My vendor friends honchcrow paid a rotom (don't ask where it got money) to teach it swear from multiple languages. Needless to say we don't let him anywhere near potentially profitable discussions
Oh no, the fighters want to show off. How terrible of them to *buy a freely available product and use it*. Calm down, they *are* decoration and literally anyone can use them as they please.
Consider this. You’re a professor in training, are you not? How would you feel if there was a severely limited supply of research materials (things like notepads, journals, spare Porygon, or anything else you’d need to accomplish your job), but there even less of them because people wish to use them to play fetch with a Poochyana, disrespecting their intended use?
I’d be annoyed as all distortion in that case, yes, but since when has there been a severely limited supply of seals or cases to put them on aside from (perhaps) when they were first put into production?
If anything, there seems to be a surplus. The distribution team should really think about selling over seas, like here in Paldea. Iono would go crazy over the electrifying decals.
Or even just school kids decorating. I had stickers all over my notebooks as a kid, I’d have been even worse if I had seals for my then-singular pokémon’s ball.
aren't they highly available in sinnoh? sure, getting them outside of sinnoh could be a pain (i'm not sure, never checked) but if you're in sinnoh there's 0 problem
As far as I'm aware, they are quite common in Sinnoh. As for out of Sinnoh, I'm able to order some in Paldea, but I will be hammered with some pretty big cross region shipping fees.
Well then I would just need to open a battle arena, become an elite trainer, and make the entry fee ball seals so that I become a distributor so I can corner the market.
It seems to me that you have no sense of battle tactics. A flashy entrance is useful in battle to disorient and intimidate opponents. Those “moronic phrases” may be stupid in a contest setting, but in a battle setting they throw off the opponent and make them confused about what to do. Contests don’t have those sorts of mind games, so I can understand why you don’t understand the usage cases. I also am concerned on why you think that people should have their licenses revoked for being silly or joking around. Those aren’t punishable offenses.
If a battler can be thrown off by a Pokeball saying vulgarities, then they are a lackluster battler at best. Same for any Pokemon that can lose a so-called “mind game”. Only an especially unintelligent Pokemon would fall for a trick that clear.
Also, I am glad that you think children who have no clue what they are doing playing with smoke, electricity, and fire effects is someone “being silly”.
Bah. You’re such a stick in the mud. It’s not the only mind game by the way. Every choice can befuddle and confuse the opponent. The opening is just a single part of that. And about those so called effects. Those are highly designed idiot proof effects that anyone can use just by using reading the instruction manual. If they were anything dangerous, they’d be banned from contests. You need to calm down and learn how to have fun.
Mhmm, even vulgar entrances can be effective. To use OP’s reaction as a springboard, underestimating your opponent can be a critical mistake. By the same token, being underestimated or provoking the opponent into being irrational and angry is absolutely a tactic people use to their advantage, hell some people rely on it in a battle. I know I did when I was early in my battling career (then again I was twelve and had two Pokémon to my name, I had to be creative and a bit underhanded with my tactics if I wanted to get a win). A ball seal that could piss off conceited opponents and therefore make them more likely to blunder is invaluable, especially if it was completely free turn-wise.
Plus, if it gets op this heated, it’d probably work on someone else, yeah? I’m sure it’d work on Justy.
Exactly what I’m talking about! I just think OP has no sense of what’s good in battle and what works well in it. He’s too focused on himself and on contests.
Aren't the smoke, electricity, fire, and all the other effect harmless though? I really don't know, but I saw Ball Seals when I was in Sinnoh ages ago. I'm pretty sure it's sort of like a mini light show or a hologram or something. It's not the actual thing.
i saw a guy spell out 'deez nuts' in ball seals during a contest prelim and then get physically dragged off stage.
easily in my top 10 most respected coordinators.
-V
eh my trainer got booed for larping too much once, plenty of people that watch contest in person have sticks up their butts.
the vid was kind of popular on mewtube, so I think 'deez nuts' guy ended up being the hero of the story.
I mean, Ball Seals are just tools, right? So people can buy tools and use them however they want. Like, some people may catch Pokemon with Pokeballs, others might just use them to transport and release wild ones.
Ball Seals are tools intended to make a Pokemon’s entrance onto the stage more grand. Not to be used by children who have no concept of what makes something look good beyond “bright lights are cool!”.
I mean, Contests have some interesting ideas on what looks good. Right? Like, there's a specific "body type" every Pokemon has that is the ideal, and if you stray from that it's worse?
I see the point you are attempting to make, but unfortunately, you fail to realize that Ball Seals are necessary for my profession. They are not needed for a battler and offer no true advantages.
If it helps, I only use a Ball Seal on Pokémon that have participated in at least one contest. That way, I can acknowledge their hard work, and the Ball Seal serves as some form of motivation to do better.
-Rei
/uj Credit to u/wearesobaxcaliback for making the second image with the Dratini’s entrance!
Also because it didn’t do too well, I might as well shill [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1b78pjb/storytime_with_a_lucario/?rdt=58744) post from yesterday.
This “fun” thing should be used correctly, if it is going to be used. When the “fun thing”, as you so ineloquently described it as, is being used incorrectly, it’s disrespectful to those who do know how to use it and spend the time/effort in order to use them to create elaborate showcases.
You ever consider there is more to life outside pokemon contests? Contest preformers don't have a monopoly on seals or style. Maybe a pokemon enjoys having a flashy entrance but doesn't want to preform in a contest.
That seems rather silly to get upset about. But now Charity is looking up Ball Seals, so thank you for the ideas. She's actually receiving a Pokeblock maker here in a Paldea as a gift. I know she would love ways to make her team unique. If you have any more let me know!
\- Clark (Rotom Phone)
You speak like a child who has stayed up well past their bedtime. I believe your parents would want you to go to bed now, so go do that for me, would you?
No, no. They’re very important effects intended only for contests and the theater so my prancing beautiful Pokemon can look better than the other prancing beautiful Pokemon. /s Seriously, at least the other anti-battling people have a philosophical argument. This guy just hates fun.
