Introducing: PokePalace 2.0

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Hello and welcome, fellow PP fans! We are happy to announce that work on constructing a new and improved PokePalace will officially begin, and it's up to you, the members, to decide how it will work.

Lots of you have been coming up with really cool ideas for how the new PokePalace should run, what the setting should be, how to handle rules, etc., but so far it’s been difficult to put all of those ideas together into something coherent. That’s where this journal comes in! We’ve devised a system that will hopefully help all of us put our ideas in one place and get PP 2.0 up and running as smoothly as possible.

Here’s how it works:

1. A journal for each item that needs to be dscussed will be created and then listed here. We will sum up to the best of our ability what we’ve been hearing around the PP community regarding the idea and post it in a canon-friendly, consistent manner.
2. The issue will be open for discussion for 3 days.
3. On the fourth day, a poll will go up for that item that includes the original proposal and any alternate options brought up during the discussion. This poll will last for 24 48 hours.
4. When polling is done, the journal will be updated with the winning item. Unless somebody motions for further discussion within 24 hours of the completed poll, it goes into the final version! If it needs more discussion, the issue goes back to step 2.
5. Rinse and repeat!

Anybody can bring up an issue needing discussion and have a journal made for it. Just send the PokePalace group a note describing your idea, along with any relevant docs, sheets, images, etc., and it will be added to the discussion.

There are a lot of things we need to go through, and some basic questions we need to answer before we can get to a lot of the cool ideas everyone’s been having. Each issue will be listed here as a link to the journal page where discussion about that subject will happen. Please post your opinions about each issue on that issue's journal page, not here, so we don't lose track of what anyone has to say! So without further ado, here is the list of issues and their progress:


Key:
Journal in progress
Open for discussion
Polling in progress
Poll complete, awaiting approval
Completed/finalized

BASIC QUESTIONS:
Better name for PP 2.0?
Keep medieval fantasy setting?
No Legendary player characters?
Allow use of old PP OCs?
Make a new dA group for PP 2.0?
No activity checks?
Members can submit their own events?

POTENTIAL SETTING/BACKSTORY IDEAS:
One kingdom, many settlements? Limit on number of settlements?
Map Suggestions: Use old map? If not, give us an example, drawn or otherwise

SYSTEMS:
Evenly-tiered job system instead of levels?
Should we include Megas/Z-moves?
Town scripts/personal GP
How will we distribute points for submissions?
“Featured” journal? (OC of the week)

CHARACTER CREATION:
Only one main character per member? NPC rules?
Allow fusions to evolve?
Allow apps to use any copyright-friendly art?
Apply a dress code? If yes, what kind?