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Absolete · Sep 24th, 2012, 2:59:49 PM

I've had this idea for a while, and would love to head it up, buuut what about an anti metagame gimmick challenge? This would be where people build teams around a strategy that isn't viable against every team (a gimmick) and structures a team to defeat the common OU strategies. Players would then race to achieve a rating, while also discussing the holes in their strategy and allowing further input. I think this would be a great way to explore different areas of the metagame as a collective and not just single players at a time. The strategies would be ones such as Trick Room, Gravity, Wonder Room, Baton Pass, etc. Strategies that are well known and little used, but may have a way to be devised into strategies that defeat the common rain, sun, and hyper offensive teams that are oh-so-dominant in today's metagame.

**Pocket** · Sep 25th, 2012, 2:56:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Joeyboy

So I've been in contact with Birkal a little bit before this about an idea I've had for the OU subforum.

Mini-tournaments!

Many of the other tiers have begun to host these fun get togethers that allow the community to become closer. The RU Tier in particular has hosted numerous tournaments, each with different themes.

So I'd love to begin hosting these, and since this thread is up(awesome work to all the OU mods!) I'd love to get you guys' opinions on it. My aim would be for these tournaments to be finished in a fairly quick manner, they would be fun, and light affairs.

My first idea for the tournaments is to gain even more suspect knowledge. With all the talk about Garchomp and Sand Veil how would you guys like playing with pokemon like Lugia and Ho-oh in OU? Certain tournaments would allow certain Ubers to be used or even for certain pokemon to be banned.

We could even do tournaments with certain CAP pokemon allowed! The possibilities are endless, I would also always be taking suggestions, and would tailor these tournaments to the forum's demands.

So what do you think? Would this be something you'd all be interested in?

Joeyboy, thanks for volunteering to host mini-tours!~ We definitely like a Kyurem-B mini-tour very soon to ramp up for the next suspect testing phase! Make sure to brainstorm some more ideas and run it through us OU mods. Can you get this mini-tour running?

~~DGX~~ · Sep 25th, 2012, 1:18:27 PM

i'll help u guys out

Pocket EDIT: plz be more specific as to how you would like to help

Electrolyte · Sep 30th, 2012, 9:31:31 PM

Ok, after discussing with some of the OU mods, I have determined that I will be restarting OU CCAT. This will be hosted by me, with the occasional interjection of some of the OU moderators when necessary.

EDIT: It will be up tomorrow at the latest

Jukain · Sep 30th, 2012, 9:43:14 PM

epic i will participate!

alexwolf · Sep 30th, 2012, 9:49:54 PM

Lovely! Thx for taking the responsibility to do this Electrolyte!

ClubbingSealCub · Oct 1st, 2012, 4:09:57 AM

Electrolyte4prez! Looking forward to that.

**NixHex** · Oct 1st, 2012, 5:32:14 AM

Eagerly awaiting your project. Good luck, Electrolyte!

Superpowerdude · Oct 1st, 2012, 7:18:11 AM

Cheers Electrolyte i will try and activly participate in this one

***Birkal**** · Oct 3rd, 2012, 5:54:08 PM

A new announcement went up! Check it out here. Remember, anyone is allowed to write up an announcement on anything related to Overused. Just write it in this thread and we'll get it up in the announcements and on site.

Also, there is going to be some back up very soon in terms of getting content on site. Stay tuned over the next few days to see what exciting new things are going to happen with the Overused Hub page. I think you guys will like the upcoming additions =)

On a slightly sadder note, for those of you that can see the SCMS, I am sure that you can see me working on a project sub-page for the Overused hub. Unfortunately, we can't add it just yet because someone COUGHNIXHEXCOUGHCOUGH created a /projects/ page first under the Overused section. We have to wait for it to be expelled from the trash bin before we can get project pages up and running. Sorry for the inconvenience! Project stuff onsite will just need to wait for a few more weeks.

alkinesthetase · Oct 3rd, 2012, 5:56:17 PM

ooh birkal don't forget the CCAT being hosted by electrolyte, i guess i could write something quick but i don't really have any official ties to it, and i can hardly remember the previous CCATs anyway =/

Electrolyte · Oct 3rd, 2012, 10:48:20 PM

Thanks for the reminder Alk.

