Subject: Every so often...
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Posted on: 2016-04-02 22:13:00 UTC
... in the skies over Britain, this bright light appears, and we all get this weird sensation like our skin isn't being soaked in light drizzle.
We never know what to make of it, it's really weird.
hS
Once again, it's that time of year! Grab your Poké Balls and get ready to face off against your friends in the Official PPC Pokémon Tournament of 2016!
The bracket has been randomly generated and can be found on page 8 of the document; lists of the battles are below it. Remember, after each battle, please post a link to the Showdown recording for 1) posterity and b) those who might not have been able to watch the match in real time.
It will be up to individual battlers to decide on an appropriate time for each match.Voyd, I will get to you about our match later. :)
Best of luck to all!
Regardless of the result, this was a great battle. Thanks, Mattman, and good luck with your bracket!
see the instant replay here
Guess I'm not going to get any more prepared than I already am.
I'm free all of today and probably between 8 am to noon EST tomorrow. Gimme the when and when, and let's do this!
...I can say with confidence that Calm Mind Clefable is ridiculous if played well. Especially with Soft-Boiled. It was probably my mistake to use Whirlwind, because had I taken my chances with Klefki, I don't think I'd have taken that double Flamethrower and gotten KO'd almost as soon as the match began. Sheesh.
I've gotta hand it to Pit, though... Thunder Wave and Roost are an amazing combo, and I'm surprised he took out four of the enemy 'mons before going down - and especially that he flattened Gardevoir with a single hit before she could even Mega-evolve! I'm starting to think that had Toxic not been brought into play, it's possible, though not quite likely, that he could've taken out the rest of the team by himself...
So now I come back and my next foe is Scapegrace.
I'm so doomed.
Are you going to be around in, say, half an hour to an hour? I'm just on the bus home.
This is what happens when I get distracted by Pathfinder.
AGAIN.I don't have a problem I can stop building gestalts whenever I want
Hello, he is Boomstick and I am Wiz. It's our job to analyze their armors, weapons and skills to determine who would win, a Death Battle.
...I see what you did there.
Boomstick always gets a pun on the loser this way.
We are still waiting on Mattman The Comet and SkarmorySilver to fight, as well as Data Junkie and Storme Hawk. Mattman has until the 12th to respond to Skarmory's challenge; Data Junkie has until the 15th or they will both be disqualified.
Speaking of Disqualified, Lunar Dusk technically wins the Pewter Trophy by virtue of not responding to the challenge issued by Fasoula. Since we have not heard from them, I think it's safe to assume they won't be showing up anytime soon and I've gone ahead and treated their absence as a double elimination because it would be a waste of everyone's time to drag it out unnecessarily. Due to the elimination, Huinesoron will be fighting foofooman3 next.
As for actual eliminations, after a rousing battle, I've become the first person to be knocked out of the tournament, courtesy of TheShyIon's haxxor Dragonite. :P I'm honestly not sure at this point who to declare is the winner(?) of the Pewter Trophy because of the disqualification.
SeaTurtle's Ground team is looking rather threatening, having taken down last year's Champion, foofooman3, with surprising ease! Will Hardric be able to knock him into the Loser's Bracket?
Thanks for tuning in, trainers!
Now with appropriate music.
To be honest, I never expected to get this far, let alone defeat foofooman right off the bat. I'm just glad I got into the quarterfinals.
I've seen all your tournaments and that one reality TV show you were in.
I just wanted to ask: how did you train your Gardevoir to scream so loudly?
Specifically tomorrow (4/9) at 1:30 PM EST. :D
If you get disqualified, you lose your shot at any trophy. Even (perhaps especially) the You Tried trophy.
I'll put together a certifitrophy on Monday.
hS
Lemme know a time and date of your choosing for a battle. Also now is good. =]
Seems that will be between you and me. Can you tell me when you're free for the battle?
...19:00 and 22:00 EST, Saturday and Sunday. I'm not quite sure in which time zone you are-- this might get tricky. I'll post on the Board if I have an earlier opening.
Et j'ai un très mauvais pressentiment à propos de cette bataille. Je pense que la chance n'est pas de mon côté cette fois ci. Je vais aller faire un tour dans le loser's bracket, j'en suis certain.
My time zone is France. You could define it as Board Time +6, meaning the slot you propose would mean between 1:00 AM and 4:00 AM for me. I hope you can be free sooner. If not, it will have to do.
Nous verrons bien qui passera par le loser's bracket.
