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Posted: Sun, 07/07/2024 18:58 (4 Months ago)
Welcome back to the PH times~ :D
07/07/24 || Issue #225 || Editors: Absbor & BoomBoy
“Reality is broken. Game designers can fix it.“
~Jane McGonical
It starts with distributing old and new Pokémon.
Fancy
Vivillon and Pokéball Vivillon 
can be
obtained via the “regular” way.
Great Tusk and Iron Threads will only stay until 31st of August for people who have completed the first hurdle in the paradox research quest(s).
The annual Mew Plushie Event is back again.
And lastly, Riako talked about how our server is old and he needs to migrate PokeHeroes to a newer and better one. It will pause our gameplay, with a heads up given by him.
A new spider Pokémon with its evolution was found inside our PokéDex. Let’s take a look, shall we?
The artists of PokeHeroes don’t always have time to draw for us Pokémon Plushies. The bar that said “0 more Dream Points have been spent until new plushies are released” has now been removed. Instead of releasing new plushies whenever, they're released every now and then. Like at special events (July), special event distribution, every few months, etc.
For PokeHeroes’ birthday, seven new plushies were released - including one with limited stock. Grab one before it runs out!
Let's take a look at them, shall we?
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20
3540
4040
40The Beauty Contest in June, fairy-type Pokémon had their chance to show off in the theme of “Supersmart”. Congratulations to the top 3 winners!
Riako fixed the copy and paste text for the Paldea Research about Iron Treads and Great Tusk. It falsely said “Claim Egg” from part 1 of Paldea Research. Now it says “Claim Reward” correctly.
We’re still searching for news/article writers. If you want to get a payment of 20k for each article you write, send a PM to me. This has to include an example of how you would write a news article. Old writers who have worked for the PH Times before just need to give me a quick heads up over palpad.
-> Team talking happens over in a palpad group
-> Be ready all the time or whenever new content happens (roughly every 2 weeks once)
-> If you need to take a break (due to personal reasons, etc), tell me so that I can plan ahead (don’t just vanish)
Weekly Fun Fact
Everytime a new PH Times comes out, we also give you a fact! They can be knowledgeable or funny or even both at the same time. Have fun! :D
“As of Generation IX, Vivillon has the most Pokédex entries for a single Pokémon, with 20 per game (one for each form).”
Source: bulbapedia
Writer: Absbor
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It's Spoink!
Its japanese name is “バネブー” (Baneboo)
Spoink is known as the “Bounce” Pokémon
Typing:
(Psychic)Ability: Thick Fat or Own Tempo
Hidden Ability: Glutton
Evolution Line:
--32
--> 
Sex: 50%
| 50%
Egg group: Field
EHP: 5,355
Ruby Pokédex Entry: The shock of its bouncing makes its heart pump. As a result, this Pokémon cannot afford to stop bouncing - if it stops, its heart will stop.
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You should palpad Absbor the Answer. :-D
No penalties if you get them wrong! Send all your guesses at the same time and don’t look it up; cheating is not funny! So, good luck and have fun!! Ends on Sunday, until the next paper gets uploaded.
1. This Pokémon has to constantly jump in order to keep its hard beat beating.
2. This is No. 1's further evolution.
3. A small, round cactus.
Answers from last time:
These were the respondents from the last paper:
- Berrypass 3/3
- JXFS 1/3
By BoomBoy
Complete these Pokémon-themed sudokus!! Answers will be revealed next week. You can take a screenshot of your attempt and send it to the editor-in-chief Absbor, to have your name featured in the next issue! Find the answers to last issue's sudoku linked under this week's, inside the spoilers.
People who were brave enough to send their attempts in:
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imgur dot com and ibb dot co are good sites to upload images, because you don't need to make an account
What are your thoughts and opinions about the paper? Send Absbor a Private Message and we will show it in the next paper. You can also tell us to leave your name out if you feel uncomfortable about publishing too.
Send us your art so we can post it here! The ownership is still with the artists, and we will not use it for anything. This is just to advertise your art. We will use proper credits and provide exposure to the artist, so we hope you participate in this.
Want to look into your future?
Editor: Absbor
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January 20 - February 18
AQUARIUS: Explore the possibilities and improve your household’s function. An attentive attitude will draw loved ones closer and encourage plans that offer a better lifestyle with less stress and more time spent with the ones you love. Shared emotions and thoughts will map out a positive path.
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February 19 - March 20
PISCES: Curb indulgent tendencies and enjoy spending time with people who want a healthy lifestyle. Physical activity will connect you with people who can offer insight into trends. Self-improvement projects will boost your energy and confidence and encourage socializing, love, and romance.
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March 21 - April 19
ARIES: Socialize, share ideas, and expand your interests, friendships, and purpose. You can make a difference if you donate time to a cause that interests or concerns you. If something isn’t running smoothly at home, adjust your lifestyle to make your life easier and ease your mind.
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April 20 - May 20
TAUROS: Let what you do speak for you. The changes you initiate will change how people treat and respect you. A high-energy approach and discipline will help you reach your destination and give you hope regarding future endeavors. Invest time and money in your home, family, and yourself.
