(5th Gen) Switches, Double Switches, and Volt Switches - Page 2

Ubiquitous · Jun 28th, 2011, 1:04:10 PM

Great predictions. Fantastic comments. 10/10. Luvdisc.

Lone_Prodigy · Jun 28th, 2011, 4:37:46 PM

Great battle, loved the predictions.

lacerta · Jun 28th, 2011, 5:45:49 PM

Hi Blatreutka, thankyou for writing this up! I was very afraid of your Venusaur after the couple of previous battles, and was extremely reluctant to start spiking with Ferrothorn and opening myself up for a sweep. That said, you played very well and didn't give me many opportunities to get hazards up had I dared to. Ferrothorn has never felt so useless.

The final move on my Rotom was, if I remember correctly, Thunder - as I'd been having real difficult with NP Thundurus in rain. After this battle, I replaced it with Pain Split - it's interesting to think how that could have affected the outcome had I done it earlier!

Slops on calling me he throughout, but you write really engagingly and it was a fun battle. Congrats on a great warstory, a solid team (Slowbro and Snorlax are a fantastic sun core), and for beating me as usual!

Blatreutka · Jun 28th, 2011, 10:57:23 PM

Hey lacerta, I'm glad you liked it. I really enjoyed the battle, it's definitely one of if not the best battle I've ever had. Sorry about the he/she thing, I went through and changed all of them that I noticed, but I probably missed a bunch.

Thanks for all the comments, I'm glad people liked the warstory.

Pika25 · Jun 29th, 2011, 12:14:50 AM

Nicely done. 9.5 out of 10. True there's a lot of hax, but they ended up canceling each other anyway (the Overheat misses compared to the critical) and I really love the format.

And you get a Luvdisc.

Cybertron · Jun 29th, 2011, 12:29:38 AM

Great read!

nintes · Jul 7th, 2011, 9:20:12 PM

The formatting was truly fantastic. Keeping track of the significant predictions as well as the updates every ten turns made it exceedingly easy to follow.

10/10 for formatting
9.5/10 for the overall battle

Poppy · Jul 7th, 2011, 10:18:21 PM

someone really should have gotten hazards up early, especially on choice-locked snorlax. still a good match, but that amount of switching would be unfeasible if ferro managed to lay down his shit.

Ashenlock · Jul 7th, 2011, 11:41:08 PM

Very thoroughly enjoyed this. The formatting was pleasing, and the commentary was great. You worked with a great battle and made a great work. Keep on writing!

TroyBeasts · Jul 7th, 2011, 11:55:01 PM

This was an awesome warstory. Great commentary, and I really liked lacerta's team. No significant hax either. 10/10 and a Luvdisc.

GreenWater10 · Jul 8th, 2011, 12:27:32 PM

Nice warstory. I liked your sun team. I never see snorlax or slowbro on a sun team, but it's probably because sun teams are rare.

BTzz · Jul 9th, 2011, 10:57:41 AM

Amazing battle and warstory, good job 9.5/10 (would have been 10 if Slowbro had 1 hp at the end lol)

Metal Bagon · Jul 9th, 2011, 4:03:01 PM

Great warstory.

Battle: 7.5/10
Comments: 8.5/10
Presentation: 8/10
Overall: 8/10

**blarajan** · Jul 18th, 2011, 1:38:46 PM

That was a greatt battle! Great formatting! Still a bunch of gender issues, though. PS, just because Mienshao doesn't Fake Out the first turn doesn't mean it doesn't have it, necessarily. And, I found the prediction count to be kind of obnoxious, actually. 9.5/10.

Ryanor · Jul 22nd, 2011, 10:05:56 PM

Great warstory. Slowbro with Flamethrower... That's cool.

Wafflez · Jul 23rd, 2011, 12:40:12 PM

Cool warstory bro :p
The battle and predictions were really good.
8/10

AbSoL! · Jul 26th, 2011, 10:03:25 PM

I liked the battle a lot but I would ditch the prediction count.

Blood Tears · Jul 27th, 2011, 7:27:54 PM

Amazing warstory. Great predictions and nice format, this is how all the warstories should be imo :) well done!

Ashenlock · Jul 27th, 2011, 8:47:53 PM

I think the folks who were put-off by the prediction count didn't pay close enough attention to the commentary in between. Blatreutka was pretty modest throughout, and probably added it to enrich the experience of reading it and not for self-praise.