...it is 9:25am EST as I write this. I'll be hanging out in Writing as soon as I'm done with business on my end. I'll be there until roughly 11:30am EST.
How does that sound to you?
Bof, je ne me fais pas d'illusions. Votre équipe est bien plus forte que la mienne.
See you soon.
Pas besoin de me vouvoyer. Et seul le résultat permettra de savoir.
...that my business was quickly done. I'm ready to get rekt, shrekt, and disrespekt at your leisure.
Bah, de toute façon je participe seulement pour le fun et non pour gagner. J'aurais vraiment voulu gagner le Pewter Trophy pour au moins avoir quelque chose de «tangible» en sortant de ce tournoi.
I'm free any time today and tomorrow, so just let me know when you're good and I'll be there.
2016's first loser against 2015's champion... yeah, this is going to be hilarious.
I guess the thing to do is look at your battle and pretend it tells me anything, right? I don't know how the schedule's going to work out, so I'll post something if I'm going to be around for a decent chunk of time.
hS
You know how she uses Dragons and I have that Gardevoir?
See how it went.
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Yeah, that's me out of the running. XD It was fun while it lasted!
I hope I'm never on the business end of ExtremeSpeed, either. Yikes.
Since it was asked, a "sweep" is when a single Pokemon is responsible for consecutively KOing a long chain of opposing Pokemon, often with one move and usually ending the match!
Prof. Fas out.
She's my 'hit the things that'll OHKO' dreg.
It was a good fight!
I mean you got how many crits again?
(Though even without, she seems to OHKO with Extreme Speed a lot -- or did while I was testing her, at least.)
You took out half my team before I got down Zelda.
It goes... about how I expected it to. =]
Especially Sapphire. Who is probably my scariest dreg, I realize that now.
I could have won that one, though, had I not been a complete and total idiot. My Mega Pinsir had Quick Attack, and I think it would have done enough for Dragon's Bullet Punch to kill. Iunno tho.
Hoopa-Unbound is being suspcted for banishment, with verdict due for 11th April. and last time I checked the debate, it seemed he would be banished. If it happens, would monotype be affected (and Voyd)?
If it does end up being banned, I'll just add it to the banned list for next year's touney.
My challenge to you was issued further down this thread. If you're around, are you ready for our battle?
It would be a shame to miss out on the chance to battle you, but if I understand correctly you have about a week from the initial challenge, 4/1 in our case, to respond, otherwise the tournament moves along without you!
I've left my email in the header (I hope) in case you would prefer to get back to me that way to schedule a day and time for our match. I hope to hear from you soon.
I'll count them as a double loss and adjust people's positions in the bracket accordingly.
Lunar Dusk is disqualified. Brackets are being adjusted accordingly.
I honestly thought Ix's Mega Gardevoir would sweep the floor with everybody, but I guess I was wrong. I'll keep this in mind for when I face off against Matt and his own Mega Gardevoir...
Anyways, congrats! Looking forward to seeing how the next match progresses.
[IRON HEAD INTENSIFIES]
...but Excadrill depends on Sandstorm support to be viable. Without Sand Rush, it can't outspeed much-- especially not some of its biggest counters.
It may be the tip of the spear, but Hippowdon is the rest of the spear and the man holding it. Hint hint.
When can we expect to see a match? Gotta keep this tournament moving, you know.
E-mail me ASAP, please. You have my address. We need to work out a date and time for BIRBS VS. PIXIES!!! 8D
It's not a good plan, but it's better than nothing.
I *think* 3 pm/1500 my time is 2000 yours?
I completely missed this! I am so sorry. Are you still about?
...right before my match against foofooman. If I can win, you can definitely triumph! also I feel like a target has been painted on my back and it feels pretty awful
It works fairly similar to my own. And in fact, now that eatpraylove and DCCCV are in the losers bracket it's the team I'm most scared of facing.
I think one of the things with MonoGround is that it's easy to use, but it can be quite hard to master, and you've certainly got the know-how to go all the way with yours.
I'm flattered. Honestly, I'm terrified of facing anyone right now. I guess it's time I tried to use Swampert. I haven't the foggiest how I'm going to face any of you, as my wins consist of me getting lucky, and backing someone into a corner. Iximaz, am I allowed to tweak movesets?
Or rather my MonoGround team has yet to beat one. And I've been using it since the end of 5th Gen
I put together a mono-Water team myself, just to see how one would work. Then I decided to go Bug instead.
I am beginning to regret this decision. =]
I'm beginning to regret using a normal team and I wish I had gone bug instead.
