UU Can Party Too - Round 2

SethZiBritannia · Aug 28th, 2012, 12:01:09 AM

UU Can Party Too
aka Lower Tiers Need Love
Approved by Earthworm and the Tournament Director Team
Hosted by SethZiBritannia

This is a BW2 OU tournament!

Tournament Description:

UU, BL (and BL2), and RU have some excellent threats just waiting in the wings for OU players to bring them into the mix. Underrated Pokemon run amok in the lower tiers. This is the premise of this tournament. Each round, pokemon will be randomly selected from lower tiers (UU, RU, BL[2], and possibly NU) and presented in a list in the OP. The player’s job is to choose two Pokemon from this list and build an OU team around those Pokemon.

The list of pokemon to choose from will be randomly generated and about twelve pokemon long. 3 will be definitely UU, 5 will be definitely RU, and the rest will be randomly generated from all tiers (BL - NU). This tournament will test your ability to implement lower tier Pokemon into a harsh OU metagame, and also test your ability to adapt to newer threats with which you OU players may not be as readily familiar.

This tournament emphasizes teambuilding, as the lists will change each round.

Here is your Pokemon list for round 2, courtesy of the RNG. Don't forget. Use two of them. Make a team. Send a log afterwards. =) Choose two, and choose wisely.

This is an added note. Save your teams. I'm not sure what will happen come finals, but keep your teams anyway. :)

Claydol, Cobalion, Cresselia, Hariyama, Crustle, Sceptile, Electivire, Scolipede, Rampardos, Cinccino, Golurk, Floatzel

For those of you who are interested, these are the usage statistics from round 1. I will be releasing these each round.
1. Zoroark (8)
2. Smeargle (6)
3. Cofagrigus (5)
4. Emboar (4)
4. Durant (4)
6. Accelgor (3)
7. Slaking (2)
7. Archeops (2)
7. Crobat (2)
10. Registeel (1)
10. Regice (1)
12. Cryogonal (0) - Evidently, we needed WhiteQueen to play.

Tournament Rules:
• General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
• Standard OU - Singles
• Best of one
• Single elimination
• The banlists for this tournament are the same as for the ladders of the Smogon University server of Pokemon Online.
• No, absolutely any circumstances, johns.
• You must submit the log so I’m sure you followed the tournament regulations, and so I can track the metagame. I will release metagame statistics at the end.

GENESECT AND SUCH ARE ALLOWED. ILLEGAL MOVESETS SUCH AS SPIKES + SLEEP POWDER ROSERADE ARE BANNED. PS MAY ALLOW THEM. AFTER RECENT EVENTS, I WILL NOT.

Battle Clauses:
• Evasion Clause
• OHKO Clause
• Sleep Clause
• Species Clause
• Timed Battle
• Wifi Clause

Round 2 Match-Ups
-Rockstar- vs. Pkrs - they both responded to my activity PM saying it will get done. I am willing to give it 24 more hours to get it done.
Lavos Spawn vs. HoiPolloi
Ciele vs. Ningildo - activity.
papai noel vs. DrMohammadLi - ended up coinflipping this due to lack of follow-through on both parties.
Cherub Agent vs. IceCarAdler - activity. Cherub Agent may have VMed first, but never even responded to suggested times.
dragonuser vs. Foster - no visible contact. DU responded to my activity PM. This is unfortunate, because of the situation last round with Foster's match... :(
bro fist vs. Django - activity.
rairyan vs. Kennen - activity.
TalkingLion vs. Novaray - activity.
Orichalcos Owl vs. Jirachi - coinflip.
ThatsMyLatios vs. vonFiedler
Living Things vs. shartruce2
WhiteQueen vs. .Robert
Hantsuki vs. doublenikesocks - activity.
FelixMinamimoto vs. Brap
Brotom vs. Sayonara - coin flip

Deadline will shorten, but this is a teambuilding tournament. I will give you guys until 9/4/12 at midnight EDT to get your matches done. This way, when school starts, I won't be worrying about handling johned matches. (Extensions will be given if I am PMed and asked for them in advance. This almost happened with a round 1 match, but it got done.)

