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Re: Rando Pokemon Tourney V Round 3

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Ouch... yeah that Malamar. I could see how it would go the moment the match began.

Round 3 is go.

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Re: Rando Pokemon Tourney V Round 3

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MonkeyShrapnel vs. bbbrrr_it_cold

Round 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-610993005

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Round 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-610996819

1-1


Round 3: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-611001078

1-2



Winner:

bbbrrr_it_cold



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What, how, what even, RNG why, wow, etc.
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Re: Rando Pokemon Tourney V Round 3

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You lost the first round because you let me set up, after you caught on to that, there was no way I was doing that again.

Plus that Shiftry walled half my team and was faster than Froslass, remind me to carry flamethrower from now on.
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Slimeman VS HamsterZerg

ROUND 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7r ... -611812738

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Hamster also won



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Man, that Poliwrath was Something.
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Vs. Pholtos
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Second and third game were definitely closer than the first. :P
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Re: Rando Pokemon Tourney V Round 3

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Battles against Ignoritus

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Re: Rando Pokemon Tourney V Round 3

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bkamakaze vs Zephyr_Dragonlord

ROUND 1 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-614296814

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ROUND 2 - http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-614298054

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Re: Rando Pokemon Tourney V Round 3

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With Round 3 over, here's everyone's pokemon for this round.
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Purrloin
Chesnaught
Krookodile
Electabuzz
Cobalion
Marill
Pidgey
Braixen
Mightyena
Shiftry
Wigglytuff
Kricketot
Zephyr
Gligar
Grumpig
Skorupi
Clamperl
Tepig
Malamar
Tapu Lele
Lickitung
Slowpoke
Mienshao
Sudowoodo
Paras
Igno
Lucario
Zapdos
Electivire
Scolipede
Machoke
Alolan Raichu
Galvantula
Staraptor
Milotic
Meditite
Kingler
Grumpig
Minna
Froslass
Jirachi
Spinarak
Gible
Jumpluff
Munna
Alolan Exeggutor
Muk
Solrock
Mandibuzz
Golisopod
Phantump
Monkey
Dugtrio
Heliolisk
Clefairy
Budew
Darmanitan
Skiploom
Baltoy
Fletchling
Alolan Raichu
Froslass
Latias
Nidoran
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Shinx
Swinub
Cloyster
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Magnezone
Slakoth
Gumshoos
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Sudowoodo
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Re: Rando Pokemon Tourney V Round 4

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Round 4 Time

As always, try to get all matches done within a week. But I won't force the issue if it takes more time as always.
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On a side note, was thinking of improvements to the system and had two ideas, one a week or two ago and one very recently.

Idea 1: Pokermon. You are dealt 6 random mons, you can hold however many and get dealt replacements for the ones you don't want, repeat once more. Whatever 6 you have in the end are your mons for that round.

Idea 2: Randomization by tiers. In other words, 1/1/2/2/6 or 1/1/1/1/8 (or something along those lines). The numbers are the number of mons you'd randomly be getting from each of the tiers, OU/BL/UU/RU/NU. In this instance, I'd more like use 1/1/1/1/8 since that would force the use of mons you normally wouldn't pick.
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Modified idea for Pokermon thanks to Minna:
You are dealt 6 random mons which are revealed at the start of each round, you can hold however many and get dealt replacements for the ones you don't want, repeat once more. Whatever 6 you have in the end are your mons for that round. Nothing is revealed to your opponent minus the 6 you started with.
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Me and Minna had our fights.

Round 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7r ... -616278990
Round 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7r ... -616282568
Round 3: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7r ... -616285659

An all around close battle in all three, minus a few shenanigan pokemon. I'll leave it a surprise who won. :3c
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Re: Rando Pokemon Tourney V Round 4

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MonkeyShrapnel vs. HamsterZerg

Round 1 Winner:

HamsterZerg 0-1



Round 2 Winner:

HamsterZerg 0-2



Round 3 Winner:

I got beat by Unown



I lost that first battle due to some brain farts like forgetting about Ghost Type Marowak, and using Spore on the one Pokemon that had Sleep Talk really sucked.

But that second fight... Regice walled my entire team, and then you had Lugia who also walled my team, BAH!

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bkamakaze wrote:
Ivy wrote:
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Ignoritus wrote:
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Simple ping given it's been around a week since the round began.
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I faced off with the cold... but who comes out hot and victorious? The answer may surprise you.

Round 1

1-0, Zephyr wins


Round 2

2-0, Zephyr wins



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pholtos wrote: 6 years ago
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Simple ping given it's been around a week since the round began.
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Super delayed response is delayed.

