Other OU Player of the Week #11: Reyscarface

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AND WE'RE BACK! Welcome to OU's Player of the week, a thread where I interview well known players to gain insight on how they battle, as well as get to know some things about them. The goal of this thread is to have these high level players give insight to other players in this community in hopes of creating a better overall experience in the OU environment. As always, if there's someone you'd like to see interviewed, feel free to shoot me a PM. So without further ado, lets get to it!

reyscarface
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Most Known For:
Winning the Smogon Frontier, collecting salt from people with the Power Rankings, being one of the few mods in smogtours that mutes annoying kids

Favorite Pokémon:
Absol

Most used Pokémon:
In ADV its Suicune, in DPP its Rotom, in BW its Kyurem, and in XY its Excadrill

Where did you get your name from?

Used to hang around Serebii IRC chat trading for Event Pokemon so I used the name EVENT_HUNTER_REY. Then that changed to Scar I dont really remember why, then I changed to Rey because its my IRL nickname, then fused them into ReyScarface. Finally dropped the caps

How and when did you get into competitive battling?

Summer of 2008 I joined Serebii chat to fuck around. Got into the clan scene in purplesurge server where I met a people that are active on Smogon today like user Reverb. Other Smogon users from there (albeit after I had left the scene) are ppl like aim and Tsunami. I then joined Xats in which I met a lot more players with higher level. Finally found Smogon in late 2008.

What is your favorite playstyle and why?

Back when I started playing my favorite style was Hyper Offense. Just using a Dual Screen lead and 5 physical sweepers like Lucario, Mence, and company, as thats what my tutor Stathakis taught me. I then moved onto more balanced teams, finally setting in with what is known as "semistall" today. Stall and more offensive variants of it (like "semistall") are my favorite styles, though I dont use it a lot in XY because its easier to just fuck around with offense.

Aside from Greninja, is there anything in OU that you feel may be potentially banworthy?

I fucking hate the ability Regenerator. I guess its a necessary evil nowadays due to the much bigger power of certain threats, but I miss the days in which defensive teams didnt get a free pass due to Regenerator. Now youre left with "oh shit I switched in Slowbro into something I shouldnt have because my opponent read me well, whatever who cares ill just switch out and it doesnt matter", as opposed to before in which you had to carefully think about your moves.

Also Mega Diancie is busted.

If you could change one thing about any generation of OU, what would it be and why?

ADV is good as it is, I wouldnt change anything. In DPP I would bring back both Latias and Salamence, shit was way more fun with them around even if they could be seen as broken. Get rid of Drizzle and Drought, but maybe get rid of Sand Rush too as otherwise Sand would be too dominant. And in current XY id bring back Aegislash as I really liked that mon.

Also perhaps get rid of U-Turn entirely.

What is your favorite generation of OU and why?

ADV. Its a perfect combination of nothing being overcentralizing, being able to be creative with your teams, and shit like Regenerator and U-Turn not being around. I feel like you can play offense, stall, whatever and not be at a disadvantage. I also like no team preview because it creates mind-games between the players. Do not keep your Skarmory in on Metagross on the first turn if its your only answer to stuff like Snorlax or youll get Magneton'd. Many good players understand this, bad players dont, so more often than not the better player will come out on top barring luck factors.

As a manager for the Cryonicles in SPL, what were you looking for in players when you were deciding who you wanted to bid on?

Obviously you want good players. But the thing with SPL is you want to create a group of people who can work together as a team. A very good example of this would be what I did in SPL. People would probably consider TV-Rocka to be a better DPP player than Go10, but Go10 is a much better fit for my team because of his friendship with Ojama, Reymedy and giara as well as having BKC to help out with DPP. A manager has to take into account this kind of stuff, you dont want a team full of people that hate each other. The healthy team aspect is probably more important than general skill at the end of the day. Thats the reason why tele didnt get bought.

