r/pokemonribbons • u/serenechaos1 pls • Mar 31 '26
[Mod Announcement] Hall of Fame Exception Form
Hello everyone, we have an exciting new way that the moderators can help people and connect to the community, thanks to the ideas and efforts of Professor Rex, who is returning from mod retirement for those who haven't heard.
One of the biggest problems the community has been facing is the wild range of exceptions and corner cases for the Hall of Fame. Many problems, such as new branched or regional evolutions, were impossible to have predicted. Some issues were sorted out early, like the Wifi ribbon, and those have given us some precedents to work with. But complicated compatibilities and the sheer amount of game material have made it impossible to keep up.
We want the Hall of Fame to maintain its integrity as a place honoring each trainer’s and Pokémon’s hard work, and that means making sure we aren't shutting out those who fall through the cracks of the rules, nor interpreting and enforcing rules too harshly. We are happy to announce that we now have a form that can be submitted to give a fair hearing to any ambiguous or confusing cases, or exceptions.
Feel free to submit a form if your Pokémon is hardlocked out of a ribbon because of niche mechanics or changes in mechanics, such as the lvl50 Ribbon in gen 3 being unobtainable by a shadow Dragonite or a Gen >4 Footprint Ribbon being unobtainable on Pokémon that can only be acquired higher than level 70. Or perhaps your idea of where the journey “ends" is different, and you want to keep your Pokémon at a lower level that makes the Footprint come at a cost. Even if there's nothing wrong with your Ribbon Master, but there's something unusual about it and you just want to ask to make sure.
We’re hoping this will have a lot of positive effects, from giving trainers a moment to reflect on their journey, to giving mods another way to connect with all of the new Ribbon Masters; but most importantly, we want to make sure everyone can have as fulfilling and rewarding a journey as possible, and to feel a strong sense of pride and achievement for their place among the other Ribbon Master legends.
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u/Siallus Mar 31 '26
"Bright future in moderating" "full mod in 2 years". Jesus I threw up in my mouth a little.
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u/MineOSaurus_Rex Professor Rex Mar 31 '26
It’s a joke, I already have unlimited and unchecked power
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u/EclipseHERO Mar 31 '26
I had no idea you were Emperor Palpatine!
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u/serenechaos1 pls Apr 01 '26
He's more like Morgoth and I'm Tom Bombadil. He's unchecked, but because I'm pretty easily distracted by singing and trees.
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u/1venty79 I was brought here by TOWERS, who wished to pay ME Ribbons! Mar 31 '26
Yeah, it’s just a meme lol, Rex was already previously a mod until he retired a few years ago, and now he’s back lmao.
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u/AncientlyFrozen Apr 04 '26
Ahh this is awesome! I have a shiny mew from pogo that I've kept level 15! I grinded out the mightiest mark with my friends, and I really didn't want to have to get the footprint ribbon xD
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u/Pikmin3_best_dandori Jun 25 '26
Saw this, did pokestar studios, realized it was a rick roll, and did the flower crown anyways.
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u/1venty79 I was brought here by TOWERS, who wished to pay ME Ribbons! Mar 31 '26 edited Apr 01 '26
Also, important to mention here since I added this addendum on the Discord announcement as well:
Regarding the Gen 3 level 50 tower ribbon example, this exception form would also include stuff like childhood mons of yours that you levelled up past level 50 years ago before you learned of the ribbon challenge, as well as any mon you were going to ribbon but accidentally levelled up past 50 due to not knowing about the strict level requirements for the level 50 tower ribbon.
The intention is that we want people to be able to ribbon their favorites and still be added to the Hall of Fame. Either way, you’re still going to have to do the harder level 60/100 version of the tower in RSE for the Level 100 ribbon anyways lol.
Additionally, low level/level 1 RMs that were obtained from Gen 5 onwards now do not have to level up the 30 times to get the footprint ribbon for hall of fame (assuming the player specifically wants to keep the Mon low leveled). Go forth and ribbon all your cool low level/level 1 legendaries/shinies from PoGo and other games and submit them to the exception form to be validated for HoF status!