dex-entries-discussion

[hollow quartz]

1. This is based on Pokémon, not an RPG where the "mobs" have drops like that.
2. This is Pokémon Infinite Fusion, which has its own form of canon about things in the Pokémon world.
3. "Will of Marowak" would be weird to have drop from something that isn't Marowak, speaking from a general standpoint of a game.
4. This game and its world is about the fusion of different species, not the death and rebirth of existing species or how species might devolve because of something else about how the world works.
5. You cannot evolve an unfused Pokémon like Cubone into a fused Pokémon, you either evolve it first and then fuse it with another or you fuse it with an evolved Pokémon. Or you evolve either half an existing Cubone fusion, such as Cubone/Cranidos: you can evolve it into Cubone/Rampardos or Marowak/Cranidos.

[pearl pilot]

I didn't say it was just a cubone

What if the will of the marowick came from the imaginary graveyard

Also cubone can learn theft

[azure wagon]

You can say it frequents graveyards or that its often found there, it doesnt need to be imaginary. You still need to keep it vague, you cant say the "Graveyards of Marowak" because pokemon are animals and dont really build structures.

At the end of the day you need to write entries that keep the Canon lore of the game in mind.

You cant just create a new item/locations/method of evolution/etc.

[hollow nimbus]

Hiho, Dex Manager here

There is one important piece of information that you seem to be missing, @pearl pilot:

We have NO control over the game's coding

We can't change item drops, evolution methods, or anything of the sort

Because of that, we have to work with what is already in the game, being careful not to provide false information to players about gameplay

[pearl pilot]

alright my bad i didn't we couldn't

I mightve also gotten it mixed up with a different pokemon game and again that's my bad

[storm light]

Prompt time! ✏️
What are some Pokémon that Pokemon Rangers use to help keep tabs on parks and reserves?

[hollow quartz]

God, there's probably so many that could work for that--least of all many of the Smeargle fusions I bet

-# Unfortunately I am still in the sylveon mines, until I have to leave my home in like an hour or so

[tropic ermine]

Not sure how high quality this one is but I'm going for it anyway

POKENAME are often used by park rangers and conservationists to monitor their local ecosystems. To record this information, they give off a scent that can be translated into binary code

PorygonZ/Ledyba btw

[hollow quartz]

Hm...maybe it would fit more to say that the scent can be picked up by special/certain devices? In a way similar but doesn't rely so much on people knowing what binary is. Just as an initial thought

I think the concept overall is good though, it's just with the mention of binary code that I get caught up on

[tropic ermine]

I did try to avoid it by specifying binary code but i could say it can be picked up by computers instead, lemme make sure it's still in character count lol

That actually sounds like it'll read a lot better imma do it rq

[hollow quartz]

o7

[tropic ermine]

Updated entry:

POKENAME are often used by park rangers and conservationists to monitor their local ecosystems. To record this information, they give off a scent that can be picked up by computers.

[pale venture]

Wait, are we allowed to mention Pokemon Rangers and possibly classes in dex entries? (That make sense ofc)

If so I got a couple things in mind

[hollow quartz]

I think specifically I've seen people say "Rangers" rather than "Pokémon Rangers"

in terms of dex entries, that is

[tropic ermine]

Trying to decide if computers or electronics sounds better

[storm light]

I'm p sure you can as long as its capitalized as a trainer class

[pale venture]

Gotcha ty

[hollow quartz]

That too, like how Trainer needs to be capitalized*

Brain please, I know we woke up before 6am but you can work better than this

[tropic ermine]

Should I capitalize Park Rangers in mine then or no?

[storm light]

I don't think so, since it's not referring to a trainer class

[hollow quartz]

At that point you can just say Rangers

It refers to the trainer class and some/enough will likely assume it also means park rangers, imo

[tropic ermine]

I'll do that, it's a little less wordy

[hollow quartz]

It's what I do when I refer to Pokemon and/or Park Rangers

[tropic ermine]

I mean if we all start doing it it'll become the standard

[hollow quartz]

I mean tbf

I did it cuz I saw a few entries also say "Rangers" rather than "Park Rangers" or "Pokémon Rangers"

So it may already be an unspoken standard

[pale venture]

Wait, how would one say Pokemon Ranger then

[hollow nimbus]

Time for me to nerd out

SO

[hollow quartz]

Ohno (endearingly)

[pale venture]

Please do, I just wanna make sure I'm correct on this

[hollow nimbus]

Pokémon Ranger can refer to one of two groups of people

[tropic ermine]

Like that lol

Or also Ranger

[hollow nimbus]

The first group of people is the Trainer Class called Pokémon Ranger

[hollow quartz]

with the special e in Pokémon, mind you

[pale venture]

Ye I know, I always put the special e

[hollow nimbus]

Those are Trainers that use Pokémon and Poké Balls to monitor the balance of nature
They're rather like park rangers but Trainers

For the Trainers, you can only call them Pokémon Rangers

The second group of people are the Pokémon Rangers that work for the Ranger Union

[tropic ermine]

That's why I avoid saying Pokemon bc I'm too lazy to hold the e for a couple seconds to get é

[hollow nimbus]

Those people use Capture Stylers to uphold the balance between people and Pokémon
For those people, you can shorten their title to Rangers

[pale venture]

I copy+paste from fusiondex or whatever else I'm looking at lol

[hollow quartz]

-# the beybladers, sorry but the joke had to be made as someone who loves the Ranger games

[azure wagon]

i just write all my entries in a google doc and have this little section for the "common" words/special ' I jsut copy paste from

[hollow nimbus]

Every other kid wanted a toy Poké Ball
I wanted a toy Capture Styler

I was devastated to find out I couldn't get one

In short:

Pokémon Ranger (Trainers) - no shortening
Pokémon Ranger (Union employee) - shortening to Rangers allowed

[pale venture]

Gotcha

[hollow quartz]

If I recall right, specifically from anime depictions of the Rangers, both types of "Pokémon Rangers" do cross quite a bit in ways, which is why they can sometimes blur for others I imagine

[tropic ermine]

I didn't realize that was a class, but that fits for mine so it looks like no shortening for me

[hollow nimbus]

Park Rangers should be park rangers, since it's not a Trainer class or any other game-exclusive term

[hollow quartz]

Noted for the future, thankfully I've only used "Ranger" less than 5 times and each time it was in regards to Pokémon-human balance mostly

[hollow nimbus]

I submitted a Pokémon Ranger Uniform to the game, so eventually you will be able to get a hat from the Trainer class and an outfit from the Ranger Union group

[tropic ermine]

190 characters perfect I'm chilling

[hollow nimbus]

FURTHER obfuscating the difference

[hollow quartz]

So what I'm hearing is you will be able to dress as a Pokémon Ranger Ranger

[hollow nimbus]

Yes

The details of the Pokémon Ranger Trainers have not been provided much
They don't usually give tons of info about each Trainer class

[hollow quartz]

Yeah they kinda just

Exist

Blanks get filled in by theories of the community and whatnot, with the more "grounded" and "realistic/fitting" ones being the more accepted ones I'd figure/hope

[hollow nimbus]

I'm very curious about the rope-Poké Ball here

[hollow quartz]

clearly it's how you safely capture a rampaging Tauros

[hollow nimbus]

If you swing it around, you can throw your Poké Ball further

[hollow quartz]

I sometimes wonder

If the lasso-ball

[tropic ermine]

To avoid venturing into dangerous pokémon nests and quicksand and stuff probably

[hollow quartz]

Is ever like treated with certain smelling fruits or berries or other foods to also more safely lure certain Pokémon

[pale venture]

I typed "Passify" instead of pacify. I might be too tired to write.

[hollow quartz]

that too--imagine trying to maintain the Trapinch population by capturing them but they just keep eating your Pokéballs or you slip into their sand pits

[tropic ermine]

If they eat the rope ball it's just trapinch fishing lol

[hollow nimbus]

The Capture Styler protects Rangers from harm as long as it has energy left

So Pokémon Rangers (Trainers) may be in a bit more danger from hazardous conditions

[hollow quartz]

Yeah which would explain why instead of a styler lasso they actually rely on rope lassos

Probably serves both as a safer way to capture certain Pokémon and also as a traversal tool

It is one of those fun random Trainer class details that at least I want to have more detail about

Like the idea of a lasso-Pokéball is funny and kinda cool too but they just never do anything with it

[hollow nimbus]

"Experts in catching POKENAME prefer to attach their Poké Balls to ropes so they can throw the Poké Balls from a further, safer distance."

[tropic ermine]

If this looks good to y'all w/the edits imma submit
POKENAME are often used by Pokémon Rangers and conservationists to monitor their local ecosystems. To record this information, they give off a scent that can be picked up by computers.

[pale venture]

Megaeon #154.290
POKENAME are popular among experienced Pokémon Rangers, as they can ensnare targets with their long tongue and use their petal's calming aroma to pacify aggressive wild Pokémon. POKENAME can use these petals to revive flora and shroud themselves.

Does this work

[tropic ermine]

We can go up to 250?! I thought the limit was 200 characters

[pale venture]

I've been riding the 250 since I started writing dex entries, ye it's 250

[hollow nimbus]

I suggest replacing Rangers, being able to with Rangers because they're able to

[tropic ermine]

.

I can read lol

[pale venture]

Goes over 250 characters unfortunately

I tried shortening it down as much as I can lol

[hollow quartz]

perhaps "Rangers, as they can ensnare targets..."

[pale venture]

Maybe I can remove calming?

Oh, that works

[hollow quartz]

I'm still re-working with my comma usage a bit so I'd re-check with RealThree or others as well

I merely made the suggestion as to what maybe flows better with the comma if it cannot be replaced without surprassing character limit

[pale venture]

Well I'll change it to that for now, if anyone has any input I'll wait for that, and if it's all good I'll submit it tomorrow

My brain empty today

[hollow quartz]

I feel it, tbh

[pale venture]

Yeah I had to learn video editting today, after doing some other stuff, after doing a bunch of other boring stuff

[storm light]

I love all of these

now if only Nintendo would give us a new Pokemon Ranger game

[pale venture]

Honestly, give the player trainer classes

Do something different

[hollow quartz]

Why must you remind me of how long it has been since the last one

[pale venture]

Oh, game

Entei gave me cramps in the first game iirc

[hollow quartz]

next Legends game: pick your class, dodge roll, get knocked out by Pokémon, everything is consumable and you can craft many things
Truly become the Elden Ring of Pokémon

[storm light]

I started with Shadows of Almia, but I doubt i'll be able to get the first one for a relatively reasonable price nowadays Gonna have to be cool with makin entries

[pale venture]

Finally, a game made for me

Oh wait that's palworld

[hollow quartz]

I still have the first one somewhere, though it's not been touched in a while
Though in a different note, probably shouldn't keep talking about this stuff here for fear of taking too far off the topic this channel is for....
In which case, thinking about the specific trainer classes might be another good prompt for some entries some day

shine the light on some of the more obscure trainer classes

[storm light]

Then lets do some entries with Bakers and Chefs!