Do you have any advice for people who want to have a shot at being drafted in the midseason?

Regarding the Farm League, if you already lost a game, consider not wasting more time on it if your sole purpose is to get noticed rather than "have fun". You wont get drafted if you dont have a perfect record 99% of the time. The best you can do is basically try to climb the ladder, as even though most managers despise the ladder as a tool to find people, some others will not hesitate to take in people they consider good. Its cliche but "do well in tournaments" is the basic answer, although 4 weeks for that is really little time.

So id say become friends with a manager and catch their attention by playing against him or whatever.

Do you have any advice for newer players, and for Smogon in general?

If your end goal is to be a better player, then definitely join tournaments in order to improve. Theres only so much the ladder and analyses can teach you. If your end goal is to make a lot of friends (in tourneys at least), consider using IRC, as thats the best way to meet and interact with people. If your end goal is to fuck around, CAP ASB is the place for you. RiCH HOMiE CA$ED can help you out with that.

What players do you look up to / are good friends with?

Most of the players I used to look up to are long gone from Smogon. I guess they would be goofball, as he was the person who got me into ADV and helped me out with it, as well as gave me my first ADV team. Gouki and Loki were great guys and players from whom I learned a lot just by watching them play, as was Earthworm. panamaxis would be my last shout, as he is often forgotten when discussing top players.

As for friends, most of mine dont play mons anymore, instead we play League which is a much better game. Folgorio, Rewer, harsha, and others, while other friends have quit the game entirely, like tito and the nowhere crew. The football boys like Floppy, Heist, and Atticus are pretty tight. Dice is a homo

Finally, can you provide us a team that’s a good fit for this metagame and reflects your playstyle?

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Lopunny @ Lopunnite
Ability: Limber
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Fake Out
- High Jump Kick
- Return
- Ice Punch

Greninja @ Life Orb
Ability: Protean
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Hasty Nature
- Hydro Pump
- Gunk Shot
- Ice Beam
- Extrasensory

Ferrothorn @ Leftovers
Ability: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 52 Def / 200 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Leech Seed
- Protect
- Power Whip
- Gyro Ball

Landorus-Therian (M) @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- U-turn
- Stone Edge

Latias (F) @ Life Orb
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
Modest Nature
- Draco Meteor
- Healing Wish
- Recover
- Psyshock

Heatran @ Leftovers
Ability: Flash Fire
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 116 SpD / 136 Spe
Calm Nature
- Stealth Rock
- Lava Plume
- Roar
- Toxic

No idea if this is a good team (probably not) and its not something that is very much my style but I dont build teams nowadays and I just made this to check out how ORAS OU was. I dont remember what I had in mind with this but I think it had to do with using Greninja to wear down Lopunny counters and then come in hot with it. Recover / Healing Wish doesnt make much sense but its necessary to cover Keldeo for the whole game and then Healing Wish once its not necessary anymore. Defog is probably better because Spike stacking teams are really annoying but w/e. Heatran is for SR as well as Poisoning Bulky Water switch-ins that also trouble both Greninja and Lopunny. Scarf Lando is the standard revenge killer. On second thought its probably better to have Spikes on Ferrothorn if I have Recover on Latias but I havent really used this much.

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There it is. If you have any questions for rey, leave them down below. I'd like to thank him for doing this, and see you next week!

 

[AM]

• What's your thought process when building the power rankings and what key sources do you use to build it as such?
• What do you enjoy about being a manager? What do you dislike about being a manager?
• Why do you think Mega Diancie is busted? Is there anything else under the radar or above it that you feel should be looked at this current generation?
• Do you approve of Clones picture he chose for you this week?
• Do you believe that the caliber of players will ever reach the level of past veterans? Or will it just be one of those scenarios where the player base becomes so big that there will only be exceptional players that will seem fantastic based on the proportion of quality to less than sufficient player base?

