Anyone just wanna play? - Page 2

***Stlbk*** · 06-15-2010, 05:55 PM

Yeah I think I wanted the set up, but at the same time I was cautious.

Like when I didn't think my Poke would KO your beefy guy after twice being hit, you thought I was crazy for not knowing it would KO it.

All matches could've gone either way, just some luck and some good prediction were the only differences lol.

**Loki** · 06-15-2010, 06:06 PM

You were overcautious. When you can take the win, take it instead of stalling. It's similar to a battle I had with Talon on RSBot. He had a Weezing and I had a Salamence (my last Pokemon). Instead of using Explosion FTW, he went cautious with Haze. Then Salamence swept his team.

There is a time for defense and a time for offense.

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 09:04 AM

Looking for a 2v2 partner for the Battle Tower. Morgoth and I made it all the way to the 21st trainer's final Pokemon (literally) and then the Nintendo WiFi Connection cut out on us, depriving us of our highly-anticipated and earned grand prize.

If anyone would care to play with me, here are the rules:

Spoiler: show

Duration: one round, two rounds, or three rounds of seven (7). You must make it clear in advance. No take-backs, please. I'd rather you promise one and then say, "Let's do another!" than promise three and say "I'm pooped" after just one.

Strategy: you tell me. I have a powerful earthquaker if you want to provide a flyer or levitator. I have a pretty OK flyer with wide special coverage if you would rather be the one providing the earthquakes. I do not have a ghost or an exploder, and have been cautioned against employing this strategy against the A.I. since it tends to have "item hax" (e.g. "both guys conveniently had a focus sash on!") which makes this approach perilous. Morgoth and I used my EQer and his tank-flyer yesterday to great avail. Our backups were another of his dudes (with high SpAtt) and my old friend Kaisei ("seastar") the Starmie with his wonderful type coverage, high speed, and high SpAtt.

Casualties of War:
For these sorts of runs, my guys tend to be of the pure sweeper variety, i.e. Att/SpAtt and Speed investment. They therefore do not take lightly to collateral damage from an ally's attack that targets all creatures on the field. However, if the situation warrants its use, I am okay with having my guys injured or even KO'd. What matters is that we win. What also matters is that you do not recklessly or selfishly use such moves, thereby endangering our chances to win. (Morg's tank had amazing defenses, allowing Starmie to Surf while inflicting maybe ~20% HP loss tops in my ally.)

Vice versa, my guys have (and rely on) such attacks from time to time. Earthquake, duh, naturally hits anybody who isn't its user or who isn't flying or levitating at the time. And believe me, a STAB Earthquake from somebody with 252 EVs in Attack and a base attack of 130 are going to hurt anybody who isn't flying or levitating!! Anyone wanting to play with me will either need to be able to avoid this powerful move or else be okay with its use, understanding that sometimes it's needed to serve the greater good even if it KOs an ally's Pokemon in the process.

Here's the explanation of the prize payout ...

Spoiler: show

Emp · 06-22-2010, 10:57 AM

I don't think our Battle tower teams would have that good a synergy (Although your Starmie has given me incentive to train a Water-Absorb Toxicroak), but I am interested in a 6vs6 against you, Talon.

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 11:04 AM

Sure, why not. I may not get a chance to play the infamous "beat SteelBeak 6-0" team otherwise. But it's 12pm local and I was *just* about to step foot outside the apartment and go get lunch.

How does 1pm EDT (fifty-seven minutes from now) work for you? In your reply, please provide your friend code. I'll add it to the Friend Code thread. Mine is the one you see there for HeartGold, "Shoja."

***Stlbk*** · 06-22-2010, 11:21 AM

My team isn't perfect, not anywhere close, as I almost lost to Loki's Team B last night lol.

Emp's team I feel is more complete and compliment each other very well. I need to put in more effort to get mine there for sure.

We can do some runs later tonight Talon, seeing as I'll probably need some TM's soon lol.

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 11:54 AM

I don't believe you, Steelie. I beat Loki's B team 6-0, as I mentioned last night, yet his A-team clobbered me. I'll have to upload the video and show you. I don't intend to hold onto it once it's uploaded since (imo) it wasn't a very spectacular fight. I mean, I had fun!

But it wasn't epic like the fight I had with Morgoth. ("Supwise!" >_>)

Anyway, no reply from empoleon dynamite yet. I am back at my apartment now (lunch was good), and I'm ready to go whenever.