~~we need a dex prompt role that we can at ~~/j

[hollow quartz]

Are those obscure at this point with all of the slurpuff and swirlix fusions

I was thinking more like the Bikers

[hollow nimbus]

It's called find a friend with ideas

[hollow quartz]

I don't think I've seen any references to bikers specifically, actually

[storm light]

How about Reporters?

[hollow quartz]

Which mind you, is probably partly since Cylcizard, Koraidon, and Myraidon kinda stole the spotlight in regards to bikers for some minds

[rich goblet]

Anyone need an idea or two? Talk about how Pokémon help people move between homes

[hollow quartz]

ooo, another good one

[rich goblet]

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Category:Trainer_classes

There's also a lot of types of Trainers

[storm light]

Shush I'm lookin at that rn

[hollow quartz]

Is there one for which trainer classes exist in PIF, actually?

[rich goblet]

One sec

[hollow quartz]

https://infinitefusion.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Trainers ah-hah

at least i think this is basically the same

[storm light]

Trainer Class: Bruno

[rich goblet]

I'm slow

[hollow quartz]

You're not slow

I am just ADHD

My brain is mere fragments that are constantly scattering everywhere and then pulling back together

Only to eventually scatter anew over and over again each day

[storm light]

How dare you put it so succinctly

[hollow quartz]

-# you would not believe how many times I tab to discord while writing entries in case I might be missing conversations

[storm light]

I can only react to so many messages without it being spammy

Theyre all true

[hollow quartz]

Trainer Class: Cynthia, AKA PTSD

[storm light]

oh yeah, @hollow nimbus wdyt about this? Would it be too out of dex tone?

[hollow nimbus]

Quick search of the word says that bonk is an informal tone, so probably don't use it

[rich goblet]

I wonder if I submit enough entries I can affect which bottom few Pokemon there are entries for

[rich goblet]

I'll start with Frogadier

[hollow quartz]

Me who is doing a bunch of Sylveon entries pre-emptively:

Certainly not one of the bottom few but I know Sylveon is on the metaphorical chopping block as a troubled one, so similar gist kinda

[unborn crest]

i love them ty

[azure wagon]

Dex-ruary Day 10: Pink Fusion

Clefeon #35.290
POKENAME rest throughout the day, using their impressive camouflage skills to avoid predators. Researchers believe the designs on their bodies shift based on the moon’s phase.

[storm light]

And I love your MH sprites! I hope to see more of em in the future so I can make more entries for them

[unborn crest]

ty again i am working on a few ye

i saw some more of your dex entries, love them all fr

[azure wagon]

omg i didnt even realize the kec was your sprite lmaoooo...love your sprites btw 💖

[unborn crest]

ty 😂 , its a pretty old one from my kec phase, but lovely entry

[regal cedar]

that is how it's coded!

[narrow cosmos]

Stop being me.

[rugged socket]

Congrats to @sweet bay for winning best entry for DexSlog grid #4! Send me a message to claim your prize

[narrow cosmos]

POKENAME can transfer the energy illuminating its tail to an organ located in its throat. Doing this projects light from its mouth when open, turning it into something of a living flashlight.

I share this just because I wanna share the image of this little thing walking beside you in a cave, mouth open and plodding along while shining light from its mouth.

[hollow quartz]

I just imagine it making some terrifying shadow puppets that probably jumpscare some

[storm light]

Hw's this for funny imaging?
Grechu #487.25
With lightning-fast reflexes, POKENAME darts around the battlefield and strikes from all angles. The shuriken at the base of its tail acts as a propellor, allowing it to swim underwater.

[hollow nimbus]

If it's only acting as it, you can say that it's acting as a propeller

[storm light]

true actually, I just had one of my other entries pop in my mind

this one in particular

[hollow nimbus]

I haven't seen too many pseudo-propellers to know how they're similar to a water shuriken /j

[hollow nimbus]

[storm light]

bad?

:(

[hollow nimbus]

You don't need to say that it's not really that thing if it's only standing in for that thing

[storm light]

so what youre saying is that i should make a custom dex error report

fair

[hollow nimbus]

It's like saying "This device cuts bread just like something that's almost a knife"

Just say it cuts the bread like a knife

[hollow quartz]

In other words there's no need to say "pseudo-" if I'm right, since they are serving as a whetsone with the rest of the entry--I say this partly to ensure my brain is tracking

[hollow nimbus]

Yep

"This is a pseudo-whetstone"
"Instead of using a psuedo-whetstone, Aegitrum uses its jaws to do the things that one would normally do with a pseudo-whetstone"

[hollow quartz]

Right

[storm light]

And this is part of the reason why i'm not an unown I still have a lot to learn

[hollow quartz]

Maybe it's my mind but also if you just say the jaws are used as a whetsone, rather than a pseudo-whestsone, it also implies that people may have used their jaws, or still do use their jaws, as their own whetsones as well--this may be my MonHun brain thinking about how the parts of animals/Pokémon can be used in various things

[hollow nimbus]

Even I have learned a lot after becoming an Unown

[storm light]

If I had the characters i would absolutely put in a line about Aegitrum jaws being broken down to more managable pieces for human whetstones

[hollow quartz]

My personal view on things is you never stop learning, really--so long as you let yourself remain open to learning

[hollow nimbus]

If you say "the jaws are used as a whetstone", then yes
If you say "it uses its jaws as a whetstone", then no

[hollow quartz]

Touché

[hollow nimbus]

It's a great big logic puzzle with no numbers

I love logic puzzles that don't involve numbers

[hollow quartz]

Part of the trick, though, is sometimes different brains perceive the same structured words in different ways--my statement as a point

[hollow nimbus]

-# sometimes brains are wrong, though

[hollow quartz]

Not to say my view was right, just that the brains are funky

[hollow nimbus]

But yeah, some parts of English grammar create ambiguity

[hollow quartz]

Exactly my point.

[hollow nimbus]

When you proofread your
your work, yoo need to be
be very careful

[hollow quartz]

As the very-prominent meme goes: "The [American-]English language is screwy."

Or in another example: I love how I can read a sentence about red in one way but it might be read in another way.
Not that exact example, 'cuz I cannot recall it to a tee off memory alone, but basically how there are many words that can be pronounced the same and/or spelled the same but have different meanings

Makes things messy at times

[hollow nimbus]

Have you heard of the Dear John grammar letter?

[hollow quartz]

-# anyways back to Fletchling's line since I think I've done plenty for Syvleon fusions for now and don't wanna do too many of them

[hollow quartz]

Unfamiliar to me.

[hollow nimbus]

Great

The challenge is to put the punctuation into this letter that misses punctuation

[hollow quartz]

...

I can feel the veins in my forehead throbbing with just the first sentence

To read the rest would be cruel to myself and I am already more than cruel enough to mine own self than to force my eyes to scry any more of that abomination

[hollow nimbus]

You can unspoiler this once you come up with an answer

[hollow quartz]

I know how to fix it, I just have no drive to try

[hollow nimbus]

Okay

[hollow quartz]

Without drive my brain does not comply, hence why I can only really write for long periods of time when my brain cooperates with me.

[hollow nimbus]

Maybe someone else who comes scrolling along will enjoy this

[hollow quartz]

Probably--it's amusing to me, I just am more fixated on writing entries is all.
-# Kinda like how I spent an entire summer just reading because reading was my hyperfixation at that time, to the point I actually forgot to eat or drink for long periods of time.

[hollow nimbus]

Infinex:

[hollow quartz]

P much

And I have SEEN horrible writing before--not even just doctor signatures, which are notoriously chicken-scratchy, but my own mother's handwriting where most letters literally blended together. Do not ask me how I ever managed to decipher any of it, that knowledge has been lost to the crevices of my mind.

[azure wagon]

https://tenor.com/view/excuse-huh-gif-18307887

[hollow quartz]

Mepp gets it

-# that feeling when you are considering going to bed but then your cat claims your lap instead.

-# guess that just means I need to keep writing.

[narrow cosmos]

Many are drawn to POKENAME for its pleasing scent, described as floral with a hint of salty sea air. Most are then repelled by its breath, which is very odoriferous due to its diet of particularly pungent fungi.

[narrow cosmos]

Alright, if all of them get approved I do believe all the Cubone problems are taken care of now. 🫡

[hollow quartz]

Ayyyyyy

Likewise if my Sylveon ones get approved, I think I did at least around 25-35% of them roughly. I might try and take another dive at them today--try and make use of this random energy that woke me up before 5am today

[keen kestrel]

I immediately realized the reasons this wouldn’t work but it would be cool to do a thing where people write dex entries and spriters make sprites to match em

[hollow quartz]

That thought had crossed my mind too, but yeah it'd be very tricky if even possible is what I kinda concluded in my head

[narrow cosmos]

Tackling half the fusions for a Pokémon and leaving none for the rest of us like it’s just a casual thing to do.

[hollow quartz]

That's partly why I stopped yesterday was I don't want to have my name on the vast majority of the existing ones even if I could--it would feel weird to me

I just wanna try and spare Sylveon at least a little bit from being as much of a trouble 'mon

Which I do have a bias for: Sylveon grew on me more when I played X and Y and then they also did well portraying it in the anime to make it even more charming to me

[narrow cosmos]

I can understand that. It’s a sweet Pokémon. We all have our faves.

[hollow quartz]

See idk if I'd call it my fave, I just like it enough. Snom is probably closer to being my fave--that funny 'lil snow potat

[hollow quartz]

POKENAME can traverse dense jungle with ease and haste thanks to their ribbon-like appendages and keen senses. Pokémon Rangers work together with their POKENAME partners to track down poachers and to save others from sudden, severe weather.
-# I'm late but that's cuz I started from the bottom of the list with Sylveon's fusion sprites yesterday so I only just got to a fitting one/to one that my brain was able to think of an idea for about the prompt

[narrow cosmos]

Good thing I got in a decent amount one day a while back, Infinex is gonna have all the Sylveon sprites done today.

[thorn ingot]

Same

[willow venture]

Damn someone bulk finished all the Sylveon entries?

😔

[thorn ingot]

No not yet

But it will be soon

[narrow cosmos]

POKENAME uses a very unique fighting style that is tricky to defend against. If its shadow's punches hit the opponent's shadow, the foe feels the impact of its fists as if they physically connected.

A literal shadow-boxer.

[hollow quartz]

I've done a lot but I def won't end up doing all of them, don't worry

Plus as far as I last knew, based on what I've seen others say, there can be more than one entry for a sprite unless said otherwise

[thorn ingot]

@hollow quartz have you made an entry for Sylveon/Flygon? Asking before I go ahead and make one and you already did

[hollow quartz]

I did for I think the default sprite that shows up on the website's "thumbnail" for it but only that one sprite--I think there's like 3 or 4 other sprites without entries tied to them though

[thorn ingot]

Alright cool then

[hollow quartz]

Which is another benefit with some of the Sylveon fusions' sprites

A lot of them have alts

[thorn ingot]

Yeah

Sylveon/Umbreon has a ton especially

[hollow quartz]

And I only have done entries for singular sprites, which leaves the alt ones to still be written for if others want

[thorn ingot]

I only did letterless

[hollow quartz]

Yeah there were some specific alt sprites I aimed for just based on what made Sylveon be up as a trouble 'mon and I figured those specific sprites would potentially remain larger "risks" if not written for

[thorn ingot]

Yeah fair since only letterless sprites get tracked with the trouble mon sheet tracker

Anything with a letter does not get seen

[hollow quartz]

Yeee, still it'll hopefully help thin the ones that still have to be written for all-the-same

Eventually I need to return to Magcargo and Slugma as well to do more for them if I can--I know I did a chunk of Magcargo entries for sure at least

[narrow cosmos]

I remember wanting to do entries for the Gardevoir/Gallade alts where they took on the form of the other mon, but never really had anything good come to mind at the time.