 

[SparksBlade]

1) do you remember this: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/wcop-general-talk-thread.3507650/page-10#post-5509361
i was very new then, do you think i have improved as a user?(i did read my posts again and they looked quite dumb now)

2) do you actively follow the farm league, or you already have a list of players with potential and just observe their league performance?

3) your previous avatar-who's she?

 

[Reverb]

What happened to those YT wifi battles man? It's been five years. Also, as I'm sure you remember, it is rather difficult to find good players on wifi. Why do you think wifi has trouble attracting strong battlers? Also, in your opinion, who are the best ORAS OU players?

 

[dice]

LMAO HEY ITS BAESCARFACEEEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE JAJAJAJAJAJJAJA

how deep in your anus do you push up drugs to smuggle them for the cartel? balls deep? 4 inches?

when was the last time you and Ivysaur had intercourse?

mfk eo / bleuwind / tanner

mfk earthworm / folgorio / nails

have you ever told any friends that you met your girlfriend through playing competitive pokemon?

have you ever had a fear you will get rectal prolapse while pooping for a while?

why are you such a terrible asset in team tournaments?

which is more potent: the MOLLTHUS or the MOLL KHA

why are you such a bandwagon joiner by playing reksai?

did you know even nails can carry on reksai?

could you and leanne post an audio recording reenacting the following log of Doctor Ciele and an old PO mod? http://pastebin.com/zx6D9qGk

could you tell me some tips on how to get the 2nd best looking body in high school?

thx u ! i luv pokeman ! ^^

 

[Donkey]

Can you only get it up when Leanne is in an Ivysaur costume

 

[reyscarface]

• What's your thought process when building the power rankings and what key sources do you use to build it as such?

it was harder to do last year because it was basically a start from 0. this year i already knew the process I was going to use as last year worked out fine. basically i just ask around 3 or 4 knowledgeable community members / tourney players to give me their personal ranking. after that i just take it, average them, and thats the end product. its not very complicated at all but finding people who are knowledgeable about x tier while not playing it in SPL can be tough. also for some tiers like RBY with their own communities in another forums, I tend to check results there to make a more accurate assessment.

• What do you enjoy about being a manager? What do you dislike about being a manager?

the best part is the draft definitely. having full control on who you get and building your team from scratch is super fun. the day of the auction has some hilarious moments too. what i dislike is that i am not able to play, as i still would love to do that especially in a tournament full of great players like SPL. but the tradeoff to make your own team is worth it imo.

• Why do you think Mega Diancie is busted? Is there anything else under the radar or above it that you feel should be looked at this current generation?

because it hits really fucking hard with max attack diamond storm. theres like nothing that can switch in into it because it still has a fuckton of spatk to kill physical walls. it can break teams really easily and its ability is so fcking dumb that you cant even stop it by conventional means of status. offensive teams have a really hard time against it because of its sheer power, while stall gets fucked simply because of magic bounce. suddenly you cant even get layers up because of it, and stuff like skarmory cant do shit to it because of that. I also feel talonflame is a cool mon to use now, probably better than before. a lot of stuff appreciates bulky waters being disabled in order to sweep, like mega diancie itself, mega metagross, mega lopunny, etc. SD talonflame just ravages them straight up or leaves them weakened enough for the other buddies to sweep, while those defensive wow variants can shut them down long enough for your sweeper to do big damage.

• Do you approve of Clones picture he chose for you this week?

cant say i dislike scar, i even had it as an avatar for a while back in 2009. thing is the scarface in my name is bcuz of Frank Ribery's nickname, not the movie with tony montana or the lion.

