New Direct to Air Oct. 1st & Comment Policy Clarification

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It’s already been announced for a while, but I’ll use this opportunity to give you a friendly reminder that a brand new Nintendo Direct is set to air tomorrow. Nintendo have said they will ‘provide updates on upcoming 3DS and Wii U games launching this year’. This means you don’t have to go expecting new Smash Bros details or Mario Kart, but you never know with Nintendo. There is a possibility that they will give us a new English XY trailer, hopefully with new footage and a Pokémon reveal or two (Orot please?).

As of now, we will not cover it live, but rather provide a write-up an hour after the Nintendo Direct has aired. If any Pokémon news breaks however, we will bring you the news as fast as we can. International times are the following (with countries listed rather than confusing time zones):

7 am Pacific, 10 am Eastern, 3 pm United Kingdom, 4 pm Mainland Europe, 11 pm Japan time.

Note: 01/10 uses the correct formatting for dates and is as such October 1st and not January 10th.

In addition, continuing the debate about our comment policy after the site’s activity has boomed, some people think we were too strict enforcing our new Community Guidelines. I shall now provide some further clarification on them and introduce some slight change to make it easier for everyone.

First of all, you most likely know the comment activity has grown a lot. Where we barely got 100 comments on uninteresting two years ago, such things get 1500+ comments nowadays. This poses a few problems. Where those 100 comments were usually meaningful additions, a huge part of those 1500 were borderline spammy. Also, whenever people started talking off-topic, the thread usually derailed into everything but the topic they should discuss. It’s sad to see a Dae asks becoming a ask-everyone-everything, because that was never the purpose of Dae asks.

Naturally, we had to enforce some kind of guidelines. I’m normally against such things, because I don’t believe in an overly abusive police state. Yet, you guys showed me you could not behave without a guiding moderator. I had to unfortunately resort to threatening people with bans so they could calm down. Some people complained it was weird that people could get banned for talking off-topic, and I have to agree it is something I would rather not do. However, you should also keep in mind that the only people I’ve banned were annoying and verbally offensive trolls. I also believe we should be a bit more forgiving in the future, but at the same time enforce some slightly stricter regulation against pure spam. Therefore I have proposed the following:

 

Is the article a news article? Go ahead, just comment whatever you want. However, refrain from posting spam (you should at least put 5 seconds of effort into your comment). This includes short comments like ‘XD’, image captions (memes) that have nothing to do with Pokémon and things that are better said in general chat (I’m going to bed now). Ignore the trolls, and if something goes on a spam rampage, hit me up here so I can sort it out. Also, if you are a leaker, please provide some proof, and know it’s not hard for me to know what your real account is.

Is the article an opinion piece, or does it ask for relevant opinions? Please try to stay on-topic. Off-topic posts will get deleted if there’s a chance the thread could derail. However, no bans will be issued unless you persevere in posting irrelevant comments. Did some important news leak, like Hoenn remakes or X2 & Y2 or a totally new Pokémon, that’s totally fine to put it in there. If you really want to discuss something else, go to our forums, the latest news article at hand or just wait for a new one to arrive (there will be always some sort of news, and I’m sure you won’t die if you don’t know immediately which starters everyone is going to pick).

 

If you still have some remarks or something else you want to discuss, just hit me up in the comments. My job is mostly to talk with you guys, and listening to our readers is also a vital part of the site. Remember, we are Pokejungle.net, which means we really try to be a network or community where everyone is free to give their opinion.

~Daedardus~

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648 thoughts on “New Direct to Air Oct. 1st & Comment Policy Clarification”

  1. So many rumors! I’m surprised by the amount we have before X & Y’s release! People are trying harder with leaks than before. I can’t wait to see if some of these are real or fake! About 12 more days to wait. 😉

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    • I’m so glad I didn’t spoil myself for BW, but this one I might end up spoiling myself lol. Legit I’ve been on sites 24/7 looking for any rumors possible, something I would never do 3 years ago lol

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  4. You know, what I find kind of interesting, is that the person on Neogaf, the apparent tester, who said the recent PB text leaks were mostly false, minus three things that seemed like lucky guesses, or something to that effect, and was letting people friend him to show he was in fact playing the game on his 3DS, hasn’t shown up ONCE since all these leaks or ‘leaks’ whichever way you want to look at them have been out.

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    • Well, to be honest, if he’s legit, he wouldn’t want to get involved with all of this shenanigans until he is sure that he wouldn’t be breaching contract with Nintendo. He’s probably not bothering getting involved until the fourth, if at all. Just because he’s a reviewer doesn’t mean he’ll leak anything.

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      • I didn’t say he’ll leak anything. But he had no problem calling out the recent PB leaks, which talked about starters on there, though he also didn’t specifically say what in the leaks was somewhat true.