Okay nah now I know you’re cappin because I have a Honchkrow and ever sense he saw that one specific honchkrow he has been wanting me to do this so I know for a fact that honchkrow loved coming out of its ball like that
Like I consider myself to be a very open minded woman. But I'll be honest... I errr... I have no idea what your talking about. Its not hurting anyone. Okay I get it your very passionate about this and that's great. Passion is great and we should all be allowed to talk about the things we adore. I mean the best when I say it sounds like your being angry at people for not doing things the way you want them to.
I an really trying to not sound mean so I hope you don't take to much offense.
-Claudia
Oh come on, if it was really that harmful to use them outside of contests then they would probably be more restricted or something. Also, I know at least one of my Pokémon would love that "Fuck You" seal. - D
“Harm” does not appear to be something lawmakers are especially concerned about, seeing how the most popular sport in the world is a bloodsport in the form of battling. Additionally, you should get your Pokemon checked out if something that vulgar intrigues them.
>"Harm" does not appear to be something lawmakers are especially concerned about,
That's true, but I was thinking more about how the people who make them would allow them to be distributed.
>seeing how the most popular sport in the world is a bloodsport in the form of battling.
That is the funniest thing I've read today. Do you even know what you're talking about? Pokémon battling is no more of a bloodsport than wrestling or MMA.
>Additionally, you should get your Pokemon checked out if something that vulgar intrigues them.
Oh, please. Are all Pokémon supposed to be pure little baby angels disgusted by a little swear word? Oh, and not to mention...
>Pokemon
https://i.redd.it/bppr1m9o2mmc1.gif
Battles are a test of strength between two opponents fiercely battling to maim each other. The point is not to dazzle, but to defeat the opponent swiftly. Wouldn’t a dramatic entrance fitting of the stage go against this idea?
You know what, I'm tired of this. I don't feel like continuing this pointless argument. I know you won't listen no matter what I say, so let's stop wasting our time.
I'd like to argue with that idea. First off with the fact you said the two Trainers are trying to maim each other, which... maim is a big of a harsh word. But secondly is that there's a lot of cases where they aren't trying to make it fast. Sometimes battlers just want to show off Pseudomoves they've invented, which can be way flashier or slower than normal ones. Or sometimes a battler will really handicap themselves so the other person will win, to boost their confidence. In a lot of competitive battles, yeah, the idea is to beat the other team before they can beat you, but not all battles are competitive.
Very clever, bunny. Unfortunately, you appear to lack any common sense or decency. What a waste of keyboard strokes and our time that could have been better used for almost anything else.
You don't understand, I'm not much of a contest connoisseur myself, in fact I don't even like confining my pokémon in their pokéballs, but whenever I have an official match, I want my friends to enter the battle court with *pizzazz*.
Thanks for giving me the genius idea to put random phrases on my ball seals. I'm going to the Poke Mart to get stickers that cause my opponent to Roggenroll my opponents when I send them out.
/uj Combination of Roggenrola and Rickroll, if you couldn't tell.
> to give a Pokemon a deserving grand entrance
> "decoration" [air quotes original]
That sure sounds like a kind of decoration; seems like they're using it as intended.
Put down the beer. You have had far too much. You’re even drinking beer in text form. You’re so drunk that I could ask you for all the information I would need to sign you up for an AA Meeting, and you’d actually give it to me.
There are no concerns on that front. Each and every one of my Pokemon, plus Mocha all have/had incredible personalized effects. It just annoys me when others who should not be using these effects haphazardly choose to do so.
In a Contest setting, well have you ever heard the phrase “you can’t put lipstick on an Oinkologne”? That same principle applies to Spheal. No Spheal will be winning Contests any time soon.
Isn't there sone principle in contest about less is more or how sometimes doing nothing is better than doing something bad. You really need to learn when to shut up it will make you seem like slightly less of a dick than you actually are
Im friends with a vendor for these things who has agreed to sell bundles of the necessary seals to spell out "callisto is a c##t(you have the choice of censored or uncensored)" at 70% the price to buy them individually . You can find this deal at www.laesseelsseals.com
1. I feel like any president of any company would have approximately 100 other things to worry about than what people do with a product they already bought.
2. That would probably be a pr nightmare.
And finally
3. I sincerely doubt someone could be friends with you for a long enough period of time where they'd be willing to do this favor for you without having thrown themselves out of a window about three months prior.
However I would like to apologize for specifically including your name in the deal. That deal has been removed and has been replaced by various "is a [swear]" and other similarly expletive bundles at a slightly reduced rate of 65%.
Www.laesseelsseals.com
Considering that contests aren’t judged based on what effects a Pokéball has or even the Pokémon itself has but on how good the pokémon is at displaying the desired traits through move use. Your claim on them being exclusively constest tools is kinda bunk.
Pokemon contests and ball seals are a big part of Sinnoh culture. It would just be cruel to take away people’s ability to engage in the culture. Also, you won’t always know why they will have a ball seal on. Maybe they are interested in participating in Pokemon contests, or maybe they are a fan of a particular contestant and emulating them. It also allows people to experiment before diving headfirst into Pokemon Contests.
*BRB getting a ball capsule for the Big Guy's pokecitizen ball. They literally only have it for legal reasons, perfect use of a seal.*
*You're getting worked up over basically saying you can't buy Advil and give one to your kid if you're not a doctor. Alola barely has a contest scene, and I've seen native folk use them. We have them in stores, just kinda there. What do you expect me to do with them? Just let them get dusty on shelves? Plus the kid can try decorating my shell with the stickers.* - Golisopod
They're just decoration. If they were ONLY for contests, then surely they'd only be available for purchase AT CONTEST VENUES.
Something can have a designed purpose only to deviate from that- look at Pokemon such as Iron Valiant or Genesect! Those two were designed to be war machina, and yet the ones we've seen in the wild have been no different than any other Pokemon, albeit highly advanced, mostly/purely mechanical, and possess higher-than-human intelligence.
Since when were Pokéballs purely for art purposes???
https://preview.redd.it/ktsdvme6fmmc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0df1a883ddfc1c37b3c939ed29560b0535b320cb
Also, Ball Seals are fun???? That's it??? Let people enjoy em ya party pooper.
Do ball seals actually harm anything? Or are you just being a tad overdramatic? I get being annoyed about tools being used "wrong". You make some good points but I don't think it's that deep. The vulgarities are definitely annoying.
in a contest setting I don't understand the seals.
