>>13718913Early on in the board's life, it was the center of a widespread controversy spanning both itself and several other fansites, including
Serebii.net and Bulbagarden. This controversy, which came to be known as Wottergate (after a combination of the fan nickname for Oshawott - then known as Mijumaru - and the Watergate Scandal) began when
Serebii.net posted what were purported to be photographs of art panels displaying the then-unknown Servine, Serperior, Pignite, Emboar, Dewott and Samurott. Because of the heavily negative reception to the designs - most notoriously Samurott's, giving rise to the Wottergate name - many believed that these were not actual Pokémon, but instead fan-created hoaxes that Serebii had fallen for. These beliefs were supported by some analyses of the images, which convinced many people that these were simply edited versions of existing Pokémon. Serperior was believed to be an edited Milotic, Emboar was believed to be a combination of Lickilicky and Rhyperior, and Samurott was thought to be an edited Dialga. Both Serebii himself and Bulbagarden webmaster Archaic soon appeared on /vp/ and entered the arguments themselves. Eventually, more scans came out and confirmed that all of the Pokémon were real, but by then the arguments had spread widely across the Pokémon fandom.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/User:The_Great_Butler//vp/try google first next time