Be a good sport. In victory or defeat, this is just Pokemon.

Brap · Aug 28th, 2012, 3:26:11 PM

I've sent a VM to Felix something or other!

Ningildo · Aug 28th, 2012, 5:08:16 PM

VM'd Ciele.

shartruce2 · Aug 28th, 2012, 5:44:20 PM

vm'ed living things

ThatsMyLatios · Aug 29th, 2012, 4:48:07 PM

In contact with my opponent!

HoiPolloi · Aug 29th, 2012, 5:02:57 PM

I contacted Lavos.

Cherub Agent · Aug 30th, 2012, 6:10:07 AM

I VMed, still no response

doublenikesocks · Aug 30th, 2012, 8:52:09 PM

contacted opponent.

WhiteQueen · Aug 31st, 2012, 5:57:08 PM

contacted robert

.Robert · Aug 31st, 2012, 6:16:20 PM

lost, gg

WhiteQueen · Aug 31st, 2012, 6:16:42 PM

i won gg

Lavos Spawn · Aug 31st, 2012, 7:26:13 PM

lost, min damage on a flamethrower cost me the game. gg and gl

HoiPolloi · Aug 31st, 2012, 7:29:08 PM

I won against Lavos. GG

Django · Sep 1st, 2012, 12:18:39 PM

We will play on Monday

Kennen · Sep 2nd, 2012, 8:15:57 PM

Still no response

SethZiBritannia · Sep 3rd, 2012, 1:04:32 PM

So! ...two matches are done...
Deadline is the end of tomorrow...

So it looks like I'm giving an extension. Extension will be based on how many matches get done in the next two days. Please post the status of your matches.

Brap · Sep 4th, 2012, 1:15:46 PM

I should be battling Felix tonight.

Lost. Hax on both sides.

FelixMinamimoto · Sep 4th, 2012, 2:39:16 PM

Confirming gg.

Living Things · Sep 4th, 2012, 2:39:36 PM

lost gg

shartruce2 · Sep 4th, 2012, 2:41:56 PM

won in a very close gg against living things

here's the log: http://pastebin.com/p85JFE0g

vonFiedler · Sep 4th, 2012, 3:26:53 PM

Lost to ThatsMyLatios

ThatsMyLatios · Sep 4th, 2012, 3:28:26 PM

Beat VonFielder, gg

SethZiBritannia · Sep 5th, 2012, 5:06:30 PM

5/16 games done. Shame, shame, shame. I'm going to be busy with school and stuff but tonight I'll take a look at activity cases and see how many of these are clear activity or how many I have to coinflip. You guys have until whenever I get around to it. If you need an extension, post in this thread immediately. I will be PMing you all shortly to find out the status of ANY incomplete match.

Kennen · Sep 5th, 2012, 11:04:50 PM

I said still no response, and now is the same thing.

SethZiBritannia · Sep 7th, 2012, 11:47:34 PM

w/e this isn't gonna be fun

see you all when r3 is up
coinflips and activity wins will be given. Unless you have an incredibly serious reason why the decision I make is entirely invalid, don't bother complaining. Nobody got their matches done. Hate all of you~