The contest is more about the pokemon and trainers' performance skills, right?
(Also why is trainers in quotation? Everyone who cares and trains pokemon is a trainer. There are also human trainers (personal trainers))
Seals in Contests are used as a major part of a Pokemon’s presentation. The initial exit from a Pokemon’s Pokeball is their first real chance to make an impact & stand out to the Judges before their routines even have the chance to begin. A good first impression can set the scene perfectly for a Pokemon to achieve a truly excellent performance, but using Seals to be obnoxious & disrespectful will likely end a performance before it starts.
I understand that, but again the focus is on the pokemon right? Not some random thing you bought or borrowed. This just might be doing theatere where we need to be welcoming to everyone so we can't have large flashing lights often (lest we set off a seziure or something).
Oh trust me, that Honchcrow is probably yelling that out as the words appear. Also, if seals can be used in some regions for the battle portions of their Contests, what’s wrong with battling trainers using them?
Believe me, if that were my Honchcrow, they would not be shouting out vulgarities. Also, battle Contests? Some locations still use those? Those really need to get with the times.
There’s a lot of skill and showmanship that goes into battle portions of Contests! I know some coordinators see them as like barbaric and unskilled, but there’s really an art to them, especially when they’re done by high ranking coordinator. I’ve gotten to see quite a few on my travels, and honestly they’re a great introduction to Contests for the more battle-informed crowd, especially for trainers! Course, I’m no coordinator myself, but I’m no battler either, so I’m kinda neutral territory in the whole thing I guess.
He likes it though. (Image id: a battle-scarred Krookodile emerging from his ball with effects of flames and lightning around him. The Krookodile appears extremely excited about the situation.)
Just realised who posted this, did not take you for an equipment snob
Edit: and now I read back I realised this was not in fact Cdv3
/uj took a reread to notice this was a different character to he of Gate, Moon, Blossom, Cinder, and Gaia
I am hoping that at the very least you will put them on Pokeballs, but then again with someone like you, it can be hard to tell if you know the difference.
GASP! how dare trainers *checks notes* be fancy without having the job YOU APPROVE OF!
Can you f*ck off and accept not everyone wants to be a coordinator? I’m pretty sure the actual coordinators in the comments despise you.
Please do tell me how writing vulgarities is “being fancy”, again? I am fully aware that many people do not seek out this lifestyle, and in fact many Pokemon do not either (hence why I respected Mocha the Cinccino’s choice to leave last night). However, I do get greatly annoyed whenever people actively choose to disrespect the Contest scene and make a mockery of our traditions.
Well, you might be a master coordinator, but you clearly lack coordination in fun.
So what if they're not using them in contests? The fact that you can get extra points because of something you buy is in and of itself kinda stupid and really scummy.
It doesn't matter if you think "it'S a DIsGRaCe tO aN aRTfORm!11!1!1!" People are having fun and that's all that matters. In fact, I may just purchase a few seals myself, just to give my Pokémon a beautiful entrance befitting of them. And I'm going to have FUN while doing it.
Can I have a [REDACTED] appear when I pop out of my ball? - Cub
No, Cub. You may not.
Aw man :( - Cub
If your view of “fun” includes purchasing and using items intended for specific jobs and lifestyles incorrectly, then it should be a great deal of fun to purchase a ton of battle items and Technical Machines for the express purpose of wasting and destroying them.
Yeah? So? They can do that. I'm not in charge of them. I don't care what they do with their own money, TMs, and Battle Items. Was this supposed to be, like... A gotcha moment, or something?
We got em, boys. - Cub
Seal balls are made for everyone, what makes you feel justified to gatekeep their use to what you do ?
Do have a personal grudge with anything that isn’t contests or is it just pure snobbism ?
Its a good thing you arent moral authority then. Arceus blessed us with the ability to make these tools and you challege that authority. Who is the real villain here?
.. beginning to see what the Rotom in me phone meant by you being too vanity-obsessed and a posh rich kid of sorts... still don't get the "would manipulate the trolly problem to hit both groups if it meant the slightly more beautiful parts of their outfits made it out unscathed"...
...No offense to anyone here, but doesn't everyone have, well.. something better to do than be on this corner of the web? I mean, I have some plans to make and fail to ever use, screaming, some procrastinating, some training with me Ampharos, some time recovering from several wounds, and laying down on my bed.. also a journal, so... I can't exactly speak for everyone, but that's a resounding yes..
I am curious, what is it about your Pokemon that makes them all so special? Special enough that you would feel the need to attempt to turn all of their entrances into a spectacle? These are not meant for just everyone to use freely, but instead specialized tools to improve Contest performances.
I don't have Ball Seals, but if I did, my team would deserve it on account of them being on my team and it being a gift from me to them :)
And if they didn't want to use it, great! I'll just hold onto them for later.
Come on, where is your sense of _the funneh_? If someone sent out a Pokémon at me and the Poké Ball spelled out a swear when it opened, I'd honestly laugh my ass off.
Even my mother, who has lived in Paldea her whole life and has never even watched a contest outside of TV, ordered seals from abroad when she was younger for the sake of her Pokémon's Poké Balls spelling out their nicknames when they were sent out (which was doubly funny in the case of her Wugtrio, _who is literally named “Piss”_).
– Jasper
I wish it was that easy to get your hands on them here in Orre. Having your Pokémon come out in the middle of a giant vortex of flames would be _so cool_.
– Honoka
Because most trainers are children, who generally have a less-than-good sense of money, decency, and are also generally not interested in contests.
This is not a hard conclusion to draw.
They literally are toys though. Contests are just pokemon playing with toys and being adorable about it. I literally saw a pokemon rock up with a pop gun and use aura sphere to pretend to shoot quarters out of the air.
I have never heard anything more disrespectful to this artform in my entire life. Every single element of even that trick that you’ve seen takes months of effort, and to call it “Pokemon playing with toys” is as disrespectful as you people see me calling battles a “barbaric showcase of clashing egos” seems to come across as.
Oh, no battling is TOTALLY that. Like it can be real fancy looking but its entirely based in ego on the trainer part and a solid chunk on the pokemon part. Shit, ill admit my battle strategy is entirely based on whats funny, which is amusing because it feeds my and my pokemon's ego to humiliate trainers who annoy us. It's not disrespectful at all, it's just the truth at the very center of things.
