Welcome to the first edition of our Pokéjungle.net Magazine Newsroom. In this recurring series I will debrief everyone on the latest news and tidbits from the scenes of PJNM. Let’s start with the main point of today.
Survey
You may recall we did a survey two weeks ago. This survey was intended to gauge people’s expectation regarding pricing of the magazine. I will not represent the data graphically, as I just wanted a general outlook. The first thing that came to mind was that everyone’s price expectations for the number of pages was way too low. This posed us with a dilemma, lots of people wanted 50+ pages, but they still expect the magazine to be under $5. The reason why actual magazines are be able to do this is because they feature lots of ads, and print thousands of copies in advance. We don’t have those. However, I found a good compromise.
Pages
The number of pages is set to be between 40 and 45. This gives us room to do lots of different articles, with not having to resort to filler. It also won’t make the printed edition too expensive if you include shipping.
Printed Magazine Price
First, the bad news. A page count of 40 would mean the magazine is in the $8-9 price range. Sadly, we don’t have much say in this. Print on demand is still relatively expensive. However, I still believe we go through with those for following reasons. First, the printed magazine is intended for the real fans, and with only two (or three) copies a year, this won’t become an expensive endeavour. Second, we won’t take a mark-up on the magazine, to keep the price low and to show we’re not into profit-making. And last, we will make up for this in a number of ways. We will put our heart and soul into the magazine to make sure it is worth owning. This means unique content that will be hard to find on other Pokémon fansites. And…
Digital Magazine
All digital copies will be available free of charge. This is so you can experience the magazine yourself before deciding to buy it. It will also come with a license that allows you to print it for personal use or for relatives, providing you don’t make a profit off it. We first wanted to sell it for $1, because there are a few costs associated even with the digital edition. We’re still looking for a good place to distribute it free of charge, seeing as the magazine will be quite large in download size and we want you to have decent download speeds. We’ll also need money for stamps and letters to get written permission for articles, art,… We found a kind sponsor for all this however. He’s not tied to any company and we won’t put any real ads in the mag, but there might be a page or two written by him :).
And now some announcements regarding the content itself.
Readers’ Tree
Readers’ Tree is the name for our community section. A section named Through the Grapevines will feature the best comments from the past few months, carefully selected by the PJNM staff. Alderman’s Tree Stump will be our spotlighted commenter of the issue, featuring an extensive interview. And as a final announcement, we will hold a contest in where you can have your own opinion article featured in the game. The winner will receive a printed copy as compensation. More details on the contest in the following weeks.
Next time we’ll give a sneak peek at the PJNM logo, made by our own in-house artist moving. Until then!
~Daedardus~ Editor-in-Chief on behalf of the PJNM Staff.
mega mawile=beast
The Power of team work.
I thought you were going to say the Power of One (the movie) XD
Nah.
monster energy drinks don’t taste as good as I remember….
Venasaur almost murdered Hawlucha in its sleep 😛
lol, i know and now it will
The honedge line needs levitate as it’s hidden ability.
nah stance change is great
No it doesn’t mwhaha
YES. Except for Aefislash
What would Aegislash’s hidden be.
Stance Change still. Not much can be done about that, but levitate would be a huge boost to evolite Doublade.
rematch?
Sure if u want.
Aegislash and Greninja=Most used Pokemon in competitive battling.
and mega gengar, they’re everywhere xD
Blaziken gets a fair amount of use as well.
Not as much as those two. In almost every battle online I see one if not both of them XD
hey man don’t hold it against me, it was mono water, I use the best of the best water types 😀
I wasn’t talking about you in specific 😛
I know greninja is popular, but I can see why, shes a great addition to my team!
You guys wanna go one more or is that it?
Wanna do a team switch or what.
Sure, as long as i get Nurse Joy.
Can we trade?
I’m gonna train other pokemon, thanks for the battles
Sure. It was fun.
@Jordin, Can I battle you later?
Definitely!
Awesome! 🙂 Not gonna have my Psychic type though, not yet x)
So what are you going to use… Hmmm
Same team xD Just wanna battle you again 😀 My team will hopefully have the new Psychic type by next week, depends on how much school work I get and how much time I’ll have for Y.
@Ice King ready to trade.
Ready do you mind if i give you a moxie pinsir.
Can someone on my friend list help evolve my kadabra?
I could 😀
thanks a lot :DD
No problem 🙂
Do you want it to learn Miracle Eye? It lets Dark- types get hit by Psychic- type moves.
