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April 6
The next part of the Asper Story Quest has been unveiled, themed around exploring the new Corruption Zone in Area 2. Join Dr. Bunya's STORY QUEST 2: Heart of Darknyas!

February 14
The month of love has o-fish-ially started! Ol' Blarney's Valentine's Hookup! is wet and underway, so grab a friend, grab your tackle box, and drop a line anywhere that water Pokemon might be hiding.

January 16
The Tower of Cats has been cleared! You can now re-challenge the Cat Tower, either alone or with your friends. Meanwhile, a new Challenge Tower has begun. Join the fight against legions of Pidgey in the Tree of Worms!

December 3
Patch Notes 1.2 are out! Check out the developer update to learn more.

Also, drop by the Surge Steppes to help Professor Ash in the new side quest: Steel Yourselves!

November 13
Hot, crawling darkness gathers in the settlement, and shadows slither towards a manor on the edge of town. Signups for the Noonlight Raid are now open!

And also please welcome back C0D13, our premier bug-busting AI and diligent customer service assistant!

October 25
Did someone say Halloween Speed Dating? We know you didn't, but it's here anyway! How many so-called 'Spooky Effects' can your character accrue before October 31?

September 23
Everyone ready for Finals Week? Our Back to School event is almost over! Check out everyone's hilarious answers to our Pokemon Essay questions here.

June 6th
The corruption has been pushed back, and Professor Ash also wants your help cataloguing the ecology of the now accessible Asper Region!

Frolic in the fae woods of the Birchwild Grove, get lost in the creeping fog of the Misty Timberland, or marvel at the vast and thunderous Surge Steppes! There's dozens of new Pokemon to catch, or you could set up the coffee shop of your dreams in our new, gothic-themed settlement!

Wondering what happened on Beta Island? Check out the new Codex page here!

For further details, check out our Patch 1.1 Patch notes!

May 16th
With C0D13 and Kyogre defeated, we're ramping up to roll out the next BIG update: Asper! Check out all the balance changes and details in our 1.0 Pre-patch!

April 11th
The STORM is bearing down, so with all the prepping taking place on the island we've done some of our own. Check out the functionality changes for Spawning and Catching, as well as our updated pricing here!

April 5th
With the Beta Island Quest Line finally completed, we are moving into the penultimate arc of this season: THE STORM. Check out the details in the link!

January 17th
New spawn types, an update to the Beta Island questline, and two new forum skins! There's a ton of new goodies packed into this update. Check out the finer details here!

December 28th
Since our Beta launch we've been hard at work adding, tweaking, and fixing. Patch 0.2 is all about quality of life improvements and getting the site running as smooth as Silcoon. You can check it out here!

December 18th
Patch 0.1 is here, and with it, the opening of Beta Island! This glorious, sunlit isle is just a hop, skip and a shipwreck away from the Asper mainland, and is full of lush, untextured jungle, buggy beaches, and Pokemon that run according to their programming.

If you find any glitches or abandoned technology, bring it to Codie at the Glitch Report.

For a deeper look at all of the new features introduced in 0.1, check out our Developer Roadmap.

Looking for a challenge? Check out the team-based mechanical puzzles of the Tower of Cats!

[SIGNUPS] THE MIDAS RUSH

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M00K • Retired Posts: 58 OOC Username: M00K	Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by M00K on Apr 3, 2022 4:53:48 GMT 9 DUNGEON: THE MIDAS RUSH don't take this choice for granite "There it is! Up on the pedestal! Oh shit, is that real gold?" "You know all the treasure in here's probably cursed or something, right?" "Oh come on, where's your sense of adventure? It's just a game. I can take a curse. Bunya would love this thing." "...Okay, well, it's pretty obviously a test. I'm gonna take the stone one." "Whatever dude, your loss!" SPOILER: Click to show {DUNGEON THEME} Description We start in the heart of a ruined temple in the Beta Island Canopy, where you and a large party of 10+ other player characters have just reached the bottom floor. Getting here was difficult, but not impossible for a group your size. However, due to various traps and enemies on the previous floors of the dungeon, all player characters are now down to two Pokemon. Before you is a mossy altar, containing a pair of figurines. One is a finger, made of pure, shining gold. The other is an eye, carved from solid white marble. A pop-up appears in the center of your vision as you fixate on the altar. It offers you a choice. TAKE FINGER TAKE EYE Which do you choose? This dungeon is loosely based on the 2011 hit iOS game TEMPLE RUN and will utilize both chance-based and strategy-based components. There will be no battling, but Pokemon types/moves will likely come into play. It will also involve running. Lots of running. Requirements Ability to post roughly once per day from Apr 3-10 (USA). Having 2 Pokemon is recommended but not necessary! Dungeon Stats DUNGEON MASTER: M00K OPEN SLOTS: 1-10 Players, 1 Character per Member CHALLENGE RATING: Easy POSTING CYCLES: 4-5 RUNTIME: Apr 3-Apr 10 (One week) MECHANICS: Pokemon Moves/Types, Trainer Subclass, Dice/Luck, Player Elimination, Context Clues, Set Map To sign up, please post IC in this thread responding to the scenario above. Which item do you take? Please include which two Pokemon you have on hand. The dungeon will begin within the next 24 hours. You have until then to prepare.

