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Oct 12th, 2011, 11:13:31 PM
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#Pokemon, Smogon's Official PokéChat -- Next Challenge TBD
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Please join us to chat on server (irc.synirc.net) and channel #Pokemon for active Pokemon discussion! #Pokemon is BW's version of #stark, with challenges (often held on a specific ladder), tournaments, cups, and pokemon-centric discussion. We welcome all users to come by to chat, chill, and relax. Rules: The standards for the channel are the following:
Here's a link for those who have no idea what IRC is, it directs you to #Pokemon Status in #Pokemon: Have you ever noticed those unique characters next to the names you see on IRC? Have you ever wondered what those characters actually mean? They are the representations of status on our IRC channels. Status is given to users who make the effort to be helpful and active in IRC. It also comes with privileges, such as being able to talk even when the chat is muted, or even being able to kick other users. A list of status in decreasing order and the symbols that represent them can be found in the #pokemon status list and #smogon status list. Status is solely based on activity and contribution to the chat. You can be as active as you want and your status in the chat can go as high as you want to take it. Just remember to speak intelligently and to keep your activity up. Anyone can gain status if they're active, remember! Last edited by mostwanted; Jun 8th, 2012 at 1:59:45 AM. |
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Nov 18th, 2011, 4:28:25 PM
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#Pokemon Chronicles
ok so i want to get these implemented on site at some point but a nice forum spot will serve them well too at the moment. the following post will serve as a record of every #Pokemon Challenge i run:
#Pokemon No Hazards Challenge
#Pokemon VGC 12 Challenge
#Pokemon Diversity Cup Challenge
A few things about these: 1.) If you played in a challenge and you still have your team from a specific one, please PM me on IRC or if you must, the forums, and give me the pastebin to add 2.) I hope these are interesting to you, so you can see what is useful and what creative players thought of 3.) If you are wondering where the vgc scores are ... I lost them. I wrote the winners down so it worked out somewhat well, but i apologize in advance for that blunder. 4.) These will be updated after every challenge - Eventually, i hope to do things with them on site but i guess well have to see ^_^ Last edited by kd24; Nov 21st, 2011 at 1:43:46 PM. |
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Nov 28th, 2011, 7:15:08 PM
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#pokemon "No Arceus" Challenge!
Hey guys, I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving break! I'm back with a new challenge that will hopefully expand your thinking and get those creative juices flowing again! To increase the activity of Ubers and give a suitable challenge, the next #pokemon challenge will be a "NO ARCEUS" Challenge, held on the Smogon University Ubers ladder. To join this challenge, PM me (kd24), Jibaku or bojangles on IRC or the Smogon forums (preferrably IRC!) with a new alt or nick that has never been used on the Ubers Ladder. Please try to keep it close to your forum or IRC nick if possible! The challenge will last until Sunday, December 18th at 8:00 PM EST - aim for the top! The winners of this challenge will be the the following:
The winner of the challenge will receive short-term (and sometimes permanent based on your previous #pokemon activity) status (and in the case of hops, consideration for a promotion). You will also receive a slot in the illustrious Hall of Fame. I'd like to thank all of you for the phenomenal activity of the last challenge and I hope we can keep it up. And let's find out how truly hard it is to build an Ubers team without Arceus. Player alt list and Rankings: DittoCrow - UbersD_C - 1007 HSA - HSAarc - 1283 locopoke - scyther-tamer - (dropped out) ssbbm - charizardlover3759 - 1103 Huntofthelion - Ezio - 1254 kd24 - kd24-ubers - 1142 symphonyx64 - Castle Pandemonium - 1224 Poppy - pariet - 1195 KnightoftheWind - KotW hates Arceus - 1047 prem - prem. - 1056 myzozoa - Moiraine Damodred - 1338 New World Order - New World Arceus - Did not play Bloo - buried secrets - 1404 Hugendugen - HugenD - 1503 Furai - In The Dark - 1297 Agammemnon - agarceus - 1110 drcossack - arceus sucks - 1280 xtrashine - xtranus_dwc - 975 comatthew6 - comaroma - 965 steamroll - steamrollolol - Did not play Snunch - ban arceus - 1009 syrim - syrims - 1414 jibaku - ray tonio - 1206 tof - broken dreams. - 1418 D4RREN - Mr. Simple Moo - Moooo - 1034 Maaf - Sentret for Ubers - 1089 detroitlolcat - lolcat-UBAHZ - 1298 Steven Snype - bittersweet - 1024 manapheee - conservation - 1074 ShakeItUp - Naga - 1041 undisputed - dancing with dragons - 1358 Thorns - full grizzly - 1077 .Robert - Robert -00bers- - 1038 mostwanted - ARCEUS_TAMER - 1498 Noodlez - arceus sux - 1175 windsong - Loveless Act I - 1093 Tobes - Last Train - 1345 Basti - mc invisble - Did not play Sir - Girl Talk Gillis - Did not play Lizardman - guys gotta shout - 1229 rankings updated 12/10/11 2:45 pm est --- Congratulations to Hugendugen and mostwanted for winning the No Arceus challenge - guys definitely did a good job with this, expect updated irc page soon and the next challenge will be a UU challenge! Get ready! Last edited by mostwanted; Jun 14th, 2012 at 8:50:20 PM. |
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Dec 23rd, 2011, 7:28:05 PM
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#Pokemon "No UU?" Challenge
Merry Christmas everyone! Unfortunately, JabbaTheGrinch has banned everyone's favorite Christmas Tree from UU but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy the holidays. This challenge will be a UU challenge with the only condition being: No UU's! This is going to give us time to explore the UU metagame without Hail, while also allowing us to look at some cool RU mons for SPL and some cool NU mons in general. I don't expect this challenge to be "easy" by any means, but when was the last time we had a real challenge! To join, pm kd24, bojangles, jibaku, and sometimes bloo, either on IRC or the forums. Be warned, you'll want to wait for our confirmation first (I disconnect a lot so I might not receive your pm!). When you pm us, you'll just need to give us your alt that you plan on using (remember, this must be fresh alt). The challenge will last until January 22th 2012. The winners of this challenge will be the the following:
The winner of the challenge will receive a bump in status (and in the case of hops, consideration for a promotion). You will also receive a slot in the #pokemon Hall of Fame. Good luck everyone! Player alt list DittoCrow - Unlimited-Hax DetroitLolcat - lolcat-uu ShakeItUp - -Virus- YoungsterKeiran - Manly Basculin DTC - URNU FastFlygon - ff-no-uu JabbaTheGriffin - Carpool Lane ToF - fcuk pokemon Bloo - jumpluff is a guy D4RR3N - UU-less Swag McMeghan - UUr2mainstream Shnen - shnen challenge Furai - [uu]furai Somalia - KING SOMALIA kd24 - kd24 is uu king Fabbles - winston xtrashine - xtra use ru in uu Ningildo - Ningildo New World Order - Drunken Tree ifm - Hayley Williams The Kyle - mdksugacaralhos Steamroll - Growlithe agammemnon - Aga_porra blarajan - bloo likes penis soviet - blarajan likes penis Heist - used fatty - 3 libras H-C - H-Cuu lamppost - tsoppmal DarkLoic - DL Challenge UU Z-Rex - Led Zep Vinc2612 - VincUU toshimelonhead - toshidwc As it turns out, we will have tiering shifts soon! This won't affect the challenge too much (your ratings won't be reset) - what this does mean, however, is that any Pokemon RU or NU before the shift will still be legal after the shift. Every Pokemon dropped to RU/NU after the shift will also be legal. So really, this just increases your options :P IMPORTANT: ALAKAZAM AND SABLEYE ARE BANNED. ALL OTHER BL2 ARE LEGAL! This is because Zam and Sableye's released DW abilities pretty much pushing them to sure UU (if not the top of UU). It kind of ruins the spirit of the challenge. If you have been using one of these, then please change your team (you are not forced to make a new alt or are disqualified, sorry for the confusion! (Expect the write-up of the last analysis to be on site soon I've been busy with vacation plans lately) Last edited by bojangles; Jan 18th, 2012 at 12:38:53 AM. |
