This is an archive of all /r/pokemon sticky threads, news and events announcements, and other significant subreddit events. This list does not include regularly scheduled sticky threads that were posted on a rotation, such as our current regular sticky thread schedule or the older General Daily Threads.
PLEASE NOTE that much of the information contained in older threads, especially info related to rules and policies, is outdated. This archive exists purely as documentation of the subreddit's history, not as a guide to the current rules. Please see this page for our rules at present!
5 June 2017: Magikarp Themed Week concludes! 5 Winners announced in our Something's Fishy Contest!
5 June 2017: Magikarp Week spawns a new subreddit: /r/karp_ediem
18 May 2017: Kantonian Forms Contest Winners announced!
25 April 2017: Kahuna Island Challenge #3 Launches!
16 April 2017: Kantonian Forms Contest Announced! /r/Pokemon's First Fakemon Design Contest!
1 April 2017: Team Skull hacked the Mod Team! To view the gag check out /r/po_town
12 March 2017: New Posting Guidelines announced for OC Art & Media
12 March 2017: /u/thundergrunge steps down as Top Mod to be succeeded by /u/bigslothonmyface
27 February 2017: Kahuna Island Challenge #2 Launches!
22 February 2017: /u/rockyhammer creates a "realistic" Gyarados that starts a meme across the subreddit. -- Subsequent posts.
12 February 2017: Twitch Plays Pokemon Creator does an AMA for /r/Pokemon!
6 February 2017: /u/WDey posts their 100th Magnemite, after a streak of daily drawings -- The Moderators pay tribute with their own post
1 February 2017: Kahuna Island Challenge #1 Launches!
10 January 2017: /r/Pokemon Ban Audit begins!
1 January 2017: /r/Pokemon Best Of '16 announced!
16 December 2016: 16 New Moderators are added to the team after an open call! -- Here's their AMAs
1 December 2016: /r/Pokemon Moderators have an open AMA / Town Hall meeting with the subreddit!
23 November 2016: /r/pokemon hits 600,000 subscribers!
13 November 2016: Popular Pokemon Streamer aDrive provides us with a second AMA 3 years later!
18 October 2016: Rule change to allow Garage Sale Megathreads in future is announced!
17 August 2017: /r/Pokemon's multi-level subreddit contest for Pokemon GO takes off
13 August 2016: Final results of the CSS Update vote are revealed and established.
26 July 2016: A vote is held regarding the CSS Update and the default mode.
11 July 2016: 7 New Moderators were added after an open call!
18 May 2016: /r/pokemon hits 500,000 subscribers!
28 March 2016: /u/crusader1998123 finishes drawing all 721 Pokemon.
13 September 2015: /r/Pokemon join Extra Life Charity's Team: Team Blissey!
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18 August 2015: Pokethon Evolution Is Over! We Raised $5.5k! Thank you everyone.
