Pok?mon Battling Tournament

[wolf]

Pokémon Battling Tournament

I haven't forgotten about this. I'll post the thread mockup soon.

edit: Also, I'm open to any different names that could be used for this event. "Battling Tournament" is a bit bland. Battling Bash or Battling Free-for-All, maybe?

 

[Zeffy]

Jingle Bell Whack
Holiday Battle Bonanza
Bah Humbug
25 Days of Pokemon Battling

i can't think of a good one :(((

are we doing themed challenges still?? if we are, it'll be easy to come up with some of them during the event but it'd be great if we could already have a stockpile of them before the event actually begins :D

 

[wolf]

Hmm, I like Holiday Battle Bonanza. I might use that.

Here's a WIP thread design, might change the font and make it more holiday-ish later:

Spoiler:

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Holiday Battle Free-for-All

Welcome fellow Pokémon battlers! Are you ready to show us your moves? This is a standard free-for-all tournament available for PC's battle server and in-game Wi-Fi. The goal is to win the tournament by winning battles.

― Signing up

Please fill out the following form and post it.

[b]Battle server username(s):[/b]
[b]3DS Friend Code:[/b]

Leave either of them empty if you plan to only participate one way. Once you have posted, you may start battling anyone to earn points. The battle server will automatically log all battles you've completed, and you can check your point total in "/profile username". However, Wi-Fi battles have to be logged in your sign-up post. Please use the following format.

Won vs Zeffy / Wi-Fi
Won vs Castform / Wi-Fi

― Point system

Type of battle

Win

Lose

Wi-Fi battle

500

-100

Regular server battle (e.g. OU, Ubers, and UU)

400

-100

Random server battle

150

-40

1v1 battle

10

-3

"Server" refers to PC's battle server.

― Rules

• Don't abuse other players for points (e.g. convincing them to forfeit).
• Don't ignore certain players if you aren't actually busy or away (e.g. battling other people while avoiding someone).
• Counterteaming will NOT be enforced, as it's too subjective. Be sure to prepare a lot of teams.

― Prizes

idk yet

Any feedback on the point system?

are we doing themed challenges still?? if we are, it'll be easy to come up with some of them during the event but it'd be great if we could already have a stockpile of them before the event actually begins :D

Yup! We could ask the BSS for ideas too.

edit: I'll code the battle system tomorrow. I'm not 100% sure if I'll be able to prevent challenge battles from logging players with the same IPs, but I'll see what I can do. I intend to turn on logging for challenge battles too, similar to chat logs. Once the tournament is over, we (and the BSS?) can check the winners' battles and make sure they didn't force people to forfeit. It might be tedious doing that since the server doesn't organize the battles by username. At least we would only have to do it for the top 3, and this way we wouldn't have to bother with logging most battles. Plus it'll probably encourage more battling.

 

[Zeffy]

I'm assuming that once you have 0 points, you can't go into negative? I'm a bit iffy about the number of points given for winning 1v1 battles, but seeing as there's a huge margin of difference between those and regular battles I guess no one can actually abuse them. Anyway, I've posted a thread in the BSS forum to ask for help re: themed challenges! Hopefully this time we can actually post the challenges in certain intervals haha

re: battle system
are you gonna be pushing your code to github? i'd love to help out with that anyway i can!

 

[wolf]

re: battle system
are you gonna be pushing your code to github? i'd love to help out with that anyway i can!

Yup, check the commits tomorrow. Though you'll probably be in bed when I start working on it. I already added a really simple script for checking identical IPs. I'll see if it works when Steve implements it.

 

[wolf]

It works!! People won't be able to challenge their alts for points.

 

[wolf]

Sorry for triple posting.

I don't think I can prevent points from going negative (without putting too much time into it), so we'll probably have to do away with the "lose a battle = lose points" idea. It's pretty discouraging to casual battlers anyway.

edit: Never mind, I found a way to do it, but I think we shouldn't implement it anyway due to the above reason.

 

[wolf]

Last post I promise. Thread is finalized:

Spoiler:

a

Holiday Battle Free-for-All

Welcome fellow Pokémon battlers! Are you ready to show us your moves? This is a standard free-for-all tournament available for PC's battle server (click) and in-game Wi-Fi. The goal is to win the tournament by winning battles.

― Signing up

Please fill out the following form and post it.

