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HG/SS Championship
The Pokemon HG/SS Video Game Championship is coming up.
Is anyone thinking of going or has anyone ever been? I kind of am, but I'm not one of those people who breeds the perfect Pokemon and does all of the IV/EV training or whatever, and I think most people there will be like that. But you can get a shiny Eevee for just going and watching! (I'm new and I'm not sure if this belongs in this forum because it's for HG/SS only, or if to put it in the Wi Fi forum,, sorry!) |
I actually want to go, despite my competitive record being 0 for a lot (mainly due to a lack of ability to make a competitive team, but I'm much better now). Hopefully, I'll be able to make it to the fifth round (my personal goal).
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Can you provide a link to wtf your talking about...
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i'm not sertain if i'll go i am still fine tunning my team
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http://www.pokemonvgc.com/en/ |
I was thinking of going, I even have a team prepared for it, but decided against it. Some people take it way to seriously (RNGing for perfect IVs, best possible moveset, some people even travel across the country to the qualifier with less experienced battlers.), and frankly, it just ruins the fun. :( Everyone is using Rain teams, or maybe a Trick Room team. I suppose the people that really go the extra mile to win will do so... Good for them.
I also live in Oregon, and I don't feel like heading all the way up to Seattle. 3: |
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i would, but there are none anywhere close to where i live.
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IDK what I should do thought I reset my SS so Imma have to beat it and get a team...idk if I can do all of that in that time... |
No events in the Midwest??? WTF?!
And no, the Indy event doesn't count as it's the National Championships... this is total BS, they couldn't give Minneapolis or Chicago or heck, even Milwaukee an event? Not all of us are able to travel cross country at the drop of a hat... :( |
Too bad for you that can't go just because of the locations. I guess you can just hope for next year! :D
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I might go to the Dallas one, but I know that the "perfect" trainers will be there.
Hey if I lose early enough, I can to go Six Flags! |
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Wow..never done any events like this before. I don't know that my team will be tough enough to win anything substantial, but it seems like fun! I might go to the San Mateo one...
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I was part of the 10th aniversery competition. It was fun, so I might take part in this one now that I'm better at the game.
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Most of the people in this tournement will have made their pokemon absolutely perfect and will play ruthlessly not paying any attention to defense or anything other than KOing all the pokemon really quickly so i will probably just beg my parents to take me to the birmingham one
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I'd like to go, ya' know, just for the Eevee. Unfortunately, though, there aren't any locations near where I am. =(
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I would love to go, it would be awesome, but sadly, none of the events are close to my location. I would probably just go to be an spectator and to get a Shiny Eeevee, that would be dope. :)
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New Jersey for the win~
You need to EV Train and have Rain/TR/Hail/Garchomp counters. Garchomp is one of those pokemon that is a staple for a lot of teams that aren't orientated with Weather or TR. But I think many people will be running Rayquaza for Sky Lock, including me. |
I would like to go, but only to watch and recieve a shiny eevee.
Good luck to everyone who is entering (: |
Closest one to me is Atlanta, but it's on the day I leave for my mission trip, which I've been waiting on all year. I think I'll deal without a shiny Eevee. Besides, I'd lose the battles. XD
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Where is there a rules list because i have action replay but... only for items and Master balls can i even compete?
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I would love to go if the closest one wasn't in Atlanta Georgia. D| Now if they had one in Orlando or Tampa or something, I would definitely go as a spectator for that Shiny Eevee. (b'')b. Ah Well.
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What is the prize for the winner of this competition? I can't believe people would travel across the country for this lol.
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Restricted Pokémon During battle, a player's team of four Pokémon may not have more than two Pokémon from the list below. A player's Team Information Sheet may contain up to four Pokémon from the list below, as long as two non-restricted Pokémon are also listed on the sheet. 150 - Mewtwo 249 - Lugia 250 - Ho-Oh 382 - Kyogre 383 - Groudon 384 - Rayquaza 483 - Dialga 484 - Palkia 487 - Giratina |
I SO wanna go, problem is, I have a game re-starting problem...
I might go to the Phoenix AZ one, since it's only like...25 minutes away from my house. You know what I'm gonna go do right now? Train my pathetically weak team into the best one in the world. Watch out, everyone! :D |
No Australia? Some "World" championship...
