02-15-2014, 11:24 PM | #1226 |
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I did not expect that Turn 2 result. o.o (Random Battle; 16 turns)
Spoiler: show Vivillon vs. Spinda (Random Battle) Spoiler: show
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02-15-2014, 11:53 PM | #1227 |
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It's the battle of black versus white! Or is it White versus Black?(Random Battle)
Spoiler: show I'm now at the 1500s! Spoiler: show
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02-16-2014, 01:55 PM | #1228 |
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02-16-2014, 02:50 PM | #1229 |
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It's not every day you see Arceus-Water. (Random Battle)
Only sharing this one because of the exotic Arceus-Water. The battle is fine but nothing terribly impressive on either side. Re: scores dropping drastically in little time, don't worry about it too much, Red. If it's any consolation, Daisy and I haven't done too hot recently either. My score's currently in the 1660s after having dropped by roughly 150 points yesterday (from 1740 when I woke up to 1590 at its lowest last night), and I continue to be frustrated by a slew of really bad luck in the form of:
There's definitely much to be said for not playing when you lose twice (or sometimes I would even say once) in a row. That wasn't what happened to me yesterday (as I did take hour-long breaks in between the many individual losses), but if it's what you noticed happening to you, then yeah, be careful about that in the future. It's far too easy to get into a losing slump and the more irritated and/or desperate you get the poorer you play. Not true for everybody, but if you notice it of yourself, it's something to manage accordingly.
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02-16-2014, 05:19 PM | #1230 |
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I can win despite your hax!/This is why you should fear Jynx (Random Battle)
Spoiler: show Just started doing randbats. I've only had 7 or 8 battles so far, but I can see why it gets so frustrating.
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02-16-2014, 06:25 PM | #1231 | |
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02-16-2014, 10:36 PM | #1232 |
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02-17-2014, 12:19 AM | #1233 |
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Wherein WHOAAAAAAAAAAAAA! {SPOILER}! O_O (Random Battle; 23 turns)
This was my first battle ever with Pokémon Showdown's latest surprise. Go check out the site yourself and get into a battle if you haven't already. Spoiler: show
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02-17-2014, 01:06 AM | #1234 |
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02-17-2014, 10:54 PM | #1235 |
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I can't say I'm surprised they switched over, now that animations are pretty easily available. I admit that I'll miss the charm of the sprites but this does give Showdown a nice visual upgrade.
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02-18-2014, 01:57 AM | #1236 |
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Giratina budges for no one. (Random Battle; 15 turns)
If you've ever wanted to see the defensive form of Giratina completely dominate, now's your chance. Spoiler: show
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02-21-2014, 11:01 AM | #1237 |
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Quick, someone teach me how to Beta Competition.
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02-21-2014, 11:10 AM | #1238 |
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Forgive my ignorance, but isn't the beta tournament more or less a VGC doubles tournament that's meant to test the waters regarding VGC bans of Mega Gengar, Mega Kangaskhan, et al? That was the impression I got when reading about it several weeks ago: that it's essentially a doubles tournament and at the very end of it they ask you to complete a survey about what you did and didn't like regarding the tournament. I imagine that they're trying to get figures on how many people say that they enjoyed being able to play with their favorites vs. how many people say that they disliked that particular creatures or other elements were allowed.
If I'm right, then I guess I'd suggest reading up on VGCs / doubles, watching some videos or reading some battle logs from the Fall 2013 and Winter 2014 regional tournaments, and just practicing a bunch on Pokémon Showdown and/or Pokémon-Online before you commit to training your team members in-game. You might find this resource helpful if you haven't already.
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02-21-2014, 11:33 AM | #1239 |
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VGC only allows mon in the Kalos Dex. Beta Competion allows anything hatched in Kalos.
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It would be pretty great if you scored highly. If you want to playtest your team with any of us, please let us know. I'm sure we'd all be happy to help you out.
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02-21-2014, 02:15 PM | #1241 |
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Wherein Masquerain reigns supreme. (Random Battle; 16 turns)
If you're a fan of Masquerain, you should check this one out. Otherwise unremarkable and attributable to good luck on one player's side and bad luck on the other player's. But as for Masquerain's performance ...
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02-21-2014, 03:26 PM | #1242 |
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Use your VGC team.
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02-21-2014, 11:38 PM | #1243 |
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How would the Twitch team fare against the likes of a (somewhat) Standard Gen I OU team?
Watch and find out. ;o
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02-22-2014, 12:27 AM | #1244 |
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Considering he had no problem running quality moves that the real Twitch team lacks, it was rather frustrating to watch him use pisspoor Gen 1 Mega Drain when he could've been using Petal Dance instead.
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02-22-2014, 12:33 AM | #1245 |
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Yeah, I have to agree. When I saw Sand-Attack Pidgeot I thought to myself "Okay, he's keeping in the spirit" and then nope Body Slam on everything. And if you are using Vileplume in OU, you might as well ignore any pretenses of it doing anything and run Petal Dance. The only time you are running Mega Drain is when you literally have no other options (Exeggutor, and even then you probably should be running Explosion) or you need it for coverage (Gengar for dealing with Golem / Rhydon switch-ins.)
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02-22-2014, 04:31 PM | #1246 |
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Wherein Durant feasts on six Pokémon. (Random Battle; 18 turns)
We've had this conversation before: Random Battle Durant is one of the format's MVPs. He's usually good for one or two guaranteed KOs before he falls, but sometimes he'll run into a team like this one where nothing is safe. Because of Durant's base stats and the way the format works, he has a speed that places him out of reach of most things. That means that if you give him one Hone Claws and then have nothing that resists his attacks, you're pretty much sunk. Spoiler: show
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02-23-2014, 01:56 PM | #1247 |
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After many years of stubbornly (or moreso lazily ) refusing to register a Smogon account, the current debate over whether or not to ban Swagger, Prankster, or the combination of the two forced my hand. You can read my thoughts here. I imagine it will be attacked viciously by all manner of vitriolic members on both sides of the fence, but meh: I presented my case.
If it's too long for you to read, the gist of it is:
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02-23-2014, 02:36 PM | #1248 |
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Gogo civility!
Man does that thread remind me why I dislike the Smogon forums so much. There are so few actually good rational people. Guess that's comp for you. -_-
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02-23-2014, 02:51 PM | #1249 |
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Second post. I'm not really interested in spending more time on discussion in this thread though, especially not when most of the people in the thread have not given me confidence that they are able to accept criticism or hear opposing viewpoints, but I figured I would respond to him all the same since it was topical with the Stealth Rock + Rapid Spin corollary in my original post.
Thanks for the likes, guys. I'm not sure who Albacore and RyanKoopa are, though blazeVA is kinda obvious. Hopefully this might catch the attention of a few Smogon brass. I kind of doubt it since Page 30 is six feet under for most people's patience and then you couple with that just how long my post was. But who knows.
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02-23-2014, 02:55 PM | #1250 |
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>blazeVA is kinda obvious
dood someone stole my name halp :P I'm very tempted to bring up that SubSwagger could have been very much a strategy in Gen II with Pokemon like Raikou. So, so tempted.
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