[] Gym Battlers Open

I don't think it's taken, but I'll play, and go with #3!

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*reads type given*

Oy vey....this will be hard. It's a pretty big grab bag, but more than that, many of its contents will take quite a different strategy than I'm used to. Nevertheless, I accept! This should be interesting.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I have some hunting and researching to do myself. I have maybe two pokemon of my given type that I suppose I could use but I'm not sure I really want to. Plus..well, I hope I'm not giving away my type here, I have a lot of pokemon to choose from, many of which I don't know much about.

I go by kind of a brute force strategy, but not too many of this type seem like they'd do very well with that. Oh well, can always try a different approach. We shall see!

EDIT: I think I got my choices picked out now, it's a matter of catching them and getting the moves I want.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

So, yeah. Normal.


Bibarel shall pwn you all!!

Just kidding. Though I have been debating at least having him on the bench.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Generic Badass

I've got Heracross for a no-brainer, but the rest of the list is a little trickier for me.

I imagine a Shedinja with Double Team could be a real pain in the rear.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Dunno, I didn't see anything saying it was banned. I lost one of my first Singles battles at the Battle Tower because the first thing the trainer pulled out was a Shedinja. Not only did I know little about that pokemon at the time, I think I also didn't have any moves out of the three I had picked that could actually hit him. Double Team with something like Confuse Ray might protect you against the types that actually will get you...unless the move's something like Aerial Ace.

Either way though, I don't have Bug or Ghost and I don't think DT is going to be part of my strategy. It might be one less headache for me if that move were banned, anyway.

How ya doing, buddy?

I think it's still going to take me a bit of time before I get the moves I want and such.

Originally Posted by Crash Landon

You don't realize how lucky you just might be. Normal was one of my top three preferences coming into this thing.

I'm thinking the biggest hurdles are the fairly narrow move pools I have to work with. You do have a point though, seeing as how many of the dual-types that include Normal (in fact, all but one, Normal/Water, of which Bibarel's the only member) cancel out the Fighting weakness. Bibarel's become more tempting for getting around some types that resist normal, too.

And...the option of a stab Return? Hmmmm..


Addition: Are we supposed to post our team (and benchers, if we have any) once we have it put together? I do remember it being said somewhere that movesets weren't required to be put up, or is that going to wait until we have the actual tournament?

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I'm still trying to get together all the pokemon I want with the right moves. I've got six to raise now to get the appropriate moves, but I'll still need more time to get some alternates ready. Once I feel the first six are ready I'll post my FC, I'm thinking it'll be a day or so.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Eh, I think he means we battle every other person in the tourney, and for each of those fights it's first to three wins. ..Or did I read that wrong?

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A little status update from me: aside from saving up for some TMs, I've got four Pokemon ready. I could probably have a full team ready by the end of the weekend, but I've got a bit of a busy start of the coming week. (This week's been a bit busy too.) I'm pretty sure I'll be ready to duke it out by the middle of next week or so.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'm still saving up for some TMs, but otherwise my team is ready, with the three alternates in the works! However, I'm going to be busy tonight and tomorrow, but Thursday should work for anyone wanting to have a go.

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This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Okay! If anyone wants to battle me, I should be available from mid-afternoon on today (I'm on Eastern Standard Time). I could battle tomorrow but it'd have to be by mid-late afternoon. Saturday's pretty much the same deal as Friday for me.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I have a battle report to submit. Not to rub it in, but..

Icy's streak has been ended by Normal!

Spoiler:

Final Score: 3-1 Josiah

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Round 1 (6v6):

Josiah managed to sweep half of Icy's team with his first pokemon, but then Icy's fourth managed to endure a first hit and then proceeded to mop the floor with Josiah's team.

Josiah: 6 lost, 3 defeated
Icy: 3 lost, 6 defeated

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Round 2 (3v3):

Josiah lost a first pokemon to Icy, but then managed to make a comeback and sweep all three. A close call at managing to survive a Rain-danced Surf, left with only 9 HP but enough to finish the job.

Josiah: 1 lost, 3 defeated
Icy: 3 lost, 1 defeated

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Round 3 (3v3):

Complete sweep, but a repeat of last round's close call. A Rain-danced Surf again left with 9 HP, but was still able to finish.