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For anyone who has participated in these events-
I use AR codes to get 200x exp from battles in my game when I need to level up pokemon quickly so I'm at the right level for whatever part of the game I'm at. If I use these pokemon, will I be disqualified since I used a code to level them up quickly? |
Heres All The Prizes for Seattle: 1st Place:
A Regional Championships 1st Place Trophy A Nintendo DSi system Airfare and 4 day/3 night hotel accommodations for the winner (including parent or legal guardian for players under 18) to attend the Pokémon Video Game National Championships in Indianapolis, IN on June 26th—28th An invite to participate in the Pokémon Video Game National Championships 2nd through 4th Place: A Nintendo DSi system A $300 travel allowance (including an additional $300 travel allowance for players under 18) to participate in the Pokémon Video Game National Championships. An invite to participate in the Pokémon Video Game National Championships 5th through 16th Place: An invite to participate in the Pokémon Video Game National Championships Quote:
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Taken from the Other Information section in the Rules and Regulations:
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No events in Canada, that's lame... how much would I have to bribe someone to score me a shiny Eevee?
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Why oh why is orlando not on there? Seriously we have about 20 convention centers here and furthermore, millions of tourists at any given time. T.T
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If I used hacked rare candies to finish leveling off my pokemon, would that be considered as the hacking aspect?
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It sucks how no events are in the midwest, i live in minnesota :/
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Even though if the pokemon was transfered to a new game card?
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The closest one is 3 hours away,I might go if I can get a ride from my friend who also plays Pokemon and has a license.
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I am going to the San Fransisco one!!! (anyone I can meet up with?)
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Possibly me if I can end up getting that ride.
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Yay for the SF one! (Although it's actually in San Mateo)
I'm conflicted if I actually want to battle or just hang out and get my Shiny Eevee. =P I don't EV train so...we'll see I suppose. |
I'm so sad that i can't go because i live in canada! Curse you american events why won't you come to canada.
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I'll probably be going to the Indianapolis one even though it's ~5 hours away. Not digging the 4 v 4 doubles set-up, I'd much prefer 6 v 6 singles, but w/e. I've gotta get started on theory crafting my team, and breeding/rng etc.
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I'll be going to the one in Phoenix with two of my friends. Can't wait! Just have to come up with a good team. I already have one team, my team from Platinum, but it's mostly UU/NU pokemon. Even combining with my SS team (which isn't EV trained yet) would not be enough to go up against the multitude of Ubers that will be used by noobs. I wish they hadn't allowed ubers. So i'll have to find a way to fit in some ubers. Plus the battles are double battles, so I'll have to factor that as well.
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If you don't have a way to deal with rain (especially if Kyogre OHKOes your entire team), you're not going to get very far. And Kyogre can OHKO a lot of things. |
No events in Belgium. Can't go to Lyon, that's too far away.
Bleh. /sulk. |
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I would go, but its too far away, and I have no competitive team....
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Woah, wall of text. ;p |
I was going to go to the Atlanta one (it is only like an hour from my house- not bad considering) just to grab the eevee and watch. I had even convinced my family that we could do a day in Atlanta thing. But, it turns out that that is the day we are going to the beach. I guess I'll just have to live without my eevee.
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I have never done competitive battling before; I battled the boyfriend of my best friend's little sister once, and I did kick his butt. That is my only experience though. :/ We'll see. I have no idea how to IV/EV train, so I'm just planning on using some Pokemon from Platinum and some from Heart Gold that I've really worked hard on. Should I use a Giratina? I'm not going to be sad if I don't make it very far; I will still have fun.
I'm going to take the Chinatown bus from Boston to NYC and then a train to Jersey! Woot I am so excited to travel... |
I don't think I would do good because everyone's pokemon probably would have flawless IV's, and I don't use any legendarys. But it sounds like it would be awesome to go to anyway, though I don't think I would go because of the distance.
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This makes me want to find a small tournament closer to where I live though. |
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Also, you're not going to have time to Skill Swap; neither Machamp or Kyogre can learn it, which means you're using up two turns with a 3rd Pokémon, as well as one turn to switch between Machamp and Kyogre. In other words, during the time your opponent can attack 4 times, you only get to move once (with Machamp, on turn 1). A common strategy is to Fake Out on the first turn; if they Fake Out your Skill Swapper, you will need a 3rd turn. Another common strategy is to use Dark Void Smeargle; even if you have a Lum Berry, they will still have a second turn to use Dark Void while you're unable to KO Smeargle (as you'd be busy Skill Swapping). Finally, as soon as you send out Kyogre, the opponent will easily guess that you're going to Skill Swap No Guard to it and then use Sheer Cold; they can just gang up on Kyogre to KO it before it can Sheer Cold, meaning you just wasted all those turns setting up. |
I might be going to the Jersey one but i live in maryland :p. I hope I can convince my mom in letting me go. Heck my brother could probally get me down there XD.
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im so going to the seattle 1 but its limited to like 700 people so i might arrive super early! but i have never gone to one of these so im pretty hyped!
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I want to SOOOO bad.
