Jedi Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) Link to the Bracket: http://sforestsmash.challonge.com/PKMNChallenge Hey there, you may know me as, That guy who talks about smash way too much, or that prick who has some obnoxious opinions, or just generally, that cool dude.™, regardless of how you may know me or not, I have a tourney for you Pokemon folks. Link to Pokemon Showdown You will likely need this if you don't have it, ANYWAYS. Name of the game Challenge Cup! In the Challenge Cup, which you may know of if you're ancient like I am and have played Pokemon Stadium 2, is basically when you get assigned a completely random team, and in Smogons rulings, anything goes, the only clauses in effect are the "no doubles" and with SO SO many pokemon the chances of getting doubles are like insanely low. Smogon has some small things to add here which I will quote. Smogon Challenge Cup Format I however am not familiar with if Showdown does the 60-90 lvl thing, I'll have to check. Composition Challenge Cup is a format that is entirely luck-of-the-draw and one in which every Pokémon and their ability, moveset, and item are randomized. However, the ability is chosen from the Pokémon's legal abilities, and moves are chosen from the Pokémon's learnset. The lack of Pokémon restrictions means that Pokémon from any tier can be present in your team. You may even get some unreleased Pokémon like Floette-Eternal. Pokémon levels here range from 60-90 with lower tier Pokémon having higher levels than Pokémon from upper tiers. The Pokémon's moves, EV spread, ability, and nature will be randomly picked, meaning you never know what to expect! Play Restrictions Species Clause: Players cannot have two Pokémon with the same Pokédex number on the same team. Basic Strategy To start with the basics, you should first look at the items, abilities, and moves on your Pokémon. You don't want to use Ingrain on your Pokémon only to realize that it's holding a Choice Band. You should also pay close attention to the moves and abilities your Pokémon have because getting a bulky Wonder Guard Pokémon with status and recovery or a Pure Power Pokémon with good coverage means you basically win the game. With the lack of Evasion Clause, the moves Double Team and Minimize are your best friends. After getting enough evasion boosts you could potentially win matches due to your opponent missing all their moves. This also single-handedly raises the viability of perfect accuracy moves like Aerial Ace. Lastly, remember that the lack of an OHKO Clause added with the difference in levels between Pokémon means that OHKO moves such as Sheer Cold could give you a huge advantage over your opponent. Another thing to note would be the lack of a Sleep Clause: if you're blessed with a good sleep-inducing move, use it often to debilitate your opponent's team. I'm looking to make this double elimination, best of 3, except for finals which will be best of 5. However I forget if Showdown randomizes your team for every match, because that would be so amusing to have to play that many rounds with entirely different teams, this is up for discussion. I am looking for 16 victims for this insanity, if you feel like "Yeah Jedi I want to lose to the luck of the draw" or "Yeah Jedi I will totally invoke Joey's luck from Yugioh and win everything" then this is the right tourney for you. If I get more than 16 I will be extending the amount of people, and well this is an interest check so I'm not sure when it'll start for sure. If you people who compeitive Pokemon often would love to give me good rule ideas, instead of what I am thinking of doing PLEASE speak up. 1. Jedi 2. Riptor 3. CrystalPoke 4. Shin 5. DarkDestr0yer 6. Lord Gaius 7. Tsunami 8. General Horace 9. DavidSW 10. Anacybele 11. JSND 12. Quintessence 13. DodgeDusk 14. Nym 15. Dandragon 16 blah Edited July 26, 2016 by Jedi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Masters Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Sure, count me in. I'm so done with RNJesus that I might as well finish to burn the last bridges :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrystalPoke Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 (edited) I've done competitive for the last years, and lemme tell you, CC is not a good tier. It gives to every pokémon literally a random movement and random item, meaning that you can find bizarre things like Slowpoke with a Venusaurite and Tackle. Everytime I played it, it gave me stupid movements like Snatch, Sunny Day and things like that. You're better to go with Random Battle, but I'll join anyways. Edit: Also yeah it gives random teams every match. Edited July 1, 2016 by CrystalPoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I've done competitive for the last years, and lemme tell you, CC is not a good tier. It gives to every pokémon literally a random movement and random item, meaning that you can find bizarre things like Slowpoke with a Venusaurite and Tackle. Everytime I played it, it gave me stupid movements like Snatch, Sunny Day and things like that. You're better to go with Random Battle, but I'll join anyways. Edit: Also yeah it gives random teams every match. That's precisely why it was chosen, because it's silly, random and occasionally unfair! I'm also in, I look forward to outdoing Horace at another tournament! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkDestr0yer61 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 I wish to join. Hopefully my luck will be closer to Percy's than it is Arthur's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoesMad Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 In Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami922 Posted July 1, 2016 Share Posted July 1, 2016 Sure. Sign me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted July 1, 2016 Author Share Posted July 1, 2016 Whoa bigger first day reply than I was expecting, thanks! I'll put your names up there in a mo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Horace Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 sure even though my luck is HORRIBLE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Masters Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 BTW Jedi, none of your links appear to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Horace Posted July 2, 2016 Share Posted July 2, 2016 he put a space after them all, just hit backspace and they'll work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted July 2, 2016 Author Share Posted July 2, 2016 Whoooops. I'll fix that in a moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
secondworld Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 So, randoms tourney? I'm down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anacybele Posted July 4, 2016 Share Posted July 4, 2016 I'm not good at competitive Pokemon, but this could be fun! Put me in, Jedi. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted July 4, 2016 Author Share Posted July 4, 2016 Alright awesome, just 6 more slots left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blah the Prussian Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Tentatively joining depending on when this thing is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted July 5, 2016 Author Share Posted July 5, 2016 Tentatively joining depending on when this thing is. I'm trying to figure that out myself, because I wasn't sure if people would be interested in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintessence Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Anything that's luck or rng is good to me! I'm in. I only want 1 Bidoof and 5 Slowpokes! I don't know a shit about pokeshowdown nor cups nor anything, but I think a guide doesn't hurt. Also, kind of lame that I can only post on PC and not on mobile since the last maintenance on the site 0/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Anything that's luck or rng is good to me! I'm in. I only want 1 Bidoof and 5 Slowpokes! I don't know a shit about pokeshowdown nor cups nor anything, but I think a guide doesn't hurt. Also, kind of lame that I can only post on PC and not on mobile since the last maintenance on the site 0/10 Well Challenge cup is basically just randomed team from EVERYTHING even your moves are utterly random, so are you in or no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSND Alter Dragon Boner Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Oh hey i read this during Saturday and wanted to sign in but forgot to log in on SF. Theres still a slot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Oh hey i read this during Saturday and wanted to sign in but forgot to log in on SF. Theres still a slot? Plenty, I'll put you on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintessence Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 (edited) Well Challenge cup is basically just randomed team from EVERYTHING even your moves are utterly random, so are you in or no Sure let's give it a shot. Quincompetence coming!edit: stuff aside, does anybody have issues posting on mobile, for some reason the site doesn't allow me to post and redirects me to the home page Edited July 6, 2016 by Quintessence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jedi Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Sure let's give it a shot. Quincompetence coming! edit: stuff aside, does anybody have issues posting on mobile, for some reason the site doesn't allow me to post and redirects me to the home page Kk. Also I haven't tried posting on mobile since SF got slower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DodgeDusk Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I must take my revenge on Shin. Count me in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nym Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) I don't battle online but maybe I could try this. I just need to know when it will happens since now I got a part time job now. Edited July 7, 2016 by Nym Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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