...you are allowed to, but once you have your first battle, all items and movesets are locked.
[EvilAI]UBEROverlord managed to outspeed my lead, and won. It's fine, though. I was just wondering.
There's still ShyIon and her Dragon team for you to beat... And my Ghost team, and I killed off more than my share of mono Insect on Showdown. (If I get to be the one facing you, SaeTurtle, I'll make sure that you're the one who will take a turn in the loser bracket.)
...and frankly speaking, experience trumps the brute-force team that I currently have.
I won't lie to you: I'm still in shock that I beat last year's Champion. I really didn't deserve that win and I doubt my beginner's luck will hold.
Not really been that into Monotype until the tournament started. However, I'm not going to stop thinking about how to deal with your main threats - at least my team is resistant to your STAB. That is at least something. =]
She's an insane troll thing. But you're talking as if ShyIon and me didn't stand a chance against her. And perhaps you could win against us.
Scapegrace did finish in second place last year-- I'm interested in seeing how my team fares against her. So of course I want to see her win :P
That being said, I'm looking forward(ish) to the next match, regardless of who will be my opponent. I have a bad feeling about it and I want to get rid of that sinking feeling.
Just how many steroids these Pokemon have taken?
...but Trident has been downing protein shakes like crazy and Sigbert sure loves his iron supplements.
SeaTurtle and I will begin out battle in a few minutes, hurry up if you want to catch it!
You should have aimed for a Special Attack move sooner.
Is remembered that Flying isn't actually super-effective against Ground-types. That is not how you use an Ambipom, your man there was in the field far, far too long. Trust me, I know of what I speak. =]
I didn't think it through at all. I should have sent my Porygon-Z out sooner to one shot your hippodawn, but the diggersby would have been a problem since I don't know if my slacking could have survived a hit from it, and my diggersby has the same speed. I'm definitely swapping my snorlax in for my ambipom from now on though. My team needs to be a bit tankier.
That thing would've torn my team a new one, yeah. But it was all over once I had Stealth Rock on the field: if Porygon-Z impales itself on the rocks and is faced with Diggersby, it is outsped and OHKO'd by Return.
The problem is maneuvering so that I can safely switch in Diggersby without allowing you a free shot at it or allowing you to cast Nasty Plot.
I your diggersby was always going to be the problem since I had nothing that could consistently outspeed it, and my team isn't very tanky. Also my team has one special attacker so your hippodawn demolished me because I was too stupid to send it in earlier. The thing with my porygon is it's super powerful, but fragile. I normally send it in with a substitute and x3 speed from my ninjask, but that was ruined by the monotype. That way it outspeeds everything and has a free nasty plot while my opponent kills the substitute.
Is there a period after which the person who is not responding gets disqualified? And if so how long is it?
I think a period of a week is sufficient. Things might come up IRL but the tournament has to keep moving along.
Happen now, or should they wait till the winner's bracket is done?
Then it'll keep the tournament nice and efficient.
What is your preferred time?
I can carve out some time on Saturday evening. How about 8 PM Eastern time? Does that work for you?
It's three in the morning here (I'm in GMT+2, which is seven hours after Eastern Time).
I don't have classes on Fridays, so how about we shoot for 11 am Eastern? Is that going to work with your schedule, whatever it is?
Assuming Friday is this Friday (April 8th)?
I await you in Writing. :)
I won so easily just because he was handicapping himself.
If I hadn't been forced to replace that with Curse to keep Eevee modern day-legal, it would have swung the battle.
Totally.
—doctorlit is swinging for the fences, at any rate!
I have checked over every part of the board, but I find no relevant mention of this person.
I've just never seen any introduction, it's just like xe materialized out of nowhere.
They look like a newbie to me.
... who pops in very occasionally. Specifically, two posts last month (I guess that's the signup), four in December, ten in November, and eight way back in September '14.
Not precisely a newbie, but not very active either. (They might've been IRC or Wiki, though, I don't know.)
hS
You know, you were actually the last person to ask me that question, too... The answer hasn't changed. ;) A couple more details.
hS
Did they change their handle or something? Because I can't find "lunar", "dusk" or "lunar dusk" in the 2015/2014 archives.
Here's a random example.
Any chance your computer is trying to search in Hebrew or somesuch? Only explanation I can think of.
hS
Mega Gardevoir continues to be OP, and I continue to be a noob. Congratulations to Mattman; Des, I'll see you when the loser bracket gets going.
So expect to see the update in about four hours or so. Congratulations to Mattman!