[SIGNUPS] THE MIDAS RUSH Posted Apr 3, 2022 4:53:48 GMT 9 Edited by M00K Apr 3, 2022 13:48:43 GMT 9

manish • G.A.Y. Player Character Posts: 493 Trainer Class: Player Name: Manish OOC Username: GreySquid Arena Points: 10	Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by manish on Apr 3, 2022 5:31:22 GMT 9 It was a grueling task to even reach this point; Manish was sure that if he enabled it sweat would be pouring off of him. His pokemon weren’t looking much better either, the only two remaining were Ryan and Cereal. Manish jumped at the popup and glanced down at Ryan. “Uhm, what do you think?” Ryan shrugged, <I dunno, both are kinda gross.> Manish leaned closer to inspect his two choices. A golden finger or a marble eye. Having spent his entire life surrounded by the finer things in life Manish was fairly certain they were both legitimate. Of course Father always taught him that the best way to test gold was to bite it, however Manish wasn’t too keen on putting a finger in his mouth, golden or otherwise. “Well, um, you know what they say. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Get it? Eye? ‘Cause it’s an eye?” Ryan stared blankly back and Cereal let out a pitying <Bzzt.> “Right. Um. Well anyway, I guess I’ll take the eye?” MANISH takes the MARBLE EYE

[SIGNUPS] THE MIDAS RUSH Posted Apr 3, 2022 5:31:22 GMT 9

Kath Ulu • Hard Mode Survivor Round 2 Posts: 171 Trainer Class: Player Name: Heather West OOC Username: kathulu Arena Points: 10	Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Kath Ulu on Apr 3, 2022 13:11:22 GMT 9 Manish seemed uncertain, and Kath find such caution to be infectious in the moist subterranea. She looked at each item carefully. A finger: gold, or an eye: white marble. Should she take which was more valuable? Would that be the gold? Or was white marble worth its weight in gold? Or was this some kind of puzzle? What was more valuable to her, then? A single finger, or an entire eye? Surely the eye, as she only had two - yet fingers can read brail whereas eyes cannot open doors. "Take both," said Grookey. "Huh?" "Just take both. No one'll know." "We're not taking-" Kath lowered her voice, "-we're not taking both, there's like a bunch of people here, I don't want to look greedy." "It's not greedy, man, it's just opportunistic," said Bulby. "You took both of us, right?" "Yeah!" Grookey pointed with his poking stick, "And we both have hearts of gold." "I'm starting to regret taking either of you," Kath sighed and snatched the gold finger. "But I guess I'll stick with the theme."
	Ponytailed Gardener
[SIGNUPS] THE MIDAS RUSH Posted Apr 3, 2022 13:11:22 GMT 9

Allotta Bambooga • Corruption Crusher Player Character Posts: 241 Trainer Class: Kindler Player Name: Kekoa Kura OOC Username: Strawberry	Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Allotta Bambooga on Apr 3, 2022 14:29:36 GMT 9 Allotta, instantly, snatched the Gold Finger. Like, she didn't even bother read closer. No Marble Eye would distract her from a cool golden finger. Like, how many times did you even see a golden finger? Never? *"Do you think this is, like, a real* finger coated in gold? I think it would be cooler if it was a real finger."** Instantly, she started trying to snap the finger in two so she could solve this sexy little mystery. Blue sighed from her shoulder, shaking his head. She gave the Sobble a pat and gave up her efforts (for now) and shoved it in her pocket to join her other Special Items in digital space. At her feet, her Meowth was sitting there in all her galaxy-themed glory, nebulae spinning as they hovered around her ears in a fog. - Chose Gold Finger - taking in Sobble and Meowth

[SIGNUPS] THE MIDAS RUSH Posted Apr 3, 2022 14:29:36 GMT 9

Finnegan Fjord • Rival Player Character Posts: 455 Trainer Class: Swimmer Player Name: Cillian Quinn OOC Username: thorn	Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Finnegan Fjord on Apr 3, 2022 14:31:17 GMT 9 Finn, with his pain settings on realistic, wants nothing more than to sit down after the grueling trip that had cost him his other Pokémon. Only Emperor had seemingly deserved it, walking right into a trap while berating Finn in a language the little shit knew Finn couldn't understand. The others had been unfortunate accidents. And then there were three. Finn, Lynch, and Caher. There's a mossy altar ahead, and Finn's first thought is Can I sit on that? But when he gets close, a pop-up strikes! He waves a hand as if trying to dismiss the notification. How about taking neither? This was obviously another trap, right? He doesn't want to be that idiot in a horror movie. But he either can't dismiss it or isn't hitting the right buttons, because it won't go away. Ugh. Fine. The eye, then. Finger made of gold, shiny and valuable, that's gotta be the trap. Unless it was reverse psychology? By the time he's had that thought, the marble eye rests in his palm.