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May 21 - June 20
GEMINI: Your mind will collect information like a sponge. Sign up for courses or TED talks that interest you and fill your head with ideas and prospects that promote a healthier lifestyle emotionally, financially, and physically. Get on board, take positive action, and embrace life.
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June 21 - July 22
CANCER: Justify what you want to pursue first. Don’t take a path that leads nowhere or try to please someone negative and never satisfied. The person you must make happy is yourself. Take the initiative and do what feels right and best for you.
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July 23 - August 22
LEO: A flashy display of what you can offer will appeal to someone watching. You can broaden your awareness by discussing your plans with an expert. Traveling to pursue knowledge will spark your imagination and encourage you to expand your plans. Follow your instincts and enjoy the ride.
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August 23 - September 22
VIRGO: A change of scenery will awaken your imagination and set you on the path to freedom. Live in the moment, consider what makes you happy, and head in that direction. Keep a low profile, an open mind, and a budget you can handle. Lifestyle improvements are favored.
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September 23 - October 22
LIBRA: Think before you act. Refrain from letting someone try your patience or cost you time, money, or reputation. Look at the big picture and discover how to avoid trouble and protect yourself, your rights, and your money. Choose events offering insight, facts, and common sense.
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October 23 - November 21
SCORPIO: Listen, dissect what you hear, and make choices that won’t jeopardize your reputation. Pay attention to how you carry and portray yourself to others. Don’t share personal information or make promises you don’t want to keep. A laid-back approach will allow you time to make better choices.
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November 22 - December 21
SAGITTARIUS: Don’t settle for less than what you want. Get the most out of partnerships and invest time and effort in efficiently running your life and household. Keep tabs on your money and update your skills to maintain your status quo and be marketable for upcoming trends.
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December 22 - January 19
CAPRICORN: Check out the possibilities and adjust your plans, lifestyle, or schedules to buy you time to broaden your outlook and discover opportunities that encourage stability and security. Reach out to those you love and trust to ensure you are on the same page. Make partnerships a priority.
This week's joke:
How does NASA organize a party?
They planet.
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Thank you to all who sent jokes! If you also want to send a joke, feel free to send a private message/palpad to Absbor. :-D
Randomly found jokes will be used in the meanwhile. This wall is purely meant for entertainment. ;-)
When is your Birthday? Tell Absbor via private messages, so we can celebrate it by adding it to the list! ヾ(｡･ω･)ｼ (there’s simply no way us knowing them)
🎂This paper's birthday people were:
- 5th July tord
- 7th July JXFS
Shower them with lots of love~ ❤
We can advertise shops, contests, giveaways, etc. It is 10k PD for advertisement of an already scripted one. We can also script it for you for just 5k PD extra! If you want to advertise, shoot Absbor a private message
! (Please put scripted ads between code
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)Note: The money sent to us has to be at least 10kPD. Meaning the tax is on top of the 10kPD.
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Looking for sponsors to help us maintain this. Donations will be used strictly for the newspaper. It can be anything, from pd to even free pieces of art. It can also be articles from talented writers.
If it's money send a Gift to Absbor; if it's fanart send them as PMs to the respective people~
♥ And the juiciest kiss to all that have participated in the #PHTimesSupport ♥
Any questions, concerns, comments, suggestions or even violent reactions, just message us.
Do you have an idea how the Ph Times could expand? OR just a cool idea to share with the crew? Contact me! I will be more than happy to hear about your ideas!
PH Times banner edited by Elzah
PH Times welcoming square by Absbor
Art banners (who's that pokemon, astrological art and the art wall banners) by Furret
Emera Square Banner and puzzle Banner by Rice
Thanks to amitlu89 from Deviantart for the 'Who's that pokemon' template.
Birthday picture from KayVeeDee on deviantart.
Thanks to Dragonflycave's sprite generator, Bulbapedia, Pokémon Showdown and PokeHeroes for the sprites and art.
(At one time, PokeHeroes staff said they’re working together with the Pokémon Showdown team.)
Word arts were made from Picasion and Cool Text
Information on 'The Pokemon Of The Week' & Pokémon Quiz taken from Pokeheroes Pokedex, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia.
Some Quotes from Good Reads, BrainyQuotes and generally Google search ups.
Information from the horoscope taken from Eugenia Last
Posted: Fri, 16/08/2024 17:49 (3 Months ago)
Welcome back to the PH times~ :D
Now under new management!
Find more information below.
16/08/24 || Issue #226 || Editor: BoomBoy
”The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”
~William Morris
New Event Distribution
A new event distribution is running! Between midday on the 12th of August and midday on the 25th of August, you can collect Activity Points around the site to hatch your own event Pokémon. This time round, you can pick from one of two types of eggs - a “daydream” version and a “nightmare” version. The former was sprited by Hime-Nyan in the spriting contest, while the latter was sprited by the Pokéheroes spriting team - a complete coincidence! Let’s check out the new Pokémon:
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Chingling (Daydream):
Chimecho (Daydream):
Chingling (Nightmare):
Chimecho (Nightmare):
After four and a half years of service in the PH Times, our beloved editor-in-chief, Absbor, has stepped down from their post. Gift a plushie to thank them for their unwaveringly hard work throughout the years!