Why is [EvilAI]UberOverlord's team named after murderers and serial killers?
There's a story, here.
I was running a poison team so I figured why not name them after infamous poisoners. No real story.
Let's see how the movie adaptations go.
What time would be best for you? I'm semi-inclined to suggest Sunday, 7 pm EST, because I'm definitely going to be at the computer then, but the downside to that is that I'd be slightly slow. There's also sometime today? :)
If so, you're asking me to be around at, er... midnight. However, I will be around tonight from ca. 10:30 pm my time, which I think translates into 5:30 pm for you. If this is unfeasible, I'll try and be around tomorrow if poss. =]
Ca. is the abbreviation for circa, or "roughly". I live in Britain. It's like California, but less palm trees and more unending, soul-sapping drizzle. =]
*hits her spam folder with a burning stick* Sorry for botching scheduling. :(
Given that it's around 10:30 at night for you right now, I'm guessing today is out now as well?
*hits her spam folder with a burning stick* Sorry for botching scheduling. :(
Given that it's around 10:30 at night for you right now, I'm guessing today is out now as well?
I mean, so long as that's convenient. =]
I'll be out of the house until like 8:30 at night, because weekly appointments. (Thursdays are nearly as bad. Sigh.)
Any time after about 2000 hours my time. That'll be when I get back from work. =]
...Friday sometime?
Any time after 2000 hours my time. =]
How about 5 pm my time... 2200 yours, I think it would be?
Try Israeli weather. Specifically, the summer where you have one 35 degrees Celsius day after another. =/
... in the skies over Britain, this bright light appears, and we all get this weird sensation like our skin isn't being soaked in light drizzle.
We never know what to make of it, it's really weird.
hS
Try to combine hot days like the one in Israel, with tropical rains, where wearing a raincoat is impossible, because you're soaked with sweat rather than rain.
And I'm not even talking about cyclones.
I think we can conclude that good weather doesn't exist, like fairies, Bigfoot and untangled earphones.
I mean, snow exists, even in this (not actually wholly) desert that is called Israel.
And did you know that Australia is the flattest, least mountainous continent in the world?
Well, yesterday, since I read this post yesterday.
Well, figuratively speaking anyway. When's best for you?
Missed this starting, sorry. Wednesdays after 7 PM EST is probably best for me.
No problem. I'm on GMT (technically BST but hey) so EST is slightly annoying for me, but I should be free this Wednesday (AKA tomorrow) from around 11pm GMT, if that's OK with you. As I've said before I'm Ihavenoinsurance on Showdown, and you can find me in the Tournaments and/or Writing rooms.
So the 13th? I'll try and be on all night so just message me on Showdown when you're ready
When are you available for me to kick your butt? :P
I'm on EST and likely won't be available tomorrow until 10:00 p.m.; Sunday I'll be home by 7 or 8 and will be available the rest of the evening.
It will have to be Sunday night; sorry!
—doctorlit gets up at 3:30 A.M. for an eleven hour shift tomorrow, followed by shoe shopping
I'll be hanging out in Writing once I get home. I'll see you then!
Just on Baton Passing in our tournament can only one stat be passed or any? It just alters one move a mon. I will use the no issue version if I do not get an answer before my first match, and I will naturally lock in that moveset.
Then because we're doing Monotype I believe the Baton Pass clause will be in effect, so yeah only one stat will be allowed.
Issue is now resolved. Just went with the no issue version
We're hanging out in Writing so come join us if you want to watch. :)
It was... interesting.
Oh, Ix, one thing puzzles me. Why's your Gardevoir named Zelda when Fleur was an option? I mean, Gardevoir are based on vili, after all...
A Steel-type. Ix admitted that she'd forgotten that Bisharp was a Steel-type, or she would have switch out her Gardevoir.
I seriously wish she had remembered. I got my scrawny behind kicked to the curb.
I hope I'm never on the business end of your Gardevoir's Hyper Voice. Isn't that move supposed to be Normal-type?
However, Mega Gardevoir has the ability Pixilate, which increases the base power of Normal-type moves by a third and changes them to Fairy-type. Since Mega Gardevpir is a Fairy-type Pokémon, this helps it out quite a lot. =]
It's a fairy scream.
Much more deadly.
The responsibility for this falls on you, Ix.
I will not let this happen, I give you Assurance.
...
I can't stop! They're just Discharging!
Please, I might even need a Head Smash!
If this goes on for any longer, I'm might Withdraw from this board!
Help! It has a Vice Grip on me!