I agree with Blood Tears, and am actually surprised that this story has not been archived. It doesn't have "big" commentary like some of the ones in the archive, but your choice of words in each paragraph shows a piercing intellect that is able to analyze a single move on several different levels. I really do think about switches in 1v1 differently now, and that's not just because I'm basically a Singles-virgin.

Bravo, I say, and please keep writing.

Wreck · Jul 27th, 2011, 11:33:42 PM

T'was a good read.

Lovin' both of the team lineups.

TM13IceBeam · Jul 28th, 2011, 4:05:17 AM

wait, i just wondered: How is Rotom-H able to Overheat Snorlax after swapping his Scarf for a Band?

Matthew · Jul 28th, 2011, 4:17:45 AM

It's a new mechanic in 5th Gen, you're allowed to do that.

Regardless -- this was a very wonderful warstory and I'm going to move it to the archive. I was going to do it earlier, but I got lazy then I forgot. So I hope this makes it up to you!

Jun 28th, 2011, 1:04:10 PM	#26
Ubiquitous Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 94	Great predictions. Fantastic comments. 10/10. Luvdisc. __________________ Sarcasm never comes off very well on the internet... :-(

Jun 28th, 2011, 10:57:23 PM	#29
Blatreutka Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 95 Penn State	Hey lacerta, I'm glad you liked it. I really enjoyed the battle, it's definitely one of if not the best battle I've ever had. Sorry about the he/she thing, I went through and changed all of them that I noticed, but I probably missed a bunch. Thanks for all the comments, I'm glad people liked the warstory. __________________ Veni, Vidi, Questus Sum. I came, I saw, I complained. Archived Warstory (Switches, Double Switches, and Volt Switches)

Jun 29th, 2011, 12:14:50 AM	#30
Pika25 Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 978 Texas (loetke's home)	Nicely done. 9.5 out of 10. True there's a lot of hax, but they ended up canceling each other anyway (the Overheat misses compared to the critical) and I really love the format. And you get a Luvdisc. __________________ Pikachu pwns Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza! Pikachu used Grass Knot! Groudon fainted! Pikachu used Thunder! Kyogre fainted! Pikachu used (ice) Hidden Power! Rayquaza fainted! Pikachu is the winner! (Smogon's Damage Calculator to Verify!) YouTube, My Pokécheck Box, My Scramble Compendium

Jul 7th, 2011, 9:20:12 PM	#32
nintes Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 15	The formatting was truly fantastic. Keeping track of the significant predictions as well as the updates every ten turns made it exceedingly easy to follow. 10/10 for formatting 9.5/10 for the overall battle __________________ Ninja's creep around internet forums, showing themselves fleetingly in the flash of someones signature. The ultimate insult.

Jul 7th, 2011, 10:18:21 PM	#33
Poppy SYMPTOMATIC OF A GREATER ILL Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,421 brisbane	someone really should have gotten hazards up early, especially on choice-locked snorlax. still a good match, but that amount of switching would be unfeasible if ferro managed to lay down his shit. __________________ erotically erudite

Jun 28th, 2011, 4:37:46 PM	#27
Lone_Prodigy Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 61	Great battle, loved the predictions.

Jun 28th, 2011, 5:45:49 PM	#28
lacerta Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 51 sleeping	Hi Blatreutka, thankyou for writing this up! I was very afraid of your Venusaur after the couple of previous battles, and was extremely reluctant to start spiking with Ferrothorn and opening myself up for a sweep. That said, you played very well and didn't give me many opportunities to get hazards up had I dared to. Ferrothorn has never felt so useless. The final move on my Rotom was, if I remember correctly, Thunder - as I'd been having real difficult with NP Thundurus in rain. After this battle, I replaced it with Pain Split - it's interesting to think how that could have affected the outcome had I done it earlier! Slops on calling me he throughout, but you write really engagingly and it was a fun battle. Congrats on a great warstory, a solid team (Slowbro and Snorlax are a fantastic sun core), and for beating me as usual!

Jun 29th, 2011, 12:29:38 AM	#31
Cybertron Stay classy. Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,922	Great read!

Jul 7th, 2011, 11:41:08 PM	#34
Ashenlock Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 954 Drinking more Coca-Cola than all the polar bears combined.	Very thoroughly enjoyed this. The formatting was pleasing, and the commentary was great. You worked with a great battle and made a great work. Keep on writing! __________________ 441 D/Cs and counting, baby! The Jerk Store* <- For reference only Contrary to popular belief, this is not a compendium of people who disconnect on Wi-Fi. See: Seinfeld*, "The Comeback."

