A World Record Performance - Play! Pokemon article on IN Regional Senior Winner

Firestorm · Jan 16th, 2012, 8:27:07 PM

Looks like they're not going to stop with an article per division and have continued on to post a team from Indiana. You can check out the article about Ryan Arnold's team on the official website!

http://www.pokemon.com/us/news/op_re..._4-2012-01-16/

Previous Topics

Summon the Perfect Storm! - FL Regional Master Winner
A Forceful Approach to Victory - VA Regional Senior Winner
The Strategy of a Champion - RI Regional Junior Winner

**voodoo pimp** · Jan 16th, 2012, 9:59:39 PM

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and bothersome Steel-type Pokémon that resist Discharge.

lolwut

Anyway, it's always good to see more detail in their analyses, though it's still really annoying how they keep dancing around the concept of EVs.

Team Rocket Elite · Jan 16th, 2012, 10:07:36 PM

Good to see they are still doing these.

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At that point, Abomasnow is switched in almost immediately to replace the current weather condition with Hail, thanks to its Snow Warning Ability. This can be immediately disruptive, as Pokémon like Kingdra and Excadrill lose their speed boosts from Swift Swim and Sand Rush, respectively.

I don't like that statement regarding Swift Swim. If you don't know better, it sounds like this will change the turn order on the turn Abomasnow switches in when it won't.

Biosci · Jan 16th, 2012, 10:20:01 PM

I didn't know Hidden Power and Protect were both one and the same TM. Compact discs people, get with the times.

Stormfront · Jan 16th, 2012, 10:22:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Biosci

I didn't know Hidden Power and Protect were both one and the same TM. Compact discs people, get with the times.

That's a very sad mistake.
They really need to proofread these things more.

DreamTalon · Jan 17th, 2012, 9:15:01 AM

I can't wait until someone wins with an extremely conplex spread of EVs and the writers screw up explaining what they do.

Brandon13569 · Jan 17th, 2012, 9:17:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat DreamTalon

I can't wait until someone wins with an extremely conplex spread of EVs and the writers screw up explaining what they do.

Ha! If I ever win 1st Place they'll be screwed doing an analysis.

Superpokemon67 · Jan 17th, 2012, 11:10:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Fat DreamTalon

I can't wait until someone wins with an extremely conplex spread of EVs and the writers screw up explaining what they do.

Lol, my thoughts exactly. They should really just blow the lid on EVs if they want the VGC to be as big as the TCG.

**voodoo pimp** · Jan 17th, 2012, 1:06:55 PM

They'll probably just say "with training spread across all its stats" or something equally unhelpful.

PokeMaster366 · Jan 17th, 2012, 1:26:38 PM

Why won't they just come out of the closet and reveal the information about EVs?

HagridTwin · Jan 17th, 2012, 1:27:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat voodoo pimp

They'll probably just say "with training spread across all its stats" or something equally unhelpful.

You are correct. For example, Ryan's Abomasnow wasn't max speed, and they just said "training to boost speed".

**voodoo pimp** · Jan 17th, 2012, 1:29:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat PokeMaster366

Why won't they just come out of the closet and reveal the information about EVs?

I'm guessing they want to discourage metagaming by making it seem like these teams were organically created in-game, or something like that.

PokeMaster366 · Jan 17th, 2012, 3:18:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat voodoo pimp

I'm guessing they want to discourage metagaming by making it seem like these teams were organically created in-game, or something like that.

Or maybe if they did mention it, it would send the message that Pokemon = Animals = Machines. Either way, it would do something that would lead to the Pokemon Company being sued by some stupid animal rights organization *coughStupidPETAcough*.

Drifblim · Jan 17th, 2012, 8:28:23 PM

They are slowly getting better with vocabulary.... I want to see a trick room or sun team get featured soon. All the teams so far have been pretty cool, but none of them truly unique. Good strategies, yet very run of the mill all the same

Cybertron · Jan 17th, 2012, 8:35:38 PM

Ryan's team looked pretty similar to Mychael's. I'd say it was published because it goes great with the Arnold's recent world record. The team looks really great, congrats to him for winning! It's interesting to note that all 4 players that have had their teams covered have had great success in playing Pokemon through the past few years.

HagridTwin · Jan 17th, 2012, 8:50:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Cybertron

Ryan's team looked pretty similar to Mychael's. I'd say it was published because it goes great with the Arnold's recent world record. The team looks really great, congrats to him for winning! It's interesting to note that all 4 players that have had their teams covered have had great success in playing Pokemon through the past few years, something I noted.

Even though I've seen Luke's team, it would have been nice to see a write-up on it, or Brian's from the Junior division. I'm not complaining, just saying that there were other interesting teams from world class competitors in all divisions at Great Lakes.

Edit: Nice badge.

Cybertron · Jan 17th, 2012, 8:52:02 PM

Yeah, definitely. I'm actually really curious to see what Brian was using, Brendan's competition this year!

(Thank you btw :D)

Jan 16th, 2012, 8:27:07 PM	#1
Firestorm I did my best, I have no regrets! Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,262 Vancouver, BC	A World Record Performance - Play! Pokemon article on IN Regional Senior Winner Looks like they're not going to stop with an article per division and have continued on to post a team from Indiana. You can check out the article about Ryan Arnold's team on the official website! http://www.pokemon.com/us/news/op_re..._4-2012-01-16/ Previous Topics Summon the Perfect Storm! - FL Regional Master Winner A Forceful Approach to Victory - VA Regional Senior Winner The Strategy of a Champion - RI Regional Junior Winner __________________ Last edited by Firestorm; Jan 16th, 2012 at 10:45:56 PM.

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Cybertron Stay classy. Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,922	Yeah, definitely. I'm actually really curious to see what Brian was using, Brendan's competition this year! (Thank you btw :D) Last edited by Cybertron; Jan 17th, 2012 at 9:04:58 PM.

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PokeMaster366 Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 128	Why won't they just come out of the closet and reveal the information about EVs?

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Drifblim Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 549 Brooklyn	They are slowly getting better with vocabulary.... I want to see a trick room or sun team get featured soon. All the teams so far have been pretty cool, but none of them truly unique. Good strategies, yet very run of the mill all the same

Jan 17th, 2012, 8:35:38 PM	#15
Cybertron Stay classy. Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,922	Ryan's team looked pretty similar to Mychael's. I'd say it was published because it goes great with the Arnold's recent world record. The team looks really great, congrats to him for winning! It's interesting to note that all 4 players that have had their teams covered have had great success in playing Pokemon through the past few years.