im good with things, all i need before we start battling for elite four spots (although i kind of don't want to be in the elite four because i like the idea of having my own gym) is to train a girafarig. then there will still be enough time to change ev distribution in some of my pokemon (i really need to do this for my metagross since i used it through the storyline in my black 2 and who knows what useless ev's its gotten).
Ah, you're a specific EV trainer. Takes more dedication than I have, at best I might run over to a cave fulla Rock-types if someone's defense sucks and call it a day once they get a couple boosts.
As for being good to go (mostly anyway), make sure you check with Ryu about shared usage of Gallade. Our rule on that was that any two members wanting to use the same Pokemon have to agree to share or work out who does and doesn't get to on their own
Like, I want my team to be unique with no dupes on anyone else's roster, so say a Ground-type Master joined wanting to use Krookodile? They'd have to go through me first. OTOH, our old Steel-type user was perfectly alright sharing Skarmory with Drake the Flying Master.
How many more people are needed? like four? I don't know but i can say im pretty stoked about this.
I do believe we have eight people at present, so four more would make a complete Pokemon League plus we'd eventually need a champion. And if you don't wanna be Elite, I'm sure nobody would mind if you just conceded any chance of winning such a position and keeping your rank at Leader. We have provisions in the League Rules for people who get tired of their rank and want to advance, just in case you got tired of it later.
As for the Gym stuff, I'll look into the proper backgrounds and such. If you find something on your own you think is just perfect, drop me a VM or post it in the Gym Shenanigans thread