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Old Aug 19th, 2012, 8:31:37 PM   #1
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Hey RU and (hopefully) non-RU players! Here's a little something that will give you guys an incentive to post: Awards. Awards are designed to promote activity and competitiveness in the RU forum. Anyone can easily earn Awards by simply posting and showing activity and skill within various places around Smogon including the RU forum, #rarelyused, and the Pokemon Showdown RarelyUsed ladder. How to earn points in specific threads can be found at the bottom of the threads in bold gold. The people who won awards will have the awards that they earned in each round recorded in the post below. Each time you earn an award, you will not only get in the Hall of Fame, but you will also earn a set number of points. These points will add up, and the person with the most points at the end of the round will win a spot on the rotating council. These two points, contributing to RarelyUsed and earning spots on the council, will lead to greater things including badges!

Awards:
Most Creative Poster - 5 points
Best Forum Poster - 5 points
Best Thread Maker - 5 points
Best Teambuilder (posting in: CCAT, RU Teambuilding, Research Group, etc.) - 5 points
Best IRC Discusser (#rarelyused) - 5 points

Individual Thread Awards:
Winning a Mini-Tournament - 5 points
Being a runner-up in a Mini-Tournament - 3 points
Teambuilding Awards:
  • Having your CCAT nomination be chosen - 2 points
  • Getting a 3:1 Win/Loss ratio with the current CCAT team on the PS RU ladder (minimum of 20 battles on a fresh alt) - 5 points
  • Having your set added to "What to use" in the RU Teambuilding thread - 1 point
  • Having your set added to the Project RU Database - 1 point
  • Most creative set (Individual Pokemon threads- ex. Gothitelle Discussion) - 3 points

Alternate Points:
The makers of each project have the option to award points for doing specific things in their specific project. How to earn these will go here.

RU Forum Ladder
  • Getting to Rank 2 once - 1 point
  • Getting to Rank 3 once - 2 points
  • Getting to Rank 4 once - 4 points
  • Getting to Rank 5 once - 7 points
  • Rank 5 users who stay in that rank for two months with at least 12 battles in Rank 5 during that two month period will earn 7 more points.

Pokemon of the Week
  • Each week, the "Best Discusser" and "Most Creative Poster" in this thread will receive 1 point.

Research Week #12
  • Posting a viable set that completes one of the challenges above - 1 point
  • Getting in the top 5 on the PS RU ladder with one of the above Pokemon - 2 points
  • Getting in the top 5 on the PS RU ladder with one of the above Pokemon that meets one of the challenges - 3 points

Core Crisis
  • Posting 1 Pokemon that counters the above core - 2 points (per round)
  • Posting 2 Pokemon that counter the above core - 1 point (per round)

The Rarely-Rarely Used Contest
  • Diamond Class - 7 points
  • Gold Class - 5 points
  • Silver Class - 3 points
  • Bronze Class - 1 point

It Will Rain - RU Collab Challenge!
  • Each contribution to the Guide of RU Rain Offense - 1 point
  • Best Discussion Sparker (weekly) - 1 point
  • Top 5 in the Ladder Challenge - 3 points

Points for regular awards will be given out at the end of the round and points for individual threads will be given out during the round. You can check out who's in the lead on-site, here. Whoever has the most points at the end of the round will earn a spot on the rotating part of the council. Multiple votes on the council will lead to the Tiering Contributor Badge . Furthermore, great contributions to the RU forum will lead to earning the Community Contributor Badge . Coming in first place multiple times (2-3) is an impressive feat, so an even better reward can might given for this (depending on your effort :p)! Points will reset after every new round.

Projects:
RU Forum Ladder
Research Week #12
RU Pokemon of the Week
RU Teambuilding
Project RarelyUsed
RU CCAT 4
The Rarely-Rarely Used Contest
It Will Rain - RU Collab Challenge!
Upcoming: Counter that RU Pokemon! Community Teambuilder - TBD
Upcoming: New #rarelyused Challenges! - TBD

Threads:
np: RU Stage 11
October Usage Stats
RarelyUsed Hub
RU Viability Ranking Thread
NUs in RU
RU Lead Metagame
Fallen Stars
Taking a Look at BL2

These threads promote good discussion, and good posts will help you earn credit towards the Best Poster Award or Most Creative Poster Award. This list will be updated periodically with new threads. If you want an older thread to be added, just ask!

Feel free to start your own projects as well! Good projects can help towards earning the "Best Thread Maker" award.

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Old Aug 20th, 2012, 8:20:28 PM   #2
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Round 3:

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Round 2:

Won by Pocket


Round 1:

Won by ShakeItUp


If you think that there might be an error with your total number of points, talk to either DittoCrow or SilentVerse.
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Old Aug 24th, 2012, 10:34:35 AM   #3
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Here we'll have a listing of all of the RU Mini-Tournaments, and the winners of each.

