Easter Fools~Down the Rabbot Hole We Go!

[Sianserais]

Emalthya

Sianserais

Wow, yeah, that sounds like no fun at all. I guess that's one way to test if you understood the subject matter, but kind of a mean one.
Reminds me of a history assignment I had once where the teacher broke us into groups of four, and each person in the group was responsible for part of the overall assignment, but he failed to properly explain that all the students who had part A, for example, were expected to work together and break the assignment down farther. Instead, we were all trying to do our portions on our own and people's parents complained that it was too difficult, so he decided to make it extra credit. Just my luck, because I'd actually finished my portion...

Lol that's horrible. I mean, all you can do is laugh because otherwise you'd explode.

With this, there is just so much volume of work, an overwhelming amount of it. Assessment 1 was pretty much, yeah, handles questions on all the coursework, you would have been able to know I understood it based on the first assessment alone. Then there was Assessment 2 which is tedious 'come up with this procedure' even though we have no original procedure to go off of. And Assessment 3 is just more of Assessment 2 except more group work. I don't think they checked the assessment to see if it was even doable for external students, but, of course, actually checking to make sure assignments make sense? Who on earth would think that was a great idea lol.

At least you got extra credit? We don't have extra credit here.

Pretty much, yeah. I mean, it's not like it wasn't doable, it was just a matter of it being so much work to do in just a few days. And of course history classes in general have a bad habit of leaving out all the actually useful and interesting things we could be learning about the world.
And yeah, that sounds even 'better' than my college Spanish course where we were expected to do so many hours a week in the lab and it was near impossible to get hold of the tapes because they were always in use and the lab's not open on weekends. Why make things fair?

[Inuyasha_roxs_08]

GriffinFire

Pokémon can definitely be released, and I think destroying the Pokéball would work. I've used that in a Pokémon RP before, at least. X3

But then....that brings be back to how are they bound? Is it a soul binding? What does keep them inside....I mean I know you have to weaken the stronger ones first...but what keeps them from running off...

[Emalthya]

Sianserais

Emalthya

Sianserais

Wow, yeah, that sounds like no fun at all. I guess that's one way to test if you understood the subject matter, but kind of a mean one.
Reminds me of a history assignment I had once where the teacher broke us into groups of four, and each person in the group was responsible for part of the overall assignment, but he failed to properly explain that all the students who had part A, for example, were expected to work together and break the assignment down farther. Instead, we were all trying to do our portions on our own and people's parents complained that it was too difficult, so he decided to make it extra credit. Just my luck, because I'd actually finished my portion...

Lol that's horrible. I mean, all you can do is laugh because otherwise you'd explode.

With this, there is just so much volume of work, an overwhelming amount of it. Assessment 1 was pretty much, yeah, handles questions on all the coursework, you would have been able to know I understood it based on the first assessment alone. Then there was Assessment 2 which is tedious 'come up with this procedure' even though we have no original procedure to go off of. And Assessment 3 is just more of Assessment 2 except more group work. I don't think they checked the assessment to see if it was even doable for external students, but, of course, actually checking to make sure assignments make sense? Who on earth would think that was a great idea lol.

At least you got extra credit? We don't have extra credit here.

Pretty much, yeah. I mean, it's not like it wasn't doable, it was just a matter of it being so much work to do in just a few days. And of course history classes in general have a bad habit of leaving out all the actually useful and interesting things we could be learning about the world.
And yeah, that sounds even 'better' than my college Spanish course where we were expected to do so many hours a week in the lab and it was near impossible to get hold of the tapes because they were always in use. Why make things fair?

*Shakes head* That must have been so frustrating. I had to have visual recordings (which they didn't name so I couldn't look it up on youtube or whatever) posted from the university library and it cost me $160 in late fees because of the postage and the time I needed them. They were trying to charge $600. For some old news articles, turned out to be. Why not just upload them so everyone can see? Even if you upload them onto the school intranet so you need a password.

Fair. That's a word which is in the description of my country, it's that important. And there is still such a deplorable lack of it.

However, there are fun things, like this event ^^ I love the D-Party events ^^ I don't usually participate in the Easter user run party because D-Party takes a lot of effort. A few years ago I made Diedrich a card which I designed and embroidered so I didn't have much puff left in me XD

[Inuyasha_roxs_08]

Emalthya

Sianserais

Emalthya

Sianserais

Wow, yeah, that sounds like no fun at all. I guess that's one way to test if you understood the subject matter, but kind of a mean one.
Reminds me of a history assignment I had once where the teacher broke us into groups of four, and each person in the group was responsible for part of the overall assignment, but he failed to properly explain that all the students who had part A, for example, were expected to work together and break the assignment down farther. Instead, we were all trying to do our portions on our own and people's parents complained that it was too difficult, so he decided to make it extra credit. Just my luck, because I'd actually finished my portion...

