PAX Pokemon League

So for those of you who don't know about this you can follow this link [url7mh]http://pokemon-online.eu/index.php[/url7mh] The "Basics" and "FAQ" sections under Getting Started will tell you a lot.
Basically Pokemon Online is a customizable battle sim available for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is an incredibly handy tool for battling people all over the world with a few advantages to using your DS such as: No Friend codes, Not hindered by your router or wireless network, and most important of all Pokemon Online also works as an excellent tool for building teams in fractions of the time it would take you to raise a team in the actual games.

The downside to all of this? Well besides the minor annoyance of no real music or battle animations to speak of there is what I perceive to be a problem with accessibility.
I think PO is a great tool for experimenting with new teams or different move sets you want to try out, or at least it would be. In my experience you have a player base on practically every server who play exclusively with a very limiting selection of hard-to-compete-with high tier Pokemon. Okay this is getting long-winded, let me try to sum this up. Would setting up our own Pokemon Online server be something people are interested in? I've been using it to experiment with teams in preparation for PAX East and have just grown frustrated with how hard it is to do just that - try new things. I figure this could serve us well as a growing community even during the gaps between PAXes.

Anyway, this has dragged on long enough.
Here is the link for setting up a server: [url7mh]http://pokemon-online.eu/forums/showthread.php?23-Tutorial-on-how-to-run-a-server[/url7mh]
What do people think?

Personally, I'm a big fan of PO. The only downside to having a server where leaders and challengers can practice is that the challengers get a heads-up at what teams the GL are running and how to beat. If the GL/E4 don't use their PPL team, then what is the point of practicing and if challengers don't have a chance to practice against the types of teams GL/E4 are allowed to run, then again the practice is kind of moot.

In order for something like this to work, there needs to be enough people who don't mind NOT getting any practice and would switch between a GL/E4 team and challenger team then perhaps it could work...

It would seem Nintendo had a similar idea:

[url=http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/27/pokemon-black-and-white-getting-pc-connectivity-exclusive-web-c/#continued901]Pokemon Black and White getting PC connectivity, exclusive web content[/url901]

I might consider setting up a pokemon online server. I have a spare desktop that is collecting dust and otherwise being a keyboard that I can spare. I just need to see if it will run it...
I'll have to look into it some time after PAX East though.

adherye, here are a couple of links to the 2 single best resources of Pokémon Research.
http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Main_Page

so... did anyone set up a server? i think it would be a grand idea. and in response to the concerns about challengers getting a heads up: who is gunna know its you? i challenged with a theme team. people like me as well as the constantly changing teams should offer enough anonymity. If there is that much concern about it, stop challenging a few weeks before hand. noone will remember specifics.

I'm actually running one for Reddit's Pokemon League. Otherwise, I would host one. No clue how I could host 2, even if I wanted to.

you can always hop on that one though. the people are very nice. The URL is rplserver.dyndns.com (use the advanced connection option)

I feel like reviving this thread, because I would be MOST INTERESTED in a PPL server.

I can't really host a second one reliably....

I *may* be able to get something going, but it won't be anytime soon. Please do pester me about it in a couple weeks, because I'll likely forget.