OU CCAT is up, and is hosted by me! Come join our discussion, and help the community create a five star team! A new bonus point system has been implemented, and hopefully we'll see more action. Click on the link to check it out!

***Birkal**** · Oct 5th, 2012, 10:01:59 AM

New announcement! It contains some pretty exciting news about award community members with badges for their work, so check it out in the second page of this thread and on the hub page.

Remember, any of you guys can make an announcement! Just post it in this thread and I'll get it up on site lickity-split.

Jukain · Oct 5th, 2012, 5:51:24 PM

Mathematics Geniuses, Unite!

Mathematics is taking over the OU forum with some great questions posed by Great Sage! There are three problems, each with many steps and requiring the use of high level mathematics. There's more, however, in that if you solve a problem correctly and write it up in a way that it can be put on-site, there are many rewards on the table, including badges. Users poccil and Antar have solved the third problem, breh is working on 2, alkinesthetase has solved 1a, and ganj41f has offered a simulation of 1b, but there is still a lot more left to figure out and the rewards can be heavy, so go for it! The thread can be found here.

alkinesthetase · Oct 5th, 2012, 8:56:20 PM

don't forget that breh was working on problem 2 and ganj4lf provided a simulation for problem 1b (not a theoretical solution, but still worth observing)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat changes in bold

Users poccil and Antar have solved the third problem, breh is working on 2, alkinesthetase has solved 1a, and ganj4lf has offered a simulation of 1b, but there is...

Jukain · Oct 5th, 2012, 9:08:43 PM

ty alkinesthetase, my post is updated to reflect your changes

Superpowerdude · Oct 6th, 2012, 9:17:32 PM

I am thinking of hosting an "OU Pokemon of the Week" project much like NU's version once i get this going i think it would be pretty cool to have up on the hub. Thoughts?

**Pocket** · Oct 7th, 2012, 12:29:06 AM

Superpowerdude, do you have any incentives on mind? Jellicent hosts "RU Pokemon of the Week" and identifies the "Best Discussion / Poster" and "Most Creative Poster" for each PotW. It would be nice to record them, etc.

Superpowerdude · Oct 7th, 2012, 1:03:03 AM

Ok that sounds interasting i will do a "Best Poster Of The Week" and put them in the op i don't really want to think up specific incentives like "Most creative poster of the week" atm because i dont know what people contributions would be like but after the project is under way i will determine wether or not to have a "most creative poster of the week" if that makes sense. I may also change it up a bit from other tiers Pokemon of the Week by awarding points for good posters to encourage good discussion. I will try and have it up by today if not tommorow if that is ok with you?

Edit: on second thoughts i will do a "most creative poster" right off the get go becausr i think it will encourage people to post more so they can get some points

**Pocket** · Oct 10th, 2012, 5:22:02 AM

I think OU Hub is the perfect place to showcase the many wonderful OU RMTs that Dark Horse tends to generate - major thanks to all participants who have made this DHP the biggest success as of date!

This isn't exactly an announcement; just wanted to book-keep these RMTs. If I missed anyone's RMT, let me know :d

Jimbon's Weird Fish -

Lady Alex's Dreaming of Meteor Showers -

LucaroarkZ's The Illusion Fox Pokemon -

ganj4lf's HOutsiders -

Ninelol's Boss and Boots! -

ClubbingSealCubs's Dune Walkers -

Absolete's Celestial Beings -

ssbm's 6 Dark Horses -

Electrolyte's Songs About Jane -

The Great Mighty Doom's Canine Carnage -

ClubbingSealCub · Oct 11th, 2012, 5:42:47 AM

Pocket how could you, my name is ClubbibgSealCub :(

Your nick is terrible! - Pocket

EDIT: now you're just asking for a clubbing

Jukain · Oct 20th, 2012, 3:40:27 PM

The history of bans has been updated with the recent unbanning of Garchomp. It is here in this very thread for those of you that ~~are too lazy~~ do not wish to scroll down page 1 and find it.