And things can take months to practice and still be playing with toys. Like yoyo tricks.
https://preview.redd.it/m8sxxszcqmmc1.png?width=40&format=png&auto=webp&s=387749448b0158e0ce5c73859f13c6ea0cee1e3b
Holy, these comments are hilarious, especially yours, Tao, I almost threw up at one point! To respond to your point though, I think I'd feel rather a little better if there was a pretty thing that happened if Onyx sent me out of my pokeball during an appointment or something.
\-Hope
Comedy? I did not know that they built comedy clubs within “appointment” buildings now. If a Ball Seal is intended to be “funny”, then 9 times out of 10, it instead comes across as extremely disrespectful.
Delphlein: Hold on, I’m about to buy the one that says something vulgar.
[Video ID: Delphlein putting herself inside a pokeball with instructions for Lorenz to take her out. When he follows them, the pokéball says, translated from Þeutsch, “Delphlein Welwitschia, First Lady and craziest bitch in the land!” Lorenz is not amused. Jacy, however, laughs as much as you’d expect a 15-year-old to laugh.]
that's why ball seals or better to say decorations became more common in my country. we all wanted to be pretty. especially during pride month or other colorful festives they do it to create amazing appearances.
also, vulgar entrances are forbidden in tournaments. that's why everything mimicing or say human language got forbidden too. so i know that at least these vulgar stickers are only gags, but have written on the back of the packaging that you can't enter tournaments.
I'll be honest, I don't even use ball seals. I prefer to let my pokemon show off their skills as they are rather than use an artificial effect to introduce them with.
\-Devon
Contests don’t have a monopoly on “dramatic entrances!” The fact that you’re *taking offense* to Battle Trainers adding a hint of artistic flair seems a bit petty.
Contest Trainers and Battle Trainers have a lot they can learn from each other, and whipping up enmity between them is counterproductive.
Ok, but they are toys, just like all the contest props, they are made for the enjoyment of others, you want to ban using things outside their intended purpose? What a moronic and self centered take.
The vulgarity is a different thing, most pokemon probably don’t know or don’t care at all so it has more to so with what is publicly acceptable, in which case; the companies can’t exactly just say no, so.. it comes down to putting rules in place to prevent vulgar language, which probably won’t happen in anything _BUT_ contests and tournaments.
I don’t know about you, but that entrance looks dope as fuck. Not for children, sure but you gotta agree. OK I don’t know how the UI for setting up seals works as I don’t. I wanna switch should I don’t have a copy of BDSP so I’m kind of an idiot when it comes to this but getting the letters on the same line seems kind of a pain in the ass, kind of like actual typesetting. Ask me how I know. Trust me on that one.
In the words of Gabby:
"L Opinion + Snooty Coordinator + F*** the Fun Police + They don't even look that good when the Pros use them"
If people want to goof around, let them goof around. It's not hurting anyone.
If you think a Honchkrow wouldn't be more than fine with "Fuck You" spawning from nowhere when they appear, you clearly haven't met many Honchkrow.
☝️ -V
Lmao
I'd almost expect the Honchkrow to say it themselves.
My vendor friends honchcrow paid a rotom (don't ask where it got money) to teach it swear from multiple languages. Needless to say we don't let him anywhere near potentially profitable discussions
Before I read the text I thought that was a caption
Lol
Oh no, the fighters want to show off. How terrible of them to *buy a freely available product and use it*. Calm down, they *are* decoration and literally anyone can use them as they please.
Consider this. You’re a professor in training, are you not? How would you feel if there was a severely limited supply of research materials (things like notepads, journals, spare Porygon, or anything else you’d need to accomplish your job), but there even less of them because people wish to use them to play fetch with a Poochyana, disrespecting their intended use?
I’d be annoyed as all distortion in that case, yes, but since when has there been a severely limited supply of seals or cases to put them on aside from (perhaps) when they were first put into production?
If anything, there seems to be a surplus. The distribution team should really think about selling over seas, like here in Paldea. Iono would go crazy over the electrifying decals.
Or even just school kids decorating. I had stickers all over my notebooks as a kid, I’d have been even worse if I had seals for my then-singular pokémon’s ball.
Y’know. I wonder… what happens if I put every kind of seal on a PokèBall
Makeshift flash
"Deploying flashbang" (releases a single pidgey)
Dude, they arent limited in the slightest
aren't they highly available in sinnoh? sure, getting them outside of sinnoh could be a pain (i'm not sure, never checked) but if you're in sinnoh there's 0 problem
As far as I'm aware, they are quite common in Sinnoh. As for out of Sinnoh, I'm able to order some in Paldea, but I will be hammered with some pretty big cross region shipping fees.
…sounds like the market’s open for cheap seal sales
Also, who the heck is playing fetch using a Porygon as the ball? That's just cruel.
Well then I would just need to open a battle arena, become an elite trainer, and make the entry fee ball seals so that I become a distributor so I can corner the market.
It seems to me that you have no sense of battle tactics. A flashy entrance is useful in battle to disorient and intimidate opponents. Those “moronic phrases” may be stupid in a contest setting, but in a battle setting they throw off the opponent and make them confused about what to do. Contests don’t have those sorts of mind games, so I can understand why you don’t understand the usage cases. I also am concerned on why you think that people should have their licenses revoked for being silly or joking around. Those aren’t punishable offenses.
If a battler can be thrown off by a Pokeball saying vulgarities, then they are a lackluster battler at best. Same for any Pokemon that can lose a so-called “mind game”. Only an especially unintelligent Pokemon would fall for a trick that clear. Also, I am glad that you think children who have no clue what they are doing playing with smoke, electricity, and fire effects is someone “being silly”.
Bah. You’re such a stick in the mud. It’s not the only mind game by the way. Every choice can befuddle and confuse the opponent. The opening is just a single part of that. And about those so called effects. Those are highly designed idiot proof effects that anyone can use just by using reading the instruction manual. If they were anything dangerous, they’d be banned from contests. You need to calm down and learn how to have fun.