After nearly two years as co-editor, I’ve taken the baton to continue the PH Times, leaving me the only remaining staff member. I’ve got quite a lot going on in life, so I have no idea how long I’ll be able to keep this up, but I will continue to enjoy working on it for the foreseeable future.
We’re looking for more staff members! Journalists, writers, artists, sub-editors, columnists, puzzle-makers and more are always wanted!! If you have a skill you can use to help out the PH Times, or even if you don’t think you have any particular skill, please contact me (BoomBoy) over PalPad or Private Message. You will be paid by the article/issue. Apparently, back in the day before I joined, we used to have over a dozen people working for us.
Unfortunately, some cuts have had to be made to the regular columns. I feel unable to continue working on some of the weekly sections on my own, so I thought I’d focus on quality over quantity. (Sections that’ve been temporarily cut include Horoscope, Who’s That Pokémon, Birthdays, Advertisements and Sudoku.) I will try to publish on Sunday/Monday evenings (when there’s something to talk about, but we’ll see how far we get.
If you’re interested in joining to help run some of these columns, please contact me! If you want to run a column that’s already running, or return a column that’s not running (eg those mentioned above, or roleplay reporting, or the help centre), or start a new column (eg a puzzle, or an opinion column, or interviews, or recipes, or anything!) then we’d love to have you onboard. If you’re interested in an editing or executive role, fantastic! If all you want to do is palpad me every time it’s someone’s birthday, also fantastic!
And thank you to everyone for reading!!
- Editor-in-Chief, BoomBoy
Server improvements & bug fixes
After the server migration last week, the admin Riako has continued to make improvements on the performance of Pokéheroes. For the uninitiated, the Pokéheroes server has been undergoing upgrades (and migrated to new software and hardware) for a couple of months.
During SCS last week, performance was improved tenfold, the admin reported in the Minor Updates forum thread.
Additionally, several bugs have been patched. A full list can be found on the Minor Updates forum thread, alongside the original bug report threads. The most notable include the following:
Last Saturday, a bug at the item market was patched resulting in downtime of the market for about half an hour that day. Riako apologised for the inconvenience.
Additions to Pokéheroes
The
Rindo Berry has finally been added - it
was originally left out of Pokéheroes by mistake, even though it’s
a vanilla Gen 5 berry from the core Pokémon series, which would
make this a bug patch as well. It’s a spicy and bitter
berry, and was available for 15% off on Tuesday. You can track your
collection in the berrydex.
[img]https://staticpokeheroes.com/img/pokemon/bw_front/1650.png[/img]
[pkmn]650[/pkmn] [pkmnbig]650[/pkmnbig]
The only issue I’ve noticed so far is that if images take a minute to load (eg on slow connections) then loading a chat can scroll to the wrong place. No other bug reports have appeared, but we’ll report here with all the updates - make sure to follow this thread to keep posted! For a guide and Q&A thread regarding BBCodes, see here.
dream points, you can get your very own shiny
Spring Mareep or Gourgeist plushie!We’re always searching for more news/article writers!!! Get paid for writing articles, reports and columns. If you're interested in getting involved, we'd love to consider you - write a PM to me (BoomBoy) including an example of your work. This example just needs to demonstrate your style - it could be completely fake or unrelated.
-> Team talking happens over palpad
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-> You can work on a regular schedule or on a one-off basis
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-> Due to new management, old writers will need to contact us anew
Weekly Fun Fact
In each edition of the PH Times, you get a fact! If you're lucky they might also be interesting!
The longest word in the English language with all letters in alphabetical order is “Aegilops” (the genus of goatgrasses). The longest word with all letters in reverse alphabetical order is “trollied”.
Source: my own shoddy python code on the Oxford English Dictionary
This is run separately to #aFactADay. If you enjoyed this, find more posted by BoomBoy over here on a daily basis!
Made by Koishi
You should palpad BoomBoy the Answer :D
No penalties if you get them wrong! Send all your guesses at the same time and don’t look it up; cheating is no fun! So, good luck and have fun!! Ends when the next paper is published.
1. This Pokémon was the only Paldean forme announced before Pokemon Scarlet & Violet was released
2. This Pokémon has the most different body shapes between its different formes
3. This Pokémon was known unofficially as Pignite before its English name was announced
What are your thoughts and opinions about the paper? Send BoomBoy a Private Message or PalPad and we will publish and respond to it in the next paper. You can also tell us to uphold your anonymity if you please (and leave name, specifics, etc out).
We'd always love to hear from you, whether it be thoughts, opinions, advice, help, or anything! It can be about the PH Times itself, something we wrote about, something you'd like us to mention or something relating to Pokéheroes or Pokémon at large.
Send us your art so we can post it here! The ownership is still with the artists, and we will not use it for anything. This is just to advertise your art. We will give proper credit and provide exposure to the artist.
