Potatoes for Christmas - Shurtugal

**NixHex** · Aug 22nd, 2012, 2:31:29 PM

Art by elcheeso

Hello, OU posters.

Some of you may remember that about a year ago, a few of the moderators wanted to kick some life into Dragonspiral Tower. We created a thread called "Poster of the Month" in which good posters were recognized for their efforts throughout the month. Such users were awarded with a custom title. Some even moved up the ranks: user Pocket, our first PotM, is now an OU moderator, the same tier for which he received the award. Another noteworthy user is Birkal, who became our first Community Contributor (

) for starting and maintaining the Dark Horse Project. He now sports 5 little icons under his name and is a super moderator who moderates every forum and participates in the decisions of senior staff (

,

) and the Pokemon Showdown! server (

). Oh yeah, he's a pretty nifty artist (

) as well! He has obtained all of these little symbols in a time period of almost a year, which is an astounding growth rate!

Now that DST is in Thread Cryonics (aka Smogon purgatory), Poster of the Month is lost forever. However, I have decided to bring back an equivalent system. I present you, the Poster of the Arbitrary Time Period (PotATp or Potato) award! A month is way too long, causing a ton of competition for little/infrequent award. This time around the posting period will be much shorter, but still somewhat flexible. In OU I envision about one to two weeks. By winning the Potato Award, your name will be featured in this stickied thread for all to see. By winning it multiple times (not necessarily in a row and not too many times), you are eligible for further awards, potentially adding some pixel candy to your post bit.

What defines a good poster, you may ask? Well, I'll try to break down a list of criteria. Please note that this list is by no means exhaustive, but it should give you a good idea on how to succeed.

Make quality posts. Overall, your posts should be worth reading. Readers of your posts will gain insight about the topic at hand or the metagame in general. You participate in projects and help out in the Simple Questions / Answers thread. Your posts are coherent and to the point. Your posts are mature. I'm not saying you're a statue and you have to be stoic, but there is a place for humor. You know how to use it in moderation.
Know and follow the rules. You don't create new threads just to ask a question. You don't flame other users or act like an idiot. You don't whine about banning / unbanning stuff. You check to see if a thread about (insert Pokemon/Item/Move/whatever) has not already been made or is not already active. You don't necro bump posts.
Keep out of trouble. You don't have any active infractions.

If you can follow these simple rules and use your common sense, you are already on your way to being a Potato!

Award systems like these are soon to be put up in the other Smogon Metagames subforums (Ubers, RU, NU, hopefully more), so if you know several metagames, you can branch out and be a Potato throughout multiple forums.

Feel free to post any questions here. Know that I am a stubborn man and am not likely to change any of the criteria here so posting suggestions on how to run this is sort of a waste of time.

Okay, for some further hints, here are examples of the kinds of threads you should be posting in (but don't limit yourself!).

BW2 General Metagame Discussion

Counter This Pokemon

----> Simple Question / Simple Answer Thread (answer stuff) <----

OU Team Building

Creative / Underrated Movesets

Potato Archive:

Shurtugal - 12/26/12

DarkBlazeR - 11/18/12

Temp V1 - 10/17/12

ganj4lF - 9/17/12

alkinesthetase - 9/10/12

Dark Fallen Angel - 8/30/12

**NixHex** · Dec 26th, 2012, 5:00:13 PM

After 6 long weeks, the OU moderators have decided on our next potato: Shurtugal! Shurtugal, with the help of CTC and Eclypse, wrote an amazing guide on, simply, how to win. In this guide are step-by-step battle techniques from Team Preview, Risk and Reward, Prediction, Mid-game, and End-game, among many others. The thread was very well received and is a great read for new players. Please welcome a warm round of applause for Shurtugal!

Shitty album, shitty band, but great award!

Princess Bri · Dec 26th, 2012, 5:11:51 PM

grats shurtugal

Gary2346 · Dec 26th, 2012, 5:15:57 PM

Good job Shurtugal! Well deserved! Your awesome thread deserved you a Potato alone, and your quality posts/RMT rates are just the icing on the cake. Great job!

**PK Gaming** · Dec 26th, 2012, 5:16:58 PM

Congrats chief, you definitely deserved this.

