Friday, December 29th (last update: 4:30am EST)

The year is rapidly winding down, as is the chance to get your Unown Promos.. Check out the Archive for December 1st for all the info. It's French! It Dances! ...It has a foul odor? Ooo la la! Ve half soom mahr francais poke-ee-mans for jou today... [Pure looks significantly at ech] What?! no fiened French accents either? Pepe Le Pew™ would be in heaven Pokemon League Season Two Take One.... Action! Thanks to my good friend Qasic at the Pokegym for this one. Of course he's a third party too... This information originally came from Gordon Kane... Now there's an name i never thought I'd see grace the pages of Zeo... Anyway, thanks to Gordon and Qasic, we have a Pic of the Zepher Badge as well as the new Gym Leader Shirt Design! Smoken! I got me a ZEPHER BADGE! Yeah... I'm a Gym Leader, what's it to ya? Hmmmmm... makes me wonder if i should go and ask Jerkass for my position back... P O K E MON! P O K E MON! I did it.... i don't know how... but I decyphered the entire GS Pokerap, and it's NOT a pretty sight! Their pronounciation is nasty to say the least... and the song itself is reminicant of Who let the Dogs outs. What the hell is Arnold and a Sump Pump doing in here?

Thursday, December 28th (last update: 5:00am EST)

[Ech rubs his hands together] oooh... we have a plethor of good stuff for you today... Let's see.. wehave a Fake card, and the MP3 and Lyrics for the full Pokemon Johto theme. Hack is back with more Analyst... oh yeah, we also have the debut of a brand new section by Purity! What are you still doing in the header... get going! Revisiting Old School once again Well... number 182 is Bellossom, so rather than doing that, we thought we'd revist Old School for a couple days so that you can actually USE Bellossom when we get to it. You ARE printing out these cards and playing with them, right? Aaaw... regardez la petite mauvaise herbe mignonne... Extra Extra! Moving on from French Oddishes, we have Japanese Mangas. Purity has gotten a subcription to Coro Coro Magazine and every month she is going to bring us the best of what Japan has to offer! How cool is THAT?!? This section is HUGE because of the number of High Quality scans Purity put into it, but beleive me, it's well worth it. Coro Coro Report Hmmmmm... that really just leaves the question... WHERE THE HELL ARE OUR POKE COTTON CANDY MACHINES??! Hack is Back on Track with More Analytical Attacks Ah! Here's what i wanted to see ever since Neo hit the streets... The Old Coot vs his Aspiring Student in a Fight to the Death! Do do do do do do! Pokemon Johto! Well... looks like the new Totally Pokémon CD is out and I've been able to snag a few of the songs from it, including the Extended Version of Pokemon Johto and the G/S Pokerap! Not only that, but i listened to Johto 37 times in a row to bring you the Lyrics! Now how's THAT for insane! It's a whole new World we live in...

Wednesday, December 27th (last update: 4:00am EST)

Well... the holidays are winding their ways down and i'm sure many of you (myself included) are pleased. Not much of a holiday person i guess... too damned commercial... "Once upon a midnight dreary..." We finish off the lovably little sheep with a very evil looking Ampharos... man, it looks ticked. Of course if i held my head in that position for a while I think i'd be kinda ticked too.... Something unsettling about these sheep... You know... i had a pet Venus Flytrap... Named it Venus De Milo... damn thing didn't eat. It just sat there and died. <sigh> Wasted $5.99 on that thing. It was fun to trigger it's trap tho. Hey! I was 8! What do you expect! Anyway, speaking of Flytraps, Hackman has everyone's favorite Pitcher Plant Family under interrogation in The Analyst. ....stay tuned for the rest of the year, because we have some very, VERY cool things in store before the year is up... just wait an see!

Tuesday, December 26th (last update: 3:00am EST)

Happy Boxing day everyone!!! [Everyone but a select few stare at ech] What?!?! [Purity whispers in his ear] ...oh yeah... well then.... [Ech puts on his Robe of Knowledge] Boxing day is a British tradition, and thus most Americans don't know about it. Well.. how about a little History Lesson...[He sits in front of a roaring fire and opens a book called 'Echs Book of stuff you'll probably never need to know, but he's going to tell you anyway. 5th Edition'] ...no, it doesn't involve donning padded gloves and duking it out with Aunt Martha who gave you fruitcake for three years in a row. Nor does it entail packing up all the decorations and getting things back to normal. And according to the stores, it DEFINATLY doesn't mean to take back all those unwanted socks for a cool video game... no, December 26th is a lot more... Boxing day originated centuries ago, and it is a statutory holiday (read: day off with pay) in Britian, Australia/New Zealand, and yes, Canada too. What it's original premise was is to pack up any extra food you have and give it to the less fortunate who did not have a Christmas feast. Kinda like Turkey Soup for the Soul in a way... It also really cuts down on the Turkey sandwiches that most people have to eat for weeks on end... and it makes you feel good about yourself too, or at least it should. <sigh> Unfortunatly Boxing Day has gone the way of all Major Holidays and has turned into nothing but a commercial grab fest. The 'Boxing Day Sales' you find are the Monarch equivilent of the US's 'After Thanksgiving Blowouts!' Yet another holiday killed by the corporate sector... Anyway, if you get a chance, maybe today on Boxing Day do something nice for someone less fortunate than yourself to try and make their holiday a bit brighter too. ...and no... Do NOT give them Aunt Martha's Fruitcake... they don't want it either. I said make their lives BRIGHTER... There you go... now you can go and amaze your friends with this cool albiet useless knowledge. ...who says there's nothing educational on the web? The Storm is Brewing... Well, we took a little break yesterday to enjoy some roast Farfetch'd... er i mean Turkey, but we're back in full flight today with good ole Flaaffy... Good thing lamb isn't popular during the winter holidays... Be thanksful we didn't post you during Easter Flaaffy... that's lamb season.... The skys are angry.... hack should have a new Analyst up later today.... why not take a look! See you tomorrow everyone, and have a Happy Boxing Day!

