Welcome to the Question of the Day Archive!
As we continue getting questions daily there is a need to catalog them all in case any member wishes to go back and answer any previous questions they may have missed. Can you believe there are so many? Have you answered them all?
If you have suggestions, the Question of the Day Suggestions? topic is the place to put them. No guarantee they will be used though.
The Question of the Day is a way to facilitate community discussion to help members ponder the unanswered questions of the world that are somehow relating to the hobby. Questions are many times open ended and up to interpretation.
Day 1&2: If you could design your dream car but it had to be themed to a pokemon, what would it look like and does it have any interesting features?
Day 1&2: You get to be the pokemon creation god for a split second and can change ONE thing about a not traditionally popular pokemon, literally can be anything from looks to a stat in the game, what pokemon is it and what do you change?
Day 3: What is your ideal pack ripping experience?
Day 4: When is it too much?
Day 5: What would a 1/1 card need to have to make you collect it?
Day 6: Argh! Bill has made a terrible mistake and you’ve been involved! You get ONE unique Pokemon feature switched onto your body forever, what is it and what Pokemon is it from?
Day 7: You’ve found yourself on a plane with a drunk Sugimori. The bet is to draw one Pokemon completely from memory and if all the features are correct it will be made into a card. What pokemon are you most confident drawing by memory? (Also try it now)
Day 8: Which Pokemon would be most appropriate to narrate your life?
Day 9: What was the best glitch you found while playing the games?
Day 10: What Pokemon needs power creep to happen?
Day 11: Why hasn’t your favorite Pokemon gotten the attention they truly deserve?
Day 12: What Pokemon are being used for the official pokedollar designs?
Day 13: Which one Pokemon would you delete completely from all media and why?
Day 14: If you ran a Pokemon equivalent of Jurassic Park, what would your main attraction be?
Day 15: What is your favorite type of Pokeball?
Day 16: In the Pokemon world, what is the most appropriate way to train a Pokemon to recognize your name?
Day 17: How would you explain to a young 5-8yr old collector that their prized collection is full of fakes?
Day 18: Pewter has Rock, Medali has Normal, If you ran a Pokemon gym what would its theme and setting be?
Day 19: Which Pokemon would benefit most from bionics?
Day 20: What Pokemon would look good in a hat? What kind of hat is best?
Day 21: Following the success of Moonbreon, TPCI becomes interested in matching Pokemon with a celestial idea. What Pokemon matches what celestial concept?
Day 22: Can you separate your nostalgia from why you collect?
Day 23: QotD: You’ve heard of the Squirtle squad but what other Pokemon squads would there be in the Pokemon world?
Day 24: QotD: If Pokemon TCG cards all disappeared, what other type of Pokemon cards would you prefer to collect?
Day 25: QotD: Forget that it isnt polite, what is the proper way to gloat about your collection that reflects its amazingness?
Day 26: QotD: Which slab has the best label layout?
Day 27: QotD: When applying the ship of Theseus idea to Pokemon cards, how much of the card can be replaced before it is no longer seen as valuable?
Day 28: QotD: Have you ever thought a Pokemon should have been a different color?
Day 29: QotD: What are the red flags you look out for that vary per platform?
Day30: QotD: What happens to old pokemon?
Day 31: QotD: What Pokemon would be best to have an equal and opposite twin?
Day 32: QotD: Would you be part of team rocket?
Day 33: QotD: What move would you give to Pokemon to make sure its Mega version becomes even stronger and has better coverage versus weaknesses?
Day 34: QotD: Arceus descends from the heavens and grants you $100m USD, tax-free. What Pokemon-related endeavours or projects would you spend it on?
Day 35: QotD: What moments in your collecting experience made your heart skip a beat?
Day 36: QotD: What pokemon would be the best at operating a Hyundai 25L-7 forklift?
Day 37: QotD: If you could magically make a set get reprinted into oblivion, which set would you choose and why?
Day 38: QotD: A deep part of me still believes that there is a Mew under the truck. Do I have a problem?
Day 39: QotD: Youre a daring member of Team Rocket trying to get away with a poke-bank heist. You need a critical thinking mastermind, an intimidating persuader, a lock picker, and a get-away driver. Which Pokemon fit the role to succeed?
Day 40: QotD: We all know about the functionality of the Silph Scope but what would the Bike Shop Scope let you see?
