dex-entries-discussion

[jagged ledge]

You can submit the second one and tell the Unowns you'd want to keep this one instead of the first one? But also the first one was still good so it should be fine. Up to you.

[weak osprey]

Yeah I think I'm just not gonna bother the Unowns haha 😅

Awww my Lycanroc Midnight / Gliscor already had an approved entry
This is what I get for not checking before writing.

[jagged ledge]

No worries, makes sense

[kind shoal]

I had an idea for a dex entry but I’m not sure how to check if it does have a custom one yet or not

[weak osprey]

There are two ways and they're both a lil janky

[jagged ledge]

I feel that. Absol/Growlithe already had an approved entry despite me having had a good concept for it requested by izik. But hey, duplicate entries can be accepted, they're just not a priority.

[weak osprey]

You go to this sheet (from the dex-entries-submissions channel btw)
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JOqitOP72D-s_es1-F7OzVPUkKJ3tytjfvhptx1KAK8/edit?resourcekey#gid=1870730174

1. And go to the far left to the RESPONSES sheet and ctrl+f for your sprite's file name

or 2. Go to the right to find Dex grid and go to the coordinates that correspond to your fusion's file name (col.row.png)

[kind shoal]

Well the first one won’t work cus I’m on mobile

[jagged ledge]

Oof. Wish you luck. 🫡

[weak osprey]

There might be a search feature built into sheets on mobile but i'm not sure

[jagged ledge]

I can search for you, what are you looking for?

[weak osprey]

^

In the meantime, another random pull from the high-prioirty list:
359

[jagged ledge]

Oh there's definitely a lot you could do here

[weak osprey]

I'm drawing a blank

[kind shoal]

There isn’t, and I can’t see both so that sucks

[weak osprey]

Can't see both what?

[jagged ledge]

Which one are you looking for? I can help

[kind shoal]

The column and the row

[kind shoal]

Ledian Gallade

[weak osprey]

POKENAME's appearances in morning action shows have made it popular with children. It strives to keep up the image of a hero of justice as a result.

[jagged ledge]

There is already an Approved Entry

[narrow cosmos]

It honed its fists in order to exact vengeance on those who made fun of its appearance. Anyone who dares describe it as ugly will be hit with a devastating hook to the face.

[jagged ledge]

It's what Fedora Man just shared lol

[narrow cosmos]

"Yeah, who's ugly now after loosing their teeth, huh?!"

[kind shoal]

Close enough to what I had in mind

[jagged ledge]

Nice!

[jagged ledge]

[weak osprey]

But there are a and b sprites you can write for

Which both look p sick imho

[weak osprey]

Here's both lines if you wanna pick this one up instead.

[narrow cosmos]

It descends the skies with a gentle, almost elegant flair meant to soothe the hearts of onlookers. Those that resist this relaxing aura will be punished for their insolence via devastating beams of psychic energy.

Basically, "Chill out or find out," the Pokemon.

[jagged ledge]

Amazing. No notes. Send it lol

[weak osprey]

Amazing concept as always. My only quibble would be that "via" sounds weird to me here.

And I'd just use "with"

[jagged ledge]

Eh sure why not lol

[weak osprey]

Also I see what you're going for with the "gentle, almost elegant" thing, but I don't see why it'd struggle to be elegant 🤔

[narrow cosmos]

Noted and adjusted! Interesting to make this one, since I started petering off of mainline Pokemon games around the Sun era so I have less knowledge of them to work with in terms of immediate inspiration.

Of course, I'm also old so I'm not able to remember some of the early gen's gimmicks either, don't ask me what's special about Ledyba or the Volbeat/Illumise duo, it's a wonder I can even remember their names.

[weak osprey]

I've actually never owned a Nintendo device so I never played a Pokemon game on original hardware haha

I played Red and a bit of Gen2 thru an online emulator

Another random pull:
3520
Raticate / Onix

[jagged ledge]

Igglybuff/Hawlucha

Constantly full of energy, POKENAME bounce as high as they can to try and practice flying. They often try to tackle each other from above, but only end up bouncing off each other and flying away.

Jigglypuff and Hawlucha

Always seeking attention, POKENAME inflate themselves before releasing triumphant battle cries to declare they're ready for a showdown. If anyone falls asleep during a POKENAME's performance, they will be met with a flurry of plush fists.

Wigglytuff and Hawlucha

Masters of spectacle, POKENAME inflate themselves to lift into the air before delivering devastating drop kicks to their opponents. They enjoy organizing battles almost as much as the battles themselves.

[jagged ledge]

Pokemon is kinda sorta one of my hyperfixations so uh... I'm still basically in the trenches lol

It was definitely my first one but idk if it's currently my strongest one... or maybe I've just gotten so used to it in my life I've become numb to it lol

[weak osprey]

Omg that's so perfect

That's so adorable haha

[jagged ledge]

Thank you!

I just saw that combo and said bet lol

[narrow cosmos]

Nothing wrong with that, we all have our fixations. I still dabble, but usually budget means I'm dabbling in free fangames or ROM hacks that are easier to get and sink time into than a full game.

Some believe POKENAME is the spirit of deceased orphan Teddiursa. It floats through forests, its haunting wail causing Teddiursa to cry and Ursaring to go into grief-stricken rages.

[jagged ledge]

Mood lol

[jagged ledge]

Oh no the poor things!

[weak osprey]

Oh my

ig I'm a Teddiursa then 😭

[hexed fog]

the golbat heads are gone

blessed be

[narrow cosmos]

Hopefully nobody minds the constant posting of mine when I make one, I'm always willing to hear opinions, but half the time I'm sharing just to share and strike a little discussion. 😅

[weak osprey]

I don't mind at all

[jagged ledge]

It's alright! Good on you for being able to multitask and keep track of both places lol

[jagged ledge]

I'm proud of a couple I made (I was in the process of Golbat/Turtwig before I started talking here) but I wanted to leave Golbat/Volcarona for you because it was your sprite

Oh btw @hexed fog question. How does crediting more than one person in a dex entry work?

[weak osprey]

Just put together these two squares from the random pull I did and it's mostly full!

[fair thicket]

I personally would want there to be a note about zone/mite being "far more intelligent, but more prone to spurious associations as well."
because all those neurons packed so close together means some connections are made that actually don't have much bearing
😇 but that's just me being silly

[weak osprey]

I already submitted them 😔

[narrow cosmos]

Keep all the non-checked versions (maybe leave in the ones indicating the sprite isn't custom) and you could have a collection worth putting on one of the sites or on the Discord for easy referencing.

[fair thicket]

magnetite's a real mineral, so that's probably doing it. 😌
(i sometimes forget magnemite evolves into magneton and not magnetite)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetite

[weak osprey]

No yeah ik

[jagged ledge]

Yeah, it's a really useful format

[hexed fog]

it just sits there same as two spriters

[fair thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/matrix-neo-keanu-reeves-power-windy-gif-15235043

[weak osprey]

Do you know off-hand how they plan on including dexer(?) credits in the game?

[hexed fog]

I dont think anything has been announced yet

[weak osprey]

Sounds good. Thanks :D 👍

[fair thicket]

this is why we need a FAQ for what to do if an entry has an error or should be replaced

[weak osprey]

Yeah

[jagged ledge]

Gotcha that makes sense. I know I've already submitted some entries inspired by ones made by Falsedoll so I might try doing some more with a note of the previous credits as well.

The only reason why I didn't before is because I wasn't sure how it would work and they said they didn't mind sharing concepts for others to actually submit... but now I feel bad about it lol

[fair thicket]

dialga/stunfisk has two and switches between them if you exit and re-enter the dex

[jagged ledge]

Yeah

[fair thicket]

get punched by a fish

[fair thicket]

🫵 prebby

[fair thicket]

i love the 'puff one

Masters of spectacle, oh my god it's Megamind

https://tenor.com/view/megamind-presentation-cool-dramatic-behold-gif-4559759

[narrow cosmos]

Realized a bit late that my Dialga/Blastoise and one of my Growlithe/Dialga ones were being submitted towards fusions that already have entries. Gotta start checking if the random choice I'm making an entry for already has one or not. 😅

[jagged ledge]

Lol I wanted it to be more reminiscent of Wigglytuff in Mystery Dungeon organizing the guild

[fair thicket]

this is also why I wish there were a better way to check if there's already a submitted dex entry beyond coaxing the spreadsheet to load faster
(oh hey I'm caught up! )
oh man that spreadsheet's gonna only get more hellish as more entries are supplied 😰

[weak osprey]

Yeah they just need to get them onto the website, really

[jagged ledge]

I just imagine someone outside of this chat seeing an announcement that a new wave of entries has been added and thinking "Oh neat, I wonder how many there are now" and opening the pokedex to see a tidal wave of text

[narrow cosmos]

Everybody save your non-approved entries fast, it's time to purge the sheet! ☢️

[weak osprey]

Huh?

[narrow cosmos]

I'm joking.

[weak osprey]

Ohhh to make it load faster

Looks like the sheet's not the only one who's slow

[narrow cosmos]

I know it's a ways away but man I can't wait to see new dex updates in the future, and not just because it's gonna be so amazing seeing something I did added in there. 🥹

[fair thicket]

when i looked up that klefki/deino to see if it had an entry, i realized that something similar might be given for the reverse, or even for its evos
so not only did i check for 371.375, but i also checked 375.371, 371.376, 371.377, and 377.371 (since zweilous/klefki doesn't have a custom)
would be really helpful to have a way to see if a matrix has customs
but if a bot isn't tenable given the current set-up, i dunno if anything more complex would be either

[jagged ledge]

I mean hey look on the plus side. If Frog uploads the entire approved sheet, the second one gets added, all of them get added. The next entry update will have every single one of our Approved entries there and that'll be awesome.

So at least it's not like 7 dex updates away lol

[narrow cosmos]

That is true, I just know that since the dex isn't a high priority (and Frog's on hiatus), it's still gonna take a while before that happens either way, I'm just antsy, lol.

Plus I kinda wanna show off to friends one day and say "see that one, I did that : D "

[jagged ledge]

Yeah, I like doing playthroughs with custom sprites only if possible and a lot of the time people don't realize what's missing because they're busy with the cute initial Pokemon or cool final evolution.

[jagged ledge]

Yeah totally valid lol

[narrow cosmos]

Middle-child syndrome hits Infinite Fusion hard.

I mean, the focus on final forms is why a lot of final forms were added to the Pokedex before their pre- forms, yeah? What with like, Salamence, Galvantula, Klinklang and the like being dozens of numbers earlier than their former forms.

[jagged ledge]

I mean technically it could happen any update or patch if it's a mostly copy/paste upload that's automatically sorted. (Please feel free to correct me if I am wrong, I do not want to assume or minimize the work being done. I don't mean to rush the update or demand anything, just try to reassure a bit.)

[fair thicket]

🤔 deino is in the Kalos regional dex, so probably a Kalosian fairy tale would be better, yeah
(transcribing for the day crowd):

The perfect guardian for precious keys - if you don't intend to use them. An obscure Kalosian fairy tale tells of a hero who tricks a POKENAME into protecting the key to its own shackles.

I feel like some of the concision suggestions removes the punch. 🤔

dangert emoji why did you make me hit enter too soon

[narrow cosmos]

Frog said something a few days ago in response to a question I said that said its some process of turning the approved tab into a json file and presumably replacing the old on in the game, or something to that effect? 🤔

Not a programmer myself, so I don't know specifics any more than what he alluded to.

[jagged ledge]

Yeah, which honestly is a little frustrating to me for other reasons. Feels less like a real adventure with companions you see grow than a spectacle of wacky cool fusions for the sake of being wacky and cool.

[jagged ledge]

Ah ok. Yeah no worries. I apologize for not understanding then.

[fair thicket]

Does "if you don't intend to use them" convey enough that the fusion will 'protect' these keys so aggressively that not even the owner will be able to get them back? And as such, does the punch of how the fairy tale hero tricked the klefno come across?

[jagged ledge]

Hmm. Maybe "The perfect guardian for precious keys that would go unused?"

[fair thicket]

that had to do with engine shenanigans limiting the possible number of pokemon until someone found a workaround

[narrow cosmos]

Yeah, that's what I figured when hearing about that after the workaround had been discovered. Which, thank goodness, because here we are now at like, 100 more Pokemon than we thought we'd have, and exponentially more fusions because of that.

~~Still no Walrein though. ~~

POKENAME descends from the skies extremely rarely, appearing only when it senses a foe worthy enough to challenge its might. The flames that wrap around its fists are said to burn with the intensity of the sun.

[fair thicket]

well, my original stab was:

POKENAME is the perfect guardian for precious keys - provided you don't intend to use them again. An obscure Unovan fairy tale has the hero trapping a POKENAME by tricking it into protecting the key to its own shackles.

so the first line had a bit of punch in the second half. i.e., "This would be the perfect guardian for keys! but good luck getting them back"

[fair thicket]

POKENAME only descends from the skies on the rare occasion it senses a foe worthy enough to challenge its might. When flames wrap around its fists, they are said to burn with the intensity of the sun.

uhhh, second sentence is clumsy, but i wanted to change it since there are no visible flames on the sprite itself

[narrow cosmos]

True visually, yeah, so I should probably put that it does that somehow. I was just going off of how Blaziken is one of those Pokemon where 90% of its entries is the same factoid.

