17 trainers

[Mr. Fox]

Well that's the thing about normal types. They tend to have quite large move pools, and some have unique abilities. They are normal, but certainly not bland.

I don't really know what else to say about them. You want me to say Castform can be on a normal, fire, water, ice, or rock team? I believe sandstorm lets him transform into rock nowadays.

As for Ditto, he becomes whatever his opponent is. You want to say he can be in any team?

For simplicity's sake I'd rather just have them be on a normal team. That's the type they're considered as, and I don't really think they're game breakers.

That's what I meant I am afraid that people will try to say that ditto can be any type so it can be on any team.

[Frenchfry]

If it were me, I'd ban them from each player's 'guild team' entirely.
But meh... It's not my guild, so...

[Roloc]

If it were me, I'd ban them from each player's 'guild team' entirely.
But meh... It's not my guild, so...

Nah, I think that's going a little to far. I like the idea that they are normal at birth so they should be allowed on a normal team.

[Mr. Fox]

If it were me, I'd ban them from each player's 'guild team' entirely.
But meh... It's not my guild, so...

Nah, I think that's going a little to far. I like the idea that they are normal at birth so they should be allowed on a normal team.

yeah i agree 100% this way we have no divisions in our gilde

[Chad29]

The concensus so far is to just consider them normal by default. we'll go with that unless another guildie has a good reason to disagree.

[zylonnick]

You won't hear any objections from me. It's only fair that only a normal type trainer can choose these pokemon. Where would the challenge be then;)

[TrainerX]

 Having Castform and Ditto would be fair in a normal team since nothing has a weakness to normal types. I'm not saying normal types are weak, but with those two pokemon you could damage ghost types and do super effective damage to pokemon that they would usually have problems against, and since all normal types can learn moves of different types, they should be allowed. So basicly, they're just as fair as other normal types because all normal types can learn moves that are different types. The only difference is, Ditto and Castform's types change, but this can also be a bad thing. If your opponent has a grass type that know rain dance, it can change castform's type to water and use grass type moves to do a lot of damage. And the moves Ditto gains from using Transform only have 5 PP.

[Mr. Fox]

I agree that they can be on a normal team. so how many for and against? We should make a list really quick.

[Frenchfry]

Well there's no point in that, is there? I'm not in the guild, so Iwouldn't count as a vote. So, discluding me, it's unanimous.

[Jerry]

Um... apparently there's a dreamworld ability of Ditto that would be beneficial. However I don't know whether it makes Ditto use Transform before entering a match or transform directly upon entering a match. Either way, it's beneficial but in the former way, PP Ups can do the trick.

[Chad29]

How would he know what to transform into and what moves to have if he transforms before the battle?

[Jerry]

Um... I might have worded it a little too vague.

Ditto's ability apparently activates as it is sent out (so, before a move is chosen by either trainers).

I don't know how Ditto will pick the target when it comes to double or triple battle tough. As I've seen, Trace doesn't pick the ability in front of the pokemon in double battles, but that is only speculation. Only thorough testing will gave a satisfactory answer to this, that is until I have Black/White or someone else tests it.

[Chad29]

I'd like to have a banner for my future guild members to put in their sigs.

Type of graphic(s): Rectangular sig banner
What you want your banner to say: Elemental Elites Member
Do you want any sub-text?: Nope
What do you want your color scheme to be?: 17 stripes going down representing each pokemon color. Then the words in the middle in a color that would show up well against the background.
Do you want any specific Pokemon to make an appearance in your graphic?: Nope
Do you want something non-Pokemon related in it?: Nope.

Anyways, to Chad29, I love the idea, I think I'm ghost type in the elites. Anyway I think in everyone's type, it should have their name, their favorite trainers sprite with their favorite Pokemon of that type, whenever Teal gets back and makes that, I'll try to make that with all the members so far!

So good news guys. Looks like after asking if we could have a guild banner, we'll even get some personalized guild banners! Think about what you want for your sig. These banners won't be absolutely mandatory, since I think forums might have limits for sigs, and members may already have things for their sigs that they want to keep. I don't know how strict the Mods are with that. However if you have space for the banner, I think it's a good idea to have one.

[DarK_SouL]

OK, I thought I was making one sig that we all use, or is it a sig making for each of us. Because if that then wouldn't Avis work better.

[Chad29]

When I mentioned making a sig with 17 stripes, I planned for that to be one general sig we could all use.

As for the Avy, I'm not sure. You can only have one avy pic, but you can have multiple things in your sig. Though I guess it doesn't matter. Making my request an Avi would be better than the generic avi I have now.