Day 41: QotD: Which pokemon from gens 2-4 would have been flamed online if it came out during gen 5 as a bad design?
Day 42: QotD: You gain the abilities and attributes of the flavor text from a pokemon card, which is it?
Day 43: QotD: Pokemon company chooses you to make a new type, what type is it, and does it change any existing pokemon’s typing?
Day 44: QotD: Do you relate more with Galarian Corsola or Corsola?
Day 45: QotD: Which is the best love based pokemon?
Day 46: QotD: Time/Space error in your favor. Undo any mistake in your Pokemon collecting history. What do you choose?
feb 15 Day 47: QotD: With Pokemon lore already being rather twisted, what are your favorite uplifting Pokemon myths?
Day 48: QotD: What would be the weirdest part of actually having your favorite Pokemon as a pet?
Day 49: QotD: Where did all the collectors of cool looking phone cards go and why aren’t you sharing anymore?
Day 50: QotD: What would need to happen to stop the top legendary in your favorite generation from rampaging?
Day 51: QotD: How much strategy do you use to make your teams when playing through a Pokemon game?
Day 52: QotD: At what point does Pokemon go from kids game to adult hobby?
Day 53: QotD: When looking at your current attitude around Pokemon, do you interact with the hobby in the way you hope you would?
Day 54: Qotd: if you could give your favourite Pokemon one unique phyiscal trait that it would be the only one to have, what would it be?
Day 55: Qotd: In the Pokemon world, what tool would you refuse to buy because you have a pokemon that can do it instead?
Day 56: QotD: Which Pokemon has the laziest naming?
Day 57: Qotd: If you could place a PokemonGo pokestop anywhere in the world, where would you put it?
Day 58: QotD: What do your parents think about your Pokemon collection?
Day 59: QotD: What would your preferred job be in the pokemon world?
Day 60: QotD: You get to decide the next Gen’s theme but it can only be based on themes represented by 1980-2003 lego sets, what would it be? Elaborate if you can
Day 61: QotD: You find a portal to the Pokemon universe, any time and place, but it’s one way only and you have 10sec to decide. Do you take it?
Day 62: QotD: What annoying cave route would you put into the games as a required path?
Day 63: QotD: Who is your favorite Pokemon game protagonist?
Day 64: QotD: Which was better, Red or Blue?
Day 65: QotD: How does an auction having a buyer premium effect your bidding?
Day 66: QotD: What is an endless information rabbit hole that you’ve found while collecting?
Day 67: QotD: What is your preferred unofficial media to enjoy Pokemon?
Day 68: QotD: What season/movie of the anime was the best?
Day 69: QotD: Think of your favorite ice cream, what Pokemon does it remind you of?
Day 70: QotD: What Pokemon would you love to take a picture with while it’s sleeping?
Day 71: QotD: You can miniaturize one Pokemon to fit in your pocket, which do you choose?
Day 72: QotD: You get put in charge of the PSA Department of .5s and you have a quota. What condition would qualify any cards to have a .5 in their final grade?
Day 73: QotD: What style border looks best on a Pokemon card?
Day 74: QotD: Have you ever considered how to pronounce cards with M, ex, EX, GX, ex, e-series, in the name?
Day 75: QotD: Which Pokemon would make the best garnish for a dish served in a 3 Michelin star restaurant?
Day 76: Qotd: Assuming Pokemon were real, which Pokemon do you think you’d run into the most in your day to day life?
Day 77: QotD: How have others helped shape your collecting?
Day 78: QotD: Which Pokemon would you enjoy a balloon of?
Day 79: Qotd: Can you name another forum thats been as helpful as E4?
Day 80: QotD: If the Pokemon games had a darkmode color palette, would you use it while playing?
Day 81: QotD: You would go to more cardshows and purchase things if ___?
Day 82: QotD: Which Pokemon has the strongest appendages?
Day 83: QotD: Which Pokemon has the most impressive shiny?
Day 84: QotD: For Pokemon’s 33rd anniversary year, where should the Pokemon World Championships be held in your opinion?
Day 85: QotD: Which pokemon would be the best wartime companion?
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Day 88: QotD: What is the best trait of your favorite Pokemon dog breed?
Day 89: QotD: What “junk” do you have in your collection that should go to auction/consignment but is too much of a hassle to send?
Day 90: QotD: Players, what is the best book for a new player to understand the ins and outs of the game?
Day 91: QotD: Fan cast e4, who would play who?