This week's joke:
When we got together, my boyfriend borrowed $100 from me. We separated three years later and he gave me back $100. I lost interest in that relationship.
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If you also want to send a joke, feel free to send a private message/palpad to BoomBoy and it may feature in the next issue! (with due credit, of course)
Randomly found jokes will be used in the meanwhile. This wall is purely meant for entertainment. ;-)
Miscellaneous credits:
PH Times banner edited by Elzah
PH Times welcoming square by Absbor
Art banners (who's that pokemon, astrological art and the art wall banners) by Furret
Emera Square Banner and puzzle Banner by Rice
Birthday picture from KayVeeDee on deviantart.
Thanks to Dragonflycave's sprite generator, Bulbapedia, Pokémon Showdown and PokeHeroes for the sprites and art.
(At one point, PokeHeroes staff have worked together with the Pokémon Showdown team.)
Word arts were made from Picasion and Cool Text
Information on Pokémon Quiz and similar columns taken from Pokeheroes Pokedex, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia.
Posted: Tue, 03/09/2024 09:04 (2 Months ago)
Welcome back to the PH times~ :D
03/09/24 || issue #227 || Editor: BoomBoy
“It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.”
~William Blake
The Plushie Drawing Contest has drawn to a close. Unlike the typical Dream World appearances, in this competition, contestants were asked to draw a plushie of one of the inhabitants of Emera town - Greg the Gem Collector, Professor Rowan, or even one of the many mermaids (who all have the same name..?) populating Emera Beach.
The winners, announced a couple of weeks ago, were as follows:
all the winners and
well done to everyone
who took part!
Pumkin Berry to level 5; then, treat May to a
Hoenn Tonic after her long journey. Once
you've completed these three tasks, you can compete in the battle
itself, which started this Saturday.
Soda Pop, five 
Drash Berries at level 2, five 
Eggant Berries also at level 2, and ten
Pumkin Berries at level 5. Mix them up in
your cooking pot for twelve minutes and you're good to go!
festival points, depending on how well they rank
compared to other trainers, and the top few may receive special
prizes, including some of May's favourite retro Pokémon and some
exclusive Key Items! Stay tuned to find out next week what other
prizes are on offer at the battle!We’re always searching for more news/article writers!!! Get paid for writing articles, reports and columns. If you're interested in getting involved, we'd love to consider you - write a PM to me (BoomBoy) including an example of your work. This example just needs to demonstrate your style - it could be completely fake or unrelated.
-> Team talking happens over palpad
-> Be ready for whenever new content happens (roughly fortnightly)
-> You can work on a regular schedule or on a one-off basis
-> You receive payment per article
-> Due to new management, old writers will need to contact us anew
The latest user contest has arrived in Emera town! CatLady invites you to write a short story (or other format) about Greg, the slightly weird gem collector. Not a lot is known about this inhabitant of Emera Town, so your imagination can run wild! Read up on the small bits of lore that we do know, and fill in the gaps to your heart's content. Rumour has it that he can be seen stealing the coins put in Emera Fountain at night sometimes...
Send your entry, which should be around 400-500 words, by Private Message to CatLady, and title it "Writing Entry Submission". Don't post it in the forum thread! Pokéheroes Site Rules apply to everything you write, and it should be appropriate for all ages to enjoy. You have until the 27th of September. The winners will receive a flute combo pack, but all participants will receive some
Festival Points. Good luck, and happy
writing!!As part of Riako's big 11th Anniversary upgrade plan, he plans on bringing a wave of bug fixes to Pokéheroes. Over the weekend, he announced two goals he's working on by the end of the year:
This forms part of the site's ongoing Quality-of-Life upgrades. We at the PH Times give our utmost gratitude to the admin and moderators, especially CatLady, for organising and executing this greatly called-for update🌸 :)
One effect of this noble endeavour was published in the Minor Updates forum thread: the forum category "Bugs/Complaints" has been renamed "Bug Reports", and the "Solved" category has been renamed to "Resolved". This is to make the site slightly more helpful, as a simple complaint doesn't achieve much, and many of the bug reports end up to be user error. No-one puts it better than Riako:
Weekly Fun Fact
In each edition of the PH Times, you get a fact! If you're lucky they might also be interesting!
The word Kyrgyz, as in Kyrgyzstan, may come from an old Turkic word meaning “we are forty” (the modern Turkish equivalent is “kırkız”), which references the forty clans that were united by Manas, a legendary Kyrgyz hero, to become one nation. (This is also why the flag of Kyrgyzstan has forty rays surrounding the sun.) However, there are other disputed etymologies.
Source: [X]
This is run separately to #aFactADay. If you enjoyed this, find more posted by BoomBoy over here on a daily basis!
Made by Koishi
You should palpad BoomBoy the Answer :D
No penalties if you get them wrong! Send all your guesses at the same time and don’t look it up; cheating is no fun! So, good luck and have fun!! Ends when the next paper is published.
I was glad to hear that these quizzes are getting a bit harder, which has been received well. Why don’t you tease your brain and give it a go - it may be more entertaining than you think! Let me know how you find it please - we at the PHT always welcome feedback. I try to make them such that you can work it out if you know your stuff.
