IP Advance: The Game! Discussion Thread

[Winters Rage]

That, or it's got a mansion :D lol, I shall spoil my whateveritis. ^^

[Saber Knight]

Alright, before I show you this IP, I'd like to say HA I FOOLED YOU IT ISN'T AN ELECTRIC TYPE!

Lapvee (0) - Gender: Female; Type: Water, Normal; Abilities: Fun Away, Water Absorb; Attacks: Growl, Tackle

Wait, Lapvee? How'd you get there? TANGO, I'LL GET YOU FOR THIS! *glues eggshell back together*

A-hem! Now... OMG LOOK THE EGG IS HATCHING (again) IT'S AMAZING AND A WONDERFUL SIGHT TO SEE! (and still not an electric type)

Abwag (0) - Gender: Male; Type: Water, Psychic; Abilities: Water Absorb, Synchronize; Attacks: Teleport, Bubble

Gee, I probably should have run this by Silver... ah well! O-okay, so, you wanna nickname the critter?

(If you couldn't tell, Lapvee is something Tango made a while ago when she was trying to splice :P She has a few better ones, but Lapvee is my all-time favorite because it is amazingly awesome and I could not hope to compete with it :P )

[Winters Rage]

Awesome Lapvee :D but too bad it's not mine :P
I love the Abwag, it's actually 2 of my favorite Pokemon, Pollywag was the first Pokemon I ever saw, and Abra was one of my favorites back in Silver :P
I shall name him: Yoda, because that's just an awesome name :D

*Edit: Also, What's the '(0)' for, after the name? Is the for the level? How do I know when it levels up? Isn't it different from wins?*

[Phonox]

The (number) is the EXP the IP has. You gain EXP by defeating other IP or putting your IP in the Day Care.

Silver can explain the EXP system:

I know I explained this somewhere... but now I can't, for the life of me, remember where it is. So here's how it works. IPA with less than five wins are worth 1 EXP. IPA with five to fifteen wins are worth 2 EXP. IPA with more than fifteen wins are worth 3 EXP.

[Winters Rage]

So... What does EXP have to do with anything? I've played all the Pokemon games so I am, by far, not Pokemon illiterate, but since IPA evolve with wins instead of EXP (right?) why is the exp there? and one more question, What are the losses for? Beside keeping track of the battles they have been in, do they make your IPA wait longer to evolve or what?

[Phonox]

EXP, Wins, same thing. If you don't like how Silver said it, just replace all the EXPS with Wins.

[Winters Rage]

That... Still doesn't make much sense....

[Phonox]

How? You beat a Pokemon with (0-4) and you get 1 win. You beat a pokemon with (5-15) and you get two wins. You beat a pokemon with (16+) you get 3 wins. Very simple concept.

[Winters Rage]

But... how do you get 2 or even 3 wins from only one IPA? >.< and does that mean that I don't have to have the (#) and the W/L in my sig, just the (#)?

[Phonox]

How? Why would you ask how? You just do. A level 100 gives more EXP than a level 2. It's the same concept. For the Win/Loss thing, most people just put it for the heck of it.

[Winters Rage]

Well, at first it just didn't really make since, but, contrary to what you said, if you replace the 'wins' with 'EXP' it makes more sense, but if you leave it as 'wins' it doesn't make sense at all: "W00t, you defeated one (1) IPA; you receive 3 wins!!!" "How in the world is that possible...."

[Silver]

Here's how it works... Saber is not the original founder of IPA, but you knew that. What you probably didn't know is that it's not me either. It was Opal, aka Celebifly. She always recorded them as "Wins", not "EXP" (because when she was in charge, everything was worth the same...) and so it stayed that way even when I came in and fixed things up. It's just for consistency's sake.

[Winters Rage]

[(boxes are my new form of normalness) I knew that Saber was not in charge ever/originally, I also did know that you, Silver, weren't either, I am aware that Opal/Celibify was the original creator of IPA and that you took it over and made Saber your apprentice, thank you all for clearing up some/most of my question, it helped :D Oh, and while the note of IPA apprentice still lingers, I was thinking, maybe you should host another IPA apprentice contest, so you could have 2 of them, that way things might go a bit smother and not get completely held up when one or both of you disappear >>]

[Blastotoise]

Are there any IP that are attackable right now?

[Saber Knight]

The volcano is probably your best bet. I'll see if I can get Silver to make new lists elswhere... or else I'll do something about it.... maybe... if I have the time...