Basic Ground Rules

[marthaurion0]

1. Keep it clean. Children play this game, after all. Don't be an idiot, basically.
2. Please don't ask to be made a mod. My gym leaders and E4 will be made mods, and I'll choose other people based on my opinion of them.
3. This is important. All Gym Leader slots are not contestable unless the leader agrees to battle you for it. I choose my leaders and I will likely replace them if they become too inactive. They are not for you to choose. At the moment, there will only be Gym Leaders. I will choose the ones that perform the best and make them E4. Until all 8 slots are filled, I will act as a gym leader as well.
4. The gym leaders may be challenged in any order, with the exception of me. I don't have all the free time in the world, so don't challenge me unless you beat my other leaders.
5. Please do not challenge a gym leader more than once a day. They have lives too, and they can't just sit there and wait for your challenges all day like the no-life gym leaders in the game.
6. Suggestions are welcome...Please feel free to make them. I'm a pretty open guy, and you can pm me any time. Please don't whine to me about a gym leader's rules, though. I give them the right to make their own, and I will judge their rules. Just keep in mind that these gym leaders are playing against you with teams that you might know, and teams that are mostly limited to one type. Also, if you want, you can also add me on AIM and give me suggestions there or ask to be a gym leader and stuff. My AIM screen name is simple, just marthaurion.
7. Also, I haven't decided what the reward for beating a gym leader will be. More than likely either a badge icon in the sig or a hacked pokemon made by them or me...something like that. Suggestions for that are welcome.
8. Have fun

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　　My brother and I met up at our old house, like homing pigeons. We walked down the street for some coffee and I 19)filled him in on my trip. He convinced me to stay my last night at his new place in San Bruno, just outside the city. I'll gladly pay $98 a night just for the privilege of not inconveniencing anyone, but he actually seemed to want me.
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　　It's surprising how late in life you still get that "I can't believe I'm a grown-up feeling," like when your big brother, the guy who used to force you to watch "Gomer Pyle" reruns, owns his own place. It was small and sparse and he had just moved in but it was his. The refrigerator had nothing but mustard, a few cheese slices and fourteen cans of Diet 7-Up.

　　Insomniacs rarely fall asleep on people's couches, I assure you. I don't know why I slept so well after agonizing all weekend over the question of home, if I had one anymore, where it was. I only know that curled up under an old sleeping bag, the sound of some second-rate guy movie playing in the background, my brother in a chair next to me, I felt safe and comfortable and maybe that's part of what home is.
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　　I'll probably be casing that joint from time to time for the rest of my life. I'll sit outside, like a child watching someone take away a favorite toy, and silently scream, "MINE!"

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