[narrow cosmos]

Random fusion hopping let me do a decent one for Dusclops/Magcargo, I feel. If it doesn't get FAQ'd to death.

[hollow quartz]

Yeah same, I did do ones for both of their sprites that had more of Sylveon's face on 'em though

[narrow cosmos]

POKENAME floats around lakefront areas, sleeping during the day and being active at night. If one dreams about becoming a Bidoof while they sleep, it's because POKENAME floated past them during their slumber.

Reject humanity, become beaver.

[thorn ingot]

You will become a Bidoof ooooooooo

[hollow quartz]

https://klipy.com/gifs/pokemon-poke

[thorn ingot]

https://tenor.com/view/go-to-sleep-gif-8171860664113242177

[narrow cosmos]

Man, there are some Pokemon I don't like showing up when I'm doing a random chain, as they delay/break my streak. Wobbuffet in this case, it's always such an odd one to try and dex.

[hollow quartz]

I think Wobuffet is probably the one I have yet to write any entry for too--it makes my brain break to think about

Dugtrio and Magneton and others like them kinda stall my brain often enough too

[narrow cosmos]

Yeah, those are oddities that can be a bit tricky. Especially if you're trying to chain together after doing Diglett/Magnemite, because then it's "the same dex entry as last time, but more."

[hollow quartz]

Kinda yeah, often enough

[ebon warren]

I've always found going from one to more than one easier personally. Just incorporate bumbling or self-interference.
So if a Diglett fusion does A, maybe the Dugtrio versions tried to do A but having three of "them" creates chaos and impedes doing A.
For Magnemite fusions, perhaps going from one to three creates magnetic issues, either repelling when they don't want to separate or attracting when they DO want to separate?

Something like that

[narrow cosmos]

POKENAME was once thought to be a cursed creature. The reputation started from when a desperate, starving Hiker consumed its shed skin, unaware of the toxins within that put them in a short coma wracked with horrific nightmares.

A bit odd, but I like getting creative sometimes.

[hollow quartz]

Yeah sometimes it works but sometimes it still throws a little "roadbump" for my thought process nonetheless--the same applies to any Pokémon whose evolution is basically just "now there's two or three or more of them and somehow they're an entirely different entity"

They just pose a slightly greater challenge for my brain at times.

[rugged socket]

Community DexSlog #5 - Fantasy now available!

Dexxers work together to fill in the grid, following the prompts and letting their creativity shine! Prizes available for Most Prolific, Best Entry, and a random square (plus a few secret bonuses) Dream of dragons and rescuing princes and princesses to help overcome these entries!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eEDisY-UaS44v_kBY8tNA4qmVEP6fToEKTzBPN_bcro/edit?usp=sharing

Show me what you got...

[narrow cosmos]

First there was two gears, now there's three! And then, now there's more!

[rugged socket]

Here you go!

[hollow nimbus]

Izik and his horrible Poison types would be proud

[soft flicker]

First entry already!
Kyogre/Chimeco - can make it rain
In areas where POKENAME are most often seen, there are stories that say that a POKENAME's chime can be heard up in the clouds. The chime is described as being beautiful enough to make the clouds themselves cry and bring rain down on the land.

[azure wagon]

oh boy its time

[hollow quartz]

It's*

[hollow quartz]

-# S.K.'s Darkrai/Dratini entry, which partly brought up "horrible poison" from RealThree inspired me a bit for this one
It secretes a green toxin across its entire body that is highly flammable; the friction of its feathers is enough to ignite this toxin. This toxin burns quickly but must be smothered when ignited, for water will only cause the flames to spread.

-# Something about poisons and Poison-types come easy to my brain with ways for them to become funky due to fusion

[narrow cosmos]

Time for a Ditto that's poison glands produce short-lived sentient poison blobs that transform into others before melting.

[hollow quartz]

Especially with Mewgenics out now, that idea made me immediately think of some of the blobs from Binding of Isaac

[rugged socket]

I love this so much

[rugged socket]

Yeah I haven't been making many entries since it came out whoops

[hollow quartz]

I usually game more than I write, curse my brain, but as of late it's in reverse even with things I wanna play being out, or demos for them being out (like Monster Hunter Stories 3's demo)

At most I've been playing my gacha games to do their dailies but not much else game-wise

[drowsy linden]

Heracross/Kabutops
POKENAME will charge at it's prey and use it's large to flip it over, before slicing it open with it'sscythes and drinking its bodily fluids. The hard exoskeleton that covers POKENAME's body shields it from any incoming attacks from rival predators.

does this sound right, it feels like i used too many 'it's'

[thorn ingot]

Wobbuffet I can do my one Pokemon of these is always Clefable

[narrow cosmos]

That's another one that's tricky, if only because for me there's only so many ways to make it about the moon or space.

[rich goblet]

I think there’s a lot to fix here, do you want the quick notes or do you want the extended cut

[drowsy linden]

quick notes is fine, its been a while since ive tried to make dex entries

[rich goblet]

POKENAME charges at its prey with its large horn to flip them over before slicing them open and drinking their bodily fluids. The hard exoskeleton that covers POKENAME’s body shields it from any incoming attacks from rival predators.

[drowsy linden]

ohh oops i didnt even realize xD

i meant to say it uses its horn to flip its prey over

didnt realze that was missing

[rich goblet]

Oh one sec then

[drowsy linden]

trying to take a little from heracross and a little kabutops yknow

[rich goblet]

You also don’t need to mention every body part unless it’s relevant

[drowsy linden]

thats fair lol i suppose i dont need to specify that it uses its scythes to slice lol

appreciate the tips and proofreading, all that jazz ^^

[sweet bay]

Is there a setting i need to turn on in google sheets cause it's not letting me insert the image into the cell at all.

[tropic ermine]

Are you trying to submit?

That's through the Google form, the sheets is for checking later if it got accepted :]

It'll ask for the image name through here https://www.fusiondex.org/ rather than the image itself :3

[hollow quartz]

I believe Dexslog works differently, which is what cresselia's entry is in regards to

[tropic ermine]

Oh interesting

Hope does dexslog work then? I'm curious and may join eventually

[sweet bay]

Yeah it's for the dexslog.

[hollow quartz]

@rugged socket is the person to ask about the dexslog stuff, I've never participated to fully know

[sweet bay]

K i'll pm them thanks

[limber parrot]

@rugged socket does the "POKENAME" count for vowels?

[pale venture]

I'm slowly approaching

Regians #449.23
The body of a POKENAME is made of a very adaptable metal that scientists have yet to truly understand. POKENAME can adjust their tail to the shape of any plug socket, able to absorb large amounts of electricity then they will then use on future prey.

[storm light]

Idk if the electricity bit really fits since neither Ekans nor Registeel are electric types

okay nvm it might work since registeel knows a couple electric type moves

[pale venture]

Yeee

Registeel learns a lot of electric moves

Most notable one is Zap Cannon which they use a lot in games and anime

[storm light]

I was focusing on levelup since that would be the most likely way for it to have those moves in the wild lol

[pale venture]

Fair

But ye, even in side games the move they generally give it is either Flash Cannon or Zap Cannon, or mentioning paralysis in general

[storm light]

Ditin #132.535a (Slime Rancher Pink Slime)
POKENAME's diet consists of anything edible it can stretch its malleable body over. While full, it maintains a joyful smile. Should it be left without food for too long, it enters a frenzy state until fed again.

Lanin #171.535a (Slime Rancher 2 Angler Slime)
By emitting a bright Flash from their lure, POKENAME blind and disorient prey before pouncing. POKENAME rivals hunting too close together may end up dazing each other if they both use this ability.

Slugin #218.535a (Slime Rancher Boom Slime)
Sudden volcanic eruptions were thought to have been caused by groups of POKENAME fighting. Their skin is coated in a thin layer of poison that causes a burning sensation on contact.

Roin #358.535a (Slime Rancher Rad Slime)
The radiation emitted by POKENAME has been the subject of renewable energy discussions in recent years. They are able to increase the size of their radiation bubble at will, unintentionally poisoning those nearby.

[rugged socket]

No, but the actual name of the Pokémon does

[storm light]

Skipin #188.535a (Slime Rancher Tangle Slime)
This variant of POKENAME is unable to fly with its flower, instead hopping along the ground with its squishy body. In battle, it forces flowering vines to erupt from the ground and spray opponents with Poison Powder.

-# hello milchik, i hope you like these

Carin #478.535a (Slime Rancher Rock Slime)
POKENAME are able to turn their spikes to solid stone as they attack, leaving wounds that burn with poison. They use this ability to dig through mountains to find the minerals they feed on.

Sablin #421.535a (Slime Rancher Crystal Slime)
POKENAME surrounds its nest with the same crystal spikes adorning its body, coating both with a poison that causes severe nausea. These spikes were found to have been used to create weaponry in the distant past.

[delicate pagoda]

Are these gulpin fusions?

[ebon warren]

I would assume so but you can also just do Control+F for 535 Dex number on the FusionDex website to find it, since they all have the Dex numbers posted with them

[delicate pagoda]

Is gulpin in the game?

These are making me want to make a slime team

[storm light]

Yes these are gulpin fusions! Idk if you can get them ingame, but since they have sprites on thw site, they probably are lol

[delicate pagoda]

The bot doesnt answer me ;-;

[storm light]

Well, Gulpin will at least be available at some point in PIF Hoenn since its gen 3, yoh may have to wait until then :(

[delicate pagoda]

Okie

The All Slime Party will be my first playthrough :D

They're so cute

[thick stratus]

Ahhhh I'm so excited for gulpin

One of the og faves

The slime rancher 2 slimes are soooo cute too

Such a cute fusion line idea~

[craggy beacon]

Yes and no.

Yes: it's slated to come to the game
No: it's not IN the game yet

[soft flicker]

If you want to have a look if there are more Slime Ranger reference sprites, use the tag "?tag references" in the bot channel :D

[rugged socket]

Ooh where's that?

Nw found it

[soft flicker]

None of the sprites Chibi wrote for are in the Dropbox so I notified the person whose organizing that :)

[spark magnet]

ts is so peak

[azure wagon]

Dex-ruary Day 11: Dance 💃

Shedetta #289.467
POKENAME only appears on moonless nights. Enemies who watch its strange dance find themselves unwilling to look away, allowing this Pokémon to absorb their life force.

[glossy magnet]

Woah, that’s my sprite!! Thanks for making a dex entry for it!

[hollow quartz]

Happy to do it! Love the sprite overall--thank you for making it!

[storm light]

Here's a prompt for ya! ✏️
What are some non-Absol fusions that help with detecting and warning people about disasters? Do police, firefighters, or other personnel use their help?