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 12:32 PM

Well, it's 1:32pm, and with no reply even to my ORIGINAL confirmation of his suggestion, I'm guessing emp is afk for a long time coming.

So ... does anybody want to do something? >_> Otherwise I'll watch Argentina and Greece.

***Stlbk*** · 06-22-2010, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Talon87

I don't believe you, Steelie. I beat Loki's B team 6-0, as I mentioned last night, yet his A-team clobbered me. I'll have to upload the video and show you. I don't intend to hold onto it once it's uploaded since (imo) it wasn't a very spectacular fight. I mean, I had fun!

But it wasn't epic like the fight I had with Morgoth. ("Supwise!" >_>)

Anyway, no reply from empoleon dynamite yet. I am back at my apartment now (lunch was good), and I'm ready to go whenever.

It came down to the very last Pokemon and the very last hit from either Pokemon.

Two reasons:

1) Some teams are just better suited against others.
2) Loki knows my team VERY VERY well, lol. Even down to every item and attack I have on them I'm sure. He helped me figure out half my team.

I'll be able to do BT in about 20-30 mins.

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 12:49 PM

Log onto AIM when you're ready. It'll better facilitate real-time strategization, conversation, and laughs. We'll do it in the chatroom like Morg and I did before, if you want.

***Stlbk*** · 06-22-2010, 12:57 PM

Sounds good to me, though I'll probably have the sound off on the DS so chatroom will make it easier.

If you don't remember the chatroom name, I'll invite you to it when I get on shortly.

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 01:14 PM

"Shortly"?

I'm still waiting for you, still F5'ing. I'm in the chatroom. I'm on WiFi. Where are you?

***Stlbk*** · 06-22-2010, 01:29 PM

I'm on. Took awhile longer than I thought.

Emp · 06-22-2010, 02:07 PM

I'm back

My aim's NaNaNaNaNaNaEmp, if you're still up for that battle

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 02:18 PM

You're going to have to wait 3 hours.

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 02:23 PM

Or, sarcasm aside, you're going to have to reply again and tell me, "I am in the WiFi room waiting for you." Because Stlbk and I just finished. Because Nintendo disconnected us for the second time in one hour. WTF.

**Loki** · 06-22-2010, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lt. Steel

It came down to the very last Pokemon and the very last hit from either Pokemon.

Two reasons:

1) Some teams are just better suited against others.
2) Loki knows my team VERY VERY well, lol. Even down to every item and attack I have on them I'm sure. He helped me figure out half my team.

I'll be able to do BT in about 20-30 mins.

I also made a swap with you. Not because I was facing you, but I 7 unused Pokemon and only a 6 Pokemon squad and Talon logged out right after the battle.

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 05:00 PM

Stupid Comcast outage issues. ¬_¬

SteelBeak: two attempts, two disconnections
Empoleon Dynamite: one attempt, one disconnection
Satisfied customers: 0

Sorry, guys.

Treepandaone · 06-22-2010, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Talon87

Satisfied customers: 0

Sorry, guys.

THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID.

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 06:48 PM

Went to the WiFi Plaza. Was there 20, 30 minutes. No disconnections. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Either the connection's been fixed, I got lucky, or it was never on my end to begin with. (I'm betting on them in that order.)

Talon87 · 06-22-2010, 10:44 PM

Morg and I attempted the Battle Tower 2v2 doubles challenge ... again.

We made it to Trainer 21's fourth Pokémon ... again.

We lost ... AGAIN.

REVENGE QUEST 2 is guaranteed, but when we do it, who knows.

**Muyotwo** · 07-04-2010, 01:18 AM

I have completed a B team that will annoy some people and be thrashed mercilessly by others. Tourney rules or non-tourney rules are negotiable, and will be agreed to ahead of time.

Any takers?

Firewater · 07-04-2010, 04:34 PM

tempting, but with only 2 EV'ed competitive pokemon, I'll have to wait a bit, or at least until tomorrow.

Talon87 · 07-17-2010, 02:32 PM

Anyone up for tag teaming the Battle Frontier? I was thinking we could have a fun go at the Battle Factory, but I'm also willing to do the Battle Tower if you've got your heart set on that.

Friend Code - 1849 3908 7723

EDIT: Offer repealed for now. Heading out.

Kindrindra · 10-10-2010, 03:03 PM

Someone should battle me. 6vs6 singles.

I'll be back in ten to see if anyone's taken the offer.

