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Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:00:54 No.27294725 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>27294804 >>27294806 >>27294821 >>27295283

>Laverre City's Pokeball Factory is being under siege by terrorist group
>Gym leader of said city does literally nothing
Why were Kalos leaders such trash?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:05:12 No.27294777 Report

Quoted By: >>27294806 >>27294890 >>27294927 >>27295048 >>27295281 >>27296080

>Saffron City's Silph. Co is being under siege by terrorist group

>Gym leader of said city does literally nothing

Why do leaders except for Unova do shit jobs at aiding their own city?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:08:03 No.27294804 Report

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>>27294725
Haven't you heard?
Whenever an incredibly dangerous terrorist group bent on the destruction of the world as we know it attacks, you just wait until a few teenagers defeat them.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:08:14 No.27294806 Report

Quoted By: >>27294836 >>27294958 >>27295643

>>27294725
>>27294777
Why are leaders expected to be involved with local politics? BW set that precedent, but before that most of them were just the most powerful trainers of a type in their region/town. Might as well be asking why random NPC #24 who tells you about how potions work doesn't try to stop the enemy team.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:09:25 No.27294821 Report

Quoted By: >>27294830 >>27296051

>>27294725
Maybe they should have tried making comics and changing their facebook profile pic filter.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:10:33 No.27294830 Report

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>>27294821
#Pray4Laverre
#NotAllGrunts

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:10:49 No.27294836 Report

Quoted By: >>27294867

>>27294806
They're part of the region's League, which technically IS their government so a little involvement would be nice.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:13:23 No.27294867 Report

Quoted By: >>27294876 >>27294940

>>27294836
>which technically IS their government
Since when? It seems to me that the leagues are just the competitive Pokemon structure, but nothing about it gives them the authority to set the legal rules for governance. That's like saying the NFL is in control of the USA.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:14:15 No.27294876 Report

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>>27294867
What is the government, then?

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:15:51 No.27294890 Report

Quoted By: >>27294927 >>27298475

>>27294777
Lucky Trips! Everyone make a wish!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:18:07 No.27294927 Report

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>>27294777
>>27294890
I wish for an effective GTS in gen 7!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:19:13 No.27294940 Report

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>>27294867
>NFL is in control of the USA.
they dont?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:20:33 No.27294958 Report

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>>27294806
Even if they weren't involved in political stuff or whatever, don't you think that they, the gym leader of their own town, would want to protect their own home and everyone they know from danger? You said it yourself that they are the strongest trainers in their town/region so why not get the trainers training under them in the gym and go in and take out the baddies that's hurting their home?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:25:30 No.27295028 Report

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What is the government of the Pokemon world?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:27:09 No.27295048 Report

Quoted By: >>27295103 >>27295280 >>27296741

>>27294777
Well rocket grunts locked then inside their gym

Everyone else, is shit though

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:30:34 No.27295103 Report

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>>27295048
>the psychic gym can't figure out how to through a locked door

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:40:26 No.27295256 Report

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At least Drayden has an excuse, his city got 9/11'd by ice

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:42:06 No.27295280 Report

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>>27295048
>locking away things with Teleport
No, that's stupid. You're stupid.

At least in XY it makes sense because Lysandre is a businessman and Malva controls the media, so Team Flare can get away with a lot more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:42:14 No.27295281 Report

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>>27294777
She was even trapped in her own gym, for a psychic she shouldve seen that coming.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:42:25 No.27295283 Report

Quoted By: >>27295311 >>27295346 >>27295437

>>27294725
Gym Leaders aren't superheroes anon, that's the Elite Four's job.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:44:29 No.27295311 Report

Quoted By: >>27295360

>>27295283
Then why do they even less?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:46:44 No.27295346 Report

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>>27295283
Even the E4 can't do shit, which sucks cause they're all cool. Lorelei came to defend her home from Team Rocket, I wanted to see what else the E4 did. Most of the time you only see them in the league and that's it. If we see them outside the league, it's like finding cash on the side of the road and we have been blessed for this character interaction

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:47:54 No.27295360 Report

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>>27295311
Because Masuda rides that excuse to ditch them out the PWT.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:48:31 No.27295371 Report

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>>27294940
Post of the fucking century

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:49:06 No.27295381 Report

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>>27295360
I'll never forgive them snuffing out best trainers.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 15:53:53 No.27295437 Report

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>>27295283
Meanwhile Champions can frolic around like nothing.

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Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 16:08:47 No.27295624 Report

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Giovanni was pretty involved :^)

Anyway, there's some precedent for gym leader/Elite 4 involvement before Unova: Lorelei in FRLG returns to her home on that island to protect the local Pokémon from Team Rocket; the Electric gym leaders of both R/S/E and of D/P/Pt had a hand in planning and managing their respective towns' infrastructure; and Jasmine takes care of her city's lighthouse.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 16:10:19 No.27295643 Report

Quoted By: >>27295701

>>27294806
An NPC in Kanto Gen 1 literally wishes for the Elite Four to stop Team Rocket

How can the league continue and prosper if trainers are losing their pokemon to thugs?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 16:14:12 No.27295701 Report

Quoted By: >>27295713 >>27295775

>>27295643
Did Team Rocket even steal anyone's Pokémon in R/B/Y?
They stole the Dig TM, the Sliph Scope, and did some illegal fossil trading. Other than that, their business was selling rare Pokémon (which they might have bred or caught for all we know), and operated a casino, presumably to launder their money.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 16:15:18 No.27295713 Report

Quoted By: >>27295861

>>27295701
Dont they intimidate you to give up your pokemon?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 16:19:38 No.27295775 Report

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>>27295701
they're essentially the mafia

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 16:25:56 No.27295861 Report

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>>27295713
http://www.gamefaqs.com/gameboy/367023-pokemon-red-version/faqs/48982
I went through the whole script, not one mention of Team Rocket stealing Pokémon, nor any Rocket members threatening to take yours away.
>If you find a fossil, give it to me and scram!
>The people here were robbed. It's obvious that TEAM ROCKET is behind this most heinous crime! Even our POLICE force has trouble with the ROCKETs!
(referring to the TM for Dig)
>There are evil people who will use POKEMON for criminal acts. TEAM ROCKET traffics in rare POKEMON. They also abandon POKEMON that they consider not to be popular or useful.

It could be that they steal Pokémon, but it's never stated or shown anywhere, just implied from their mindset.
>TEAM ROCKET will do anything for the sake of gold!
>With SILPH under control, we can exploit POKEMON around the world!
>Never forget that all POKEMON exist for TEAM ROCKET!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 16:37:34 No.27296051 Report

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>>27294821
Sickest of burns, 10/10.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 16:39:13 No.27296080 Report

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>>27294777
I'm not good at manga, are all gym leaders part of team rocket still?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 17:22:46 No.27296741 Report

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>>27295048
At the very most can't they just blast shit through the wall to get out

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Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 19:02:26 No.27298475 Report

Quoted By: >>27298530

>>27294890
Jirachi make me... immortal!

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 21 Jul 2016 19:05:54 No.27298530 Report

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>>27298475
Kami banishes you to the deadzone.

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