#tapuplays

We have TWO streams on our Twitch channel tonight!

First, Mod Mallow will be streaming The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker at 5 PM ET.

After that, Mod Olivia will be streaming Hiveswap at 9 PM ET!

There will be a wonder trade timer in the chat, so you can trade with us while we play! Come join if you can!

(And wish Mod Olivia a happy birthday...if you wanna)

Remember when we ran Giveaway Blog Appreciation Week at the end of May? It was a HUGE success and we told you we were thinking about doing something like it again! We raised $200 for St. Jude Children’s Hospital as a result of the charity drive, which shows how generous the Pokemon community can be! But maybe we can do more.

We would like to bring a charity week back again in early December, around the winter holidays. If you guys have suggestions on a good time for it, events we should hold, incentives we should offer, and of course, charities we should sponsor (the most important part!!) we would greatly appreciate your input.

The last charity drive was more successful than we imagined but we want to make this one even BETTER! All giveaway bloggers, participants, and stream viewers are invited to participate and if you want to offer your time to help organize and plan with us when the time comes, we will welcome your help there too!

We have a form to fill out here for suggestions:  https://goo.gl/forms/RiI2QML6Hsdh9mmL2

If you would like to see a list of charities we can easily work with (where we don’t handle any donations directly ourselves and can set up incentives easily), click here: https://tiltify.com/explore/causes

We’re hosting Captain Lana’s Platinum Nuzlocke tonight at 5pm ET! Join her as she fangirls her way through Sinnoh and tries not to kill too many party members (RIP Muffin & Cocoa). Suggest nicknames, gameplay, and additional rules. Also, other mods will be there wondertrading various shiny BR pokemon with a timer! 

Last time we made our way to Pastoria City, so we’re about to challenge Crasher Wake, take on Team Galactic (again), and meet Cynthia about a few (psy)ducks in the road. It should be fun!

What’s a Nuzlocke, you ask? Basically it’s playing a pokemon game with self-imposed rules that make the game more challenging. Some rules include:

Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released or put in the Pokémon Storage System permanently. :(

The player may only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area, and none else (though duplicates can be ignored).

Players must nickname all of their Pokémon for the sake of forming stronger emotional bonds.

A black out/white out is considered to be "game over", even if there are Pokémon left in the PC (though for the sake of streaming a cohesive game we’re not going to do this one.)

Etc.

Some rules that we’ve implemented based on chat member suggestions:

A Pokemon that has died can stay in the party as a “zombie pokemon” but but if it dies again, it is permanently dead

Zombie pokemon can only use 1 move -- the last move it made before it’s first death.

Zombie pokemon can be brought back to life if it evolves OR wins 20 battles with its zombie move.

Our Twitch is here! (You’ll need an account if you want to chat with us.)

Our new Twitter is here! (Keep up to date with our schedule.)

We’re hosting Wondertrade Wednesday over on Twitch at 5:00pm ET! We’ll be wondertrading out a whole bunch of shiny BR and/or Mythical Pokemon with the timer.

We hope you’ll come and join us as we give away tons of great shiny Pokemon. (You’ll need an account to chat!)

We’re hosting Captain Lana’s Platinum Nuzlocke tonight at 5pm ET! Join her as she fangirls her way through Sinnoh and tries not to kill too many party members (RIP Muffin & Cocoa). Suggest nicknames, gameplay, and additional rules. Also, other mods will be there wondertrading various shiny BR pokemon with a timer! So it’ll be fun. :)

What’s a Nuzlocke, you ask? Basically it’s playing a pokemon game with self-imposed rules that make the game more challenging. Some rules include:

Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released or put in the Pokémon Storage System permanently. :(

The player may only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area, and none else (though duplicates can be ignored).

Players must nickname all of their Pokémon for the sake of forming stronger emotional bonds.

A black out/white out is considered to be "game over", even if there are Pokémon left in the PC (though for the sake of streaming a cohesive game we’re not going to do this one.)

Etc.

Some rules that we’ve implemented based on chat member suggestions: 

A Pokemon that has died can stay in the party as a “zombie pokemon” but then cannot be removed unless it dies again, after which it is permanently dead

Zombie pokemon can only use 1 move -- the last move it made before it’s first death.

Basically this is now a TWD/pokemon crossover. 

Our Twitch is here! (You’ll need an account if you want to chat with us.)

Our new Twitter is here! (Keep up to date with our schedule.)

Today, 4 mods will be giving out 10 Fairy Tail-themed Pokemon! We’re streaming this giveaway, so come join us at TapuPlays if you’d like! There may be a bonus pokemon in it for you if you do.