monday, december 25th..christmas day (last update: 1:00am EST)

we've come so far these past few months..... the grand opening.....new japanese neo backs.....the ests and the promo unown....meeting other webmasters....the derailment of the great marril hoax...neo genesis backs....zeo forums..... stay with us....we only get better from here on out....   ech and i would like to wish all our visitors a happy holiday season. may it bring out the best in all of us.

Sunday, December 24th (last update: 3:00am EST)

Zeo has a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb... 'twas the night before Christmas and all were alseep, tucked in their beds, except this Mareep... Must be nice to have a Wool Sweater... Oooh! Did you ask for Pokemon Chrome, Platinum, and Titanium? The resident fake screen guru, Duisuke is hard at work on making strategies for these new 'games' ...well... he's making up SOMETHING, of course it COULD be the games themselves! Gotta Catch them all... Again! Oooooh! New Promo! Well... i would say it's official. Togepi is Promo 30 to be given out at the League. I would say for a 'signing bonus' for season one. Coro Coro Togepi Think thats about all for now... We might have another update later today, but if not, have safe and happy holidays! -Team Hoax.

Saturday, December 23rd (last update: 2:30am EST)

Nothing up here today... sorry. Too tired to come up with witty comments It's like water... man! Hmmm... maybe it runs in the family, but Xatu doesn't look too clean either. Or well, he has a very cool attack that is probably on the verge of being broken... Damn! Why won't Wizards let us make cards! We could kill the Architype! Aaaah!!!! I got a Brainfreeze!!! Neo Genesis Card List Well, we've had it for a while, but i kept forgetting to do it! Anyway, check out the Genesis Card list! Not more !@#$ Basic energy!

Friday, December 22nd (last update: 2:30am EST)

Don't ask wher ei was last night... I was just gone.. don't want to talk about it. :/ Anyway we have a bit of stuff for you today including the BEST DAMN SCAN of Shining Gyarados on the web. Seriously... I would love for someone to try and find a better one... it just can't be had! Aaaw... it looks stoned! Isn't that cute! Hmmmm... looks like Professor Ivy trained this Natu, as it has the same vacent stare that she does... [Moral Quip for the day kids: Don't do drugs or you could end up like this dazed and confused littler critter here...] Lookit those beady lil eyes... Betcha you can't guess who the next Pokemon in the Zeo Edition is... NEWS FLASH: Shining Gyarados has taken Texas! Dunestar: Got the Red Gyarados in Neo 3... purity: seriously? Dunestar: Yeah...the entire card is Holo! purity: YOURE NOT SERIOUS purity: you got that card?!?!?!!? Dunestar: lemme scan it purity: holy smokes purity: i can't beleive you...that is so lucky Dunestar: Well I wasn't expecting it... purity: [shakes head in stunned disbelief] purity: you rule Dunestar: Ech's trying to trade for it now! Dunestar:...I'm keeping THIS baby home! ...Dunestar....got...the....SHINING GYARADOS?!?!?! O_O Aw man... talk about all the luck! He bought two packs, and got a Delibrid and a Shining Freakin' Gyarados! I get 7 packs and get an Ampharos. :/ Doesn't seem fair... I DARE you to find a better pic on the net... Anyway. as cool as that pic is, Dune and Ryle say that it is NOTHING compaired to the real card. The whole card is shiny and smooth... even the borders. Aw man... I NEED one!!! Pokegym fights back for Pokemon! I'd like to take this moment to personally thank Qasic for what he had to say about the state of Pokemon. It shouldn't come to a shock to anyone by now to learn that Hasbro suffered a huge loss last quarter and they are attributing largly to a decreased sale of Pokemon merchandise, namely cards. Anyway, Qasic posted a very nice message on the Pokegym last night. "...As you well may have known, WotC has had to cut ~100 jobs from its workorce. They've blamed this on declining sales of Pokemon TCG. In these lean times for Pokemon TCG, one must remember that only by work together way will we give Pokemon TCG the longevity it deserves. PokeGym is glad to be friends with the likes of Pokeschool, Zeo, PA, Edo and countless other quality Pokemon sites. By banding together as a community, will Pokemon TCG reach its full potential..." It's really nice to be noticed... I mean just over two months old and (IMHO) the top Pokemon TCG site recognizes us as being a site that really cares about the future of Pokemon and a big part of the Pokemon Community. Thanks Qasic! ...there was something else that pure asked me to update with, but i can't for the life of me remember what it was... <sigh> Well, if i remember, i'll post it later. Oooh... tomorrow's the start of a THREE DAY WEEKEND for me! Yaaaaay!!!

