Mr. Golbat-chev, Bring Down That Wall!

[these_balls]

4th WALL WEEKEND DAYS!
HAPPY THANKSGIVING,
ROUTE 29!

The event will take place from Monday, November 25th to Wednesday, November 27th!

Oh, yes, it's that time again!

As is usual for our semi-annual 4th Wall events, following the cue from a mod post, there will be a loud crack and a flash of white light in our regions of Johto and Kanto. When your characters blink a few times, the scene before their eyes will return to normal... however... there will be a lot more people, or beings, in the cities, or along the routes, or even just trolling about on the PokéConnect.

Paths will be absurdly easy to travel, or, if you want, uncommonly difficult. It can take as long or as little as you want it to in order to go from city to city, and you can check out whatever building you want. Hell, if your character is accidentally caught in the glitch, they may wake up in an unfamiliar place!

What's a fourth wall, you ask?
The Fourth Wall event is where people from other games, random characters, even players themselves, just randomly interact with your characters. It's a literal breaking of that invisible "fourth wall" that separates the game-verse from... the rest of the internet.

How do you participate?
In short, a character makes a post in their journal and others tag it. You could tag other entries if you don't want to make a post. You do not have to use just your character journal to tag; you can use characters from other games, crack accounts, player accounts, and the like, to interact with the character who made the post. We would like to request that you keep all fourth wall activities to your character journals and not the logs community because of the security settings on the logs community (however, feel free to log in your journals).

What kind of characters can participate?
Anything and everything, from AU versions to characters in-game or those from other games, ponies, disembodied heads, zombies, Arceus with a saddle, the players, Hello Kitty, and the list goes on... You can choose whether your character remembers the previous fourth wall or not.

Will my character remember the 4th wall?
Your character will remember some events as an actual event in-game. The machine itself will confuse most of the thoughts, but your character can remember parts! Just like last time, memories will still be somewhat fractured and mixed up, but they are honest to goodness memories. If you need a number for reference, figure that a character can remember about 80% of what happens during this three-day period.

NOTE: GEN VI POKÉMON ARE ALLOWED. HOWEVER, ALL MEMORIES OF THEM MUST DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY WHEN THE EVENT CONCLUDES.

As well as the three-day time difference. There's no explanation for that one. The Professors won't make excuses--they just won't say anything. To make it worse, you may not be where you were last... feel free to remain where you traveled during the incident, or anywhere else...

What about people coming in, can they have a pokémon too?
Sure thing! You can bring in any pokémon from any generation and challenge whoever you want for however much you want. Feel free to knock down or burn down anything. Current players are also allowed to have whatever else they want in their party, but your party will return to what you had in-game after the event.

What if I don't want to participate?
The fourth wall is not a required event. However, it does affect the game's setting, so logging would have to be backdated or forward-dated to before or after the fourth wall. Please keep in mind that due to the size of the game, your posts may get lost in the event-related posts. If you choose not to participate, your character may enter a glitch or be asleep during the event.

What if I just arrived and haven't made an in-character introduction post yet?
Feel free to arrive in the middle of the event! Your character will probably just be that much more confused. You may also hold off until after the event if you wish, in order to not become lost in the confusion.

Would my non-human character remain in their form for the event? What about powers?
Up to you! Your character can return to their original form, powers intact, or whatever you like! Have fun.

Can my character catch pokémon during the event?
Yes, they may. However, they won't be able to keep all of them. Feel free to saddle your character with some odd pokémon they weren't expecting to have, like that odd Magikarp that happened to swim in their packs. Those not listed on the normal routes may not be kept; but you may have your character keep a pokémon that is not on their current route of travel.

Does this count for the activity check?
Yes. Yes, it does. :D

MORE QUESTIONS? ASK HERE!

Comments

ASK QUESTIONS HERE!

[these_balls]

[eagletalons]

Back in the LJ days, Hope was his FFXIII self in Pokémonland, specifically airwinged. May I bring him in for this to star alongside his older version (aka this particular Hope) for maximum weirdness? Should he decide to pass along some of his Pokémon to his older self, would older!Hope be allowed keep them at the end of the event?

[these_balls]

Character doubles are perfectly fine! As for the Pokemon question, which ones were you hoping to pass along and how many are we talking here?