I always have and always will. But sad thing is they're always too far away. Also I thought the same rules for battle tower applied, but seems they don't and you can use up to 4 (non-event) legendaries so I didn't even worry about them. So basically I would have the almost perfect team that would lose to a guy with a team with 4 legendaries with perfect natures and that jazz. But I really would like the experience and the closest one just HAD to be in Indy but that's the nationals... |
To the original post: Hate to break it to you, but the majority of people there will be there to win, so they will take their time to carefully select each moveset, get near-perfect IV's, and the best possible EV's. They won't be just there to battle for the lolz. ;)
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Eh, even though I live about 2 hours away from one, I'm not going. I'm not a competitive battler, and my parents wouldn't waste the gas money. Maybe in a couple of years when I actually decide not to be lazy and actually build a team, as well as have a license and can afford to go.
Really, it's a hodge podge of things keeping me from going. I want the Eevee, and I want the chance to brag if I somehow did become a regional, or if by some lucky, neigh impossible chance of becoming the National, or even World Champion. But even with an EV'd, IV'd, highly competitive team, I doubt I'd make it too far, since I can't predict moves at all. |
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I'm going to try to go to the one in NJ because it's the day after my birthday, so I may be able to convince my brother or my friends to come. Either that or I'll go on my own.. I'll be 19 so I guess I'm cool like that :P
I have been EV training my Pokemon for the first time in HG. Many of my Pokemon have near-perfect IVs, but I haven't been trying for those yet. I'm really going for the shiny Eevee! I have one right now, but somebody traded it to me so I'll never know if it's legit (and I'm guessing no). Anyway, it should be cool. Is it possible to just go and watch the battles? |
there isn't one in manchester, theres one in birmingham which isn't too far but i don't think i want to travel that far just to lose haha
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How can they call it it 'world' championship if practically the whole southern hemisphere misses out? NastyPlot-Z won't get a chance to shine here in Australia... has anyone bothered to complain about this to Nintendo? I really want a shiny Eevee, too.
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My girlfriend and i will be there, as well as a couple of my other friends that are coming from maine. Hope to see you there :3 |
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But it doesn't mean that you can't go in and have some fun anyways. :) |
im going and am studying pokemon strategies more than i did for chem ap testing
seriously try to predict the most common ou strategies.... it takes alot of work and challenging of friends GO TEAM VENTURE THIS RATTATA IS IN THE TOP F-ING PERCENTAGE!!! im going and am studying pokemon strategies more than i did for chem ap testing seriously try to predict the most common ou strategies.... it takes alot of work and challenging of friends GO TEAM VENTURE THIS RATTATA IS IN THE TOP F-ING PERCENTAGE!!! |
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i would but I live in australia with and australian copy of game :( lets ask for australian pokemon black and white comp :P
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Oh there is a thread <.< lol
I swear I searched for it but nothing showed up. :/ Anyways, I'm attending, working on my team at the moment, so anyone else going to the UK one, may see you there. :P |
Can Trade,and a bunch of other stuff there so i'm in!
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HGSS Video Game Championships!
I'm really pissed off. My mum won't let me take part in the VGC 'cause she thinks I'm gonna be beat easily. Well, whether I win or lose, that's a stupid reason for not letting me take part!
Anyone else competing, or has already competed? Or is there anyone like me who wants to but can't for a pathetic reason? |
I went to my cousin's wedding so I couldn't make the one in San Fransisco. I woulda loved to try and go, even if I ran the risk of getting knocked out in the first round.
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I somehow managed to convince my mom to take me there (that's really an achievement when your mom is like, always pissed off of anything you do!^^) !^^ I'm all excited about it and I'm pretty sure I'll make it through the first round and maybe some more rounds... I built up a good team for that but I'm not sure whether I'll make it far since I don't like EV training but oh well...^^ It's still worth visiting, even if you only come to get the Eevee!^^
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Merged your thread on the VGC Championships here with one already made. I agree though, your mom's reasoning on not letting you attend is kind of shallow. :\
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I was freaking out about how I was going to attend, because I live in Florida. I kept trying to get my sister and then my friend to go with me because I felt a little worried going by myself to another state (either Atlanta, Georgia or New Jersey). But luckily I found cheap tickets and I'm set for Jersey with my boyfriend. :) I don't know how far I'll go, but I will let you guys know how it goes down. I know it's not easy for a lot of the people on here to attend because of distance, schedule, and their age. Most parents won't let you travel so far for something they think is "silly." But keep the hope alive for next year. :/ |
nahhh the WGC is too far from where i live
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I've been pestering my parents about bringing me to the one in New Jersey. They keep nodding their heads and stuff but I don't think that they're actually taking me seriously. They think it's stupid that there's actually a "World Championship" for Pokemon. =/ And when I keep asking them if they actually mean that they'll take me, my dad's always like:
'Well, it's two hours away and that's a really bad part of New Jersey...' .............. T_T I wanna enter and download that Eevee... Dang my parents... |
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I have a wonderful story to tell about my experience at this year's event.