[thorny crescent]

rockruff that helps find people after earthquakes

[summer saffron]

cali you gotta actually write the entry

it’s not a question you answer factually

[storm light]

Or maybe some fusions that were the cause of some disasters historically 👀

Cali's answer actually gave me an oh shit moment bc i thought i posted in the wrong channel

[hollow quartz]

[regal cedar]

Just to repeat, remember that we do not allow AI-generated entries due to how it becomes impossible to credit someone (among potentially other concerns).

[hollow nimbus]

Use of AI is plagiarism.

Okay, enjoy your daaaaaaaay

[jagged ledge]

Also if you ever need help editing or reviewing entries, that's what we're here for. We can actually talk things through with you and ensure that your visions come across clearly rather than relying on a predetermined formula or predictive text generation.

[regal cedar]

thinking about, lol

[hollow nimbus]

Imakuni is certainly a time

There's a reason the Imakuni?'s cards can't be used in tournaments

[hollow quartz]

[regal cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/bakugan-new-vestroia-gate-card-set-spectra-phantom-gif-588174767856524322

me on my way to throw doduo

[hollow quartz]

Ayo, Bakugan gif

at least I think it is--p sure that's a dude from season(?) 2

[regal cedar]

yea

Gastly/Sandyghast (92.459)

POKENAME take the form of cremated remains and wander cemeteries to ward off grave robbers. If they find someone desecrating a grave, they bury the legs of the intruder until an apology is made.

'take the form of cremated remains' seems odd, especially since the sprite is more or less purple Sandyghast with Gastly's face. What does it mean by 'form of cremated remains'? Does it actually mean 'possesses cremated remains'?

In addition, did you perhaps mean the reverse, or the alt (92.459a.png), which depicts a vase with something spilling out of it?

@rich goblet

[hollow nimbus]

They reported this one in #custom-dex-errors
You can ask them about it there

Oh, hi, Ducky

[regal cedar]

Oh! My apologies.

Well, actually, the issue I had and the error is completely unrelated, not to mention it's a completely different sprite, @hollow nimbus

[rich goblet]

One sec

[rich goblet]

Please change it to possesses when you can, sorry for the fuss

Actually let me make a dex error post so y'all don't forget

Nevermind its been fixed already

I meant to submit an entry for both the main and alt

Do I need to go in and fix up the main entry @regal cedar

[regal cedar]

Please submit something in #custom-dex-errors !

[rich goblet]

I'm doing a naughty thing and trying to incorporate Pokemon Cafe Remix food into my entries again

I hope my skills have improved enough where the focus is properly on the Pokémon instead of the dish

[rich goblet]

In hindsight I should have posted the entries here before submitting

Here's an example

365.491.png

POKENAME are as piping hot as a Hot Litwick Cocoa drink. The soft sugary blobs that melt from their heads are added to coffees and hot chocolate to keep the drinks hot.

I feel like @hollow nimbus might be tired of me trying add drinks and food into the game /joke

[limber mango]

POKENAME is mischievous by nature, and often finds ways to prank others with their stealthy, acrobatic antics. The only trace of their tricks afterwards is the smell of hot sugar and cherries.

The hard shell of POKENAME is bursting at the seams as they begin to grow larger. This has resulted in many of them being ill-tempered and requiring fights with other Pokémon to vent their anger.

Wild POKENAME often travel in large groups for protection. The moment something possibly dangerous is seen, they flash their tail leaf up in the air to signal to others to scatter for cover.

[torpid helm]

Charking #6.34 This Pokémon has been crowned as the "King of the Skies" by many trainers some say they have seen them in blue and silver.

[rich goblet]

Welcome to #dex-entries-discussion !

Have you read the guidelines in #dex-entries-submissions and in the pinned comments? They’ll help you get started on making Pokédex entries.

More importantly which alt sprite are you writing for? Every sprite has a different entry so it’s important to know

[torpid helm]

The rathalos Charking fusion

In the sprites it is # 6.34

[rich goblet]

Okay cool, let me get to fixing up your entry a bit

[torpid helm]

The blue and silver bit is a reference for Azure and Silver Rathalos

[rich goblet]

We aren’t allowed to reference other media directly, and it wouldn’t make sense in PIF so you need a new way to describe them

Also, I think the sprite already has an entry

https://www.fusiondex.org/sprite/pif/6.34/

[torpid helm]

Haven't submitted one in a bit and I thought no one did it yet

[rich goblet]

Checking the website is a good way to make sure a sprite needs an entry

[torpid helm]

Okay

[storm light]

Cresselia #468.468
A legend from long ago tells of a princess who was put to into a near eternal sleep with a single feather from a POKENAME. These Pokémon rarely show themselves to humans, preferring solitude in quiet forests.

[warped seal]

Jynette #124.357
Once a lovely and popular doll, POKENAME holds a terrible grudge against the one that ruined it. It has given up hope of ever being loved again.

[rich goblet]

Welcome to #dex-entries-discussion

While I do like the idea that this is a cursed Pokémon, one of the general rules is that the entry cannot refer to just one out of an entire species

If you want I can help you workshop this into an entry that follows the guidelines? I am a ping away (please ping me I love pings)

[warped seal]

Oh drat, I'm so bad at this...! Sorry!

[rich goblet]

Hey no biggie, it's a lot harder than it looks

[warped seal]

@rich goblet I'd love to take you up on that! ❤️

[rich goblet]

Cool cool. Do you want the quick notes fix up, or do you want an explanation to go with each fix?

[warped seal]

Hmm... quick notes, might ask for more indepth?

[rich goblet]

So keeping with the whole idea of a ruined doll, we can keep the "Once a lovely and popular doll,"

When you wrote "against the one that ruined it" were you thinking of a child doing the damage? Or some bully? We could use the ideas around it to improve the entry

@warped seal Forgot to ping (whoops)

[warped seal]

The child, definitely. I considered a couple other phrases, too: "Their shiny head is a source of humiliation; if it's mentioned, POKENAME will burst into tears and attack." "For some reason, they seem to resent blonde girls, and will attempt to attack them at first sight."

@rich goblet

[rich goblet]

Oooh that helps a lot, okay one sec while I split it together

Once a lovely and popular doll, its bald, shiny head is a source of shame. If it is mentioned in conversation, POKENAME bursts into tears and attacks those around them.

@warped seal The entry above should be acceptable to the Unown Team (they vet entries to make sure they are grammatically correct and follow lore)

We... have a small issue, I can't find that exact sprite. Are you sure it was under 124.357? If so, which website did you use?

I use fusiondex.org, one of the official fusion calculators for PIF, to find filenames and information.

[warped seal]

Oh, um... I made it? It's in the #1050404143807873157 , but I haven't submitted it yet. Not the best responses so far...

[rich goblet]

Oh! You will need to wait until it gets into the spritepack to submit the entry. All you need is the entry, your discord username megamegdoodles and the filename, which will probably be 124.357a.png once it enters the sprite pack.

Looping in an <@&1210701164426039366> To make sure what I have said is correct.

Also, because this is your sprite @warped seal your entries will always get priority over other writers for your own sprites (Hurray!)

[warped seal]

Oh, that's super cool!

[regal cedar]

Yes, that's correct. It will take a few months once the sprite is approved to get into the game, usually, but once it's in there, you can submit the entry for your own sprite, and provided it fits our guidelines, it will be the default entry for the sprite of the fusion.

[regal cedar]

To clarify, you can submit entries for other sprites, too!

[hollow quartz]

Yes, become one of us

[rich goblet]

One of us

[thorn ingot]

https://tenor.com/view/wolf-of-wall-street-jordan-belfort-leonardo-di-caprio-one-of-us-jonah-hill-gif-5441859

[rich goblet]

<@&306953740651462656> Scam or bot in this channel

[pale venture]

The Minecraft PIF game in suggestions is real!!

(jkjk)

[hollow quartz]

Oh right...still need to work on the Porygons someday....

Naturally I am expressing hyperbolically for the most part, but some of the sprites for them are definitely a bit tricky

[pale venture]

Grumcolo #540.497
POKENAME are known to use their powers to put other Pokémon into a trance, forcing them to dance to their hypnotic rhythm. POKENAME use their victim's movements to amplify the psychic power stored within their pearl.

[pale venture]

Idk if the correct sentence is "POKENAME use the movements..." or "POKENAME use these movements.."

I could change it to "POKENAME use their victim's movements to amplify..."

Actually that sounds a lil better, I'll do that

[hollow quartz]

[pale venture]

Hopefully nothing is wrong with the entry I'm a slow learner but I'm learning none-the-less

[hollow quartz]

I personally see nothing wrong, but of course I am not an Unown and I still am ever-learning

[pale venture]

You've written so many accepted ones already, I'll take that as a good sign at least

[hollow quartz]

[rich goblet]

POKENAME their would be replaced with "Grumcolo their", which I don't think is what you intended

You don't need the name and their, just one will do

Wait

[pale venture]

I accidently deleted the "use"

[rich goblet]

Oh

[pale venture]

When editting the sentence

[rich goblet]

pfft

[pale venture]

My bad

[rich goblet]

Had me worried

[pale venture]

Thanks for pointing it out though

[hollow quartz]

-# oop, I hadn't even noticed that it had disappeared with the first edit, my bad

[pale venture]

Don't apologise it was my fault lol

My brain is fried from being so busy today

[hollow quartz]

either my adhd med still needs to kick in or my body is trying to tell me its energy is spent with the way my eyes feel

so in a way, i get how you feel

[pale venture]

yee

[storm light]

Don't let izik or paya see this, they'll make us work on all the porygons next

[pale venture]

Infinex is the chosen one

They can write 100s of dexes in minutes (according to legend)

[hollow quartz]

If I recall right, after Marowak (and Sylveon if it's still on the trouble list by the time of the next update or whenever they next decide to pinpoint the current problem mon) the Porygon"s" are on the chopping block next anyways

At least I think the Porygon"s" come before Magcargo

[storm light]

I would do some today but i'm headed down to California

[hollow quartz]

Have a safe and well-met journey

[storm light]

9 hour trip

[hollow quartz]

[storm light]

Wishing we could just invent teleportation already

[pale venture]

I'd do some too but I uhh have an excuse too

[storm light]

Speaking of, (Surprise prompt!) ✏️
Gimmie some Pokemon that help/hinder people via teleportation!

[hollow quartz]

I'll look at the Porygons when I finish scouring Eevee and Eevelution fusions

Which may be today, or it may not

I started on 'em yesterday, but naturally there is a LOT with the particular subsect

[hollow quartz]

Does this mean also if they use teleportation to simply mess with people, even if not directly teleport the people?

[storm light]

Ye!