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        • Yeah because he…can’t. He’s not legally allowed to. Some people risk that, as per leakers, but he doesn’t seem to want to, hence he probably won’t leak much. He only said that the Pokebeach rumors that were recently posted were not true as he didn’t think it fair for us to get hyped over false rumors. That’s not proving or disproving anything so he can’t legally get into trouble.

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          • Well, that’s my point. I just find it kind of funny he hasn’t shown up during all of this to simply say “It’s fake” and leave it at that. I mean, that’s nothing he can get in trouble for, if it’s not real, he can’t get in trouble for saying that something fake isn’t real, right? Because people are getting hyped over this, aren’t they? Of course, it’s possible he simply hasn’t gotten to a computer and hasn’t seen it… but considering the area he was posting, if he even looked at it, there is no way he would miss it.

  9. Does anyone know what the quote on quote “leaked” is located because im looking and see nothing but….. things so is someone could show me that would b just peachy thnx ;D

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    • By expressing this you are providing several trolls with a hot meal. Just ignore it and they will become weak and emaciated, and then, leave you alone.

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    • No offense, Dicie, but you’re really trying for attention, which is kind of annoying. I’m not the culprit, but in my observation, I would suggest to you to relax a little and enjoy the socialization while ignoring the negativity. It will be better for you to learn while being protected by your computer screen how to deal with negative comments and hateful people, as they are out there in the world and you cannot hide from them forever. Once you begin to realize that you can face such negativity, you will become a stronger and more confident person and be able to continue doing what you enjoy without much interruption.

      As such, when you had your little hissy fit a few days ago and you tried asking us to come over to your private blog…that was very immature, and slightly irritating. You also put a lot of stress on the people who enjoy your company, like that silly psychic birdie. Be mindful of your actions as only you can help yourself. You cannot control other people, and while they might try they cannot control you.

      Also really offended that you accused me of downvoting you and hating on you without any logical reasoning nor asking me how I felt personally.

      Ah well. You’ll grow up.

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      • As much as I agree with you and your reference to me, we have to accept that Dicie is truly affected by these kinds of people, and he thinks very bad thoughts when such situations arise. Yes, you are right, he may be vying for attention, but that’s only because he trusts us.

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        • Well here are parts of why I believe that he is vying for attention. Which, isn’t a bad thing. It’s just annoying. Many people have hardships, so many people respect the hardships of another. While he is more than welcomed to discuss those hardships with us, doing things like…

          -making a huge deal of him leaving a chat-site
          -purposely using other names or posing as other people to avoid detection (such as his ‘brother’)
          -refusing to be honest to people’s questions
          -making a personal blog and post it on the chat-site he already claimed to be leaving in hope people will flock to him
          -giving up when no one does and returning to chat-site anyway

          These are all just instances that are…completely unnecessary. I don’t dislike him at ALL, let me make that very clear, and I feel bad that he is as sensitive as he is. But no one can protect him nor change what he is thinking. Only he can do that, and as someone who likes him, I would say he should attempt to change his thoughts right now.

          Just…be cool. If you get upset, walk away from the computer and do something else for a while. You don’t have to announce it. You don’t have to make a huge issue of it. That’s the beauty of the internet…you’re just one of the masses and you have the freedom to come and go as you please.

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          • Again, offended, yet touched and in relief that people are realizing the real me, but with these long-ass comments (a good thing), I am starting to realize who I REALLY should be. 😀

          • I don’t mean to offend. It’s very mature of you to see the positive despite finding something offensive. I am just really brash with my words. Hah. It’s because I’m half Italian and a female and from New Jersey…not a good mix!

          • I know you don’t mean to offend, but I believe it is some of the wording that I am misinterpreting. And thank you very much, I try to understand people’s points and then leave it be. 😀

          • Just think of this as a Pokemon fan site…which it is. There will be trolls, there will be people who try to find error in your actions, but you have to laugh it off. That’s what I do.

          • Oh. Well okay. Since you do it, then I guess that can work for me as well. I just get annoyed with downvotes, negative comments towards me and… yeah. I guess I gotta brush it off, and this works best using some STRONGER VOCABULARY when needed, because I’M DONE. Anytime a troll steps up, NicieDicie becomes MegaArceus. 😐

      • As offended as I am of your comment (part of it), I can partially understand your point of view and in no means am I judging it. I completely understand your point, and how it can help me, and although I am glad you have posted it, you kinda ruined it in some places where you really, truly offended me. Nonetheless, I appreciate your comment and I apologize for the false assumption (which is just how I am sometimes), and I think this will really get me thinking. However, I feel like maybe I misinterpreted some parts of your comment as offensive, but some truly referenced that (first sentence, last paragraphs). But you are great at expressing your opinion, and I’m sorry you feel the way that you do about me, and there’s nothing I can do about that. As this sounds like I should quit Pokejungle forever to quit “trying for attention” and “being annoying” and throwing “hissy fits,” I won’t, because one woman’s opinion doesn’t mean anything to me. Just because one person feels this way doesn’t mean I have to be put down. Therefore, I will simply ignore those offensive parts and stick to the truth (most interpreted in the second paragraph) and I appreciate that positivity overall.

