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[QUOTE=Negrek][QUOTE=HighMoon]I'm thinking of starting up a forum of my own based around pokemon adventures, roleplaying events and with a ASB that at times would have story-important battles within it.

Kind of like Kutho I suppose, and other Pokemon-centric roleplaying site, but with a ASB element that would be a fun side experience and a stage for events for each people that wishes to join to try their hand against a NPC trainer. And in time if I feel I have the sanity to spare, a larger event like what we tried for in BfA.

The reason I'm telling you all this is that I was wondering if you could possibly help me with a few things. One being a idea on a good forum site host and help on building a decent ASB section.

From the sites I've seen with their own ASB leagues, the one you run here and maintain is by far the top of the lists of well run leagues. You have created a system that works, a good base for rules and ideas on how moves work, and you have a easy to understand guideline to it. This is the type of league I would love to have, but i have a few concerns of me actually being able to keep it to such a standard without help.

I would like to ask you to help me start up this forum and be my partner. But I also realize that you are a very busy person and even more so when you help run this site as well. So if you do want to help me, even if to help me stay on top of my ASB and give me tips from time to time on how to run a good site, I would appreciate it greatly.

Thank you for taking time to read this and I hope to hear back. Even if its "Sorry but I really can't help run another site".[/QUOTE]
What kind of hosting you'd want depends on what kind of site you're talking about. Do  you mean a pure forum, like Kutho, or a site-site with articles or a blog or what have you, with the roleplaying forum associated with it? If all you need is a forum, then any of the free forum hosts should be just fine; I don't see why you'd need anything fancy. ZetaBoards, Proboards, and phpmyBB are probably the most popular forum hosts, and any of them would work. Just give the different options a shot and decide which one you like best. If you need actual site hosting, you could probably ask Kratos; he's hosting Absol's Moonlit Cave (er, was; it appears to have evaporated), and you probably wouldn't need much space to yourself. There are other free hosting options out there that I could enumerate, but I get the feeling that you won't need them--but I can elaborate if that is indeed what you want.

As far as actually running the ASB, though, I'm afraid I'm going to have to decline. I'm having to seriously reevaluate my ability to administer this league as it is; I definitely don't have the time to take on a second. If have any questions you want me to answer or want to ask for advice, that's fine, but actually doing the administrative duties for a second league is a bit beyond my abilities at the moment.[/QUOTE]