[weak osprey]

Raticate / Onix (20.95)
Unable to digest gems or metals, POKENAME tunnels are often littered with precious materials. It is ill-advised to extract them though, for POKENAME are viciously territorial.

Steelix / Rattata (208.19)
POKENAME front teeth constantly grow. In the wild, they keep them short and sharp through frequent use as they dig tunnels through stone.

Steelix / Rattata (208.19a) (long-toothed alt)
When POKENAME are used in research, they might be fed a powder diet that does not wear down their ever-growing crystaline incisors. Powder diets are a necessity of certain dietary research protocols, but can result in POKENAME with overlong teeth.

[narrow cosmos]

(Rayquaza isn't much better honestly, given almost all its dex entries talk about living high in the sky and being rarely seen.)

[fair thicket]

yeah. it's a good idea; i just think it could be tweaked a smidge

[narrow cosmos]

"POKENAME descends from the skies extremely rarely, appearing only when it senses a foe worthy enough to challenge its might. In combat, it wraps flames around its fists that are said to burn with the intensity of the sun."

I think this should do it, yeah?

[fair thicket]

POKENAME lives high above the clouds ~~listening to tubular bells~~, but when it hears fighting, it descends in a halo of solar flare to beat the everloving shit out of the unruly combatants until they behave.

i like being silly 😇

[fair thicket]

slight... phrasal ambiguity or whatever the word is - the flames burn with the intensity of the sun, not the fists

[jagged ledge]

Hmmm yeah that makes sense lol

POKENAME will defend keys so fiercely that it refuses to return any offered to it?

[narrow cosmos]

"It wraps its fists in flames" should cover it, then. Rearrange the order to make it clearer.

[fair thicket]

🤔 now i'm not sure if the sassy "good luck getting them back" would not, in fact, be tonally inappropriate for the dex
holy multiple negatives, Batman!

[jagged ledge]

Lol I do like a little bit of sass but the question is also how to include it grammatically while keeping in the legend.

[fair thicket]

i still can't believe my "be-hatted" salt entry got in

[jagged ledge]

Lmao

[weak osprey]

I think it fits in better with the other entries than you give it credit for haha

[fair thicket]

POKENAME is the perfect guardian for precious keys - but good luck getting them back! An obscure Kalosian fairy tale tells of a hero who tricked a POKENAME into protecting the key to its own shackles.

🤔 protecting, guardian, hoarding, hmm
not sure if "is the perfect" is better/more grammatical than "would be the perfect"

"guarding" might be better, though it does mean i repeat "guardian" and "guarding" in the same entry
on the other other hand, i started with "guarding" and swapped to "protecting"

could also do that more concise The perfect guardian for precious keys - but good luck getting them back!
...aaaand now I'm musing on the alliteration of The perfect protector of precious keys

[jagged ledge]

Go for it lol

[fair thicket]

The perfect protector for precious keys - as long as you don't want them back! An obscure Kalosian fairy tale tells of a hero who tricked a POKENAME into guarding the key to its own shackles.

"for" or "of"

🤔 ooh, maybe an adjective in there might get the full thrust of the second sentence across? like "an unruly POKENAME"? (but a better word than "unruly")

[jagged ledge]

Rowdy?

Disobedient?

[fair thicket]

savage, brutish, vicious, truculent no that sounds like a candy,
🤔 deino is the "irate pokemon", which just sounds more like it's dealing with customer service. zweilous is "the hostile pokemon" and hydreigon is "the brutal pokemon", though

[fair thicket]

yeah see, this is why an adjective would be helpful
i was thinking less "disobedient pet" and more "man-eating ogre"

[jagged ledge]

Fearsome?

[fair thicket]

fearsome can be noble or respectful. this is just a brute

might go with brutish, tbh. a la "nasty, brutish, and short" because it's deino

[jagged ledge]

Yeah makes sense lol

[regal cedar]

when you misread the dex sheet and meant to do the reverse fusion 😔

[jagged ledge]

It happens to all of us.

Like literally I've gotten so many numbers wrong.

[fair thicket]

that might be another QoL thing (if it is even possible) - drop in the daena link to the sprite, or have the sprite pop up when you put in the filename

[weak osprey]

Does the third one make sense here? I struggled against the character count to make it clear but this is a real thing that happens to real research mice.

Source: I took a Lab Animal Mgmt class in college

[fair thicket]

🤔 hmm... it doesn't feel like it quite relates (but maybe that's just because i read the previous one beforehand about the importance of keeping the incisors down)?
the "may" makes it sound like the dex writer is giving permission, not describing something that unfortunately does happen

[weak osprey]

I don't see "may" in these entries?

[fair thicket]

ah, "might" not "may"

🤔 the idea's sound. it just needs rewording or rearranging for clarity.
or... isn't that more just a rattata thing than a steelix thing?

[weak osprey]

I threw in "crystalline" to tie in steelix

[fair thicket]

i think i might have assumed the powder of the diets was rock residue from mining operations or smth

[weak osprey]

but I used up a lot of chars trying to make it clear that there isn't research purposefully making their teeth unhealthily long

I was debating taking the angle of owners not giving them diets that are hard enough

but I've done a few "these are often kept as pets, but people mismanage them" entries

[fair thicket]

otoh, if it were rock powder, that might be better at keeping down the inci-
oh!
what if you combined the two? Something about it being recommended to use powder food of specific hardness on the Mohs scale to keep the incisors down?

[weak osprey]

They wouldn't chew powder tho

But replace it with solid food and I think that's a good idea

[fair thicket]

pellets instead of powder, then

at the very least When POKENAME are used in research, can be easily reduced to POKENAME used in research [VERB]

[weak osprey]

Without a sufficiently hard diet, POKENAME incisors can grow overlong. It is recommended that POKENAME kept in captivity are fed a diet of rocks with a score of over 7 on the Mohs hardness scale.
How about this?

[fair thicket]

🤔

While powder diets are a dietary necessity for certain research protocols, they can result in POKENAME with overlong incisors. Pokemon welfare boards recommended researchers look into pellet diets of at least Mohs hardness 7, if possible.

I don't know how Mohs hardness is normally phrased, alas

lol we both decided 7 was the minimum

[weak osprey]

Oooo I like what you wrote

Thx 😎

[vast blaze]

An entry draft for Plastic's recently-posted Yanmega/Golisopod:
It typically fights by dashing at foes and cleaving them apart in an instant. It will stop at nothing to defeat its opponent, no matter how brutal its methods might become.
The entry seeks to combine the tactics/power described by Golisopod entries and the viciousness described by Yanmega entries.

It might be a little indulgently edgy, but I think that's fine for this kind of Pokemon. I'm thinking that the second sentence might benefit from a rephrasing, but I'm not sure how. It would be nice to eliminate the comma. I would like to write something like No tactic is too brutal for this Pokemon in defeating its opponent, but that seems a little clumsy as well.

Related: in the pins, it is stated that "You may only submit entries for fusions that are already in the game and full sprite pack that comes out on the 1st of each month." For a sprite like this, which has just been submitted, should/can the entry be submitted now (as the corresponding sprite is in the gallery and thus has been assigned to a sprite pack), at the beginning of the next month (when the sprite pack containing this sprite will be slated to release on the first of the coming month), or the month after that (when the sprite will have officially entered the game)?

[fair thicket]

we need to use the daena file name, so i think it's once the sprite is in the game

[weak osprey]

Could go either way 🤔

But an Unown prolly wouldn't know that it's in the gallery

Okay, another random pull:
4170
That's these two squares, and none of them have entries yet 😎

[fair thicket]

uhhhh who the hell are the unowns
i want to ask about dex entries for color alts. unless someone has different ideas for these?

Also if someone has an idea how to un-mush this second sentence There is no evidence that such a species existed outside of this fusion, however. (the full draft is in the post i'm replying to)

[fair thicket]

i like the shellder hat

[weak osprey]

I'm gonna go deal with irl stuff but I'll be back later

[fair thicket]

POKENAME is thought to resemble a theoretical branch of Kabutops that evolved kleptoplastic photosynthesis in lieu of predation. As this fusion is the only evidence such a species existed, most researchers doubt this hypothesis reflects any real historical record.

nah, that's more mushy

also about 20 extra characters

maybe just

POKENAME is thought to resemble a theoretical branch of Kabutops that evolved kleptoplastic photosynthesis in lieu of predation. Most researchers doubt this hypothesis reflects any real historical record, though.

One hypothesis suggests POKENAME resembles a branch of Kabutops that evolved kleptoplastic photosynthesis in lieu of predation. Most researchers doubt this fusion represents any real historical development, however.

Some researchers suggest POKENAME reflects a branch of Kabutops that evolved kleptoplastic photosynthesis in lieu of predation. The general consensus is that this fusion does not represent any real historical development, however.

Improved coherency, but feels flat now

A fringe hypothesis suggests POKENAME reflects a branch of Kabutops that evolved kleptoplastic photosynthesis in lieu of predation. However, the general consensus is that the results of fusion do not represent any real historical evolutionary pattern.

Still a bit flat, though with a bit more punch now. 🤔 And an excess character.
Maybe just say "consensus" instead of "the general consensus"?

"consensus is" "consensus remains" "consensus insists"

"evolutionary record" instead of "evolutionary pattern"?

"evolutionary path"?

basically "it's a neat hypothesis. you got any actual evidence for it?"

[weak osprey]

I love the concept here

Lemme throw you another angle and you can lmk if you think it's juicier

Ancient art resembling POKENAME lead some to speculate that Kabutops lived much recently than previously thought. Without fossil evidence, archaeologists conclude that the art depicts a stylized Leafwak.

This is inspired by apparent depictions of a stegosaurs in Mesoamerican engravings.

WHOOPS this is from Cambodia, not Mesoamerica, haha

For those curious, the "plates" on its back are probably meant to be objects (plants, perhaps?) in the background.

[hexed fog]

310.452a.png It brings auguries of disasters yet to come. Those who fail to heed its warnings meet their fate at the ends of its fists.

how can they heed its warnings if this pokemon doesnt speak their language? @fair thicket

@vast blaze please be sure to only write entries for fusions that are currently in the game and that you can get the image number from in the fusion dex

[weak osprey]

Oh yeah they were asking abt whether being in the gallery counted earlier today.

Now it's cleared up tho 😎

[hexed fog]

I am always confused how people dont see this lol

[fair thicket]

Fucking magic
🤔 Does it matter as long as the Pokémon believes it has given its warning? I kept it vague with “brings” this time so the reader could come to their own conclusion how the warnings are conveyed. It could be anything from growling to bodily relocating the victim to interpretive dance.

[weak osprey]

There might be smth leaning into the irony of no one being able to understand it.

Same effect as Cassandra from Greek(Roman?) myth

[fair thicket]

Ye. Unlike Absol, who is blamed for the disasters it warns of, and Cassandra, whose warnings are dismissed, Abwear’s not gonna let itself be ignored.

[vast blaze]

I think that the added "and full sprite pack that comes out on the 1st of each month" is mildly misleading - I was reading it as "assigned to a sprite pack that will be released on the first of a month" rather than "within an existing published sprite pack." I do think that the primary meaning is the most suggested, but I wanted to confirm.

[vast blaze]

There have been many accepted entries for sprites that do not seem to be available on Daena, though which are visible on infinitefusiondex and otherwise included in the game. Either way, it doesn't quite resolve the first question if a user can predict (admittedly without the precision granted by authority) the filename of a sprite in the closest upcoming sprite pack due to the nonexsitence of alts and the fact that the sprite pack appears to be closed, e.g.

I have submitted a few entries for once-unreleased sprites before which have been accepted, though I've always done this within a week or so before their official release, and so while it seemed that I was submitting for unreleased sprites, I noted that it was likely that an authority just hadn't reached the entry until the relevant sprite pack had been formally published.

[boreal prairie]

Just fyi, I can't submit on your sprites until they are in the game. If i am mistaken, can you tell me what their codes are?

[south berry]

Wanted to clarify about where to find the proper file name for Sprites since it says go check daena, but says not to use the file names that show up in the gallery there.

[fair thicket]

I think it means don’t use file names that show up in #sprite-gallery on the discord here, unless there’s a specific wording I missed that indicates otherwise?

[south berry]

ooooh, excellent. That probably is what it meant haha

I just saw the word gallery on Daena and was like "I don't think I can use that"

Thanks!

[narrow cosmos]

Is InfiniteDex also acceptable besides Daena? I've been using it recently, particularly in cases for the recently-added mons.

For the number filenames I mean.

[fair thicket]

no idea. 😔 i've been using infinitefusiondex for some of the filenames for sprites that aren't yet on daena, but i dunno if that's legit
plus i think some of mine will end up renamed due to spritesheets

[narrow cosmos]

Ah well. Guess I'll just hope for the best on the ones I've been submitting and go back to Daena for the time being. 😅

[vast blaze]

As mentioned earlier, consulting the spreadsheet sees that there have been plenty of non-Daena accepted entries. I imagine that if there is any doubt, you could rip open one of the released sprite packs with fusions not yet on Daena and sift around for the filename of the fusion you're writing for.

Presumably as long as Infinitefusiondex sources directly from those spritepacks it should be fine.

