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Punishment Policy What is the Punishment Policy The Punishment Policy is a system created to help the Staff Members to ensure that every single player is treated fairly and equally when it comes to issuing a punishment for a violation of the Game Rules. It is good, however, to point out that punishments escalate based on the punishment history of the user being punished. For example, two users might receive different punishments (i.e., type of punishment + number of days) for breaking the same exact rule if one of them has already violated said rule while the other has not. Terminology Severity levels : A method that staff use to help categorize the severity of various infractions. Mute : Prevents the user from using Public Chats for a specified period of time. Quiet Ban : Completely prevents the user from talking in PMs, Public Chats and Local Chat for a specified period of time. Trade Ban : Prevents the user from trading or sending Mails for a specified period of time. Temporary Server Ban : Completely prevents the user from logging in to the server for a specified period of time. Perm Ban : Permanently prevents the user from logging in to the server. Special Ban : A cutom ban that can be issued by Management and Administrators. Issued for really, really, bad things. Continued S1/2/3 Infraction: Infraction of that severity repeated to a point it escalated to the next level. Punishments & Severity To reduce the amount of workaround and abuse, the duration of each punishment won't be disclosed to Players. CHAT INFRACTIONS Inappropriate Behaviour. Misuse of Channels & Languages. Distribution of False Information. Advertising of personal channels, other Pokemon games and services not related to PRO without permission. PUNISHMENTS : Mutes, Quite Ban, Kick from server. FORUM INFRACTIONS Inappropriate Behaviour. Minor Spam. Mini-Modding. Plagiarising of other Users, Sites, Media etc. Inappropriate Avatar/Signature. Hidden Links/Messages in Avatar/Signature. Avatar/Signature Containing Graphics Portraying PRO Ranks. Excessive Spam. Harassment. Impersonating Staff. Inappropriate Advertisement. PUNISHMENTS : Forum Warning, Forum Ban, Suspension, Mute Bans. HIGHER CHAT INFRACTION Continued S1 Infractions. Deplorable Behaviour (Hate Speech/Threats/Racism/Harassment). Insulting & Harassing Staff. Discussing Adult Content in Chats. Disrespect and Toxic/Trashtalk behaviour directed to staff and users. Staff Impersonation. PUNISHMENTS : Mute Bans, Temp Bans, Perm Ban. TRADE INFRACTION False Offers/Selling/Lending. Deceiving/Misleading. Attempted Scam & Accomplice. Successful Scam & Accomplice. PUNISHMENTS : Trade Bans, Perm Ban. RATING PVP INFRACTIONS Abuse of Bugged Moves & Breaking PvP Rules. Illegitimate Rank Boosting. Using more than two alternate Accounts in the Ranked Ladder. Having Alternate Accounts on the End-Of-Season Top 25. PUNISHMENTS : PvP Bans, Mute Bans, Temp Bans, Perm Ban, Rating reset, PvP Coin resets and Tournament Bans IN-GAME MAIL INFRACTIONS Sending abusive mail. (Chat infraction via mail). Mail spam. PUNISHMENTS : Trade Bans, Temp Bans, Perm Ban. MODERATION INFRACTIONS Continued S2 Infractions. Inappropriate Usernames. False Screenshots/Evidence. Account Hacking. Inappropriate Use of Guild Logo/Plagiarism. PUNISHMENTS : Perm Ban. HIGHEST GAME INFRACTIONS Mass Accounts. Glitch Abuse & Accomplice. Attempted AND/OR Successful RMT (Account/Pokemon/Pokedollar/Items Selling) & Accomplice. Hiding the rule breaking information or culprit itself (both staff or player). Use of Macros, Automated Software, Speedhack or Multiboxing. PUNISHMENTS : Perm Ban. ADMIN LEVEL INFRACTIONS Continued S3 Infractions. Client Hacking/Modification. Threats Against Server/Game. Advertising/Links of Malicious Apps & Illicit Programs. Staff violating Staff Rules PUNISHMENTS : Perm Ban, Special Bans. STAFF-PLAYER INFRACTIONS Leaking staff information (If Staff leaks it and then Player spread it instead of reporting to an Admin) Excessive harassment towards staff. PUNISHMENTS : Temp Bans, Perm Ban, Special Bans The Punishment Policy is a guideline for staff, harsher or bespoke punishments can be added and issued by staff if the majority of the Moderation Team and Management Team agrees upon it. At any time, new punishment reasons may be added or changed to keep PRO as a healthy environment. Staff are not immune to the rules and are trained to follow the PP whilst apprentices. Abuse of this can lead to demotion. Credits to: Nikola & PRO Moderation Team : Writing the first Punishment Policy and reference. Daeon : Re-writing the Punishment Policy (Dec 2016). Letrix : Revamping the PP and Punishment Policy reference. Shinohara/Keita: Adjusted, Updated and Rewritten the Punishment Policy.

