you all <3

2. Breeding generator
The breeding generator has been updated, now regular legendaries can breed.

3. Battle system!!!

Now the thing you've all been waiting for! This is getting released tonight, it won't be open as there are some minor things need finishing and that the new mods will need to be taught how to use it. But you can read through the two journals that I am about to publish

the main thing that I really, really really, REALLY need you guys to do is update ALL your ref sheets. I'm really sorry. But You all need to add

Combat power

To your ref sheets. Every single pokémon is now starting off with 100 CP . You will all be given 100 stardust to start off with.
All other journals will be updated to accommodate these new things. Just bare with us as we do all the things

Tyto out~ :heart:

Its fixed

Hello Tyto here!

Looks likes everything is fixed! We can see notes and do the ID thing!

As you were guys!

<3



Ooops DA's done it again

Hello Tyto here!

DA has done goofed again. It seems not only are group notes are affected, but the entire of the behind the scenes admin area. Important things like where we store all the new Pokémon ID's (As some of you from the trials know about) are not fully accessible.

What does this mean? Well until DA gets it shit together please do not add anything new to the following Journals:
Egg hatchery
Transfer and release
The trail

Everything else should be fine...unless something else crops up.

We are really sorry for any inconvenience, we'll let you know as soon as its up and running again ;w;



Group notes issue

As you might have seen from a couple of groups, DA seems to have done itself a mischief and for some reason group notes do not seem to be working. As a result we cannot access the breeding notes the message we see on our end reads "cannot access comments" shows a grey space where the note would usually be.

so breeding notes will have to be left until this issue is sorted. We are coming in and out to check if the issue has been resolved.

Apologies for the delay.

Blends on trails

Just a quick note to let everyone know that if you find a blend on the trail, you no longer have to stick to the 3 types of the trail we felt it was too restrictive and it would be better you give you guys the choice.

so if you do encounter a blend feel free to pick whichever type or types you like as long as you have no more then 4 types and at least one of them is the pokemons original type then you're all good.


Lapis <3

Damn son what happened?

Hey members! Tyto here! And this loser thinks she is finally  clear of her computer problems :D I had some issues that made it very hard to access deviantart and ergo made it impossible to do any mod work. But its looking rather clear now! So I'm back! So I'll start sorting out the Mod trials now and hopefully get round to releasing the Battle beta soon!

Peace!
Tyto

We are back and we are hiring!

Hello there dear members! We have returned! I hope you have all been well during this short break! Many apologies again for having to do so but everything we hoped to do has been accomplished!
We’ve got a shiny new rota in place, got the schematics for a potential battle system, some items will be appearing in the shop…oh alright shall we get to the point you are all waiting for?

-Cue a funny help wanted poster-

Yes, like we said before We are now hiring! Two mod positions are open! Interested? Well then! Here are the absol-ute must requirements:

:bulletblue: Be a member for at least a month – This is so you are defo comfortable with how the group works on the member side of things so it’ll be easier to adjust to the mod side.


Aaaand…that’s it really, I could go on how we are looking for a “Can do attitude” or whatever but let’s be real whenever you see that kind of stuff in any volunteer or job advert it’s kind of patronising and annoying. We’ve already seen people happily interested in in a mod position and we know how you are all friendly and love the group. So let us get down to the gritty business of how this is going to work.

Step one Send in note expressing your interest in joining the mod team. Please please please let us know your time zone and a brief over view or your availability, it doesn't have to be in great detail it can just be like "I am free for X hours on a morning and X on a an evening". You have until 16/10/16 to get that in.

Step two We will go through each application and going on a first come first serve basis, we will give each applicant A trial. This means you will be given some mod privileges for a set period of time to see how well you handle it and how well you work with the rest of us. How long the trial will be depends on how many applications we get in.

Step three When we answer your application telling you your trial has started, do your best! Show us what you are made of!

Step four Wait patiently; once everybody’s trials have been completed we will go through all the reviews we’ll be making during each one. And from that we will select the best two candidates. If you don’t make it we will note you feedback on what you did well on and what you need to improve. So you can try again next time!

Happy applications everybody!

And now! Cast your eyes over to the Trading outpost. One item has been removed, which is the Exquisite poffin. For an OOS item its expensive and doesn't do a whole lot, so we've removed it. Instead the breeding item for Exclusives is now a berry! And can be bought alongside the others, just with a minor restriction~
For those who have an exquisite poffin in your inventory, comment below what OOS item you'd like it to be replaced with~

The Blue moon shard has been re-purposed, it now spawns an already existing blue moon pokemon. A berry breeding item has been added for blue moon pokemon! With a minor restriction of course.

Another Back pack will be added shortly!

Next week the beta for the battle system will be online! So sit tight for that!

Welcome back everybody!


The group will be shut down for a short period of time

Hello! Its me! Tyto! Again.