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Mar 4th, 2012, 1:30:07 PM
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Dual Weather Team OU Challenge
So it's been a while since these have been running, and since kd24 departed (recently to return to everyone's dismay), I am taking over these challenges. Both the previous Uber and UU challenges were not as popular, so we're gonna head back to everyone's favorite BW tier, OU! Can multiple weathers co-exist on one team? In DPP, sometimes you got to see Tyranitar and Abomasnow on the same team, but can it work in BW? Since the auto-weather starters in OU are limited, just remember that you have to have two of Tyranitar / Hippowdon, Politoed, Ninetails, and Abomasnow on your team. Don't be cheesy and run Tyranitar AND Hippowdon on the same team and say you're running dual weather, I'll DQ you faster than Eo jacks it. To join, pm ToF, bojangles, jibaku, and sometimes bloo, either on IRC or the forums. Be warned, you'll want to wait for our confirmation first. When you pm us, you'll just need to give us your alt that you plan on using (remember, this must be fresh alt). Once I add your name to the thread, feel free to start laddering on the BW OU ladder on Smogon University. The challenge will last until April 04, 2012. The winners of this challenge will be the the following: Anyone who reachers number 1 during the challenge (I'd prefer to see this if possible) Whoever finishes the challenge ranked ahead of all other challengers The winner of this challenge will receive temporary AOPs in the #pokemon IRC channel, with consideration for permanent status bumps if you continuously do well (this is how I got my ops guys, it works :D). You will also receive a slot in the #pokemon Hall of Fame. Good luck everyone, and may kd24 never run these again you lazy fuck! Player alt list ShakeItUp - -TheWorld- - 1532 McMeghan - Mc2Wezer - 1495 mostwanted - before iconic - 1400 DetroitLolCat - lolcat-weather - 1265 D4RR3N - -Troublemaker- - 1249 iconic - will do - 1229 ENZ0 - MUDMAN - 1178 Nachos - Noob on Toast - 1148 Heist - nattorious big - 1109 Noodlez - nood -1099 Princess Bri - PrincessIrb - 1079 Akola - Conan.D - 1075 Omicron - 4Grmmr - 1069 HSA - cant get enough - 1056 xtrashine - asssssmilk - 1047 Ciele - panic dance - 1044 Mercy - Reminisce - 1037 NatGeo - geo-dw - 1007 Tobes - pitiful struggle - 995 YAYtears - i dont even - Joeyboy - Weatherboy BIHI - Mycroft Updated through March 31st at 11:03 PM EST (-5 GMT) McMeghan - Mc2Wezer - 1530 ShakeItUp - -TheWorld- - 1299 mostwanted - before iconic - 1266 D4RR3N - -Troublemaker- - 1257 iconic - will do - 1252 ENZ0 - MUDMAN - 1249 DetroitLolCat - lolcat-weather - 1204 Nachos - Noob on Toast - 1162 Heist - nattorious big - 1109 Princess Bri - PrincessIrb - 1079 Akola - Conan.D - 1075 Omicron - 4Grmmr - 1069 xtrashine - asssssmilk - 1056 HSA - cant get enough - 1056 Mercy - Reminisce - 1056 Ciele - panic dance - 1044 NatGeo - geo-dw - 1007 Tobes - pitiful struggle - 995 Noodlez - nood - YAYtears - i dont even - Joeyboy - Weatherboy BIHI - Mycroft ala - supernothing Updated through March 28th at 15:31 PM (GMT +2) McMeghan - Mc2Wezer - 1529 iconic - will do - 1459 ENZ0 - MUDMAN - 1357 ShakeItUp - -TheWorld- - 1345 D4RR3N - -Troublemaker- - 1285 DetroitLolCat - lolcat-weather - 1201 Nachos - Noob on Toast - 1198 Heist - nattorious big - 1142 Princess Bri - PrincessIrb - 1135 Akola - Conan.D - 1113 xtrashine - asssssmilk - 1094 HSA - cant get enough - 1072 Omicron - 4Grmmr - 1069 Ciele - panic dance - 1044 NatGeo - geo-dw - 1009 Tobes - pitiful struggle - 995 Noodlez - nood - YAYtears - i dont even - Mercy - Reminisce - Joeyboy - Weatherboy