Also, consider inviting some people to spectate your match. Not only is it more fun, but in case you forget to save your replays, someone else might have remembered. If no one remembers to get the replays, whatever--just tell me what the final score ended up being ("2-0 in my favor", "1-2 in his favor"), and that'll work fine too.

It just makes it easier for me to authenticate the results if I actually have, you know, proof.
It's not that I don't trust you--I just don't trust you.

Of course its bug, re-roll.

Looks like he takes Bug anyway. Because of that, I'll give you a second reroll if you want one.

put me in for grass

I'll... roll for you twice, how about that?

I don't see anything about Pokemon levels here, do we just set them to 100?

If you don't wanna lose, yeah.

Technically, they can be whatever level you want them to be (I'm sure you're familiar with the infamous FEAR strategy), but yeah, in general, just set them all to 100.

You completely forgot me...

My bad!


That is just so fitting.

i was, but now that grass is taken, i don't wanna.

Maybe if you're lucky, he'll choose to re-roll, but that still won't guarantee you Grass.

I still need confirmation from these two:

Holy shit can I get my 1 reroll

Certainly.


Ghost has been reshuffled into the pool.

Regarding megas,
Let's say I have mono-dark

Can I use mega-gyarados?

Basically I'm asking if a pokemon changes types after mega evolving, can we use them if the mega satisfies our team type?

Good question.

You cannot. The 'mon has to have been that type originally, before any mega evolutions or other type-altering abilities. However, if your type was Flying, you could still use Mega Gyarados--because Gyarados was originally Flying.

So, for those of you interested, here are the rules for the mono-type tourney we'll be having...

We will be using the Showdown battle simulator found here: http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/
If you don't have an account, go ahead and make yourself one and get yourself familiarized with the team builder.

I assume most of you know how the competitive metagame works, so I'll skip over most of that shit.
Just keep in mind that Showdown uses Smogon rules, so any Pokémon considered "Uber" will be ineligible.

Rather than a standard elimination bracket, we'll be using a round robin tourney. That is, you have a match with every other person in the tournament to gain points (and whoever has the most points at the end of the tourney wins). A "match" will be considered whoever wins the first two out of three battles.

This means the winner of the match will always get two points--but the loser can still gain at least one point. This adds a further dynamic to the scoring, and it helps prevent ties. In the event of a tie, everyone who tied up will engage in another round robin style tourney, gaining points once again until there is a definitive winner.

Now for the fun stuff!

Given that this is a Mono-type tourney, you are limited only to your selected type. If your type is Water, you may use any 'mon who is solely water, primarily water, or secondarily water. To make things more fun and dynamic, however, you will not be allowed to choose your OWN type--I will use a random number generator to give you one. If you are unhappy with your type, I can reroll for you once--but if you do that, you can't go back on your decision. Failure to comply with that will result in your forfeiting of the tournament.

TEAMS WILL BE FLUID. That is to say, you can edit your teams in between matches at your leisure as long as you only use 'mons that are in your designated type, but you don't have to use the same Pokémon with the same moves. This allows you to optimize your strategy against an opponent who may have a type advantage over you--but be wary, for your opponent will likely have an optimized strategy against you, as well.

(also important: if you choose to reroll, you may get your type twice in a row, so be wary of that. ALSO, no two participants will have the same type, for maximum diversity)

The nice thing about round robin is that it allows for relatively free reign--you can fight whoever you need to, whenever you are able to. So for the sake of getting more people involved, signup for the tourney will end on January 31st. That's next Saturday at midnight, EST. You can take your time building yourself a team and battling everyone, but keep in mind that this tournament will END at the end of February. That's plenty of time for you to get all your battles done with everyone. Be wary if new people signup before the 31st of January, however!

CURRENT PARTICIPANTS:

xVerbatim
therealTyger
IberianHusky
Luis3318
Alphy
CK97
Cheatlancer
Byrnex
GreyValkrie (Mega Sceptile)
Yutakas
Valentimes (Prime Meridia)
Funnington Bear (Simseo)
DAS B00T
Argonar (Noodles)
Prehistoric (Snake)
Niedopalek (Ember)
exalted orion
TBlocks

Bold indicates that this is their username on Showdown.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO PARTICIPATE / WANT TO SIGN UP (Before the 31st of this month).

As mentioned, battles can be done at your convenience--there's no bracket, just a scoreboard. HOWEVER:

If you battle someone, MAKE SURE TO SAVE A REPLAY OF EACH BATTLE and report to this thread after each match (you can also send a PM). This authenticates your win/loss. If you don't have a replay, you need confirmation from both you and the person you battled with. I will keep a log of each replay in that thread as well.

The current type designations are as follows:

If you have any questions, fire away. This is actually my first time setting up a tournament, so, I hope I'm not too sloppy right now.

I'm writing the rules thread right now. Should be up soon. We'll give everyone a few days to construct a team, of course. No longer a week, though.

Okay, here's how I think we should do it... If you are unsatisfied with your type, you can have one reroll. But whatever your reroll is, you have to stick with that type. How's that?

that what I was saying like, should we allow non-legendary ubers?

I don't think so, personally. They were banned for a reason, after all. I tend to trust Smogon's judgment. I don't know about you guys, but wrecking people with one OP 'mon isn't exactly all that fun.

You might have a point with Ghost-types, but I don't know. I still think banning types is lame.
The idea is to make do with the hand that you're dealt--that's what makes it fun.

Regice and Avalugg can tank hits like a beast, even from Fighting, and Froslass shuts Fighting down completely with its Ghost typing. There's also Articuno, who takes neutral damage from Fighting, packs Hurricane, and is a solid 'mon overall if you know how to use it.

Rock-types would definitely be a challenge, but there's still a lot of great ones--namely, all of the fossil 'mons.

All right, we'll give it some more time then.

The way we've done it before was we allowed ourselves to change our team's members in between matches. That is, each match is a two-out-of-three battle, and when the battle is over, you're allowed to change your 'mons, items, moves, etc. to suit your next opponent (you still have to stick within your type, though, obviously).

This adds mind-games, because you don't know what's up your opponent's sleeve. It's also more fair this way, because being locked into a single team for the entire match can lead to unlucky results (like going up against an entire team that is super effective against you). Sound good?

I'd tell him, "Ew, no. Fuck off."

Quote from: Verbatim on January 24, 2015, 01:07:00 AM

Sixteen, but she would have to be super mature.

And how's that working out for you?

Splendidly. I have fucked 0 women younger than that. Which is the point of the thread.