Lol that's horrible. I mean, all you can do is laugh because otherwise you'd explode.

With this, there is just so much volume of work, an overwhelming amount of it. Assessment 1 was pretty much, yeah, handles questions on all the coursework, you would have been able to know I understood it based on the first assessment alone. Then there was Assessment 2 which is tedious 'come up with this procedure' even though we have no original procedure to go off of. And Assessment 3 is just more of Assessment 2 except more group work. I don't think they checked the assessment to see if it was even doable for external students, but, of course, actually checking to make sure assignments make sense? Who on earth would think that was a great idea lol.

At least you got extra credit? We don't have extra credit here.

Pretty much, yeah. I mean, it's not like it wasn't doable, it was just a matter of it being so much work to do in just a few days. And of course history classes in general have a bad habit of leaving out all the actually useful and interesting things we could be learning about the world.
And yeah, that sounds even 'better' than my college Spanish course where we were expected to do so many hours a week in the lab and it was near impossible to get hold of the tapes because they were always in use. Why make things fair?

*Shakes head* That must have been so frustrating. I had to have visual recordings (which they didn't name so I couldn't look it up on youtube or whatever) posted from the university library and it cost me $160 in late fees because of the postage and the time I needed them. They were trying to charge $600. For some old news articles, turned out to be. Why not just upload them so everyone can see? Even if you upload them onto the school intranet so you need a password.

Fair. That's a word which is in the description of my country, it's that important. And there is still such a deplorable lack of it.

However, there are fun things, like this event ^^ I love the D-Party events ^^ I don't usually participate in the Easter user run party because D-Party takes a lot of effort. A few years ago I made Diedrich a card which I designed and embroidered so I didn't have much puff left in me XD

This event is double the fun since we have the added bonus of E-Corp joining us! Everyone seemed to have so much fun and I know we had a fun time collaborating with them!

[Sianserais]

Emalthya

Sianserais

Emalthya

Sianserais

Wow, yeah, that sounds like no fun at all. I guess that's one way to test if you understood the subject matter, but kind of a mean one.
Reminds me of a history assignment I had once where the teacher broke us into groups of four, and each person in the group was responsible for part of the overall assignment, but he failed to properly explain that all the students who had part A, for example, were expected to work together and break the assignment down farther. Instead, we were all trying to do our portions on our own and people's parents complained that it was too difficult, so he decided to make it extra credit. Just my luck, because I'd actually finished my portion...

Lol that's horrible. I mean, all you can do is laugh because otherwise you'd explode.

With this, there is just so much volume of work, an overwhelming amount of it. Assessment 1 was pretty much, yeah, handles questions on all the coursework, you would have been able to know I understood it based on the first assessment alone. Then there was Assessment 2 which is tedious 'come up with this procedure' even though we have no original procedure to go off of. And Assessment 3 is just more of Assessment 2 except more group work. I don't think they checked the assessment to see if it was even doable for external students, but, of course, actually checking to make sure assignments make sense? Who on earth would think that was a great idea lol.

At least you got extra credit? We don't have extra credit here.

Pretty much, yeah. I mean, it's not like it wasn't doable, it was just a matter of it being so much work to do in just a few days. And of course history classes in general have a bad habit of leaving out all the actually useful and interesting things we could be learning about the world.
And yeah, that sounds even 'better' than my college Spanish course where we were expected to do so many hours a week in the lab and it was near impossible to get hold of the tapes because they were always in use. Why make things fair?

*Shakes head* That must have been so frustrating. I had to have visual recordings (which they didn't name so I couldn't look it up on youtube or whatever) posted from the university library and it cost me $160 in late fees because of the postage and the time I needed them. They were trying to charge $600. For some old news articles, turned out to be. Why not just upload them so everyone can see? Even if you upload them onto the school intranet so you need a password.

Fair. That's a word which is in the description of my country, it's that important. And there is still such a deplorable lack of it.