Dr Ciel · Dec 26th, 2012, 5:24:56 PM

Congrats SHurt~~

Alexander. · Dec 26th, 2012, 5:27:44 PM

Congrats!

Eclypse · Dec 26th, 2012, 5:29:28 PM

Entirely excellent, Shurt. :] You absolutely deserved the potato with the amount of work you put into the guide. The recognition of your aptitude around the site is well-earned my friend. n_n

ShootinStarmie · Dec 26th, 2012, 7:01:53 PM

Congrats Shurt, you're going places ;)

alexwolf · Dec 26th, 2012, 7:37:09 PM

Good job girl!

Asek · Dec 26th, 2012, 7:41:37 PM

congrats!

Shurtugal · Dec 26th, 2012, 7:47:03 PM

Ty :D

I just saw this <3

Jukain · Dec 26th, 2012, 8:05:05 PM

grrrrrreatugal grats!

Electrolyte · Dec 26th, 2012, 8:26:24 PM

Nice job Shurt! :D

LilOuOn · Dec 26th, 2012, 9:44:43 PM

Congrats on the potato again Shurt! c:

Btw, Nixhex just a little observation, the link you posted to the Ask a simple question, get a simple answer is to the old thread (the closed one).

Here is the current thread: Simple Questions & Simple Answers & General Resources (OU Edition) MK II

Nix Edit: Thanks LilOuOn, I missed that while I was updating the old links haha.

ModestGarchomp · Dec 26th, 2012, 10:16:07 PM

congrats shurt and to everybody else who got the potato

ThunderBlunder · Dec 27th, 2012, 2:06:55 AM

Pwrful shurt with potato. GJ buddy :)

And CTC no one wants to hang with you, :]]

DarkBlazeR · Dec 27th, 2012, 12:27:13 PM

Well done :)

LilOuOn · Dec 27th, 2012, 1:14:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat ThunderBlunder

And CTC no one wants to hang with you, :]]

Indeed c: Jk haha

Ricky Horror · Dec 27th, 2012, 7:50:03 PM

Congratz on the HUGE accomplishment. So proud.

ganj4lF · Dec 28th, 2012, 11:46:48 AM

Grats, your guide was awesome. Well deserved!

Tabuu · Dec 28th, 2012, 4:53:41 PM

Congrats Shurt :)
Had to stop myself from callin' you "man" haha
Your guide was definitely amazing. I'm honestly sticking to that guide like glue as reference when I battle.

Frochtejohgurt · Jan 14th, 2013, 7:03:59 PM

I read the thread completely and all I can say is top notch work, Shurtugal. A deserving potatoe.

annikour · Jan 15th, 2013, 2:29:00 AM

Congrats!!!!!!!

Subject 18 · Jan 15th, 2013, 10:26:10 AM

Congrats Shurt

Dec 26th, 2012, 5:11:51 PM	#3
Princess Bri COME FORTH Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 1,071	grats shurtugal __________________

Dec 26th, 2012, 5:15:57 PM	#4
Gary2346 Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 426 Hooters	Good job Shurtugal! Well deserved! Your awesome thread deserved you a Potato alone, and your quality posts/RMT rates are just the icing on the cake. Great job! __________________ PM or VM me for an OU RMT Rate! Check out my YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheGary2346 It's still in the works, but you get the point.

Dec 26th, 2012, 5:16:58 PM	#5
PK Gaming Quiet Thunder God Moderator Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,526 Izanagi	Congrats chief, you definitely deserved this. __________________

Dec 26th, 2012, 5:24:56 PM	#6
Dr Ciel When I walk these streets, A loaded six string on my back, I play for keeps, 'Cause I might not make it back Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 645 Brooklyn, New York	Congrats SHurt~~ __________________ PM or VM me for an OU rate!

Dec 26th, 2012, 5:29:28 PM	#8
Eclypse Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 203 Florida	Entirely excellent, Shurt. :] You absolutely deserved the potato with the amount of work you put into the guide. The recognition of your aptitude around the site is well-earned my friend. n_n __________________ VoltTurn's Return - A BW2 OU Hyper Offense Team

Dec 26th, 2012, 5:27:44 PM	#7
Alexander. Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1,132	Congrats!

