Okay guys, here's the deal. My parents have decided to effectively crack down on how much "media" (internet, DS, TV, all that jazz) I have each day, and I will only have a limited amount of time to trade each day. (think 1-2 hours) Because of this, I won't be able to trade with everyone on their schedule. What is going to happen is this:
Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday are NO TRADE DAYS. On these days I will be EVing my current Pokemon and RNGing new Pokemon. I have to get 5 teams ready for nationals (My friend's swiss team, my LCQ and potentially a swiss team, my father's LCQ team and his potential swiss team), so those days are for that.
Tuesday and Friday are TRADE DAYS. However, I would like you to PM me or VM me (I would prefer it if you PM me a lot more than VMing, so unless you keep your Inbox full you can PM me.
This link will open up a PM to me.) and let me know that YOU WILL PICK UP THE POKEMON ON THE TRADING DAYS. Yes, this means I do not want you PMing me on IRC at 10:00 on Friday night asking me for Pokemon. On these trade days, I will be available at two different times for an hour and about 10 minutes apiece. That's the tentative number, but depending on how many trades I do I may have to lengthen that time. The times I will be available are:
1:00 - 2:00 PM US Central Time
8:00 - 9:00 PM US Central Time
Here is a GMT Converter (I am at GMT -5), if you don't want to do a Google search.
You need to let me know which of those times you will trade with me. The night before trading days I will post a list here of whom I will be trading with at what time. If you're not on that list, don't ask to trade. People who have a regional that weekend have top priority, and I can't even guarantee that you will get your Pokemon unless it is your week for a regional.
NOW HERE'S WHERE WE TRADE. I will not be coordinating 10 trades through VMs and PMs, nor through PMs on IRC. I have set up a channel, called #trade. If you already go on IRC, you know how to get there. If not,
here is the link for #trade. (pick a nick hit go) Meet me there at the appointed times, where we can coordinate our trades. You may have to wait a while, but I will do my best to get you your Pokemon.
Tomorrow will be the first day of this, and I will be working to clear up existing trades before starting new ones, so if I am giving you Pokemon, shoot me a PM today letting me know what time you'll be on tomorrow.
Now I know what some of you are thinking. WHAT IF WE CAN'T BE ON AT THOSE TIMES. Well, here's what I'll do. You can PM me that you are unable to meet those times (if you're in the US you better have a dang good reason as to why you can't trade, I only expect this to apply to those in Europe/Asia), and we'll try and set up a time to trade.
Also, please, please, please, make an attempt to spell things right. I can understand when you're from Spain or Italy and English isn't your first language, but if you're from the US, I really don't want to see a VM/PM like this: can i hav ur pawnilord wen is a good tim 2 trade? (yes I've gotten PMs like that and those people are really hard to trade with) The shift key is there for a reason, please use it. Also if you can't spell the Pokemon's name correctly then I will doubt why I should trade with you, not only is the name there in the thread for you to c/p but you should know these. /endrant
Yes I know this was a long post I'm sorry but these are big changes. If you can't take the time to read this then why should I take my time to give you my Pokemon?