[hexed fog]

POKENAME cries a wordless melody to warn of impending disasters. Those who ignore its warnings risk being struck down with a devastating punch from its powerful fists.

How about this?

[fair thicket]

which is another reason why I think the FAQ needs a mention of the proper protocol if you make an error in your submission

[hexed fog]

I know Daena is working on getting the new mons updated as soon as possible. Once that happens I will go through the 'no sprite yets'

[fair thicket]

You mean aside from gutting the joke and leaving it bleeding on the pavement?

POKENAME cries a wordless melody to warn of impending disasters. Those who ignore its warnings will be struck down with a devastating punch from its powerful fists.

a punch from powerful fists? does the pluralization need to be consistent here?

[hexed fog]

wait what joke

Both "powerful punches" and "a devastating punch from its powerful fists" are correct, but they convey slightly different nuances:

"Powerful punches" implies multiple punches, which suggests the Pokémon might strike repeatedly.

"A devastating punch from its powerful fists" emphasizes a single, overwhelming strike, adding drama and focus to the attack.

The original phrasing is perfectly correct if the intent is to highlight one decisive blow rather than multiple punches.

it's up to you either way

[tiny turtle]

the magmortar one has been in the game for a few months already(Magmortar: 268.9) electivire: 267.9)

[fair thicket]

The marriage of the ethereal angelic tragedy of absol and the earthy slapstick brutality of bewear.

Opening with poetic language of high prestige - sings in its metaphorical usage (e.g., "a sword singing through its enemies"); auguries rather than a low-prestige word like omens, warnings, or forecasts; disasters being yet to come rather than imminent disasters or coming disasters which we'd use in normal register. (Compare: The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come from A Christmas Carol and how its name would feel a lot less profound and evoke less dread if it were The Ghost of Future Christmases.)

And then we take this elevated style and deflate it with the second sentence. The bathos was clearer in the initial joke version - "Those who fail to heed its warnings get beat the fuck up." - where the vulgarity punctures the poeticism of the language before. Obviously I know that's not appropriate for the pokedex, so for a true dex entry I tried for something that might have similar punch, though with a more intellectual joke than in-your-face vulgarity: "meet their fate at the ends of its fists" - It sounds like the same elevated language, until you realize that means it just sucker-punches anyone who doesn't listen to it.

😔 I was hoping the joke would be on the level of the joke in the concept of bewear itself - It looks like a mascot uniform, which becomes uncanny when interpreted as a living creature, and then you add in the excessive brutality. A joke, but one that fits in-universe and doesn't farcically undermine the premise of the media it belongs to.

If the intended tone clashes with that of the dex, I get it, as disappointing as that would be. 😔 But this is why I'm so attached to my phrasing.

[hexed fog]

Maybe I'm in the wrong

@ebon warren opinions?

[boreal prairie]

what is the original entry

I think it is strange that the issue seems to be that the pokemon is singing when... many pokemon can learn a move called sing

birds sing

also people herd the warning of lile, wolves howling and stuff like that

my two cents

[weak osprey]

This was the original post

From last Thursday haha

[boreal prairie]

It sings wordless requiems to warn of impending disasters. Those who ignore the omen of a POKENAME cry are soon struck by a devastating punch from its powerful fist.

there you go how bout that

[weak osprey]

Izik's initial issue was that it doesn't make sense to punish people for not understanding when it's not speaking a human language.

at least that's how I interpretted it

[weak osprey]

And Worm expressed that it doesn't really matter if they can understand it or not, as long as the Pokemon believes it should be understood.

After that point I lose the thread tbh 🤔

[boreal prairie]

then yeah I mean, people heed/don't heed warnings all the time from things they don't speak the language of. I can heed the warning of someone flailing their arms and shouting Igbo even if I don't speak it, let alone a big angry bear thing wailing

[weak osprey]

But it's not like Absol warns people of a bear behind them

Right?

[boreal prairie]

I thought the joke was that the "warning" of the "disaster" was "Im about to punch you if you don't leave" lol

Its not an Absol its a Abwear

[fair thicket]

🤔 It could also be that canon dex entries don't really have the joke in the dex entry itself, but rather they supplement the joke in the overall design. Using Bewear as an example - the dex entries don't say anything about it looking like a mascot outfit or its deceptively cute and cuddly appearance, but instead emphasize its brutality. I wonder if... that's a side-effect of these pokemon being designed holistically versus how sprites and dex entries are created in PIF?

(I was also going to say something about Bewear's design in its signature move being Brutal Swing, but nothing on bulbapedia says that, so it's probably a misconception on my part)

[fair thicket]

Absol does learn Perish Song 🤔

[weak osprey]

Right but those aren't "augeries"

[boreal prairie]

thats why i changed to requiems (songs for the dead!)

all those people who didn't listen to my wanring (that i was about to punch them)

[fair thicket]

ack! no, that'd be a different joke 😔

[weak osprey]

Right right, I'm just making clear that Worm was going for a different angle and that Izik's critism doesn't apply to what you described.

But I agree that your angle would be more clear

[fair thicket]

yeah, this is more "Cassandra ain't fucking around anymore"

[weak osprey]

If you wanna do that, you have to point out how it doesn't understand why people can't heed its warnings.

But I think Ozy's angle where, like, people look around, trying to see what it's warning them of, only to get punched in the face, will be easier to fit in 250 chars

[fair thicket]

I don't mind if Ozydamians wants to submit this as their own entry! It's just not my entry, y'know?

I'd obviously be disappointed if my own entry didn't get in, but I can accept that. I just wouldn't want something that's not my entry being attributed to me.

[fair thicket]

esp. since i mused on the thing about canon dex entries up here^

[weak osprey]

You submitted it last week, right?

I'm assuming that Izik brought it up cuz it was on the sheet

[fair thicket]

🤔 the original "sings" entry was submitted 12/28, according to the spreadsheet. "brings" was submitted 01/02

[weak osprey]

Yeah so if it doesn't get accepted because of the concept and/or execution, you gotta change it or give up the ghost 😅

[ebon warren]

I reread through the discussion between you and @hexed fog and what I can add is this:

Dex entries don’t usually include overt jokes or blatant humor, but obviously some descriptions and scenarios can be humorous. What I’d recommend is making the entry cogent and understandable even if the reader misses the humor. The Dex entries are intended to be clarifying and elucidating, so we don’t want them to be confusing or make the reader misunderstand. If the entry is fine even if the humor or reference isn’t clear, then it’s fine, but if the entry is written so that you have to understand the underlying joke to grasp the entry, then I’d say try to rework it.
||Also, I never really saw Bewear as humorous in the games at all personally, more tragic and as a very immediate lesson in not assuming based on looks, but that’s just me.||

[fair thicket]

[gets sucker-punched by Abwear]
at least for me, that my entry could be mistaken for a different joke (like how Ozydamians interpreted it) is more pertinent to its failure than if Abwear can use human language or not

[weak osprey]

And I think you convinced Izik of that considering he suggested

POKENAME cries a wordless melody to warn of impending disasters. Those who ignore its warnings risk being struck down with a devastating punch from its powerful fists.
which still relies on Abwear punishing those who don't understand it.

Anyway I think enough ink has been spilled on this and I want some help with the Shellder x Remoraid squares from earlier

[fair thicket]

if Izik wants to submit that under his name, he can

[fair thicket]

so... you're saying that in this entry's case a reader would have to understand the underlying joke to grasp the entry, or...?

[weak osprey]

So I just have ideas rn, but I'm stuck on what to say abt Octillery/Closter

Remoraid/Shellder:
Smth about how the shell protects it but also limits it field of view (bad for a sniper)

Octillery/Shellder:
Smth abt it launching its projectile tongue from the safety of the shell

Octillery/Cloyster:
???

[fair thicket]

octillery/cloyster is the perfect marriage of the two (though not in those words)? protected by its armor and thus able to snipe from safety
🤔 i guess you could say something about mobility. like how cloyster jettisons water from its rear to move, and something about octillery's tentacles

🤔 irl octopuses do use shells as tools as well, though, so perhaps something with that?

[weak osprey]

Yeah Octillery's entries talk abt it stealing hiding places, so I wanted to be like "Oh it stole a Cloyster shell" but that'd break FAQ since it'd describe how they fused.

[fair thicket]

one way to square that circle could have it being mistaken for an octillery hiding in a cloyster shell

[weak osprey]

MMMMMH OOO THAT'S SMORT

[ebon warren]

I was more adding context so @hexed fog could respond since he asked me for my input. I’d have to look at the sprite to see what I think, because ultimately the sprite itself also matters in the context of how easily its entry is understood.
The original entry that he posted does make sense, although I’m not sure many would know the word auguries personally haha. (I don’t mind sending players on a dictionary search myself but I do want to avoid it too much for a single entry.)
However, that entry does seem a little too short. I do think making some of the changes to the details would help. Shortening it and phrasing it the way the original did is a little too poetic and dramatic for a proper Dex entry (but if the sprite is a reference one it can be a little more flexible, hence why I’d want to see it). ||I just woke up like ten minutes ago so I’m still not at a point to pull up the sprite yet haha||

[fair thicket]

👍 ye, wanted to make sure I understood (especially since the entire topic is about making sure things are understandable, heh)

[weak osprey]

Thank you for swinging by right after you woke up haha

[ebon warren]

Oh it’s fine, there are huge swathes of my day where I can’t contribute at all (at work, at the beach, running errands with hands full, etc.) but being at home? Yeah I can jump in. I just may not be as spry if I just woke up

[south berry]

I have a finnicky lore question to run by folks. Are there any "naturally" occurring fusions in the world or is it assumed that all fusions were made with splicers (even any fusions folks find out in the wild)? (helps inform some Dex entries)

[hexed fog]

6.332.png POKENAME is not very defensive. To make up for that, it uses the Electrifying flame on its neck to protect its weak points.

Can you reword this? Flames cannot really be electrifying lol
@slate comet

[fair thicket]

the lore is that wild fusion can occur, but rarely, and that the means of it happening are not known

[south berry]

thanks!

[hexed fog]

this is actually covered in the FAQ 😉

[south berry]

ah shoot my bad haha

[fair thicket]

eh, only partly. the rarity isn't covered

[south berry]

Is the FAQ pinned to this channel or is it elsewhere? (I don't think I see it pinned here, but maybe I'm blind)

[regal cedar]

I mean, electrical fires and electrical burns are most certainly a thing, but, yeah
moreso it's also the combination of "not very defensive, but here's a defensive attribute" that comes across as odd. they don't normally talk about defensive stats in that kind of manner in the dex

[fair thicket]

it's a tab in the dex entry spreadsheet

[regal cedar]

^

[south berry]

ah bless, thanks friends!

[fair thicket]

🤔 are those electrifying flames or flames created by electricity?

[regal cedar]

yeah, electrifying flames probably isn't the best descriptor

[fair thicket]

electric flames? electrical fires?
hmmm
electricity-induced flames is probably most accurate, but also clumsy as hell

[narrow cosmos]

Each segment of POKENAME's body is capable of exploding with tremendous force. Triggering one sets off the rest in a devastating chain reaction. [The sight of a wild POKENAME have been cause for mass evacuation.]

Its body is composed of highly durable steel. This resilient form allows it to burst with an explosion of electrical energy, while leaving its body intact and undamaged.

Attempting to do both sides of a fusion again, I bracketed part of the initial one because I'm not sure if it fits or not. 🤔

[charred dust]

The spreadsheet is not loading properly for me, so uh, quick question. Does Unking have a custom dex entry already?

[fair thicket]

number?

[weak osprey]

^

[charred dust]

Wait, lemme check rq.

[fair thicket]

(there are several possible unkings )

[charred dust]

Okay, lol. Give me a few seconds, I know it is on the 201a - 201d spritesheets.

[weak osprey]

Which pokemon make it up?

Cuz idk if it's Seaking, Slowking, or Nidoking haha

[charred dust]

Ohh, ok. It's Unown and Nidoking.

201.34

[fair thicket]

which one of these guys?
https://www.fusiondex.org/201.34/

i'm seeing 201.344 and 201.346 but nothing that's just 201.34

[weak osprey]

None of them have entries

[charred dust]

Oh, ok. I'm thinking about making a custom dex entry for Unking that's inline with his description in the Curse of the Unown King creepypasta. This is the one I have in mind, btw.

[weak osprey]

I'm not familiar with that creepypasta, but if you want help editing/revising just post it here 😎

[charred dust]

Alright. I haven't gotten to it yet, but I'll work on it.

[weak osprey]

I'd say that both of those are good but don't include the bracketed one.

[jagged ledge]

Just to clarify for the record, reference entries have to be structured as parallels, not direct statements.

So if a Reference Sprite is based on Mario, the entry can't just be "Wahoo, it's-a me, Mario!" But it can be something along the lines of "This Pokémon enjoys traveling through pipes and jumping on mushrooms."

[weak osprey]

Nice catch with the é

[narrow cosmos]

Um, akshually, wouldn't it be eating mushrooms or jumping on turtles? 🤓

[weak osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/mario-goomba-kuribo-mushrooms-jump-gif-15407897

[narrow cosmos]

[fair thicket]

absorbing mushrooms through tactile contact 😌

[jagged ledge]

Thanks, I normally let it slip in casual conversation, but if I'm communicating expectations, I might as well stick to the proper standards

[fair thicket]

though "tactile contact" might be redundant

[jagged ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/why-not-both-why-not-take-both-gif-11478682

[charred dust]

Ohhh, ok. 👍

[jagged ledge]

👍

[south berry]

If we reference another Pokémon that isn't POKENAME, is the pokemon's name spelled in all caps?