[b]Battle server username(s):[/b]
[b]3DS Friend Code:[/b]

Leave either of them empty if you plan to only participate one way. Once you've posted, you may start battling anyone to earn points. The battle server will automatically log all points you've collected, and you can check your point total via "/profile username". If you're a Wi-Fi battler, ask for battles in this thread or message those who signed up with 3DS FCs. Only theme challenges and Wi-Fi battles have to be logged in your sign-up post. Please use the following format. (If you put only "theme" we will assume that it's for the battle server.)

Won vs Zeffy / Wi-Fi
Won vs Castform / theme
Lost vs Dragon / Wi-Fi / theme

― Point system

You earn the following points for each battle won.

Wi-Fi battle

50

Regular server battle (e.g. OU, Ubers, and UU)

40

Random server battle

15

1v1 battle

1

"Server" refers to PC's battle server.

― Theme challenges

Throughout the tournament we will post theme challenges. Anyone is welcome to make teams with these themes to gain extra points when winning battles. The point bonus stacks with each battle you win, and the themes will have varying amounts of point bonuses. These battles must be logged in your sign-up post or they'll be counted as regular battles. Theme challenges do not apply to 1v1 formats.

― Rules

• Don't abuse other players for points (e.g. convincing them to forfeit).
• Don't ignore certain players if you aren't actually busy or away (e.g. battling other people while avoiding someone).
• Counterteaming will NOT be enforced, as it's too subjective. Be sure to prepare a lot of teams.

― Prizes

Top 1 winner will receive 60 BP and a trophy on the battle server (trophy lasts for 4 weeks). Top 2 will receive 50 BP and top 3 will receive 40 BP.

Emblems will probably be made. Check back later.

― Participants

wolf (exempt from winning)
Zeffy (exempt from winning)

Happy Holidays. :)​

 

[Klippy]

Last post I promise. Thread is finalized:

Spoiler:

a

Holiday Battle Free-for-All

Welcome fellow Pokémon battlers! Are you ready to show us your moves? This is a standard free-for-all tournament available for PC's battle server (click) and in-game Wi-Fi. The goal is to win the tournament by winning battles.

― Signing up

Please fill out the following form and post it.

[b]Battle server username(s):[/b]
[b]3DS Friend Code:[/b]

Leave either of them empty if you plan to only participate one way. Once you've posted, you may start battling anyone to earn points. The battle server will automatically log all points you've collected, and you can check your point total via "/profile username". If you're a Wi-Fi battler, ask for battles in this thread or message those who signed up with 3DS FCs. Only theme challenges and Wi-Fi battles have to be logged in your sign-up post. Please use the following format. (If you put only "theme" we will assume that it's for the battle server.)

Won vs Zeffy / Wi-Fi
Won vs Castform / theme
Lost vs Dragon / Wi-Fi / theme

― Point system

You earn the following points for each battle won.

Wi-Fi battle

50

Regular server battle (e.g. OU, Ubers, and UU)

40

Random server battle

15

1v1 battle

1

"Server" refers to PC's battle server.

― Theme challenges

Throughout the tournament we will post theme challenges. Anyone is welcome to make teams with these themes to gain extra points when winning battles. The point bonus stacks with each battle you win, and the themes will have varying amounts of point bonuses. These battles must be logged in your sign-up post or they'll be counted as regular battles. Theme challenges do not apply to 1v1 formats.

― Rules

• Don't abuse other players for points (e.g. convincing them to forfeit).
• Don't ignore certain players if you aren't actually busy or away (e.g. battling other people while avoiding someone).
• Counterteaming will NOT be enforced, as it's too subjective. Be sure to prepare a lot of teams.

― Prizes

Top 1 winner will receive 60 BP and a trophy on the battle server (trophy lasts for 4 weeks). Top 2 will receive 50 BP and top 3 will receive 40 BP.

Emblems will probably be made. Check back later.

― Participants

wolf (exempt from winning)
Zeffy (exempt from winning)

Happy Holidays. :)​

Love it! Go ahead and post to the main GT area as soon as you're able. I'll be having an admin open the area up tomorrow morning (USA PST). :D

 

[wolf]

Love it! Go ahead and post to the main GT area as soon as you're able. I'll be having an admin open the area up tomorrow morning (USA PST). :D

I'll post it once Steve updates the battle server. I sent him the GT tournament scripts last night, so hopefully he'll get to it this afternoon/morning.

 

[wolf]

Love it! Go ahead and post to the main GT area as soon as you're able. I'll be having an admin open the area up tomorrow morning (USA PST). :D

Posted it! I forgot to add the prefix but I can do that when the thread goes up.