thursday, december 21st (last update:1:30am EST)

where is the echidna???? ech is MIA, so i'm filling in with at least the start of today's update, which right now is just the zeo edition card for the day. man, can you believe we've kept this up this long? it's really hard to fit in the time to do the picture each day, let alone come up with a good card. i guess we've had a few less-than-stellar ones (gee golly do we hear about those) but wotc gave us base set gastly, so... anyways, today for your card viewing pleasure, we present the evolved form of togepi....   which i will never see since my togepi refuses to evolve....   ah well, one of these days perhaps. anyways, that's all i really have right now....sorry....but like the last update says it's 2:30 am and i am dead exhausted. while you wait for more update tomorrow, go hang around our forums. we have over a hundred members now, so why not join the party? by the way, i have yet to be thanked for the japanese neo psd sheet.....your stunned and grateful admiration and devoted thanks may go here.... back with more later on today, after i get some sleeee......zzzzzzz.....>thud< Genesis Blanks in a Package Those of you who are too lazy to download every blank but STILL want them all can now download them in a convenient zip archive. [Ech's Note: ...i have NO idea who posted this. It wasn't me... it wasn't Pure... Must have been the Zeo Fairy or something... anyway, i movd them and added the .sit] All Genesis Blanks (zip) All Genesis Blanks (sit) ...Silently Updating in the Background... Well, i was brutally forced into the 'real' world last night by cable problems, thus there was no way i could get on and update, however in my absence i continued working on some of the Background Aspects of the site. Anyway, I have revamped the 'Accessories page' to now include all four Symbol Sheets, Holo Sheets, and yes.... FONTS! We have Humanist, Gothic, and Unown, just sitting there waiting for your Download! ...I'll try to get more up for later, for now i have to go to work...

Wednesday December 20 (last update: 4:00am EST)

We're busy working on a lot of the 'background' stuff currently, to bring you new and better sections. Watch for them soon! In other site news, we hit 75,000 late yesterday. Pretty damn sweet for being just over two months old! What about Bob? Wow.... Looks like that little Igglybuff name comment created some interest on Zeo Forums yesterday. People were suggesting new names left and right. Our favorite Samuri mole, MarsGuo even suggested some... 10. Scrigglypuff 9. Piggllysnuff 8. Sneasel 7. Figglynewton 6. Waluigi 5. Butrous Butrous Puff 4. Pupurin 3. Al Gore 2. Dark messenger of the marshmallow gods And the #1 much better potential name for Igglybuff issss... 1. Bob Hehehe. The topic is still going strong too. Why not go suggest your favorite name? Finally... a Symbol sheet we can USE! [Ech is sitting back reading his fan mail] "dear ech.. give us a psd japanese neo"..."dear ech, there STILL isn't a japanese neo psd file"..."echster, give us a PSD...or ELSE..."..."...e, we have p... give us the psd." Hmmmm... methinks people would like to see a PSD Version of the Japanese Symbols? Anyone want that? We also have an updated JPG of the Japanese Neo too! Japanese Neo PSD Japanese Neo JPG Don't those look great? Pure stayed up way later than she should have to do those... let's all thank her! Sure.. it LOOKS cute, but have you seen it try to kill Pikachu? [Shivers] ...this thing gives me the creeps... but not half as much as it's evolution does! Now Togetic is just scary! Beneith this hard shell lies the heart of a Demon....

Tuesday December 19th is MISSING!!!

Don't know what happened to it, but we had it.... really we did!

Monday December 18 (last update: 2:00am EST)

Oooooh.... looks like the Zeo Forums are taking off quite nicely. If you haven't checked them out yet, go do so, you can now find a button on the Sidebars to your left there. Speaking of sidebars, hack was hard at work, and totally redid the inner workings of the Zeobar, which i guess you can say has been upgraded to v2... if you're into all that website hype. Personally i don't care what 'version' a website is... just a bunch of hype to say "oooh, version 5 is coming out next week..." C'est la vie. To each thier own. Aaaaw... Lookit it try to attack me.... Continuing right along with the 'Fake-a-day' campaign, we have cute little adorable Cleffa today... Aaaaw... i wonder how many more cute well behaved baby pokemon we can conjour up. Another well behaved baby poke Stay tuned tomorrow when we bring you Igglybuff! ...yeesh... what a name! Hack provides Analysis on Neo Well, hack has gone Neo Crazy like the rest of us, and is Analyzing Ecogym today, probably boud to be one of the most overplayed Gyms from Neo. That and Sprout Temple. Go see what he has to say!

