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Old Jul 28th, 2012, 6:53:13 PM   #1
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Default #Neverused Teambats - Mark 2!

Thanks to Keiran for the sexy new teambat banner!
So a while ago we'd do these fun events called teambats fairly regularly, but over time they died out. However, we're going to be reviving them again now!

In a teambat you are assigned to one team with various other competitors, and together you create a team based on specific restrictions given to you in a specified amount of time (usually 20-30 minutes). Some restrictions may be for both teams (such as no using any of the top 10 Pokemon in x month's usage stats) and some may be for only one team(such as Pokemon assignments: for example, Team 1 have to build a team using Cinccino while Team 2 have to build a team using Swoobat). After both teams are built, the teams battle each other, discussing the moves that they make on irc!

Signs ups for the teambats will be in the#neverused IRC channel on synirc, and the battling part on Pokemon Showdown. After everyone has been allocated to one of the two teams, #team1 and #team2 will each be used by one of the teams for discussing the teambuilding and moves to make in the battle. For the battle, one member is chosen by their team to battle for their team; however this person should be consulting with his/her teammates for most if not all of the moves made. It can be very stressful during these teambats as you have a limited amount of time and your teammates may not be the most reliable, but that's part of the fun!

Come on down to the #neverused channel if you're interested in participating in these teambats! Teambats have a regular schedule to keep them going, but they are also held at impromptu times by one of the teambat hosts.
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Old Jul 28th, 2012, 7:01:04 PM   #2
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Put me in for hosting teambats pls.
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Old Jul 28th, 2012, 7:02:45 PM   #3
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So I hosted a teambat earlier. The theme was that these Pokemon were allowed to be used: Crustle, Klingklang, Hariyama, Medicham, Scolipede, Druddigon (these were the six closest Pokemon to the NU border from the June RU stats).

Team 1: cbb, Full2Half, AlexArthur. Team
Team 2: FLCL, MMF, Demist. Team



Winner: Team 1
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Old Jul 28th, 2012, 7:08:48 PM   #4
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Ah, this was a good one. GG team 2, but you were a bit weak to SD rott and the almighty crustap. This basically proved that SD rott is king, hazards rule, and that tangela still gets ohkoed the the powerful timid scarf zebra.
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Old Jul 28th, 2012, 7:09:45 PM   #5
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Old Jul 28th, 2012, 7:19:10 PM   #6
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samurott too strong :(
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Old Jul 28th, 2012, 10:47:02 PM   #7
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May I be the first to say:

FUCK YEAH TEAMBATS ARE BACK!!!!!1!!

In all seriousness though, I'm happy to see that this is being brought back. Our better players aren't actually on the PS ladder enough for me to accurately gauge me skill level against them, and with this, not only do I have a higher chance of getting to play against users like FLCL, MMF, cbb, etc., but I also get the opportunity to possibly team up with them as well!

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Lol, NUlympics is never getting released.
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Old Jul 28th, 2012, 11:47:29 PM   #8
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Old Jul 29th, 2012, 3:04:21 PM   #9
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if your teams wins you get a point
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Old Aug 1st, 2012, 9:27:21 PM   #10
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Ok, so I hosted the second teambat and it went pretty well. We had it on PO2 because i didnt really trust PS and I wanted to keep the logs. The rules were that I assigned 2 F2H tier mons to both teams and they had to use all 3 choice items on their team somewhere.

Team 1: Zebraiken, MMF, and HotNCold. They were assigned swalot and wailord.

Team 2: CBB, FLCL, and Dmist. They were assigned Exploud and Gabite.





With a bit of hax at the end, Team 1's Trick Room team wins.

Team 1: http://pastebin.com/en1g9Bc1

Team 2: http://pastebin.com/6cn5MFp9

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cbb: 1 point
Full2Half: 1 point
AlexArthur: 1 point
Zebraiken: 1 point
MMF: 1 point
HotNCold: 1 point
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Old Aug 1st, 2012, 9:32:46 PM   #11
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Yeah, sorry team, I had a plan but the crit on Eelektross really killed us. Whatever, it was fun gg
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Old Aug 1st, 2012, 9:37:12 PM   #12
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lol our teambuilding was a bit rushed but we gave it our all!
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Old Aug 1st, 2012, 10:34:07 PM   #13
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our teambuilding was "lets see if they can guess which bad mons we were given" :(
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Old Aug 1st, 2012, 11:14:53 PM   #14
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Old Aug 2nd, 2012, 6:57:29 PM   #15
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So, a teambat was just hosted by yours truly.