• Do you believe that the caliber of players will ever reach the level of past veterans? Or will it just be one of those scenarios where the player base becomes so big that there will only be exceptional players that will seem fantastic based on the proportion of quality to less than sufficient player base?

its hard to say, but most people know i consider the past veterans to be at a higher level than right now. players like earthworm, ipl, gouki, panamaxis, etc were so dominating that it was ridiculous. you might consider a player at this moment to be better than them at their peak, but the thing about back in the day is how all these massively good players were playing at the same time. right now if you ask people they will most likely say "bloo and mcmeghan" due to their immense success in tournaments, but back then you could name a bunch of players who were all about the same level of being "intouchable". ipl ew panamaxis gouki loki goofball husk. and then you have really strong players in tof atticus zak krack phil darkrai and more. maybe theres a few players we can consider in the top of the top level, but the sheer amount of truly elite players playing at the same time against each other is something i really doubt we will see again.

1) do you remember this: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/wcop-general-talk-thread.3507650/page-10#post-5509361
i was very new then, do you think i have improved as a user?(i did read my posts again and they looked quite dumb now)

considering i havent seen people calling you out again (myself included) id say you have improved.

2) do you actively follow the farm league, or you already have a list of players with potential and just observe their league performance?

ill be blunt, i (and i assume most managers) dont follow the farm league at all. most of the time we only check the final result, see the best records and even then you will most likely not get into a team, because the money in midseason is mostly for players who already have a name who for some reason or another didnt decide to sign up in december (hint hint atticus). farm league is very useful though for the lower tiers, in which most managers dont know a ton about the playerbase. thats how people like hack got bought last year iirc. so yea, some managers do buy people in farm league but its mainly because of extreme need. most wont bother with the OUs because they have a good grasp of whos good and who isnt and chances are they already have people in mind.

3) your previous avatar-who's she?

malena morgan, shes a pornstar. enjoy

What happened to those YT wifi battles man? It's been five years. Also, as I'm sure you remember, it is rather difficult to find good players on wifi. Why do you think wifi has trouble attracting strong battlers? Also, in your opinion, who are the best ORAS OU players?

lost interest in recording videos :{. wifi has more trouble attracting strong players because of the pain in the asshole that is getting good mons. also battles take fucking years there due to the animations and shit. why would i spend 40 minutes of my time in one battle and god knows how many more making a team in the first place when i can spend 10 in showdown and 5 making a team. also wifi sucks dick for testing sets because of the getting the mon in the first place aspect.

best oras players are bloo mcmeghan because of obvious reasons, im a big fan of destiny device and i feel he could someday be considered the best at it, hes still really new. i also like reymedy and aim.

LMAO HEY ITS BAESCARFACEEEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA KEKEKEKEKEKEKEKE JAJAJAJAJAJJAJA

when was the last time you and Ivysaur had intercourse?

friday night, yesterday i had some bad diarrhea that left me unable to do much.

mfk eo / bleuwind / tanner

kill myself, so marry and fuck are irrelevant as im already dead

mfk earthworm / folgorio / nails

marry folg, fuck earthworm, kill nails for being a camping piece of sht

have you ever told any friends that you met your girlfriend through playing competitive pokemon?

exactly 4 of my close and nerdy friends (as in they play league and pokemon and shit) know about it, just dropped it casually during a bbq night. they didnt really care. noone else knows though, not even my sister.

have you ever had a fear you will get rectal prolapse while pooping for a while?

i had that fear once but it turned out to just be a tiny hemorrhoid

why are you such a terrible asset in team tournaments?

because im a team cancer!!!!!

which is more potent: the MOLLTHUS or the MOLL KHA

the mollsai.

why are you such a bandwagon joiner by playing reksai?

i was like the first person from our group of league players to use reksai so suck my dick

did you know even nails can carry on reksai?

against bots yea

could you and leanne post an audio recording reenacting the following log of Doctor Ciele and an old PO mod? http://pastebin.com/zx6D9qGk

i asked her but she said she wouldnt be able to take it srsly and said she would just laugh a lot

could you tell me some tips on how to get the 2nd best looking body in high school?

thx u ! i luv pokeman ! ^^

stop being a (BAN ME PLEASE) that takes mirror-covered-in-lipstick-with-a-message selfies.