(Can I use some of these? Some of these are amazing.)
Praise the Morning Sun.
It's summer here already and I hate it.
But winter's Icy Winds don't exactly help my face, either. Sometimes I wish I had a Water Veil over my face to keep it moisturized no matter what the Forecast was.
Why don't we wrap up this confusion?
That's why she wiped the floor this easily with Voyd's Dark team. The mega evolution helped quite a little bit too.
I'm happy tat the Dark user is gone in te loser bracket, but on the oter hand, Zelda is pretty scaring (provided I survive my next match).
Congrats to Iximaz for winning this match, though.
Dear stars, that was impressive. Zelda is a banshee. O_O
In which they fight for a bit, and then Zelda just screams and everyone faints instantly.
Thanks for reminding me why Mega Gardevior is so terrifying.
*Shudders.*
What times are you free, [EvilAI]UBEROverlord?
Evenings mostly. Largely between 6:00 and 12:00 Eastern Time or between 3:00 and 9:00 Pacific. I also will log into Showdown in the writing room when I am available. So you can check there. I use the same name.
I have freinds with wacky sleep habits, so being specific helps.
9:00 PM Eastern Time? Or there abouts.
Should I change it? I made it up on the spot a few years back.
Sorry about my absence something came up
The Sunflower Cups!
The Pewter Trophy will go to the first trainer to be eliminated from the contest, not the first one to lose.
I'm still angling for it to be me, though. ^_~
hS
Four score and seventeen minutes ago, I had a dream. TThe one of being the first (with Huinesoron), to kick off this tornament with a bang!
Come to Poke Showdown to see me (or Huinesoron), getting slaughtered for your greaatest pleasure!
... to Hardric!
(What? Not too late for an April Fool's, I hope?)
Should be the replay.
Told ya so. ^_~ Well done, Hardric.
hS
hS, you've been moved down to the loser's bracket. There's still hope for you yet! :P
I have no idea how this thing works.
(Also, the slaughtering will be entirely against me. I lost to myself earlier, I'm so bad. ^_^)
hS
Looks like I'm up against either eatpraylove or Mattman, whomever wins. I'll probably start learning the ropes on Showdown after work today now that this thing is happening, and whomever's up against me next round can email me to set up a date and time.
SeaTurtle, I hope you can hold your ground against me. I'm away for the weekend, but I'm not doing much next week. Just let me know what times are good for you.
...oh dear me. Pewter trophy, here I come!
Feel free to trash my team any time after 18:00 EST any day next week.
Because I'm not. :D
My schedule this weekend looks clear for now. Let me know when you're able to play. I'm Fasoula on Showdown too.
Best of luck!
We need a when.
That Gliscor of yours is scary!
We do. When's good for you? I'm quite flexible time-wise at the moment.
Also, just as a note my name on showdown is Ihavenoinsurance,
My name there is the same as here. As to time, hm. I'd prefer tomorrow — Anything from, say, 1500 hours to midnight my time (GMT+2) sound good?
I'm on GMT, so that sounds good for me. Do you want to say somewhere around 3pm (GMT)?
All those who wish to come watch are welcome.
Huinesoron, could I have your mail, please? It will be easier to plan our match that way. Your Showdown pseudo would be useful too.
(P.S.: Are you interested with playing a match for 1st of April? Graphisms are... special for the moment.)
I have a couple of questions while I'm here:
a) Is there any need for me to make a Showdown account? It looks like it works with names just entered on the fly, but I'm not sure about that.
b) (At work right now so can't check, but) I recall the option to set up a team in about 50 different formats or... something. Which one should I use and does it even matter?
c) By 'graphisms are special' are you saying Showdown is using funky graphics for today? Because that would be kind of cool. (Also, see here for discussion of me+next week.)
d) I'm sure there was a d), but I don't know what it was. :-/
hS
a) I don't think you need an account.
b) You want to save your teams under "monotype", since this is the format the tourney's in.
c) The graphics today are horribad.
d) Have music?
... someone can post a picture of the graphics? I'm at work, so I can't check without getting tell't off, and I don't want to plan around getting it done tonight if they're genuinely hideous, rather than funny.
hS
a) I don't know if an account is needed, sorry. Although I think it's needed. (My account here is... Hardric.)
b) I created my teams in the Monotype format, so you should have to create yours here too. Indeed, you can only duel with a team from the same format.
c) They're indeed... Quite special. But if you want to profite from them, it's a today only opportunity.
I think d) was your surrender (or mine, don't know anymore.)