[hollow quartz]

remind me

espeon is tweaked to learn teleport in PIF right? since last I recall a lot of some were tweaked to be able to for the sake of making use of the hm--but i might be going crazy[crazier]

i would boot up the game myself but i don't think i still have a savefile with an espeon in it

but i guess it wouldn't hurt to check...probably--my computer gave me a jumpscare with the most random crash earlier after all

-# good lord arceus, it feels like it's been ages since I last actually booted up the game rather than write entries for it

[storm light]

I have no idea lmao

[storm light]

Also same, i've been majorly burnt out on it bc ive played it 7 times over

[pale venture]

Espeon learns it via HM yes

Just checked infinitefusiondex

[hollow quartz]

oh right i could've just done that

[storm light]

I want to get that playthrough role but every time i try to start a new playthrough i get zero motivation to finish it

[hollow quartz]

my brain really is partly fried today

the playthrough role is tempting but at the same time

i already tossed aside some playthroughs cuz i screwed myself over on getting diancie due to the randomizer settings I enabled

Recent playthroughs that is

Though I do believe I have completed like...at least 5 playthroughs in the past before I actually began to talk here and to write entries

Anyways, thank you @pale venture now I can complete the prompt from Chibi with ease

[pale venture]

Np

[hollow quartz]

Packs of POKENAME communicate and coordinate with one another using psychic waves across distances up to around half a mile. They have exhibited the ability to teleport short distances as they harass and attack any trespassers of their territories.

[pale venture]

Hauntu #93.178
POKENAME can predict when a Pokémon teleports with frightening accuracy, using this knowledge to steer the Pokémon's destination off course with their mystical powers. POKENAME enjoy standing perfectly still at night, scaring unsuspecting targets.

[storm light]

My most recent try is a mono bug run lol

Have not even made it to pewter city yet

[pale venture]

I wanted to make this Pokemon "Wow, they're talented, but they're such an asshole"

[hollow quartz]

Now to conjure an idea for Jolteon/Weavile--I'm thinking "they channel electricity betwixt each others' claws to fell strong prey" as a start

[pale venture]

Unfortunately monotype only lives when you put anything else than bug in the type combo

[hollow quartz]

I need to do another attempt at a monotype run, last time I tried was with steel but tragically it was also around when there were some sprite issues occurring so a lot of the would-be customs, and any autogens, were the big cirlces with question marks lol

As you might imagine, it caused me to take a break at that time to wait for it to be fixed (no flak to anyone, just to be clear--crap happens, after all)

[hollow quartz]

I would wager Ice also is a struggle to do monotype for potentially, since Ice types have oft been kinda fragile too

[pale venture]

You'd think so, but actually ice have an easier time as ice hits a lot of mons and tend to have good move pools

[hollow quartz]

Actually, new challenge idea for anyone: Monotype Runs, but you start from the hardest types and work your way up to the easiest one of all

[storm light]

I did an ice run and while i had 3 legendaries, it was pretty good

[hollow quartz]

Hm, fair enough--actually yeah wait

Ice has Kyurem at least

You get lucky enough to get it, you're kinda golden

Bug at best has Genesect

[storm light]

I did Necrozma/Kyurem

[pale venture]

Honestly Lapras is good fusion material too, and Regice

Bolt Beam in one

[hollow quartz]

I still am peeved that bug is non-effective vs fairy--bug already suffers so much, it didn't need ANOTHER type to be not strong against

[storm light]

Found it
#hall-of-fame message

[pale venture]

Yeah idk why they did that to bug, the only thing bug has gotten in the last 8 generations is "Leech Life is better now" and proceeded to give it to every other type anyway

[hollow quartz]

I am still of the mind bug should be super effective against fairies, partly since i just always imagine: the fairy/pixie from Legend of Zelda who goes "Hey, listen!" all the time vs a big enough bug

[pale venture]

Bug should be resistant to poison 😔

[hollow quartz]

that and then fairy has a bit more flexibility to play against and counter, but not too much since bugs are notoriously fragile

[pale venture]

Fairy was the shiny new thing, it had to be good or no one would care

[hollow quartz]

Incineroar eyeing you from the corner be like:

[pale venture]

But honestly if Pokemon did a whole type weakness chart revamp I would not be against it

Current one is too confusing to the kids they market to, and too unbalanced for the older (and comp) players too

[hollow quartz]

They already flipped it up when they added Fairy, I wouldn't be against them tweaking it a bit with "new discoveries" like fairy being weaker vs bugs in recent years and such

[hollow quartz]

Especially with Tera types

[pale venture]

Please god never bring up Tera type in future gens please

[hollow quartz]

From a comp standpoint, Tera was not their worst idea but it also did completely go against being for children in my mind because it just complicates everything for them

I knew something was missing from my writing sesh--I had paused my playlist cuz I had fired up PIF rather than use my brain and check the website for espeon's Teleport compatibility

On a similar tangent, it's surprising none of my existing files in the game have Espeon anywhere [in their boxes]*

[pale venture]

I just really didn't like tera because it kinda went against the whole point of making a team while considering types as a whole, you could just always turn into a better type.

Id rather they just make the types/Pokémon comp people don't want to use better in the first place

They don't gotta be meta, they just gotta be useable to some degree

[hollow quartz]

my reason for this being that for a long time, Espeon was one of my favorites (it still has a high place, mind you) together with Metagross--god I love Anabel for how she was shown off and such

[hollow quartz]

I do get that standpoint too, and I am also one of those who found some of the hats/crowns a bit...overly silly and/or over-the-top

[pale venture]

Yee

[hollow quartz]

It also made Camouflage and Protean kinda redundant

[pale venture]

It just felt a bit lazy

[hollow quartz]

Mind you, it's not like they've been brave enough to anything with protean in a while anyways

[pale venture]

Yee lol

[hollow quartz]

But yeah I get the lazy aspect too--like, as much as I dislike Gigantamax vs Mega Evolutions, even Gigantamax still had more of a "make some be potentially more viable" aspect than Tera

[pale venture]

In all honesty, the gimmick I had the most fun with was Z-moves. They were not balanced but it gave a lot of Pokémon you wouldn't normally see the spotlight to do some fun things

[hollow quartz]

Z-moves I am the most neutral about--I think they were fun for their time, I don't mind them not coming back anytime soon but I wouldn't hate it if they somehow returned either

Plus they gave some good meme material, such as

[pale venture]

I remember getting dunked on because of Z-fighting double kick of all things lol

[hollow quartz]

https://klipy.com/gifs/light-sun-and-moon

[pale venture]

https://tenor.com/view/snorlax-pokemon-wake-up-choose-violence-z-move-gif-15235663854008759858

[hollow quartz]

I cannot speak from competitive experience, since I actually have never really partaken in it--I just give my outsider perspective on such stuff

[pale venture]

We dont count Z-geomancy though, that was cringe

[hollow quartz]

I don't even recall that one tbh

[pale venture]

Gave an Omni +1 turn one of using geomancy, turn 2 you got the geomancy boost

Idk why they did that

[hollow quartz]

[pale venture]

Yee

Comp it was fun, there's always meta in games but it just felt like you could always slide the gimmick in and it feels right

Ofc there is always meta, but at the same time you can send your favourite Pokémon to do whatever the heck you wanted

Once a battle too, it was a risk mechanic due to finding timing

Oh well, we will see what happens in gen 10

[hollow quartz]

Yeah I don't dislike the gimmicks, I am biased to Megas (prior to gen 7 trying to make megas sound horrific) most of all, I shall admit

It was always interesting to see how they would further "evolve" a final design, to me

And, in some cases overall, it also served to potentially elevate some other Pokémon, like Mawile for example

But yeah, then they tried other gimmicks that were mostly generalized overall and yet we have kinda returned to Megas with Z-A so who knows what'll be next in gen 10

[pale venture]

Yee

[hexed fog]

Just a reminder, yall can always feel free to do entries on my sprites.
https://www.fusiondex.org/artists/.izik/

I will never overwrite your entry with my own (Unless it is unintentional)

[regal cedar]

Hi guy! I'm noticing a lot alts that do not have entries. Why don't you look through some popular Pok◙mon and related fusions and create some Entries for them?

Hmm, thanks, wrong alt code.

[hollow quartz]

[thorn ingot]

I love writing entries for PokOmon

[rich goblet]

A lot of alt sprites have references, which I generally don't feel comfortable doing without knowing the lore

[hollow quartz]

That, and, personally, most alts I leave alone so I don't "hog" a specific fusion combo for myself by writing entries for all of them--main exclusion is if there is an alt that is the same sprite with some differences like colors.

-# like those Mightyena/Haxorus sprites by cynder that I did entries for both of them since the specific difference was one had red in its hair/fur

[regal cedar]

Some do, yes.

[reef sun]

Hey @sharp cloud was this entry put on the right sprite

Bc I’m sorta confused where you’re getting electric from

[sharp cloud]

Iirc no. I probably posted the wrong entry for this when clearing out my drive oops

Lemme see if I can fish out the correct one

#recurring-events message

#1210021946105004052 message found the dexdoku jt was from. Iirc I only inputted the ones I liked the most so not all of them are ingame. Could someone check azurill/magneton for me? Thanks.

[sharp cloud]

Oh yea so if u could also do a dex error entry too? Sorry for the inconveniences im busy with family issues rn

[reef sun]

Done

[narrow cosmos]

POKENAME's strongest light-generating organ rests in the back of its throat. If it feels threatened, it opens its mighty jaws and lets loose a retina-searing beam of light that can cause permanent blindness in some cases.

Flashbang.

[narrow cosmos]

POKENAME is a bit overly-affectionate to those it considers friends. At any moment, it may approach and decide to smother a friend with kisses from its fake mouth's huge lips.

Give us a smooch.

[hollow quartz]

Its cobalt-blue gems are the greatest source of its pride. Should its gems ever be made dirty, it flies into a rage that lasts for nearly a whole week. Its talons are said to be so sharp that they could gouge solid diamond.
-# Ah, how the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX memories come flooding back

[storm light]

May be made of solid diamond

[hollow quartz]

actually I had incorrectly edited the gouge instead of the may, thankfully an error only made on discord

[storm light]

Oooh ye, thats a lot better actually

[hollow quartz]

on a slightly similar-ish tangent due to evolutionary lines, I feel I should be concerned I immediately recognized this color as turquoise-green even though I think I have so rarely seen the color and even more rarely ever spoken of the color

[hollow quartz]

-# and since I already posted the png, here's an entry submission for this alt-sprite of the fusion
POKENAME with this color are so full of themselves that they barely perceive other Pokémon as threats until it is too late. If anything gets dirt or grime in their feathers, they will emit ear-splitting shrieks.

[hollow quartz]

The bubbles spat out by these Pokémon are coated in their oily saliva, which allows them to last until forcefully popped. They are popular with young humans and young Pokémon for how they love to perform tricks with their bubbles while swimming.
-# I should work on doing more whimsical and/or goofy entries, at least every now and then

[storm light]

I love this image so much

Waiter! More whimsical entries please!

[hollow quartz]

I did some for the Piplup/Bulbasaur sprites and that got my brain in the bubble mindset due to plants whose sap or other fluids are used to make bubbles and how underwater plants make bubbles, so bubbles have been on the mind while I've been scouring Piplup stuff

Well that, and Piplup just always makes me think of bubbles due to it always using bubble/bubblebeam in the anime

But yeah with the plant stuff, today I learned new stuff

Like how Parrotfish apparently "excrete" white sand when they eat pieces of coral

-# Another one of the pluses of writing entries: sometimes I think of something that leads to me researching and thus learning more/confirming things I already was at least aware of

[steel glade]

Hi guys I like the venasaur oricorio ghost fusion

[hollow quartz]

Ah yeah, that's a good 'un

[hollow quartz]

It is often mistaken for a Torchic, even up close, which allows it to blend in with flocks of Torchic and steal some of their food. What usually causes its identity to be revealed is that it will spit out warm bubbles when it is happy.
-#

[storm light]

are you talking about this one? https://www.fusiondex.org/venusaur+oricorio-sensu-style/

tbh i think the dex entry is really sweet and pairs well with the sprite

[sweet bay]

It's one of my most recent ones! Thank you!