However, there are fun things, like this event ^^ I love the D-Party events ^^ I don't usually participate in the Easter user run party because D-Party takes a lot of effort. A few years ago I made Diedrich a card which I designed and embroidered so I didn't have much puff left in me XD

Ugh, that's ridiculous! Especially with today's technology, there should be no excuse for them to ignore how unfair that is. My condolences.

Yeah, you have to take the good bits where you can find them. I'm glad you at least got to take a take a break and have some fun!

[GriffinFire]

Inuyasha_roxs_08

GriffinFire

Pokémon can definitely be released, and I think destroying the Pokéball would work. I've used that in a Pokémon RP before, at least. X3

But then....that brings be back to how are they bound? Is it a soul binding? What does keep them inside....I mean I know you have to weaken the stronger ones first...but what keeps them from running off...

I skimmed over the Bulbapedia article on Pokéballs a bit, but I can't seem to find an answer to this thing in particular. I did find out that Pokémon are converted from matter into energy when stored in a Pokéball and vice versa when sent out, and that a captured Pokémon is intrinsically "marked" so that it can't be captured again. And you're right about Pokémon not always obeying a trainer if their level is beyond the trainer's expertise, as with Ash's Charizard, but I didn't figure out what keeps them from just leaving if they wanted to, once sent out from the Pokéball.

[Emalthya]

Inuyasha_roxs_08

This event is double the fun since we have the added bonus of E-Corp joining us! Everyone seemed to have so much fun and I know we had a fun time collaborating with them!

I completely agree! I always wish I could participate in the Easter event, but I guess I never have the timing right ^^ I always look around. There was an avatar contest on the E-Corp event and it was 'make yourself a nurse/doctor staff member' and I was like *looks in inventory* *Pushes aside mountains of black lace* *Push aside pyramid of creature companions* *Push aside catalogue of outside nature backgrounds* *Squeegee away creek of blood items* Welp... I have nothing that suits that.

But it gives someone else a go ^^ I don't buy items for the contests, I just do what I have, which is apparent from my paw avatar entry. When I'm a paw, I dress like my dog ^^

[Inuyasha_roxs_08]

GriffinFire

Inuyasha_roxs_08

GriffinFire

Pokémon can definitely be released, and I think destroying the Pokéball would work. I've used that in a Pokémon RP before, at least. X3

But then....that brings be back to how are they bound? Is it a soul binding? What does keep them inside....I mean I know you have to weaken the stronger ones first...but what keeps them from running off...

I skimmed over the Bulbapedia article on Pokéballs a bit, but I can't seem to find an answer to this thing in particular. I did find out that Pokémon are converted from matter into energy when stored in a Pokéball and vice versa when sent out, and that a captured Pokémon is intrinsically "marked" so that it can't be captured again. And you're right about Pokémon not always obeying a trainer if their level is beyond the trainer's expertise, as with Ash's Charizard, but I didn't figure out what keeps them from just leaving if they wanted to, once sent out from the Pokéball.

Oh snap. So Roxs isn't fully crazy. So maybe the energy like...imprints on the pokeball. But if that pokeball was destroyed I wonder if the energy would be set free or the pokemon then dies not having something to contain their energy. I wonder if they are actually machines. One you capture one...their code is overwritten to belong to said ball...but cannot be overridden to belong to another.

But if nothing else....what does keep them from running off. Hm. I mean if they were going to I would think the trainer would just force them back into the ball....what if they killed their master....would this free them

This is what happens when Roxs stays up late...her mind wonders

[Emalthya]

Sianserais

Ugh, that's ridiculous! Especially with today's technology, there should be no excuse for them to ignore how unfair that is. My condolences.

Yeah, you have to take the good bits where you can find them. I'm glad you at least got to take a take a break and have some fun!

Thank you ^^ This was quite a while ago, but less than ten years and even with the tech we had 15 years ago, it should have been possible and expected to upload audio-visual resources digitally. I even had to post my assessments instead of uploading them to the university server. The reason why I don't attend an actual school is because I live very far away from school (And I study best at night in my pyjamas) and 'very far away' is also semi-rural. We have two horses in the next door neighbour's backyard (because our neighbours are elderly and the horses eat their yard so they don't have to mow it.) visiting and down the road someone has sheep. The closest post office is open half the time of a normal post office. That's ignoring the cost of postage for a stack of papers (because you have to include the cover sheets too).