06-22-2010, 09:04 AM	#28
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	Looking for a 2v2 partner for the Battle Tower. Morgoth and I made it all the way to the 21st trainer's final Pokemon (literally) and then the Nintendo WiFi Connection cut out on us, depriving us of our highly-anticipated and earned grand prize. If anyone would care to play with me, here are the rules: Spoiler: show Duration: one round, two rounds, or three rounds of seven (7). You must make it clear in advance. No take-backs, please. I'd rather you promise one and then say, "Let's do another!" than promise three and say "I'm pooped" after just one. Strategy: you tell me. I have a powerful earthquaker if you want to provide a flyer or levitator. I have a pretty OK flyer with wide special coverage if you would rather be the one providing the earthquakes. I do not have a ghost or an exploder, and have been cautioned against employing this strategy against the A.I. since it tends to have "item hax" (e.g. "both guys conveniently had a focus sash on!") which makes this approach perilous. Morgoth and I used my EQer and his tank-flyer yesterday to great avail. Our backups were another of his dudes (with high SpAtt) and my old friend Kaisei ("seastar") the Starmie with his wonderful type coverage, high speed, and high SpAtt. Casualties of War: For these sorts of runs, my guys tend to be of the pure sweeper variety, i.e. Att/SpAtt and Speed investment. They therefore do not take lightly to collateral damage from an ally's attack that targets all creatures on the field. However, if the situation warrants its use, I am okay with having my guys injured or even KO'd. What matters is that we win. What also matters is that you do not recklessly or selfishly use such moves, thereby endangering our chances to win. (Morg's tank had amazing defenses, allowing Starmie to Surf while inflicting maybe ~20% HP loss tops in my ally.) Vice versa, my guys have (and rely on) such attacks from time to time. Earthquake, duh, naturally hits anybody who isn't its user or who isn't flying or levitating at the time. And believe me, a STAB Earthquake from somebody with 252 EVs in Attack and a base attack of 130 are going to hurt anybody who isn't flying or levitating!! Anyone wanting to play with me will either need to be able to avoid this powerful move or else be okay with its use, understanding that sometimes it's needed to serve the greater good even if it KOs an ally's Pokemon in the process. Here's the explanation of the prize payout ... Spoiler: show If we play our cards right, we can beat each round of seven in approximately 15-20 minutes. (The same amount of time it takes to advance through the Battle Tower on Singles mode except with maybe 15-20% added-on time.) Each round awards us with a disproportionately higher amount of BP than you'd get in the Battle Tower. Battle Tower Singles Round One = 3 BP Round Two = 3 BP Round Three = 20 BP Battle Tower Doubles WiFi Round One = 8 BP Round Two = 9 BP Round Three = ?? BP If you do the math, it's way better to do this with a friend on WiFi than it is to go it alone on your game pak. Twenty-one monsters (7x3) nets you 3 BP, while twenty-eight monsters (7x4) nets you 8 BP. Were they the same, it should have been 4 BP, not 8 BP. In other words, you get twice the proportionately-fair amount of BP. It's very nice. __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

06-22-2010, 11:04 AM	#30
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	Sure, why not. I may not get a chance to play the infamous "beat SteelBeak 6-0" team otherwise. But it's 12pm local and I was *just* about to step foot outside the apartment and go get lunch. How does 1pm EDT (fifty-seven minutes from now) work for you? In your reply, please provide your friend code. I'll add it to the Friend Code thread. Mine is the one you see there for HeartGold, "Shoja." __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

06-22-2010, 11:54 AM	#32
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	I don't believe you, Steelie. I beat Loki's B team 6-0, as I mentioned last night, yet his A-team clobbered me. I'll have to upload the video and show you. I don't intend to hold onto it once it's uploaded since (imo) it wasn't a very spectacular fight. I mean, I had fun! But it wasn't epic like the fight I had with Morgoth. ("Supwise!" >_>) Anyway, no reply from empoleon dynamite yet. I am back at my apartment now (lunch was good), and I'm ready to go whenever. __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

06-22-2010, 12:32 PM	#33
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	Well, it's 1:32pm, and with no reply even to my ORIGINAL confirmation of his suggestion, I'm guessing emp is afk for a long time coming. So ... does anybody want to do something? >_> Otherwise I'll watch Argentina and Greece. __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

06-22-2010, 12:49 PM	#35
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	Log onto AIM when you're ready. It'll better facilitate real-time strategization, conversation, and laughs. We'll do it in the chatroom like Morg and I did before, if you want. __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

06-15-2010, 05:55 PM	#26
*Stlbk* taco... Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 877	Yeah I think I wanted the set up, but at the same time I was cautious. Like when I didn't think my Poke would KO your beefy guy after twice being hit, you thought I was crazy for not knowing it would KO it. All matches could've gone either way, just some luck and some good prediction were the only differences lol.