sunday december 17 (last update: 1:40am EST)

hey....remember me....i'm the short, red headed half of team hoax.... anyways i'm back...thanks, ech, for taking over the site while i was out of things. you know, that's the great thing about being part of a team....you've always got someone to back you up. and let's not forget hackman, mechachu, duisuke, sharkdog, vash, and dugtrio ...thanks to the rest of the site team, for helping ech out. we've got one of the best teams out there! enough editorializing!! on with the update!! i got some neo genesis!!! okay...i actually got up and did some stuff today. like going to good old gamekeeper for some neo genesis! i got five packs, and i got..... oooh what did purity get?!?! shiny.....   no promo marril tho...they didn't have 'em....c'est la vie. you know, that's not all i got...i went to target and i was wandering through the toy aisle when i saw....   oooh what did purity find?!?!   well anyways that's what i got today. hey, looks like people like our new blanks.... well, what do you think....we have a full set of neo genesis backs! we've gotten some great responses from people about the new backs and we're really happy that people like them and are using them. we're building up quite a nice assortment of backs...and we're bound to add to them in the future. now let's see about some real news.... well, wizards has updated their league page.....let's see what they have to say about the league for 2001! hmmm.....there will be badges, but i can't find pics or names yet. i'll keep looking, cause personally i'd like to know myself. anyways here are the dates for the new seasons...   pokemon league 2001! Season 1: starts January 6 Season 2: starts February 10 Season 3: starts March 17 Season 4: starts April 21 Season 5: starts May 26 Season 6: starts June 30 Season 7: starts August 4 Season 8: starts September 8   as soon as we can get reliable info on upcoming promos, or badges, or anything really interesting, you know we'll share it with you all....oooh know what? there's a pic of the back of my head on the wizards site!!! can you see it? well thanks to MasterMarril2k for the tip on the league new zeo edition card! i'm so proud....we haven't missed a day in so long....take a look as we go back to poké-preschool to bring you the first of the line of baby pokemon.....   aaaawww.....it's pichu!! we got more half-pint pokés coming up next week, so don't miss 'em! and wait....there's still more!!! man....have i come back in style or what? we had a big surprise for you yesterday, with the grand unveiling of the complete set of neo genesis blanks. well, today we are pleased to bring to you....   pokemon zeo forums! why not stop on by and join in our new community? ok...no more update for you....i'm tired and i'm going to bed..... ;) it's nice to be back....

Saturday, December 16th (last update: 4:00am EST)

Neo is here!!! ...at least in Limited quantities until January. If you find Neo, I suggest to snap it up since it'll be a hot commodity. Today there isn't too much happening at Zeo. We have our fake card... A banned image from neo, oh, and did I mention ALL THE GENESIS BLANKS?!!? Lanturn: Can't think of anything witty to say Hmm... isn't it odd that a fish would be electical? I mean don't you think it would shock itself? Makes you think... Anyway, todays Zeo card is... you guessed it. Lanturn! Lanturn Got Moo Moo Milk? First there was the infamous 'Nazi' Kogas Ninja Trick. Then of course everyone always questioned if Misty's Tears would make it.... and some of us were shocked when we saw Sabrina's Gaze and relaized, "yeah, it DID kinda look like she was flipping us the bird... if you're really that PATHETIC" Anyway, start digging through your Japanese Neo because Moo Moo Milk didn't quite make the cut unscathed. I guess they figured a Sentret drinking out of a Canvas bag wasn't appropriate... go figure. Moo Moo Milk: Evil or just Misunderstood? Oookay... I'll leave judgement up to you. Guess that's all for today.... [Purity grabs Ech and starts vigerously shaking him] [Pure] "Didn't you forget something?!?" [Ech] "Huh?" [Pure] "The Genesis.. you didn't keep me up until 4 AM two nights in a row for NOTHING!!!" [Ech] "...oh yeah... the Genesis!" More Genesis than you can shake a Sudowoodo at! (woah... deja vu...) Yup! That's right... Pure, Hack and I have spent the last two nights Blanking cards and we have managed to get EVERY SINGLE GENESIS BLANK! As per Zeo standard, every blank is of the upmost Quality. Not like some other Genesis blanks floating around, these are authentic, crisp and clear. Mmmmhmmm... the day it comes out, you can start to make all the cards that you wished were in Neo, and in the right 'Americanized' format! American Neo Blanks Remember folks, you got it on Zeo FIRST!

Friday, December 15th (last update: 4:00am EST)

Well... we have a little bit of stuff for you today, but we're gearing up for a HUGE update for tomorrow... Just you wait and see, it'll knock your socks off! Zubat, Golbat... Chinchou? "Did I miss something, or did Crobat go to Fake Card Hell?" -The S Um... heh... [scratches the back of his head] ...uh... hmmm.... oooh! I know!... [Ech gets out his Official Press release kit] See well Golbat was banned due to the fact that it... um... depicted blood and biting People and see there were all these lawsuits and such because kids were biting people because of our Golbat. Yeah.. that's it... biting people. Heh. [looks around nervously] So anyway, we um... had to removed Golbat from the product line, and thus it would go Zubat then Crobat... with no way of getting there. So because the stage one card was pulled, in turn we also had to cease production on Crobat, the stage two card. Pokemon Zeo sincerely apologizes for any inconvienence that this may have caused, and we are looking into a possible remidy for this as we speak. [looks up at what he's put] ...yeah... thats a convincing excuse since we totally forgot about Crobat... no one will be the wiser... Crobat: The Lost Card It's Neo time! It's Neo time! Well.. looks like old Echster was able to snag a pack of Neo Genesis before it officially goes on sale, and let's see what we have... Wow! I must say the cards look nicer in person than in pictures! Everything looks very nice and clean. That Marill scan does not do it juctice! Ech's Lone Pack 'o Genesis Yup! I pulled a Skarmory my first pack! Pretty sweet huh? Anyway, I guess this begs the question then about when we'll be seeing American Neo Blanks on Zeo. Well... it's hard to say right now. It takes time to do them, and time ain't what i have a lot of right now. Hopefully soon tho... maybe during the 3 days i get off at Christmas...