I went to the one in Phoenix. But everything got ****ed up on the way there. I live about 2 hours north of Phoenix, so me and my friends made sure to leave early.About a quarter of the way there, traffic came to a halt because of a wildfire along the interstate. It wasn't very big, but it was enough to delay us for about an hour and a half. By the time we got there, it was 2 o'clock and registration ended at 1:30. So we were pissed off about that. But there was a "king of the hill" match setup for those who didn't register. So we waited in line for that for 2 hours, only to be the next to play and have the game shutdown because the tournament was over and they had to pack everything up. Sigh. And I worked so hard on my team for it. At least I connected to 8 pokewalkers and battled one guy. I won too, w00t. But still, I was really disappointed. |
Aww sorry to hear that Kendall. Did you at least get an Eevee?
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So, how long on average do you think it'll take to fully prepare? I have three days after finals end to prepare four Pokémon to relatively high levels with good EV spreads and ideal movesets, not to mention breeding and what not.
Also, what time should I arrive at the tournament to register? I don't want to be like Kendall and arrive too late (sorry to hear that btw), and I know there'll be a line before registration even starts. Is 12:30 a good time? |
def be there by 1230 u dont wnat to go and not particpate
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Well, I'm in Romania. I suppose the closest competition is/was in Lyon ...
I, however, didn't want to go. There are all sorts of people which travel a lot with a perfect team with perfect IVs, careful EVs, blah blah ... I never do that, so I usually geot owned in Competitive. Plus, my mom would reject travelling to another country just to play Pokemon, too. I've also heard (here on PC) about a family which traveled all the way from Scotland to Birmingham and got rejected because the "cap reached its maximal value". Lol, they came from SCOTLAND, a family which plays Pokemon freely and have no idea what an EV is and they get REJECTED ! :( |
Heh Im going, Working on my team as we speak, I cannot wait, have a little stall team that opens up into a a ground sweeper's with incredible evasiveness.
Wish me luck. |
Anyone go to the Birmingham one? If so did you happen to catch where the videos those guys where taking where from? Wanna see if I'm in any of em. :3
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Yeah, I did all the EV training and the likes, didn't bother with breeding for IVs though. Unfortunately I didn't get into the actual championship due to queues and the likes so if you going get there at least 3 hours in advance or you won't get it. It was still an enjoyable day though, had a few friendly battles and watched some matches. Good fun.
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Well, the NY/NJ/CT regional is this Saturday...
Anyone else other than me going to it? I'm doing all of my preparation over the next two days. Given what I have in mind, it shouldn't be too difficult to prepare. One question to those who have gone: how common are Explosion teams and Sandstorm teams? |
Ahahahahahaha...
Ahehehehehehe... I was two hours away from yeterday's tournament without realizing it! Gah, if I had payed atention, I could have been there by now! Grr, oh well, I left my central team member (for my primary team, anyways) behind in another game, which is in another DS, across the world, but still... |
I'll be in Jersey! Woohoo~
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Cool! I will be too! I wonder if I should hold up a sign saying my screen name. That won't attract too many stalkers will it? :P How early do you think we should arrive? I'm flying in NY at 8am, so I think we're just going to rent a car and drive to Jersey right away. A couple people on here have said that they drove all the way to the place, registered, and still couldn't participate. |
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I'm getting in line before 12:30; I don't want to be ousted from the tournament before it even begins. Especially that all I have left in preparation is EV training and filling out the team info sheet as well as getting the hacked Pokémon that I use in ad-hoc tournaments off of my game card to avoid the hack detection. |
This is definately something I'd be interested in, but sadly I can't make it.
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Awww, my parents decided to not bring me to NJ tomorrow. My dad kept insisting on the 'bad part of town' but I kept begging and begging. He ended up going camping with the whole family except me this weekend so I'm home alone with no ride to NJ T_T Depressing, I had my team ready and everything... And no shiny Eevee now... :(
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This is just a bummer for a lot of people it seems. :( I left my house at 3:30 this morning, and sat in the airport waiting for my flight to NY to leave at 5:10. The reason I am sitting here typing to you guys and not on a plane is because the pilots from Spirit Airlines decided today would be a great day to go on strike. Maybe I can go the next time they do something like this :(
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Well, I just got home from the Regionals. My advice to any future VGC goer: Arrive early. I cannot stress that enough; I arrived at around 12:20-12:30 and the line already wrapped around the block; turns out I was one of the last entrants to be accepted into the tournament.
Also, fear Rain teams. Fear them a lot. |
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