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Congrats to the winners of the 2023 Smog Awards!
Official Nintendo Pokemon Tournament
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I didn't know about Smogon back when JAA was happening. How far did you get with that Smeargle/Explosion/etc. strategy, Obi?
They took the winner's game at the end and checked it somehow. My cartridge was fairly obvious, though, since when I got it back I checked through it and I apparently had like ad530Dsfj63dfg Pokeballs (I bought a used game and didn't reset it because it saved time going through the game).
I'm surprised they let you keep your Denver win rather than giving it to the runner up. They didn't want their medal back?
EDIT: So, why do you all think this tournament is using D/P rather than PBR, which would allow for level scaling, sleep clause, etc.? Could it be that even Nintendo is not immune to the Wii shortage? Are they just trying to save money? The latter certainly seems to be the case, what with only two qualifying rounds of 128 people each.
EDIT: So, why do you all think this tournament is using D/P rather than PBR, which would allow for level scaling, sleep clause, etc.? Could it be that even Nintendo is not immune to the Wii shortage? Are they just trying to save money? The latter certainly seems to be the case, what with only two qualifying rounds of 128 people each.
Its probably to encourage people to use "strong" pokemon, not just random crap they caught then put on their teams. I'd prefer the open level thing anyways, it just feels more in the spirit of the game as lame/queer/lol as that sounds. Its probably for the better anyways, since it allows for strategies involving lower leveled Pokemon.
The other reason may have just been that they, for whatever reason, wanted to hold a DP wireless tourney as opposed to PBR. It reflects the battle tower better that way, and they'll probably just input the standard double cup rules for the tourney.
PBR for the final round really throws things off imo. If I recall correctly you get to view your opponents team no matter what before the battle in PBR. If you're using 4 man teams already, your entire strategy could be revealed. Hopefully they'd either let you bring 6 to the finals (which in my opinion would effect the way I build a team) or they set it up for you before you go on the big screen, which is what they'll assumingly be using.
I really wish they'd let me participate though, I would save up for a trip to NYC. I assume it just has to do with the way things are taxed in canada vs US, but the tourney is already international anyways.
How it went was that I got a few immediate prizes, then gave them my game.
I went home. They checked my game slowly, and a few weeks later I was taken off the site. I then got my cartridge in the mail with a letter somewhat explaining things.
Registered. Hope it it is a quick affair lol. Cali summer will be fun.
It's a bummer that the tournament is being held in only two places. Using Mapquest, I determined LA is a good 19 hour journey by car from where I'm at just to get there one way (try that round trip with today's gas prices o.o). I'd be forced to go by plane, but even that would be a good $200-400 round trip. I would be crazy to spend that much money just to claim my place as a pokemon master. Good luck to any Smogon members that plan on going.
At least I can say that I'm the best pokemon player in my town. :( (It has a pop. of around 500k and I haven't found a single person as devoted as I).
Oh yes, like stated before, I see many of the standard moves that some pokemon learn past Lv. 50 but not otherwise are unusable (since they cannot be obtained legally). Typhlosion won't be able to learn Eruption, Vaporeon won't be able to get Hydro Pump, and Froslass won't be able to obtain Destiny Bond. Anyone who participates in this tournament will need to consider this when making their team.
At least I can say that I'm the best pokemon player in my town. :( (It has a pop. of around 500k and I haven't found a single person as devoted as I).
Oh yes, like stated before, I see many of the standard moves that some pokemon learn past Lv. 50 but not otherwise are unusable (since they cannot be obtained legally). Typhlosion won't be able to learn Eruption, Vaporeon won't be able to get Hydro Pump, and Froslass won't be able to obtain Destiny Bond. Anyone who participates in this tournament will need to consider this when making their team.
It's possible, hack checkers here would catch it but we don't know much about what methods Nintendo uses to hack check.
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