[eagletalons]

I'm only after three; namely the Ursaring, the Dragonite and the Aron.

[these_balls]

Hmm. He could probably keep one, but not all three. Sorry!

[eagletalons]

Nah, it's okay! I know he'd really want the Dragonite back the most (since it came from the Sora he knew back then), so he'd keep that.

[usedswift]

For the span of 4th Wall only, can box limits be ignored? And then return to 72 after end of 4th Wall of course.

If that is allowed, would that allow for shuffling of boxes? Since Tenten is literally at box limit, if she were to catch a different Pokémon during 4th Wall, could that feasibly "force out"/release another Pokémon from her roster?

[these_balls]

Fourth Wall is traditionally a free-for-all, so sure, go ahead and ignore the box limits for the duration if you'd like.

If you'd also like to use this as an opportunity to have her get rid of some of her currently-boxed Pokemon, that's okay too - subject to our listed rules about Pokemon acquisition during the event, that is!

[radeonthecity]

When you say "Those not listed on the normal routes may not be kept", does that mean that Pokémon from caves or the Safari Zone aren't available? Or is it just that anything not on the Pokémon availability lists is out?

Also, I'm assuming that as long as we aren't picking five waldos or something ridiculous like that, multiple Pokémon are okay to keep? /eying Druddigon and Seviper for Domri

[these_balls]

It's anything not on the availability lists, basically. "The normal routes" is shorthand for "currently available in the game".

We'd prefer that you keep acquisitions to a minimum, but as a general rule of thumb, you're not strictly limited to just one, no.

[shslasshat]

As far as acquisitions go, are we also restrained by the levels listed on the normal routes? For instance, pokemon like Meowth are only available at a maximum level of 25 - would someone be able to acquire one at, say, level 30? Barring that, what's the rule on acquiring a pokemon with moves that they would learn at a higher level like oh, say, Pay Day? Would they be able to be kept at the end of the event?

this inquiry is in no way relevant to the account I'm using to make it of course not that would be ridiculous

[these_balls]

Yes, you're also restrained by the levels listed on the normal routes!

Sorry, Togami, you can have your herd of money cats for the duration of Fourth Wall, but you can't pull hax to form a legion of feline financiers once it's over.

[shslasshat]

can he keep the money tho

I'll just have to have the move be part of the 80% that he remembers, so he can look it up when he wakes up with a Meowth.

[these_balls]

No, Daddy Warbucks, you can't keep the money either

Yup, that much is fine, sure!

[shslasshat]

can he wake up with TWO meowths so he can start his legion of feline financiers (subject to Trainer breeding rules, of course)?

[these_balls]

Two Meowths is probably okay, sure thing. :|b

[dressofheaven]

Okay this is a weird one, but I've never backed down from a strange idea.

Are versions of characters from the fuuuuuuuuture~ okay for the fourth wall? Not the future of their canons, no... I mean Route's future. Like, say I imagine Ilya here has stuck around in-game for ten years and play a version of her from that point in time because Dialga is being a troll. Is that cool?

[these_balls]

Our apologies for the delay in getting back to you!

Yes, that's fine! Fourth Wall is a free-for-all, so you're welcome to bring in AUs, hypothetical futures, player journals, millions of doubles...the sky's the limit, basically, so have fun with it!

[feelmyheaven]

Excellent.

[islandshore]

Would it be okay for Riku to temporarily get a pseudo-update for this event? What I mean is that getting memories/feelings/powers from the event that kinda clash with his Route memories, so that it'd be disorienting. I was thinking that post-event he probably would lose the actual memories themselves, but possibly recall how he felt, etc and maybe have vague inklings of how things might go, but nothing concrete. Sorta like a dream or a vision that's fuzzy around the edges and less like he went through these things.

Would something like that be okay?

[splashfree]

Sure, why not! So long as he doesn't remember them after the event. (Also it just dawned on me super late that I had no contact info in this journal! I'm sorry!!) -Sunny

[yoctogram]

I had to drop for a couple of months due to health reasons, meaning Sho's Pokemon wandered off. (Except for four that stayed with Belphe.) Would he be able to re-collect some or all of them?

[soundmind]

Wow you can sure bet Maka's regaining Soul Perception for this.

ALL UR SOULS, SHE CAN SEE THEM.