Battle League

[Vaporlock]

Hello everyone,


I am interested is trying to set up a Battle League with anyone that is interested. The more trainers the better the league will be. The only catch is that special rules and regulations. Depending on how many trainers are interested is depending on what Pokémon are allowed in.


Right now here are my ideas.


1. Random drafting order with the trainers that are interested with just Gen 1 Pokémon only. Drafting order will be random with the names pulled from a hat. The only Pokémon that will not be allowed are the three Legendary Birds, Mewtwo, and Mew.


2. This will be the first season and the season will be split up into timed events. The first event will be the draft. The second event will be the preseason. Followed by the season. Next will be the playoffs. Last will be the offseason. If everything goes successful and everyone is interested in continuing, then the order will start again.


3. More information on the draft. There will only be one of each Pokémon available during the draft, for example if someone picks Charizard, then Charizard and its lower evolved forms will no longer be available. You will only be allowed to have so many Pokémon on your team. Right now I am thinking a max of 9 to a minimum of 3, depending on how many trainers are interested.


4. The Preseason. This is the time for trainers to work out trades, breed their picked Pokémon for the right IV's and egg moves they want. Train their Pokémon to their liking. Trading rights to Pokémon is also allowed during this time. Since this is going to be a timed event, right now I am thinking the preseason will last about two weeks at the max.


5. The Season. The season length will be depended on how many trainers join. During the season you are still allowed to continue to train your Pokémon, change move sets, and trade rights to Pokémon up until the trade deadline. Trainers will battle each other during this time. Right now I am thinking at least one battle during the week. I will come up with the season schedule during the draft and the preseason.


6. The Playoffs. This will be begin one week after the end of the season. Depending on how many trainers join is how the playoffs will work. This will be one battle per week with the losing trainer out and the winning trainer moving on until the championship match. Right now I am currently thinking up of an award for the champion, maybe something in game or a trophy.


7. The offseason. This will be the time to start up trading for the next season and training your Pokémon. Also if anyone gains interest and would like to join, this will be the time that extra trainers will be allowed to join.


8. No Mega-Evolves during battle. Mega-Evolved Pokémon will not be allowed during this season. Mega-stones for Gen 1 Pokémon will be up for grabs in the next draft if this continues.


9. Rules during battle. Some moves will not be allowed. I will let everyone know what moves will not be allowed or restricted before the draft begins. Baton Pass is limited to ONE Pokemon per team. Once your Pokémon is out in battle it stays out in battle until it faints or gets forced out of battle. Also moves that cause status effects are allowed, for example Sleep power. Items will be allowed during battle, except for revives and max revives. Please keep in mind not to drag out the battle. Other trainers have other obligations also.


Please respond to this or message me if you are interested in joining this.


edit: The reason why I put this in X and Y is so that all Pokémon will become available if this is successful.


People interested so far:
Formula_Grande
Mega Buster


Please add me also if you are interested

 

[Dark Phantom Samurai]

Seems very interesting, I wouldn't mind being the Dark Type Gym Leader or Elite four Dark Specialist I would most certainly be participating in this should it go underway.

Please let me know, you've got one supporter :)

 

[Nah]

I'll be moving this on down to the Battling and Team Building section, since leagues are all about battling, and don't necessarily have to be about X/Y. BTB involves battling across all the generations, so its not like you're restricted in some way by putting it down there. You don't have to worry about Pokemon availability or whatever the hell it is you're talking about there. Besides, most people battle in 6th gen anyway.

Moves.

Also, you'll want to make it clear if the battling will be down on 3DSs, on Pokemon Showdown, or both.

 

[Mega Buster]

I'd actually enjoy taking part in this! What do you mean by league? Do you mean a traditional Pokemon league with Gym leaders and an Elite 4 or like professional sports where there are teams with owners (participants) and players (Pokemon)?

 

[champagnepapi]

Hmm im not the op, but to adress all of the replies here, he wants a league like the nfl with the pokemon as players and users as managers (very cool idea btw), not a gym league. There is a gym league thread which is active though, so anyone intetested should check that out.

