Become A Master

It is the goal of many other Pokémon Trainers, to become a Pokémon master. A Pokémon master is simply an elite trainer who is considered a professional and regularly takes part in League competitions. But getting there takes time. First you must catch and train Pokémon, win gym badge, then enter and win League competitions.

Gyms

A Pokémon Gym is a place where Pokémon Trainers go to train their Pokémon. Just like real life gymnasiums, where one can go to work out and build physical strength, Pokémon Gyms are places where Trainers can go to sharpen their battling skills and where their Pokémon can go to gain experience. Often specializing in a particular elemental type, Gyms create an environment which allows Trainers to test both their skills and Pokémon against those of others. The most powerful Trainer in a given Gym is called the Gym Leader, whom the lower-ranking members of a Gym look up to greatly.

Gyms that are certified by the Pokémon League are vital to a Trainer’s Pokémon journey. Leagues are designed so that conventional Trainers must travel far and wide before entering a League Competition, as the only way to enter one is by gaining at least eight official Gym Badges, and there can only be one official Gym per city.

Known Gyms

There are eight known official Gyms in each region, but there could be more.

Kanto

Town/City	Leader	Type
Pewter	Forrest	Rock
Cerulean	Misty	Water
Vermilion	Lt. Surge	Electric
Celadon	Erika	Grass
Fuchsia	Koga	Poison
Saffron	Sabrina	Psychic
Cinnabar	Blaine	Fire
Viridian	Agatha	Ghost

Orange Archipelago

Island	Leader	Challenge
Mikan	Cissy	Target test
Navel	Danny	Climb Mountain
Trovita	Rudy	Target test
Kumquat	Luana	Double battle
Pummelo	Drake	Battle

Johto
 

Town/City	Leader	Type
Violet	Falkner	Flying
Azalea	Bugsy	Bug
Goldenrod	Whitney	Normal
Ecruteak	Morty	Ghost
Cianwood	Chuck	Fighting
Olivine	Jasmine	Steel
Mahogany	Pryce	Ice
Blackthorn	Clair	Dragon

Hoenn

Town/City	Leader	Type
Rustboro	Roxanne	Rock
Dewford	Brawly	Fighting
Mauville	Wattson	Electric
Lavaridge	Flannery	Fire
Petalburg	Norman	Normal
Fortree	Winona	Flying
Mossdeep	Liza and Tate	Psychic
Sootopolis	Wallace Juan	Water

Sinnoh

Town	Leader	Type
Oreburgh	Roark	Rock
Eterna	Gardenia	Grass
Veilstone	Maylene	Fighting
Pastoria	Crasher Wake	Water
Hearthome	Fantina	Ghost
Canalave	Byron	Steel
Snowpoint	Candice	Ice
Sunyshore	Volkner	Electric

Unova
 

Town/City	Leader	Type
Striaton	Cilan, Chili, Cress	Grass, Fire, Water
Nacrene	Lenora	Normal
Castelia	Burgh	Bug
Nimbasa	Elesa	Electric
Driftveil	Clay	Ground
Mistralton	Skyla	Flying
Icirrus	Brycen	Ice
Opelucid	Drayden	Dragon

  

Unknown Gyms

There are more Gyms out there then the official eight. In the anime, Gary Oak reveals that he has more than eight Badges so where did he get the other two? We may never know where they are, but we can make it up ourselves. A GM can create any number of extra or different Gyms. So have fun make some new and exciting Gyms.

Pokémon League

The Pokémon League is the official group that organizes competitions for registered Pokémon trainers. It serves as an umbrella that oversees the regional leagues in any of the worlds regions.

League Conference

A Pokémon League Conference is a championship tournament that is hosted annually in several regions. The general structure of each league conference is similar: Trainers must register for the region’s Pokémon League before they earn any of the region’s badges, something which they can do at seemingly any Pokémon Center or with a Pokémon professor, and then must win at least eight of the region’s badges in order to be able to register for the competition.

The tournament competition itself has an opening and closing ceremony, as well as a torch with the flame of Moltres or Ho-Oh that burns during the entire tournament. Each tournament competition is presided over by Charles Goodshow, the president of the Pokémon League.

The day after the ceremonial torch has been lit, in some of the regional leagues the qualifying rounds begin so as to weed out trainers who have gotten the required eight badges, but are not yet skilled enough to continue, and those who survive move on to the preliminary rounds. In other regional leagues, instead, the preliminary rounds will begin right away, and will continue for several days until the top sixteen trainers have been decided. At this point, there is a short break in the competition so that the trainers and their Pokémon may rest, followed by the start of the final rounds.

In the final rounds, most, if not all, battles are full battles, with each trainer competing with six Pokémon on each side. All battles are conducted in the main stadium, and trainers move up the tournament tree in single-elimination style. The winning trainer, upon defeat of his opponent, is awarded a trophy by Mr. Goodshow himself, and the following day the closing ceremonies begin.