Coverage of Regionals This Weekend

Firestorm · Nov 10th, 2011, 4:10:33 AM

So with the switch to 7 swiss tournament regionals at once with no televisions, we're going to be seeing a lot of changes. We can no longer get someone who has been eliminated to update us via a Mobile IRC client and stream matches until every phone in the vicinity runs out of batteries. Heck, with all the regionals on at once, it's also going to be hard to follow threads for updates seeing as half the people will be battling.

So here's what I'd like people to do. If you know me personally already, it would be great if you could send me quick updates in between rounds of how you and any other Smogon users you know the status of are doing via Kik or WhatsApp. Or even images of one of the pages of the matchups. You can also upload to Facebook quickly and I can grab it from there if that's the fastest thing for your phone to do. If I'm on your list I'll see it on my feed. Throughout Sunday, I'll be at home looking for updates.

These updates will all be funnelled into one thread here on the Smogon VGC board, and also posted to Smogon's Twitter account.

If you follow SmogonU on Twitter, you can set up your phone to receive updates no matter where you are! If we can get everyone sending in updates, we should be able to then put out this information so you can keep tabs on how your friends are doing at all the other regionals.

Oh, and please remember to save battle videos of your favourite matches so we can upload them later! We may not have streams this year but that doesn't mean we don't want videos!

JRank · Nov 10th, 2011, 8:31:40 AM

I'll be updating via my Twitter account JRankJustJRank (already following @SmogonU) for most of St. Louis Masters since I won't be playing. For us to update do you want us to start every message off with @SmogonU, or should we use a hashtag i.e. #vgc?

evan · Nov 10th, 2011, 8:35:41 AM

I'll definitely update you how I'm doing and I'm sure some of my fellow Indianans will as well. I don't have a fancy phone so no pictures and things but we probably aren't going to have much use for those anyway!

Definitely seconding the battle videos though. It'll be fascinating to see what people are actually using in real competition and not just PO.

Also JRank I would recommend doing BOTH.

**Expert Evan** · Nov 10th, 2011, 8:39:52 AM

I'll be trying to provide updates from my twitter account as well through my cell phone when I go to Providence, RI this weekend.

**Solace*** · Nov 10th, 2011, 9:44:57 AM

I'll also be posting stuff to the forums and Facebook for updates

also anyone with my number can text me and I'll let you know what's up :)

bearsfan092 · Nov 10th, 2011, 10:18:05 AM

I'd be willing to help you out Firestorm (Doswell, VA). What's your single most preferred method of contact? I have access to all of those methods.

theamericandream38 · Nov 10th, 2011, 2:13:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat evan

I'll definitely update you how I'm doing and I'm sure some of my fellow Indianans will as well. I don't have a fancy phone so no pictures and things but we probably aren't going to have much use for those anyway!

Definitely seconding the battle videos though. It'll be fascinating to see what people are actually using in real competition and not just PO.

Also JRank I would recommend doing BOTH.

Evan and I should be providing plenty of coverage from Indiana then :3 Agreeing with the battle videos comment as well!

TheGr8 · Nov 10th, 2011, 3:16:33 PM

Kinda stinks, no tv's going to be lame trying to watch lets say the finals. It's alright though, I have twitter also in my sig :)

JRank · Nov 10th, 2011, 6:35:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat evan

Also JRank I would recommend doing BOTH.

I'VE ALREADY GOT 140 CHARACTERS AND THOSE TAKE UP 14 EVAN, EVERY CHARACTER COUNTS

ok i'll do both

Cybertron · Nov 10th, 2011, 6:58:32 PM

See: signature.

iss · Nov 10th, 2011, 7:59:35 PM

I'll be tweeting from @Techonup.

Huy · Nov 10th, 2011, 9:29:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat TheGr8

Kinda stinks, no tv's going to be lame trying to watch lets say the finals. It's alright though, I have twitter also in my sig :)

You're gonna be playing during the final match... so... D:

Firestorm · Nov 10th, 2011, 9:38:09 PM

If you tweet @SmogonU, I'll get a notification via the Hootsuite app on my BlackBerry. So that's preferred. I'll keep a #vgc page open as well. If you don't include that tag or send it to @SmogonU (or Facebook), I will not get it because I can't be checking 20 different feeds at once.

evan as much as I'd love to hear from you make sure you can text Canada for free first =P I unfortunately can't text people in the US for free.