Everything has been going fine so we are going ahead with what we were planning behind the mods doors and the official date for the group closing will be 02/10/16. I know this might be sudden but I have been quite busy at work these past few days.
Whatever is waiting to be sorted out now, and whatever comes in before the closure will get done, don't worry. Everything will start slowly coming offline tomorrow (For me anyway) after I've gotten out of bed and what not.

What we will be working on
First and foremost:

:bulletblue: A proper schedule for the mods to follow, so that everything is guaranteed to be done and nobody is getting under each others feet.

:bulletblack: Making sure all journals are up to date

:bulletblue: Creating a solid plan for hiring new mods

Once the above is defo done and we have enough time:

:bulletblack: Fleshing out some ideas for a battle system (Tyto has been working on this a little bit),  Its most likely not going to get released straight away when we come back, but expect a battle system.

:bulletblue: Potentially some new items in the shop, who knows?

So again! I apologise greatly for the closure but the group should run smoother afterwards! Thank you all for your patience! <3

The group will be shut down for a short period of time

Hey there dear members! Tyto here with your latest news update!
As the title suggests at some point soon the group will have a short shut down, hopefully for only a week.

There are two main reasons for this:

1) The lovely mod LapisLazuli2512 is moving house as of today! And will be without proper internet for a unknown period of time. So we'll be a mod down, and with how busy the remaining mods get with real life stuff the group will slow down and you'll wind up waiting for things for longer than normal

2) We desperately need to organise how we all run the group so that by the end of the shutdown we'll be running the group more efficiently. So we don't trip each other up, we don't accidentally forget something or assume one of the others will sort something out.

When will this shutdown take place? Honest answer? We don't know. It could be effective as soon as a few days, it might be a few weeks away. It all depends on how the three remaining mods handle the workload. If it affects the current Event it will be extended and you will all be given extra time, so don't worry.

I Tyto-Tenebricosa am in charge of deciding when the shut down will be made effective, I will update this journal again with enough time to let you all know.

But! There is something you can all prepare for by the end of the shutdown...we will be advertising for some mod positions! We haven't decided how many yet, and we need to refine how we will make the selection process (which will be done in the shutdown period) but the point remains the same, so have a think on it, if you wanna help run the group then feel free to express your interest when the group comes back.

Its another reason why we want to sort out how un-organised we are, we don't want to welcome a new mod into no-mans land ^^;

So! Have an avalanche of apologies and feels from us for having to resort to a shutdown, but we hope that everything will be better once we re-open!

Tyto out~ <3


A Big Apology from the Mods

As the title suggests, this is a big apology to all of our members for the lack of organisation and the slowness of the group.

Unfortunately real life (as is usually the case) got slightly complex and overcrowded.

All 4 mods have a job or are currently looking for one / going to interviews etc, so as you can imagine we don't have a great deal of time or energy after all of that, not to mention any other real life stuff that's currently going on.

We also thank you for being so patient with us here at PKMN-CC.

Things should get back to normal some time soon. XD

Again we are really sorry.

Love and Hugs from all the mod team.

We seriously love and appreciate you guys. :D

 

Pokémon ID 1000 milestone reached

That's right folks we have finally reach 1000 pokemon int PKMN-CC as Tyto said before it does mean an awful lot to us mods so thank you all XD


And the lucky member is........ lilacponylover125

CONGRATULATIONS you have the pokemon with the ID of 1000 and you have won a Mixed Poffin, the item has been added to your inventory.


Lapis :)


Pokémon ID 1000 milestone

Thats right, we are around 45 pokémon away from 1000 Pokémon in  the group! It means a lot to us soppy mods! So to the lucky member who get a Pokémon with the ID 1000....will get a randomly rolled Oos item!

good luck!

                                                 
\/ This thing down there is still relevant \/

Wiki and the blend types

Well the poll has been up for a while and having the types listed on your own page won by a landslide.

So!

That is what the lovely Tyto is doing...slowly adding all the types in...ignore the sound of weeping in the corner. This will be done in sections, theres a fair amount of you to get through so please bear with me D:

Here are every-bodies Pokémon that the type is currently unknown, if you see your name, please comment with the typing for each ok? If you remember, if you don't...well we'll see what we can do


controllinghavoc
472 Bulbasaur

DareToDream11
355 Sableye
361 Eevee

Duacrius
774 magikarp

GelatoPikachu
610 Vulpix

GoldenSkarmory
309 houndour

Brew-Owl
843 Dratini

AmongUsRascal
825 Sableye

oddbirdie
709 Poochyena

lopsidelibby
729 Axew
846 Bagon

DoeowneDont
511 Blitzle/Mareep

moonlightwalk
20 furfrou
54 Zigzagoon
146 Eevee

MysteryAlley
286 Weedle
350 Buneary
380 Noibat
420 Houndour
421 Porygon

Painted-Panda
555 ponyta

SnowTooth
467 Nidorina
828 Deino
831 Latias/Registeel
836 Squirtle

TyroI
631 spheal

WinterQueenNevi
165 Murkrow
688 Eevee

xXOffOnATangentXx
90 shellos

ZodiacHigh13
427 Vanillite


Phew! All inventories gone through! Please get back to me so all inventories can be made up to date!


