PAX South 2016

Luca was born in Dewford Town in the Hoenn region. From a young age he enjoyed watching the local gym battles, so it was no surprise that his favorite pokemon were fighting types. When Luca was still young his family moved to the Unova region. Luca became enthralled with the local legends of the Tao Trio and the idea that all things in nature have an ebb and flow. Luca trains his pokemon with balance always in mind to help them become the strongest that they can be. Tip the scales in your favor to earn the Zen Badge!

Leo was a corporate employee who worked hard, and focused all his energy on optimizing profits for the company. Whilst on the annual mandatory company retreat Leo discovered a hurt baby Kangaskhan. After some debate Leo put all work related business aside to break off from the group and go on a search for the mother, finally finding her three days later. When Leo returned to work he realized everything was still running just fine, and that his time had been better spent reuniting the baby and it’s mother . He started taking more time off and better balancing his work and personal life. He became more productive and happier while working, and joined a gym in his spare time. Leo rose to become an executive of the company, and the leader of the gym. Fight your way up the corporate rungs to earn the Ladder Badge!

Emi has been surrounded by everything electrical her entire life. When she’s not helping her parents in their electronics shop, Emi can always be found in the nearest arcade. She loves being immersed in the bright lights, clacking buttons, and the mixing of sounds from 8-bit to full music tracks. Her absolute favorite machines though, are the dance games. Deciding to up her game’s amperage, Emi has traveled to PAX South, looking for fellow trainers to share in her enthusiasm for not just dance games, but in electrically charged battles as well. Show her your moves in dance or battle to earn the Dance Badge!

Originally from the Unova region, Emre traveled to Kanto for an internship with Bill while he was developing an early prototype of the PC system. During that time Emre spent many hours assisting Bill in fixing bugs and defects in PC system programming. Unknown to them at the time, a bug was causing small portions of data to be leaked whenever someone withdrew or deposited a Pokemon. That corrupt data was interpreted by the system as a poison type Pokemon. Emre eventually discovered the error and the powerful PC-born poison Pokemon. Today, Emre has joined the PPL and is ready to take on any trainers who dare to challenge his corrupted pokemon. Make sure to bring plenty of poison heals if you want to earn the Heartbleed Badge!