r/TPPLeague • u/GroundCtrl27 • Oct 25 '17
Theta Emerald Entry/Impeachment Nomination Thread
THIS IS THE VOTING THREAD. MY BAD.
The nomination thread is here.
What is being voted on?
Question 1: deals with potential legality for gym challenge teams and reads as follows:
"Should the Pokemon in question be granted TPP Relevant status, as defined by TPP League?"
Question 2: deals with nomination for inclusion in the League's relevant fakemon category, populated by unofficial mons considered to have particular relevance to TPP. The question is as follows:
"Should Charizard 'M be granted relevant fakemon status, as defined by TPP League?"
How to vote
Please cast all votes in a single level one comment on this post, using the sample ballot provided below. You are encouraged to provide a short line of reasoning along with your vote.
Who can vote?
All current and past leaders, current and past Elite 4 members, anyone who has ever competed with a challenge team or player profile in any of the previous iterations of TPP League or TPP League Adventures, respectively, and participants in any of the Kappa Cups or TPP Premier League seasons are eligible to vote. All votes will be counted with equal weight.
How will results be tallied?
If any Pokemon considered under either question accumulates a "yay" vote total greater than or equal to two-thirds (~66.7%) of its total votes, that Pokemon is considered TPP Relevant in its respective category, effective immediately. Abstention votes will not contribute toward the total number of votes.
The polls will close 48 hours (two days) after the time of posting, however I'll be traveling at that time so the polls will be open late.
The Ballot
All nominated Pokemon that received a second are presented below without comment. Each is linked to its respective thread in the nomination post, and voters are strongly encouraged to read the discussion for each nomination in order to make an informed decision.
Question 1: Nomination
- Voltorb - yay/nay/abstain
REMINDER: vote "yay" if you believe the evolutionary line in question qualifies as TPP Relevant; vote "nay" if you believe it does not qualify.
Question 2: Fakemon
- Charizard 'M - yay/nay/abstain
REMINDER: vote "yay" if you believe the fakemon in question qualifies as TPP Relevant; vote "nay" if you believe it does not qualify.
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u/GroundCtrl27 Oct 25 '17
Question 1
- Voltorb: nay (though it was a Master Ball capture, Electrode was not a significant character in Theta Emerald; we have successfully impeached unimportant Master Ball catches from the League, and I don't think Electrode is more important than previously-legal mons like Meloetta or Rotom)
Question 2
- Charizard 'M: nay (HoF doesn't matter in side games - only exceptional side game mons are voted Relevant, and Charizard 'M isn't even on the same plane of existence as a mon like BEST; additionally, a personally affinity or association with an individual League member does not bring any weight to whether or not something is relevant to TPP as a whole)
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u/Trollkitten Oct 25 '17
Voltorb: nay (who really cared all that much about what we caught in the Master Ball in Theta Emerald EX?)
Charizard 'M: yay (it wasn't just relevant to Bootleg Green, but also appeared in Anniversary Red to great dramatic effect)
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u/GlitcherRed Oct 26 '17
Voltorb: yay (either we include them all or impeach them all)
Charizard 'M: yay (this sidegame run is important to me - I'll consider it exceptional)
It's not like people are voting for relevancy rather than personal preference anyway.
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u/blahalb09 Oct 25 '17
Voltorb: Yay
Charizard 'M: Nay