Smol update on the BIRTHMAS!

Thank you for being part of our slightly leaky moon shaped ship

Mini birthday event!

*excited hammy jigging because she's allowed to add them* go check the how to breed journal and the user guide for designs ;) we added a sub-species of blend >w< (also many examples for blend types that took the piss to think of)

The soppy bit:

Hi everyone, your friendly neighbourhood mods are at it again!  Hammy, Lapis, Tyto and Starry here bringing you the latest news~

Well it’s been a year since we first created this group and what a year ^w^ We’ve grown so much as a little group now growing from originally 18 pokemon, 0 breedings to now clocking at juuuust over 800 pokemon (as of this journal), 65 breedings and we have you all to thank for it.

Without you guys the gears wouldn’t turn, the ship wouldn’t move so we want to thank you all for taking the time to join us here, Even you folk who we spot coming for a nosy every now and again (don’t think we can’t see you, don’t be shy thanks for dropping by ^w^).

Truth is this has been a learning curve for us. None of us have managed a group like this before, we had an idea of what to do, what we wanted to do that was different, what we wanted from an ARPG. Of course we still muck up every now and again- you guys keep us on our toes for our spelling errors, the odd mistake- “professional mods” xD.

Should you ever wish to leave whatever the reason may be, the door will always stay open if you wish to return.

We’re still playing with our story, our lore, our Mascot to try to keep things unpredictable… as for will the Moon Legendary will come into play well we’ll see about that when the time comes ^w^

We didn’t actually open publicly until August- since we coincidentally timed our opening with the Blue moon that month. And it most certainly took as a while to get the ball rolling (Thank you for being patient with us while we prodded it with a stick to get it to move), but now its rolling nicely and we have so much in store! (Like seriously we have probably several years stuff planned already...)

Cue the sappy part!

So we will be running a short event, starting tomorrow, to say "Wow thanks!" to all our lovely members! There will also be random OOS items handed out too! Because we are nice like that. Thank you for sticking by us! For us this group was to be a safe haven, a tight knit community where we try to ensure that everybody is equal and nobody feels intimidated or pushed out. And now we can say with utmost pride...that is what it has become and its all thanks to our members!
We do nosy around, we notice when the group has been mentioned...and they way you guys talk about us...we'll admit...it brought tears to our eyes.

So from the bottom of our hearts (No matter how icey one of them is *Cough cough* hammyhammy22 )

THANK YOU!!!!

Stuff is happening

Hey guys Lapis here, just a quick thing to let you know that the quest board is officially open so go take a look and we hope you enjoy XD

Also starting from now the new Caps (in-group) currency is available and can be used, each member has been given a starting amount of 500 Caps. Caps can be earned in a number of ways so please go and take a look at the Caps Bank journal

Caps can be used just as points or levelling, as in they can be used to purchase items at the Trading Outpost, and can be used to purchase mons if the seller so chooses.

We hope you enjoy some of these new changes and look forward to more changes for the better in the future.

Thank you ^^


May 08th- Polite request regarding spoilers for Sun & Moon, Skype chat

Righto my lot, Hammy here.

In two days (10th of May) Corocoro will release their first spoiler images, info of the new Sun & Moon games.

Can we just ask that you refrain from posting spoilers of any kind (links, images, videos etc.) or mentioning any within the group for those who wish to go into the game spoiler free.

Thank you ^^

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We have set up a skype group chat, since the DA chat just wasn't working (seriously 9 times outta ten the bloody thing wouldn't even let me in).

same chat rules apply.
send us a note if you'd like to join and we shall give you the link to the chat.

May 2nd- Melanistic pokemon / Legendary Pokemon
Hammy / Lapis
Spoiling you today aren't we XD

We have now added Melanistic Pokemon as another special Variant ^w^
Melanism is the opposite of Albinism, a prime example of a melanistic species is the Black Panther.

The info has been added to How to breed that special pokémon & A user guide to designs

A note on legendary pokemon , mixed breed legendary pokemon ARE now obtainable through breeding. The info has been updated on How to breed that special pokémon

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Hammy here ^^

right now this isn't as important as our previous news bit, but I felt I needed to tell you all anyway.  I'm going to have to love, leave you for a bit (about 8 weeks).

I managed to get a job (nowt fancy) working mon-fri 8-4, so I will only be present during the evenings.