[weak osprey]

No, just the first letter

[south berry]

excellent! Thanks!

[weak osprey]

nw!

[charred dust]

Okay, so, this is what I have in mind. This is the Unown King's dex entry in the creepypasta. I'm thinking about taking this entry as reference for the new entry that I will be writing.

[weak osprey]

You can always look at preexisting entries to get a sense for the tone and style

[weak osprey]

Ooooo

[narrow cosmos]

It wants to be a hero and be beloved by those it warns of disaster. Because it shows up shortly before trouble strikes, however, people assume it uses dark powers to create the disasters instead.

Mimikyu fusions are tough.

[weak osprey]

I mean just having
This ferocious beast can sleep for thousands of years. When it wakes, it will kill anything for food.
would prolly get accepted unless you want to add smth else to it.

[weak osprey]

This is a lot like normal Absol, no? 🤔

[timid sky]

Then he’d be copying someone else’s work

[charred dust]

Yeah. I wanna do my own entry.

[fair thicket]

yeah, that's the main quibble i have with just dropping in the creepypasta dex entry 🤔

[weak osprey]

Fair enough

[fair thicket]

cool cool
what sort of idea you going for?

the same gist in different words? or some commentary related to the creepypasta?

[charred dust]

Well, maybe I could add that the wild Unking is considered the ruler of all Unown by some people.

I'm not too sure if it would be accepted, though.

[narrow cosmos]

Yeah, it's hard to think of a way for Mimikyu to copy Absol's thing without it being...well, Absol but Mimikyu. 😅

[fair thicket]

POKENAME have taken it upon themselves to repair Absol's unfair reputation. Unfortunately, if there are no disasters to warn people of, they will take it upon themselves to create some.

😌 Worm is being silly again.

[narrow cosmos]

Might have to scrap this if nothing unique comes to mind.

[weak osprey]

We just have to come up with a reason why Mimikyu would want to mimic Absol

[charred dust]

And as for this, well. It would be the same gist but with different words. Maybe something like: "When it wakes from its thousand-year slumber, it will devour any and every living being that crosses its path."

[fair thicket]

nice, nice. entirely doable 😌

[fair thicket]

Unfortunately, this leads to Absol having to come down from the mountains to warn people about POKENAME.

[fair thicket]

🤔 yeah. problem is they're both pokemon with a "bad" reputation (in-universe). Mimikyu creates an outfit to look like something cute because its true appearance is fearsome. Absol warns folks of danger but is mistaken for what brings it.
So to combine the two...

🤔 does Absol warn other critters of danger in the canon dexes or is that just something I'm misremembering from some fan headcanon?

[charred dust]

Okay, so now I'm thinking about the first sentence. It's either "According to some old folklore, the POKENAME used to rule over the Unown before being sealed by Arceus" or "The POKENAME is considered the ruler of all Unown who lays dormant in its chamber.". Which one sounds the best?

[timid sky]

That sounds more like Unown and Regigigus rather than Unown and Slaking

[fair thicket]

it's nidoking

[charred dust]

Fair. Also, it is Unown and Nidoking.

[timid sky]

https://tenor.com/view/excuseme-princess-rude-snobby-sassy-gif-4929694

[fair thicket]

*king 😌

[narrow cosmos]

Most talk about it just sensing them, but there are some that mention it trying to warn about impending crises, but getting blamed instead.

[fair thicket]

think i was misremembering from this thing https://theworldofpokemon.com/researchPages/359_research.html

[narrow cosmos]

Trying to do both versions of Mimikyu stuff is gonna be tricky too, since both sprites basically come down to Mimikyu mimicking the Pokemon, but in differing levels of intricacy.

My usual technique of inspiration coming down to "Body Pokemon that acts like Head Pokemon" doesn't fare as well against the cloth demon.

[fair thicket]

was wondering if you could do something about dressing as/mimicking Absol due to living in the icy mountains specifically

[charred dust]

I'm thinking about taking the second option instead of the first one. So, now that I have come up with ideas, I gotta install a notepad app on this Retroid Pocket 5, lol.

[timid sky]

Problem is, in IF, it’s at the opposite of an icy mountain

[fair thicket]

for Absol?
well yeah, it's warning people

[narrow cosmos]

Man, that's a really fun meta detail to put it there, it's almost mean.

[fair thicket]

🤔 the submission sheet is a google forms, if that's what you're trying to do here

[timid sky]

Ah yes, standing around, the perfect way to warn people

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-menacingly-spongebob-standing-there-gif-19452999

[charred dust]

Oh, ok. I'm gonna write the dex entry on a note before putting it on the submission sheet.

[fair thicket]

hey, if it were an Abwear, it'd be prancing around banging pots and pans together and singing "We're all a-going to die-o! Tra-la-la-la-la!"

[fair thicket]

way healthier for your phone(?) than the spreadsheet, yeah 😅

[charred dust]

Tbf, the Retroid Pocket 5 runs Android, so technically you're correct.

[fair thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/adventure-time-demon-cat-i-have-approximate-knowledge-of-many-things-wise-wisdom-gif-4593239

[narrow cosmos]

"In order to warn people of impending doom, POKENAME uses its shadowy powers to try and communicate with them. Unfortunately, people see it and assume it is an evil harbinger summoning the disaster that strikes."

A bit overly complicated, maybe. 😅

[fair thicket]

🤔 lemme see what approved dex entries there are for mimikyu

[narrow cosmos]

If nothing else, I don't mind putting this one on the backburner and calling it a wash for now, there's plenty of other options I can randomly find.

[jagged ledge]

Maybe something about the true Mimikyu part of the body wanting to be left alone so it mimics an Absol to scare people away?

[fair thicket]

Unlike a Snubbull, POKENAME runs around mimicking an angry dog, scaring small Pokémon and children.

POKENAME approaches children and acts like a puppy to try to get adopted. When alone, it gets depressed.

After using its fairy powers to help control its electricity, Pichu becomes friends with the Mimikyu possessing it. This newfound bond causes it to evolve into POKENAME.

No adult in the children's hospital has witnessed an Aipom or Ambipom in the vents, but some theorize whatever it is is trying to entertain the kids.

Inside the head of its disguise is a powerful electric bulb. If the bulb is exposed, it will shock anyone nearby until covered again. 

just a few i found. hang on, my cat's demanding food

[timid sky]

Mimikyu’s whole thing is wanting to be more popular though

[jagged ledge]

I mean this isn't a Mimikyu though, it's an Abkyu

[timid sky]

But you’re talking about the Mimikyu part of the body

[fair thicket]

POKENAME appears to have gotten its wires crossed and disguised itself as the loathed Absol. It does gangbusters with middle schoolers with deviantArt accounts, though.

[charred dust]

Alright, I got the final version of the entry ready. What do y'all think?
According to old folklore, the POKENAME is considered the ruler of all Unown who lays dormant in its chamber in the Ruins of Alph. When it wakes from its thousand-year slumber, it will devour any and every living being that crosses its path.

[fair thicket]

Absol is the most "original character do not steal" sparkledog and i mean that affectionately 😌

[timid sky]

Maybe you could do something with Mimikyu relating to Absol for being misunderstood?

[jagged ledge]

Maybe something about wanting to be seen as a hero without understanding that Absol is feared?

Like it tries going into town to help people without realizing how people view Absol, only what Absol actually tries to do?

[narrow cosmos]

Ah! Perhaps this can help it a little, let's see...

"POKENAME seeks to improve the poor image of Absol, by doing good deeds while disguised to resemble it. This slowly garners it the friendship of Absol and humans alike as the damaged reputation is repaired."

[jagged ledge]

Interesting. Might be a little dramatic for a non-legendary fusion, but it's a themed reference alt so it should work.

[fair thicket]

🤔 "old folklore" as opposed to new folklore?
there's some... heck i forgot the word again. it almost sounds like it rules over the unown who lie dormant, not that it rules over all unown and lies dormant.
gimme a sec to tweak it

[jagged ledge]

That could work

[narrow cosmos]

Or going off this, as an alternative. "POKENAME admires Absol's intent to warn people of impending doom, and seeks to mimic its bravery. Sadly, due to misunderstandings, it receives only scorn and fear."

[fair thicket]

could do something like
POKENAME is considered the ruler of all Unown, lying dormant in its chamber in the Ruins of Alph. or is the dormant ruler of all Unown. When it wakes from its thousand-year slumber etc

[charred dust]

Ooooooh, ok. That makes more sense now.

[jagged ledge]

I do like that too

[fair thicket]

throw in an "also" for comedy's sake

[charred dust]

Also, I got the question. The custom entry can be for multiple sprites for one fusion or only one sprite? Unking has four sprites referencing the Unown King.

[fair thicket]

two fuck-ups combine their powers and end up unfucking themselves 😌

[narrow cosmos]

Meanwhile you got the reverse, and it runs into similar issues, though for it I was thinking more like "POKENAME acts as a decoy for Absol, appearing on normal days to mitigate rumors of disaster. It spends most of its time repairing damage to its disguise done by superstitious folk."

[fair thicket]

I used the same entry for my golduck/trevenant and its sfx alt and both got accepted, so you can probably go for it?

[charred dust]

Okay. So I put the filenames for the sprites (from the Fusion Dex) and I seperate them with commas?

[fair thicket]

nope 😔 gotta do four separate submissions
the form won't let you continue if you try to put them all at once

[charred dust]

Hmm, okay then.

[fair thicket]

good news is you can probably have the entry copied and just paste it over again

[fair thicket]

🤔 your standard procedure is "body 'mon acting like head 'mon", right?

[fair thicket]

oh rip the anti-Absol 😂

[narrow cosmos]

Well, usually when something more combination-like doesn't come to mind or something from the sprite's appearance.

Honestly when looking at a sprite there's like, seven ways you can attempt to figure out a dex entry for it.

[timid sky]

Usually I just stare at both mons official dex entries and go “how do I combine these”

[fair thicket]

POKENAME just wants to be loved. It creates a costume out of fabric scraps to cover the injuries it has received by those who fear it as a harbinger of disaster.

[charred dust]

Alright, I submitted the dex entry for the four custom sprites. Brainstorming ideas for this was pretty fun.

[narrow cosmos]

That's one of my other go-tos, yeah. You just gotta hope you get some options in there and not every dex entry repeating a rewording of "this Pokemon breakdances for an hour on Friday at 7PM every week."

[fair thicket]

ah, that wigglytop MMMMusician, i see

[timid sky]

I think you’re confusing dex entries with evolution methods

[narrow cosmos]

Still wild that "hold the DS upside down" isn't the most obtuse evolution requirement in canon games by now.

[narrow cosmos]

This works pretty perfectly, you wanna send it off for yourself? One more notch on your belt in terms of fusion submissions?

[fair thicket]

eh, sure why not

[narrow cosmos]

I'd feel kinda bad snatching it and claiming it as my own. 😅 Best to at least ask.

[fair thicket]

could put both our names in

there ya go

[narrow cosmos]

Appreciated!

Now, to quietly sideline Mimikyu fusions for a while.

[fair thicket]

hehe too tricksy!

🤔 Fedora Man had a matrix of remoraid and shellder. Do we want to work with that or wait until he's online?

[jagged ledge]

May I request assistance?

[narrow cosmos]

I say wait until he's back around before jumping on any of his

[jagged ledge]

Yeah probably

[fair thicket]

https://www.youtube.com/clip/UgkxW9WPYQpVMuGJfvQ1Meq1OZIjK7z6Khig

🤭 sure whatcha want?

[jagged ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/okay-bye-anna-frozen-gif-4958067

[jagged ledge]

So I was going to Dex Grid and after scrolling down the Bulbasaur Head Fusion Entries I made... I thought "Why not do at least a few Bulbasaur Body Fusion Entries?" and Rattata/Bulbasaur already has an entry. That's not the problem.

The problem is the Rattata/Bulbasaur entry specifically mentions cheese because this is the main sprite.

This is the main Raticate/Bulbasaur sprite but all I can think of is cheese

[fair thicket]

the bud smells like cheese

[jagged ledge]

Oh no lol

[fair thicket]

hmm 🤔
lemme clean the cat's litter and ruminate a bit

[jagged ledge]

Low key thinking of referencing Ratatouille by eating cheese and berries together or something lol

[jagged ledge]

Valid no problem

[fair thicket]

i know entries aren't supposed to be too connected, but perhaps something about sprouting a bulb so late?
🤔 hmm, the raticate dex entries are about the teeth and the webbed paws.
something about the chewing down cinderblocks (or some such) to feed the bulb growing on its back?

[narrow cosmos]

Could say it noms on wood/trees/lumber because for its teeth and because wood pulp consumption helps its bulb develop, perhaps.

[jagged ledge]

Oh I like that idea

[narrow cosmos]

Its singing is atonal and discordant, but manages to make others fall asleep all the same. While a victim slumbers, POKENAME will dirty and vandalize their face, to make them look as shabby as it does.

A dose of "who's ugly now" combined with the Jigglypuff from the anime's early seasons.