Can you only get it up when Leanne is in an Ivysaur costume

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[Miridy]

Do you think that in the future we might get detailed Tour usage stats like the ladder at the moment?

 

[Clone]

Favorite to win OLT?

Thoughts on the following mons: Greninja, Mega Metagross, Mega Sableye

iyo, who's the most underrated OU player at this point in time? Most overrated?

 

[Aurious]

Whats ur favorite Pokemon to use in ORAS?

Whats ur favorite Mega to use in ORAS?

Whats the most overrated Pokemon in ORAS?

 

[Reverb]

Is your name not Rey Scarf Ace, and your favorite Pokemon not truly Greninja (it has a dope ass scarf)?

 

[firehusky]

thoughts on these pokemon:
mega beedrill, mega charizard x, mega metagross, gengar
:]

 

[Shadow_Sneak]

Do you ever look at any of your old posts? (such as some in the DPP rmt section)

 

[Sergi]

i bet from ur username u like the film scarface. dont u?

 

[Fortune]

ill be blunt, i (and i assume most managers) dont follow the farm league at all. most of the time we only check the final result, see the best records and even then you will most likely not get into a team, because the money in midseason is mostly for players who already have a name who for some reason or another didnt decide to sign up in december (hint hint atticus). farm league is very useful though for the lower tiers, in which most managers dont know a ton about the playerbase. thats how people like hack got bought last year iirc. so yea, some managers do buy people in farm league but its mainly because of extreme need. most wont bother with the OUs because they have a good grasp of whos good and who isnt and chances are they already have people in mind.

this is slightly disappointing. there is a lot of untapped potential in farm league and it's a shame that managers can't recognize this. it's no easy task to make a name for yourself as an up-and-coming tour player and im sure a lot of players see farm league as a way to make their mark. just seems a bit unfair tbh

 

[reyscarface]

Do you think that in the future we might get detailed Tour usage stats like the ladder at the moment?

detailed like the ones in ladder? nah not a chance. the amount of work for that is absolutely massive. it would probably be more of a job than most actual paying jobs. i think the closest thing we will get to is what we have right now, in which we have stats for stuff like the Tour and some other things like SPL and World Cup. I think it could be possible to do it for *official tourneys in the current OU*, but if you mean every single tournament then no its not gonna happen. besides, lower tiers like RU and NU dont have enough games to make the statistics valuable in themselves, though i can see some people doing stats for those at some point.

Favorite to win OLT?

uhhh lyconik is probably gonna win because hes decent enough and from what i have seen his luck is absolutely massive. but im cheering for doomx and denniseg since they seem like good boys.

Thoughts on the following mons: Greninja, Mega Metagross, Mega Sableye

i like greninja. hes a fun offensive presence and i think he makes the game more fun as it stands. personally im not sure id ban it, im kind of in a 50/50 spot. hes also my main in smash 4 so thats cool :]

mega gross i feel had more hype around it than anything else. the loss of clear body really makes you understand how good of an ability that is in general, lol. tough claws is fantastic, dont get me wrong, but getting your atk dropped and having to switch out is annoying. that said its still a potent threat everyone should take into account when building, but i feel like i enjoy using other megas more.

mega sableye was the first one i tried out. hes fun and he completely shitstomps stall if played well but the problem of sableye is that he kinda reminds me of crawdaunt in that hes actually pretty hard to play perfectly. you might get only one chance at setting up vs offense, for example, and if you dont play it well you just lost your mega and thats a huge blow. good stall players i think could beat mega sableye but its a bit harder.

iyo, who's the most underrated OU player at this point in time? Most overrated?

underrated? i feel like inflikted is pretty underrated. i was impressed by his play in the regular season of last tour and he had a massive amount of points, and i feel like this feat is just left in the dark because of his bad showing in playoffs. he has talent though and i expect him to do pretty well in SPL actually. I also like Pridy's style, i feel he plays a very controlled game and he is just all around an interesting player, it will be fun to see how he does in SPL.

