If the group in control was using a Dragonite LV100 against someone who just started, it wouldnt be fair at all, thats why i suggested that the gyms remain the same. For control of it, anythings goes most liekly.

I read the details and whatnot of it still being in development before i made my account.
EDIT: oh, and LOL. That medicham makes me remember the time i was playing platinum, and i was fighting a Medicham. I was on the mountain where Arceus is, and Medicham used Hi Jump Kick while i was at the top. He missed and 1 hit KO himself. I couldn't stop laughing. I thought he jumped off the mountain.

I was talking this over with a friend, and i want to know what you think of this.

Team System: Groups of players can make groups called Teams, like Team Rocket, Magma, whatever, and they can control gyms. Like pewter. Other teams can challenege them for the right to have control. Having control of the gym gives you special bonuses. Like recieving 20% of all purchases made at that towns pokemart. This doesnt interfere with normal gym battles though. I havent really thought of what Teams can spend money on. I suppose items like Carbos, Protein.

Resistance System: Suppose you have a Scizor fighting a fire type pokemon. Every time Scizor can defeat its weakeness, it can build up resistance to it, so that type doesnt do as much. Pretty much lower a x4 weakness to x2, or x2 to 1.5. Each pokemon can only do this for one element type though. If you trade the pokemon you gained resistance on, it resets.

I had more, but i forgot most of it >.<, ill try to find out what the rest of it was.

[EDIT] If this has been suggested before, sorry. I'm new to the site, and suggested this before reading anything else.