Jul 7th, 2011, 11:55:01 PM	#35
TroyBeasts Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 26 Illinois, USA	This was an awesome warstory. Great commentary, and I really liked lacerta's team. No significant hax either. 10/10 and a Luvdisc.

Jul 8th, 2011, 12:27:32 PM	#36
GreenWater10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 112	Nice warstory. I liked your sun team. I never see snorlax or slowbro on a sun team, but it's probably because sun teams are rare. __________________ If you were a zebra, what color(s) would you be? Won my first tournament: 5/9/12 (21:00:15) * This battle will count for the tournament! (21:00:18) Battle between GreenWater10 and AnotherLittleBoy started. (21:02:25) GreenWater10 won against AnotherLittleBoy. (21:02:25) * GreenWater10 wins the tournament! Congratulations!

Jul 9th, 2011, 10:57:41 AM	#37
BTzz don't be scared homie Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 688 Canada	Amazing battle and warstory, good job 9.5/10 (would have been 10 if Slowbro had 1 hp at the end lol)

Jul 9th, 2011, 4:03:01 PM	#38
Metal Bagon Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1,669	Great warstory. Battle: 7.5/10 Comments: 8.5/10 Presentation: 8/10 Overall: 8/10

Jul 18th, 2011, 1:38:46 PM	#39
blarajan no abuse pls Moderator Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 2,733 Mentor	That was a greatt battle! Great formatting! Still a bunch of gender issues, though. PS, just because Mienshao doesn't Fake Out the first turn doesn't mean it doesn't have it, necessarily. And, I found the prediction count to be kind of obnoxious, actually. 9.5/10. __________________ Team Babby: Little Cup in Ubers RMT

Jul 22nd, 2011, 10:05:56 PM	#40
Ryanor Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 164	Great warstory. Slowbro with Flamethrower... That's cool.

Jul 23rd, 2011, 12:40:12 PM	#41
Wafflez Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 414	Cool warstory bro :p The battle and predictions were really good. 8/10 __________________ <Geomac> Man, my penis is so big if I laid it out on a keyboard it'd go all the way from A to Z Error: Ladder server overloaded - ladder could not be updated. Fuck Ps >_>

Jul 26th, 2011, 10:03:25 PM	#42
AbSoL! Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 21 under your bed	I liked the battle a lot but I would ditch the prediction count. __________________ Leave me alone.

Jul 27th, 2011, 7:27:54 PM	#43
Blood Tears Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 91 Italy	Amazing warstory. Great predictions and nice format, this is how all the warstories should be imo :) well done! __________________ RMT - Into the magma \| Building the way Best Warstories - 1 \| 2

Jul 27th, 2011, 8:47:53 PM	#44
Ashenlock Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 954 Drinking more Coca-Cola than all the polar bears combined.	I think the folks who were put-off by the prediction count didn't pay close enough attention to the commentary in between. Blatreutka was pretty modest throughout, and probably added it to enrich the experience of reading it and not for self-praise. I agree with Blood Tears, and am actually surprised that this story has not been archived. It doesn't have "big" commentary like some of the ones in the archive, but your choice of words in each paragraph shows a piercing intellect that is able to analyze a single move on several different levels. I really do think about switches in 1v1 differently now, and that's not just because I'm basically a Singles-virgin. Bravo, I say, and please keep writing. __________________ 441 D/Cs and counting, baby! The Jerk Store* <- For reference only Contrary to popular belief, this is not a compendium of people who disconnect on Wi-Fi. See: Seinfeld*, "The Comeback."

Jul 27th, 2011, 11:33:42 PM	#45
Wreck Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 6 Arizona	T'was a good read. Lovin' both of the team lineups. __________________ !Misery

Jul 28th, 2011, 4:05:17 AM	#46
TM13IceBeam Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 3,247 stuck in the past, locked in the present, banned from the future	wait, i just wondered: How is Rotom-H able to Overheat Snorlax after swapping his Scarf for a Band? __________________ Start of turn 24 Natu used Grass Knot! It's super effective! The foe's Corsola lost 31% of its health! Riolu ftw Amazing Rotom-S is amazing KAKUNA i'm dead, don't bother contacting me

Jul 28th, 2011, 4:17:45 AM	#47
Matthew I love weather; Sun for days Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,574 Where the Sun finally sets	It's a new mechanic in 5th Gen, you're allowed to do that. Regardless -- this was a very wonderful warstory and I'm going to move it to the archive. I was going to do it earlier, but I got lazy then I forgot. So I hope this makes it up to you! __________________ ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻ What bitgamer tehconnection popcorn last.fm