Thursday, December 14th (last update: 2:00am EST)

The dot is coming... Under the sea..... Under the sea... ...there's be no accusations... only tasty crustacains under the sea.... Well we change from the high skys to the low tides today with Chinchou, that Angler fish thingie. Don't ask WHY it's called a Chinchou. I don't know why... Pure doesn't know why. Satoshi Tariji doesn't know why.... well, maybe he doesn, but we don't. Cute little angler, angling along... More Pokégossip than you could shake a Sudowoodo at Ooooh.... my good friend Dunestar has a friend at the Big N who has this to say... Pokemon Stadium 2 The most anticipated sequel to Pokemon [next to G/S, of course] from Nintendo is Pokemon Stadium 2 [Tentatively titled; My Nintendo Rep indicated the name may be either pokemon Stadium G/S or Pokemon Stadium Neo depending on how the Big 'N' wants to handle it. Anyhoo, just like it's predecessor, PokeStadium 2 will let you use Gold and Silver [as well as the old cartridges] via transfer pack on the game, with some new additions, not only do you challenge trainers and fight the castle arena, but there are new mini-games that can earn you items that you can transfer onto the game itself. Remember how hard it was getting a King's Rock for Politoed's Evolution, or trying to find a Metal Coat for Steelix? Well here you cand either earn it by playing these games or buy it at Prof. Oak's Trading Post... But I may have said too much.. Pokemon Crystal GB and GBA Now most of y'all have already heard about the secondary G/S Pokemon game, Crystal that's out in Japan that allows you to trade Pokemon over phone lines or wireless, via cell phones. And yes, Nintendo IS working on a US version for GB and GBC, what you may not know is that the Big 'N' is also in the midst of designing a revamped Crystal version for the GBA where the graphics will resemble something similar to that of Pokemon Stadium and contain Pokemon you never could get in Gold or Silver [rumor is that the creator may conjure up about 50 more new Pokemon species when Crystal GBA gets developed but still everything hasn't been quite cast in stone yet, but when GBA emerges here in July 2001, I wouldn't be surprised if it did!]. And with GBA's Internet Capabilities you can transfer Pokemon over the CyberHighway... Speaking of innovative new titles, my rep accidentally let this tidbit slip... Pokemon Beyond [formerly known as Pokemon X] About a year back there was a rumor put out by Nintendo about a new game called Pokemon X [which originally the three GS Legendary Pokemon were gonna be, or at least ONE of them.] where you would uncover more species than just the now 251 Pokemon. Well with the advent of GS and Crystal emerging, the rumor got scotched, and Pokemon X sort of faded into obscurity...or did it? Recently as I was talking with our Nintendo Rep, she said with the upcoming GameCUBE coming out, the creators of Pokemon were mulling over an idea which would use both GameCube AND GBA tech, and where the game would go beyond the normal concept of Pokemon... So far nothing is revealed, but I theorize the creators may have caught onto our anthropomorphic Pokmen idea and might come up with a whole new RPG-format for the Pokemon world...I'll let y'all know as I hear more on this one... Well that's all for the PokeRumor Mill for this month... O_O ..50 mew Pokemon? Anthromorphic Pokes? The big N? I'm lost... but I trust Dune and usually what he says comes true. Guess we can only wait and see...

Wednesday, December 13th (last update: 2:00pm EST)

Hmmm... not too much so early in the morning. We're working on it though. Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na Gol-bat! O_o Don't give me that look... as soon as you see the first attack you'll see why. It's a homage to the old Adam West Batman series. BOOF! WHAM! SOCKO! I vant to dreenk jour blooood.... Anyway, this is probably a card that WotC would chanage the art for due <cough> American Censors. Hmm.... just think... this could be the first Banned Zeo card due to controversial images... Aren't you just dieing to see? Aaah! How could I forget?!?! Do you know what today is? It's the thirteenth of December. It's been two months since we opened up Zeo. ..yup! Only two months. So what's happened in two months that we're most proud of? Zeo made a HUGE showing that the STS, eclipsing all the major sites for live coverage, and getting Neo Genesis pics days before any other site. We were mentioned very admirably by the Pojosama, not only on the Pojo itself, but on the messageboards as well. To quote him, "They are both really cool people." Zeo has made the front page of the Pokégym, the premier site for Pokemon TCG, three times in the past month Purity and Echidna's Unowns STS Promo were extremly popular both during and after the STS. First fake card site to offer backgrounds, and still the only one to let you use them freely without fear of reprocussion Continued workings on the Zeo Edition, with 251 original hand drawn images. Continually creating new card type. Some totally radica like Ghost or Radioactive, others subtle like Championship or 'Zeo Neo' Wizards of the Coast Representatives have publicly stated that they like our work and what we do. ...and the biggest thing for us. Team Hoax spent two weeks together and had a lot of fun actually working close to one another. So then, wonder what's in store for Zeo in the future? Well... you'll just have to wait and see! Sharkdog is updating the news later today, probably just before he goes to bed, which is around mid afternoon for you guys. Yup... Sharkdog is in the Future.... Woooo... so THAT'S how he gets all the cool info! Check back later for more news.

