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What’s your opinion on Professor Kukui? I’m not sure if you’d consider someone who gets research grants to play with his dog to be shameful or a genius.

Professor Kukui is absolutely a genius. Why can’t I get research grants to play with a dog?

In case you’ve forgotten, you got one to summon a mythical pokémon with strobe lights. —LH

And another one to “study the behaviors of extinct pokémon through the application of full-scale tactile immersion techniques.” —LH

Then the Pokémon Cutting-Edge Technology Research Center gave you one to “study the calming effects of slowpoke,” which is to say they literally gave you a grant to sleep on the job, and they’re a tech company. —LH

I am thoroughly convinced that if you walked up to anyone and asked for a grant, there is a very good chance that you’d get it. Not that I’m encouraging you to do what Kukui does, as he is also known for encouraging his dog to use him as a punching bag for reasons that I’ve once asked Burnet about but still didn’t fully understand. I mean, yes, Kukui’s methods may be questionable at best, but they actually do produce valuable results concerning the power of pokémon attacks. Sure, your research is valuable too; don’t get me wrong. But the point is, given Kukui’s methods, I don’t think you need the encouragement to use yourself as a test subject (again) as Kukui often does. —LH

Actually, the first one was paid for entirely with my own funds. —Bill

That’s what you object to? —LH

Hi Bill, I have an Excadril whose dream is to be a world champion Pokeathlete in the jumping events. What are some training regimens that will help him pierce the heavens?

Just tell your excadrill to believe in his trainer who believes in him. Go beyond the impossible and kick reason to the curb! Row, row, fight the power!

Bill. If you cram in one more outdated anime reference… —LH

Who the heck do you think I am?! —Bill

[BILL has been temporarily banned until [DATE], [TIME] for: We’ve talked about this, sir.]

Hey Bill, has the research community considered adding a sound type? There seems to be several techniques to justify the inclusion, and historically sound-based moves have caused different effects than the normal type they are generally classified as (see: St. Wulfric of Rovngalad).

Actually, yes, especially considering pokémon such as the whismur line, the jigglypuff line, and chatot, all of which are reliant on sound-based maneuvers or come with abilities that make them immune to sound-based techniques. We’ve certainly amended the registered type list with fewer on-hand examples, no less.

But the problem is that none of these pokémon display the physical attributes that would indicate any other type than the ones they already have. (Well, jigglypuff was recently discovered to be a fairy-type a well, but you get the idea.) In order to amend the type list, a proposed type must be present not only in techniques but also in pokémon examples—the latter of which tends to be more of a priority than the former. That is, without compelling evidence that a new type of pokémon exists, a researcher can’t amend the list at all, whereas nothing in the Symposium rules prevents us from registering a new type without examples of techniques.

In short, while sound-based moves such as Chatter and Uproar may hint at a new type, we can’t present evidence that a sound-type exists without first locating a pokémon that clearly is of the sound element.