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Welcome everyone to the first of our speculation competition redux. In the 5th week of our original Black & White speculation contest, we asked you all to guess gym themes. In this contest, we're returning to the topic, and asking you to take your best guess about how these will changes in Black 2 and White 2.
Changes to the gyms and elites have been with us way back since Gold & Silver, where we saw changes made to the Kanto gym leaders, and to the Elite 4. No changes were made to the lineup in Crystal, and Platinum only changed the order of gyms, however Emerald did give us some outright changes to the Ruby/Sapphire lineup.
Maybe we're talking a bit of a leap here, but given that these games are being billed as direct sequels to Black & White, we think it's pretty much a certainty there will be a change of some description. Maybe not a major change, but a change nevertheless.
So, here's what we're looking for you to have a shot at
1. Who the changed gym leaders and elites will be
1a. Bonus points if you can guess the reasons for the gym leader or elite moving on from their position or getting replaced
1b. Extra bonus points if you can guess who the new gym leader or elite will be, assuming it's a character who already exists in the franchise
2. Any changes to the actual order of the gyms
You're free to make your guesses as outlandish as you like. We've made a few assumptions with how we've written this post here, but you don't have to keep to them. If you think that the main region of the games will be totally different to Black & White, and you think we're going to see a whole new set of gym leaders because of that....well, that's a brave suggestion, but there's nothing stopping you from making that guess as far as we're concerned.
At the same time though, keep in mind that it's in your interests to be as precise as possible. Being vague in your answer won't win you any special points. We don't mark you down for what you get wrong, we mark you up for what you get right. Being vague just means you kill your own chances to score points there.
Remember also, while you can discuss things and make as many guesses as you like, only your final guess counts. So if you're the 10th person to suggest the same thing, but the first 9 people changed their minds, and you didn't, then if that ended up being the right answer, you'd win. Also, because it happened so much during the original speculation contests, allow me to clarify one thing. You can not make multiple guesses in one post. If you're starting to say things like this OR this, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. If you're offering multiple possibilities for the same Gym theme in the same post, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. I hope that's clear enough. If you want to make your guess count, you also need to ensure that you don't edit your post. Doing so will make us simply ignore that post when it comes to figuring out the winners at the end, since it becomes too much of a pain when we have situations where a winner depends on the posting time and who settled on the correct answer first.
This thread will be closed...well, when we feel like it really. Originally we were going to make it at the end of the week, but you know what, I think we may just keep this open right up until the we actually find out what will be in the games. So...no pressure to force yourself, but none of us know when that news will be released, so you probably shouldn't wait too long.
When the information is leaked or announced, the thread will be closed immediately, and the closest guess before that happened will win.
It's our intention that this contest thread should not just be a place for everyone to post their guesses for the contest, but also a central place for you to discuss and speculate on this particular point. So don't be afraid to actually post your reasoning and logic here. There's no harm trying to convince everyone else that you're right after all, since it'd just mean that people aren't making different guesses to you, and you'd have the original guess on it anyway.
Good luck everyone!
Changes to the gyms and elites have been with us way back since Gold & Silver, where we saw changes made to the Kanto gym leaders, and to the Elite 4. No changes were made to the lineup in Crystal, and Platinum only changed the order of gyms, however Emerald did give us some outright changes to the Ruby/Sapphire lineup.
Maybe we're talking a bit of a leap here, but given that these games are being billed as direct sequels to Black & White, we think it's pretty much a certainty there will be a change of some description. Maybe not a major change, but a change nevertheless.
So, here's what we're looking for you to have a shot at
1. Who the changed gym leaders and elites will be
1a. Bonus points if you can guess the reasons for the gym leader or elite moving on from their position or getting replaced
1b. Extra bonus points if you can guess who the new gym leader or elite will be, assuming it's a character who already exists in the franchise
2. Any changes to the actual order of the gyms
You're free to make your guesses as outlandish as you like. We've made a few assumptions with how we've written this post here, but you don't have to keep to them. If you think that the main region of the games will be totally different to Black & White, and you think we're going to see a whole new set of gym leaders because of that....well, that's a brave suggestion, but there's nothing stopping you from making that guess as far as we're concerned.
At the same time though, keep in mind that it's in your interests to be as precise as possible. Being vague in your answer won't win you any special points. We don't mark you down for what you get wrong, we mark you up for what you get right. Being vague just means you kill your own chances to score points there.
Remember also, while you can discuss things and make as many guesses as you like, only your final guess counts. So if you're the 10th person to suggest the same thing, but the first 9 people changed their minds, and you didn't, then if that ended up being the right answer, you'd win. Also, because it happened so much during the original speculation contests, allow me to clarify one thing. You can not make multiple guesses in one post. If you're starting to say things like this OR this, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. If you're offering multiple possibilities for the same Gym theme in the same post, YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG. I hope that's clear enough. If you want to make your guess count, you also need to ensure that you don't edit your post. Doing so will make us simply ignore that post when it comes to figuring out the winners at the end, since it becomes too much of a pain when we have situations where a winner depends on the posting time and who settled on the correct answer first.
This thread will be closed...well, when we feel like it really. Originally we were going to make it at the end of the week, but you know what, I think we may just keep this open right up until the we actually find out what will be in the games. So...no pressure to force yourself, but none of us know when that news will be released, so you probably shouldn't wait too long.
When the information is leaked or announced, the thread will be closed immediately, and the closest guess before that happened will win.It's our intention that this contest thread should not just be a place for everyone to post their guesses for the contest, but also a central place for you to discuss and speculate on this particular point. So don't be afraid to actually post your reasoning and logic here. There's no harm trying to convince everyone else that you're right after all, since it'd just mean that people aren't making different guesses to you, and you'd have the original guess on it anyway.
Good luck everyone!
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