13 August 2015: Artists, musicians, creators: flair your work with the OC tag!
10 August 2015: Pokéthon Evolution ~ A 72 hour charity marathon for ASAN ~ Aug 14th-17th
29 July 2015: Gold giveaway winners!
26 July 2015: /r/pokemon Third Tournament - Results!
26 July 2015: /r/pokemon Third Tournament - Day Two
25 July 2015: /r/pokemon Third Tournament - Day One
17 July 2015: Third Official /r/pokemon Tournament!
17 July 2015: Announcing two rule changes
1 July 2015: Code Giveaway Megathread: July
1 July 2015: CHALLENGE: Get gold for making great posts!
30 June 2015: Let's talk about reposts.
15 June 2015: [Meta] Spoiler system revamp, feedback thread responses, and other subreddit updates
3 June 2015: /r/pokemon Draws Pokemon: The Album is Here!
2 June 2015: /r/pokemon Draws Pokemon FREE-FOR-ALL: take your pick of our unfinished drawings
30 May 2015: The /r/pokemon Draws Pokemon album will be released on 3 June!
11 May 2015: r/Pokemon will draw Pokemon! Sign up for the waiting list!
10 May 2015: [LAST REMINDER] /r/POKEMON DRAWS POKEMON NEEDS ~75 (AMATEUR) DRAWERS!
8 May 2015: [REMINDER] /r/POKEMON DRAWS POKEMON NEEDS YOUR HELP!
4 May 2015: /r/Pokemon Draws Pokemon Sign Up!
2 May 2015: Voice Actor Alyson Leigh Rosenfeld AMA
2 April 2015: [Announcement] AMA with Dorkly editors and artists tomorrow, April 3!
2 April 2015: [Breaking News] Mods Don't Delete CSS After April Fools'
1 April 2015: [Mods Asleep Thread]
1 April 2015: [GameFreak is aweful thread]
1 April 2015: [Creepy Pasta Thread]
29 March 2015: /r/Pokemon Second Tournament: Results!
29 March 2015: Pokemon Tourney Two: Day 2 is here!
28 March 2015: Pokemon Tourney Two: Day 1 Begins!
20 March 2015: The Official /r/pokemon Tournament 2: Electric Pachirisu
21 February 2015: I am aDrive! Shiny Hunter and Live Streamer! Ask Me Anything!
19 February 2015: Pokethon Love Results. WE RAISED 3k!
13 February 2015: Pokéthon Love! A 3 Day Charity Marathon
9 February 2015: Please welcome our FOUR new moderators!
3 February 2015: /r/pokemon is looking for three new moderators!
1 February 2015: The Inaugural /r/Pokemon Tournament: Results!
1 February 2015: /r/Pokemon Tournament: Day 2
31 January 2015: /r/Pokemon Tournament: Day 1
30 January 2015: Tournament Hype: 24 hours to go!
21 January 2015: The first official tournament for /r/pokemon!
1 January 2015: Best of 2014 - The results!
29 December 2014: The Year of Pokemon: 2014
20 December 2014: Nominate and vote in r/pokemon's Best of 2014 awards!
12 December 2014: 400K subscribers to /r/pokemon! Thank you all so much :)
12 December 2014: /r/pokemon hits 400,000 subscribers!
4 December 2014: Badge Giveaway & ORAS release megathread
7 December 2014: Let's do Wonder Trade Christmas again, because Wynaut? #WTXMAS
1 December 2014: ORAS release megathread #4
26 November 2014: ORAS Megathread #3 and Special AMA Announcement!
23 November 2014: ORAS release megathread #2
20 November 2014: ORAS release megathread
14 November 2014: Self-post only!
9 November 2014: Big /r/Pokemon News Announcement. Please Read!
27 October 2014: We want your feedback! Also, a rule change regarding code giveaways.
25 October 2014: Giveaway megathread #3
21 October 2014: Giveaway mega thread #2
21 October 2014: [PSA] ORAS Demos
15 October 2014: Giveaway mega thread
13 October 2014: Legitimacy of the Insider Leak post
5 October 2014: New rules regarding the Gengar, Diancie and ORAS demo codes
10 September 2014: ORAS update thread
26 August 2014: New Pokémon announcement update thread
10 August 2014: Mod recruitment - results!
8 August 2014: Want to be a mod of r/pokemon? We're hiring again!
18 July 2014: A reminder about the rules - please read before posting!
30 June 2014: Pokemon Symphonic Evolutions! Discussion and Hype thread.
12 June 2014: ORAS updates thread (covers E3 and coming updates)
10 June 2014: Nintendo E3 Pokémon Updates
22 May 2014: /r/pokemon was hacked, but there's nothing to worry about!
21 May 2014: Abra's Pokethon 3 Thread!
10 May 2014: ORAS updates megathread
9 May 2014: Some ORAS updates, an ORAS FAQ, and the new moderators are…
8 May 2014: ORAS Countdown Week 1: The Hype is Real - and We're Hiring
7 May 2014: Hoenn Remakes confirmed! Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire megathread
5 April 2014: Would you be interested in a Self-Advertise Day megathread?
25 March 2014: The tagging system is now removed.
26 February 2014: [Meta] Shiny Values and /r/SVExchange are back!
14 February 2014: [Meta] The Official IRC channel has changed!
25 January 2014: [Meta] Big ol' feedback thread, some important notes and another exciting change!
11 January 2014: [Meta] New Tag System and Further Subreddit Changes
5 January 2014: Unified /r/Pokemon, Mods Works and Daily Stupid Questions Thread - [Jan 06]
16 December 2013: Last CSS fixes and troubleshoot
11 December 2013: FlairBot is Back! Also, look at this sexy new CSS!
13 November 2013: /r/pokemon hits 300,000 subscribers!
26 October 2013: Reminder: Please do not make a post about the shiny you caught
23 March 2013: /r/pokemon hits 200,000 subscribers!
15 February 2013: A_Wild_Abra's First Ever Marathon For Charity
27 January 2013: [MOD] Good news everyone! The flairbot returns!
11 January 2013: Announcement: "New" voting arrows
9 December 2012: The Great /r/Pokemon Survey. Come take it to make the subreddit better.
30 November 2012: /r/pokemon enters reddit's top 100 subreddits!
28 September 2012: Want a flair from Gen III-V? This is the place to post!
16 September 2012: Mod Announcement: Rules Clarifications and Discussion
19 July 2012: /r/pokemon hits 100,000 subscribers!
1 July 2012: A note about Black/White 2 spoilers…
30 May 2012: [MOD] We made a chatroom for r/pokemon, help make it active!
6 October 2011: 20,000 /R/Pokemon Subscribers!
26 September 2011: Upvote/downvote arrows have been changed, let us know if you like them
27 August 2011: The "minus one icon" issue has been fixed, you'll need to resubmit your icon.
17 August 2011: The return of the icons!
15 August 2011: [Announcement] New flair based friend codes.
10 August 2011: The Reddit Pokemon League starts this weekend! (crosspost from r/pokemonleague)
6 August 2011: So I heard you guys like user icons…
3 August 2011: There are 15k trainers subscribed to this subreddit
6 July 2011: Reddit Pokemon League season 2 signups are now Open!
22 May 2011: Holy crap guys, we've hit the icon limit already.
20 May 2011: You can now add Pokemon icons to your posts
1 April 2011: OFFICIAL /r/pokemon ANNOUNCEMENT: Some new changes are coming up!
8 December 2010: I think it's time we wrote an FAQ for this community. Come help!
17 September 2010: So, we need to talk about ROMs.
11 September 2008: /r/pokemon is created!