PokémonWorld
- For other uses, see Pokémon World.
| PokémonWorld | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Language | English |
| Status | Active |
| Run | 2004 - Present |
| Date opened | March 13, 2004 |
| Creator | Pokérob |
| Forum | PokémonWorld |
| Mascot | Chatot |
| Website | Main Page |
PokémonWorld is a UK based Pokémon community. It offers an alternative to Pokémon players primarily from the United Kingdom as a place to discuss anything to do with the Pokémon series in its entirety. Competitive battling is very encouraged, with tournaments held on a regular basis. There is also plenty of discussion about casual play and all other aspects of Pokémon.
History
In March 2004, Pokérob started the first installment of PokémonWorld.
Competitive battling
As this website mainly focuses on competitive battling, it has many forums and threads which discuss these things.
Dragon's Den
This forum is named after the Dragon's Den from Johto-based games. This forum specializes in the discussion of teams, and the rating of teams. People post their team in this forum and other members rate it, the best advice comes from people who have been given team rating badges acknowledging their knowledge on competitive battling. Users can also post their war stories in this thread, describing their various wins or losses against other people in an entertaining and informative format.
VGC
This is the place Pokémon fans come for discussion to do with the Pokémon Video Game Championships. From the UK tournament to teams and ideas being used elsewhere. It becomes the hub of VGC discussion throughout the season.
UK Pokémon Tournaments
In recent years Pokémon World has started hosting real life tournaments in Gamebase stores in the UK. Giving Pokémon fans a fun tournament and a chance to meet some of the friendly members from the site. All discussion for the tournaments go in this forum.
Wi-Fi Club
Anyone looking for a one off battle and trade can come here to request them. It's also home to the subform for discussion of the PWUKTube Youtube channel.
General Pokémon discussion
As like any other Pokémon fansite, PokémonWorld has forums for the general discussion of Pokémon.
Spear Pillar
Named after the Spear Pillar in Sinnoh, this forum is where the users can discuss all things fourth generation related. This tends to include more complicated discussion of the finesse of fourth generation competitive battling down to a simple poll asking which Pokémon game they would rather buy.
Pokémon Center
This forum is for the discussion of Pokémon which does not relate to the main series of RPGs. This includes the anime and the spin off games such as Pokémon Ranger.
Victory Road
This forum is named after Victory Road from the games which leads to the Elite Four. This forum gives its users a chance to talk about the older games, which are not part of the fourth generation. It gives the users a chance to ask questions if they get stuck in a various game, or discuss what they found best or worst in each game.
Generation V speculation
This forum is where the users of PokémonWorld discuss the upcoming fifth generation of Pokémon. It is kept updated with the latest news and gossip, and allows users to speculate on what is coming, as well as to say what they are wanting and expecting out of the fifth generation.
Pokémon TCG
The discussion of the trading card game is a fairly new addition to the PokémonWorld website. This forum gives users the chance to discuss deck building, as well as to discuss various strategies they may want to use.
Miscellaneous discussion
These forums give the users a chance to play games such as Mafia, or to contribute fanart and fanfiction to the website.
Lilycove Gallery
This forum is named after Lilycove Gallery due to the more artistic type of threads found here. In this forum there is often signature and banner competitions which normally have a special pokémon prize for the winner. This forum also gives the user to post fanart as well as fanfiction which they have come up with.
Contest Hall
This forum is where the users of PokémonWorld get to play forum games such as mafia which has proven to be an extremely popular part of PokémonWorld. It also gives people the opportunity to come up with other forum games to keep the members of the site entertained.
Official Tournaments
PokémonWorld hosts tournaments regularly and while allowing its members to put ideas forward as well as direct them, official tournaments are always hosted by staff members.
Official PokémonWorld Tournament
The Official PokémonWorld Tournament is hosted once a year on a Pokémon battle simulator, currently Shoddy Battle. It is a single elimination tournament usually featuring at least 32 combatants, using the Smogon standard rulings for the Overused tier.
Official PokémonWorld Wi-Fi Tournament
In order to cater for the masses of players that prefer Nintendo Wi-Fi Pokémon battles, PokémonWorld hosts a tournament over this feature on the Nintendo DS system. Entrants can use any version of the game from Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, or SoulSilver. It is a single elimination tournament usually featuring at least 32 combatants, using the Smogon standard rulings for the Overused tier.
Official PokémonWorld Tour
The Official PokémonWorld Tour has a very different tournament format when compared with the other official tournaments on PokémonWorld. Over a set course of time, usually nine weeks, a series of real-time tournaments varying in tiers will take place. It's usually between 9-18 different tournaments, with players earning more points dependent on how far they get in each one. The points will be tallied up each week and once the nine weeks of tournaments are over, the eight players with the highest points will be entered into a seeded, single elimination tournament to determine the overall winner. These seeded matches will be done in a best of three format, over three different tiers - Overused, Underused, and Uber.
IRC
PokémonWorld's IRC channel can be found at #pw on the Geekshed server and is run by Pokérob. It's also used as the place to go to if one wants to enter the PokémonWorld Tour, so the host of each tournament can speak with all entrants at once in real-time.
SOps
- Pokérob
- Alex
- Tribute
- Pikachimba
AOps
- Sabbath
- KaGa
Staff
Administrators
Global Moderators
Moderators
External links
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