Tuesday, December 12th (last update: 6:30pm EST)

Hey! Did you know that yesterday was the start of another cool BK/Pokemon givaway? Yup! This time it's cool little game bot themed toys that have Pokémon.. um... doing stuff. It's kinda hard to explain and waaaay cooler to see in person. I'd suggest heading down to Burger King to at least check them out! Take two steps backward to take one in front ...or was that two forward and one back? Never could remember that... maybe that's why i sucked at dance in Phys Ed. Anyway, we take a step back to 'Classic Pokés' for a couple days as we take a look at the Bat family of Pokemon. Zubat and Golbat are first up, followed by their batty GS kin, Crobat. Hmmm... i just have to say this... "We have more bats than you can bat a bat with!"   It's in my hair! MY HAIR!!!!   Thats all for right now... i'm cold and tired... It was -30 F here today... don't you think that's just a tad cold? ...and we won't even mention the Windchill.... I promise though i'll have SOMETHING for later... just you wait and see... Marill is out there... ooh... looks like stores are starting to get marills, and much to WotC dismay, they are also giving them out early! I know one store in town here already had them and is giving them out... now all i need is an excuse to go there and get some! Marill! Thanks to Mystery Thing for the awesome scan!

Monday, December 11th (last update: 12:00am EST)

Greetings once again loyal Zeo viewers. Don't quite have as much today as we did yesterday, but we still are updating... a feat which is uncommon in the Pokeworld. I've noticed a lot of Pokewebsites, even the top ones, don't update everyday... but we do! Thanks for making Zeo the Number [looks down at the stats thing] ...thanks for making Zeo what it is! we're continually striving to bring you better stuff. How the hell do you even say it's name? Ariados.... Air-eh-dose? Are-aye-dos? Ary-dose? ...well however you say it, the big freaken spider (it's 74 pounds!!! You try telling me a 74 pound spider is NOT a 'big freaken spider') Ariados. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out... I'm just shocked i was able to fit all the text for Web of Deceit in!   Oh what a tangled web we weave...   Clipbacks are back Somehow we seemed to have slacked on the Clipbacks... Well you can find a dozen or so new ones over in the Fake Card Section: Clipbacks... and all free for your useage. Aren't we nice? :) Stay tuned.... there will hopefully be more later today!

Sunday, December 10th

...this could very well be the BIGGEST update in Zeo History... Let's see.... we have the daily fake card. We have a SECOND fake card. We have a Nouveau Type Blank. We have Neo3 Translations and Scans. ..and we have.... NEO GENESIS BLANKS! ...and it's also aproaching 4AM and I'm very tired. I've almost been up for 24hours... Ladybug lovers of the world unite! Eeep. I didn't mean it guys.. really. I just don't like ladybugs! Geez.... you post one itsy bitsy little comment about how you think the Ledyba family is useless and you get people sending you essays about why Ledian rocks. How should I know! I don't even have a Gameboy! Pure can vouch for that... all the time when I was in NY... "Oooh look Ech.... this place has a Gameboy for $70 PLUS a GB Camera...." Anyway, here is Spinarak. I dare not make any comments on the validity of spiders for fear of a Ledian repeat. :P   Spinarak!   Oh yeah, and if you are interested in the arguments about Ledian, go to the Sugarshock Forums... New Blank Unvieled! Well let's see here.... we've kinda of been slacking on releasing new Nouveau blanks, but we are now part of a compition of Master Marril 2000 that enabled us to do so. By some cool twist of fate, Team Hoax is on one Team along with MarsGou, Ry the Pokefreak and CSL2, and Hackman and Sharkdog are on another joined by JoltX, Zapdos, and Asif. Anyway, the premise is like Big Brother, and this week, we had to all work together on a card. The result... we have a new Pokemon and a new type... Fyzion Pretty cool, huh? Anyway this Radioactive blank was just too cool to keep to ourselves... to guess what? You can use them too! Sweet, huh? Warning: Radioactivity ...BTW, we won... just barely tho. Genesis is here..... weather you like it or not! Just to continue on with the Compitition here... Team B did an outstanding job too.. with Hackster showing off a new Neo Genesis blank! Happy Blissey Hack, Hack, Hack.... these Happy Pokémon are holding you back! First it was 'Purity's Happy Gengar, then Happy Whining Gyarados, now this... These Happy Pokés are holding you back man. :) Anyway as you can see, Hack jumped on the Genesis bandwagon and made a Genesis blank from scratch, which we then turned into all four Genesis blanks. Neo Genesis Colorless Now of course since we haven't seen the Genesis Evolution Bars yet, we have no way of knowing if this is accurate so we're using Japanese Neo for it.. Guess we'll have to wait and see, huh? Neo3 Trans and Scans Everyone's favorite cybernetic Pikachu has been hard at work Translating Neo3 for us. We now have Fiarly good scans of all the Holos, as well as Translations for them. Way to go! Neo3 Translations ...and as a closing note... "You don't like my singing?!?! You die NOW!!!!"