Information regarding Level 100 Pokemon Recently, the Mysterious Candy was added to the game. It will allow you to evolve a Level 100 Pokemon that meets all requirements for leveling up (e.g. happiness requirements). This means that the Deleveling Megathread is now redundant, hence why this service has been removed. You can purchase Mysterious Candies in the following locations from the respective Item Vendors: Celadon City, Goldenrod City, Lilycove City and Veilstone City Department Stores (5.000 Pokedollars) PvE Coin Shop (2 PvE Coins) PvP Coins Shop (1 PvP Coin) Rules and context We made this thread for you to request help with trade evolutions, stuck evolutions. All you have to do is make a post here. There is no need to create a new thread about it. Once the evolution has been done, we will edit your post saying that your request has been resolved and you'll receive a forum notification. In order to keep the thread clean, we ask to not post if it's not involving a request for a trade evolution, stuck evolution or a delevel request. All off-topic posts will get deleted. Note You may also request staff assistance in our Official PRO Discord in the #request-chat channel. Feel free to join and ask for a staff member by specifying your server and in-game name. What do you need to post? If requesting a trade evolution, such as Kadabra: Tell us your server Your in-game name And your GMT Timezone Fill out the following information Trade Request In-game name: Server: GMT Timezone: Discord Tag (Optional): What do I need to post in order to request help for a simple trade evolution? Post here, or on our Official PRO Discord in the requests-chat channel, your in-game name, username, server and time available to do the trade in GMT timezone. Make sure to do that by copying the template above. Which Pokemon can you help me to evolve? Pokemon that evolve through trading. Please note that we do not provide evolutionary items, don't forget to have one with you before requesting for any support. Pokemon that can evolve through specific areas like Leafeon, Glaceon and Sylveon and Pokemon that can evolve via happiness are not concerned by trading. How long will I have to wait? If you're requesting a trade evolution, a Community Coordinator will help you, according to their timezone. It may take some time if both sides are not available. Feel free to join our Official PRO Discord to get a quicker answer if no one is available here. Nobody is coming online to help me trade evolve, what do I do? Remain patient and keep on playing until a staff member is available to help you. Don't make more posts as those will be deleted. I don't get it, show me an example of a filled template? Pokemon that evolve via happiness We can't help evolving these as trading will reset the happiness of your Pokemon, and trading is the main component to fix the evolutions. However you can still make evolve your Pokemon yourself. For example if you have a level 100 Riolu, make sure to have max happiness (255) and make it battle during the day. It works for all Pokemon that require happiness during their evolution process. Concerned Pokemon: Area themed Pokemon We can't help you with a Pokemon that evolve by earning a level in a specific area. If you missed to evolve a level 100 Magneton, then you will have to delevel your pokemon using the Mysterious Candy item that you can buy for PVE or PVP coins. Concerned Pokemon: Pokemon that evolve by having a specific move You don't require our support if you missed to evolve a Pokemon that should normally evolve by having a specific move. For example if you have a level 100 Yanma that usually evolve by knowing Ancient Power, then just go through a wild battle and defeat the Pokemon. Your Yanma will still evolve even if stuck at level 100. It works for all Pokemon that are concerned by this evolution process. Concerned Pokemon: Make a Pokemon back to a previous state It's impossible and we do not offer this kind of support. However you can de-evolve a pokemon by using the Mysterious Candy item that you can buy for PVE or PVP coins.

