I may, MAY consider being a Gym (the easy Gym!), since that makes my selection of a lineup less annoying. 6 bug pokemon, go! Just not sure if I have the time.

Whoomper, have you given any thought to the idea of giving gyms themes other than "Instert Element/Attack type here"? It would help break up the "This is the fire gym so I better use a water pokemon cuz I am LEET PRO" metagame.

It has been considered in past versions of this format. The general consensus was "no, but maybe someone could do a Pokemon Frontier with Frontier Brains to do that". Screw the TV series; all of the original games follow under the Gym Type system first and foremost. Never do you get to become Pokemon League Champion by fighting "that guy with the dog pokemon". I'd like this league to hold to that tradition.

Not to mention: The Wildcard pokemon in the gym teams. Like say I have a fire gym. Fire's major weaknesses are water, ground, and rock. I could have say, a grass-type and a water-type as my wildcards, covering my fire's weaknesses, and potentally the wildcard weaknesses too. And the gym leaders don't have to list what their team is, so you don't know what to expect.

As was shown at that other place Whomps did this, what some gym leaders did to keep things fresh was to choose three pokemon for each slot in their lineup and randomize their starters from there. That way the Gym Leaders have like eighteen pokemon to choose from and it is harder to stack the deck against the Gym. Granted all eighteen pokemon are listed for all to see, with each set of three in their corresponding slots, but it's still pretty fair.

Now that I'm not the only one without a DS/access, I don't feel bad about asking this: Is there a reason we can't use Shoddy? It would be more inclusive, we wouldn't have to deal with Nintendo WiFi, it's faster, and it would get rid of the whole Friend Code thing.

Edit: It's also got a chatroom, and people can watch the battles.

Should we make an NPF Pokemon social group or something?

This is meant to be a league rewarding effort, so while it is for fun, it's also meant to be a challenge. While Shoddy does allow all the things you just mentioned, it also allows you to basically hax up any perfect pokemon you want.

I lost my DS on the bus the week before Christmas and someone took it. Hey, if any of you NPFers found a white DS with a missing battery cover on the Metro in DC, give it back you bastard this is my second Pokemon Diamond and I still haven't beaten all the gyms.

I'm totally down for non-type gyms.
I could totally be a sweet gym leader but don't have a ds at the mo so would take me some time to get a sweet team together.

Also substitutions are for pussies. It's like the difference between American football and rugby. Well that and all the armour and the rest breaks.
I'm totally dwon for substitution limiting not for any strategy reason or anything, just to get people to harden up.