Klefki | level 100 | ♀ Mod Acerola

Nickname | Lucy Nature | Careful Ability | Prankster Move-set | Spikes / Thunder Wave / Play Rough / Foul Play Item Held | Leftovers Pokeball | Luxury

Meowth (Alola) | level 50 | ♂ Mod Lana

Nickname | Happy Nature | Timid Ability | Technician Move-set | Parting Shot /Dark Pulse / Hidden Power Fighting / Thunderbolt Item Held | Ability Capsule  Pokeball | Moon

Meowstic | level 100 | ♀ Mod Ilima

Nickname | Carla Nature | Timid Ability | Competitive Move-set | Psychic / Shadow Ball / Future Sight / Hidden Power Fighting Item Held | Life Orb Pokeball | Great

Milotic | level 100 | ♀ Mod Lana

Nickname | Juvia Nature | Calm Ability | Competitive  Move-set | Scald / Recover / Toxic / Haze Item Held | Leftovers Pokeball | Love

Pyroar | level 100 | ♂ Mod Lana

Nickname | Loke Nature | Timid Ability | Unnerve Move-set | Fire Blast / Hyper Voice / Hidden Power Grass / Will-O-Wisp Item Held | Life Orb Pokeball | Poke

Unown (F) | level 100 | n/a Mod Ilima

Nickname | Levy Nature | Modest Ability | Levitate Move-set | Hidden Power Psychic Item Held | Choice Specs Pokeball | Net

Serperior | level 100 | ♂ Mod Acerola

Nickname | Jellal Nature | Timid Ability | Contrary  Move-set | Leaf Storm / Substitute / Hidden Power Fire / Leech Seed Item Held | Leftovers Pokeball | Beast

Reshiram | level 100 | n/a Mod Lana

Nickname | Sting Nature | Modest Ability | Turboblaze Move-set | Blue Flare / Draco Meteor / Solar Beam / Stone Edge Item Held | Heart Scale  Pokeball | Premier 

Luxray | level 100 | ♂ Trial-Goer Rainbow

Nickname | Laxus Nature | Adamant Ability | Intimidate Move-set | Wild Charge / Volt Switch / Crunch / Fire Fang Item Held | Choice Band Pokeball | Fast

Mawile | level 100 | ♀ Trial-Goer Rainbow

Nickname | Mirajane Nature | Adamant Ability | Intimidate Move-set | Iron Head / Play Rough / Sucker Punch / Ice Fang Item Held | Gold Bottle Cap Pokeball | Luxury

Rules

Deposit a ROGGENROLA of any gender named TapuGA into the GTS. We do NOT accept anything else.

You may only deposit for ONE of EACH pokemon. If we catch you double dipping we will ban you from future giveaways on here and our own giveaway blogs.

Level and Gender Lock to avoid sniping if possible. Wrong gender or level lock = NO TRADE. We do not call you out if you use the wrong locks.

Wrong nickname (capitalisation isn’t necessary) = NO TRADE

If you haven’t been traded for an extended period of time (> 45 minutes), please send us an ask or message so we can check on your deposit. Make sure to include your IGN and what you’ve asked for, otherwise we can’t do much.

Be patient. Do not tell us when you deposit.

Tips

If you join the giveaway late, quickly browse the blog for posts regarding which Pokemon aren’t receiving many deposits. If there isn’t one, ask us!

Try & deposit for the Pokemon that you want from the least popular list, first.

After receiving all that you want from this selection, make a choice on what popular one you would like the most. Deposit for this.

If you get traded before the giveaway ends, great! Deposit for another Pokemon, you could also ask which are the least popular again, as these do change over time.

If you follow those tips, you should be able to get a nice number of Pokemon!

We will tell you when we have run out of a certain Pokemon or are closing the giveaway.

Thanks for participating!

Hey, guys! I’ll be streaming at 5 PM ET today over on Twitch! We made it to Poni Island last time so we’re nearing the end of the game! We’ll be doing wonder trades in chat as well and I’m going to trade out shiny versions of some of the heavy ball Pokemon we caught in-game that you guys nicknamed in previous weeks and some leftovers from my own giveaway last night. Hope to see you there!

We’re hosting tonight’s giveaway as well as wondertrading over on Twitch tonight! We’ll be starting at 5:00pm ET! In addition to our GTS giveaway, we’ll be wondertrading out a whole bunch of Pokemon with the timer.

We hope you’ll come and join us as we give away tons of great shiny Pokemon. (You’ll need an account to chat!)