1. Venipede’s Sword/Shield Pokédex entry mentions a fiery relationship with what other Pokémon, even though it lives in a different part of Galar to this Pokémon?
2. What Pseudo-Legendary can’t evolve purely based on level?
3. What Pokémon can learn the most sound-based moves?
Answers from last time:
These were the respondents from the last paper:
- berrypass 1/3
What are your thoughts and opinions about the paper? Send BoomBoy a Private Message or PalPad and we will publish and respond to it in the next paper. You can also tell us to uphold your anonymity if you please (and leave name, specifics, etc out).
We'd always love to hear from you, whether it be thoughts, opinions, advice, help, or anything! It can be about the PH Times itself, something we wrote about, something you'd like us to mention or something relating to Pokéheroes or Pokémon at large.
Send us your art so we can post it here! The ownership is still with the artists, and we will not use it for anything. This is just to advertise your art. We will give proper credit and provide exposure to the artist.
This week's joke:
Did you know your pupils are the last part of your body to stop working when you die? They dilate.
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Thank you to all who sent jokes! If you also want to send a joke, feel free to send a private message/palpad to BoomBoy and it may feature in the next issue! (with due credit, of course)
Randomly found jokes will be used in the meanwhile. This wall is purely meant for entertainment ;-)
Miscellaneous credits:
PH Times banner edited by Elzah
PH Times welcoming square by Absbor
Art banners (who's that pokemon, astrological art and the art wall banners) by Furret
Emera Square Banner and puzzle Banner by Rice
Birthday picture from KayVeeDee on deviantart.
Thanks to Dragonflycave's sprite generator, Bulbapedia, Pokémon Showdown and PokeHeroes for the sprites and art.
(At one point, PokeHeroes staff have worked together with the Pokémon Showdown team.)
Word arts were made from Picasion and Cool Text
Information on Pokémon Quiz and similar columns taken from Pokeheroes Pokedex, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia.
Posted: Mon, 09/09/2024 16:51 (2 Months ago)
Welcome back to the PH times~ :D
Berry Battle Feature Edition!
08/09/24 || issue #228 || Editor: BoomBoy
“Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy —the joy of being Salvador Dalí— and I ask myself in rapture: What wonderful things is this Salvador Dalí going to accomplish today?”
~Salvador Dalí
Your trusty cauldron in which you cook teacakes, terracotta and (most presently) tonics has just been made easier to use! A Quality-of-Life (QoL) update initially suggested by drafang62 was implemented by the admin, Riako this Tuesday. You can now select a dish to be cooked multiple times at once, all at the click of one button, saving you the effort of navigating the menu several times.
Additionally, you can prioritise lower or higher berry levels, within the confines of your stock. For example, if you're working on your berrydex, you might wish to only use lower level berries, whereas for the Berry Battle, it may be optimal to use up your higher level berries. You can still change this selction manually, as has previously been the case. See an example below:
We’re always searching for more news/article writers!!! Get paid for writing articles, reports and columns. If you're interested in getting involved, we'd love to consider you - write a PM to me (BoomBoy) including an example of your work. This example just needs to demonstrate your style - it could be completely fake or unrelated.
-> Team talking happens over palpad
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-> You can work on a regular schedule or on a one-off basis
-> You receive payment per article
-> Due to new management, old writers will need to contact us anew
The Berry Battle!
The Berry Battle, a competition hosted by May of the Devon Corporation, wages on into its second week! Who can cook the most Hoenn Tonics? There have already been nine winners, some of whom the PH Times had the pleasure of speaking to!
In this longer-form article, we spoke to several Pokéheroes players who had different strategies, opinions and tips about the ongoing Berry Battle. Let us know your thoughts (PalPad or Private Message me anytime!) on this new format of opinion and information piece. Cloudfairy likes the principle, expressing the idea that it could get more people involved and invested with the Times. "I mean I'll definitely be curious to see who said what," she commented.
What you can win:
Everyone gets a prize! Everyone who participates in a day (by entering any number of
Hoenn Tonics - even just one) will receive some
festival points. We spoke to Zellane, a site-wide renowned
gardener, who described her findings:So, entering the same number of Tonics on two different days and coming in different places on the leaderboard will get you a different number of festival points at the end of the day. Hard work is rewarded by the Tonic, but the Berry Battle is exactly that - a battle - and doing better than everyone else pays off too!
In addition to festival points, there are some rare items, and even a Pokémon, on the line - see the spoiler for details!
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The first time you qualify for the
Battle, you unlock a special rumble area - Route 102. When you have
this map, which you may have from a Battle in a previous year, you
can get an upgrade for it by ranking among the top 50 players in
one of the battles. Once this has been unlocked, the top 50 may
receive a prize of a special fishing rod (the King Rod) for use at
Emera Beach. If you have all these key items already, each day you
rank among the top fifty, you get a limited-edition Retro Pokémon -
May's favourite! Let's check it out, shall we?
Bellossom (Retro)
Word on the street has it that each Retro Bellossom has a 2% chance of being shiny!
