Welcome to Gaia! ::

For new people here, I would HIGHLY recommend you read the rules here. Any rules that are broken will result in a penalty. Too many penalties will get you booted from here, so be warned!

Global Arena Challenge - A place for Pokémon battlers to post challenges, take on the gym leaders (coming soon as we get them!), and post your friend code so you can receive challenges.

The Marketplace - This is where you can trade in your points for Pokémon, trainer cards, signatures, breeding & EV training requests, or to even open up a shop of your own!

Café Talk - What's your favorite Pokémon? What are you looking forward to in the new HeartGold/Soul Silver games? What's better, pancakes or waffles? Any chat related posts and polls go here.

Guides & FAQ - If you have any questions about any of the Pokémon games, or want to take a peek at one of our guides, this is the place to do it.

Hokori Village - This is the Role Playing section of the guild where you can create your own character and join the fun!

Feedback Area - Give constructive criticism about the guild or staff here. Be warned, penalties will be easily given here so no flaming or arguing!

The Staff Lounge - This is a staff only section where we discuss how the Guild and gym is running.

1. Follow all of the Gaian Rules, those come first before any guild.
2. No spamming, flaming, or arguing with any of the staff. Smack talk among battlers is allowed, but keep it PG-13, ya?
3. All posts should be under their appropriate subforum. Example: No trading or battle requests should be in the Introduction center. This is to help reduce clutter within the forums themselves.
4. After requesting for a trainer card or item bought from the shop, you will be PMed a due date. Please log on at that time to receive your request. If your not able to make it on, please PM that person and let them know.

1. If your battling, make sure all Clauses are stated before the match. In the battles forum, there will be a list of what can and can't be done in battle. Any illegal battle action should be reported to one of the staff where they will take action.
2. No hacks! Any modification of any moves, IVs, abilities, or stats is considered hacking. If I find you using hacks, you'll get a penalty.
3. When challenging a gym leader, you MUST complete your battle within three days from your original post. If...I challenge the Water Gym Leader on the 1st at 1pm, On the 4th at 1pm, the challenge will be voided and I would need to wait 2 days in order to re-challenge.
4. If you apply to become a Gym Leader, make sure you are willing to take the responsibility to have a team ready, and to accept any and all challenges you may get. If your inactive, I'm going to give your spot away to the next person in line.
5. When applying to become a Gym Leader you need to do two things. One, you need to battle me and win with any team you want. (Standard 6 Vs. 6, no UUbers) You also must have the Gym Name and a Trainer Sprite (a picture of you, the Pokémon Gym Leader). When you have this, you will have your own thread in the Global Arena where you can introduce yourself and take challenges. I will supply the badge if you don't have your own ready.

1. If you want to joined rank battles, you MUST allow people to Private Message you. Because this is an active forum, we need to have people notify you when you get a challenge in order to progress with the system.
2. If your participating in the Leaderboard, you will be given a rank depending on your join date. You can only challenge someone who is one rank higher than you by posting in the challenge thread, AND PMing them. They have 3 days to respond otherwise they lose their spot.
3. When you've finished with a ranked battle, you must PM me or one of the other staff members so we can update it. Platinum recorded or Youtube videos are not required, but are an easy medium to post your results.

When you join up AND post in the Introductions Thread, you will be awarded 1,000 points. (Pts for short). They will be tracked by me until you request a trainer card, of which your points (and your card) will be updated on there. Anything after this is listed below:

New Referral: 100 pts a person. (You need to have them PM me and tell where they saw the guild from.)
Leaderboard Rank: Varies (When you move up a rank, you're awarded 50 pts. When you move down, you're subtracted 50 pts. You have to have the amount of points before challenging otherwise the battle is invalid.
Custom Shop: Varies (You can set up your own shop within the marketplace to offer Signatures, Avatars, Sprites, Pokémon, Items and all sorts of things! You only get allowed one thread though. Multiple shops will be deleted.

We also have a some jobs for you to choose from that have a steady salary. Please note, you can only have one job at a time so choose what your most interested in!

Recruiter - With the guild being so new and a lot of Pokémon fans out there not knowing about this, one of our jobs is being a recruiter. Basically, you advertise the guild around, and have a basic knowledge of all the rules in case of anyone asks you questions. Pays 250 pts. a person who signs up.

Gym Leader - First off, meeting the standards is a big enough of a hassle as it is so this pays really well. Responsibilities are to stay active, manage your own thread to make it look professional (Pictures, bio, lists rewards and people who've challenged, beaten, and are banned from the gym.) Pays 100 pts a challenge, 50 pts if won, and 250 a week! The high salary is to ensure that our leaders keep their skills sharp.

Graphics Design - We have a very basic trainer card, trainer sprites, badges and banner. Anyone who's skilled in Graphics design can create professional pictures to use on the guild and get paid for it. Pay determines what you make. Please note, any artwork will be judged by me first, so I may or may not use your material. Yes, you will get credited for your work on our staff's page (Whenever that is created.).