About Crediting

On Emolga's Place, there are some images and information that I have gotten from other websites. These websites include:

-Bulbapedia (For various things)

-Pkparaiso.com (For those 3D-animated pokemon sprites from X and Y)

-Cooltext.com (I use this website to create fonts and text sometimes. You should try it)

-Clubpenguin.com (That's where I got the sad face on the weekly schedules from :P )

Nothing else yet.....
But when there is, I will update this post with those websites.

On the other hand, some images appear as if they were taken off websites, but they were not. Some images created using no other sources include:

-The checkered background on this website that you can see right now. Yes, I created this image all from scratch using just Windows Paint. It is not that hard to make checkered squares with different colors. You could do it if you tried. Seriously.

-The buttons on the right sidebar. The only thing I used besides GIMP and MS Paint to make these buttons was Cooltext.com. That's it; nothing else.

[There's nothing else I think I should include here yet...]

If you don't believe me, search Google for these images and you will find that they only appear on Emolga's Place. If you find these images anywhere else and they did not link to Emolga's Place, there is one thing you know for sure: They are evil!

Be sure to always credit Emolga's Place when you take images off of it to put on your own website. Include a link to emolgasplace.blogspot.com when you do so. 

Thank you and have a nice day!! :D

Oh, and by the way, I'm not so sure the other bloggers on this website will always credit other sources when they should. If you are angry that they did not credit you, that is not my responsibility! (No offense)

(OH HEY, SOME OF THIS INFO IS PRETTY OUTDATED DUE TO THE CURRENT APPEARANCE OF THE WEBSITE! OOPS!)

Showdown Tutorial!

Hello! Normally, I don't post on Wednesdays. But, today I have nothing else to do, so I'll show you how to get started with battles on Pokemon Showdown!

Also, remember, if you haven't already, vote for the type I'll use for the next Monotype Monday!

Click this to view the long post!

Step 1: Go onto Showdown.

Click here for a quick link to Showdown.

Once the page is loaded, you should get something that looks like this:

Got that? Great.
Assuming you haven't gone onto Showdown before or even know what it is. I'll first tell you how to get an account.

Step 2: Get a username and register it.

Go to "Choose name" in the top right corner and find a username that hasn't been registered.

As you can see, once you find a username, it will show up. Next, you want to click that gear. If you go to the bottom, you will find a button that says "Register".
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If you want, you can change around some of the settings, but I'll leave those for now. Click register, and you'll go through a simple registration process that I won't bother showing. No email, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ garbage, just a password and a simple question. If you can't figure that out, you don't belong on the Internet.

Step 3: Making your team

Here on Showdown, you don't catch Pokemon. You can just make them with a few clever button clicks.

First things first, go to the Teambuilder.

Following that, you want to make a new team.

Now, you'll see a screen like this:

Before doing this, you should really try to understand the Smogon Tier System. At the moment, all of the tiers aren't constructed yet, so I'll give you a quick crash course in the current tiers.

Ubers: All Pokemon are allowed. This is where most of the legendaries are at.


OU: The most common tier.

Banned Pokemon:

Arceus (All Formes)
Blaziken (Mega and Regular)
Darkrai
Deoxys (Regular and Attack Formes)
Dialga
Genesect
Giratina (Both Formes)
Groudon
Ho-Oh
Kyogre
Kyurem-White
Lugia
Mewtwo (All Formes)
Palkia
Rayquaza
Reshiram
Shaymin-Sky
Xerneas
Yveltal
Zekrom
Mega Gengar
Mega Kangaskhan
Mega Lucario

UU (Beta): The tier below OU. It is still in Beta, so it is subject to change.

Banned Pokemon:

All of the Pokemon banned from OU, plus these:

Aegislash
Alakazam (Both Formes)
Azumarill
Bisharp
Blissey
Breloom
Charizard (All Formes)
Clefable
Cloyster
Conkeldurr
Donphan
Dragonite
Espeon
Excadrill
Ferrothorn
Forretress
Galvantula
Garchomp (Both Formes)
Gengar (Regular)
Gliscor
Goodra
Greninja
Gyarados (Both Formes)
Heatran
Infernape
Klefki
Landorus-Therian
Latios
Lucario (Regular)
Mamoswine
Mandibuzz
Mawile (Both Formes)
Pinsir (Both Formes)
Rotom-Wash
Sableye
Salamence
Scizor (Both Formes)
Skarmory
Smeargle
Starmie
Talonflame
Tentacruel
Thundurus (Regular)
Togekiss
Trevenant
Tyranitar (Both Formes)
Venusaur (Both Formes)
Volcarona
Deoxys (Defense and Speed Formes)
Diggersby
Gothitelle
Kyurem-Black
Landorus (Regular)
Manaphy
Scolipede
Staraptor
Terrakion
Thundurus-Therian
Weavile
Wobbuffet

Little Cup (LC): A tier for only the smallest stages of Pokemon, such as Charmander and Pichu.

Banned Pokemon that I know of:

Carvanha
Gligar
Munchlax
Meditite
Scyther
Sneasel
Tangela
Vulpix
Yanma

Quick crash course? That took me like 45 minutes to write!
Whew! Now, we can get started making a team. I'll be making a sample OU Team.

Make sure you are in the right format. At the moment, you probably don't have any Pokemon. Click the "Add pokemon" button.

As you can see, there are Pokemon for you to choose from. I'm going to be choosing Azumarill because Azumarill is cool.

Once you have selected you Pokemon, you will work on the the assets of your Pokemon. I find this Teambuilder easy to use, but I'll guide you through how to make a proper Pokemon.

As you can see, you can change the nickname, give your Pokemon an item, change the ability, and give moves. These are basic things you want to do. I'll do those quickly, and...

Voila! An Azumarill!
Now, you're probably wondering what all those weird numbers mean. Unless you're like me and are really picky about your EVs and IVs, I recommend you click that button I circled in red.

After you do that, click the plus sign and add five more Pokemon to your team. I'll just take care of that...

Oh! I forgot to mention that if you want a Mega-Evolution on your team, that's fine. Showdown has full access to all of the megas.
Let's say you want a Mega-Venusaur. You'd go into the search box...

You DO NOT click the Venusaur-Mega. You click the Venusaur and give it the Venusaurite.
Seems odd, but that's the way you have to do it or your team will be invalid.
Speaking of invalid things, make sure you are choosing moves that are legal!

Don't be dumb and do this!

Anyways, back to finishing my sample team...

Unfortunately, Azumarill got a little cut off...
So now I'm done, so I need to go back to the Home Tab.

Then, you'll select the tier that you made your team in.

Ignore the fact that Zygarde looks like a Victreebel. Just a programming error!
Once you're ready, you can look for a battle! Good luck and have fun!

~Credits to Zarel and the rest of the Showdown staff for hosting such a great site. THANKS, ZAREL AND SHOWDOWN STAFF!!!~

~Credits to the creators of the program, Lightshot, to make taking all twenty or something of these screenshots a lot easier. THANKS, CREATORS OF LIGHTSHOT!!!~

~Credits to the creators of the website, pkparaiso.com, for this cool Flaaffy at the bottom of this post. THANKS, CREATORS OF PKPARAISO!!!~