Country Compositions for Factions Teams

Just recently, my Faction faced what could be considered to be an "oddball" Faction, as its members are composed of Trainers from all different countries. There is nothing to restrict this, which means that it is also more or less legal; at the same time, it might seem rather strenuous for other Factions and that Faction itself. As such, I've been prompted to think about ideal compositions of Trainers for Factions. It's not a strictly Pokémon Go thing, but it could serve very well as guidelines for other similar competitions involving Pokémon games (if they were to be conceived).

Obviously, teams composed of Trainers from a single country, like mine and many others, is well-to-do and representative, not to mention easiest for internal coordination. Yet sometimes a Faction may have "guest" Trainers from another country, especially ones outside the regional conference, and this can still be fine in limited circumstances. The Faction may have to have special protocols for communication in this case, but it ought to be much simpler in comparison to what that particular multinational Faction may have, whether or not the situation is messy, as another multinational Faction can attest.

That's not to say that multinational Factions can't still work out. Aside from the situation above to a limited extent, it may still be possible to have regionally allied Factions (for example, ASEAN, Australia-New Zealand, or East Asian Factions) and still have workable coordination among their members, especially if their timezones are not too different as in the examples above. As for extensive cross-conference collaborations, that may be less desirable, as is competing in a conference whose Trainers are not from there; the latter situation has applied to certain Factions that finally "saw the light" and changed their conference to suit.

Based on the arguments above, some general rules of thumb could be derived. Wholly national Factions or single-conference multinational Factions ought to be (and remain) permissible and work out in any case. Factions could have "guest" Trainers from another conference, but their number ought to be limited, say, to no more than three - just like the number of Alternates in general. Finally, likely for their own good, "globetrotting" multinational Factions may have to be avoided and/or restricted, even if communication does somehow work out. Again, this last bit is currently not technically disallowed, but if the situation is of any indication, it may be discouraging or has to be so.

Factions remains an engaging venue for Trainers of Pokémon Go to team up and challenge others, and the factor of countries is naturally involved, given how those Trainers are present in all different parts of the world. At the same time, some considerations may have to be made regarding this factor and how that works out for the teams in question, which may also shed light on how this could work for implementation on other team competitions involving Pokémon games... and how they would reflect its worldwide appeal.

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