Yes! I always enjoy writing for contests. There was one prompt a while back about Carl doing a party for Diedrich's mayorship? THAT WAS SO FUN. Just bizarre! Carl was so challenging, because you had to make him aggressive but not stupid, and he had a goal, but he had to achieve it aggressively, and it all had to work out in the end. (In the end of mine, Carl jumped through his shop's own window and crashed at Diedrich's place. But it all worked out. I hate sad endings. I read to escape my sadness, not have a horror movie type event where the thing you're running from is lounging lazily around a corner! Sadness: *leans casually against the brick wall with an awesome jacket on* Hey.)

[Inuyasha_roxs_08]

Emalthya

Inuyasha_roxs_08

This event is double the fun since we have the added bonus of E-Corp joining us! Everyone seemed to have so much fun and I know we had a fun time collaborating with them!

I completely agree! I always wish I could participate in the Easter event, but I guess I never have the timing right ^^ I always look around. There was an avatar contest on the E-Corp event and it was 'make yourself a nurse/doctor staff member' and I was like *looks in inventory* *Pushes aside mountains of black lace* *Push aside pyramid of creature companions* *Push aside catalogue of outside nature backgrounds* *Squeegee away creek of blood items* Welp... I have nothing that suits that.

But it gives someone else a go ^^ I don't buy items for the contests, I just do what I have, which is apparent from my paw avatar entry. When I'm a paw, I dress like my dog ^^

Haha well at least you had the time this year to come join us!

I never have items to do the avatar contests. Not unless it's wear toxic green and black with little diedrich's....because that is pretty much all I wear anymore. Lol. At least with these avatar contests they are more open so hopefully you can enter! There is still time. You could even try to enter the drawing ones.

[Emalthya]

Inuyasha_roxs_08

Emalthya

Inuyasha_roxs_08

This event is double the fun since we have the added bonus of E-Corp joining us! Everyone seemed to have so much fun and I know we had a fun time collaborating with them!

I completely agree! I always wish I could participate in the Easter event, but I guess I never have the timing right ^^ I always look around. There was an avatar contest on the E-Corp event and it was 'make yourself a nurse/doctor staff member' and I was like *looks in inventory* *Pushes aside mountains of black lace* *Push aside pyramid of creature companions* *Push aside catalogue of outside nature backgrounds* *Squeegee away creek of blood items* Welp... I have nothing that suits that.

But it gives someone else a go ^^ I don't buy items for the contests, I just do what I have, which is apparent from my paw avatar entry. When I'm a paw, I dress like my dog ^^

Haha well at least you had the time this year to come join us!

I never have items to do the avatar contests. Not unless it's wear toxic green and black with little diedrich's....because that is pretty much all I wear anymore. Lol. At least with these avatar contests they are more open so hopefully you can enter! There is still time. You could even try to enter the drawing ones.

I've entered the avatar contests ^^ I think? I can't draw. It was a huge surprise to me that I managed a Diedrich that looked like Diedrich. But then it was a surprise to me that the embroidered card was any good, I did it one night while watching Along Came a Spider for the first time to distract me- Cary Elwes as a bad guy? Well, yeah but I had only recently seen the Princess Bride for the first time AND WESLEY IS THE GOOD GUY, DANGIT!

Yeah the point of my card entries is that Em cannot draw- so I sewed (designing is easier than drawing) and I also made origami (samurai hats, the very simplest of the origami designs). I guess, as with everything, it's not about what you can't do, but how you can make it work. When I entered my embroidery and saw everyone else had drawn fantastic art I was like 0.o I think I... misunderstood... But they cleared it up this year, very excellent, and there's also an art contest, as you say, so arty people have two chances to SHOWER US WITH ART.

It's great you have a style that works with D-Day ^^ I do have some toxic items, mostly from D-parties in the past, but I also keep an eye out in case I need them for future D-parties!

[Sianserais]

Emalthya

Sianserais

Ugh, that's ridiculous! Especially with today's technology, there should be no excuse for them to ignore how unfair that is. My condolences.

Yeah, you have to take the good bits where you can find them. I'm glad you at least got to take a take a break and have some fun!

Thank you ^^ This was quite a while ago, but less than ten years and even with the tech we had 15 years ago, it should have been possible and expected to upload audio-visual resources digitally. I even had to post my assessments instead of uploading them to the university server. The reason why I don't attend an actual school is because I live very far away from school (And I study best at night in my pyjamas) and 'very far away' is also semi-rural. We have two horses in the next door neighbour's backyard (because our neighbours are elderly and the horses eat their yard so they don't have to mow it.) visiting and down the road someone has sheep. The closest post office is open half the time of a normal post office. That's ignoring the cost of postage for a stack of papers (because you have to include the cover sheets too).