Word on the street has it that each Retro Bellossom has a 2% chance of being shiny!
Managing your garden:
It can be difficult taking care of all your plants, nurturing them with water and fertilisers, all the while preparing an ample supply of seeds and filling your cooking pot with the ingredients, stirring when necessary.
It's particularly difficult when different gardens have different fertilities, and different berries have different growing speeds and levels required, because all your berries end up finishing at different times. Perhaps it's best to plant them in blocks, so you don't end up fragmenting your real estate: Qiaokeli, who's ranked among the top ten no fewer than six times this season, does whole gardens at a time of just one berry. Having unlocked all four gardens, he used the first two gardens (a total of 84 slots, with a medium fertility) for Pumkin berries, the third garden (96 slots, but a slower growing rate) for Eggant berries, and the fourth (just 27 slots, but berries grow most quickly here) for Drash berries. This was fairly balanced, but he still recommends keeping track of your stock and adjusting accordingly if you're low on one berry or the other.
TheLemonLord's strategy is quite different. He has three of the gardens unlocked, and has hit the ranklist for the first time this Sunday. At the moment, they work on solely Pumkin berries most of the time, and works in a third of the other two whenever she falls below 100 of either. Keeping a good stock seems to be a common theme of most success stories we heard: Snowfrost makes sure to always have 500 Pumkin berries rotating between seeds and garden, such that you never run out of berries to make new seeds from.
Taking care of your levels is another way of ensuring you can stay on top of everything. Of course, the higher the level is, the more slowly it grows, so keeping the berries no more than one level above the threshold (lvl2 for Eggant/Drash and lvl5 for Pumkin) is ideal. Usually, around 20-30% of berries get ranked up to the next level when they're turned into seeds - the plan Zellane (who's come fifth place or better six times) holds to involves planting these higher level seeds, and using them solely for making tonics. She estimates that 9 in 10 of her tonics are made from these higher level berries, and the majority of the correctly-levelled berries get turned back into seeds to multiply in the fields.
Time management may also prove difficult - remembering to visit the garden every now and then is my most throttling vice. Keep track of your waiting periods, and try to minimise (ideally eliminate) the time your gardens spend fallow.
Taking advantage of May's Green Thumb, the feature that boosts the growth of all your Hoennian berries, is one way of spending time while you wait for seeds to grow and berries to cook. You can activate the thumb by feeding 200 berries to Pokémon - using clicklists with mostly hatched 'mons, such as "Random Clicklist", is quickest - and heading to the Berry Battle page. This cuts a quarter off your growth times. The most fun part is that it stacks multiplicatively: activating it once cuts an hour of waiting time down to 45 minutes, and activating it again (after feeding 200 more berries, of course) cuts that down to around 34. Most interviewees I spoke to activate it around twice per batch, when they're at home at least, but Qiaokeli (who actually holds second place on the ranklist for most berries fed) says they activate it up to ten times per batch (which would cut an hour down to 3 minutes, 23 seconds) - by which point the berries are probably all grown!
Tips from the top:
Rack up the tonics over several days. By simply not collecting your tonics when they're brewed, they can stack up over two or more days and become much more numerous than if you entered them immediately. Personally, this is certainly the only chance I have at getting into the top ten on any one day. Snowfrost, who was first place on the leaderboard at the time of writing, says that their “success for today has been three days of buildup”, and that most days they end up around 50th on the leaderboard.
Invest in some upgrades. If you're not an experienced gardener, it's worthwhile to upgrade all your seed makers to the maximum, so you don't spend as much time filling them up and you can have longer queues. The same goes for the cooking pot. Having more gardens can increase your throughput a lot, but they're quite large investments so it's not absolutely necessary for success.
Stock up - and not just on the Hoennians. Make sure you always have a small backlog of each of the three required berries, so when you start running low you can make sure to focus on that one and prevent any downtime in your cooking pot. But you should also make sure you have an ample supply of other berries to feed to Pokémon as part of May's Green Thumb. Consensus among experts seems to reocmmend Oran and Cheri berries, which are easy to grow and often available at the Item Shop (check daily to get the best offers!). Oran has a lot of flavours, so is preferred by most of Pokémon, as can be seen in your Berrydex.
Plan. Although this isn't always an explicitly given tip, everyone we spoke to was able to explain with quite a lot of detail how they managed their gardens and seed makers. Take a minute to work out which seeds and berries you need more of at the moment. As TheLemonLord put it, "plan how you distribute [the berries] between the seed makers, because you'll [lose] a lot of time to that". Snowfrost recommends making sure you never run out of berries: “if you use up them all for tonics and only have 1 left, you're basically back to square 1 again. But if you have 500 level 5 [P]umkin berries in rotation, you can make maximum tonics, while growing some, and making some to seeds. And constantly keeping track of if you can harvest or make more seeds.”
Don't stress yourself! It's important to balance life and video games, so don't feel pressured or stressed by the competition to be fanatical about logging onto Pokéheroes. Everyone we spoke to, at all levels of the pecking order, echoed this.