[fair thicket]

i'd remove "dirty", if only because in this context it makes me think of feces 😅 The vandalization's fine, though

[narrow cosmos]

I debated about it, but I wondered if anybody would ask how it was vandalizing their face.

Which, I mean, where was that Jigglypuff keeping that marker anyway?

[fair thicket]

it uses its music powers to stop time and grab a marker before anyone notices anything's amiss 😌

[narrow cosmos]

Those that have witnessed POKENAME have regarded it as utterly horrifying to behold. This has given it incredibly low self-esteem, as it is not trying to be scary in the least.

[fair thicket]

the squonk!

[narrow cosmos]

The face just screams: "All I did was say hi, and they ran screaming and jumped out the window... 😦 "

Feebas is fun to write for if only because the fusions practically beg you to bully the poor thing.

Having come from outer space, POKENAME seeks to learn about its new home and find companionship. Its strange appearance leads many to run away upon seeing it, to its confusion.

(Honestly he doesn't look that bad of course, I'm just going along with the theming.)

[jagged ledge]

Just wanted to stop in real quick before I sleep to say I figured out an entry I'm happy with for Raticate/Bulbasaur.

POKENAME knaw away at the frames and doors to cellars or pantries. While it is common belief that they are after the cheese stored within, they actually break down the wood grain to gather nutrients for their bulbs.

[drifting cave]

I thought of something for Luvdisc/Greninja,

POKENAME glides through warm seas with the grace of a ninja, using swift movements and sharp water throwing stars to toy with its enemies. It is said that those it encounters are blessed with eternal love, as it secretly guides them toward a path of affection.

[weak osprey]

I'm working on that one

I was just doing other stuff yesterday and didn't get around to finishing it

[weak osprey]

WAIT "GNAW" IS SPELLED WITH A G

idk if you've already submitted or not 😭

[weak osprey]

Next time, make sure you post a picture of it so that we can see what the entry is based on 😉

Also you can only submit entries for fusions that have a custom sprite, sorry to say

Shellder / Remoraid (90.223)
Its fins are too small to swim, so it must drag itself along the ocean floor to move. When threatened, POKENAME will burrow into the sand, leaving only its hard shell exposed.

Shellder / Octillery (90.224)
POKENAME hides in the seafloor, posing as an empty shell. When prey swims by, it is caught in the blink of an eye by POKENAME's deceptively long tongue.

Cloyster / Octillery (91.224)
Its streamlined shell allows for it to cut through the water as it propels itself backwards with a stream of pressurized water. Unfortunately, it can't ever see where it's going.

Remoraid / Shellder (91.224)
With the body of this Pokémon being deep inside its shell, POKENAME have a limited field of view. This works to POKENAME's benefit as once it has its sights on a target, it cannot get distracted.

Octillery / Shellder (224.90)
If a predator attempts to pry open a POKENAME shell, it will be met with a torrent of ink and water, launching POKENAME far into the distance.

Octillery / Cloyster (224.91)
While Octillery loves occupying abandoned shells, this is not one such case. POKENAME can remove its spike and throw it with great dexterity.

[hexed fog]

over 500 entries in less than a week! well done you guys

[weak osprey]

Less goo

This is the next random matrix from the High-Priority List

These sprites look so good :o

[hexed fog]

POKENAME are in near-constant pain with migraines. As it screams, large bubbles emerge from holes on its back.

@timber flower cool thanks for the nightmares

[timber flower]

haha as someone who gets migraines I can confirm its a nightmare

[fair thicket]

226.73

POKENAME goes flappy flappy weewoo weewoo from above. Something something the mantle extending into wings so it can fly.

[weak osprey]

Good morning, Worm lmao

[jagged ledge]

Whoops

I looked it up. Apparently knaw is an obsolete way to spell gnaw.

I can resubmit though.

[hexed fog]

I had a migraine the other day that put me in bed all day. I hate brains!

[timber flower]

The human body sucks in general XD

[jagged ledge]

We rock lol

[fair thicket]

i think this is my best means of contribution
going as goofy as possible and letting others rein it in 😌

🤔 dex entries say that tentacruel flash their orbs before unleashing a sonic murder blast
so something about seeing them over over the water at night, flashing their lights in irritation?

something something ufo sightings

[regal cedar]

early tentacool anime and tcg appearances are kind of wild

[weak osprey]

Oh I should mention our own @timid sky (at least I think it's them) wrote for Mantyke/Tentacool:
Although POKENAME's stingers contain large amounts of venom, it is so friendly that it will rarely harm humans. Some POKENAME will even try and come ashore to play with people, even though it quickly dries out on land.

[fair thicket]

episode got banned because of 9/11 (iirc), yeah

heh, turns out i was on the right track with aliems

Death from above is a go, then

[weak osprey]

Considering they're half-mantine. I think I want them to just be chill guys

[fair thicket]

the happy version of First Contact 😌

[weak osprey]

Hmmm OH I CAN MAKE THIS WORK

HOLD TIGHT

[fair thicket]

instead of murder aliems, they throw on cool light shows
! oh, Close Encounters of the Third Kind! The music!

[jagged ledge]

Resubmit complete

[fair thicket]

first half of this scene 🤭
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLXNDzc-2fA

[weak osprey]

Okay, so I'm having it so that the lights on its head are used for communication, and that scientists have cracked the code.

After much effort and patience from both parties, linguists have cracked the code of POKENAME communication. It turns out POKENAME had always wanted to __

What part of the human world always interested these Pokémon? Like what was the first thing they asked for from humans?

[fair thicket]

turns out POKENAME have always wanted to-

CRAB RAVE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDU_Txk06tM

[weak osprey]

Also this sounds like a Cards Against Humanity black card lmao

[fair thicket]

🤔 hmm, what's an actual thing they could want

[weak osprey]

"try wearing a hat"

"try sushi"

[fair thicket]

"to chill with humans as trainer buddies"

[weak osprey]

"learn how to play water polo"

[fair thicket]

i'm betting you can't make animated clothing because otherwise Flashing Tentacruel Hat would get so annoying 🤭

After much effort and patience from both parties, linguists have cracked the code of POKENAME communication. The subsequent partnership has... idk opened doors in terms of pokemon-human relations and is rumored to have played a key role in SilphCo's developing artificial fusion tech.

best way to go for a dex entry might be to eschew the CAH black card format entirely 😅

[weak osprey]

Huh? No I don't intend on leaving the blank there

I just don't know what to put there

[fair thicket]

I know. I meant the way the second sentence was written.

[weak osprey]

Oh, hmm 🤔

idk, I want smth like cute and wholesome.
I can change the phrasing though but I want to communicate the same idea, I think

Cuz I think these Pokémon are pretty simple creatures with not much going on behind the eyes at the end of the day

[fair thicket]

It turns out POKENAME has always wanted to- is just begging for something goofy to follow, and even a serious idea might end up sounding goofy with the way it's phrased.

[fair thicket]

well, 'really wanting to pal around with trainers' is the most obvious idea
scary-looking, but really just want to be buddies

[weak osprey]

Yeah but it's not specific enough 🤔

[fair thicket]

oh! 🫰 Make sure to work in the communication in question being the flashing lights from the orbs.

[weak osprey]

Smth along the lines of "The first thing POKENAME asked for was if the scientists could teach them how to play volleyball."

[weak osprey]

Good shout

[spare garnet]

Huh, I think I submitted somedex entries. I don't want to make duplicates, where can I check?

[weak osprey]

You have to use the file name to search for them

Cuz a lot of fusions have the same name (ex. the Charmander x Venipede evolution matrix)

OHHH

MARKUSKNIGHT IS YOUR NAME I'M STUPID

I was like "I don't remember Corviknight being in the game"

Yeah, searching your name should have it pop up. Idk why it wouldn't 🤔

[hexed fog]

check off the responses tab

[fair thicket]

yeah, make sure you're in the right tab

[spare garnet]

yep, it's neither in responses, nor approved tab

but I don't trust searches ins ushc big documents 😛

[weak osprey]

I can search my name just fine. The only conclusion I can come to is that you didn't submit.

[fair thicket]

unfortunately, due to shenanigans in how it's set up, that's all we have

[spare garnet]

that's unfortunate, but at the same time, good, I won't make doubles 😄

let's get to the writing!

[fair thicket]

🤔 you used the form to submit, right? you didn't just put the dex entry with your gallery post, say?

[spare garnet]

for just a few, but yes

[weak osprey]

Mantyke / Tentacool (261.72)
Although POKENAME's stingers contain large amounts of venom, it is so friendly that it will rarely harm humans. Some POKENAME will even try and come ashore to play with people, even though it quickly dries out on land
-DarkWeavile428

Mantyke / Tentacruel (261.73)
They float through the ocean in small families. They use their sticky tentacles to collect plankton before licking them clean.

Mantine / Tentacool (226.72)
POKENAME communicate with members of its family by blinking its lights. Scientists have found that each POKENAME has its own name.

Mantine / Tentacruel (226.73)
After much effort and patience from both parties, linguists have cracked the code of how POKENAME used their lights to communicate. It turns out they had always wanted to join humans in games of water polo.

I think them wanting to play games ties it in with the first one.

[fair thicket]

think you could remove even from the first entry for concision

🤔 feel the second entry could use a touch-up because both sentences start with the same word and the "them" in the second has some ambiguity.

Some pluralization issues with the third entry

fourth entry, i'd tweak the latter half of the first sentence to linguists have decoded how POKENAME use their lights to communicate.

🤔 second entry...
See, i think what you currently have could just be one sentence?

They float through the ocean in small families, using their sticky tentacles to collect plankton.

and then you have space for a new idea. 🤔 maybe something about their family structures? or to tie into feeding habits, something about them feeding each other with their tentacles, ensuring that everyone has enough to eat?

[weak osprey]

1. I didn't write the first entry, duh. It literally says who the author is underneath.

2. Good point. Switching it to POKENAME float

3. What else are new?

4. Full agree.

[weak osprey]

You caught me, it was initially one sentence 😅

[fair thicket]

fine. DarkWeavile could remove the even from the first entry if they want to

[weak osprey]

POKENAME float through the ocean in small families using their sticky tentacles to collect plankton before licking them clean. Adolescents enjoy playing games, often found chasing each other around.

Further establishing their fun-loving attitude?

[fair thicket]

sure. works for me

[weak osprey]

💅

[weak osprey]

Also I'm submitting these 6.

Speak now or forever hold your peace

[timid sky]

Yep, that was me

[weak osprey]

The name was Darkweavile428 rather than jared461 so I wasn't sure haha

[hexed fog]

@boreal trellis Please be sure to read the FAQ before submitting entries. Entries need to be within 100-250 characters.

I wonder how many of our entries talk about the fact that 'POKENAME lives in a cave'

like

some of these things thats the best we get

[weak osprey]

We can do a quick ctrl+f for cave

It returned 354

Wait, that includes "scavenge"

" cave" returns 329 instances

[hexed fog]

lol it's fine

we need more entries that say 'gypsum'

[weak osprey]

Real

[hexed fog]

gimme 3

we need more entries about sableye fusions eating gems lol

get those spinel, malachite and citrine entries ready

[weak osprey]

I man how many types of rocks are there really?
There are like, at least 12. I'm sure we can fit all of them in somewhere.

[fair thicket]

POKENAME no longer lives in a cave. POKENAME makes its own damn cave. POKENAME blasts its way through concrete and glass with acid spray and vores anything in its way.

[fair thicket]

🤔 yeah, at least 12
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rock_types

at least 30, even

[hexed fog]

oh yeah theres a ton

[weak osprey]

If I had a nickel for every time I've seen Worm use the word "vore" in this channel, I'd have two nickels

[regal cedar]

We recently had to revert the Sheet a few hours ago, but the Unowns were informed all submitted entries were copied and pasted. I will @vague osprey to double check in here.

[fair thicket]

not my fault it's an inherently funny word 😇

[regal cedar]

Moist, slippery body

[fair thicket]

🤔 does that actually require a hyphen? hmm

[regal cedar]

no

inherently is describing funny

[fair thicket]

good thing eelektross isn't in 😌

[fair thicket]

someone made a snappier version of the word "devour"! how can I not use it?

oh right @weak osprey did you have thoughts on those leaftops dex entries?