[steel glade]

Yeah it's been carrying me through my play through and looks amazing

[hollow quartz]

Okay, now it's time to see what I can make of some Voltorb fusions, me thinks

[hexed fog]

I'm hip like the kiddos

[craggy beacon]

IZIK

NO.

[hexed fog]

[thorn ingot]

We need a ban emoji

[hollow quartz]

I can contribute in some modicum way

[shy portal]

[worthy timber]

i like making entries :33 i havent posted any yet tho so i guess i can start sending them through if i get bored, get som opinions

Through distorted childhood innocence, the metaphorical venom built up inside an abandoned Senette towards its child becomes manifest as a toxic substance within it. It is capable of shooting this from its claws, with lethal pressure.

(in the submission it was. obv POKENAME i jus like having the name there :p)

[quartz matrix]

Omg hello! I love doing that too! Who might you be!

[worthy timber]

hello Groot

A very charismatic species, POKENAME is often seen leading flocks of other pokemon in commune-like sects deep in the wilderness. Intruigingly, these flocks often perform rituals that bear resemblance to religious ceremonies.

With a dissonant roar that creates tremors in the very fabric of reality, POKENAME makes its presence known to its opponents. Its blade is forged of its own body, and is rather simply integrated back into it when a battle ends.

[rugged lynx]

Love it

[narrow cosmos]

You are now banned from making any more entries, forever

[dim mason]

When inside a pc it uses its tail as a firewall to prevent malware attacks, though it can also destroy a pc if its tail is connected to a pc as from a information overload.

[spark magnet]

POKENAME is said to appear in dreams of those who once fought to seek the truth yet now remain burdened by uncertainty. If rumors are to be believed, the subsequent visions can fill even the most apathetic individuals with fiery determination.
This any good?

[soft flicker]

Maybe consende the first sentence a bit? The part after "appear in the dreams of..."
Maybe you did it for stylistic reasons but it kinds reads strange to me.
I would change it out for "appear in dreams of those who have given up on their pursuit of the truth" or something like that

[soft flicker]

Forgot the ping

The second sentence is fine

[spark magnet]

thanks a lot ❤️

[hollow quartz]

It rolls to move but also to smooth out its rough, crystalline half. It lingers near galvanic crystals to leech electricity from them, which is what it sustains itself with. When angered, it "explodes" with blinding light.
-# helped me to think of an idea for this fella

[narrow cosmos]

😄

Happy to help, even if it means one step closer to having my attempt at being number one overthrown.

[hollow quartz]

Worry not, I imagine by the time MH Stories 3 comes out, my brain will finally peter out a bunch more

-# Judging both by how early I woke up and by how my eyes currently feel, I think I stayed up too late converting the majority of my Spotify playlist to a YT Music Playlist. Worth it? Yes. Do I still feel some regret based on how I feel now? Also yes.

[pale venture]

Zanizard #542.6
POKENAME have claws that are always searingly, able to burn Pokémon from touch alone. POKENAME are known to fly around in search of their next rival, attacking them unprovoked until they have proven they are stronger, before finding another opponent.

Haven't done any in a few days, ima pump out a few now I have time

Cool sprite too

[hollow quartz]

the kind of sprite that makes me wish there were a signature move for it, like a fire-type slashing move--call it Raze Slash or something

[pale venture]

Honestly claw moves really can be expanded on

[hollow quartz]

Yeah, especially since their usual gimmick is basically just: "Higher critical chance"

Where's my "Fang" equivalents for them where they also have a status chance

Raze Slash/Claw, Frigid Slice, Thunder Cleave--the names and potentials are there

[pale venture]

It'd be cool because a Fire Claw would just be a variant of "Fire Punch", and give pokemon without fists better moveset versatility while making sense

[thorn ingot]

Heavy Cleave is what I would call a steel slicing move (also surprising there never has been one yet considering swords and all)

[pale venture]

ye

Being a certain body type kind of restricts you from certain kinds of staple moves and it kinda sucks

[hollow quartz]

Yeah there are some good word combinations to be used for some moves just waiting to exist, has been my stance for a bit now

[thorn ingot]

Like a steel multihit called Throwing Knives

Since those are actual things

[hollow quartz]

Kinda like how, as a twitter post reminded me earlier, rock moves are still lacking with decent ones
-# why must the majority of "good" rock moves have like 90% base accuracy or less, not to mention low PP

[pale venture]

Yeee

[hollow quartz]

Pawniard/Bisharp regional variants signature move potential right there

Give them a ninja/shinobi aesthetic as opposed the samurai thing they go going, especially with their third evo being a shogun

and then give them Throwing Knives as a sig move or something

[thorn ingot]

Well if you have ever looked at the fusion showdown and then at other non-if formats like PoA or Chaos I have already made it there and added them to mons

[hollow quartz]

Another one reminded via twitter: more moves like Freeze-Dry where they are super effective on types they normal are less effective against

[thorn ingot]

(It’s also sharpness boosted)

[hollow quartz]

I have yet to, just cuz in general I've never really done competitive Pokémon and I always figured I'd get my rear whooped by people better than myself (meaning prolly 95% of people)

[thorn ingot]

But anyway dex entries yes

Someone showed off my Galvantula/Jynx dex entry yesterday which was cool

[hollow quartz]

true, true--at least with fusions, in some cases, you can at least say they "enhance" a move with some other power. like an electric-fusion greninja that enhances its Water Shuriken with electricity, or a fire version where the Water Shuriken are made with scalding water that may as well be, like, if you took Scald and molded it into shruiken (as a mental image, not a thing to state in an entry)

[hollow quartz]

it's always nice to see people talk good about the entries written for their sprites and/or for the entries they discover for the mons they run

[hollow nimbus]

I don't think you can say that they're always red-hot since the sprite shows the claws as black. Red-hot specifically means that they're heated up to the point of glowing red. Searingly hot would do a better job conveying what you mean.

(The number one way we see if the entry matches the sprite is to see if any features that don't exist on the sprite are mentioned. Saying the claws are always red when they appear black could be enough to get your entry denied under the assumption it was mis-submitted.)

[pale venture]

Searing hot is actually what I had before that, but I was worried it was grammaticly incorrect lol

[hollow nimbus]

searing hot is incorrect, but searingly hot is correct

[pale venture]

Oooh I see

Thanks, I'll edit to that!

[hollow nimbus]

If you're describing an adjective or a verb, you make it into an adverb

[pale venture]

Tyty

[hollow nimbus]

I suppose searing-hot is also acceptable

But it's much less commonly used in a formal context

[hollow quartz]

I was gonna ask about that cuz I had seen "searing-hot" used before, but I figure it comes down to the general formal tone desired for dex entries

Also, for the adverb thing: another way to think is "if you apply an adjective to an adjective, try adding an -ly at the end [of the first adjective]*" or so is what typically works, to my knowledge

[hollow nimbus]

Yes, -ly is the most common inflection for adverbs

Searing-hot is a term that came about through people's conversations
Searlingly was a common adjective for hot, and people dropped off the last syllable since people knew what they meant

[hollow quartz]

I've been hitting myself with the -ly fact to keep myself from convincing myself that a word sounds too weird to be right just because of adding an -ly to it, thus making it longer

[hollow nimbus]

A lot of "ungrammatical" words enter the dictionary because people insist on using them

Such as "ain't"

Please don't use ain't in your entries, but also don't tell people that ain't isn't a word

[pale venture]

I use ain't all the time

[hollow nimbus]

I really hammered down the parts of speech as a kid because I loooved mad libs

[hollow quartz]

I use ain't, but only casually with friends

[pale venture]

It ain't my least favourite word

[hollow quartz]

My least favorite word as of late is "slop," ngl

[hollow nimbus]

I was the kid that would play mad libs until every single member of my family was SICK of being asked for adverbs

Slop is good, though
It sounds like what it describes

I think slop may have originally been an onomatopoeia

[hollow quartz]

Look, I only hate it because of the general, online-andies and their overuse of it

"friendslop" "streamerslop" "artslop"

[hollow nimbus]

Well, then you'll have to choose a replacement word for them

I have no idea what friendslop means

I've only heard phrases like "ai slop" and "capitalistic slop"

Hm
Friendfilth does have a certain ring to it

[hollow quartz]

Apparently people are claiming it's meant to be "unironic" or something, but I know they use it for games like PEAK and REPO and such--basically for games that are MEANT to be played with friends

[hollow quartz]

In these cases I am fine with the word, my issue is when slop is used as "-slop" and gets tacked onto other words, well, sloppily. Except MicroSlop, that one I'm okay with

[hollow nimbus]

Ah
Games with an apparently low quality compared to triple a games that rely on providing a task to people and hoping that they will enjoy playing togther

By that definition, D&D is also friendslop

[pale venture]

Slop is a slopslop word

[hollow nimbus]

Not even any graphics

[hollow quartz]

That's the other issue is we already have words/terms for activities and people wanna keep bloating it even further with "-slop" added to other words to try and create a slang-term thing

[hollow nimbus]

Okay, how about a challenge
Write an entry for every synonym for slop that you can think of

[pale venture]

No thank you

[hollow quartz]

If I hadn't woken up around 5am, I'd maybe be able to parse the very idea of that challenge, but alas here I am

[hollow nimbus]

Haha
I slept HORRIBLY

Now I am in the throes of the happy insanity of sleep deprivation

[hollow quartz]

I have been there, so I feel it

[hollow nimbus]

Wheeeeee!

[hollow quartz]

The sleep deprivation specifically--the sleeping horribly is a thing I am always in the throes of, which is partly why I have to use prescribed medicine to even hope to sleep (Thank you so much, A(u)DHD brain)

[pale venture]

I'm tackling a pory entry, wish me luck

[hollow nimbus]

Yeah, you should write for all of pory's sprites

[hollow quartz]

Godspeed, Pory still gives me some trouble often enough

[pale venture]

I have an idea for Rapidash/Porygon-Z

I just need to figure out how to word it

[hollow quartz]

Ironically(?) Porygon-Z fusions prolly give me the least trouble of the three Porygons, ngl

[pale venture]

That's good, I need the easier one if I wanna take on the Porygon challenge

Gotta learn

[hollow quartz]

I am certain you'll do plenty well
-# maybe you'll learn them well enough to do the majority of them, too,

[pale venture]

Honestly, if I find a way to write them I wouldn't mind, but I'm still learning how to write things without mistakes in the first place still

Porydash #275.78
POKENAME can outrun a speeding train, though only for a short distance, as their bodies are unable to conserve energy well. POKENAME have erratic personalities, making them impossible to be tamed without a Poké Ball.