I'll try to keep with as much as I can during the week.

umm that's all I wanted to say really...

That news more important.
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:new:Some changes we've made :new: - Added April 29th
Hey there guys, Lapis here

Just a quick update to say that we have been through the journals and tweaked a few things, hopefully these new changes will make things more clear and more rewarding for everyone.

First off hammyhammy22 has been a busy bee making several changes, one being the creation of the Swop Shop so go take a look if you haven't already.

We have also allowed for an entirely new thing to breeding on the How to breed that special pokémon journal
The biggest changes include special mixed breed pokemon such as eeveelution mixed breeds and many more, though these can only be obtained through the use of a mixed poffins so go take a look and see what other mons can be used in this way.

A few changes have also been made on the A user guide to designs especially on pokemon forms XD

I’ve been busy sorting the Levelling up, Training & Evolving journal there are few changes in the level system, this does mean you can go back and edit your mons levels XD

There are also some new items in the Trading Outpost


Thanks for your patience and we hope you like the new changes


We need your input - Added March 2nd

Lapis here

As you know we used a poll to find out what you guys wanted in the group.
We are working hard on these suggestions, one of them being mini quests, and the building of the PKMN-CC world / exploration which were given by the lovely lilacponylover125. and moonlightwalk .

So if there are any quests that you guys would want added please let us know either on the Suggestion Journal

Please be assured all the other suggestions made will be looked at and implemented as and when they can be.

Thank you ^^



General chatroom added- Feb 26th

Hammy 'ere~

Back in December we were asked on the suggestions journal for a chatroom, we put it to a poll and the results asked for both a skype chat and a chatroom here on DA. At the moment we have added a DA chatroom.

If you would like to join as a member (it has been set so guests cannot message- just in case) just give us a shout below.



Casual Update - Feb 26th

Hammy here~

Sort of group related but more so Pokemon related...

Looks like Nintendo are blessing us with a new Pokemon game this year, Pokemon Sun & Pokemon Moon.

Here is the trailer for those of you interested- www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmzDL1…

When the games are out publicly and we have all the info on the new pokemon (This includes Zygarde's forms) they will be available to the group.

Polite little notice, if new info/images are released avoid posting them just in case people are going spoiler free.

Feel free to discuss what you think these new games will bring below.

see you~



Casual Update - Feb 22

Yo! Tyto here

This is a little update on the trails. When you get a mixed breed throw itself in your path, you can make the pokémon a 3 way cross, not just a 2 way. As long as you use what int he 6 options given to you and the original pokémon.

Ciao for now!



Casual Update - Jan 22

Boop- Hammy has now added the Inventory Issues journal to the group- If you are missing a couple of linked refs poke us.

Tyto here!

Cast your eyes to your inventories and find a little update, if you don't know where yours is have a gander here.

I have updated every inventory to contain links to completed ref sheets, I have tried my best to make sure every single one is correct but if not then please correct me.
The main thing is that only mods can edit the wiki, so you may have to prod us if you need your links to be updated

Thank you very much!



Casual Update - Dec 26/27th- again!

Suddenly floods D:

Tyto here!

We have the power again :D I don't know if it'll go off again but we have it for now. Thank you for everybody's concerns, me and Lapis live far enough away from significant waterways to not be affected by the floods (except for the power outages of course)

We good for now!

At the moment quite a fair bit of the north of Yorkshire (the area of England where myself, Lapis, Tyto, Starbuck live) is experiencing quite bad flooding. The area where LapisLazuli2512 & Tyto-Tenebricosa are the main city centre is flooded and they're currently stuck without power.

Looks like you might be stuck with me for a little bit ^^' so I apologise if things run slower than usual, I'll try to keep things running smooth as I can- Hammy

Christmas holidays and such
Firstly we will be open during Christmas time as Christmas to some of us here isn't so important some of that is because its Lapis' birthday on Christmas day, however we may be slower at accepting things into the group as well as replies so please bare with us until the holiday season is over.
Thank you XD

Lapis

just a quick update, as some of you already know I have rather bad eyesight, however I was lucky enough yesterday to get contact lenses, however these lenses have to worn each day, and then gradually I have to build up the hours I wear them. Sadly however these lenses don't allow me the ability to read, I need a operate pair of glasses for that which I don't currently have yup im just a bit awkward XD

What this means...

basically this means that I won't be able to do a lot of 'mod' stuff, or reply to comments and such as quickly, heck further down the line I may not be able to do at all until I get the all clear from the hospital that I can just wear them when I want to.

It also means I won't be able to draw for a while, I may get bits and pieces done here and there but it wont be what I normally dish out.

so apologies for the inconvenience and hopefully I will be back to normal in a few weeks so please don't hate me if I don't reply to you not that any of you would, all our members are wonderful XD

Thanks for reading - Lapis


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