[SIGNUPS] THE MIDAS RUSH Posted Apr 3, 2022 14:31:17 GMT 9 Edited by Finnegan Fjord Apr 3, 2022 14:33:03 GMT 9

Big Bee • Bandana Guy Round 2 Posts: 686 Trainer Class: Player Name: Bryan Nautilus OOC Username: Ladybug Arena Points: 49	Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Big Bee on Apr 3, 2022 17:04:37 GMT 9 Big Bee wiped jungle sweat from his brow, looking between the two tempting options. "Stick!" shouted the Grookey on his shoulder. Rian lunged for the golden finger and Big Bee grabbed her by the leg. "Hey! I just wanted to see it up close and hold it and then poke stuff with it!" she cried, hanging upside down. She reached out with her prehensile tail and Big Bee pulled her away from the altar. "Not yet! I'm still deciding." The weight on Big Bee's other shoulder moved towards the altar as TKO slipped and suckered their way along the trainer's arm. "Tempting..." they said, reaching for the marble eye with one gloved hand. "Jungle pearl?" it asked, quirking its head to the side. "It's, uh, I don't think so but maybe. The finger is gold though." "Yeah and it's perfect! I've always wanted longer hands," Rian said. She slipped from Big Bee's grasp and swung up onto his head, pushing his beanie down over his eyes. "Ah! Get off!" he shouted, struggling to fix his hat and still keep both Pokemon away from the altar. He failed, and the pair jumped onto the mossy plinth, each reaching for their own prize. Big Bee scrambled to pull them away, and the Golden Finger flipped from Rian's grubby hands, clattering to the floor. TKO, in his other hand, still had their suckers wrapped around the Marble Eye. Picking the Marble Eye

[SIGNUPS] THE MIDAS RUSH Posted Apr 3, 2022 17:04:37 GMT 9

Lucky Guy • Soldier, Poet, King Player Character Posts: 359 Trainer Class: Player Name: Lucky Guy OOC Username: AleDog#9110 Arena Points: 30	Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by Lucky Guy on Apr 4, 2022 3:48:09 GMT 9 Finally Lucky arrived at the altars just after Big Bee had gotten into an argument with his Pokémon. Now seemed to be the perfect time to approach. Lucky had been waiting to find the secret treasure altars until the others were done making their choices. Now that everyone was looking over their treasure as happy as can be, it was the time to strike at a treasure of his own. "It's about time. I was waiting forever for this..." Perhaps some would call him superstitious for thinking of it, but he hardly wanted for any amount of people to start picking a choice just because the Lucky Guy chose it before. That's why he was in waiting until now. There was a time where he'd been looking over his Pokémon after the long journey down here but the two had started to get bored with nothing to do. Eventually they had returned to their balls and left Lucky alone to wait in silence. Now he was here before the two altars. Which one would he choose? The choice was obvious-The Golden Finger was clearly the more dangerous of the two in a temple of treasures! That's why Lucky didn't so much as hesitate to make the right choice, picking up the finger as quickly as he could. Lucky enjoyed a good spot of danger at times. Lucky chose the Golden Finger!
	Current Pokemon: ______________________
[SIGNUPS] THE MIDAS RUSH Posted Apr 4, 2022 3:48:09 GMT 9

inari • G.A.Y. Player Character Posts: 141 Player Name: zhao xiu OOC Username: cupid	Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by inari on Apr 4, 2022 9:42:54 GMT 9 He liked events in games. Especially ones that seemed to be good for getting you rare things. Which in normal circumstances a dungeon like this would be absolutely great for that. That's why he was excited when the queue popped up that one was open for a limited amount of players. Just what he needed to get back into his stride after dealing with that weird stranger ( Furrlicity Purrfection ) while he was trying to do one of his tutorial quests. Which... He still hadn't finished all of those either. But that was fine. For now he would just work with this lizard thing that he got from the professor. Eventually it had to warm up to him. There had to be some sort of affection meter that he just couldn't see or hadn't unlocked yet. But he was sure he would, at some point. But it seemed like he already had a choice to make. Of course the gold finger was flashier but... Something about it creeped him out more than the eye did. For some reason. So confidently he walked up and put a hand on the marble pleased with his choice.\

[SIGNUPS] THE MIDAS RUSH Posted Apr 4, 2022 9:42:54 GMT 9