EDIT: Also, I think we should have a section that links to all previous Smogcasts in order to help people who are less knowledgeable about our lovely OU tier. I will put it into this post shortly.

EDIT2: here ya go -

NOTE: I'm thinking of putting it into html because it will look much better if I mark it up with html (headers, paragraphs, lists, et cetera) than with BBCode. It's just something I'm noticing. Thoughts?

ah it's in html screw it, trying to make headings with bbcode is too annoying.

stuff

played around with bbcode and now it's in that

**Pocket** · Nov 6th, 2012, 1:32:40 AM

OU 1st Mini-Tour Princess Bri vs yee finals:

Thanks for providing the replay! Any more replays from this tour would be gravy~

Logs / Replays:

Kyu-B Mini-Tour
R3 lokt vs Thunderblunder
semis Bri vs doughboy
Finals Bri vs yee

No Drizzle Mini-Tour
R1 Temp V1 vs The Unlucky One
Finals ThunderBlunder vs TGMD

Jukain · Nov 6th, 2012, 10:45:30 AM

history of bans is updated with cube, js.

EDIT: oh and btw watched the game pocket posted, nice game guys!

Ithilanor · Nov 6th, 2012, 12:19:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Pocket

OU 1st Mini-Tour Princess Bri vs yee finals:

Thanks for providing the replay! Any more replays from this tour would be gravy~

Log Replay: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ou3947286

Not sure if this is the right place to ask about this, but is there any chance of getting a warstory of this battle?

Sep 24th, 2012, 2:59:49 PM	#26
Absolete Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 57	I've had this idea for a while, and would love to head it up, buuut what about an anti metagame gimmick challenge? This would be where people build teams around a strategy that isn't viable against every team (a gimmick) and structures a team to defeat the common OU strategies. Players would then race to achieve a rating, while also discussing the holes in their strategy and allowing further input. I think this would be a great way to explore different areas of the metagame as a collective and not just single players at a time. The strategies would be ones such as Trick Room, Gravity, Wonder Room, Baton Pass, etc. Strategies that are well known and little used, but may have a way to be devised into strategies that defeat the common rain, sun, and hyper offensive teams that are oh-so-dominant in today's metagame. __________________ Trick Room is where it's at, you bitches. Trick Room all day, e'eryday. Fuckin' up your sweepers since generation 4.

Sep 30th, 2012, 9:31:31 PM	#29
Electrolyte Cause you keep me coming back for more Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,035 And I feel a little better than I did before Mentor	Ok, after discussing with some of the OU mods, I have determined that I will be restarting OU CCAT. This will be hosted by me, with the occasional interjection of some of the OU moderators when necessary. EDIT: It will be up tomorrow at the latest __________________ Stuff (Click!): l l l l l l l l l VM me for an OU / LC team rate! MURKBRO MAFIA Last edited by Electrolyte; Sep 30th, 2012 at 11:20:54 PM.

Sep 30th, 2012, 9:43:14 PM	#30
Jukain rip numeros Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,671 somewhere could be anywhere Mentor	epic i will participate! __________________ C&C Work \| 1k RMT \| Contribute! \| VM for an OU Rate! \| gp member: vm/pm for a check \| previously pokemon0078 / aka jew-cane

Sep 30th, 2012, 9:49:54 PM	#31
alexwolf King of Conquerors Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,610 Greece	Lovely! Thx for taking the responsibility to do this Electrolyte! __________________ Part of the OU QC team, message me for a check!

