Author name: Propriety

The PAX Pokémon League East is proud to present the designs for this year’s Trainer Cards!

Everyone attending the Pokémon Advancement Expo will, after their first Gym Leader battle, will be awarded their very own Trainer Card! In addition to being a nice memento of your PAX Pokémon League journey, each trainer card shows Gym Leaders recommended for you to battle and the badge you’ll earn if you defeat them! (Of course you can battle any leader, not just those on your card.)

On the back of the card is info about the League, such as contact information and Meetup times!

Also on the back of the cards you’ll find your Pokémon Advancement Expo MegaBingo Board!

As a visitor to the Pokemon Advancement Expo, you’ll be mingling and battling with Gym Leaders who are some of the top names in Pokemon Evolution Research! As such, you may spot them using Mega Evolution in battles! On the back of your trainer card, you’ll find a MegaBingo board. If you spot a gym leader using a Mega Evolution with the trait shown on your bingo board, ask them for a sticker! Collect four stickers in a row (vertically, horizontally, or diagonally) and bring your card to myself (Researcher Propriety) or Researcher Kim. Show us your collected evolutionary observations to receive a Prize Pin (while supplies last), and a Raffle Ticket!

What’s the Raffle Ticket for, you ask? You’ll find out next week!*

*Hint: It’s for entry into… A RAFFLE!

Thanks to discerning challenger eyes, it has been brought to our attention that there was an error in the rule set! Team Preview cannot be turned off, and thus will not be required to be turned off (of course). We apologize for this oversight (our planning committee inserted that provisionally before X and Y came out).

Additionally, due to cries of unfair treatment from the Wormadam lobby, the Meowstic exception to the species rule has been revoked. Sorry, Meowstic lovers!

Greetings all!

After a long, long debate, lots of late nights, and thousands of test-battles, our gym leaders have come up with our Rules update for East 2014! Check out the Rules page for the full rules, but here’s a short rundown of what has changed:

• We’ll be using Pokémon X/Y this year.
• IR Battle is now called “Battle with Someone Nearby (Infared).” It’s still the mode we’re using though.
• There’s now an exception to the species clause. Leaders may allow exceptions for quirky “All one Species” teams.
• Weather teams are now allowed, due to weather being limited.
• Wonder Launcher is no longer an option, so that rule has been removed.
• Blazikens with Speed Boost are not allowed.
• Xerneas and Yveltal have been added to the banned list.
• Zygarde has been added to the limited list.
• We’ve added a clause that bans endless battle (because it’s annoying and nobody’s got time for that nonsense).
• Kangaskhanite, Gengarite, Mewtwonite X, Mewtwonite Y, and Blazikenite, have been banned. More on this later.

We know this may be a bit controversial, but we’ve done our best to adjust the rules to keep things fun.

~Propriety

All gym leaders have officially been notified of their acceptance, and planning for the next PPL is underway! We will be working hard preparing to make this year the best PPL ever! We’ll be posting little hints and updates about this year’s theme, and eventually gym leader reveals, so keep your eyes on this space!

Also, Pokemon X and Y come out on the US east coast in ONE HOUR! GET HYPED!

(All gym leaders will only be accepting challenges in Pokemon X and Y, so make sure you grab a copy!)

Wishing you the best on your new adventure,

~Propriety

Leader hopefuls: today is your last chance to get your application to be a gym leader in! You can still do it, the application isn’t long, but there’s no time to waste!

And for those of you who have applied, make sure you application is complete! If you’re missing materials we will be forced to disregard your application.

Acceptance/rejection notices will be sent out in a few days!