[weak osprey]

Omg now that you mention it the "-vore" in words like "carnivore" is probably cognate with the "-vour" of "devour"

I never put that together :v

[weak osprey]

I had one big thought, in fact. It's alllll the way up there if you wanna scroll

It's your same idea but with a different angle

[fair thicket]

yeye, i was thinking you should submit yours and i'll use the kleptoplasty idea for something else 😌

[weak osprey]

Sounds good. I'll work on that once I finish submitting this last batch

[fair thicket]

"broadcast" literally means "to cast broadly" and originally referred to sowing seeds

[weak osprey]

I knew that one, actually

And the "pod-" in "podcast" is from iPods, which are analogous to plant pods (like peapods)

So "podcast" is doubly seed-related 😎

@spare garnet
btw your Magmar/Metapod entry has the wrong "it's" 👀

[vague osprey]

yup, heres what i had copied from before the revert:

FALSE            466.12.png    POKENAME produces a beautiful melody as it beats its wings. Swarms of POKENAME can be seen joyfully dancing to their own music.    Mistymagius    1/8/2025 6:10:52            
FALSE            168.371.png    This clever Pokémon collects smaller bugs in its webs and then keeps them tied up on its body. POKENAME then trades large amounts of them with other Pokémon for larger meals.    Mistymagius    1/8/2025 6:23:00            
FALSE            236.109.png    The gas POKENAME expels invigorates anyone who inhales it, making them feel like they can take on anything. However, using the gas in competitive sports is usually banned.    Mistymagius    1/8/2025 8:04:24            
FALSE            244.444.png    POKENAME feeds on lava to keep its body in a liquid state. If its body temperature gets too low, its body becomes so viscous that it can no longer move.    Mistymagius    1/8/2025 8:10:07            
FALSE            171.160b.png    POKENAME uses its lure to attract unsuspecting Pokemon in the darkest waters. Once they are distracted it latches on with its jaws faster than they can react.    Elite01    1/8/2025 11:25:32            
FALSE            71.108a.png    POKENAME has perfected a three handed fighting style to defeat opponents.    Elite01    1/8/2025 11:29:54            
FALSE            190.56.png    POKENAME has perfected a three handed fighting style to defeat opponents.    Elite01    1/8/2025 11:32:56            
FALSE            301.199a.png    POKENAME uses its tentacles to amplify its psychic powers. If it’s concentrating its tentacles will begin to sway.    Elite01    1/8/2025 11:34:11```    


all of them are back on the sheet i believe

[spare garnet]

um, any way to correct the entries once sent?

[regal cedar]

We'll fix it Markus, no worries

[weak osprey]

Unowns coming in clutch 😎

[spare garnet]

and where did you see it 🤔

oh, I see! My name is on the sheet now!

I considered becoming an unown, but I'm not a native speaker, and I think that would be ummm, beneficial

[weak osprey]

Is Polish your native language?

[spare garnet]

interesting guess, yes

[hexed fog]

106.99.png POKENAME no longer uses its legs to kick its opponents, but it loves posing as if he did. What it actually does is "kicking the ground" to power up the blows of its heavy claw and perform wrestling shots thanks to its strong grip.

@dense shard did you mean to put in the quotes?

267.267.png POKENAME can now fully harness both the power of Alternating Current and Direct Current. Such sheer amount of energy, in hands of such ardently violent creature, is a serious issue to the security of trainers and Pokémon.

@dense shard did you mean to capitalize those words?

[weak osprey]

Your bio gave it away 😉

[weak osprey]

But yeah you're more than welcome to post them here so that we can give it a grammatical once-over first

[spare garnet]

it's still impressive to recognize the language

[weak osprey]

😅

I'm p sure Polish is the only language to use ż, so I was p sure before I put it into GT anyway haha

Before I realized they were Weedle feet, I was like "why tf does it have nipples?"
(Izik sprited this one btw )

I pulled Kakuna / Oricorio Sensu from the HPL and so I'm gonna work on getting entries for the Weedle x Oricorio matrix 🫡

Yooo these all look so cool :D

[dusty yarrow]

just ignore third in middle lol

[weak osprey]

🗞️

Here's the reverse for those curious
Also very cool.

Beedrill's one of my faves. It just sucks that their stats are so bad 😭

[hexed fog]

omg my upside-down kakuna

someone mention that it dance-floats at night when it sleeps while a creepy tune can be heard from an unknown source

[weak osprey]

I'll write that down 👍

[weak osprey]

All of these beedrills don't have entries so I'm claiming them rn.
These are mine

[hexed fog]

@terse pawn remember the plural for Pokémon is just Pokémon not Pokémons 😉

[spare garnet]

So you're a certified dex entry maker here for the server?🤗

[spare garnet]

P o k e m e n

[weak osprey]

Not certified. And I've only been here for a week 😅

I only have, like, a couple dozen entries, maybe?
I really need to go check

[spare garnet]

but that's neat to have people for dex entries! they're certainly lacking

appreciate the effort

if you'd like to make some for mine, I'd be happy!

[weak osprey]

Fs! Feel free to drop a sprite of yours in this channel and we'll be happy to write one up :D

[spare garnet]

Why not! Have a shot

although they're not in daena yet :/

[weak osprey]

Ah, so we're not allowed to submit entries until they are 😔

[jagged ledge]

I know we can't use them just yet but I call dibs on Stunfisk/Weezing. I've had my eye on it since it was put in the gallery.

But all of these are so good I might take Crobat/Jigglypuff too lol

Omg I meant Jumpluff

I'm not even editing that. I'm mad at myself for that one.

[jagged ledge]

[hexed fog]

no dibs lol the only time a dex entry is officially claimed is if the artist writes it. otherwise both entries are entered and randomly appear when the dex is opened

[jagged ledge]

Sorry, I mostly meant it as a joke lol

The point is I look forward to writing the entry if the chance presents itself lol

[hexed fog]

269.423.png When a POKENAME senses that someone intends to cause strife, it does not hesistate to roll headlong into them. Its judge of character is uncanny.

@weak osprey was this the intended sprite?

[weak osprey]

This one? Yes!
The Togepi line mentions being able to tell if someone is pure of heart or not and how they promote peace over needless strife :)

[hexed fog]

ok sweet I figured but someone wrote that they werent sure so I wanted to reach out to be sure

[weak osprey]

Fair enough haha

[hexed fog]

4.393.png In a swarm of related Pokémon, POKENAME remain at the bottom of the pecking order due to their lack of fighting spirit. When raised in captivity, this docility is cultivated and they never develop the fiery temper their species is known for.

Can you clarify what you meant by related pokemon? @weak osprey

[weak osprey]

Mmmh yeah I wasn't sure how best to communicate this, but I was imagining charmander / vibrava, charmeleon / vibrava, and charizard / vibrava being part of the same swarm, but as they became better fighters, they'd ascend in the pecking order and evolve into those later forms.

I would've named those other fusions by name, but they're all called Charva 😅

[hexed fog]

In a swarm of its kin, POKENAME remains at the bottom of the pecking order due to its lack of fighting spirit. When raised in captivity, this docility is cultivated and they never develop the fiery temper their species is known for.

how about this

[weak osprey]

Sounds good to me! Tysm :D

[fair thicket]

🤔

In a swarm of its kin, POKENAME without much fighting spirit remain at the bottom of the pecking order. When raised in captivity, this docility is cultivated and they never develop the fiery temper their species is known for.

avoids the mushy phrase "due to"

wait hang on there's some plurality problems

In a swarm of its kin, a POKENAME without much fighting spirit remains at the bottom of the pecking order. When raised in captivity, this docility is cultivated and it will never develop the fiery temper the species is known for.

something like this?

but yes, i know this is a nearly-done entry

[weak osprey]

It's already submitted, actually 😅

So I'll put up with the mush, but thx anyway

[fair thicket]

oh sure, but if Izik was making some final edits anyway

[hexed fog]

Got a bunch of entries approved today

If you want it updated just msg it to me so I don't forget i just left the house

[jagged ledge]

You're doing great!

[weak osprey]

@hexed fog
I got two entries Not Approved just now citing FAQ 19

Magnemite / Magnezone 81.263
When science failed to recreate Magnezone from scratch, they attempted to use fusion technology to create a Pokémon even stronger. Not all attempts were successful.

Magneton / Magnezone 82.264
In science's attempts to use fusion technology to improve on Magnezone's design, this Pokémon was discovered. While it had not yet achieved the researcher's goals, they were hopeful that they were on the brink of a breakthrough.

The idea was that they tried fusing Magnezone with Magnemite and Magneton. Would explict mention of Magnemite and Magneton resolve this issue, or is the concept itself in violation?

Take your time though, I know you're out rn

[hexed fog]

Lol because it's just mentioning it's a different magnezone or upgrade for a magnezone and doesn't incorporate anything about the other half

[weak osprey]

Fair enough, I knew I was toeing the line there. Thanks for the clarification.

[hexed fog]

Why not go over their abilities to sense underground metals

Used by miners?

[boreal canyon]

I have three phantumps willing to have a dex if anyone is intereste :)

[weak osprey]

That's a good idea.

I'll try reworking it and the other ones that got Not Approved and get back to you 😉 👍

[boreal canyon]

yeah, maybe something like "Miners use POKENAME advanced magnetic field to easily locate chunks of metal in hope to find the jackpot" ?

[weak osprey]

Yeah, I just wanted to make smth that couldn't apply to a normal Magnezone, is the thing, but it's hard with self-fusions.

[jagged ledge]

Phantump/Chespin

Said to be spirits of children lost in the woods, POKENAME often gather together to play in forest clearings. They fashion instruments and masks out of wood, creating a little band and inviting people to join in.

Phantump/Fennekin

POKENAME gather branches for kindling, creating small fires to guide lost souls through the forest. When the fires go out, POKENAME disappear like leaves on the wind.

Phantump/Froakie

Clinging to the sides of trees, a POKENAME will keep watch over those that enter its forest. If it spots someone that's lost, it will clear the path from the shadows, saving them from sharing its fate.

But also are these in the Sprite Pack yet? Am I allowed to submit these? Because I'm kinda proud of them ngl lol

[weak osprey]

They look good to me :D

[jagged ledge]

I appreciate it, but if the sprites haven't been filed then they won't accept the entry either way lol

[weak osprey]

No I'm just saying, text-wise

[jagged ledge]

Thank you lol

[jagged ledge]

Uh they're on Infinite Dex and I see approved entries for 6.4 additions so I'm submitting them.

I haven't physically done so yet so I'll let Izik answer first lol

[hexed fog]

96.68.png Having consumed so many ambitions that it could not fulfill, POKENAME manifests a being from dreams of what-could-have-been.

What do you mean by 'ambitions'? Drowzee eats the sleepy kind of dreams lol @weak osprey

[jagged ledge]

Btw @hexed fog While you're here, are fusions on Infinite Dex valid for Dex Entries even if they're not on Daena yet?

[hexed fog]

we ask that fusions not on the fusiondex not be submitted because you cant always verify the file name

daena is currently working on it getting updated with the new mons

[fair thicket]

but this isn't drowzee
#dex-entries-discussion message

[hexed fog]

in some cases if we cant find the sprite we are going to mark it as no sprite. I will be going through the 'no sprite' tags every couple months to see if theyve been posted

(we have like 100k sprites without entries please try to focus on those for now)

[narrow cosmos]

I've been using Infinitedex for reference, especially with 6.4 mons, so guess we'll see if that effects anything in the future for some of my entries. 🤔 I'll stick to Daena for non-6.4 for now on.

[jagged ledge]

Yeah I definitely primarily reference Daena, it's just that I wanted to ask because I was actually able to find a file number on Infinite Dex, I just wanted to confirm it.

[hexed fog]

if they have a sprite theyll eventually get done

[jagged ledge]

I'm just gonna save my three phantump entries for later then.

[deft depot]

Has any of my sprites got a custom entry lately?

[jagged ledge]

I'll go do one right now

[deft depot]

I just love seen what people come up to

[fair thicket]

hang on i think i did one of yours

[deft depot]

||Also I would like to help with ideas for the entries ||

[fair thicket]

ooh right the salt entry

Though its be-hatted appearance is deceptively quaint, POKENAME will gleefully share its toxic gasses with any passer-by. Thankfully, the trail of yellow clouds serves as ample warning to those who keep their heads about them.

https://www.fusiondex.org/110.443/

[jagged ledge]

Please do! They are your sprites after all!

[weak osprey]

Yeah basically what Worm said. Ik that Drowzee eats the sleepy kind of dreams, but it makes sense to me that when mixed with a line like Machamp's, that it could eat a different kind of dream (since Machamp is essentially a body-builder). The previous forms phrased it as eating, like, the drive/motivation, but that may not come across in this final form.

[deft depot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/543958354377179176/1326078745752109077/270.267.png?ex=678018d2&is=677ec752&hm=026db0daad57758ebb9fdb94cb0b7f589e2deaf914f3a8a5ecffef1423b44fff&
I posted this one to the gallery the other day, I was thinking on it saying smt about not being able to fly more than a meter above the ground even with the 4 wings, but the wing beating will eventually generate enough energy to actually rise or smt like that

[jagged ledge]

POKENAME raise their wings and amplify their piercing cries to appear even larger than they already are, paralyzing foes with fear. They coil their long tails around their disoriented prey and lift them off, never to be seen again.

[fair thicket]

🤔 so it can't fly but after enough effort it can hover? or it can hover, and after enough effort it can actually fly?

[deft depot]

The second option

[boreal canyon]

like the entries !

[fair thicket]

🤔 Electivire, right? Something about storing the energy as electricity and using that to lift off after enough has been generated, perhaps?

[jagged ledge]

Sorry, we just had a big discussion about wanting to avoid sprites not on Daena just yet. We can make a note for later because there's a given file number, but we can't submit it yet if it's not automatically in the game...

[deft depot]

Completely understandable

[jagged ledge]

Thank you! Question because you are a moderator and know the timeline of the sprites. Are these automatically added to the game under a designated file number? (Sprite Pack, Update Data, etc?)

[hexed fog]

POKENAME uses its psychic powers to consume the aspirations of those nearby. It then tries to mimic these ambitions, becoming frustrated if it fails.