Dec 26th, 2012, 7:01:53 PM	#9
ShootinStarmie Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 91 London	Congrats Shurt, you're going places ;) __________________ VM or PM me for an OU rate! Check out my RMT which peaked 2nd on the PS! OU ladder. http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3475882

Dec 26th, 2012, 7:37:09 PM	#10
alexwolf King of Conquerors Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 3,632 Greece	Good job girl! __________________ Part of the OU QC team, message me for a check!

Dec 26th, 2012, 7:41:37 PM	#11
Asek Swell Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 408 VM for an OU rate	congrats! __________________ Ocean

Dec 26th, 2012, 7:47:03 PM	#12
Shurtugal Teach love to all the little birds! Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 819 Florida	Ty :D I just saw this <3 __________________ If you want your team rated; feel free to PM or VM me for your own, personalized rate! If you want to learn how to battle and win; check out my guide! Feel free to check out my team in OU that peaked #1!

Dec 26th, 2012, 8:05:05 PM	#13
Jukain rip numeros Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,689 somewhere could be anywhere Mentor	grrrrrreatugal grats! __________________ C&C Work \| 1k RMT \| Contribute! \| VM for an OU Rate! \| gp member: vm/pm for a check \| previously pokemon0078 / aka jew-cane

Dec 26th, 2012, 8:26:24 PM	#14
Electrolyte Cause you keep me coming back for more Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 1,052 And I feel a little better than I did before Mentor	Nice job Shurt! :D __________________ Stuff (Click!): l l l l l l l l l l VM me for an OU / LC team rate! MURKBRO MAFIA

Dec 26th, 2012, 9:44:43 PM	#15
LilOuOn Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 470 Stay and wait	Congrats on the potato again Shurt! c: Btw, Nixhex just a little observation, the link you posted to the Ask a simple question, get a simple answer is to the old thread (the closed one). Here is the current thread: Simple Questions & Simple Answers & General Resources (OU Edition) MK II Nix Edit: Thanks LilOuOn, I missed that while I was updating the old links haha. __________________ "Hax is actually the game deity teaching us the value of effort and humility, and, without it; we will be just playing another chess game. If somebody EVER haxes you and says he embraces it, just chill, take the nearest glass and break it, and remember: they're only dick-riders." LilOu Last edited by NixHex; Dec 27th, 2012 at 1:52:12 PM.

Dec 26th, 2012, 10:16:07 PM	#16
ModestGarchomp Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 144	congrats shurt and to everybody else who got the potato

Dec 27th, 2012, 2:06:55 AM	#17
ThunderBlunder Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 361	Pwrful shurt with potato. GJ buddy :) And CTC no one wants to hang with you, :]] __________________ [12:20:58 PM] Cased Victory: Blimlax's computer is literally made from Popeyes

Dec 27th, 2012, 12:27:13 PM	#18
DarkBlazeR Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 357	Well done :)

Dec 27th, 2012, 7:50:03 PM	#20
Ricky Horror Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 253 Smogon Place of Tyrant Mods..	Congratz on the HUGE accomplishment. So proud. __________________ Don't look back it'll cease your future.

Dec 28th, 2012, 11:46:48 AM	#21
ganj4lF Nobody is safe from the power of science! Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 688 Italy	Grats, your guide was awesome. Well deserved! __________________ Counter that Pokemon project: Mk III (over) & Warstory \| Mk IV (running) RMTs: The HOutsiders (also the other ones if anyone likes lurking my old posts) Take a look at this before starting an argument Not accepting rating requests anymore. Sorry!

Dec 28th, 2012, 4:53:41 PM	#22
Tabuu Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 280 East Blue	Congrats Shurt :) Had to stop myself from callin' you "man" haha Your guide was definitely amazing. I'm honestly sticking to that guide like glue as reference when I battle.

Jan 14th, 2013, 7:03:59 PM	#23
Frochtejohgurt Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 83	I read the thread completely and all I can say is top notch work, Shurtugal. A deserving potatoe.

Jan 15th, 2013, 2:29:00 AM	#24
annikour Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 1	Congrats!!!!!!!

Jan 15th, 2013, 10:26:10 AM	#25
Subject 18 Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 184 If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention.	Congrats Shurt __________________ VM or PM me for an OU rate. @The Captain: lovemaking is a lot like battling, quick and disappointing