03-07-2017, 09:07 PM | #1 |
Chiko Chiko Chi
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VGC Melbourne International Challenge Thread
With the IC being super, duper close to happening and the fact that I'll be participating I decided to create this thread so I could update everyone on the happenings of the tournament; I will try and record battles if possible due to the lack of stream that will be happening unless someone saves the day via third-party with approval.
Confirmed big names that will be there: Markus Stadter (13Yoshi37) Wolfe Glick Aaron "Cybertron" BillaVGC And yeah, discuss and stuff.
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03-07-2017, 09:21 PM | #2 |
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Good luck!
Over here in America, I'm not sure if I will be able to build anything in time, but if I can find the time to get in on VGC 2017 before it's too late I should like to. In Australia, I'd like to see a rising star make Top 8 and grab everyone's attention. I'd also like to see a bit of experimentation outside of Tapu flavors, Trick Room, and ToChoiceOrNotToChoiceThatIsTheQuestion. The ONOG tournament was fun to watch because of the high level of play, like Worlds, but the meta on showcase seemed very samey, very plagued by the same entertainment problems faced by VGCs 2015 and 2016. I remember VGC 2014 being so much more diverse ...
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03-07-2017, 09:32 PM | #3 |
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Thanks Talon, I for one will not being using any Tapus as my team already has some unique picks anyway.
I can see the reason people like the terrains but they honestly can be played around well enough that it isn't an issue. Top 8 is a dream I have, a dream which isn't the most likely but a dream nonetheless. EDIT: Regardless of my result, I will throw up a quick team analysis after the tourney
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03-08-2017, 05:50 PM | #4 |
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For what its worth 17 is much more diverse over a period of time. The meta used to be all about koko celesteela and then it became Lele Metagross and now we have Fini Pory2 as the most powerful pokemon with things like chomp, muk, arcanine, alolawak, gyarados, gastrosdon, krookodile, and a few other mons popping in and out of favor. 14 was ok but honestly i much prefer this as its an actual meta instead of everyone just building cores that all looked the same even if the pokemon were different.
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Melbourne/Australia is known for using odd things that somehow work (a megaless team made top 8 2015 Melbourne regionals, for instance) so I'm excited to see what my country can come up with... Heck, I'm running an AV Celesteela.
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03-21-2017, 12:28 AM | #7 |
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Well, I'm finally getting around to doing this report so that's good.
Anyway, Melbourne IC was awesome fun despite not making it to day two due to my team being surprisingly weak to Lax/me being bad at playing against Lax. In all honesty, had I not faced any Lax I would've made day 2 convincingly but I digress as 5-4 could be worse, could be so much worse. Report on games that I remember Spoiler: show And now, team review seems like something that's utterly important. Spoiler: show So yeah, this is almost 10 days late but better late than never.
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