TheGr8 · Nov 10th, 2011, 10:51:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Huy

You're gonna be playing during the final match... so... D:

lololol yeah that'd be the day! Alot of us will be tweeting :D

Firestorm · Nov 10th, 2011, 11:09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat TheGr8

lololol yeah that'd be the day! Alot of us will be tweeting :D

There is no top cut. Just swiss. Everyone will be playing every round including whichever match is between the 6-0/5-1s.

Ashenlock · Nov 11th, 2011, 12:30:41 AM

Do we know how much time is allowed between rounds? I've never actually been in a swiss-styled competition, so I don't know if there is usually a predictable amount of time needed to calculate the next matches, or if every case is different and we won't know till we get there.

Either way, I think this VGC will be more about warstories (Since everyone can participate in each round, meaning a greater number of "complete" experiences) and less about keeping up with standings (For the same reason), although I applaud any effort to help keep everyone informed, especially if that effort is made when that user could be doing something else.

I finally have a smartphone versus whatever that thing that I used to make messages on can be called, and can thus load pictures, so I'll probably write a warstory rather than try to learn what the hell twitter is and how the hell it works between now and then. I'm staying with a bunch of people in a room so mischief and shenanigans worthy of chronicling should ensue one way or the other.

Dozz · Nov 12th, 2011, 10:46:54 AM

Considering the large amount of people that are saying they'll be using twitter, would #vgc not be the easiest option, instead of sending them all over the place. I'm sure pictures can be added as well, and it'll be easier than trying to collaborate tweets, texts and fb posts.

Dr Fidget · Nov 13th, 2011, 1:59:13 AM

How about a google.doc listing players and records separated by location. Then whenever there is an updated via twitter or whatever, you can update the records of the players mentioned. You can have multiple people editing the doc too, so the editors can all get updates from different sources. That way there’s one easy place to look and see how everyone is doing.

Firestorm · Nov 14th, 2011, 7:15:21 PM

Sort of a reference thing for anyone able to do updates this spring:

Things that worked:

Mentions on Twitter (@SmogonU) - They come up on Hootsuite and I saw them right away (Thanks JRank, iss, paul, Expert Evan, Dragonking700, and all)
Tagging me on Facebook and commenting on the thread - Comes up as a notification and saw them right away (Thanks TTS)
Jumping on IRC on your phone and updating - Tried and true method these past few years works great (Thanks TeeJ)
Texting someone who's at home and can update - Another tried and true method these past few years and worked great (Thanks Cassie and her network)
Posting straight to the thread from the event (Thanks Sapphire Birch, Maski, and all)

Things That Didn't Work

WhatsApp - This may have worked but maybe I screwed up? I updated a core system file on my phone and I don't think I opened the permissions afterwards maybe. Instead of getting updates every round I got them all a few hours later at once. Thanks for trying anyway though tad.
Hashtag on Twitter (#vgc) - Apparently Twitter blows for searching and most of this didn't get updated -.- I still did think to check Cybertron's twitter at one point and grabbed standings though so thanks!

I'd also like feedback on if Twitter was an effective way to get updates and if anyone actually used at the events? I know we now have like 50% more followers than we did before yesterday now so it was hopefully used. Anything that could be done better there?

Psycho · Nov 14th, 2011, 10:14:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Firestorm

Sort of a reference thing for anyone able to do updates this spring:

Things that worked:

Mentions on Twitter (@SmogonU) - They come up on Hootsuite and I saw them right away (Thanks JRank, iss, paul, Expert Evan, Dragonking700, and all)
Tagging me on Facebook and commenting on the thread - Comes up as a notification and saw them right away (Thanks TTS)
Jumping on IRC on your phone and updating - Tried and true method these past few years works great (Thanks TeeJ)
Texting someone who's at home and can update - Another tried and true method these past few years and worked great (Thanks Cassie and her network)
Posting straight to the thread from the event (Thanks Sapphire Birch, Maski, and all)

Things That Didn't Work

WhatsApp - This may have worked but maybe I screwed up? I updated a core system file on my phone and I don't think I opened the permissions afterwards maybe. Instead of getting updates every round I got them all a few hours later at once. Thanks for trying anyway though tad.
Hashtag on Twitter (#vgc) - Apparently Twitter blows for searching and most of this didn't get updated -.- I still did think to check Cybertron's twitter at one point and grabbed standings though so thanks!