Current moveset:
Teleport
Shadow Ball
Psyshock
Dazzling Gleam
No thanks, gonna teach it focus blast
Just going to give you a tip, that Alakazam’s defense and nature is not the best to say the least. I would recommend Modest or Timid. Alakazam doesn’t use his attack so those are perfect. I have a Timid and a Modest Ditto which I can breed for you an Abra if you’d like. I’ll even train it so it evolves right when it’s traded. Of course it’s all up to you. One physical move and it’s gone.
Yes please, I’d love that ditto if it’s not a problem
Sure, I guess I could catch another one 😛 Which nature would you like?
Timid raises speed and lowers attack.
Modest raises special attack and lowers attack.
Timid please, what do you want in return?
It’s a freebie 😀 It’s also a Ditto from the Friend Safari so it has 2-3 perfect IVs I’ll check what they are.
That’s really nice of you 😀
Ditto has perfect IVs in Special defense and attack. An Abra I have has perfect IVs in speed. An Alakazam I have has perfect IVs in HP and speed. I think that’s perfect enough. So which is it?
hp and speed please , and i think my alakazam has perfect sp.attack
Coming right up 🙂
Can we carry this on tomorrow please? It’s like midnight in the u.k
Mine has perfect speed and hp too
Thanks again, really appreciate it
You’re welcome 🙂
Anyone know a good build for Politoed.
Alright time to EV train Walhart…
Right after I finish grocery shopping (in real life)
STAND UP AND FIGHT!!! XD. Love that character.
I think i figured out why Poison and steel hurt fairies!
think about a buzzing little Navi screaming “Hey!” and “Listen!”
Poison
(takes out a spray can) *sprays Navi* coughs and sputters dead…
Steel
(Pulls out a Aluminum bat) *whacks Navi clean*
I thought is was because those types are the most industrial man-made items there is and Fairies are more natural, mystical, and protective of the environment.
HEY!!!! LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAYS!!!!!
excuse me but when will you add me? 5198-2479-3654 is my code and im worried that you will forget to add me.
Are you online. Please add me I really want to catch phanpy. what name do you go by in the friends list. 5198-2479-3654.
Does anybody have an Ekans/Arbok to spare? Pereffably female, but will take either of any nature.
I have an Arbok. Why?
I didn’t think I had one but I looked in the PC and I have a female Ekans with a Relaxed nature and Shed Skin as the ability.
Nevermind, I’m in a horde of them right now! :O
The first horde in this route, and it has a rare horde battle! *w*
I must say, ALL GREAT IDEAS FOR THE MAGAZINE! 😀
Still bummed about the print having a price, but it was out of their control. :/
the music you unlock for online.. does it work in the maison? they have probably the worst themes as the only options in the masion…
i wanna see how mega gengar looks in a sky battle ,, can u guys ?
I don’t think gengar can Sky battle…
only Gastly and Haunter
no, Gengar has levitate as well so It should act like Charizard X which isn’t flying and doesn’t have levitate.
That’s because Charizard enters the battle with Flying- type.
how could be ? gengar has Levitate ..sky battle for a certen pkmn ?
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sky_Battle
Nope. Gengar can’t participate because GF was too lazy to make Sky Battle models. Gengar is standing on land and it would look weird for it to be in a Sky Battle.
u seems right
Hey, Jordin, can I see your PR Video?
You wanna see mine? 🙂
I’m battling someone right now, so in a moment.
My Fc is 4725 9328 5470. What’s yours?
Mine’s 3325-2367-3567
thanks
Name?
Gamemaster. I’ve got you now. Again Thanks! 🙂
Did you add me?
What’s your FC?
Just ask 🙂
Nice!
I’m battling someone in Japan, and their Mega Mewtwo X WILL NOT STOP using Recover .-.
His Floatzel is using Ice Beam out of its butt :p
Ditch that cheater…
Just saying but either that Mewtwo has great Defense or Special Defense stats or your team is really offensively
Recover has 20 PP so that must be annoying. Try beating the PP limit
You need a Talonflame.
Right now it’s his Talonflame vs my Hawlucha 1/6 to 1/6
He won :p
Could’ve had a Talonflame.
I had no idea they were that fast
Someone want to battle?
I do if you want.
Ok! can we do Normal Rules?
Sure.
What’s your favorite Pokemon.
Tie between Goomy, Gengar, and Reuniclus.
Yours?
Berloom
Best 2 out of 3?
sure.