Author name: Frances

PAX West 2019, PPL 2019, West 2019 Leaders

Mori, the Kaiju Researcher and Cobalt, the Azure Authority come onto the scene!

Mori, the Kaiju Researcher


Buildings shake and B-movie stock screams fill the air, as giant pokemon destroy the city skyline! But the bigger they are, the harder they fall! A solid defense should be able to shut down this radioactive menace. Challenge them and earn the Kaiju Badge!

The Kaiju Badge


Cobalt, the Azure Authority

Cobalt has filtered his team into a threatening monochromatic force. Come prepared for this azure team or you’ll leave feeling blue. Challenge him and earn the Azure Badge!

The Azure Badge

PAX West 2019, PPL 2019, West 2019 Leaders

Puck, the Pink Punk and Zlegoboy, Da AWESOME N00b join the fray!

Puck, the Pink Punk

Puck grew up on the wrong side of town, falling in with local gangs and becoming a general nuisance to society. All that changed on meeting the Fairy type outcast Mimikyu – together, they formed a bond and learned that even from the outside, there’s a way to make a way for yourself. Slowly making more Fairy type friends, Puck turned from misdemeanors to proper Pokémon battles. Despite his change of heart, he’s still rough around the edges – reveling in a good throw down. This thrill seeking lead him to join the League to find the challenges he craves. Challenge him and earn the Pixie Badge!

The Pixie Badge


 Zlegoboy, Da AWESOME N00b

 Zlegoboy is new, up-and-coming ,enthusiastic gym leader who trains pokemon on multiple systems. He is the leader of Oof Squad!!! And he posts his pokemon adventures on his YouTube channel. He even once tried to capture an Eevee with a pokeball IRL!!! Best him and his pokemon team to take the “L”, and earn the Legacy Badge. Who will dab first in victory?

 

The Legacy Badge

PAX West 2019, PPL 2019, West 2019 Leaders

The gym leaders Richard, The Carnival Leader and Jose the Grumpy Old Man join PAX West 2019!

Richard, The Carnival Leader

Richard uses unorthodox strategies, so expect the unexpected! Challenge him and earn the Carnival Badge!

The Carnival Badge


Jose, the Grumpy Old Man

Don’t let his Pokemon’s age fool you, they’ve been over the hill a time or two and definitely have what it takes to show some whippersnappers how it was back in his day. Be prepared to strike hard and fast with energetic youth or else you’ll have to get off his lawn! Challenge him and earn the Elder Badge!

The Elder Badge

PAX West 2019, PPL 2019, West 2019 Leaders

Blythe, the Modern Shield Maiden and Brandon and Angel, the Alolan Researchers are here!

Blythe, the Modern Shield Maiden

Maybe it was growing up surrounded by Tauros. Maybe it was just the stubborn streak that ran in her family. Whatever the case, Blythe wasn’t one to back down from a challenge even when it felt the odds were against her. When Beedrill were attacking a Ponyta foal that had accidentally stumbled into their nest, Blythe attempted to fend them off with a stick. Luckily the Ponyta’s mother, Rapidash, came and saved all concerned but Blythe had kept the bug pokemon at bay while the mother charged in for the rescue. When a ghost pokemon took up residence in the nearby forest and began to cause mischief by scaring the locals, Blythe set up a trap to catch the trouble causing Pokemon and ended up befriending the Honedge ensnared in her trap. When her parents couldn’t afford the dusk stone Doublade so desperately wanted to be able to evolve into Aegislash, Blythe set up a bake sale and also rented herself out for pokemon sitting and lawn mowing services to earn up the money herself. And when it comes to facing type disadvantages in Pokemon battles, instead of swapping out her team she has them stay strong until the very end. Staying in and battling through is the only way to ensure that you can pull through in any situation, even when you’re at a terrible disadvantage.

Blythe and her team of trusted pokemon have joined up with the PAX league to train and become ever stronger. Bring everything you have in this head on battle, and make sure you have a well rounded move set for your team, and you may be able to walk away with the Shield Badge.