Also M4GNIT2DE on youtube has a league like this running, so thats worth looking at for precedent. I alsommade some logos back in the day, feel free to use em

https://www.pokecommunity.com/blog.php?b=12163

 

[Mega Buster]

Hmm im not the op, but to adress all of the replies here, he wants a league like the nfl with the pokemon as players and users as managers (very cool idea btw), not a gym league. There is a gym league thread which iscactive though, so anyone intetested should check that out.

Also M4GNIT2DE on youtube has a league like this running, so thats worth looking at for precedent. I alsommade some logos back in the day, feel free to use em

Thanks for clearing it up! The other replies threw me off.

 

[Vaporlock]

Antebellum was right on how I would like to run this, where is league is like a sports team. So no gyms, no elite four, but there will be a champion. Now the champion is will be the champion of that season. The reason why I picked season is because they will always be coming out with new Pokémon games with new Pokémon, Mega-stones, different types, and what ever else they decide to come up with.


As for what system the battles will be on is the 3DS. I don't think you can train your Pokémon on Pokémon Showdown. This league is about your ability to pick and train your chosen Pokémon team.


The main reason why I restricted to only Gen 1 Pokémon is because there is only a few Legendary Pokémon in that generation. Even though you will not be able to pick the Legendary Pokémon in this draft, does not mean they will never be available is later drafts. Mewtwo is one of the few Pokémon that is over powered and also has the ability to beat the Elite Four and Champion in the game. Mew on the other hand is going to be hard to get. Some websites want a money donation to the site, your first born, one of your kidneys, and the next four event Pokémon untouched just to ask for one. Also most of the Mews out there are hacks.


As for restricted moves, I am currently going over all the moves out there and have not seen any moves that are over powered. Odds are I will not even restrict baton pass to just one Pokémon on your team. This game is a strategy game after all.

 

[Dark Phantom Samurai]

Sounds good to me. Why ban any moves? There there to be used, not to be restricted so allow them all, i beg of you. But yes I do like having legendary's restricted.

Ill keep in touch.

 

[champagnepapi]

Antebellum was right on how I would like to run this, where is league is like a sports team. So no gyms, no elite four, but there will be a champion. Now the champion is will be the champion of that season. The reason why I picked season is because they will always be coming out with new Pokémon games with new Pokémon, Mega-stones, different types, and what ever else they decide to come up with.


As for what system the battles will be on is the 3DS. I don't think you can train your Pokémon on Pokémon Showdown. This league is about your ability to pick and train your chosen Pokémon team.


The main reason why I restricted to only Gen 1 Pokémon is because there is only a few Legendary Pokémon in that generation. Even though you will not be able to pick the Legendary Pokémon in this draft, does not mean they will never be available is later drafts. Mewtwo is one of the few Pokémon that is over powered and also has the ability to beat the Elite Four and Champion in the game. Mew on the other hand is going to be hard to get. Some websites want a money donation to the site, your first born, one of your kidneys, and the next four event Pokémon untouched just to ask for one. Also most of the Mews out there are hacks.


As for restricted moves, I am currently going over all the moves out there and have not seen any moves that are over powered. Odds are I will not even restrict baton pass to just one Pokémon on your team. This game is a strategy game after all.

Well baton pass teams are the antithesis of strategy haha. They wont be OP with kanto pokes however, since that rule is only in place for espeon, who cant be roared out to have its boosts reset and speed boost pokes who help baton pass even more by stopping taunt and faster attack, none of which are in the original 151 thankfully. Also showdown would be okay since the pokemon are already trained to lv 100 and exists as a timesaver really, so you dont have to breed perfect pokes and egg moves etc in the games.

 

[Mega Buster]

I like the idea! Please contact me if you wanna go through with it! I would love to participate. :)

 

[Vaporlock]

I'm still interested in starting this, just hoping for more people to sign up.

 

[MoxieInfinite]

But yes I do like having legendary's restricted.