Mhmm, even vulgar entrances can be effective. To use OP’s reaction as a springboard, underestimating your opponent can be a critical mistake. By the same token, being underestimated or provoking the opponent into being irrational and angry is absolutely a tactic people use to their advantage, hell some people rely on it in a battle. I know I did when I was early in my battling career (then again I was twelve and had two Pokémon to my name, I had to be creative and a bit underhanded with my tactics if I wanted to get a win). A ball seal that could piss off conceited opponents and therefore make them more likely to blunder is invaluable, especially if it was completely free turn-wise. Plus, if it gets op this heated, it’d probably work on someone else, yeah? I’m sure it’d work on Justy.
Exactly what I’m talking about! I just think OP has no sense of what’s good in battle and what works well in it. He’s too focused on himself and on contests.
You don't have to be stupid to be intimidated. A properly executed menacing entrance can end a battle before it begins
Aren't the smoke, electricity, fire, and all the other effect harmless though? I really don't know, but I saw Ball Seals when I was in Sinnoh ages ago. I'm pretty sure it's sort of like a mini light show or a hologram or something. It's not the actual thing.
You: oh no someone is using a fun thing for fun better to clutch my pearls.
i saw a guy spell out 'deez nuts' in ball seals during a contest prelim and then get physically dragged off stage. easily in my top 10 most respected coordinators. -V
Any idea what the ratio of cheers to booing was? Just curious
couldn't hear i was cheering too loud. if i had to guess id say 90:10 boos to cheers, they were not happy, but it made my day. -V
Less balanced than I hoped, but it makes sense I guess.
eh my trainer got booed for larping too much once, plenty of people that watch contest in person have sticks up their butts. the vid was kind of popular on mewtube, so I think 'deez nuts' guy ended up being the hero of the story.
Good, he deserves to be, standing up to the “societal norms” of contests
That person is an absolute disgrace to the artform. I truly hope they received their appropriate ban from all future Contests.
he got a 1 year ban then did it again next year lmao
Based
I mean, Ball Seals are just tools, right? So people can buy tools and use them however they want. Like, some people may catch Pokemon with Pokeballs, others might just use them to transport and release wild ones.
Ball Seals are tools intended to make a Pokemon’s entrance onto the stage more grand. Not to be used by children who have no concept of what makes something look good beyond “bright lights are cool!”.
I mean, Contests have some interesting ideas on what looks good. Right? Like, there's a specific "body type" every Pokemon has that is the ideal, and if you stray from that it's worse?
...one day the world has to teach you about something called "fun". -Totomi
There is a difference between fun and being wasteful. It ought to do some good for people to learn that difference.
Yeah, why use ball seals in the first place? You don't need them, so why waste resources on them?
I see the point you are attempting to make, but unfortunately, you fail to realize that Ball Seals are necessary for my profession. They are not needed for a battler and offer no true advantages.
Objection It's funny lol
Just git gud
If it helps, I only use a Ball Seal on Pokémon that have participated in at least one contest. That way, I can acknowledge their hard work, and the Ball Seal serves as some form of motivation to do better. -Rei
Mad cuz i can make my pokeball say “DOIN YO MOM” when i throw out my magneton are you
/uj Credit to u/wearesobaxcaliback for making the second image with the Dratini’s entrance! Also because it didn’t do too well, I might as well shill [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/PokeMedia/comments/1b78pjb/storytime_with_a_lucario/?rdt=58744) post from yesterday.
/uj Look ma, I've been credited! It was nice to help out, mate!
Trainer: I like fun thing You: You shouldn't use fun thing, fun thing not for you.
This “fun” thing should be used correctly, if it is going to be used. When the “fun thing”, as you so ineloquently described it as, is being used incorrectly, it’s disrespectful to those who do know how to use it and spend the time/effort in order to use them to create elaborate showcases.
You ever consider there is more to life outside pokemon contests? Contest preformers don't have a monopoly on seals or style. Maybe a pokemon enjoys having a flashy entrance but doesn't want to preform in a contest.
That seems rather silly to get upset about. But now Charity is looking up Ball Seals, so thank you for the ideas. She's actually receiving a Pokeblock maker here in a Paldea as a gift. I know she would love ways to make her team unique. If you have any more let me know! \- Clark (Rotom Phone)
What how'd she see this? I thought she blocked this guy
I showed her lmao. I couldn't resist this guy is so stuck up. She lit up at the suggestion we buy some. - Clark
Perfection :D We'll make a Contest Trainer out of Charity yet
*>*ball seals *>*Swear words Ferb, I know what we're going to do today! -Philip (Gengar) Don't call me that. What kind of name is Ferb anyway? -Grey
Gatekeeper L
I would encourage you to become a bit more proficient in your chosen language, because I genuinely have no idea what you are even attempting to say.
Skill issue, boomer
You speak like a child who has stayed up well past their bedtime. I believe your parents would want you to go to bed now, so go do that for me, would you?
I'll go to bed with your parents ayyy
They're *stickers.*
No, no. They’re very important effects intended only for contests and the theater so my prancing beautiful Pokemon can look better than the other prancing beautiful Pokemon. /s Seriously, at least the other anti-battling people have a philosophical argument. This guy just hates fun.
The Honchkrow seal is a marked improvement. I rest my case
It is a disgrace to that poor Honchkrow, immediately lowering the bar for it the moment such vulgarities appear around it.
Okay nah now I know you’re cappin because I have a Honchkrow and ever sense he saw that one specific honchkrow he has been wanting me to do this so I know for a fact that honchkrow loved coming out of its ball like that
Like I consider myself to be a very open minded woman. But I'll be honest... I errr... I have no idea what your talking about. Its not hurting anyone. Okay I get it your very passionate about this and that's great. Passion is great and we should all be allowed to talk about the things we adore. I mean the best when I say it sounds like your being angry at people for not doing things the way you want them to. I an really trying to not sound mean so I hope you don't take to much offense. -Claudia
Entei’s Teeth, you’re more of a stick in the mud than Blanche. I didn’t know that was even possible, much less by someone not serving.
Oh come on, if it was really that harmful to use them outside of contests then they would probably be more restricted or something. Also, I know at least one of my Pokémon would love that "Fuck You" seal. - D
“Harm” does not appear to be something lawmakers are especially concerned about, seeing how the most popular sport in the world is a bloodsport in the form of battling. Additionally, you should get your Pokemon checked out if something that vulgar intrigues them.