Oct 1st, 2012, 4:09:57 AM	#32
ClubbingSealCub Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 385 Spheal @ Thick Club	Electrolyte4prez! Looking forward to that. __________________ RMT: Dune Walkers - Featuring Sandslash Tobes: Infernape is still #22 in standard OU. You all sicken me.

Sep 25th, 2012, 1:18:27 PM	#28
~~DGX~~ Banned deucer. Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 25 Georgia	i'll help u guys out Pocket EDIT: plz be more specific as to how you would like to help

Oct 1st, 2012, 7:18:11 AM	#34
Superpowerdude A Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 907 Australia Mentor	Cheers Electrolyte i will try and activly participate in this one __________________ #ratemyteam \| Smog Work\| Rater Of the Week \| RMT \| Dogbirds Join #dogbirds on irc!!!

Oct 3rd, 2012, 5:54:08 PM	#35
*Birkal We have the technology. Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,956 The Mentor	A new announcement went up! Check it out here. Remember, anyone is allowed to write up an announcement on anything related to Overused. Just write it in this thread and we'll get it up in the announcements and on site. Also, there is going to be some back up very soon in terms of getting content on site. Stay tuned over the next few days to see what exciting new things are going to happen with the Overused Hub page. I think you guys will like the upcoming additions =) On a slightly sadder note, for those of you that can see the SCMS, I am sure that you can see me working on a project sub-page for the Overused hub. Unfortunately, we can't add it just yet because someone COUGHNIXHEXCOUGHCOUGH created a /projects/ page first under the Overused section. We have to wait for it to be expelled from the trash bin before we can get project pages up and running. Sorry for the inconvenience! Project stuff onsite will just need to wait for a few more weeks. __________________

Oct 3rd, 2012, 5:56:17 PM	#36
alkinesthetase <MrE> SPIDERS /\/\;,,;/\/\ Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 695 <ala> canadabros is the strongest bros you can be Mentor	ooh birkal don't forget the CCAT being hosted by electrolyte, i guess i could write something quick but i don't really have any official ties to it, and i can hardly remember the previous CCATs anyway =/ __________________ <%yee> i will summon a spider to kill alkines my massive mafia roles list

Oct 3rd, 2012, 10:48:20 PM	#37
Electrolyte Cause you keep me coming back for more Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,035 And I feel a little better than I did before Mentor	Thanks for the reminder Alk. OU CCAT is up, and is hosted by me! Come join our discussion, and help the community create a five star team! A new bonus point system has been implemented, and hopefully we'll see more action. Click on the link to check it out! __________________ Stuff (Click!): l l l l l l l l l VM me for an OU / LC team rate! MURKBRO MAFIA

Oct 5th, 2012, 10:01:59 AM	#38
*Birkal We have the technology. Super Moderator** Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 2,956 The Mentor	New announcement! It contains some pretty exciting news about award community members with badges for their work, so check it out in the second page of this thread and on the hub page. Remember, any of you guys can make an announcement! Just post it in this thread and I'll get it up on site lickity-split. __________________

Oct 5th, 2012, 5:51:24 PM	#39
Jukain rip numeros Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,671 somewhere could be anywhere Mentor	Mathematics Geniuses, Unite! Mathematics is taking over the OU forum with some great questions posed by Great Sage! There are three problems, each with many steps and requiring the use of high level mathematics. There's more, however, in that if you solve a problem correctly and write it up in a way that it can be put on-site, there are many rewards on the table, including badges. Users poccil and Antar have solved the third problem, breh is working on 2, alkinesthetase has solved 1a, and ganj41f has offered a simulation of 1b, but there is still a lot more left to figure out and the rewards can be heavy, so go for it! The thread can be found here. __________________ C&C Work \| 1k RMT \| Contribute! \| VM for an OU Rate! \| gp member: vm/pm for a check \| previously pokemon0078 / aka jew-cane Last edited by Jukain; Oct 5th, 2012 at 9:07:24 PM.