BIHI - Mycroft mostwanted - before iconic - Updated through March 19th at 19:09 PM (GMT +1) NatGeo - geo-dw - 1015 Noodlez - nood - Nachos - Noob on Toast - 1305 McMeghan - Mc2Wezer - 1469 YAYtears - i dont even - iconic - will do - 1514 DetroitLolCat - lolcat-weather - 1171 Ciele - panic dance - 1079 Princess Bri - PrincessIrb - 1159 ShakeItUp - -TheWorld- - 1335 Omicron - 4Grmmr - 1124 Tobes - pitiful struggle - 991 Mercy - Reminisce - Joeyboy - Weatherboy BIHI - Mycroft Akola - Conan.D - 1151 Heist - nattorious big - 1219 D4RR3N - -Troublemaker- - 1053 mostwanted - before iconic - HSA - cant get enough - 1112 ENZ0 - MUDMAN xtrashine - asssssmilk Updated through March 12th at 12:51 AM --- Congratulations to ShakeItUp for winning this edition of the #pokemon challenge. I hope you guys had fun with the theme, and many of you guys did very well. In addition to ShakeItUp's beastly performance, McMeghan and Iconic both also eclipsed the 1500 mark, but were too lazy to keep laddering to avoid decay (dumbos :P). I'll link to both ShakeItUp's and McMeghan's team below because Iconic refused to give me a copy of his team upon asking multiple times. ShakeItUp: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3464491 His RMT pretty much describes the role of every team member, but I thought it was interesting to couple Tyranitar and Abomasnow on the same team. Abomasnow's Hail was moreso a secondary effect, and he used it more as a wall-breaker against opposing stall teams. Many sets were unique on his team, including Agility Gliscor and Dragon Dance Tyranitar, both which are never seen on common teams today. Lastly, that Jirachi set was very popular in DPP, and ShakeItUp brought it back similar to Ojama's team with Excadrill that was also RMT'd in the past. Overall it was a very nice read, and a very creative team that I enjoyed watching you battle with on multiple occasions. ShakeItUp: K so when this challenge was posted I hadn't played OU in a long time (couple months) since I was trying to get Tiering Contributor by playing RU (which I did). So I had to figure out if anything changed and what people used and just make a random dual weather team. So I made 3 teams, 2 of which were awful because they didn't fit my playstyle, and one of which was just a joke team with a Level 1 Endeavor Politoed + Ninetales. So, instead of trying to play with the weather, I just decided to use my normal style and slap on two weather pokes without caring about the weather they brought with them. I decided to use Tyranitar since it was the most versatile weather pokemon, and then slapped on an Abomasnow since I thought the Mixed set would be fun. I then just went with my normal playstyle with an entry hazards setter in Deoxys-D, and 3 other pokes that could take advantage of them. I didn't want to use a spinblocker so I used my Deoxys-D as a means to obliterate almost all of them (curse you Starmie). All in all, the challenge was fun since I got to relearn the metagame and use some cool Pokemon like Gliscor and Jirachi. I also got to own a lot of people with Mixed Abomasnow so that was fun too. McMeghan: http://pastebin.com/9iEGasg7 While I didn't have the opportunity to watch McMeghan play in the challenge, one look at his team blew me away. He ran a pretty DPP-esque stall team without Spikes or Toxic Spikes, which I thought at first was crazy but ultimately worked out for him. McMeghan's two Choice Scarfers (Jirachi and Tyranitar) disposed of metagame threats quickly (DD Dragons, Gengar, Starmie, etc), while the rest of his team was extremely solid defensively to take hits from both the physical and special side (Gliscor and Blissey). Starmie provided spinning support, and took advantage of Politoed's instant rain to boost Scald's power. I was expecting to see a lot more Politoed / Tyranitar combos, and McMeghan was one of the few to use it successfully, so great work! I'll have the next #pokemon challenge posted shortly. Note that it will involve the Dream World OU tier. Stay tuned! Last edited by mostwanted; Jun 21st, 2012 at 2:55:15 PM. |