Saturday, December 9th

More stuff in the Vending Section by Mechachu.... go check it out. We also have a couple new blanks for you later today, so make sure to stop by and check them out later! O_o ...you mean THAT'S a Pokemon So call me a ladybug hater, but i just don't see any use for Ledyba or Ledian... but Pokes are pokes, and must be included for everyone's sake... so then, here's Ledian, still on 'classic' Neo backings.   Ledian   Oooh.... now it gets fun! Next up is... Spinarak! 'Zeo' Neo Feedback Hmmmm..... most people that replied really loved the 'Zeo' Neo format, others though were less in love with it. qasic from the Pokégym even went as far as to say on the Gym that THIS is the format Wizards SHOULD have used. I'll post some comments about it later today or tomorrow, and hopefully a very interesting email as well.... I'm merely awaiting clearence to do so [Ech looks franticly at his inbox] ...come on... where ARE you.....

Friday, December 8th

Nothing witty to say here today... sorry. :P Bugs 'n Bats week on Discover Cha.... I mean Zeo Don't cha just HATE pathetic Pokémon? Well i do but unfortunatly we said that we'd do ALL 251 Pokémon, and that includes Pathetic ones like Ledyba here.   Ledyba   So then, this week we'll have... Ledyba, Ledian, Spinarak, Airados, then to get out of the Neo slightly we'll go back to Zubat, Golbat, and finish up Next Thursday with Crobat... at least right NOW we will... things may change... Team Hoax was TWELVE HOURS TOO LATE Okay, i'm sure by now you've all seen Wizards AMAZING new format for Neo... man, must have taken them HOURS to think up THAT one. No offence to WitC here, but really, do you have ANY imagination? For those of you that haven't seen it, here it is again... Marril, and the revolutionary (yeah right) Neo Format Well now, don't you just love it? Well you'd better since thats what we're stuck with now. Anyway, unbeknownst to all but four people, Team Hoax was waiting in the weeds since Dec. 1st in order to fake the American Neo format. We stayed up late and got it finished at about 4AM Dec 2nd, but kept it hidden. We were PLANNING on releasing it during the WotC chat, that way no one would question it there, and it would get a few days of action. Unfortunatly someone in Dallas got some Marill and the rest is history. Anyway, please check out Zeo's rendition of what Neo SHOULD have been. Everyone we've shown it to tell us theat it's INFINATLY better than WotC. Hmmm.. you here that MTM? Maybe you SHOULD hire us, eh? :D Marill, and what SHOULD have been the Neo Format <sniff> rest in peice dear friend...

thursday december 7th

<cough> i caught something from ech...talk about a computer virus...now we both have the same symptoms....fortunately two sick team hoax members = one perfectly healthy person, so we're carrying on with our update material!! :D amusingly enough we were up all night working on this..... ...if i were ech i'd make a bad pun about "night owls" but i'm purity, so i won't. eh heh heh...anyways, without further ado, here is....   noctowl   looking good don't you think? check back tomorrow for the next card, ledyba! that's the neo genesis layout?! pretty much everyone who was on last night saw this, but i'll put it here for those of you who haven't....off of ebay, font of wisdom and knowledge, we have..... marril promo?! all i can say is, i HOPE this is a well executed hoax....what a bad looking card!! wizards, say it ain't so....it's on ebay, which tends to make one think it's the real deal, but it just looks....wrong....and ech and i both know ebay isn't necessarily definitive. [looks at the card again] ugh...please don't let that be the american neo format.... oooh news is coming!! sharkdog has some cool info on the fourth movie that will be going up shortly, so don't forget to check that out!   all right, that's all i have for you at the moment....see you all 'bout later...   ACHOO!

Wednesday, December 6th

<cough> what is it about december and people getting sick? well.. it's my turn now, but that won't stop me from updating... SQWAAARK! No wait.... owl's hoot, don't they? Well... whatever they do, we have an owl right here for your viewing pleasure... It's hoothoot that wacky, lovable little owl... ok... i'll stop... Nyquil must be setting in... Hoothoot Tomorrow: Noctowl As I look into my Crystal Ball, i see Silver and Gold... [Looks over at pure who is watching him closely] ..no, i'm NOT making more predictions with your fishbowl... Actually News Guru Sharkdog has some really col info about Stadium GSC and Crystal... not to mention some info on the Anime. What are you waiting for... check it out! Analytical Analyst Analyses Answers! ok.... i promise not to do THAT again either... Anyway, if all goes according to plan, Hackman should be looking at some more cards today over in the Analyst... if all goes according to plan that is.