I'd also like feedback on if Twitter was an effective way to get updates and if anyone actually used at the events? I know we now have like 50% more followers than we did before yesterday now so it was hopefully used. Anything that could be done better there?

Next time...I could BBM you hahaha! Twitter or irc are probably the best ways to do this though!

JRank · Nov 14th, 2011, 10:55:59 PM

Twitter worked exceedingly well. @SmogonU's retweets made it easy for me to follow the action elsewhere and I could update on how it was going in Crestwood as well. Definitely the way to go for future tournaments.

Nov 10th, 2011, 4:10:33 AM	#1
Firestorm I did my best, I have no regrets! Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,261 Vancouver, BC	Coverage of Regionals This Weekend So with the switch to 7 swiss tournament regionals at once with no televisions, we're going to be seeing a lot of changes. We can no longer get someone who has been eliminated to update us via a Mobile IRC client and stream matches until every phone in the vicinity runs out of batteries. Heck, with all the regionals on at once, it's also going to be hard to follow threads for updates seeing as half the people will be battling. So here's what I'd like people to do. If you know me personally already, it would be great if you could send me quick updates in between rounds of how you and any other Smogon users you know the status of are doing via Kik or WhatsApp. Or even images of one of the pages of the matchups. You can also upload to Facebook quickly and I can grab it from there if that's the fastest thing for your phone to do. If I'm on your list I'll see it on my feed. Throughout Sunday, I'll be at home looking for updates. These updates will all be funnelled into one thread here on the Smogon VGC board, and also posted to Smogon's Twitter account. If you follow SmogonU on Twitter, you can set up your phone to receive updates no matter where you are! If we can get everyone sending in updates, we should be able to then put out this information so you can keep tabs on how your friends are doing at all the other regionals. Oh, and please remember to save battle videos of your favourite matches so we can upload them later! We may not have streams this year but that doesn't mean we don't want videos! __________________

Nov 10th, 2011, 8:39:52 AM	#4
Expert Evan every battle has a smell! Moderator Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3,790 Southwestern Connecticut	I'll be trying to provide updates from my twitter account as well through my cell phone when I go to Providence, RI this weekend. __________________ EE's Official trade thread: G.O.A.T. EE - Mark 2 4th gen trade = 4383-6929-7278 \| 5th gen trade = 2493-9641-2031 \| 5th gen battle = 4126-7225-2545 Also be sure to join #smogonwifi on IRC for faster communication If you want to be cool, read and obey the rules especially the ones for WiFi.

Nov 10th, 2011, 9:44:57 AM	#5
Solace* i was born to save the doctor Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,973 i love #thatPOWER Mentor	I'll also be posting stuff to the forums and Facebook for updates also anyone with my number can text me and I'll let you know what's up :) __________________ when ppl are like ‘the new pokemon are so unoriginal and dumb’ im like?? ? ? celebi was a flying onion

Nov 10th, 2011, 10:18:05 AM	#6
bearsfan092 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,048 Yoomtah!	I'd be willing to help you out Firestorm (Doswell, VA). What's your single most preferred method of contact? I have access to all of those methods. __________________ Black FC: 3954 7943 2104 Diamond FC: 1590 6595 3602 RNG Abuse Tutorial Videos and Wifi Battle Videos-Now with revamped videos for current software Say what? Bears has a trade thread again?

Nov 10th, 2011, 3:16:33 PM	#8
TheGr8 Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 243 Connecticut	Kinda stinks, no tv's going to be lame trying to watch lets say the finals. It's alright though, I have twitter also in my sig :) __________________ VGC Philly 2012 Masters: 7th in Pink Flight, 15th Overall Youtube: VGC and Wifi Battles Twitter: Follow me! Spring Friendly Records: Here

Nov 10th, 2011, 8:31:40 AM	#2
JRank Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,291	I'll be updating via my Twitter account JRankJustJRank (already following @SmogonU) for most of St. Louis Masters since I won't be playing. For us to update do you want us to start every message off with @SmogonU, or should we use a hashtag i.e. #vgc?

Nov 10th, 2011, 8:35:41 AM	#3
evan I did my best -- I have no regrets Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 2,261	I'll definitely update you how I'm doing and I'm sure some of my fellow Indianans will as well. I don't have a fancy phone so no pictures and things but we probably aren't going to have much use for those anyway! Definitely seconding the battle videos though. It'll be fascinating to see what people are actually using in real competition and not just PO. Also JRank I would recommend doing BOTH.