06-15-2010, 06:06 PM	#27
Loki The Path of Now & Forever Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,304	You were overcautious. When you can take the win, take it instead of stalling. It's similar to a battle I had with Talon on RSBot. He had a Weezing and I had a Salamence (my last Pokemon). Instead of using Explosion FTW, he went cautious with Haze. Then Salamence swept his team. There is a time for defense and a time for offense.

06-22-2010, 10:57 AM	#29
Emp Volcano Badge Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,143	I don't think our Battle tower teams would have that good a synergy (Although your Starmie has given me incentive to train a Water-Absorb Toxicroak), but I am interested in a 6vs6 against you, Talon.

06-22-2010, 11:21 AM	#31
*Stlbk* taco... Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 877	My team isn't perfect, not anywhere close, as I almost lost to Loki's Team B last night lol. Emp's team I feel is more complete and compliment each other very well. I need to put in more effort to get mine there for sure. We can do some runs later tonight Talon, seeing as I'll probably need some TM's soon lol.

06-22-2010, 12:57 PM	#36
*Stlbk* taco... Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 877	Sounds good to me, though I'll probably have the sound off on the DS so chatroom will make it easier. If you don't remember the chatroom name, I'll invite you to it when I get on shortly.

06-22-2010, 01:14 PM	#37
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	"Shortly"? I'm still waiting for you, still F5'ing. I'm in the chatroom. I'm on WiFi. Where are you? __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

06-22-2010, 01:29 PM	#38
*Stlbk* taco... Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 877	I'm on. Took awhile longer than I thought.

06-22-2010, 02:07 PM	#39
Emp Volcano Badge Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,143	I'm back My aim's NaNaNaNaNaNaEmp, if you're still up for that battle

06-22-2010, 02:18 PM	#40
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	You're going to have to wait 3 hours. __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

06-22-2010, 02:23 PM	#41
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	Or, sarcasm aside, you're going to have to reply again and tell me, "I am in the WiFi room waiting for you." Because Stlbk and I just finished. Because Nintendo disconnected us for the second time in one hour. WTF. __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

06-22-2010, 05:00 PM	#43
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	Stupid Comcast outage issues. ¬_¬ SteelBeak: two attempts, two disconnections Empoleon Dynamite: one attempt, one disconnection Satisfied customers: 0 Sorry, guys. __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

06-22-2010, 06:48 PM	#45
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	Went to the WiFi Plaza. Was there 20, 30 minutes. No disconnections. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Either the connection's been fixed, I got lucky, or it was never on my end to begin with. (I'm betting on them in that order.) __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

06-22-2010, 10:44 PM	#46
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	Morg and I attempted the Battle Tower 2v2 doubles challenge ... again. We made it to Trainer 21's fourth Pokémon ... again. We lost ... AGAIN. REVENGE QUEST 2 is guaranteed, but when we do it, who knows. __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList

07-04-2010, 01:18 AM	#47
Muyotwo Dominator of Bike Levels Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,321	I have completed a B team that will annoy some people and be thrashed mercilessly by others. Tourney rules or non-tourney rules are negotiable, and will be agreed to ahead of time. Any takers? __________________ The Kim Il Sung of ASB.

07-04-2010, 04:34 PM	#48
Firewater Volcano Badge Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 4,727	tempting, but with only 2 EV'ed competitive pokemon, I'll have to wait a bit, or at least until tomorrow. __________________ PASBL: Record: 61-55-8, 361.5 TP, 174 KO, 2.5 SP, Trainer Level 5 My ASB pokes

07-17-2010, 02:32 PM	#49
Talon87 時の彼方へ Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lafayette, Indiana Posts: 20,578	Anyone up for tag teaming the Battle Frontier? I was thinking we could have a fun go at the Battle Factory, but I'm also willing to do the Battle Tower if you've got your heart set on that. Friend Code - 1849 3908 7723 EDIT: Offer repealed for now. Heading out. __________________ Japanese Discussion \| Mahoyo Discussion \| MyAnimeList Last edited by Talon87; 07-17-2010 at 04:48 PM.

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