This article was written on Sunday the 8th of September and some details may have changed by the time of reading.
If you have any comments regarding what our interviewees said, please send them to the PokéHeroes Times staff, i.e. me, instead of taking them up with the interviewees. We’re always looking for comments and feedback!
Written by BoomBoy.
Paldea Research tasks requiring a specific rarity or type will now give you more points compared to hatching any old egg, because (as Riako explained in the Minor Updates post) "finding specific eggs is a lot more difficult than just adopting and hatching random eggs."
In the same post, Riako also announced that the next Paldea Research event will start in October. His current plan "is to always have them run for 2 months and then give players one months of a break, before the next one starts" - what do you think of this? Write to us (via PalPad or Private Message to BoomBoy) with your thoughts!
Announced in the same thread, the latest few Event Pokémon are now available at the Event Shop: Solaris and the two Chingling variations. Until the 20th of September, you can buy a combo pass for both Chingling (Daydream) and Chingling (Nightmare) for two-thirds off!
Weekly Fun Fact
In each edition of the PH Times, you get a fact! If you're lucky they might also be interesting!
The word “calculus” originally meant “small pebble,” as in the primary part of an abacus, an ancient calculator for arithmetic. It’s related to the word “chalk”.
Source: X
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1. Which Pokémon was referred to as “Pikablu” before its English name was announced?
2. Which Pokémon’s Japanese name comes from the Japanese word for “swamp” and another English word for “crayfish”? Bonus points if you know the Japanese name!
3. Which two Pokémon are the only Pokémon that evolve into each other, but do not share an egg group, and are not in the “No Egg Discovered” group?
Answers from last time:
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- berrypass 1/3
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This week's joke:
I once submitted 10 puns to a joke competition. I really thought with that many, one was sure to be a winner. Sadly, no pun in ten did.
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Posted: Mon, 16/09/2024 20:12 (2 Months ago)
Welcome back to the PH times~ :D
16/09/24 || issue #229 || Editor: BoomBoy
“Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That's its role.“
~Dieter Rams
By interacting with as many Pokémon as possible, there’s a chance Zarude has a gift for you:
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Found out more information on the announcement thread.
But that’s not all! One day a week, Zarude and its friends, the Monkey Pokémon, take over Emera town entirely! Be careful on Monkey Mondeys as you walk around town, because Zarude has a double chance of appearing. Zarude’s accomplices in monkey-related knavery have a strongly increased shiny chance on Monkey Mondey! This applied today, and many Emerans have already adopted a Monkey Pokémon hunt, with some having great success. Why not try out your own luck in these treacherous times? There are two more Monkey Mondeys: the 23rd and 30th of September.
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The Carew Ape, a possible inspiration behind Zarude, haunts a castle in Wales. He was trained by his owner, even to kill visitors sometimes, but disappeared entirely under mysterious circumstances - possibly after having slain his own master.
Source: X
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1. What is the only non-grass-type Pokémon to evolve with the Sun Stone?
2. What is the only evolutionary line with Ice type and Grass egg group
3. You need to complete a regional dex to obtain which Electric-type Pokémon?
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1. Marill
2. Marshtomp (Japanese name Numacraw)
3. Ninjask (Bug)/Shedinja (Mineral): because Shedinja just appears upon evolution
2. Marshtomp (Japanese name Numacraw)
3. Ninjask (Bug)/Shedinja (Mineral): because Shedinja just appears upon evolution
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- Berrypass 3/3
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This week's joke:
In America, if you sneer at any other method of measuring liquids, you may be held in contempt of quart.
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Posted: Mon, 30/09/2024 19:37 (1 Month ago)
Welcome back to the PH times~ :D
30/09/24 || issue #230 || Editor: BoomBoy
“Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”
~Fyodor Dostoevsky in the Brothers Karamazov
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- Shadow Pokémon appear with the
proper sprite in GTS trades [X] [X]
- Bug Type is now super-effective on Dark Type (wait, it wasn’t??) [X]
- You can no longer accidentally complete bulletin board tasks by reloading [X]
- Searching for plushies now works properly
[X]
- PMs with blank topics are now blocked [X]
- Clicking “Show More” on the notif-page can longer load the same notifs twice [X]
- Notification pop-ups no longer stop you clicking elsewhere [X]
- Profile layout settings no longer do weird punctuation shenanigans [X]
- “Feed free berry!” now counts to DW tasks properly [X]
- Releasing a Pokémon returns the item it was holding [X]
Of course, find a better summary here!
- Bug Type is now super-effective on Dark Type (wait, it wasn’t??) [X]
- You can no longer accidentally complete bulletin board tasks by reloading [X]
- Searching for plushies now works properly
- PMs with blank topics are now blocked [X]
- Clicking “Show More” on the notif-page can longer load the same notifs twice [X]
- Notification pop-ups no longer stop you clicking elsewhere [X]
- Profile layout settings no longer do weird punctuation shenanigans [X]
- “Feed free berry!” now counts to DW tasks properly [X]
- Releasing a Pokémon returns the item it was holding [X]
Of course, find a better summary here!