RU Mini-Tournament 1 - Standard RU Tourney
- Winner - SilentVerse
- Runner-Up - Double01

Winning match between SilentVerse and Double01

Runners-up match between Double01 and Eo Ut Mortus


RU Mini-Tournament 2 - The Return of Durant!
- Winner - alexwolf
- Runner-Up - [K-12] The Madchine

Finals match between alexwolf and SilentVerse


RU Mini-Tournament 3 - Black and White 2 Blitz!
Winner - alexwolf
Runner-up - DittoCrow

RU Mini-Tournament 4: Ban All the Things!!
Winner - Friar
Runners-up - Ningildo and Incon

RU Mini-Tournament 5: Bring on the hail!
Winner - Raseri
Runner-up - spuds4ever



RU Mini-Tournament 6: Return of Cresselia!
Winner - mostwanted
Runner-up - Pocket

RU Mini-Tournament 7: The Return of Durant!
Winner - SilentVerse
Runner-up - Double01

RMT Archive Tourney
Winner - DittoCrow
Runner-up - New Breed
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Old Sep 7th, 2012, 7:25:23 PM   #4
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Congratulations to ShakeItUp for being the first winner with a grand total of 25 points! Since he is already on the Senate, no one won a seat on the council. However, those with many points will definitely be considered to be put on the rotating council during the next vote! Because ShakeItUp is already on the Senate, he didn't win anything. However his good efforts in the RU forum will not go to waste; maybe there will be a new badge in his future ;). Here are the main Awards given at the end of the round:

Most Creative Poster - Pocket
  • Honorable mentions - Stellar, Aeroblacktyl
Best Forum Poster - august
  • Honorable mentions - EonX-
Best Thread Maker - ShakeItUp
  • Honorable mentions - Jellicent
Best Teambuilder - EonX-
  • Honorable mentions - Molk
Best IRC Discusser - Double01
  • Honorable mentions - complete legitimacy, blarajan

As you can see, the main Awards (Best Forum Poster, Thread Maker, etc.) are indeed extremely important. They bumped up four people to the top 5, and the #1, #2, #3, #5, and #9 users won them! Hopefully you guys won't forget about these awards, as they are game-changing, and continue to make good posts! Look at the users who won the awards for examples of quality posts :p

Overall, you guys made really good posts so congrats to everyone who earned points this round! However, I am disappointed in you all for letting ShakeItUp win, especially because he's a Senate member... All kidding aside, there will be many more opportunities to earn points through new projects in the future, so try your hardest to come out on top! I definitely saw an improvement in the forum this round, so please keep up the good posts. Everyone's points will be reset to 0 for the start of the new round. The deadline is TBD. Good luck!
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Congratulations to Pocket for dethroning ShakeItUp by 2 points and setting a new record of 29 total points! Pocket will get a seat on the rotating council the next time RU has a vote, which will hopefully be in November. Here are the main awards, but note that Best Thread Maker and Best IRC Discusser were not given out due to inactivity:

Most Creative Poster - Pocket
  • Honorable mentions - august
Best Forum Poster - EonX-
  • Honorable mentions - Molk
Best Teambuilder - Pocket
  • Honorable mentions - EonX-, Molk

It is undeniable that RU was really slow this round, as there was nothing really new or exciting happening. Hopefully with the tier shifts as well as a ton of new and original projects, the forum (and IRC) will be active again! The next round will start in a few days. Again, congrats to Pocket!
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Hey everyone, the deadline for Round 3 will be the same as the end of RU Stage 11, November 11th! There are now a ton more projects and ways to earn points than last round, and there are many chances to earn huge amounts of points such as the Forum Ladder. Furthermore, I am here to remind you guys that there will be a vote at the end of this round, and as promised, the winner of the Awards will get a seat on the rotating council!
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Congratulations to Yonko7 for being the third and final winner of the RU Awards! Since there will be a vote in this upcoming week, Yonko7 has earned the right to vote on the rotating council! Yonko definitely showed some great posts and creativity throughout many threads; he made a huge splash in the Rain Collab Challenge and won twice in Pokemon of the Week challenges, which led to him getting the Most Creative Poster Award to narrowly defeat Pocket. Great job, Yonko! As always, here are the major awards~

Most Creative Poster - Yonko7

Best Forum Poster - windsong

Best Thread Maker - Molk

Best Teambuilder - Pocket

Best IRC Discusser - windsong

As you may have noticed, I said that Yonko7 is the final winner of the RU Awards. This is because we will not be continuing this project in further rounds. It helped get the forum off to a better start, but now it's served its time. Stay tuned for some great threads in the future, and once again, congrats to our winners and Yonko7!
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