Why? Mega Gengar is better than 99% of legendaries, and 70% of the usable ones. Wheres the logic. This isnt 1998.

 

[Dark Phantom Samurai]

Why? Mega Gengar is better than 99% of legendaries, and 70% of the usable ones. Wheres the logic. This isnt 1998.

So what, go wreck Gengar then.

 

[Mega Buster]

Why? Mega Gengar is better than 99% of legendaries, and 70% of the usable ones. Wheres the logic. This isnt 1998.

Lol but at least Mega Gengar gets bopped by Pinsir/Mega Pinsir with the Earthquake and Mold Breaker combo

 

[MoxieInfinite]

Lol but at least Mega Gengar gets bopped by Pinsir/Mega Pinsir with the Earthquake and Mold Breaker combo

What stops Mega Gengar from switching out? And Mega Gengar has very likely already gotten a kill at that point.

Lanturn OHKOes Kyogre with Specs Thunder (most likely). Should we unban Kyogre? Act like you arent 3 years old next time. Jesus christ.

Also, Mega Pinsir doesnt have Mold Breaker. Nor does it run EQ anymore.

 

[Mega Buster]

What stops Mega Gengar from switching out? And Mega Gengar has very likely already gotten a kill at that point.

Lanturn OHKOes Kyogre with Specs Thunder (most likely). Should we unban Kyogre? Act like you arent 3 years old next time. Jesus christ.

Also, Mega Pinsir doesnt have Mold Breaker. Nor does it run EQ anymore.

I'm just saying Pinsir (I guess not mega) bops Gengar/Mega Gengar. You made Gengar sound like it was invincible. Plus if Pinsir sword dances on the switch it's pretty much gg.

Why are you bringing up Lanturn and Kyogre? He only wants this to be 1st gen (at least for the first season). But even so what were you trying to prove with that irrelevant point? That just cause regular Pokémon can kill a Legendary, legends shouldn't be banned? I get what you're trying to say but Legends still hold an advantage, maybe not that much compared to Mega Gengar, like you said earlier, but still one Mega taking on a team of Legends, I'd say the odds are against you. Also what stops Kyogre from switching? Hell, why would a Kyogre even stay in on a Lanturn? He can't touch him. If anything the same person could switch into Groudon (cause apparently he has legends?) and if Lanturn didn't use Ice Beam (Which even if it did, it would take at least 2) or whatever on the switch he gets out speed by Groudon and gets 2HKO by Groudon's EQ (although not likely cause it'd be stupid to leave a Lanturn locked onto Thunder on Groudon).

Also HELLO? Why wouldn't Pinsir run EQ? It's one of the best moves he learns! It learns it via TM.

 

[MoxieInfinite]

Stop bringing up dumb fact that arent even facts. CC is better that EQ now that Aegislash is gone. Mega Gengar has no reason to stay in vs Mega Pinsir, unless it's completely necessary. And even then it does huge damage on the switch. Not that Mega Gengar can switch in unless ur running VoltTurn/BP/a ghost anyway.

And Mega Gengar is S-tier in Ubers. It's on par with Kyogre, Xerneas, etc. Try playing against Mega Gengar once. It'd be happy to play you in OU pre-Gengarite ban. I'll use MikeDec's team. And then you'll see why it's broken as ♥♥♥♥.

 

[Mega Buster]

Stop bringing up dumb fact that arent even facts. CC is better that EQ now that Aegislash is gone. Mega Gengar has no reason to stay in vs Mega Pinsir, unless it's completely necessary. And even then it does huge damage on the switch. Not that Mega Gengar can switch in unless ur running VoltTurn/BP/a ghost anyway.

And Mega Gengar is S-tier in Ubers. It's on par with Kyogre, Xerneas, etc. Try playing against Mega Gengar once. It'd be happy to play you in OU pre-Gengarite ban. I'll use MikeDec's team. And then you'll see why it's broken as ♥♥♥♥.

