When you suggest a pokmon idea, make sure it follows these quality guidelines or it will not be accepted.4/21/02: Added #5
1/25/03: Added #6
#1: Out With the Old, In With the New
Try to come up with an entirely new pokmon. We're not interested in clones or other variations of existing pokmon (i.e. Pikachub, Mewfour, or anything else along those lines,) and we're certainly not interested in combinations of existing pokmon, like Bulbachu or Psyfetch'd (I have actually seen this one. It hurts to think about.)#2: Theory of Evolution
The one exception to the rule against variations above is evolved forms, or pre-evolved forms. However, there are limits here too. First, the evolution must make sense. For example, there is no excuse for evolving a Psychic-type into a Fire/Ice-type. Also, pre-evolved forms are generally smaller and weaker, and evolved forms are likely to be stronger, or at least bigger. Second, no pokmon can evolve more than twice. Alternate evolutions are okay, but do not, for example, make an evolved form of Jumpluff (which has already evolved twice) or a pre-evolved form of Geodude (which already has two evolutions ahead of it.) Third, try not to go overboard with alternate evolutions. Tyrogue, for example, has enough evolved forms as it is, and Eevee is really stretching the limit. We will not accept Eevee evolutions, period.#3: The Mewtwo Syndrome
Keep your fan-made pokmon's power to a sane level. It really isn't as clever as you might think to make a pokmon that can defeat anything it comes across. A large part of the point of Pokmon is that everything has strengths and weaknesses. It takes a lot more creativity to come up with a balanced, fair pokmon, one you might find in any grassy spot, than to make one capable of cracking the globe in two. Along the same lines, don't make your pokmon extremely rare. There are already enough one-of-a-kind pokmon out there. We already have our own legendary pokmon; we don't need more of them, or anything created in a lab accident, or anything along those lines.#4: Kid-Friendly Pocket Monsters
Do not give us anything vulgar. Pe**saur or C**pdos may seem funny the first few times, but it gets old fast. Let me italicize and bold it, just to show you how important this is: Nothing vulgar. Anything unworthy of a PG rating will be deleted without a second glance.#5: The Spice of Life, Part 1
We at the Pokmon Factory try not to favor any particular type, so if we notice our archive becoming filled with one type, we will do something about it; namely, setting a ban on suggestions of that type. Before suggesting a pokmon of a given type, please make sure the type isn't currently banned. If a pokmon of a banned type is posted it will be put on hold until the ban is removed.#6: The Spice of Life, Part 2
There are some ideas that are simply overused. For one thing, we can't accept a pre-evo of pokmon X if we already have a different pre-evo of pokmon X, but aside from that, there are broad concepts that have been suggested over and over, to the point where we simply will not accept them any more:We will not accept new evolved forms of Eevee. I have already stated this above, but it's worth mentioning again, especially since we do continue to have new Eeveelutions sent to us for some reason.We will not accept new cat pokmon, regardless of quality...and other felines, such as tigers and panthers, start with two strikes against them.If any other concepts reach this point, they will be added to the list.Okay, those are the rules! Please keep them in mind when you're coming up with pokmon; your CHANCE OF SUCCESS will go way up! ^_-
