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I'm pleased to see any new members, or returning members. Welcome to the Heart Gold/Soul Silver Guild.

I've worked hard of late to diversify this Guild so you can find a place to go for any pokemon-related topic you wish to discuss. There is more talk here than just HG/SS and we've tried hard to make appropriate forums for them. If you have any suggestions, feel free to contact me, ihack haeso, or The iWizzle-Dizzle.

This has always been a fairly quiet Guild and I'd love nothing more than to liven it up a bit.

Main-page posts are generally for announcements and stickies, but you may post there if you feel you have something to share in general. If necessary the topic will simply be moved later to its appropriate forum (heck there is even a thread to discuss pokirbies if that fascinates you). If it is newsworthy material, I'll be happy to give it Sticky or Announcement status.

There is an off-topic forum for discussing non-pokemon related topics, if you so desire.

Rules--going lightly here. Please observe the Gaia TOS, and the Guild has a PG-13 restriction. No cybering and no spamming allowed. People are free to disagree with each other here but do not make life miserable for them. Use your common sense.

I make liberal use of the Announcement system, which costs gold. Nobody is under any requirement to donate aside from the 5g that is required to join, and posting is not mandatory, but I will always consider removing people who haven't been by for months and months.

It is quiet here but always look for me to keep you all updated on the latest pokemon news as I find it, and feel free to contribute your own. I'm a big fan of serebii.net and of Bulbapedia, and I strongly recommend both for people looking for more information.

As a last issue, banners. I have almost no knowledge of computer graphics. I'm interested in a banner that does not go over the 100,000-byte limit, or the 500-pixel limit. I'd be interested in any artists who want to help make a banner for the Guild.

Added 2/16: I see fit to add a minor note about hacked pokemon/item use. It is banned from any tournaments in this Guild. It's unfair to others and there are game risks as well. Nobody's ego is really worth hacking stats for. Empty victory much?

As for hacked pokemon/items in trades between yourselves (even ones set up in this Guild) or private battles, well, I'm not going to stop you. That is out of my domain, but I'm going to give a big 'ol risk warning: Hacked pokemon/items are risky to your game, from minor glitches to total game crash and losing of all saved data. Yes. That means your precious arcaeus and shaymin just went down the drain and you can't get them back.

I'm not a stranger to using a hacking mechanism in my third-gen games so I do know the frustration some of you get from nobody to trade with but yourselves, or capturing certain pokemon, etc. I haven't ever hacked for stats or other ways to cheat....unlimited Master Balls and hacking in pokemon I couldn't get otherwise were the only ways to a full 'dex at the time. I do understand such reasons, but if you do your trading, consider what risks you're accepting before you hit that Send button.

Getting pokemon is a lot easier now in the fourth-gen and wireless use. It also makes it that much riskier. The Guild bears no responsibility if your game gets damaged due to a trade set up in the Guild.