Yes! I always enjoy writing for contests. There was one prompt a while back about Carl doing a party for Diedrich's mayorship? THAT WAS SO FUN. Just bizarre! Carl was so challenging, because you had to make him aggressive but not stupid, and he had a goal, but he had to achieve it aggressively, and it all had to work out in the end. (In the end of mine, Carl jumped through his shop's own window and crashed at Diedrich's place. But it all worked out. I hate sad endings. I read to escape my sadness, not have a horror movie type event where the thing you're running from is lounging lazily around a corner! Sadness: *leans casually against the brick wall with an awesome jacket on* Hey.)

Sometimes I wonder if it'd be worth going back to college (I quit due to an illness) online, but then I don't technically need a degree to be an author, and most of the courses are kind of pointless for that, so... lol I really should be doing more writing myself, though. If only this darned plot would let me fix it instead of creating new problems every time I try.

[Inuyasha_roxs_08]

Emalthya

I've entered the avatar contests ^^ I think? I can't draw. It was a huge surprise to me that I managed a Diedrich that looked like Diedrich. But then it was a surprise to me that the embroidered card was any good, I did it one night while watching Along Came a Spider for the first time to distract me- Cary Elwes as a bad guy? Well, yeah but I had only recently seen the Princess Bride for the first time AND WESLEY IS THE GOOD GUY, DANGIT!

Yeah the point of my card entries is that Em cannot draw- so I sewed (designing is easier than drawing) and I also made origami (samurai hats, the very simplest of the origami designs). I guess, as with everything, it's not about what you can't do, but how you can make it work. When I entered my embroidery and saw everyone else had drawn fantastic art I was like 0.o I think I... misunderstood... But they cleared it up this year, very excellent, and there's also an art contest, as you say, so arty people have two chances to SHOWER US WITH ART.

It's great you have a style that works with D-Day ^^ I do have some toxic items, mostly from D-parties in the past, but I also keep an eye out in case I need them for future D-parties!

Haha I can't draw but I tried to for the egg decorating one. And I was doing freebies but then moved last week and am still unpacking things so haven't been able to keep up on that. But sewing is cool too! I just learned how to cross stitch but want to learn embroidery too. :3

All the items! I am always watching for more toxic green items to come out just in general. Not sure why I like the color because in the real world I would never be able to actually wear it...lol.

[Emalthya]

Inuyasha_roxs_08

GriffinFire

Inuyasha_roxs_08

GriffinFire

Pokémon can definitely be released, and I think destroying the Pokéball would work. I've used that in a Pokémon RP before, at least. X3

But then....that brings be back to how are they bound? Is it a soul binding? What does keep them inside....I mean I know you have to weaken the stronger ones first...but what keeps them from running off...

I skimmed over the Bulbapedia article on Pokéballs a bit, but I can't seem to find an answer to this thing in particular. I did find out that Pokémon are converted from matter into energy when stored in a Pokéball and vice versa when sent out, and that a captured Pokémon is intrinsically "marked" so that it can't be captured again. And you're right about Pokémon not always obeying a trainer if their level is beyond the trainer's expertise, as with Ash's Charizard, but I didn't figure out what keeps them from just leaving if they wanted to, once sent out from the Pokéball.

Oh snap. So Roxs isn't fully crazy. So maybe the energy like...imprints on the pokeball. But if that pokeball was destroyed I wonder if the energy would be set free or the pokemon then dies not having something to contain their energy. I wonder if they are actually machines. One you capture one...their code is overwritten to belong to said ball...but cannot be overridden to belong to another.

But if nothing else....what does keep them from running off. Hm. I mean if they were going to I would think the trainer would just force them back into the ball....what if they killed their master....would this free them

This is what happens when Roxs stays up late...her mind wonders

Depends on if you're going by anime or game or even manga. There are a haunter and gastly in a shipwreck in the anime whose captain died in the same shipwreck many years before, hundreds, in fact, but they are still attached to their balls. Pokemon can get separated from their owners and the poke balls of their owners and then be retrieved back into the same pokeball.

However, going on Charmander, his original owner actually still had his pokeball and attempted to recall it before charmander set him on fire and then it jumped into Ash's pokeball. It is possible that charmander's original owner had released charmander and was intending to re-capture it, in which case it makes sense that Ash could catch it, but if his old owner truly had the same pokeball back, and wanted to recall charmander, there is some element of choice.