We had the pleasure of interviewing Riako, the duck responsible for these minor updates! We asked what sort of bugs are the hardest to fix:
But everywhere else, notably the profile page itself, was unaffected. Although this is quite a strange thing to encounter, the cause behind it was surprisingly simple, as Riako explains:
This gives us an insight into the tangle of systems - dare I say spaghetti - that make up Pokéheroes, and how small (in this case, comically small) gaps form.
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The well known glitch Pokemon MissingNo. has a higher Attack stat than any normal Pokemon in Gen 1, with its 136 Attack beating Dragonite by 2 points.
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1. What is the tallest Normal-type Pokémon?
2. Druddigon and what other Pokémon share the “Cave Pokémon” category?
3. What Pokémon has a species of cockroach named after it?
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This week's joke:
What Pokémon drinks hydrogen peroxide?
HO-OH
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Posted: Mon, 28/10/2024 17:53 (24 Days ago)
Welcome back to the PH times~ :D
28/10/24 || issue #231 || Editor: BoomBoy
“We are not rich by what we possess but by what we can do without.”
~Immanuel Kant
You can collect
Halloween Sweets by trick-or-treating other
users: head to the contact details on their profile page and pick
something to dress up as, or something to scream. This year, the
scariest things on offer are Ghosts ("Booohoooo!"),
Zombies ("Gwraaaaahh!"), Mondays ("Mooondayyy!!"),
Phones with no internet connection ("Network Connection
Error!") and Darkrai ("I know what you dreamt last
night!").Some true nightmare fuel is afoot - you can trick your friends into giving you extra Halloween Sweets by truly terrifying them with the thing they fear most! The userbase has set up, in the annual tradition, a Forum Thread listing the worst fears of users who declare such insecurities, to aid with your maximal nightly harvest. The ethics are questionable but the rewards are wonderful! It’s certainly very telling of the site’s demographic that the most feared thing listed on this thread is no internet... Back in my day, people used to be scared of real things. Like children. And boomers.
You can also obtain Halloween Sweets by other means, like interacting with Pokémon or sending gifts at the Dream World. By investing in some Key Items, you can increase your Halloween Sweet income - for example by collecting them out in the Rumble Areas. See more details on the Event Page.
Less than four days are left - get stuck into the spooky spirit while you can!
To get you into the spirit of the season (pun intended), why not get yourself a Giratina (Origin) plushie? At this limited event at the Dream World Shop, you can earn your very own by spending 750 Dream Points on gifts for other users. Every fifth event plushie is shiny!
Due to reasons outside of my control, time’s been limited - and because I’m running this ship on my own, it’s suffered a little in terms of reliability as of late. It’s no secret that the event covered in this issue has been public for a week and a half - or that the event before that wasn’t even covered. I’ve cleared a couple of things from my plate but there’s still very little space left for this beautiful publication that’s been running for over four and a half years.
As always, I’m looking for someone to work together with! Whether you take over the role of editor or if it’s just a crude bi-weekly doodle, any contribution is more than welcome!! We’d love to have you onboard no matter how many or how few skills you think you can offer. You can start a new column, restart an old one, write news articles, help me edit, copyedit and collate the paper as a whole, or give us a fun artwork whenever you feel like it. This paper is, as well as the site as a whole, after all entirely recreational - so we want to offer our readers the best, widest and roundest experience we can get. And I guarantee you that you have something of use to offer - a skill, some time, some ideas - even if you think you don’t.
Did I mention that you get paid??
If you're interested in getting involved, we'd love to consider you - write a PM to me (BoomBoy).
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Togo has the only national flag with an aspect ratio of the Golden Ratio (denoted as φ - equivalent to (1+sqrt(5))/2, or about 1.618… It famously appears in the Fibonacci sequence because of its recurrence relation: φ=1+1/φ. See more here.)
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1. Vileplume has what abilities, even though the flower it’s based on (Rafflesia) has neither of these things? (name either for the point or both for double!)
2. In the Japanese language game, what Pokémon’s tail is the Fluffy Tail item?
3. What three other Pokémon have the same Base Stat Total as Magikarp? (name any for the point or all three for double!
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This week's joke:
What’s Aladdin’s favourite Pokémon?
Magikarpet!
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Thank you to all who sent jokes! If you also want to send a joke, feel free to send a private message/palpad to BoomBoy and it may feature in the next issue! (with due credit, of course)
Randomly found jokes will be used in the meanwhile. This wall is purely meant for entertainment. ;-)
Miscellaneous credits:
PH Times banner edited by Elzah
PH Times welcoming square by Absbor
Art banners (who's that pokemon, astrological art and the art wall banners) by Furret
Emera Square Banner and puzzle Banner by Rice
Thanks to Dragonflycave's sprite generator, Bulbapedia, Pokémon Showdown and PokeHeroes for the sprites and art.
(At one point, PokeHeroes staff have worked together with the Pokémon Showdown team.)
Word arts were made from Picasion and Cool Text
Information on Pokémon Quiz and similar columns taken from Pokeheroes Pokedex, PokéWiki and Bulbapedia.