I tried

Lemme know if it breaks any rules or has any issues

[soft flicker]

My first (and only) though behind this entry was: hehehe Minimize Muk transforms into the Mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell.
Ditto/Muk
POKENAME's body is make of a goo-like substance that allows it to move through the tiniest of gaps and rearrange its cell structure to mimic anything. Scientists are unsure why, but 71% of its transformations are into things on the microscopic scale.

[narrow cosmos]

Same, the glitchy nature helps give it a more distinct gimmick.

I had fun making some that basically translated to glitches happening in real life, like Kangaskhan's head teleporting off somewhere and the kid has to pilot the body until it comes back at some point.

[hollow quartz]

I am thankful whenever I sometimes see Porygon sprites, especially Porygon-Z's, that I have played MegaMan StarForce 1-3 so EM waves are well-ingrained in my mind. Makes for an easy way to explain how some of them feed

-# One I wrote probably towed the line a bit, which was Porygon-Z/Sharpedo where the inside of the mouth was binary so I was just like "alright, bet, then clearly it must digitize and subsume its food"

[pale venture]

I think I figured out the Porygon issue

I know exactly what to do

Let's delete the Pokemon!

(Jkjk)

[hollow nimbus]

You need a comma like this: only for a short distance, as their
You need to choose one of the two following corrections: POKENAME have erratic personalities, making it or POKENAME have erratic personalities that make it
The item in the game is a Poké Ball, not a Pokéball

[pale venture]

Heck, thank you

Also with the tense, it should be "making them" not "making it"

One day I'll figure this writing thing out

[storm light]

We need some Pokemon that help in the production of scented candles and wax melts! c: (prompt time!) ✏️

[ebon warren]

LITWICK FUSIONS?!?!?!

[storm light]

i suppose, bu you could also do fusions that produce specific scents like venusaur or bayleef!

[ebon warren]

True but if you focus on the wax bit, smol candle cinches it

[storm light]

i also forgot to include that it was prompt at the time

[hexed fog]

I think grass pokemon are definitely the easiest to write entries for. There's so many types of plants out there and you just have to say it does something regarding them

[ebon warren]

I'd love more Grass fusions that have unique effects, not just "Sweet Scent" or "sap and pollen" but like, things for burns, salves for injuries, analgesic leaves, stuff that imitates rubber and silk and cinnamon, stuff that helps with dizziness or headaches or sore throat or sleep or all types of medicinal and practical uses that we currently have for plants now.

It could be so much more interesting, I just find many of them very similar

[rich goblet]

I’m very guilty of using pollen too often

[hollow quartz]

I've occasionally looked up plant facts due to writing for Grass-types, admittedly. That being said, a lot of things will still use sap, pollen, nectar, and such similar terms that repetition becomes hard to avoid at times, or so I've found.

Similarly: aroma and scent

[rugged socket]

DexSlog Grid #5: Fantasy - 16/100 entries! 🎉 If you haven't tried it yet, come and help fill in the grid!

Get involved here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eEDisY-UaS44v_kBY8tNA4qmVEP6fToEKTzBPN_bcro/edit?usp=sharing

[main void]

Hey, just spotted a possible dex submission error, where do I flag that?

[crimson ledge]

@hollow quartz Hello. One of your entries (Palossand/Marowak) requires some clarification:
POKENAME are remorseful Pokémon who fight using the toy shovels of human children. Within their sandy bodies are small bones whose origins are still being studied. If anyone touches their shovels, they will cry and lash out.
It says that they're remorseful, but it's not clear what they're remorseful for. Did you mean a different word?

[crimson ledge]

#custom-dex-errors

[hollow quartz]

I had meant for the small bones to be the implication for the remorse, but I do see how I didn't connect that point well. Hm.
"Within the sandy bodies of POKENAME are yet unknown bones, the sight of which seems to fill them with remorse and causes them to cry. They fight with toy shovels often used by children, and lash out at those who touch the shovels or the bones." Would this serve better?

[crimson ledge]

Yep, I'll go ahead and edit the entry for you.

[hollow quartz]

Thank you, and apologies for the hassle. 🙇

[crimson ledge]

No worries, the hassle is what I signed up for

[ebon warren]

You can also simply reference parts of the "plant" so the words aren't reused a lot. There are also synonyms. Foliage instead of leaves. Xylem and phloem. Outer layers instead of bark. Woody interior and trunk meat. Yes, some of these are weirder, but the point is it's definitely doable.

[hollow quartz]

Somehow foliage escapes my mind, ngl. And touche, though I did say hard to avoid rather than impossible or unavoidable, which means it can be hard due to habit and/or out of character limit.

[ebon warren]

Almost nothing beats sap for saving characters, you just cannot win when it's ONLY 3 characters

[hollow quartz]

Exaaaaactly

Next best is "fluid" but it doesn't hit the same, since sap is often thought of as sticky and fluid is not, at least not that I have ever heard or seen, same with liquid

-# Like yeah logically those words would fit, just thinking also from the perspective of an audience and how they might correlate specific words with thoughts/ideas

Like how if you hear "odor" you probably think of a negative context, whereas scent is more "neutral" and aroma is more "positive"

[ebon warren]

I am considering now though, for a Pokémon like Venusaur, potentially its blood could have sap-like qualities, since it isn't a rigid body like a tree. (Trevenant likely has sap, conversely.)
So there could be unique ways to adjust the details because of the unique biology of the base Pokémon, but especially the fusions.

[hollow nimbus]

Xylem and phloem are not doable
Please don't use technical vocabulary like those

[rich goblet]

Give me ten pushups and an entry with roots in them

Just kidding… (unless?)

[pale venture]

Writing prompt ✏️ Pokémon that steal something in one way or another. I want some sneaky thieves in here.

[storm light]

Torhorn #488.111
Coal mining facilities are a frequent target of POKENAME raids as they barrel through trying to find their favorite food: coal. Their blazing hot, rocky armor makes them slow, but tough to repel.

[pale venture]

Love this fella

[pale venture]

Quick question, would "... find coal to eat" still be grammatically correct? For research

[storm light]

edited it a bit, tbh i didnt like how it sounded either

Also the leg outlines are nearly the same color as discord's dark mode so i thought it was a sprite error

[pale venture]

Lol

I had to double check myself too

[regal cedar]

It's fine.

[sweet bay]

Just wanted to ask, what does the level up in the wild prompt mean? Is it a Pokemon training out in the wild or the fusion contains a Pokemon that levels up naturally like Pidgey -> Pidgeotto once you reach a certain level?

[vapid token]

So if I submit a custom entry I have to put "POKENAME" for it's name?

Also, am I allowed to submit one for a joke sprite as long as it's serious?

cool

[regal cedar]

Hi @inner folio, I saw your entry on Dialga/Klingklang. I understand it's a PMD reference, and you did a good job incorporating it while following the rules. Thank you for writing an entry!

Could I ask you resubmit with a little more detail/additional sentence? For instance, perhaps state it's habitat, or what it likes/dislikes, or how it sounds, etc.

[vapid token]

Is this good?
Farfetch'd tend to mistake POKENAME as regular leeks until it attacks opposing Pokémon in battle on its own. They can usually be found hiding in leek farms.

[regal cedar]

Seems OK to me.

Just as something to state to everyone, if you catch it, try to make sure your entry follows the "A/An" rule: typically, if a Pokémon's name starts with a vowel, it should use "An POKENAME", not "A POKENAME". It isn't the end of the world if it's missed, but it helps Unown.

[cosmic hornet]

I could not imagine a universe in which a user carelessly puts “a” in front of words with vowels

[hollow quartz]

Sometimes it slips just cuz of typing "POKENAME" but I've actively tried to be wary of it

[regal cedar]

Yes, precisely.

You type "A POKENAME", you're not always thinking the Pokémon's name.

[shy portal]

i think theres an issue between "regular leeks" (plural) and "until it" (singular)

[vapid token]

How do I fix it I already submited it

[vapid token]

A hour

[storm light]

#custom-dex-errors

[cosmic hornet]

My original message is a use of irony

[rugged socket]

You can interpret it however you want, but I was thinking of like describing how the fusion trains in the wild to level up

[sweet bay]

Got it. Thank you!

[hexed fog]

All naturally occurring wild pokemon in the game should already have entries

The demo should only be missing one

Unless I'm missing something

[thorn ingot]

Well there were some random fusions from gift eggs and then a trainer trade that didn’t have custom dex entries in base PIF but I did do those a few days ago

Not exactly wild but under same umbrella if you get what I mean

[hexed fog]

Gift eggs and trainer mons arent wild so they're not in the wild list 😉

[hexed fog]

We will tackle those eventually but dear god the hoenn main list is looking trifling

[maiden warren]

Sooo I just submitted an entry for fomander...cause it's the first fusion I got for my charmander and it said it doesn't have an entry...think it might be picked?

[azure wagon]

what did you write for the entry?

[maiden warren]

Let's see. I wrote something like A pokename habitat is found at the base of volcanoes where it enjoys the nourishing fertilization of volcanic ash. Something along those lines

...probably forgot an s at the end of pokename

I'm not the most creative person😅

[azure wagon]

I found it on the sheet, "A wild POKENAME finds its habitat amongst the base of volcanoes where it indulges in the nourishing fertilization of volcanic ash"

It's not a bad entry content wise, you were missing a period at the end but an unown should be able to edit that no problem.

Trying to hit at least 2 sentences is preferred, since you're new to writing entries I'd suggest posting here for a bit before you submit so others can give you good feedback 👍

Check out the pins as well for some stuff to keep in mind.

[maiden warren]

Thanks. So it's ok if I want to try writing many for any who don't have one? Im not the best at it but I love writing and this could be a good way to do small but meaningful entries

[hollow quartz]

You're more than welcome to write entries, there's no limit--though not multiple for the same sprite, as I believe that just clogs the work a bit and/or the one you lst posted is the one that would be accepted, even if both entries were fitting enough (to use a case of having two entries for the same sprite, that is)

Like mepp said, just consider posting them here for feedback first to get the hang of things before you submit them--sometimes people need a bit of time and/or practice to get used to the expectations, the flow, and/or the way desired to communicate info via an entry

[maiden warren]

Right.thwnk you infinex. I'm going to keep playing...and write new entries when I find blanks

[azure wagon]

after my mini hiatus cuz of birthday i need to get back into writing too

[hollow quartz]

I feel it, I took a couple days to not write, partly cuz the first day I woke up before/around 5am so I was very tired.......and then yesterday I had to intentionally wake up that early to help family all day, so I had not the energy nor time to write. I'm hoping to resume writing today for at least a bit

All the tree talk yesterday has got me trying to think of some new ideas for some of the Trevenant and/or Phantump sprites...

[narrow cosmos]

Uh-huh, Infinex is awake, better triple my efforts today.

[hollow quartz]

I'm still a tad nerfed, due to the fact I have to go pick up a family member, which the looming notion of that causes stalls in my ADHD brain

[narrow cosmos]

And the looming shadow of Monster Hunter

[hollow quartz]

There is that, but also Meowgenics sunk its claws into me too

[narrow cosmos]

Ah, that new thing from the Isaac guy, with the same dark humor from what glances I've seen.