Aug 28th, 2012, 12:01:09 AM	#1
SethZiBritannia Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 217	UU Can Party Too - Round 2 UU Can Party Too aka Lower Tiers Need Love Approved by Earthworm and the Tournament Director Team Hosted by SethZiBritannia This is a BW2 OU tournament! Tournament Description: UU, BL (and BL2), and RU have some excellent threats just waiting in the wings for OU players to bring them into the mix. Underrated Pokemon run amok in the lower tiers. This is the premise of this tournament. Each round, pokemon will be randomly selected from lower tiers (UU, RU, BL[2], and possibly NU) and presented in a list in the OP. The player’s job is to choose two Pokemon from this list and build an OU team around those Pokemon. The list of pokemon to choose from will be randomly generated and about twelve pokemon long. 3 will be definitely UU, 5 will be definitely RU, and the rest will be randomly generated from all tiers (BL - NU). This tournament will test your ability to implement lower tier Pokemon into a harsh OU metagame, and also test your ability to adapt to newer threats with which you OU players may not be as readily familiar. This tournament emphasizes teambuilding, as the lists will change each round. Here is your Pokemon list for round 2, courtesy of the RNG. Don't forget. Use two of them. Make a team. Send a log afterwards. =) Choose two, and choose wisely. This is an added note. Save your teams. I'm not sure what will happen come finals, but keep your teams anyway. :) Claydol, Cobalion, Cresselia, Hariyama, Crustle, Sceptile, Electivire, Scolipede, Rampardos, Cinccino, Golurk, Floatzel For those of you who are interested, these are the usage statistics from round 1. I will be releasing these each round. 1. Zoroark (8) 2. Smeargle (6) 3. Cofagrigus (5) 4. Emboar (4) 4. Durant (4) 6. Accelgor (3) 7. Slaking (2) 7. Archeops (2) 7. Crobat (2) 10. Registeel (1) 10. Regice (1) 12. Cryogonal (0) - Evidently, we needed WhiteQueen to play. Tournament Rules: • General tournament rules and regulations can be found here. • Standard OU - Singles • Best of one • Single elimination • The banlists for this tournament are the same as for the ladders of the Smogon University server of Pokemon Online. • No, absolutely any circumstances, johns. • You must submit the log so I’m sure you followed the tournament regulations, and so I can track the metagame. I will release metagame statistics at the end. GENESECT AND SUCH ARE ALLOWED. ILLEGAL MOVESETS SUCH AS SPIKES + SLEEP POWDER ROSERADE ARE BANNED. PS MAY ALLOW THEM. AFTER RECENT EVENTS, I WILL NOT. Battle Clauses: • Evasion Clause • OHKO Clause • Sleep Clause • Species Clause • Timed Battle • Wifi Clause Round 2 Match-Ups -Rockstar- vs. Pkrs - they both responded to my activity PM saying it will get done. I am willing to give it 24 more hours to get it done. Lavos Spawn vs. HoiPolloi Ciele vs. Ningildo - activity. papai noel vs. DrMohammadLi - ended up coinflipping this due to lack of follow-through on both parties. Cherub Agent vs. IceCarAdler - activity. Cherub Agent may have VMed first, but never even responded to suggested times. dragonuser vs. Foster - no visible contact. DU responded to my activity PM. This is unfortunate, because of the situation last round with Foster's match... :( bro fist vs. Django - activity. rairyan vs. Kennen - activity. TalkingLion vs. Novaray - activity. Orichalcos Owl vs. Jirachi - coinflip. ThatsMyLatios vs. vonFiedler Living Things vs. shartruce2 WhiteQueen vs. .Robert Hantsuki vs. doublenikesocks - activity. FelixMinamimoto vs. Brap Brotom vs. Sayonara - coin flip Deadline will shorten, but this is a teambuilding tournament. I will give you guys until 9/4/12 at midnight EDT to get your matches done. This way, when school starts, I won't be worrying about handling johned matches. (Extensions will be given if I am PMed and asked for them in advance. This almost happened with a round 1 match, but it got done.) Be a good sport. In victory or defeat, this is just Pokemon. __________________ Evil? Much like the concept of a God, that is a meaningless human construct. Last edited by SethZiBritannia; Sep 8th, 2012 at 12:06:05 AM. Reason: johns, ALL OF YOU

Aug 28th, 2012, 3:26:11 PM	#2
Brap Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 219 England	I've sent a VM to Felix something or other! __________________ I can only battle on Showdown, not PO1 or PO2. Apologies in advance.

Aug 28th, 2012, 5:08:16 PM	#3
Ningildo Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 649 Aruba	VM'd Ciele. __________________ Wild School appeared! School used Homework! Ningildo's activity fell!

