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Griffinbane August 11th, 2013 5:59 PM

The Road to VGC! (Part 1)
 
With the VERY exciting news that Worlds will be held on the east coast, it's time for everyone to get some practice in! This tourney is the first in a series built to force potential challengers to learn how to build a team, counter threats, and generally get used to how VGC works. Due to the nature of how the series of tournaments will work, all battles will be on PC's Showdown Server.

If you need help learning VGC, I, and several others, will be available for help on PC's Trade Corner Chat. You may also receive help at NuggetBridge, or you may take your chances at PC's Showdown Server (I don't recommend this right now, sorry regulars).

The theme of this first tourney is RAIN. You will build a rain team and battle opposing rain teams. Rain is the most common, and easiest to use out of all the weather teams that currently exist. I can guarantee you that at a regional, you will at least SEE a rain team, if not battle one. (Note that I did not say you may not use any other weather or strategy, just that you must have rain.)

The format will be Swiss style. Everyone will battle a number of rounds (depends on number of entries). Standings will be determined depending on your win/loss ratio, your opponent's win/loss ratio, and your opponent's opponent's win/loss ratio.

Rules:

- All battles will take place on PC's Showdown Server (I mentioned this already. Don't forget!)
- All battles will be in doubles VGC
- Item Clause: All Pokemon must be carrying a different item
- Species Clause: All Pokemon must be of different species
- The following Pokemon are banned: Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Chatot, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect
- The following moves are banned: Sky Drop, Dark Void
- Trainers may not use unreleased Dream World Abilities or items
- All trainers must have Drizzle Politoed or a Rain Dance user on their team
- All battles will be best out of 3

Sign-ups will begin immediately (please include your Showdown name) and the first round of matches will begin on August 17th. You have 3 days to finish your matches (the sooner you battle, the sooner we can move to the next round). Please report your win or loss in a new post.

Participants:
Griffinbane (Griffy)
Dyl-icious (Dyl-icious)
Tman109ner (Tman109ner)
Antemortem (Antemortem, Latias)
Wiilio (Aye-aye)
NecrumWarrior (NecrumWarrior)
Jolteon* (nemaizels)
Ooka (Deity)
Shrivaas_73 (Shrivaas)
Berzerk! (Berzerk!)
cbd98 (cbd98)
Youngster Timmy (lok210)
Iloveeevee (Iloveeevee)
retinaburn (retinaburn)

The Brackets: http://challonge.com/pcvgc

Round 2 Match-ups: Deadline August 27th
Youngster Timmy vs Ooka
retinaburn vs cbd98
Iloveeevee vs Shrivas_73
Jolteon* vs Berzerk!
Dyl-icious vs NecrumWarrior
Tman109ner vs Wiilio
Griffinbane vs Antemortem

Round 1 Match-ups
Berzerk! vs Griffinbane
Tman109ner vs Iloveeevee
Youngster Timmy vs Antemortem
Shrivaas_73 vs NecrumWarrior
Ooka vs Wiilio
Jolteon* vs cbd98
retinaburn vs Dyl-icious

Tyrael August 11th, 2013 6:04 PM

MEMEMEME!!! User on Showdown is same as PC user, Dyl-icious :3

Tman August 11th, 2013 6:06 PM

I'm here to participate, as well to help out. Tman109ner on Showdown.

antemortem August 11th, 2013 6:20 PM

I'm up for this.

Wiilio August 11th, 2013 6:30 PM

I'm in.
Aye-aye on Showdown.

Gonzo August 12th, 2013 1:55 AM

ugh... PS, but count me in.

P-Wii at showdown

Griffinbane August 12th, 2013 9:38 AM

Hey Gonz, if you wanna breed a new team every 2-3 weeks, you're welcome to it... heh!

amac_ogain August 12th, 2013 3:56 PM

I'll join, but I don't know how.

Gonzo August 13th, 2013 1:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griffinbane (Post 7782171)
Hey Gonz, if you wanna breed a new team every 2-3 weeks, you're welcome to it... heh!

There's Pokecheck and you can basically get a full team within an hour so what's the problem?

Ooka August 13th, 2013 5:44 AM

Oooh I wanna. PS name: Deity

Shrivaas 73 August 13th, 2013 6:58 AM

Count me in.
My PS is Shrivaas.

Berzerk! August 13th, 2013 7:42 AM

Well, I might as well join in.
PS Name Berzerk!

cbd98 August 13th, 2013 3:43 PM

I haven't played in forever, but this seems pretty interesting.
My PS name is cbd98

Youngster Timmy August 13th, 2013 7:26 PM

The Road to VGC! (Part 1)
 
I'll give it a shot!
PS username is lok210

Absol August 14th, 2013 4:49 PM

Signing up for this! WORLDS IN D.C.! \o/ Showdown username is same as username here.

Youngster Timmy August 15th, 2013 9:23 AM

Might have to drop out, PS not working for me?

retinaburn August 15th, 2013 9:58 AM

I'll give it a whirl! I'm pretty unfamiliar with rain... can you give me a rundown and help me with some team suggestions later?

Retinaburn on PS.

Jolteon* August 15th, 2013 11:35 AM

I already gave my info on the chatydoo because pc was down, but my name on showdown is nemaizels

Youngster Timmy August 16th, 2013 6:35 PM

nevermind PS working again

Griffinbane August 16th, 2013 8:46 PM

You know where I hang out, Ret. :p

First round of matchups are up. Get your battles in before the deadline!

Tman August 16th, 2013 9:46 PM

I have triumphed in battle over Iloveeevee! 2 games to none.

Tyrael August 17th, 2013 2:42 PM

Beat retinaburn 2 game to none.

retinaburn August 17th, 2013 3:13 PM

Round 1 Vs. Dyl - Lost 0-2

Absol August 17th, 2013 4:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tman109ner (Post 7789120)
I have triumphed in battle over Iloveeevee! 2 games to none.

Yeah he won both battles. :p ggs Tman :D

antemortem August 17th, 2013 5:45 PM

I won over Timothy 2-1. ggs!


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