Oct 5th, 2012, 9:08:43 PM	#41
Jukain rip numeros Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,671 somewhere could be anywhere Mentor	ty alkinesthetase, my post is updated to reflect your changes __________________ C&C Work \| 1k RMT \| Contribute! \| VM for an OU Rate! \| gp member: vm/pm for a check \| previously pokemon0078 / aka jew-cane

Oct 6th, 2012, 9:17:32 PM	#42
Superpowerdude A Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 907 Australia Mentor	I am thinking of hosting an "OU Pokemon of the Week" project much like NU's version once i get this going i think it would be pretty cool to have up on the hub. Thoughts? __________________ #ratemyteam \| Smog Work\| Rater Of the Week \| RMT \| Dogbirds Join #dogbirds on irc!!! Last edited by Superpowerdude; Oct 6th, 2012 at 9:21:46 PM. Reason: .

Oct 7th, 2012, 12:29:06 AM	#43
Pocket Bakuman ;< Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,156 Bergenfield	Superpowerdude, do you have any incentives on mind? Jellicent hosts "RU Pokemon of the Week" and identifies the "Best Discussion / Poster" and "Most Creative Poster" for each PotW. It would be nice to record them, etc. __________________ Dark Horse Project: Conquer the Ladder! \| Word of Wisdom for Trainers \| Smogon Doubles: Let's Make It Official!

Oct 7th, 2012, 1:03:03 AM	#44
Superpowerdude A Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 907 Australia Mentor	Ok that sounds interasting i will do a "Best Poster Of The Week" and put them in the op i don't really want to think up specific incentives like "Most creative poster of the week" atm because i dont know what people contributions would be like but after the project is under way i will determine wether or not to have a "most creative poster of the week" if that makes sense. I may also change it up a bit from other tiers Pokemon of the Week by awarding points for good posters to encourage good discussion. I will try and have it up by today if not tommorow if that is ok with you? Edit: on second thoughts i will do a "most creative poster" right off the get go becausr i think it will encourage people to post more so they can get some points __________________ #ratemyteam \| Smog Work\| Rater Of the Week \| RMT \| Dogbirds Join #dogbirds on irc!!! Last edited by Superpowerdude; Oct 7th, 2012 at 1:12:02 AM. Reason: adding edit

Oct 10th, 2012, 5:22:02 AM	#45
Pocket Bakuman ;< Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,156 Bergenfield	I think OU Hub is the perfect place to showcase the many wonderful OU RMTs that Dark Horse tends to generate - major thanks to all participants who have made this DHP the biggest success as of date! This isn't exactly an announcement; just wanted to book-keep these RMTs. If I missed anyone's RMT, let me know :d Jimbon's Weird Fish - Lady Alex's Dreaming of Meteor Showers - LucaroarkZ's The Illusion Fox Pokemon - ganj4lf's HOutsiders - Ninelol's Boss and Boots! - ClubbingSealCubs's Dune Walkers - Absolete's Celestial Beings - ssbm's 6 Dark Horses - Electrolyte's Songs About Jane - The Great Mighty Doom's Canine Carnage - __________________ Dark Horse Project: Conquer the Ladder! \| Word of Wisdom for Trainers \| Smogon Doubles: Let's Make It Official! Last edited by Pocket; Oct 20th, 2012 at 2:06:55 AM.

Oct 11th, 2012, 5:42:47 AM	#46
ClubbingSealCub Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 385 Spheal @ Thick Club	Pocket how could you, my name is ClubbibgSealCub :( Your nick is terrible! - Pocket EDIT: now you're just asking for a clubbing __________________ RMT: Dune Walkers - Featuring Sandslash Tobes: Infernape is still #22 in standard OU. You all sicken me. Last edited by ClubbingSealCub; Oct 11th, 2012 at 8:30:14 AM.