Josiah: 0 lost, 3 defeated
Icy: 3 lost, 0 defeated

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Round 4 (3v3):

A real nail-biter. This might have been another complete sweep had Josiah not made a very woeful miscalculation: trying to finish with another move that he forgot Icy's foe was immune to! That pokemon was lost, with the other two left to try to pick up the slack. Both were down to their last when Josiah got a very lucky break. The rain came, Surf was imminent, and out of desperation Josiah hit with Ice Beam and it crit. Super effective yes, but quite weak coming from this particular pokemon so Icy wasn't finished yet. Josiah's last managed to endure the tide from Surf and hit with another weak Ice Beam..that froze Icy. The rest is history.

Josiah: 2 lost, 3 defeated
Icy: 3 lost, 2 defeated

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Total:
Josiah: 9 lost, 12 defeated
Icy: 12 lost, 9 defeated

Now, I do have a question about this that I'm pretty sure hasn't been answered either way, at least in this thread. Prior to Round 3 or 4 (though I'm fairly sure it was 4), I switched items on one of my pokemon. Is it okay to do that between fights? If not, I'll make it a point not to do that anymore. At the time I thought if the answer were no, it would have been stated in the opening post based on experience from prior tournaments.

...On the other hand, considering how Round 4 went down, I don't think the change made much of a difference. The switch was made on the first pokemon.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Heh, it's all good Icy, you provided a few details I forgot. Plus for some reason Round 4 was already getting foggy in my memory and you were able to clear that up. Same deal with Round 2.

EDIT: Yeah, I should be able to in the afternoon, Kai. It'll have to be early/mid afternoon though as I've got something important in the evening. Just remember I'm on EST.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Kai got too sucked into Dr. Mario Rx last night for he and I to play today, so we might give it a go tomorrow if our schedules are free enough.
DarkMageOzzie's title under his av gave me an idea. What if we all did a theme for this tourney with "<type> Trainer" or "<type> Gym Leader" for titles and some Pokemon of that type for an av and a matching sig linking to the thread? The Pokemon avatars wouldn't necessarily have to be a Pokemon we actually use, just maybe some non-legendary commonly associated with that type, such as Charizard for Fire, Dragonite for Dragon, etc.

It's just a thought, but I have been contemplating a change of av/sig and it'd be a nice one. Not quite sure what I'd have for the sig, though. Maybe some combination of the Gamingforce banner and the Pokemon logo with "GYM BATTLERS OPEN" on it somewhere?

FELIPE NO

This was a quick job at what I was thinking for a sig if we did this. I'm not great at this kind of thing, so if someone else with the skills feels like it, they can run with this idea.


What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

The gym theme sigs sound great too, but silly me even after the Brawl theme week is still gimped with GIMP for image editing. I haven't the foggiest why it seemed to think the Pokemon logo's traditional shade of yellow was this more sandstone-type color, even when I tried filling it.

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The badge idea sounds fun, but...well..I confess I have difficulty coming up with what would make a good badge for "Normal".

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Mm, I dunno about the Z. Plus, sleep moves aren't all limited to normals. Ghosts, bugs and psychics can have them too.

So, are we going with just the badges in addition to our regular av/sigs, or do you all feel like going all-out with it? I don't mind the latter unless I end up being the only guy doing it, and then I'd feel kind of dumb.

EDIT: A quick and crude example of one idea for gym sigs.


How ya doing, buddy?

Yeah thanks for doing that. Got myself a little av/sig scheme set up with it now, looks good.

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Here's the lowdown:

Spoiler:

Josiah wins 3-2!

A very tight battle in just about every round.

Round One (6v6):
The fight pretty much went back and forth. We both exclaimed "I KNEW IT" at some point because of some anticipated Pokemon showing its face. When the sandstorm cleared, Josiah emerged victorious.

Winner: Josiah
Josiah: 4 lost, 6 defeated
Kairyu: 6 lost, 4 defeated

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Round 2 (3v3):

A complete sweep for Josiah, I don't remember much else on it.

Winner: Josiah
Josiah: 0 lost, 3 defeated
Kairyu: 3 lost, 0 defeated


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Round 3 (3v3):

The tide began to turn. Here Josiah came to realize just how much a pain in the rear Kairyu's "Enyo" can be. The deciding factor was probably when a super-effective move that very well might've killed Enyo decided to miss. Enyo then proceeded to bury what was left of Josiah's team before Josiah could take him down.