How about this? Since Drowzee isn't known for this it will definitely need clarification. It's a psychic type so this shouldn't be too big of a stretch

[boreal canyon]

[jagged ledge]

Ok, then we might need to wait for the Daena update to submit them, sorry. I'm glad you like them at least! They're very good sprites I enjoyed writing for.

[boreal canyon]

considering they're all three from september and that infinitefusion that is updated has them, i guess you could pick their number from here

[jagged ledge]

Ok, I will submit them then. Worst comes to worst, they'll get in on the "No Sprite Yet" runback.

[weak osprey]

Sure 👍

[hexed fog]

Oh I don't care lol

[jagged ledge]

@deft depot

POKENAME practice their psychic powers by levitating the poison they create. Unfortunately, they often fall asleep during their training, causing them to lose track of where they were at in their progress.

[deft depot]

Love that! That’s so cute

[jagged ledge]

Thank you! It's a very cute sprite!

[hexed fog]

would yall be interested in a dexdoku? hypothetically? (similiar to @nimble sage 's spritedoku)

[jagged ledge]

Yes!

[weak osprey]

What is that?

[hexed fog]

something like this

[jagged ledge]

Basically there's open-ended themes of Pokémon on either side and you fill in the grid by making up entries with a fusion that combines the two

[weak osprey]

Huh :v

[jagged ledge]

By the looks of it, the top determines the head and the side determines the body.

[reef pine]

that could be fun

[craggy beacon]

this might actually get me to write dexes

[floral seal]

Adding dexdoku and gameifying it would be super fun!!!

@hexed fog if you/someone do end up hosting one please ping me!! I’d love to participate!

[stable sail]

That’s a great idea I’ve always wanted to actually do something and this sounds like fun

[hexed fog]

there wouldn't be a prize but it may be fun for folks who enter

[jagged ledge]

@deft depot You have so awesome sprites and half of them my brain just goes blank and I sit there thinking "Wow" before I start to figure out the lore lol (So many awesome fire/lava, leaf, and crystal textures and eyeballs. I want you to know I used a Dusknoir/Reuniclus on my first main run.)

Here is the next one I figured out lore for lol

POKENAME rush by their targets with their freezing flames trailing behind them, creating an inferno that completely surrounds their target in a few seconds. Their targets are slowly frozen until their spirit disappears within the flames.

[stable sail]

Yeah of course

[jagged ledge]

Totally fine. Just a clever way to make a challenge lol

It'll be writing recognition and creative problem solving and that's prize enough

[stable sail]

So when you have a completed dex entry do you need to go anywhere else to submit it?

[jagged ledge]

That actually is a good question. How do we format submissions?

[fair thicket]

wait - is that question in relation to a dexdoku or just dex submissions in general?

[jagged ledge]

Dexdoku

[stable sail]

I was just saying it in general not for the dexdoku

[jagged ledge]

I have over 120 submissions approved and at least 150 overall, I'd be concerned if I suddenly forgot how to submit

[fair thicket]

yeye

[fair thicket]

big ol' blue text link 😌

[stable sail]

Oops

[jagged ledge]

You use the submission form, we just bring ideas here if we need any feedback, want to share, or want to inform a spriter of our entries.

[fair thicket]

XD i forgive you dw abt it

there's a common misconception about dex entries getting harvested with sprite gallery posts, frex, so i don't mind that you asked directly

[stable sail]

This may be another stupid question but how do I know what pokemon have had dex entries already done for them?

[hexed fog]

Ctrl+F on the submissions tab

type in the image (ie 12.145.png)

please be sure you read the FAQ

[fair thicket]

uh, are you on mobile?

because there's no mobile-friendly solution beyond asking someone else or maybe searching this thread and hoping the dex entry was cross-posted

[stable sail]

Yeah I’m on mobile for now but that’ll change soon

[hexed fog]

(theyre usually not crossposted) lol

[fair thicket]

sometimes they're workshopped here first.
sometimes

[hexed fog]

We should be caught up to 1/7 come tomorrow so

I'm loving so many of these. Especially the non edge ones

[jagged ledge]

That's awesome! Thank you so much for your hard work approving all of these. Any more requests or prompts while we're at it?

[hexed fog]

supermarkets are a great place to get food, what pokemon are on the shelves?

Maybe a Krabby's legs? Fried Pidgey Wings?

Shroomish chunks?

[stable sail]

Ewww

[hexed fog]

make me some delicacies with parts of pokemon and what theyre made into ( a dish)

[jagged ledge]

POKENAME's tails grow very quickly, so they often shed off the excess in chunks. These chunks are collected as a popular pasta topping.

[hexed fog]

80.22.png Its tail has a mind of its own, biting POKENAME's tail to change it's direction. It often feasts on Clauncher and Corphish.

do you mind if we change this to pokemon who are in PIF? @silver yarrow

[weak osprey]

@hexed fog
Sorry to bother you abt another Not Accepted submission 😅
This one's for 208.19a
While powder diets are a necessity for certan dietary research protocols, they can result in POKENAME with overlong incisors. Pokémon welfare boards recommend pellets scoring at least a 7 on the Mohs hardness scale, if possible.
And it was pinged for "Mohs hardness scale"

So just to be clear, units of measure named after people (Kelvin, Fahrenheit, Hertz, Pascals, Newtons) are okay, but scores on scales named after people (Mohs hardness, Scoville, Richter) are not okay?
And where does smth like SHU (Scoville Heat Units) fall?

It's not such a big deal in this case, since I can reword it to, like, "harder than corundum" or smth but just for future reference.

[hexed fog]

yeah just reword it to avoid using his name

[timid sky]

Also, Crawdaunt’s ultra moon entry

[hexed fog]

all entries should make sense 'in universe'

[timid sky]

Yes I know this is Crawdaunt and not Corphish, but it would also make sense if Corphish followed suit in not tasting good

[timid sky]

Also, I was trying to reply to this with that screenshot

[hexed fog]

@near latch going through a lot of your miltank entries. Please try to go over the FAQ again and keep your entries in the pokedex tone.

[hexed fog]

We try to keep entries with pokemon in PIF

but lets wait for the author to reply 🙂

[timid sky]

I know, I just also wanted to state the fact that Crawdaunt tastes horrible

[weak osprey]

I'm still unclear abt where SHUs would fall though.

[hexed fog]

241.375.png Nobody likes POKENAME, and POKENAME never gets invited to any parties. Because of this, it lives in solitude.

like this one @near latch this would not be approved.

[timid sky]

I think he put my description on the submission form by mistake

[hexed fog]

we will ask the frog

[weak osprey]

Thx 😉👍

[dull dome]

POKENAME's hunting strategy involves hiding in tall grass, waiting for something to wander near it, then using its tentacles to ensnare its prey.

thoughts?

[near latch]

I've already said I'm sorry and that it won't happen again, idk what else you want me to do I'm sorry

[nocturne shadow]

264.315.png
It is said that POKENAME created the sense of taste in all beings. If a trainer creates a dish which pleases its tongue, they will be blessed in having every dish taste spectacular

[dull dome]

think this falls under faq 39

pokemon cant be called a god

[nocturne shadow]

Oh. Dang

[nocturne shadow]

Guess I can't call it "the God tongue" either huh?

[dull dome]

probably not

[nocturne shadow]

Bummer. Really wanted a Food Wars reference

Any other ideas to replace the second sentence?

[dull dome]

uhhh

[nocturne shadow]

Maybe "any restaurant owner who obtains it will have their resturant blessed with spectacular food"?

[dull dome]

Yeah, or mabye like If a trainer manages to please its tongue or smth, which stays on your og line

[nocturne shadow]

Maybe combine the two. "If a trainer creates a dish which pleases its tongue, they will be blessed in having every dish taste spectacular"

[dull dome]

yeah that works

[nocturne shadow]

Ok, thanks for your input!

[dull dome]

no worries

[nocturne shadow]

Know where I could access the FAQ questions?

[hexed fog]

The doc has a tab

[hexed fog]

Sorry I didn't realize someone already spoke to you about this. Do you know who did?

[near latch]

You bro

It's fine lol I just wanted u to know that I have not submitted anything since, it was all submitted at once

[hexed fog]

I see ok, the only one I remember seeing was in here I hadn't checked the sheet yet to see how many you did

I will deny these please feel free to post some in the future following the guidelines 🙂

[near latch]

I mean, surely there were some that worked? I just got a little off track when writing them and forgot alot of stuff, I'm too distractable and it's a problem

If you wanna remove all I won't mind, probably saves you guys the trougble of going through em

Sorry again

[nocturne shadow]

321.415.png
If its tusks break off, POKENAME will use its fire to weld them back on. Though this process is painful, these tusks rarely ever break again.

[hexed fog]

Do you mean weld them back on?

Because cauterization wouldn't do that lol

That's for preventing bleeding or infection

[nocturne shadow]

Ah. I was first thinking of "soddering" but I didn't think that would fit.

I saw cauterizing would be like that but for wounds, but I see I was wrong. Thanks for clearing that up

[silver yarrow]

Idk what that means but sure

( what does that mean )

[hexed fog]

Pokemon Infinite Fusion

[silver yarrow]

Wait so what was the question

Sorry, I'm lost lmao

[hexed fog]

Theyre not in the game

Mind if we swap them for ones that are?

[silver yarrow]

Wait who's not in the game

Yeah I don't mind, I'm just curious

That's slowbro fearow?

Omg clauncher and corphish

@hexed fog yeah ofc that's fine

[nocturne shadow]

321.368.png
Long ago, POKENAME were used for entertainment as they danced with their fire-engulfed limbs. Trainers, being invested it their techniques, mimicked them to create fire dancing.

[nocturne shadow]

Working on the whole Elekid/Machop line so be ready.

239.66.png
If you see a piece of dented metal, it most likely was caused by a POKENAME. During thunderstorms, they punch metal surfaces to generate electricity for consumption later.

125.66.png
Its black, rubbery bands on POKENAME’s body limit the amount of electricity it can release. Without these limiters, a POKENAME could cause town-wide blackouts.

125.67.png
Though POKENAME have lightning-fast punches, they cannot easily hit those from behind. Because of this, Pokemon grab their sensitive tail to avoid getting pummeled.

125.68.png
Electric companies use specialized punching bags for POKENAME to punch for generating electricity. In a few seconds, POKENAME can release enough energy to power a town for months.

[boreal prairie]

these two are the same (with the elekid one before it)

[nocturne shadow]

Shoot

Ok, fixed. Sorry about that

267.68a.png
If you see a POKENAME standing still in the wild, most likely it is punching faster than the eye can see. Staring at it for too long can cause permanent blindness.

Ok, finally done. Critique away!

I'll review it in the morning lol

[stable sail]

Your like lightning McQueen

[boreal prairie]

If you find a conspicuous piece of dented metal it may have been caused by a POKENAME. During thunderstorms, they punch metal surfaces to store electricity for later consumption.

some coherence suggestion, I think it is sort of unreasonable to claim "all dented metal was probably by this guy"

The black, rubbery bands on POKENAME’s body limit the amount of electricity it can release. Without these limiters, a POKENAME could cause town-wide blackouts.

very small edit, its to the

POKENAME has lightning-fast punches, but cannot easily hit opponents behind it. Enemies grab its sensitive tail to avoid getting pummeled.

some coherence/concision

An electric company developed special punching bags which POKENAME can punch to generate electricity. They claim that with only a few seconds of punching, POKENAME can power a town for months.

some tweak, so that it isn't a question why this isn't use everywhere

It might seem to be standing still, but in reality POKENAME punches faster than the eye can see. Stare at it for too long, and the ambient static of its punches can cause permanent blindness.

some embellishment/concision suggestions

cool ideas!

[jagged ledge]

I thought of a funny thing to do.

@hero.drawing

It gathers storm clouds, channeling the energy of three dark dragons. In awe of its grace, many trainers write poems in tribute to it.

The reason this is funny is because of the fusion's name.

It gathers storm clouds
Channeling the energy
Of three dark dragons

In awe of its grace
Many trainers write poems
In tribute to it

It's a Hykou Haiku

[weak osprey]

*its 🤭

[jagged ledge]

Thank you lol

It's a Hykou Haiku referencing Haikus

I'm not sure if the ping went through but I don't want to risk double pinging after midnight

[boreal prairie]

I think that is so genius. I will have to put extra effort into my concision suggestions to keep your amazing idea.

[boreal prairie]

When storm clouds gather
the electric might of three
dark dragons emerge.

Power and glory
inspire trainers to write
apt tribute poems.

[jagged ledge]

Thank you thank you lol

[jagged ledge]

I might change the last line to "poems of tribute" but otherwise that does sound cool. I did already submit the previous one, but I can ask an Unown about it in the morning.

[boreal prairie]

I thought that saying something like "apt" might give the reader a clue to look for the haiku, cause it often would be difficult to come to that conclusion sicne it will be written as a sentence

Also to explain why I changed what I did, with Haiku you have to emphasize that even more than most poems, you have to make every word/syllable count as much as possible, especially in English where sometimes you have to use helping/grammar words (that don't exist/matter as much in japanese). Since we're already fighting an uphill battle, I try to get as much in as you can, and trim the grammar stuff if possible (-ing, in, its, etc). "-ing" is 5% of the whole poem, if you're using it, it better be for a real good reason!

