TPPC History
TPPC
TPPC was originally a Pokémon news site created by Andrew Stein aka Shrimpy and was hosted by pokemoncrater.com. On the site Shrimpy posted news about Pokémon games, movies and the TCG. The site included a stat calculator, a movedex and information such as version differences, movie plot summaries and TCG set lists.
The RPG that is now TPPC was created somewhere around the end of 1999 and beginning of 2000. [1]
The RPG started out as a game called Oddish Adventures/Oddish Forest (?). At this point users could catch pokémon but there was no account system. Eventually this would become TPPC Online RPG.
Around the time Shrimpy was finishing high school and starting college he decided to give up on news aspect of the site and turn his attention to the RPG. [2]
Version 2.0 - October 2000
The first promo given out in Version 2.0 was GoldenLugia on October 22.
Version 3.0 - January 2002
Version 4.0 - May 2002
Version 5.0 - March 2003
Version 6.0 - Early 2004
Version 6.5
Version 6.5 was planned to be released in the summer of 2004 with a revamped battle system.
Version 7.0 - Early 2006
Version 7.5 - Mid 2008
New Forums
In December 2009 as the old PunBB based Trainer's Corner had been experiencing a lot of issues Shrimpy moved Trainer's Corner to a new server and a new set of forums that use vBulletin. The templates for these new forums were created by Kife.
Version 8.0 - September 2010
Version 8.0 was released on 25th September 2010. Kife is responsible for designing a lot of Version 8.0. This version introduced Generation 4 pokémon to the RPG and removed the map Mewtwo's Lair making Mewtwo now unobtainable. [3]
Generation 5 pokémon were added to the RPG on 19th March 2011. These pokémon were then released in various events through the next year.
TPPC Wiki
The TPPC Wiki was created in August 2011 with most of the original content submitted by Lynsey, Crepsley and Xaine. [4]
Staff Promotions - Feb 2014 | |
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Numbers | Yuru |
May 2015 Updates
Generation 6 pokémon were introduced to the RPG in May 2015. This addition included a change from the 2D sprites that were used prior to this to animated gifs of the 3D models in Pokémon X & Y. [5]
Staff Promotions - June 2015 | |||||
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Gin.A | Keviiin | ToxiCity | Zepp | Numbers | Tim |
Staff Promotions - Feb 2017 | |||||
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kobk x RULES | Gin.A | Keviiin | ToxiCity | Yuru | Zepp |
Speed Tower Update
On 2nd April 2017 an update was made to the Speed Tower. This update changed the mechanics for winning the Speed Tower, introducing two new badges. Xerneas, Yveltal and Zygarde were made prizes, making these Pokémon obtainable for the first time.
Staff Promotions - Winter 2019 | |||||
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kobk | Tyroniter |
March 2020 Updates
Following Mimikyu being added to the RPG for the Swarming Mimikyu event, 3D models for all generation 7 Pokémon were added to the RPG on March 1, 2020. Raichu (Alola) became the first Alolan form available while ShinyRockruff and DarkRockruff became the first generation 7 Mod Pokémon.
Staff Promotions - 2020 | |||||
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Tyroniter | ToxiCity | Space Cowboy |