Information regarding Level 100 Pokemon Recently, the Mysterious Candy was added to the game. It will allow you to evolve a Level 100 Pokemon that meets all requirements for leveling up (e.g. happiness requirements). This means that the Deleveling Megathread is now redundant, hence why this service has been removed. You can purchase Mysterious Candies in the following locations from the respective Item Vendors: Celadon City, Goldenrod City, Lilycove City and Veilstone City Department Stores (5.000 Pokedollars) PvE Coin Shop (2 PvE Coins) PvP Coins Shop (1 PvP Coin) Rules and context This thread will help you to recover a Pokemon that you have mistakenly released Please read carefully the following information in order to get the best support that we could offer you. Also do not abuse this thread, this kind of service should remain exceptional and only used for important and needed Pokemon If you're not eligible to our restore service, please do not spam this thread as your posts will get deleted. Note You may also request staff assistance in our Official PRO Discord in the #request-chat channel. Feel free to join and ask for a staff member by specifying your server and in-game name. What do you need to post? You must provide accurate information regarding the Pokemon deleted. The ID of the Pokemon remains the best way, such as a screenshot of said Pokemon's info card, or of the System release notification in the Chat. Please specify the server your Pokemon got deleted on. Fill up the following information ID Screenshot: Server: What do I need to do after my post? You only need to wait, a Staff member will edit your post once the Pokemon is successfully restored, sending you a forum Alert. What if I don't have any screenshots or if I don't remember any accurate information about the Pokemon? Just try to give us as many details as possible, like the name of the pokemon/level and similar. We'll definitely do our best in order to find it. I accidentally released my Pokemon three months ago, can I get it back? Only recently released Pokemon can be restored. There is a cooldown for them to be restored. You need to request a restore as soon as possible.

Regarding some of the rules listed, you will first be warned for the behavior in question, rather than punished immediately. However, disregarding warnings and repeating the offense will lead to harsher actions being taken. Not following our rules can and will be punished accordingly, based on our Punishment Policy. If you are constantly breaking the rules, you may be punished further. _____________________________________________ 1. Deplorable behavior such as foul language, profanity, harassment, and excessive toxicity is not allowed. Behavior such as this will not be tolerated, whether filtered or not. Similarly, avoiding the profanity filter will also lead to punishment. Chat toxicity and excessively posting complaints with the purpose of disturbing the general community will not be tolerated and lead to punishment. 2. English Only in All Official Chats, excluding Other Chat In all official In-Game Chats, besides the Other Chat, you are only permitted to speak in English. However, feel free to make your own chat channel for speaking a non-English language. Custom chats won't be moderated, but the Rules still apply in those channels. Any violation reported to us will be punished. 3. No Discussion of Infractions, Reports, or Applications Do not discuss sanctions in any of the official chat channels, do so in the proper section of the forums: Discipline Appeals. Do not discuss report-related topics in the chat. If you see someone violating the rules, make sure to report that player. Do not discuss staff applications in the chat. This will reflect negatively on your application. 4. Links and Advertisement You can only post in-game links of the official PRO website and forum (example: dashboard, guides, support threads, etc). Live streams links are allowed in 'All' every 30 minutes. Advertising your personal channels, other Pokemon games* and services not related to PRO is strictly prohibited. This does not include Game Freak and Nintendo games Do not advertise private chat channels in any of our official chats*, with the exception of language channels. If you are advertising a private chat channel to avoid moderation we may join the channel and moderate it 5. Avoid sensitive topics (Religion, Politics, Diseases & similar subjects) Be careful when talking about delicate subjects such as religion, politics, or diseases. Remember, you are not alone in the chat. 6. No Spamming Spam in all forms is prohibited. Spam includes but is not limited to: Excessive Letters, Symbols, Emojis, and Numbers Sending multiple of the same message right after one another Cutting up sentences into multiple messages when they can be placed in one sentence Any unnecessary advertisement/spam to draw attention to your trade post 7. No Mini-Modding. Do not Mini-Mod in any of our chats, we encourage you to report any violations in our Report Center. You are allowed to tell a user kindly to stop rule-breaking behavior. 8. Rating and Pokemon builds. Pokemon rates and/or build questions can be asked All Chat, Help Chat & Battle Chat. 9. Price checks. Price checks can be asked in All Chat, Help Chat & Battle Chat. Alternatively, you may use our Gold and Silver Price Checking and Rates Sub-forums. _____________________________________________ All Chat 1. All Chat This chat is meant to be the off-topic channel. You can discuss multiple topics, as long as they are within the rules. 2. Trade Evolution Requests Trade Evolution requests may be asked in All Chat or in the Help Chat. Alternatively, you may request for a Trade Evolution in our Evolution and Deleveling Megathread. 3. Streams Streamers can post their stream link every 30 minutes. Trade Chat 1. Trade Rules Before you start using Trade Chat, make sure you have read the Trade Rules. 