Theme: Pokemon may only use moves coming from their lower attacking stat. If a Pokemon has a difference of ten or lower between their Attack and their Special Attack, then that Pokemon is banned.

Replay: http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/~~po...2/battle-nu317

Teams: #team1 : FLCL / Annoyer | #team2 : Full2Half / EBeast
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Comments: I'm quite happy with this one. team1 used a heavy stall team, whereas team2 used an offensive team with two Shell Smashers. Both had entry hazard support. What I especially liked was that both teams didn't end up with the same Pokemon (something I didn't expect), apart from Exeggutor, but hose were different sets anyway. The match itslef was slow paced, with both Exeggutors utterly walling eachother (teamabts aren't normally slow paced), although Synthesis's low PP meant that the Harvest Exeggutor set came out on top. The fact that team1 got Toxic Spikes up really determined the fate of the battle however, as none of team2's memebrs were immune to it. So congratulations to FLCL and Annoyer for immediately capitalizing on the fact that Stall would probably end up as the best playstyle for this theme! And kudos to EBeast and Full2Half for using double Shell Smash with physical Gorebyss and Special Carracosta. Shame it didn't get a chance to work though. Oh yeah and Specs Torterra kicks butt.
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Old Aug 2nd, 2012, 7:05:23 PM   #16
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FUCKING... STALL...

GG anyways, although stall is for n00bz. It all started when we had 7 minutes to teambuild and didnt think about putting in something for eggy or toxic spikes...

Also, physical gorebyss shits on all the bitches
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The original draft of our team was Zebstrika / Emboar / Alomomola / Lickilicky / Exeggutor / Filler with mostly offensive sets. Then Annoyer suggested Garbodor, and I got the idea of abusing Harvest Exeggutor with Toxic Spikes, and it slowly developed into a stall team. Kudos to Annoyer to suggesting Garbodor! (I would've never though of that because I hate Garbodor)
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Man, the turns in this game went by so slow. Nonetheless, it was a good game. The requirements for each pokemon required a lot of help from pstats, and we found some "loopholes" such as Seismic Toss Lickilicky and no attacks Bastiodon. After we finished teambuilding, we realized the only spinner that could actually have Rapid Spin is motherfuckin' STARYU. There was a close call near the end because we gave Alomomola Knock Off before the match started, but FLCL was smart enough to realize this and change it to Toxic. I was reluctant about talking about Garbodor in the chat because I know FLCL hates it but it worked out in the end. Oh yeah, props to team2 for using Specs Torterra. :)
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Old Aug 4th, 2012, 12:39:52 AM   #19
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It was midnight and we were bored so I hosted another teambat. Dispite the worst internet problems known to man, i am getting this through <.<

anyways, surprisingly good turnout here, only rule was that you had to use pokes under the top 100 for your team.

Team 1: Ice Eyes, Annoyer, Yonko7, MMF
http://pastebin.com/WU8KSDMS

Team 2: FLCL, Zebraiken, DTC, Reptile (Blame RNG)
http://pastebin.com/19VQ9etM

The Replay: (Thanks to The Reptile for provinding the pastebin)
http://pastebin.com/NgjgFq2E

No point in really reading it, as Team 2 Completely ROFLstomps team 1 with bulk up vigoroth.

Winner: team 2

In the end, this shows that klang is weak and vigoroth is the new lord of NU. :)





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Vigoroth is too strong. c:

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Old Aug 4th, 2012, 12:45:18 AM   #23
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The Queen was actually a guy. :3
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GG. Vigoroth is a bitch :]
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Old Aug 4th, 2012, 4:54:04 AM   #25
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guys you can't link PS battles as replays, they disappear after 15 minutes of no one being in the battle so try to copy paste the log into pastebin
oh and try to follow the format for recorded teambats in the OP
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