Shield Badge


Brandon and Angel, the Alolan Researchers

The new region of Alola was discovered, and Angel and Brandon took immediate interest in the diversity of some pokemon. Why did they change living in such a different environment? What caused this? They sought out answers, and brought these unique regional variants to Seattle to show off their work. But these pokemon were for more than research! They made excellent team mates in battle, and so naturally, Brandon and Angel took their research to the next level. Fight them and earn the Mount Lanakila Badge!

Mount Lanakila Badge

PAX West 2019, PPL 2019, West 2019 Leaders

The First Leader of West 2019 Revealed: Astral, Wandering Fortune Teller!

Astral, Wandering Fortune Teller!

Astral has dedicated his time to mastering all forms of strength from the zodiac. He places the strengths and weaknesses of his opponents to the test using everything he has learned. Using the personality and companionship that make up every trainers bond with their Pokemon; Astral determines the fate of his opponents by the sign they are born under. Fortune favors the bold!! Will you be lucky enough to claim an Astral Sign Badge?

Astral Sign Badge

PAX Pokemon League History, PAX West 2019, PPL 2019, West 2019 News

PAX West celebrates 10 years!

We can’t believe that PPL West is turning 10 years old! We are happy to announce that this year’s theme is Champion Turf Battle! We will be displaying all tens years of badges at our table in the Diversity Lounge as well as many other fun activities! Please share your memories of the PPL with us on social media to help kick off the celebrations! Leader Reveals for PAX West 2019 will start TOMORROW!

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PAX Pokemon League West 2019 Applications Now Open!

We’re looking for up-and-coming trainers from around the world to don the green scarf and defend the honor of the PAX Pokemon League at PAX West 2019! This is a special year because West 2019 marks TEN YEARS of the PAX Pokemon League!

APPLICATION LINK HERE

Applications will be open until June 15th! We will let everyone know on June 16th if they have been accepted. IF you have been accepted you will have 2 weeks to make your thread on the forums and finalize your concept.

Be warned.

RoxasEmoQueen

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PAX West 2018: Hall of Fame!

Congratulations to this year’s League Champions!

(Hover over Pokemon for Nicknames if any! Some Champions may not have teams posted.)


League Champion: Chalkey Horenstein!

(The twitch provided is not Chalkey’s but one that they’d like to promote and is great!)

 

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“Nathan”          “Nathan”           “Nathan”        “Nathan”      “Nathan”     “Nathan”


League Champion: LunarGabe!

 “Cesar”                                                                                                       “Osteoporosis” 


League Champion: Erkenhelm!

“Genji”     “Hanzo”     “Roadhog”    “D.Va”        “Lucio”         “Bastion”


League Champion: Evan!


 League Champion: Bioram93!


League Champion: Shade!

 

“Lola”      “Gerobi”            “Fenris”       “Nuggle”     “Maeve”           “Ozzy Jones”


League Champion: Bjorn!

Vidofnir”        “Nael”          “Kusanagi”       “Quelaag”       “Leeloo”          “Garuda”


League Champion:

Marques /ReploidArmada!


League Champion: Aaron!


League Champion: Skurk!


League Champion: Ferquin!

Om-Nom-Nom”                                             “エーフィ” “Fairy Wizard” “IronClad


League Champion: Derantol!

“Hibiki”      “Kant”                                           “Vryce” “Ricardo”  “Leviathan”


League Champion: Torsen!


Thank you to all our champions and those who participated!

Thank you all so much for your participation! We hope to all see you again for our 10 year anniversary in 2019!

 

 This will be the last post of for PPL West 2018. If you were a champion who’s team did not get included or is wrong please email us at paxpokemonleague@gmail.com or tweeet at @PAXPokemon

 

PAX Pokemon League History, PAX West 2018, PPL 2018, West 2018 News

Your West 2018 Artist: CypressPhoenix!

All of us at the PAX Pokemon League would like to give a special thank you to our artist CypressPhoenix/ Lilia Smith for donating her time to draw all the beautiful leader portraits this year! Lilia has done the artwork for PAX West for three years now and it just keeps getting better every year!

If you would like to follow her for more art please visit her tumblr: http://cypressphoenix.tumblr.com/

Lilia is more talented in other ways her etsy shop is: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LiliaSmithDesigns

Since Lilia donated her time to create the gorgeous artwork for the league please consider donating to her so she can create even more beautiful art: paypal.me/LiliaSmith

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