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#41 Post by **Slix** » Thu Feb 23, 2023 10:16 am

Unova. I think the region is really pretty and has cool landscapes and different environments.

ClaratheBlaziken · #42 Post by **ClaratheBlaziken** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 1:08 pm

Where did you originally get the idea for Poliwager.net?

#43 Post by **Slix** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 2:42 pm

Well the domain itself was a no brainer after having the website for a year and a half.

But in all seriousness, I wanted a Pokémon related name and didn’t want something “generic” like “The Pokémon Club” or something. A few years prior to 2008 I was on a Pokémon site called Pokémon Crater and had a few accounts there for some reason, one of them being Poliwager. I love Poliwag and wanted to make a unique website name so I googled “Poliwager” and only 3 results showed up. I found a unique name! Poliwager was born. I chose .net because it sounded less corporate and more fun too. The first couple pages I created were about in game mechanics for Diamond and Pearl, which were new at the time. The Forum and Adoptables came later because I was inspired by other similar sites I was a part of.

I love squirtle line · #44 Post by **I love squirtle line** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:38 pm

Slix, was all the code for Poliwager your original code before you had any mods helping you out?

#45 Post by **Slix** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:47 pm

I love squirtle line wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:38 pm Slix, was all the code for Poliwager your original code before you had any mods helping you out?

The Adoptables was based on a starter adopter script that was available in 2010 but over time I basically changed the entire site over to my own code. Currently no one else helps with coding the site, just me.

I love squirtle line · #46 Post by **I love squirtle line** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:44 pm

Slix wrote: Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:47 pm Currently no one else helps with coding the site, just me.

Is it hard to do it all by yourself?

#47 Post by **Slix** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 10:07 am

Sometimes, but I get a lot of help with ideas from the moderators and it’s helpful to me that I do all the coding so I know exactly what I’m looking for when working on something.

#48 Post by **Oshi** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:44 pm

Hey bro what do you mean? I made code on the site! I edited the Emolga CSS. Haha

Oh I guess since I'm posting here, hmm... What is your Pokemon game tier list?

ClaratheBlaziken · #49 Post by **ClaratheBlaziken** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:55 pm

I don't know if I've ever asked or not, but has the Poliwager server ever been attacked? I.E a DDOS attack? A bot raid? Etc?

#50 Post by **Slix** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:57 pm

Oshi wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:44 pm Hey bro what do you mean? I made code on the site! I edited the Emolga CSS. Haha

Oh I guess since I'm posting here, hmm... What is your Pokemon game tier list?

I’ll have to get back to the tier list idea when I can sit down and do that.

ClaratheBlaziken wrote: Tue Feb 28, 2023 12:55 pm I don't know if I've ever asked or not, but has the Poliwager server ever been attacked? I.E a DDOS attack? A bot raid? Etc?

Not that I’ve seen. There were a few instances where bots have overloaded it enough that it got slow for an hour or two but I was able to figure out why and block them.

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