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Apr 12th, 2012, 6:19:39 PM
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No Dream World Abilities DW OU Challenge
Sorry for taking some time to get this next challenge up. A few people knew I was going to put this up, but unfortunately a lot of work and laziness on my part prevented me from getting it up as soon as the previous challenge concluded. With the Dream World OU tier gaining popularity as per the recently released statistics, I thought it's fair to utilize the tier for this month's challenge. Dream World Abilities, in addition to being able to use certain banned Pokemon from Standard OU, are the main drawing points of the metagame. But will players be able to succeed and climb the ladder without using the Dream World Abilities of the tier's Pokemon? For example, Shadow Tag Chandelure, a central part of the tier, will be banned for this challenge. No Dream World Abilities, but all DW OU Pokemon are legal, so feel free to use your Genesect's and Keldeo's. To join, pm ToF, bojangles, jibaku, and sometimes bloo, either on IRC or the forums. Be warned, you'll want to wait for our confirmation first. When you pm us, you'll just need to give us your alt that you plan on using (remember, this must be fresh alt). Once I add your name to the thread, feel free to start laddering on the DW OU ladder on Smogon University. The challenge will last until May 12, 2012. The winners of this challenge will be the the following: Anyone who reachers number 1 during the challenge (I'd prefer to see this if possible) Whoever finishes the challenge ranked ahead of all other challengers The winner of this challenge will receive temporary AOPs in the #pokemon IRC channel, with consideration for permanent status bumps if you continuously do well (this is how I got my ops guys, it works :D). You will also receive a slot in the #pokemon Hall of Fame. Player alt list Kidogo - Iambic - 1580 ShakeItUp - -SW4G- - 1521 Jimbon - Right Guard - 1318 DetroitLolcat - Dreamy Cat - 1302 Robert - Laosf - 1300 TheMexican - The[M]exican - 1270 Nachos - Rocket To Russia - 1224 Duece - 25 Sitin On 25 Mill - 1221 Tobes - losing my religion - 1213 ToF - MacBook - 1184 The Kyle - Lotus Flower - 1096 Novaray - Benelux V.21 Ningildo - FU STALL Lizardman - Van Grants McMeghan - McNoDw D4RR3N - -TimeMachine- Furai - Last Hope Tomahawk9 - Rapidash Gimmick - Salutations 1996ITO - Pimp my Ride Updated through April 19th at 16:06 AM Sorry for the delay ToF ditched people, it's time to end the previous challenge ! ShakeItUp (once again) won the challenge, congratulations to him, he even wrote a RMT to show you guys what he used with success, be sure to read it when you have some time. ShakeItUp: This challenge was great in that I won in a couple weeks despite never having played Dream World before. Knowing absolutely nothing, I just threw together a sand team with the always-broken Garchomp, a Deoxys-S, and my awesome Gliscor. After playing a few matches, I decided to play Omicron, who actually knows what he's doing in Dream World (back then anyway ;) /me runs). After getting demolished by his Offensive Life Orb Deoxys-S, I decided to use one, and then decided to modify my team by using some things like Genesect and Gastrodon. After that, I toyed around with the movesets until I built a team that could easily win the challenge, which it did; I changed Garchomp from Sub SD to Sub + Fire Blast, for example, in order to kill all of the Skarmory that switched into me. This challenge was fun in that I got to learn a new metagame that I had never played before, and ended up demolishing everyone :) Using innovative sets such as the all powerful Flame Charge Genesect was fun too (always wanted to own people with a Pokemon with Flame Charge). It was especially interesting because of this guy named Kidogo, who was my constant enemy in winning the challenge. In the end, I got #1 :) . So overall, fun challenge. Last edited by McMeghan; Jul 5th, 2012 at 5:44:23 PM. |
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