It is also shown that pokemon can refuse to be recalled (like chikorita) and wander/run away (like cyndiquil(sp?)). I am of the opinion that the pokemon can choose to not be owned by an owner anymore, but, as shown by the pokemon of evil teams, it would be difficult to break the bond. I also believe that there's something you can do with the pokemon that releases the pokemon, because when Ash lets out a pokemon to release it, it's slightly different in ... I dunno, tone. Maybe the energy stream is thicker.

Consider charmander again. now it is a charizard. Ash technically abandoned it, without doing anything to its pokeball, however charizard still comes to Ash when it is needed. I haven't seen Best wishes more than once and I can't remember if Ash uses Charizard's Pokeball again, but I know Ash does not use charizard's pokeball when charizard cruises up to help battle articuno in Hoenn (unless I'm mistaken, but he doesn't use it casually). So I think the point of the ball being a tool for transportation rather than a leash.

This of course does not mention older pokeballs, like Sam had in Pokemon 4ever, or apricorn balls, or the ancient proto pokeballs which the giant gengar, alakazam, and jigglypuff were contained in for thousands of years.

[Inuyasha_roxs_08]

Emalthya

Inuyasha_roxs_08

GriffinFire

Inuyasha_roxs_08

GriffinFire

Pokémon can definitely be released, and I think destroying the Pokéball would work. I've used that in a Pokémon RP before, at least. X3

But then....that brings be back to how are they bound? Is it a soul binding? What does keep them inside....I mean I know you have to weaken the stronger ones first...but what keeps them from running off...

I skimmed over the Bulbapedia article on Pokéballs a bit, but I can't seem to find an answer to this thing in particular. I did find out that Pokémon are converted from matter into energy when stored in a Pokéball and vice versa when sent out, and that a captured Pokémon is intrinsically "marked" so that it can't be captured again. And you're right about Pokémon not always obeying a trainer if their level is beyond the trainer's expertise, as with Ash's Charizard, but I didn't figure out what keeps them from just leaving if they wanted to, once sent out from the Pokéball.

Oh snap. So Roxs isn't fully crazy. So maybe the energy like...imprints on the pokeball. But if that pokeball was destroyed I wonder if the energy would be set free or the pokemon then dies not having something to contain their energy. I wonder if they are actually machines. One you capture one...their code is overwritten to belong to said ball...but cannot be overridden to belong to another.

But if nothing else....what does keep them from running off. Hm. I mean if they were going to I would think the trainer would just force them back into the ball....what if they killed their master....would this free them

This is what happens when Roxs stays up late...her mind wonders

Depends on if you're going by anime or game or even manga. There are a haunter and gastly in a shipwreck in the anime whose captain died in the same shipwreck many years before, hundreds, in fact, but they are still attached to their balls. Pokemon can get separated from their owners and the poke balls of their owners and then be retrieved back into the same pokeball.

However, going on Charmander, his original owner actually still had his pokeball and attempted to recall it before charmander set him on fire and then it jumped into Ash's pokeball. It is possible that charmander's original owner had released charmander and was intending to re-capture it, in which case it makes sense that Ash could catch it, but if his old owner truly had the same pokeball back, and wanted to recall charmander, there is some element of choice.

It is also shown that pokemon can refuse to be recalled (like chikorita) and wander/run away (like cyndiquil(sp?)). I am of the opinion that the pokemon can choose to not be owned by an owner anymore, but, as shown by the pokemon of evil teams, it would be difficult to break the bond. I also believe that there's something you can do with the pokemon that releases the pokemon, because when Ash lets out a pokemon to release it, it's slightly different in ... I dunno, tone. Maybe the energy stream is thicker.

Consider charmander again. now it is a charizard. Ash technically abandoned it, without doing anything to its pokeball, however charizard still comes to Ash when it is needed. I haven't seen Best wishes more than once and I can't remember if Ash uses Charizard's Pokeball again, but I know Ash does not use charizard's pokeball when charizard cruises up to help battle articuno in Hoenn (unless I'm mistaken, but he doesn't use it casually). So I think the point of the ball being a tool for transportation rather than a leash.

This of course does not mention older pokeballs, like Sam had in Pokemon 4ever, or apricorn balls, or the ancient proto pokeballs which the giant gengar, alakazam, and jigglypuff were contained in for thousands of years.

So....it sounds like what you are saying is that basically it differs on situation, pokemon, and/or trainer. So...anything goes. LOL

That or they don't understand their own lore and / or never thought we would sit here and really think about it