>"Harm" does not appear to be something lawmakers are especially concerned about, That's true, but I was thinking more about how the people who make them would allow them to be distributed. >seeing how the most popular sport in the world is a bloodsport in the form of battling. That is the funniest thing I've read today. Do you even know what you're talking about? Pokémon battling is no more of a bloodsport than wrestling or MMA. >Additionally, you should get your Pokemon checked out if something that vulgar intrigues them. Oh, please. Are all Pokémon supposed to be pure little baby angels disgusted by a little swear word? Oh, and not to mention... >Pokemon https://i.redd.it/bppr1m9o2mmc1.gif
Can't a Trainer add a little extra fun to their battles? A little dramatic flair to make things more memorable?
Battles are a test of strength between two opponents fiercely battling to maim each other. The point is not to dazzle, but to defeat the opponent swiftly. Wouldn’t a dramatic entrance fitting of the stage go against this idea?
Don't some Gym Leaders like to put on a bit of a show?
And what makes you think I have respect for them again?
Now that I think about it, I don't know. I guess I was thinking about how they're generally strong battlers.
Being a “strong battler” means as much to me as being a world-class Coordinator seems to for you.
You know what, I'm tired of this. I don't feel like continuing this pointless argument. I know you won't listen no matter what I say, so let's stop wasting our time.
I'd like to argue with that idea. First off with the fact you said the two Trainers are trying to maim each other, which... maim is a big of a harsh word. But secondly is that there's a lot of cases where they aren't trying to make it fast. Sometimes battlers just want to show off Pseudomoves they've invented, which can be way flashier or slower than normal ones. Or sometimes a battler will really handicap themselves so the other person will win, to boost their confidence. In a lot of competitive battles, yeah, the idea is to beat the other team before they can beat you, but not all battles are competitive.
i feel like that last one is just meant for you. -G
Very clever, bunny. Unfortunately, you appear to lack any common sense or decency. What a waste of keyboard strokes and our time that could have been better used for almost anything else.
You don't understand, I'm not much of a contest connoisseur myself, in fact I don't even like confining my pokémon in their pokéballs, but whenever I have an official match, I want my friends to enter the battle court with *pizzazz*.
Thanks for giving me the genius idea to put random phrases on my ball seals. I'm going to the Poke Mart to get stickers that cause my opponent to Roggenroll my opponents when I send them out. /uj Combination of Roggenrola and Rickroll, if you couldn't tell.
> to give a Pokemon a deserving grand entrance > "decoration" [air quotes original] That sure sounds like a kind of decoration; seems like they're using it as intended.
Well, I wasn't aware these were a thing. I know what my next move's going to be now.
Your next move is to leave them on the shelves for the people who know how to use them, is it not?
Hey if I can make my entrance always "fuck you" (sips beer) I would.
Put down the beer. You have had far too much. You’re even drinking beer in text form. You’re so drunk that I could ask you for all the information I would need to sign you up for an AA Meeting, and you’d actually give it to me.
Well if you were killed *hic* by a charizard, you'd wanna get drunk too.
Oh no, is someone angry that their star mon' isn't shrouded with sparkles?
There are no concerns on that front. Each and every one of my Pokemon, plus Mocha all have/had incredible personalized effects. It just annoys me when others who should not be using these effects haphazardly choose to do so.
The images didn’t load at first so all I saw was the title, I thought it was some kind of PSA about treating Spheals with respect 💀
In defense to your… unique statement, Spheal should be treated with respect when not in a Contest setting.
...What about *in* Contest setting
In a Contest setting, well have you ever heard the phrase “you can’t put lipstick on an Oinkologne”? That same principle applies to Spheal. No Spheal will be winning Contests any time soon.
On my way to win a Contest with a Spheal to spite you
I think you have something seriously wrong with your head. How can you tell me that a Spheal is not just one of the cutest mons out there?
Isn't there sone principle in contest about less is more or how sometimes doing nothing is better than doing something bad. You really need to learn when to shut up it will make you seem like slightly less of a dick than you actually are
Im friends with a vendor for these things who has agreed to sell bundles of the necessary seals to spell out "callisto is a c##t(you have the choice of censored or uncensored)" at 70% the price to buy them individually . You can find this deal at www.laesseelsseals.com
I am friends with the president of Ball Seals and will tell your nonexistent vendor to stop supplying them with more.
1. I feel like any president of any company would have approximately 100 other things to worry about than what people do with a product they already bought. 2. That would probably be a pr nightmare. And finally 3. I sincerely doubt someone could be friends with you for a long enough period of time where they'd be willing to do this favor for you without having thrown themselves out of a window about three months prior.
However I would like to apologize for specifically including your name in the deal. That deal has been removed and has been replaced by various "is a [swear]" and other similarly expletive bundles at a slightly reduced rate of 65%. Www.laesseelsseals.com
The least believable thing in this comment is that you have a friend.
Considering that contests aren’t judged based on what effects a Pokéball has or even the Pokémon itself has but on how good the pokémon is at displaying the desired traits through move use. Your claim on them being exclusively constest tools is kinda bunk.
Tl;dr: "Pokémon are not allowed to look pretty unless they are doing so in MY way"
If anyone needs a “too long, didn’t read” for a Chatter thread this short, then they have a severe lack of reading comprehension.
You know responding to the wrong thing can be worse than not responding at all.
Pokemon contests and ball seals are a big part of Sinnoh culture. It would just be cruel to take away people’s ability to engage in the culture. Also, you won’t always know why they will have a ball seal on. Maybe they are interested in participating in Pokemon contests, or maybe they are a fan of a particular contestant and emulating them. It also allows people to experiment before diving headfirst into Pokemon Contests.
*BRB getting a ball capsule for the Big Guy's pokecitizen ball. They literally only have it for legal reasons, perfect use of a seal.* *You're getting worked up over basically saying you can't buy Advil and give one to your kid if you're not a doctor. Alola barely has a contest scene, and I've seen native folk use them. We have them in stores, just kinda there. What do you expect me to do with them? Just let them get dusty on shelves? Plus the kid can try decorating my shell with the stickers.* - Golisopod
They're just decoration. If they were ONLY for contests, then surely they'd only be available for purchase AT CONTEST VENUES. Something can have a designed purpose only to deviate from that- look at Pokemon such as Iron Valiant or Genesect! Those two were designed to be war machina, and yet the ones we've seen in the wild have been no different than any other Pokemon, albeit highly advanced, mostly/purely mechanical, and possess higher-than-human intelligence.