Lol "dumb facts"? Are you that in denial that I brought up decent points? Why do you bring up all this Smogon? Every regular Poke in Ubers has a counter (Aegislash, Blaziken/Mega, Mega Khang, Mega Lucario). I swear, Smogon is so crap. But that's another debate for another time. As I was saying, for the most part tiers had nothing to do with this conversation (I guess I'll count that stupid "Lanturn kills Kyogre so banning legends is pointless" point you brought up). Although, you are right that any Poke can bop a better Poke. Also just cause Mega Gengar is Super Mega Super Saiyan Ubers doesn't mean it doesn't have counters too.


No offence but at this point you just kinda sound like an "elitist" or whatever, throwing this Smogon shtuff everywhere. I just think you should relax a little and play a match or two with Pokémon you like, regardless of teir. Cause it sounds like now you think Smogon Rules are the actual rules to online Pokémon. Unless Smogon is the only way you enjoy battling, then nevermind. Everyone to their own I guess.

 

[MoxieInfinite]

Lol "dumb facts"? Are you that in denial that I brought up decent points? Why do you bring up all this Smogon? Every regular Poke in Ubers has a counter (Aegislash, Blaziken/Mega, Mega Khang, Mega Lucario). I swear, Smogon is so crap. But that's another debate for another time. As I was saying, for the most part tiers had nothing to do with this conversation (I guess I'll count that stupid "Lanturn kills Kyogre so banning legends is pointless" point you brought up). Although, you are right that any Poke can bop a better Poke. Also just cause Mega Gengar is Super Mega Super Saiyan Ubers doesn't mean it doesn't have counters too.


No offence but at this point you just kinda sound like an "elitist" or whatever, throwing this Smogon shtuff everywhere. I just think you should relax a little and play a match or two with Pokémon you like, regardless of teir. Cause it sounds like now you think Smogon Rules are the actual rules to online Pokémon. Unless Smogon is the only way you enjoy battling, then nevermind. Everyone to their own I guess.

The only true counter Mega Gengar has is Pursuit. Kyogre has a few shaky ones (Palkia, Gastrodon, Shedinja, Soul Dew Latias, Arceus-Grass/Water, bulky Ludicolo, lol Lanturn). Pretty sure Smogon's ruled are more balancing than GBU. And no, I play ♥♥♥♥ like VGC too. I've won a couple of tournaments in Norway (though that ain't exactly hard. And the reason I use Smogon as my example is because it's the undoubtably most popular 6v6 singles metagame. What I'm saying is: Mega Gengar is better than most legendaries. And ubers. Just because he isnt a legendary doesnt mean that he isnt broken. Because he is.

 

[Dark Phantom Samurai]

The only true counter Mega Gengar has is Pursuit. Kyogre has a few shaky ones (Palkia, Gastrodon, Shedinja, Soul Dew Latias, Arceus-Grass/Water, bulky Ludicolo, lol Lanturn). Pretty sure Smogon's ruled are more balancing than GBU. And no, I play ♥♥♥♥ like VGC too. I've won a couple of tournaments in Norway (though that ain't exactly hard. And the reason I use Smogon as my example is because it's the undoubtably most popular 6v6 singles metagame. What I'm saying is: Mega Gengar is better than most legendaries. And ubers. Just because he isnt a legendary doesnt mean that he isnt broken. Because he is.

Might we just get back to the battle league? The main reason i wanted legendary's banned was because against most Non-Legendary-Pokemon, they will have a big advantage. Also did you miss this? Vaporlock stated in rule Eight, that Mega Evolution's would be banned for this draft anyway. Mega Gengar shouldn't of even come into play here? can we stop debating now? this WAS'NT a debate topic but its certainly turning into one, if you had any problems with the rules you should of inquired Vaporlock about that... But you rip on my post shun me for no logic and you criticize Mega Buster as a 3-year old? Any other Abuse you would like to add? Because I certainly didn't sign up for this forum to be abused. Just Enough Already! Don't worry about Mega Gengar!