most overrated would probably be Lyconik. nothing against the guy, hes just very lucky and relies on that to fix the mistakes in his play, and it doesnt help that loud ppl like leftiez spam about how hes the second coming of god. tele is overrated (by himself) for similar reasons.


will answer rest other time

 

[Tesung]

What made you decide to give me a test after seeing me on ladder? Having been a frustrated player on the ladder, I want to give others in that position a chance, but its kinda hard for me to tell.

What do you think of people talking about this game going to shit, new gens being shit, old players being better than new players, etc?

1-10 the frogs management last year

most overrated players in spl :o

 

[Caiahar]

which mon is overrated and underrated
do you think any megas will be banned?
what do u think about M-Gallade and dragalge?
Think there'll be a remake of every single gen not already remade, with new megas in every single one?
Did you actually play the game ORAS, like on 3DS physically?
What do you get the most satisfaction out of in pokemon?
Whats ur favorite food
Which megas did you think didn't need them/are worthless?
Which mon is cancer to you
if you could ban one ability not already banned, what would it be?
What other games do u play other than League?

 

[Repeater1947]

Thoughts on Mega-Slowbro and Jirachi?

 

[Karxrida]

What's your favorite battle music?
Which Pokemon do you want to have a Mega the most?
Bisharp is amazing y/y?

 

[reyscarface]

Whats ur favorite Pokemon to use in ORAS?

Whats ur favorite Mega to use in ORAS?

Whats the most overrated Pokemon in ORAS?

1. probably greninja, i like its power and flexibility

2. mega diancie because broken, mega lopunny because really fun to use

3. probably mega sableye, its a strong mon but you have to be v good to use it well and sometimes youll find it doesnt offer you much

Is your name not Rey Scarf Ace, and your favorite Pokemon not truly Greninja (it has a dope ass scarf)?

hes my main in smash 4 :]

thoughts on these pokemon:
mega beedrill, mega charizard x, mega metagross, gengar
:]

mega beedrill: my favorite new mega design wise because beedrill is dope as fuck, but sadly doesnt seem like it has enough going for it to be a mega of choice in OU. he seems like he would be mad fun in UU tho

mega char x: favorite mega back in XY. dd mega char x is one of my favorite sets in all of gen 6 and it was all around a big threat

mega metagross: looks like fun but i think a lot of teams are overpreparing for it due to the hype recently so doesnt get to do much very often, but when it does he proves to be a gamechanger

gengar: was massive in XY, one of the metagame defining mons because of its sheer offensive presence. not sure how it fares in ORAS though

Do you ever look at any of your old posts? (such as some in the DPP rmt section)

yeah lol. mainly for the nostalgia factor, remembering the days like 5 years ago of rating teams with Bloo and co, and just fucking around. in a sense its like a time machine and you can easily notice how youve grown in those years

i bet from ur username u like the film scarface. dont u?

i do but the scarface in my name references Frank Ribery's nickname.

this is slightly disappointing. there is a lot of untapped potential in farm league and it's a shame that managers can't recognize this. it's no easy task to make a name for yourself as an up-and-coming tour player and im sure a lot of players see farm league as a way to make their mark. just seems a bit unfair tbh

i agree, but look at it from a manager standpoint. most managers are busy with other stuff, and scouting every single game of farm league is just impossible. the best way to make your name in tournaments will always be the Tour, as you are in control of your standing and if you make playoffs rest assured youll be picked in SPL (ie inflikted and others). like i said before, if a manager needs an OU player he will more often than not go for the person he has seen play for months now (either a friend or a ladder hero) rather than farm league, and if they see the farm league theyll go for the unbeaten players. youll have more luck in lower tiers as they have more demand.

 

[Swaqfeq]

irl first name lol?