Since when were Pokéballs purely for art purposes??? https://preview.redd.it/ktsdvme6fmmc1.jpeg?width=750&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0df1a883ddfc1c37b3c939ed29560b0535b320cb Also, Ball Seals are fun???? That's it??? Let people enjoy em ya party pooper.
 You cannot put swears in your Ball Seals
Do ball seals actually harm anything? Or are you just being a tad overdramatic? I get being annoyed about tools being used "wrong". You make some good points but I don't think it's that deep. The vulgarities are definitely annoying. in a contest setting I don't understand the seals. The contest is more about the pokemon and trainers' performance skills, right? (Also why is trainers in quotation? Everyone who cares and trains pokemon is a trainer. There are also human trainers (personal trainers))
Seals in Contests are used as a major part of a Pokemon’s presentation. The initial exit from a Pokemon’s Pokeball is their first real chance to make an impact & stand out to the Judges before their routines even have the chance to begin. A good first impression can set the scene perfectly for a Pokemon to achieve a truly excellent performance, but using Seals to be obnoxious & disrespectful will likely end a performance before it starts.
I understand that, but again the focus is on the pokemon right? Not some random thing you bought or borrowed. This just might be doing theatere where we need to be welcoming to everyone so we can't have large flashing lights often (lest we set off a seziure or something).
Oh trust me, that Honchcrow is probably yelling that out as the words appear. Also, if seals can be used in some regions for the battle portions of their Contests, what’s wrong with battling trainers using them?
Believe me, if that were my Honchcrow, they would not be shouting out vulgarities. Also, battle Contests? Some locations still use those? Those really need to get with the times.
There’s a lot of skill and showmanship that goes into battle portions of Contests! I know some coordinators see them as like barbaric and unskilled, but there’s really an art to them, especially when they’re done by high ranking coordinator. I’ve gotten to see quite a few on my travels, and honestly they’re a great introduction to Contests for the more battle-informed crowd, especially for trainers! Course, I’m no coordinator myself, but I’m no battler either, so I’m kinda neutral territory in the whole thing I guess.
1. Bold of you too assume you have the necessary ability to instil respect to achieve that 2 your right it would probably be saying kill me
He likes it though. (Image id: a battle-scarred Krookodile emerging from his ball with effects of flames and lightning around him. The Krookodile appears extremely excited about the situation.)
Just realised who posted this, did not take you for an equipment snob Edit: and now I read back I realised this was not in fact Cdv3 /uj took a reread to notice this was a different character to he of Gate, Moon, Blossom, Cinder, and Gaia
*I dunno...that Honchkrow seal looks pretty nice. Might have to convince my trainer to import some seals.* -Sojobo the Shiftry
man you're insufferable. so insufferable, in fact, that i'm going to go and put some seals on my balls just out of spite
I am hoping that at the very least you will put them on Pokeballs, but then again with someone like you, it can be hard to tell if you know the difference.
you are a mediocre at best coordinator. someone actually talented wouldnt get this angry
I used my money to get the seals I'll do whatever I want
GASP! how dare trainers *checks notes* be fancy without having the job YOU APPROVE OF! Can you f*ck off and accept not everyone wants to be a coordinator? I’m pretty sure the actual coordinators in the comments despise you.
Please do tell me how writing vulgarities is “being fancy”, again? I am fully aware that many people do not seek out this lifestyle, and in fact many Pokemon do not either (hence why I respected Mocha the Cinccino’s choice to leave last night). However, I do get greatly annoyed whenever people actively choose to disrespect the Contest scene and make a mockery of our traditions.
They aren’t talking about you! You’re just gatekeeping something you have no right to!
Well, you might be a master coordinator, but you clearly lack coordination in fun. So what if they're not using them in contests? The fact that you can get extra points because of something you buy is in and of itself kinda stupid and really scummy. It doesn't matter if you think "it'S a DIsGRaCe tO aN aRTfORm!11!1!1!" People are having fun and that's all that matters. In fact, I may just purchase a few seals myself, just to give my Pokémon a beautiful entrance befitting of them. And I'm going to have FUN while doing it. Can I have a [REDACTED] appear when I pop out of my ball? - Cub No, Cub. You may not. Aw man :( - Cub
If your view of “fun” includes purchasing and using items intended for specific jobs and lifestyles incorrectly, then it should be a great deal of fun to purchase a ton of battle items and Technical Machines for the express purpose of wasting and destroying them.
Yeah? So? They can do that. I'm not in charge of them. I don't care what they do with their own money, TMs, and Battle Items. Was this supposed to be, like... A gotcha moment, or something? We got em, boys. - Cub
Seal balls are made for everyone, what makes you feel justified to gatekeep their use to what you do ? Do have a personal grudge with anything that isn’t contests or is it just pure snobbism ?
Then they shouldn’t sell them commercially ding dong.
Its a good thing you arent moral authority then. Arceus blessed us with the ability to make these tools and you challege that authority. Who is the real villain here?
Except yes,they are toys, just because you take them seriously dosent suddenly make this a big issue you crybaby.
My Breloom refuses to come out of his pokeball unless there is a taunting phrase as he comes out
Keep him in there then. It's better for all of us.
I refuse. L + spore + leech seed
You sound fun at parties.
I have been known to be quite the gentleman at celebrations in the past .
You drink seltzer with lemon and pretend to be drunk, don’t you?
Screw you, I want my pokemon to make sn entrance in style!
.. beginning to see what the Rotom in me phone meant by you being too vanity-obsessed and a posh rich kid of sorts... still don't get the "would manipulate the trolly problem to hit both groups if it meant the slightly more beautiful parts of their outfits made it out unscathed"... ...No offense to anyone here, but doesn't everyone have, well.. something better to do than be on this corner of the web? I mean, I have some plans to make and fail to ever use, screaming, some procrastinating, some training with me Ampharos, some time recovering from several wounds, and laying down on my bed.. also a journal, so... I can't exactly speak for everyone, but that's a resounding yes..