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  13. Date sucks the biggest penor and has a horrible real life so he/she spams the ban hammer. Ban me. Still gonna play x and y. Take your invisible power to the head and ban me from playing pokemon x cawk sucker. See you there pebor wrinkle. Bet you that your inter web bonar just turned to a sad display of pasta. Goodluck opey stay safe

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  15. Phaggys gonna phaggy with they tight high starch blue jeans. I’m on that phaggy time. So what I use vaniluxe I bet dae will take the pipe. The long cold vaniluxxxe straw pipe. Cuz I be on that phaggy overlord. Swag. Flex. Mirin’?

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  16. Ack, I won’t be able to watch the Direct live cuz at 10 am EST, I’ll be at work tomorrow. Sometime’s being a grownup sucks when it interferes with my Pokemon lol

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    • I hear you, but Directs usually flood Youtube. I do expect Pokemon news with release so close, but I can’t imagine it’ll be anything spectacular…hoping for gameplay information more than anything. We need more of that stuff.

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  17. Do you all think it’s too soon for the Nintendo Direct to introduce a new Pokemon game on the Wii U? You know that one screenshot? They might put another image up just to tease us fans, but I wouldn’t know until 2pm tomorrow.

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    • I am SO excited for that! I hope they go back to actually revealing and showing RELEVANT information, not just repeats of CoroCoro. I want them to go back to the Pokemon Sunday format. ;D

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      • Which they will reveal at a later date. Besides they have a bunch of games likely coming out in 2014 they would talk about before anything new. And don’t get me wrong I am ok with them showing all old stuff, I just wish they’d show something significant about them or talk about the ones they have given little attention to so far. Like X, MK8, and especially SMTxFE.

        Edit: MK8 probably has more info than either X or SMTxFE but it still has less than some… maybe…

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  22. Note to everyone, please don’t get tied up in these not only off-topic discussions, but rather, off-putting discussions. The volatile banter back and forth that doesn’t even relate to Pokemon whatsoever and the responses to troll postings only aggravates the situation, and contributes to the troll postings and spams the pages. Just ignore the posts involving drama or personal issues among the posters. Again, even if you are not trolling, by responding to these postings you are spamming and granting legitimacy to these posters, and downgrading the overall quality of the discussions. Vulgar and inflammatory language only magnifies these petty arguments. I know, I know, some of the comments made the past week especially have been malicious, please really try not to respond to these comments. ( I AM SURE I HAVE RESPONDED SEVERAL TIMES MYSELF)

    Some friendly chit-chat about homework, school, personal lives in the context of waiting for the release is probably fine in most cases, if limited and placed in the right context; don’t create a new branch of discussion when the comment can be placed under an existing conversation. This, especially for multiple main branches being frequently crafted by some posters, even if there isn’t the intention to spam.

    The moderators have been more than patient and lax on their ruling; please don’t ruin it for the rest of us by engaging in any of the aforementioned behaviors or it’s likely and appropriate that the moderators will have to become more stringent.

    Lastly, this isn’t a conversation for debate, this is just an advisory note. So, please just read, move on, and hopefully become a bit more conscientious of your posts. I would rather this post NOT become a huge debate of back and forth banter, as it in of itself is a TAD, to say the least, off-topic. I hope you all understand and really put some effort in exercising some restraint from personal attacking, self-pitying, attention-seeking behaviors. It truly does scare away other posters, and again, detracts from the amiable discussions.

    Thanks. I just felt I needed to take preemptive measures to ensure the chat remain as lax and enjoyable as it has up to this point! Happy postings!

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  25. Here’s what I want (evolutions)-
    Helioptile- Electric/Fairy
    Spritzee- Fairy/Dark
    Swirlix- Fairy (Flying?)
    Clauncher- Water/Electric
    Skrelp- Same
    Eevee- Dragon
    Fennekin- Fire/Psychic
    Chespin- Grass/Dark or Grass/Fighting
    Froakie- Water/Dark or Water/Fighting
    Oorotto- Grass/Ghost (itself)
    Flabebe- Fairy/Grass or Fairy/Bug or Fairy/Flying
    Doublade- Steel/Ghost
    Dedenne- Electric/Fairy
    Bunnelby- Normal/Ground or Dark/Ground
    Furfrou- Normal/Dragon
    Meowstic- Psychic/Fairy

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