[hollow quartz]

Yeah, basically. Similarly, plenty of content--I've seen a guy get a credits roll while his save file was around, say, 30% "complete"--but less similarly, the rng is much more brutal at times

But I digress, I must not be distracted

would you say the spot of its head looks almost like liquid--curious for the sake of a potential idea, and the reason I ask is because it looks like it has ripples?

ripples and/or like it might be reflecting light a bit, which I see as I look at it more

[hoary rover]

how do you know if your submission will be used as a dex entry

[hollow quartz]

you check the google spreadsheet linked in #dex-entries-submissions and check for your username to see if it has been accepted

[hoary rover]

thanks and for the trevenant/venusaur:it is said if you drink from the liquid on this creatures head you can glimpse into the distortion world for a second

i think thats a good entry or something along those lines

[hollow quartz]

Maybe so! But I'm asking in general if anyone would agree it looks like liquid before I write out one of potential ideas.

Although the mention of the distortion world probably makes it teeter on the line a tad too much. Plus, to my knowledge, that wouldn't fit much for the Trevenant half but would fit more for if it were a Giratina fusion. And then there's also the fact that would be a singular sentence and overall short, so not really fitting for an entry as it is preferred for them to be at least 2 sentences.

[hoary rover]

What about instead of the distortion world you get a glimpse of your own death

/how you doe

Die

[hollow quartz]

Rather edgy.

I have my own ideas in mind, it's, again, a matter of being curious about how the sprite looks to others to see if I am just seeing wrong with that sprite.

[hoary rover]

A lot of Dex entries are dark

[hollow quartz]

I didn't say it wouldn't possibly fit, just that, to me, it sounds rather edgy, which I personally avoid.

[hoary rover]

Oh ok

Do you have sides for a zweilous/togetic

[hollow quartz]

Sides?

[hoary rover]

Zweilous body togetic head

[hollow quartz]

I still don't get the question: "do you have sides"

[hoary rover]

Sorry I mean a fusion of togetic and zweilous

Also instead of liquid for the trevenant/venusaur you could say inhaling it's pollen shows a glimpse of your death

[hollow quartz]

If you're asking if there is a fusion of the two, then I would advise to check the fusiondex website for it--there might be custom ones, there might not be.

Again, I wasn't asking for ideas. It is appreciated. It was just asking how that part of the sprite might look to others.

But I digress, I'm running with different ideas so I can move on to other sprites.

[rugged socket]

Just beaten Guillotina 😎

[hollow quartz]

Ayyyy, I haven't even gotten that far as of yet But nice, hopefully with as few casualities as possible

[rugged socket]

Had 2 whole parties that died rip the desert is no joke

[hollow quartz]

I've still not gotten to the boneyard, cuz my rng has been rough lately LOL

[rugged socket]

You'll get there I believe

[hollow quartz]

Oh yeah, like I said it's literally been RNG just kinda messing with my runs is all--so many events where they keep picking the cats with the absolute worst stats for the events, and one run where every "event" was basically "take damage, no way to even avoid it"

y'know it's always kinda funny seeing just how much more there are of trevenant fusions compared to phantump (I can get why, it still makes me chuckle though)

[narrow cosmos]

Everybody flocks to the cool ones over the lesser/smaller forms.

[hollow quartz]

Exactly why I can get why--it's the same phenomena with mid-point evolutionary stages

people focus more on the first stage than the mid-point and, usually, the final stage is focused on more than the two before

-# not that I can blame them, I tend to do the same when trying to build my teams during runs after all

[soft flicker]

I really struggle with middle evolutions cause 1. There are may less sprites and 2. The official entries for the middle stages are very bland and not very inspiring

[hollow quartz]

There is that too

Even officially, the mid-stages tend to just get used like stepping stones more often than others

meanwhile, me: "Man I love Torracat more than Incineroar"

[hexed fog]

Ngl charmeleon is way cooler

Gen2 middles have more personality imo

Wartortle's wing ears

[narrow cosmos]

Never forget Blastoise was originally unrelated and we would have gotten Wartortle-but-bigger in the original Red/Blue.

[ebon warren]

His tail is cool too, reminds me of the Icarus/Apollo wings on his feet

[ebon warren]

They do dumb stuff like this all the time, not just Gen 1.
Luvdisc and Alomomola? Tauros and Bouffalant? Come on

[hollow quartz]

Some of the middles do stand out more, they just don't always get as much love when it comes to giving them more info from the official sources

[hollow quartz]

Charmeleon got so robbed in the anime, they so quickly made it become Charizard

[storm light]

Man, I liked Charizard for a while, but after all the new features and forms it got, I kinda began to like it less

I get the same with Pikachu tbh

It's cute and lovable, I can't deny that, but it feels so overused

[ebon warren]

I think that's because they made Ash's Charmeleon such a butthead. He was cocky and evolved quickly and then they had that AMAZING Charizard episode that I still remember and love to this day

[hollow quartz]

True, it just was also unfortunate because of how quickly Charmeleon went by

I liked the rude red lizzer

[ebon warren]

I thought they should've explored it more with him too

The anime really doesn't do evolutions right most of the time, either they NEVER do them or they do them too quickly and they seem (or are) forced

[hollow quartz]

For the prior half: Unova, my beloathed

At least Tepig got one stage of evolution I guess...but eesh

I have yet to watch Sun and Moon's anime, but I do appreciate that p much all of Ash's Pokémon in the XY(&Z) anime(s(?)) evolved, save for Pikachu of course

[ebon warren]

Ironically I feel like only Gary ever seemed to just get evolutions and know how to properly get them and use them

[ebon warren]

Yeah I think the direction changed in Alola. Ash was no longer just the bumbling protagonist

[hollow quartz]

Yeah, by Kalos he wasn't bumbling as much either and then he actually kept up the pace of being, like, actually good in Alola too lol

I am glad for Dusk Lycanroc in the Alola series......one of my faves

-# and now that I'm home, I can try to write more...or play a game, time shall tell where my A(u)DHD brain goes

[narrow cosmos]

Constantly stressed, POKENAME vents its anxiety by running around at high speeds and tackling into others. One can tell if POKENAME is on a rampage by the high-pitched yowl of a scream it makes before it runs about.

I'd put a pizza tower gif here but discord's done something to the gif search on console and now it doesn't give you anything remotely related to your search terms.

[hollow quartz]

oh gods, you're right--it's like pulling up only one gif, even if I just type "pizza" and no other words

[narrow cosmos]

Weirdly I think mobile, last I looked, still had giphy and gave out proper gifs.

[hollow quartz]

These small Pokémon have a weak, temporal power that allows them to accelerate the growth of plants. Using this power too often leaves them so tired that they will be rendered immobile until they absorb enough sunlight and water.
-#

[rich goblet]

If you haven't submitted this one yet, what does temporal add in this instance?

Are you thinking of like, localized or transient?

[hollow quartz]

initially it was because of the "accelerating plant growth" as in to "speed up their time" but I have been pondering removing it, so long as it doesn't take away from the fact it's a dialga fusion

[rich goblet]

I think its a bit redunant since you clarify that it affects plant growth

[hollow quartz]

Touche, I [don't always]* know when it comes to Pokémon entirely since some of them can do similar things without it meaning time alteration

[rich goblet]

These small Pokémon harness their weak power to accelerate the growth of plants.

@hollow quartz I made a small adjustment to the verbage you might like, since harness is more action oriented. I'll let you decide to keep the temporal bit or not

[hollow quartz]

Oh I saw, I opted to tweak it already: These small Pokémon wield a weak power that accelerates the growth of plants.

[rich goblet]

That also works

[hollow quartz]

Your suggestion gave me the idea to tweak it a bit more, just in a different way

[storm light]

Magnepod #82.11
POKENAME's shell is tough and highly conductive, making it perfect for use in battery making. As these Pokémon evolve, their shell is left behind and subsequently collected.

[grave sedge]

btw how do y'all do these text boxes?

[small nest]

Remember when Ash's Grotle evolved into Torterra and then lost every non-Team Rocket battle it ever participated in again? Good times

[small nest]

Put ` before and after what you want in the box.

[grave sedge]

ahh thank you much!

[ebon warren]

Which is SO stupid because Grass/Ground is far better than mono-Grass except against Ice types.
The anime is so terrible with Thor matchups, except again with Gary.

[storm light]

Put 3 backticks (`) before and after the message you want in the box

[pale venture]

One, two or three `

So many options

[grave sedge]

Oh okayy thanku!

[soft flicker]

Palossand/Magcargo
A POKENAME can grow in size by actively melting any sand it moves on and incorporating it into its body. Should anyone ever break a POKENAME's brittle shell, it will immediately viciously attack the one responsible with burning hot sand and glass.

What do we think of the edit, chat?

[pale venture]

I SUMMON THEE FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE!

With my ancient Writing Prompt ✏️ I draw forth creatures that communicate with lost souls, ones could rest easily in places such as Lavender Town!

ARISE, POKENAME!

https://tenor.com/view/wizard-dance-ena-gif-27696814

[rich goblet]

Dusdreavus #311.200

POKENAME are said to lurk inside the Pokémon Tower in Lavender Town where they watch over visitors coming to mourn loved ones. It is rumored that their mask allows them to communicate with the dead, though no one has been able to confirm this.

@pale venture Boop

[pale venture]

Let's gooo

[rich goblet]

I had to do reserach to make sure you could find them in the nearby area

One of the floors has misdreaveus, and the crypt has duskull

[pale venture]

I was meaning that it would be in spooky places in general, but ye that works

[hollow quartz]

@pale venture
Its seven eyes are always blinking in patterns, which some believe allows it to communicate with bygone spirits. Its den is within a dead forest, yet by ingraining its many roots, it can control the dead plants to drive off threats.

[pale venture]

[hollow quartz]

-# it's convenient your prompt came while I was already working on Phantump/Trevenant entries

[pale venture]

Lmao

I'll make more prompts in the future if it helps people, I've been too busy to do a lot recently

[hollow quartz]

[pale venture]

One more prompt before I go to eep it is then (If I don't respond, I might of actually fell asleep lmao)

Writing Prompt 📝

Guys, gals and non-binary pals.
I'm a snoozer, I like to sleep. I'll probably be able to sleep anywhere!
What Pokemon would a big eeper like me like to have? A big fluffy Pokemon? Maybe a slow and lazy fella?
I need some non-aggressive Pokemon that anyone could be relaxed around!
(Your entry does not need all of these details, it's pretty open to interpretation)

https://tenor.com/bjtqa.gif

[rich goblet]

Ursanub #217.220

Even though POKENAME do not need to hibernate, they enjoy sleeping throughout most of the day. During the few hours of daylight that they are awake, they slam their bodies against trees to knock down berries.

[ebon warren]

||"Might have fallen asleep" ||

[pale venture]

Lol

[pale venture]

Let's goooo

[vapid token]

How do I know if my entry gets accepted

[vapid token]

You tell me to look at the pinned messages, but I already have

Just answer my question

[storm light]

#dex-entries-submissions , ctrl f and put in your discord username

[vapid token]

Theres nothing there

Just one message

[storm light]

The HERE will take you to the spreadsheet with all the entries. It may not load on mobile