Tuesday, December 5th

Could it be.... is it possible? Is Ech ACTUALLY updating again?!?! Yeah.. it's me your favorite monotreme back again. I'd like to thank Purity for basically taking over the site while i've dealt with some personal issues... she's a really great girl... Thanks Pure! Where are the Squirrels and Hedgehogs?!? yup.... we are still on a roll... and we will be for quite some time! For the first time ever we actually have cards in reserve! So today you FINALLY get Typhlosion and then you get the owls and we'll continue from there! Dark Typhlosion Well... it's not a reverse holo, but thats only because i thought the attacks were too darn cool to cover! Tomorrow: Hoothoot Thats about all for now... check back later today, i'll try and have some new stuff up.

monday december 4th

still on a roll!!! well, we're keeping the zeo edition rolling right along...we took a break to showcase the contest winner yesterday, but today we're back on track with....   furret!!   get a purity and echidna's unowns!! all right, we got a lot of email about this, so here's how to get one of our sts promos. ready? this is basically the same info as yesterday, i'm just leaving it up so people see it. first off...if you were at the sts, and you got a slip of paper with our site url on it, hope you saved it...if you send that in, you can get the same promo we handed out at the event. please include a s.a.s.e, and mail the slip to: zeo promo p.o. box 423 hastings-on-hudson, ny 10706   if you weren't at the sts or threw out your paper (shame!) you will receive a promo with a different stamp...it will say "sts 2". judging from the amount of email we've recieved about these, demand looks rather high. they aren't free to make or to mail, so we're asking $1.00 for each card, to cover manufacturing and shipping costs. you don't need to send a s.a.s.e but be sure to include your mailing address! (more fine print) only one request per envelope, please... all requests must be postmarked by dec. 31st and allow 2 to 4 weeks for your card. here's the address again....send your mailing address and $1.00 to.... zeo promo p.o. box 423 hastings-on-hudson, ny 10706 email us if there are any questions! :D   that's all for now....i'm dead exhausted....let's see what else i can come up with for you after i've had a few hours' sleep...see you all 'bout later!

sunday december 3rd

zeo contest winners announced!! well it's about time....we got some good cards, but we've made our choice....the winner of pokemon zeo's first contest is..... celeking!! this was made by ryle. it's a funny one, and a great card. he's an awesome cardmaker!   thanks to all who entered....look for our next contest in a couple of months! more neo genesis.... ok, it's not much....but thanks to phoenix khadgar, we have a pic of the neo genesis display...   ooh...the neo genesis display!!   get a purity and echidna's unowns!! all right, we got a lot of email about this, so here's how to get one of our sts promos. ready? first off...if you were at the sts, and you got a slip of paper with our site url on it, hope you saved it...if you send that in, you can get the same promo we handed out at the event. please include a s.a.s.e, and mail the slip to: zeo promo p.o. box 423 hastings-on-hudson, ny 10706   if you weren't at the sts or threw out your paper (shame!) you will receive a promo with a different stamp...it will say "sts 2". judging from the amount of email we've recieved about these, demand looks rather high. they aren't free to make or to mail, so we're asking $1.00 for each of these, to cover manufacturing and shipping costs. you don't need to send a s.a.s.e but be sure to include your mailing address! (more fine print) only one request per envelope, please... all requests must be postmarked by dec. 31st and allow 2 to 4 weeks for your card. here's the address again.... zeo promo p.o. box 423 hastings-on-hudson, ny 10706 email us if there are any questions

saturday december 2nd

yaay! wizards updated!!! well geez...wizards finally updated their site....a bunch of us were hanging around all day waiting for the new info and a crack at a happy birthday pikachu. well, if you haven't gone and gotten your entry form yet, head on over. oh...and don't worry about the quiz. having nothing better to do, i took it again and gave wrong answers. they just say try again, until you get it right. so don't worry about blowing it. among other things, wizards announced that the next promo card will be marrill! oooh....and its one of the ones anyone can get, a la mew, so it probably won't end up being worth much but everyone will get one and be happy, so what's wrong with that....it's gonna be out on the release date of neo genesis (december 16th) of course, we're gonna try our hardest to get a scan of the new promo up as soon as possible! :D the release date for neo genesis is only a couple of weeks away...so start saving your money. this is only the first of the three sets being released in 2001, so let's hope our favorites are gonna make it in! the fakes just keep on coming.... continuing with a fake a day streak, (hope you all enjoyed that whining gyarados) we have a new jumbo promo card for you...this was made to commemorate all the sneaking and peeking and being asked to leave the area we did at the ests to bring you all those great pictures....pree-senting.....   team hoax's sneak peek! check out the new staff! that's right, head on over to the staff pages and meet the new guys....as time goes on we just keep expanding. our 2 month anniversary is coming up, so we're gearing up for a lot of new and exciting additions. well, that's about it for now....we may have a few more little tidbits for you later, so drop back in, why don't you? :D bye for now!

Friday December 1st

Gyarados, gyarados, gyarados! That's the word for the day around here... seems as though taking a look at that shining Gyarados from yesterday gave us all atrocious poke-fever! More Gyarados than you can shake a stick at Over in the Analyst, Hackster has taking up the daunting task of reviewing all 5 Gyarados cards... that's Gyarados, Dark Gyarados, Misty's Gyarados, Giovanni's Gyarados, and of course Shining Gyarados. Go take a look! When good Gyarados go bad... Man... and I thought BABY Pokemon were hard to control! What are you supposed to do when a 500 behemoth like Gyarados throws a temper tantrum? ...GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE! We've backtracked slightly today in the Zeo Edition today to bring you a card that is just too cool to pass up... Whining Gyarados Man... if the Gyarados gets like that, I'd hate to see the trainer! Non Gyarados Stuff... The Neo3 Section was updated last night with a bunch of better scans... Zeo is quickly becoming THE place to go for all your Neo Needs... Speaking of Neo, Wizards promised us some Neo News today... guess we'll keep an eye on that and update you later. Cheers!

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