What It Takes to Contribute

A popular game maker (which will be made obvious at a later time) has recently outlined a few requirements for a position - actually, a number of similar positions - that will be in connection to and deal with a Pokémon game. Those requirements are not shabby either; they demand extensive play of most if not all games with requisite excellence in them, and they even warrant extensive watching of the anime, practically nearly half of all episodes in existence. With all the kinds of Pokémon fans out there, there just may be a few who fulfill these strictly demanding requirements. At the same time, they do bring up the issue of considering what it takes to contribute to certain Pokémon efforts.

The above requirements are steep, but they are understandable as there are many things that go into the creation of the other games, and the game that is upcoming will certainly make use of many, many of the elements of Pokémon games and in particular the main series of those games. The knowledge and effort in dealing with all those elements and so much more becomes the key for the new game in development. The addition of the requirement for the anime is remarkable, because by experience, good players of the games don't necessarily watch the anime, and likewise, those who watch the anime aren't necessarily good in playing the games. Therefore, these requirements demand fans who are above and beyond.

Considering the relationship to Pokémon, the above requirements stipulate that a high level of input is required for contributing to the development of the game, which is going to be major. I can think of maybe only one or two of any of the other people I know through Pokémon connections who fulfill them, and even then I'm not convinced. The high demand of input would be in contrast to the creation of a more minor Pokémon thing, which would only demand a lower level of input and therefore contribution; for example, it could be either extensive game playing or anime watching, but not both. For this, potentially more people can make their Pokémon contributions, including even me.

As this blog can attest, I thoroughly enjoy Pokémon. However, with the way my life has been going in the past few years and overall, I'm very much far off from being able to take up the position that the popular game maker demands, and therefore I can't make contributions in this way. However, with all the Pokémon experience I possess, I can and believe that I should be able to make my Pokémon contributions in other ways, even through something that involves the written word as demonstrated through this blog. It's one of the reasons that this blog has persisted, now closing in on the completion of its fourth year. It will continue to persist even as I find my ways to make my Pokémon contributions.

The undertaking by that game maker for a Pokémon game is decidedly a major one with a high potential for success. It wouldn't be a surprise, therefore, that the game maker demands such intense requirements for people who wish to contribute to it in order that the game allows itself to become as successful as it can be. Some will certainly be suited for that task, while others like me will have to find another way in order to contribute to Pokémon. Whether it's this way or that way, each kind of contribution would still be valuable in their own right for fans, players, or practically just about anyone in connection to Pokémon, and that would be something that hardly needs consideration at all.

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