Winner: Kairyu
Josiah: 3 lost, 1 defeated
Kairyu: 1 lost, 3 defeated


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Round 4 (3v3):

Josiah managed to take one down and then against the second managed to land a lucky crit (for the second time, which first occurred last round against the same pokemon) on Kairyu's wall. Then Enyo came and buried Josiah again. Literally.

Winner: Kairyu
Josiah: 3 lost, 2 defeated
Kairyu: 2 lost, 3 defeated


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FINAL ROUND (3v3):
Down to the wire. It ended with the last pokemon from both sides, but Josiah's second Pokemon managed to weaken Enyo enough for his third to finish the job.

Winner: Josiah
Josiah: 2 lost, 3 defeated
Kairyu: 3 lost, 2 defeated

Winner: Josiah, 3-2
Total:
Josiah: 12 lost, 15 defeated
Kairyu: 15 lost, 12 defeated

I was speaking idiomatically.

The report:

Spoiler:

Josiah wins 3-1!

At first this might have looked like an easy win for Josiah, fighting weakness notwithstanding, but Sousuke proved he wouldn't get out of the woods (or should it be gym?) that easily.

Round 1 (6v6):
Josiah's first Pokemon was able to take a super-effective hit in exchange for a Nasty Plot. Sousuke's team then fell like dominoes.

Winner: Josiah
Josiah: 0 lost, 6 defeated
Sousuke: 6 lost, 0 defeated

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Round 2 (3v3):

This time, the dominoes fell the other way. This was probably due to Sousuke's first Pokemon getting a Quick Claw proc every time but once, even when he didn't really need it. I've never seen that before. Unbelievable.

Winner: Sousuke
Josiah: 3 lost, 0 defeated
Sousuke: 0 lost, 3 defeated

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Round 3 (3v3):

Sousuke wasn't as lucky this time. Josiah also switched out his first pokemon to avoid what would have been a super-effective finishing punch, and with his second managed to take down Sousuke's first two (getting in a flinching helped) before it fell. Josiah's third then came to take the win.

Winner: Josiah
Josiah: 1 lost, 3 defeated
Sousuke: 3 lost, 1 defeated

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Round 4 (3v3):

After a little switching beforehand, Josiah's first outran Sousuke's first but Sousuke's barely survived and one-shot right back. Josiah's second finished him off, who in turn took out Sousuke's second. Then, it traded blows with Sousuke's last. Then, a Quick Claw proc from Sousuke with a sleep attack...that missed. Josiah managed to finish him off before he could get a chance at that again.

Winner: Josiah
Josiah: 1 lost, 3 defeated
Sousuke: 3 lost, 1 defeated

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Winner: Josiah, 3-1
Total:
Josiah: 5 lost, 12 defeated
Sousuke: 12 lost, 5 defeated

EDIT: Er, by the way, I forgot to say thanks to Kairyu for providing a better-quality pic of my avatar. Much appreciated.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

...Or when you delete your saved data for Brawl.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Kairyu

Haha!

Why stop there? Let's do what the Sunset Colosseum did and randomly swap our best pokemon with everyone! Then battle it out and see who got lucky. Winner gets to keep the team, forever

I'm honestly not sure which of my pokemon is my best, as some have seemed more suitable for some battles than others.

..Nobody's getting my "Sir Kills-A-Lot". Or my other "Sir Kills-A-Lot".

As for battling, I had a pretty busy weekend with other stuff, but I'll probably be able to pick up on it again later this week.

EDIT: ...Hey, where'd my badge go? That's odd... :fixes:


When this is all done, perhaps the winner (or top X players) should challenge Miles to a match with their team. Having a title like "leader of all gym leaders" without being a participant in this tourney seems like rather big talk to me.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Earlier today I was working on my main comp when the display suddenly turned into a fizzle of blue and white (I guess because I was on these forums when it happened). I haven't been able to get my comp started back up since. ...I'm thinking the problem might be hard drive failure. I have another comp with wireless capability, but I've been having trouble keeping the connection stable. It likes to just suddenly drop after a little while.

Now, while that doesn't interfere with my Nintendo WFC connection per se (since I learned to connect my DS directly to the wireless network here instead of through Nintendo's USB connector), it makes communication a bit difficult. I should still be able to battle at certain times in the following days, but it didn't help to have a day knocked out by this.

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