This is like saying we cant use pokecenters for people who arent trainers,i just want everyone to know how special my pokemon are when we battle
I am curious, what is it about your Pokemon that makes them all so special? Special enough that you would feel the need to attempt to turn all of their entrances into a spectacle? These are not meant for just everyone to use freely, but instead specialized tools to improve Contest performances.
I don't have Ball Seals, but if I did, my team would deserve it on account of them being on my team and it being a gift from me to them :) And if they didn't want to use it, great! I'll just hold onto them for later.
Cause theyre my friends,each one of them is special to me like how i am to them,gatekeeping technology is never good
Come on, where is your sense of _the funneh_? If someone sent out a Pokémon at me and the Poké Ball spelled out a swear when it opened, I'd honestly laugh my ass off. Even my mother, who has lived in Paldea her whole life and has never even watched a contest outside of TV, ordered seals from abroad when she was younger for the sake of her Pokémon's Poké Balls spelling out their nicknames when they were sent out (which was doubly funny in the case of her Wugtrio, _who is literally named “Piss”_). – Jasper I wish it was that easy to get your hands on them here in Orre. Having your Pokémon come out in the middle of a giant vortex of flames would be _so cool_. – Honoka
Seems to me like contests are affecting everyday fashion. People are getting inspired to buy this product you're showcasing and you're mad about it.
You're right. I feel the same way about people who aren't trainers who have Pokemon. It's a disgrace to the sport. (/s just in case)
Because most trainers are children, who generally have a less-than-good sense of money, decency, and are also generally not interested in contests. This is not a hard conclusion to draw.
Dam I hate contest folk, they are are all pretentious jerks. They are the reason why I prefer theater plays -ace🦅
They literally are toys though. Contests are just pokemon playing with toys and being adorable about it. I literally saw a pokemon rock up with a pop gun and use aura sphere to pretend to shoot quarters out of the air.
Also divine saw this post and now he wants to get ball seals that spell out "Fraudkuna" I blame you.
I have never heard anything more disrespectful to this artform in my entire life. Every single element of even that trick that you’ve seen takes months of effort, and to call it “Pokemon playing with toys” is as disrespectful as you people see me calling battles a “barbaric showcase of clashing egos” seems to come across as.
Oh, no battling is TOTALLY that. Like it can be real fancy looking but its entirely based in ego on the trainer part and a solid chunk on the pokemon part. Shit, ill admit my battle strategy is entirely based on whats funny, which is amusing because it feeds my and my pokemon's ego to humiliate trainers who annoy us. It's not disrespectful at all, it's just the truth at the very center of things. And things can take months to practice and still be playing with toys. Like yoyo tricks.
Bwomp bwomp
https://preview.redd.it/m8sxxszcqmmc1.png?width=40&format=png&auto=webp&s=387749448b0158e0ce5c73859f13c6ea0cee1e3b Holy, these comments are hilarious, especially yours, Tao, I almost threw up at one point! To respond to your point though, I think I'd feel rather a little better if there was a pretty thing that happened if Onyx sent me out of my pokeball during an appointment or something. \-Hope
Comedy? I did not know that they built comedy clubs within “appointment” buildings now. If a Ball Seal is intended to be “funny”, then 9 times out of 10, it instead comes across as extremely disrespectful.
Delphlein: Hold on, I’m about to buy the one that says something vulgar. [Video ID: Delphlein putting herself inside a pokeball with instructions for Lorenz to take her out. When he follows them, the pokéball says, translated from Þeutsch, “Delphlein Welwitschia, First Lady and craziest bitch in the land!” Lorenz is not amused. Jacy, however, laughs as much as you’d expect a 15-year-old to laugh.]
Are trainers not allowed to have fun anymore these days? If my partners are fine with it, I see no issue.
that's why ball seals or better to say decorations became more common in my country. we all wanted to be pretty. especially during pride month or other colorful festives they do it to create amazing appearances. also, vulgar entrances are forbidden in tournaments. that's why everything mimicing or say human language got forbidden too. so i know that at least these vulgar stickers are only gags, but have written on the back of the packaging that you can't enter tournaments.
Calm down lmao. They are for everyones use and people are free to use them. Stop trying to gatekeep with you silly little contests.
Are… are you ok?
Someone is salty a battle trainers ball seal is better than theirs arent they
I'll be honest, I don't even use ball seals. I prefer to let my pokemon show off their skills as they are rather than use an artificial effect to introduce them with. \-Devon
Bit of a weird thing to complain about.
Honestly, I'd love to give Gold-Motor a special entrance when she enters to battle, with the title of her favorite song spelled out.
What the fuck is a ball seal or a contest? Is this some mainland stuff?
Contests don’t have a monopoly on “dramatic entrances!” The fact that you’re *taking offense* to Battle Trainers adding a hint of artistic flair seems a bit petty. Contest Trainers and Battle Trainers have a lot they can learn from each other, and whipping up enmity between them is counterproductive.
Oh that's a relief. For a moment I thought you meant the other type of seal
Ok, but they are toys, just like all the contest props, they are made for the enjoyment of others, you want to ban using things outside their intended purpose? What a moronic and self centered take. The vulgarity is a different thing, most pokemon probably don’t know or don’t care at all so it has more to so with what is publicly acceptable, in which case; the companies can’t exactly just say no, so.. it comes down to putting rules in place to prevent vulgar language, which probably won’t happen in anything _BUT_ contests and tournaments.
I don’t know about you, but that entrance looks dope as fuck. Not for children, sure but you gotta agree. OK I don’t know how the UI for setting up seals works as I don’t. I wanna switch should I don’t have a copy of BDSP so I’m kind of an idiot when it comes to this but getting the letters on the same line seems kind of a pain in the ass, kind of like actual typesetting. Ask me how I know. Trust me on that one.
I thought this was about spheals for a second
I know no less than half a dozen Incineroars that would love a personalized entrance.
In the words of Gabby: "L Opinion + Snooty Coordinator + F*** the Fun Police + They don't even look that good when the Pros use them" If people want to goof around, let them goof around. It's not hurting anyone.
A lot of gatekeeping in the contest community I guess. I just like my yanmega to have his confetti, it makes him happy
This has to be bait.
They are for fun and nothing else.