Aug 30th, 2012, 6:10:07 AM	#7
Cherub Agent I may be dead, but I'm still pretty. Which is more than I can say for you Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,243 intimidatingly cute Mentor	I VMed, still no response __________________ (16:08) <@skylight> BUT I DID NOTHING WRONG (16:08) <@skylight> CHERUB (16:08) <@skylight> i will FUCK YOU (17:20) <@skylight> ill luvdisc your ass

Aug 31st, 2012, 6:16:20 PM	#10
.Robert Death Reapers Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,267 Death Reapers	lost, gg __________________ The Boss Reaper

Aug 28th, 2012, 5:44:20 PM	#4
shartruce2 krrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 368	vm'ed living things

Aug 29th, 2012, 4:48:07 PM	#5
ThatsMyLatios Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 550	In contact with my opponent!

Aug 29th, 2012, 5:02:57 PM	#6
HoiPolloi Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 296	I contacted Lavos.

Aug 30th, 2012, 8:52:09 PM	#8
doublenikesocks Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 98 California	contacted opponent.

Aug 31st, 2012, 5:57:08 PM	#9
WhiteQueen Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,343	contacted robert

Aug 31st, 2012, 6:16:42 PM	#11
WhiteQueen Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 1,343	i won gg

Aug 31st, 2012, 7:26:13 PM	#12
Lavos Spawn Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 2,179 Mentor	lost, min damage on a flamethrower cost me the game. gg and gl

Aug 31st, 2012, 7:29:08 PM	#13
HoiPolloi Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 296	I won against Lavos. GG

Sep 1st, 2012, 12:18:39 PM	#14
Django Hear me Roar Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 1,669	We will play on Monday

Sep 2nd, 2012, 8:15:57 PM	#15
Kennen dont you worry child Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 874 Death Reapers	Still no response

Sep 3rd, 2012, 1:04:32 PM	#16
SethZiBritannia Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 217	So! ...two matches are done... Deadline is the end of tomorrow... So it looks like I'm giving an extension. Extension will be based on how many matches get done in the next two days. Please post the status of your matches. __________________ Evil? Much like the concept of a God, that is a meaningless human construct.

Sep 4th, 2012, 1:15:46 PM	#17
Brap Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 219 England	I should be battling Felix tonight. Lost. Hax on both sides. __________________ I can only battle on Showdown, not PO1 or PO2. Apologies in advance. Last edited by Brap; Sep 4th, 2012 at 2:38:30 PM.

Sep 4th, 2012, 2:39:16 PM	#18
FelixMinamimoto Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 418 Inside a box with both hearts torn in two	Confirming gg. __________________ we're anything brighter than even the sun (we're everything greater than books might mean) we're everyanything more than believe (with a spin, leap, alive we're alive) we're wonderful one times one. Finally no longer busy. I can play again.

Sep 4th, 2012, 2:39:36 PM	#19
Living Things Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 262	lost gg __________________ User: hybridtheory ou: 2134 (GXE:92) (W:12/L:1/T:0)

Sep 4th, 2012, 2:41:56 PM	#20
shartruce2 krrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 368	won in a very close gg against living things here's the log: http://pastebin.com/p85JFE0g

Sep 4th, 2012, 3:26:53 PM	#21
vonFiedler Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 3,160	Lost to ThatsMyLatios __________________ I will always go to sleep, even in a house where I just murdered a couple of cops. - Lightwolf

Sep 4th, 2012, 3:28:26 PM	#22
ThatsMyLatios Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 550	Beat VonFielder, gg

Sep 5th, 2012, 5:06:30 PM	#23
SethZiBritannia Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 217	5/16 games done. Shame, shame, shame. I'm going to be busy with school and stuff but tonight I'll take a look at activity cases and see how many of these are clear activity or how many I have to coinflip. You guys have until whenever I get around to it. If you need an extension, post in this thread immediately. I will be PMing you all shortly to find out the status of ANY incomplete match. __________________ Evil? Much like the concept of a God, that is a meaningless human construct.

Sep 5th, 2012, 11:04:50 PM	#24
Kennen dont you worry child Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 874 Death Reapers	I said still no response, and now is the same thing.

Sep 7th, 2012, 11:47:34 PM	#25
SethZiBritannia Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 217	w/e this isn't gonna be fun see you all when r3 is up coinflips and activity wins will be given. Unless you have an incredibly serious reason why the decision I make is entirely invalid, don't bother complaining. Nobody got their matches done. Hate all of you~ __________________ Evil? Much like the concept of a God, that is a meaningless human construct.