Sorry nerding out about haiku lol

[jagged ledge]

It's ok lol. I wanted mine to read more like a regular Pokedex entry while secretly being a Haiku. I was afraid leaning too far into just the Haiku aspect would lead to the grammar or format not lining up quite right.

I do want it to be laid out like a Haiku, but it is still technically a Dex Entry first. You need to consider that when players read it, they will see:

When storm clouds gather, the electric might of three dark dragons emerge. Power and glory inspire trainers to write apt tribute poems.

And laid out like that I think emerge might technically need to be plural?

Maybe something like

Storm clouds take the form of a trio of dragons with electric might. The beauty and fear inspire trainers to write poems of tribute

Storm clouds take the form
Of a trio of dragons
With electric might

The beauty and fear
Inspire trainers to write
Poems of tribute

?

Idk I'm probably overthinking it lol. It's 2:30 AM.

[boreal canyon]

is there a way to see it ? i can't find it

[timid sky]

Despite POKENAME's smiling face, it is seething with rage on the inside. When it is especially angry, POKENAME will begin spreading poisonous pollen. This pollen also triggers POKENAME's allergies, which serves to make it even angrier.

[dull dome]

click on faq in the tab at the bottom of the screen in the sheet

[boreal canyon]

thx

[timid sky]

Grabbing one of POKENAME's lightning bolt shaped tails will result in you getting blasted by 100 000 volts of electricity. If somehow you survive, you will become a human lightning rod.

[jagged ledge]

@deft depot Attempting to ping again in case the one last night didn't go through.

[deft depot]

Love it

That’s so smart

[regal cedar]

Hello everyone! Here's today unofficial warmup!

https://www.fusiondex.org/270.329/

The Ogre Sword Pokémon has a lot of interesting abilities and a unique pallette, too.

If you'd like, write a Dex entry that fits the guidelines for this Pokémon. As always, those written may appear in game if submitted!

Here are some links that determine when to use different punctuation!

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/commas/index.html
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/independent_and_dependent_clauses/index.html (this is important for knowing when and when not to put some punctuation!)
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/multilingual/multilingual_students/punctuation/semicolons_colons_and_parentheses.html
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/commas/commas_vs_semicolons.html
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/punctuation/hyphen_use.html (this one's tricky!)

[timid sky]

Thanks to the mushroom draining its energy, POKENAME eats even more than a regular Snorlax. Because of POKENAME's diet of Sitrus Berries, the mushroom has changed to resemble one.

[regal cedar]

Don't forget to capitalize Sitrus Berries.

[jagged ledge]

Thank you!

[jagged ledge]

It is said that a POKENAME is a vengeful spirit of a Yanmega seeking revenge on its predators. It fashions a shield out of amber that preserves its former body, making sure all of its foes know who struck them down.

[nocturne shadow]

Thank you for the edits! I appreiate the feedback from yesterday.

[nocturne shadow]

Thanks. Just have a quick brain for concepts.

[hexed fog]

Lmk if you guys see anything prior to 1/7

I think we got everything

[jagged ledge]

Looks great, thanks!

[nocturne shadow]

Hey, I accedentally put in the wrong entry for the sprite. How do I get it fixed or deleted?

I now realized it was a couple.

[small nest]

We can handle it for you. Just tell us which one it is and how you'd like it changed

[nocturne shadow]

1. 66.125.png - reverse the numbers
2. 67.125.png - reverse the numbers
3. Delete 68.125.png (this one specifically)

They should between #'s 16306 and 16309

Thank you in advance

[south berry]

I was wondering something about the FAQ, I know wild fusion methods are meant to be kept vague, but if a sprite provides a natural explanation for the fusion are we allowed to mention that in an entry? (Something akin to Shellder and Slowpoke for example)

Specifically I wrote an entry for this sprite having it be a Chansey adopting a Ferroseed (which IMO is the natural implication from the sprite)

[hexed fog]

We need pokes that work in vineyards

Gogogo

[regal cedar]

🤔

[nocturne shadow]

Sending these three in for right now.

201.77.png
The charred smoke on its back permeates the air as it frolics in fields. Firefighters are annoyed by this Pokemon as they falsely assume there is a fire when it’s simply a harmless POKENAME.

11.34.png
When battling, POKENAME will recklessly charge at the opponent headfirst. Their steel-hard shell ensures no damage is done to them when they miss.

12.34.png
Because of how light their wings are, POKENAME rarely flies. They tend to their wings with care, slathering them with honey as a protective casing.

[jagged ledge]

Trainers employ POKENAME at vineyards, encouraging them to work out their anger by squishing berries for wine. Many guests get intimidated when they see POKENAME licking red juice from their fists, afraid they're drinking blood from their victims.

[hexed fog]

Oh yessss

We also need entries about wheat, barley and grain fields

Since there's a bar in the game it wouldn't be bad to have an entry mention a brewery

Obviously keep it tame lol

[nocturne shadow]

This is actually very unique. Props to you!

[jagged ledge]

Thank you!

[hexed fog]

We could use pokemon that are used for pulling wagons

[nocturne shadow]

Probably someting with Tauros

I will keep the farmland entries in mind, but I won't force them into something they don't belong in

Four more done for today.

[craggy beacon]

a tauros and rapidash maybe

[nocturne shadow]

170.161.png
When threatened underwater, POKENAME will use their tails as makeshift fists. Their tails however are squishy, so it bounces off of the opponent.

[nocturne shadow]

One of them is inspired by a camel so it could defitely be done.

170.162.png
POKENAME are very trusting with other Pokemon and trainers, nuzzling with them as a greeting. Underwater expiration teams befriend these Pokemon to offer light in the deep ocean.

295.122a.png
When unsuspecting trainers get too close to the odd keystone, POKENAME emerges, trapping them with invisible barriers. Supposedly the last thing they hear is a dark, haunting laugh as their soul becomes absorbed.

103.113.png
When startled, POKENAME will throw one of the baby Exeggcutes in its pouches at the aggressor. The Exeggcutes love being thrown around, even if it is dangerous for them.

[nocturne shadow]

You wanna do it?

[craggy beacon]

nahh

i was just offering up fusion suggestions for the idea

[nocturne shadow]

Makes sense. Hey, we got a lot to make so lol. Any ideas are good ideas (except the bad ones)

[small nest]

Enterprising Trainers occasionally attempt to use POKENAME as a beast of burden, hoping to combine the strength of a Tauros with the speed of a Rapidash. Unfortunately, they usually overlook Tauros's bad temper and Rapidash's flames.

[nocturne shadow]

"Beast of burden" is such a great way to say that.

Also, probably for 78.128.png if you wanna submit it.

[small nest]

I think I will!

[nocturne shadow]

Go for it!

For reference, this is what it looks like:

[jagged ledge]

Perfect!

[nocturne shadow]

403.362.png
The only way to calm an enraged POKENAME is to pet it. If a trainer stops petting it before it calms down, POKENAME will wrap its arms around them and suffocate them as an everlasting hug.

[narrow cosmos]

Oh sweet, I'm up to past 350 approved entries.

But that means all mine up to present day have been looked at, guess I gotta start up mashing out some new ones again.

[jagged ledge]

Woohoo!

I'm at 154! Just 200 away

(But nah seriously, it's not a race, I'm really happy for you! )

[narrow cosmos]

Thanks a bunch, never thought I'd reach that point.

I wasn't paying attention to my numbers either, I'm surprised there's so many with my name attached.

I was just submitting whatever came to mind

Alas, the handful of rejected ones hurt my soul.

[nocturne shadow]

Bro, I'm only at like 50 lol

[jagged ledge]

Hey every single entry counts and is appreciated! 50 is still a lot!

[jagged ledge]

I can understand and relate to that yeah lol

[narrow cosmos]

Admittedly, for the most part I can understand the reasons for rejection, so it's not a huge deal, there was only like, one or two I think were a disappointment in losing.

[jagged ledge]

I'm a little sad about the Grimer/Yamask one, partly because the Spriter liked it but it broke FAQ 19 so I need to revise it quite a bit.

[jagged ledge]

Yeah, the Unowns are usually very fair helpful and consistent

[narrow cosmos]

Though one reason did make me curious, FAQ 16 is a rule I crossed on one or two of them, about talking about fusions as if they were man-made being a no-go basically, but what about Golurk? That's a Pokemon explicity stated to be made by humans--ancient humans, but still humans. Should the rule be grey'd a little for fusions that have one part of them being explicity man-made like that or the Porygons?

It's not a huge issue, I'm sure I could think of some alternate text for the ones that got rejected but it did make me think.

[jagged ledge]

I think just saying something like "Said to be" at the start goes a long way in helping with that

[narrow cosmos]

Yeah, like I said, not a big issue, I could always try to reword the ones that were rejected and resubmitted, as long as that's not against any rules

[jagged ledge]

I believe as long as there is a genuine effort made to resolve the issue, you can resubmit a rejected entry no problem.

How many resubmissions it takes to get in might play a factor but I don't see why a second attempt would be off the table.

[small nest]

My thoughts are that "POKENAME was created by humans" is still a no-go, since the player probably just fused its components. But you could allude to it resembling an ancient type of Golurk, or something similar.

[hexed fog]

Make it a race. Give me goldeen schooling patterns! Give me graveler racing gamblers! Give me golem jade eating!

Mooooore

[narrow cosmos]

Makes sense! Just got curious after looking at which ones didn't make the cut.

[narrow cosmos]

No Jade eating but I did try to make some Golems tonight.

[small nest]

No problem with resubmitting! You can even ping myself or another Unown to get some feedback on what exactly to change.

[hexed fog]

Give me merry go round seats! Themed Rollercoasters! Themed fairs in faraway villages!

Mismagius following floating lanterns! Psyduck who accidentally shut down windmills! Klefki prison guards!

So many options! Ahhhhh!

[narrow cosmos]

Somebody give Izik a sedative.

Bring in the Hypno heads, the boy needs rest!

[hexed fog]

Fill that dex

[jagged ledge]

POKENAME attempt to determine swim patterns telepathically, but it almost always results in them getting intense headaches. As a result, their swimming tends to be a lot less coordinated than their appearance would suggest.

You underestimate my ability to adapt a prompt

[jagged ledge]

It is believed that in ancient times, people would roll groups of POKENAME down hills for entertainment, placing bets on which is faster. To this day, POKENAME pride themselves on their speed, only slowing down to mend the cracks in their bodies.

[narrow cosmos]

POKENAME has been found in depictions of royal houses in historical Galar and Kalos. High-ranking knights would ride them across dangerous territory, where speed and defense were both paramount to survival.

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The spines along a POKENAME's body are composed of nephrite jade. POKENAME will use their sturdy bodies to carve out spots to burrow within caves, eating the minerals inside to help grow their spines

~~Golett has a Sableye fusion on the chart, but you said Golem, so I had to get creative ~~

You know what, to be fair, I don't think this guy is eating that much jade.

It has no mouth

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One egg within a clutch has become toxic, leaking from its shell. Its psychic powers let it remain functioning despite spilling out, though its appearance causes disarray amongst its clutch-mates.

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Oh no!

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I wonder if this is better or worse than the one that's basically saying Gastly are formed from broken, alone Exeggcute?

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https://tenor.com/view/porque-no-los-dos-gif-gif-8095552063090748143

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POKENAME appear late at night in front of those interested in dark magic. Their flames are powered by a mystical brew of the souls they've deceived.

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POKENAME collects lost or discarded keys amongst garbage and filth and seeks out their former owners to return them. Due to its stench permeating on the keys it collects, those it finds are reluctant to take their keys back.

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POKENAME often have visions of disasters striking a village and rush in to try and help. However, the headaches that come from these visions set off their psychic powers, often causing the destruction they sought to prevent.

Wait quick side note I was going through data on daena to try and find Klefki/Kecleon

Tem Kecleon got 470/470 on both sides!? Dang that's impressive

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That makes 7 Pokemon to have 470 on both sides, looks like!

Diglett's one body fusion away from making it 8.

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Oooh

What are the other ones?

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Voltorb, Ho-oh, Kecleon, Bidoof, Sylveon, Trapinch and Buneary.

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Nice

That's awesome to know there are actually completed lines... as of 6.3

And I know we have at least 151/470 Bulbasaur head entries

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319 left for you. Chop chop.

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Me and my big mouth

Bulb bulb bulbish bulbs bulbing bulbily

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POKENAME consumes garbage and sludge to soothe its aching head. If it eats too much in one sitting, however, its headache will worsen and it will lose its solid shape, becoming a toxic puddle until it recovers.

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Oh I love that

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Ever get tummy/headache so bad you just lose control of your solidity?

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Yes, when I overeat at an Indian Buffet.

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I go in for brunch, I do not need dinner lmao.

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Me after Chinese buffet

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I also have a good Chinese buffet near me, but it's further out, so I only go for dinner. The Indian one is like 5 minutes away so it's reasonable to do for brunch lol

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Law enforcement agencies have begun training POKENAME for special units and operations. Their sense of smell and natural-born teamwork skills make them efficient partners, particularly for search parties.

Basic, but cute.

Nobody's escaping these good bois' noses.

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POKENAME are staffed by prisons due to their keys' mystical ability to release or seal any lock. If a warden ever threatens to throw away the key, it is because they have a POKENAME on standby.

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There's over 250,000 possible base fusions in this game. It's ok to have things be a little basic and cute is always appreciated lol