Nov 10th, 2011, 6:58:32 PM	#10
Cybertron Stay classy. Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,922	See: signature.

Nov 10th, 2011, 7:59:35 PM	#11
iss perpetual semifinalist Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,979 sirndpt <3	I'll be tweeting from @Techonup. __________________ "Mienfoo is a shitty Pokemon." - blarajan ~CHINCHOUS~

Nov 10th, 2011, 9:38:09 PM	#13
Firestorm I did my best, I have no regrets! Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,261 Vancouver, BC	If you tweet @SmogonU, I'll get a notification via the Hootsuite app on my BlackBerry. So that's preferred. I'll keep a #vgc page open as well. If you don't include that tag or send it to @SmogonU (or Facebook), I will not get it because I can't be checking 20 different feeds at once. evan as much as I'd love to hear from you make sure you can text Canada for free first =P I unfortunately can't text people in the US for free. __________________

Nov 11th, 2011, 12:30:41 AM	#16
Ashenlock Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 954 Drinking more Coca-Cola than all the polar bears combined.	Do we know how much time is allowed between rounds? I've never actually been in a swiss-styled competition, so I don't know if there is usually a predictable amount of time needed to calculate the next matches, or if every case is different and we won't know till we get there. Either way, I think this VGC will be more about warstories (Since everyone can participate in each round, meaning a greater number of "complete" experiences) and less about keeping up with standings (For the same reason), although I applaud any effort to help keep everyone informed, especially if that effort is made when that user could be doing something else. I finally have a smartphone versus whatever that thing that I used to make messages on can be called, and can thus load pictures, so I'll probably write a warstory rather than try to learn what the hell twitter is and how the hell it works between now and then. I'm staying with a bunch of people in a room so mischief and shenanigans worthy of chronicling should ensue one way or the other. __________________ 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."

Nov 12th, 2011, 10:46:54 AM	#17
Dozz Has anyone in this family ever seen a chicken? Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 523 England	Considering the large amount of people that are saying they'll be using twitter, would #vgc not be the easiest option, instead of sending them all over the place. I'm sure pictures can be added as well, and it'll be easier than trying to collaborate tweets, texts and fb posts. __________________

Nov 13th, 2011, 1:59:13 AM	#18
Dr Fidget Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 65 Michigan	How about a google.doc listing players and records separated by location. Then whenever there is an updated via twitter or whatever, you can update the records of the players mentioned. You can have multiple people editing the doc too, so the editors can all get updates from different sources. That way there’s one easy place to look and see how everyone is doing.

Nov 14th, 2011, 7:15:21 PM	#19
Firestorm I did my best, I have no regrets! Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 7,261 Vancouver, BC	Sort of a reference thing for anyone able to do updates this spring: Things that worked: Mentions on Twitter (@SmogonU) - They come up on Hootsuite and I saw them right away (Thanks JRank, iss, paul, Expert Evan, Dragonking700, and all) Tagging me on Facebook and commenting on the thread - Comes up as a notification and saw them right away (Thanks TTS) Jumping on IRC on your phone and updating - Tried and true method these past few years works great (Thanks TeeJ) Texting someone who's at home and can update - Another tried and true method these past few years and worked great (Thanks Cassie and her network) Posting straight to the thread from the event (Thanks Sapphire Birch, Maski, and all) Things That Didn't Work WhatsApp - This may have worked but maybe I screwed up? I updated a core system file on my phone and I don't think I opened the permissions afterwards maybe. Instead of getting updates every round I got them all a few hours later at once. Thanks for trying anyway though tad. Hashtag on Twitter (#vgc) - Apparently Twitter blows for searching and most of this didn't get updated -.- I still did think to check Cybertron's twitter at one point and grabbed standings though so thanks! I'd also like feedback on if Twitter was an effective way to get updates and if anyone actually used at the events? I know we now have like 50% more followers than we did before yesterday now so it was hopefully used. Anything that could be done better there? __________________

Nov 14th, 2011, 10:55:59 PM	#21
JRank Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 1,291	Twitter worked exceedingly well. @SmogonU's retweets made it easy for me to follow the action elsewhere and I could update on how it was going in Crestwood as well. Definitely the way to go for future tournaments.