2. Sales You must not use any other chat for buying or selling. Double and Rapid posting is prohibited. You must leave at least 5 posts in between. Auctions being handled in-game must be posted once every minute, regardless if having 5 posts between Auction messages. Keep your trades in one post at all times. Off-topic is strictly prohibited, you may only post trade messages. 3. Commenting Trade Chat is used only for trade messages. Do not comment on other users' trades in Trade Chat or harass them in private messages. If you have concerns with a sale, you may privately message the seller, however, please do so respectfully. Help Chat 1. General Questions Help Chat is the place to get all your questions answered. Random and/or off-topic conversations are not allowed. You must use All Chat for those. 2. Trolling Trolling, i.e. purposely giving wrong information, is strictly prohibited and will be sanctioned harshly. Battle Chat 1. PvP Rules You must adhere to the PvP Rules. 2. Taunting Do not use this chat to taunt your opponents, this is strictly prohibited. Do not contact your opponent during or after a PvP battle just to taunt them, this is strictly prohibited. Other Chat 1. Other Languages In Other Chat, you may speak in non-English languages. However, you may use English as well. The Overall Chat Rules all continue to apply here. ________________________________________________________ Use the command /cgjoin [language] to join one of them. French chat: french German chat: deutsch or german Indonesian chat: indonesia Portuguese chat: portuguese Brasil chat: brasil Spanish chat: spanish Polish chat: polish (only on certain servers though, not all) Italian chat : italian, not all servers Vietnamese chat: vietnam Hungarian chat : Hungarian If you are aware of more chats, please feel free to contact one of the Moderators to put them into this topic. These chats may not be moderated, but this doesn't mean that you can go against our Punishment Policy. For example, harassing other players in these channels is still against the rules. Evidence from those chats will still apply to reports. If you have trouble understanding any of those rules please check out "How to use our in-game chats according to our chat rules" as well. Credits to Anduin, Qeight, Mutantnair, Fluffles.

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Please, do note that while our Developers are actively working on PvP updates and fixes, you may still encounter some bugs during battles. Keep an eye on our PRO Official Discord and our Update Logs to stay updated about any rule change and in general any game announcement/update. As a reminder, PvP reports should be filed in our Report Center. Please make sure to provide enough evidence to support your claim. Failure in doing so will result in the dismissal of your report. PVP Rules Every match should be played out in a timely manner. Time-, PP-, Switch- or any type of stalling beyond reasonable usage is not allowed. Video evidence is required and without it we will not take actions. Video evidence may be deemed insufficient at Moderators discretion. PP-stalling: Using moves to unnecessarily extend a match's duration with no proper reasoning such as using healing moves instead of attacking Switch-stalling: Switching your Pokemon around with no proper reasoning instead of attacking. Time-stalling: Waiting until the last few seconds to make your move on every single turn, prolonging the match more necessary. Boosting in any form in Ranked PvP, random ranked included, is forbidden. Action will be taken if caught or attempted. | Rule explanation Playing against someone under the same network connection is considered boosting as staff is unable to verify if it's actually two different people playing. Intentionally queuing against a user to aid yourself or another user in the form of Rating, PvP Coins, etc will be considered as Ranked Boosting and will be punished accordingly. You can use only 2 of your own accounts to PvP within each season. Using any account you do not rightfully own, or using more than 2 accounts, will result in heavy punishment. You can only have one account in the Top 25 at the end of the season, having more than one will result in heavy punishment. You can only have one account in the Top 25 of one server, having your account in the Top 25 of both servers will result in heavy punishment. Using false information or offering compensation to incite players to disconnect or draw in a Ranked Battle is prohibited and considered Illegitimate Rank Boosting. Please refer to Rule Explanation for more information. Violating any of our specific PvP Clauses will result in sanctions. PVP Clauses Species Clause: The same two Pokemon should not be on the same team. This includes the use of more than one Rotom form or a Pokemon together with its Alolan counterpart. Sleep Clause: If you have already put a Pokemon on your opponent's side to sleep, and it is still sleeping, you cannot put another one to sleep. This rules is not induced by self-sleep inducing moves, such as Rest. Video evidence is required. Natural Cure - Two Pokemon can be put to sleep if, and only if, the first Pokemon has Natural Cure (The reverse order would violate the clause as the Natural Cure Pokemon would be on the field asleep with an additional Pokemon being asleep in the party). Pokemon that use U-turn/Volt Switch on the turn that they wake up will show as asleep until they are back on the field Endless Battle Clause: Any moveset that is capable of intentionally cause an endless battle is banned. More specifically: Recycle + Leppa Berry. Harvest + Leppa Berry. Trace + Leppa Berry. Role Play + Leppa Berry. Banned Moves / Abilities / Pokemon / Items / Combination The following moves are banned from the Ranked PVP Battles. The system is developed in a way where you cannot queue with them. Credits to: Singham & Flik - Established the first PvP Rules thread. Windypuff, Kagawa & Alaris- Updating thread. Letrix - Revamped and updating thread. Qeight - Revamped and keeping thread updated. Shinohara - Revamped and keeping thread updated