Oct 20th, 2012, 3:40:27 PM	#47
Jukain rip numeros Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,671 somewhere could be anywhere Mentor	The history of bans has been updated with the recent unbanning of Garchomp. It is here in this very thread for those of you that ~~are too lazy~~ do not wish to scroll down page 1 and find it. EDIT: Also, I think we should have a section that links to all previous Smogcasts in order to help people who are less knowledgeable about our lovely OU tier. I will put it into this post shortly. EDIT2: here ya go - NOTE: I'm thinking of putting it into html because it will look much better if I mark it up with html (headers, paragraphs, lists, et cetera) than with BBCode. It's just something I'm noticing. Thoughts? ah it's in html screw it, trying to make headings with bbcode is too annoying. stuff [title]OU Smogcasts[/title] Are you looking to become more knowledgeable about OU or want to know about the state of the metagame at different points in time? The best place to start is the Smogcast, a podcast about the current state of the OU metagame. Below are links to all episodes of the Smogcast focused on any period of BW OU, with some information about the topics, lengths, et cetera included as well. Note: All Smogcasts can be downloaded on iTunes and Zune Marketplace, just go on your respective program and search "Smogcast" The Smogcast - Episode 6 Subject matter: The major changes to Pokemon in general brought by BW, the 10 new Pokemon that sounded the most threatening, the new items, the new game mechanics, and the Dream World were discussed. Hosts: cim and Seven Deadly Sins Panelists: Lee, Rising_Dusk, and Deck Knight Length: 2:18:34 Links: Smogon MP3 YouTube Playlist Play All (YouTube) The Smogcast - Episode 8 Subject matter: Round 1 of suspect testing, its results, and what happened shortly thereafter were the topics discussed. Hosts: Seven Deadly Sins and cim Panelists: Elevator Music and JabbaTheGriffin Length: 1:37:38 Note: there is some strong language in this episode, so use discretion Links: Smogon MP3 YouTube Playlist Play All (YouTube) The Smogcast - Episode 9 Subject matter: Reuniclus's impact on the metagame, the resurgence of Dragon-types, weather wars, and the genie trio (Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus) were the topics discussed. Host: Seven Deadly Sins Panelists: JabbaTheGriffin, locopoke, and idiotfrommars Links: Smogon MP3 YouTube Playlist Play All (YouTube) The Smogcast - Episode 14 Subject matter: The Sand Veil and Snow Cloak ban, Garchomp, Genesect, Keldeo, the Therian formes, Pokemon that dropped from OU to UU, underrated movesets, and more were the topics discussed. Host: MikeDecIsHere Panelists: idiotfrommars, locopoke, and Lavos Spawn Length: 47:03 Link: YouTube played around with bbcode and now it's in that __________________ C&C Work \| 1k RMT \| Contribute! \| VM for an OU Rate! \| gp member: vm/pm for a check \| previously pokemon0078 / aka jew-cane Last edited by Jukain; Nov 8th, 2012 at 4:06:45 PM.

Nov 6th, 2012, 1:32:40 AM	#48
Pocket Bakuman ;< Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,156 Bergenfield	OU 1st Mini-Tour Princess Bri vs yee finals: Thanks for providing the replay! Any more replays from this tour would be gravy~ Logs / Replays: Kyu-B Mini-Tour R3 lokt vs Thunderblunder semis Bri vs doughboy Finals Bri vs yee No Drizzle Mini-Tour R1 Temp V1 vs The Unlucky One Finals ThunderBlunder vs TGMD __________________ Dark Horse Project: Conquer the Ladder! \| Word of Wisdom for Trainers \| Smogon Doubles: Let's Make It Official! Last edited by Pocket; Dec 6th, 2012 at 3:19:56 PM.

Nov 6th, 2012, 10:45:30 AM	#49
Jukain rip numeros Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,671 somewhere could be anywhere Mentor	history of bans is updated with cube, js. EDIT: oh and btw watched the game pocket posted, nice game guys! __________________ C&C Work \| 1k RMT \| Contribute! \| VM for an OU Rate! \| gp member: vm/pm for a check \| previously pokemon0078 / aka jew-cane