Yeah, I just couldn't do anything against the M-Aero. I basically would have needed to build something specifically to handle it. And, yes, I could have had I known...but I thought max speed on the Jolt would have been enough speed on my team and priority moves weren't in abundance as options. And then in the second one, everything that could have dealt with Sandslash was already gone by that point. It didn't help that Garbodor ended up being absolutely useless. I picked it to be a physical wall and it couldn't do that. I picked it to be a double spike setter but didn't want to put up Toxic spikes because 2/3 of your team would have been immune. And it could do literally nothing against the Sandslash, since the fourth move Garbodor had was Haze. And Persian was the last mon I picked and I picked it mostly for coverage that I ended up not needing, hence why it felt like it didn't do much.
It honestly jut felt like I could do nothing, which I know is a horrible feeling in this game. But, on the other hand, you don't get to ignore the RNG in pokémon and this is a random tourney on top of that. What happens is what happens (and I had a good session of DnD afterwards, so I can't complain too much about the evening as a whole).
And I'm kind of happy to no longer be undefeated...didn't exactly feel like I deserved to be the only undefeated player at the end of three rounds.


pholtos wrote: Modified idea for Pokermon thanks to Minna:
You are dealt 6 random mons which are revealed at the start of each round, you can hold however many and get dealt replacements for the ones you don't want, repeat once more. Whatever 6 you have in the end are your mons for that round. Nothing is revealed to your opponent minus the 6 you started with.
Having thought about this idea for a bit, I actually really really like it. That opens up some interesting strategems and gives a player just a touch more control over their mons. Like, if nothing else, if you had two mons that were usable but redundant, you could at least get rid of one and (hope to) get something different/also usable.
The randomization by tiers could be neat, but I feel like I'd want to see it in action first before committing. And maybe another mon or two. I don't know about anyone else building their teams, but I keep feeling like if I had just one or two more pokemon to pick from, I could make a better team. But maybe that's also because every single round thus far I've had to struggle to decide what my sixth member would be because it was never obvious. That last part is mostly just a musing - you can probably ignore it. I've built three competent teams thus far, and this is a random tourney so you get what you get and so does your opponent.
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bbbrrr_it_cold wrote:
pholtos wrote: Modified idea for Pokermon thanks to Minna:
You are dealt 6 random mons which are revealed at the start of each round, you can hold however many and get dealt replacements for the ones you don't want, repeat once more. Whatever 6 you have in the end are your mons for that round. Nothing is revealed to your opponent minus the 6 you started with.
Having thought about this idea for a bit, I actually really really like it. That opens up some interesting strategems and gives a player just a touch more control over their mons. Like, if nothing else, if you had two mons that were usable but redundant, you could at least get rid of one and (hope to) get something different/also usable.
The randomization by tiers could be neat, but I feel like I'd want to see it in action first before committing. And maybe another mon or two. I don't know about anyone else building their teams, but I keep feeling like if I had just one or two more pokemon to pick from, I could make a better team. But maybe that's also because every single round thus far I've had to struggle to decide what my sixth member would be because it was never obvious. That last part is mostly just a musing - you can probably ignore it. I've built three competent teams thus far, and this is a random tourney so you get what you get and so does your opponent.
Was pondering about ways to make this all around more balanced, in terms of pokermon. I could supply a full list of all mons and ask for mons that should be removed for being too weak or too strong and then everything else is fair game, or I could limit the random mons to specific tiers, although I'd feel bad for NFEs in that instance.

It's definitely still a work in progress idea but I think it's the best bet for a good gimmick for next time.
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I have made a prototype spreadsheet for the pokermon idea. If there's any comments or pokemon you think should be included that are not, let me know what and why. Currently it includes all mons not in Ubers, Little Cup or NFE.
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bkamakaze wrote:
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Round 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-620628407

Ignoritus


Round 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-620630268

Ignoritus



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I'm pondering adding a rule that you have to have the mons be level 100. :P

And yeah, bk had... bad luck this round with his mons. I'll post em when the other match finishes.
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pholtos wrote: 6 years ago I'm pondering adding a rule that you have to have the mons be level 100. :P

And yeah, bk had... bad luck this round with his mons. I'll post em when the other match finishes.
I really don't see any good reason for that to be honest. Just seems dedicated to the notion of making people get screwed over by their bad mons. If they can find a way to make a bad mon work, I don't see any reason to say "no you're not allowed to have something useful". Not like using a FEAR strategy is any better than having just gotten a decent mon in the first place.
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