Chat

The PFQ Discord Chat, simply known as Chat, is a network on PokéFarm that allows users to communicate with each other. In Chat, the Site Rules, with addition of Chat Rules, are enforced. It can be accessed through the link in the top right of the website, labeled as a Discord icon.

New users must complete the Tutorial to gain access to the Site Chat.

Chat Rules

The latest version is available here.

1. The public chat is under a PG-13 guideline. Please behave appropriately with this in mind.
2. As a general rule, please do not "@-mention" roles. If you need to call staff attention, you may use @Reports.
3. No off-site links should be posted without seeking permission from a staff member.
   1. You may post links to the site (PokéFarm Q) without seeking permission.
   2. You can get the attention of the relevant staff by using @Reports - please only do this if needed.
4. Please keep trade-talk to the #trading chat-area.
   1. Trades may only be posted in trade threads once every 24 hours.
      1. Deleting a post to re-post it before 24 hours have passed is not allowed.
   2. Trading here is still considered off-site.
      • Staff is unable to track edited or deleted messages - while it may be quick and easy to trade here, please note that it's not necessarily safe.
5. Please do not flood the chat with consistent messages or spam. Avoid elongating your letters, and please do not use excessive caps. This includes deleting messages and re-posting the content that you deleted.
   1. Please try to avoid posts with less than three words consistently. This spams up the chatroom. Perhaps you would be able to express "congratulations" and "interesting" by posting an emoji.
6. Users may post Pokémon in the #pokémon-showcase area (or parties, if your party is full of Pokémon you'd like to show off).
   1. Additionally, requesting clicks on said Pokémon users wish to show off is acceptable within reason.
7. Please don't turn the chat into a roleplay room. This is not its intended design.
8. Please avoid posting spoilers outside of the provided area.
9. The #wiki-discussion channel is for discussing making changes to the wiki. Please do not ask questions there.
10. While generic chatspeak such as "lol" and "omg" is allowed, using entirely chatspeak is not allowed.

Channels

The Channels section is on the Chat page's left side. PFQ has different channels for different things. For example, the #official-chat is PokéFarm Q's official chat room, whereas, the #pokemon-showcase is for showing off a user's Pokémon. Channels are separated into individual sections to help keep the channels organized and easy to find. Users may collapse each section, doing so will hide any channel that does not have a recent unread post.

At the top of each channel beside the name of the channel is a brief description and there are icons. Those icons are:

• Threads: Never used. It is meant to help stay focused on a conversation with a temporary text channel.
• Notification Settings: Allows users to set how often they would like to be notified or they can Mute a Channel for a set time.
• Pinned Messages: Used to pin important posts. These posts are usually information based.
• Show/Hide Member List: Allows users to show or hide the list of members.

List of Channels

The current channels and sections are:

Announcements: Users do not have permission to send messages in any of the channels in this section.

• Rules: This channel explains the Chat Rules in detail. Everyone should read this channel once they join the chat.
• About-announcements: This channel explains what content each announcement channel contains.
• Update-announcements: Updates to PFQ, such as new features, adjustments to existing features, etc.
• Event-announcements: MCWs, Type Races, and other events are announced here.
• Server-announcements: Information about the Discord server, such as notifying of adjustments to rules, or new privileges for Boosters etc.
• Stream-announcements: When Niet or any other member of the PFQ team go live on Twitch (etc.), an announcement is made here.
• Pokérus-announcements: When Pokérus changes hands, it is recorded here. Users can opt-in to pings if they like.

Public: This section is the main section that most users can use for chatting, trading, etc.

• Welcome: This channel is where System Slamence welcomes each new PFQ Discord user. Users do not have permission to send messages in any of the channels in this section.
• Official-chat: This channel is where users can chat with each other. Voice chats are not allowed.
• Trading: This channel is for quick and easy trades - please see the rules for more info. Slowmode is enabled which means members may post once every 10 minutes.
  • Please remember that users may only post their Trade once every 24 hours.
• Questions-and-answers: This channel is where users may ask questions related to PFQ and receive answers.
  • Please read the Pinned Messages for more information.
• Pokémon-showcase: This channel is where users may post their Pokémon that they wish to show off.
  • Please do not beg for clicks.
• Sparring": This channel is used for quick and easy sparring requests.
• New-game-spoilers: This channel is for spoilers about any recently released Pokémon game.
• Temporary Channels: During some PFQ events there may be a temporary channel set up where users may discuss the event and ask questions about the event. After the event is over, these temporary channels are moved to the Archive section.

Wiki: These channels are for the PFQ Wiki.

• Wiki-todo: This channel may be used by both wiki editors and regular users. Regular users may post here if they notice something needs to be fixed on the wiki. Wiki editors use this section as a to do list for themselves. These lists could be asking another (sometimes more knowledgeable) editor to help or as a way to keep track of what/where they are on a current big project.
• Wiki-discussion: This channel is for wiki-related discussions. These discussions can be anything from trying to gather information for a wiki page to discussing if something should be added to the wiki and the way to go about it.
  • Please do not ask for help here.

Archive: This section is where the Temporary Channels are moved to. Once these channels are moved to this section users do not have permission to send messages.

Users Present

The Users Present section states the total number of users for each role. System Salamence is always present; staff members present can be found in order of the roles, similarly to the Staff Roster. Nitro Booster users are found underneath the staff. After that, all users present can be found in alphabetical order.