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Well, let's start off by saying that the tournament was is seattle...about a 14+ hour drive from where i live in Salt Lake City,UT.
So, me and four other people decided to head out to Seattle around 2AM Friday morning. There where a total of five people in a sub-compact car. i have to say that i have had better times going to events. So as we are heading out, i was still training my team, my nephews team, and TheAnaconda's team. so i did have plenty of time ahead of me for that.
For any of you who have never been to Seattle, or Washington in general, the drive is pretty cool. trees where everywhere, and snow in the mountians. looked alot like Park City, UT.
So, as we are aproaching seattle, someone says: "Isn't our hotel in Kent, not seattle?"
that is when we realised that we programed the Tournament site in the GPS, not the hotel. Most of us where fine going out of the way to get a look around the city. for anybody who has never been so seattle, it is right near inpossible to navigate those streets without a GPS.
so we backtrack to get to our hotel. it is around 5PM at this point. Then we realise that the hotel we booked was for friday the 15th. we take the $6 fee and where able to get that ironed out. Some of us slept in the hotel, but me, my nephew, and Windjet went to GameStop to get a copy of Pokemon Platinum for my nephew. Then when we get back, The Fish King and TheAnaconda both went to go see the new Star Trek movie, while me, my nephew, and Windjet where still training for this whole thing we drove out for.
So, by 2AM the day of the event, everybody was ready but Windjet. all he needed was Ice Punch put on his Metagross, so that was done right before getting registered.
Now, we have TONS of time to kill. random people trading,training,battleing etc. sence the milotic upload was not open yet. The announcer guy eventualy found out that the five of us had come from Utah, and went to find out if anybody elce came from that far. he then announced that we had come the farthest for this tournament. we then saw the pokemon start break dancing as well as some other random stuff happen, and then it was announced "the selected people are being displayed now, look at your wristband to see if you have been selected". the moment of truth.
I got in, Windjet got in, and The Fish King got in. we where very excited at this point. i will not list off my team for you all:
Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Rock Slide
Fire Fang
Crunch
Taunt
Zapdos @ Charti Berry
Thunder Wave
Roost
Thunderbolt
Drill Peck
Kabutops @ Life Orb
Stone Edge
Waterfall
Aqua Jet
Protect
Metagross @ Occa Berry
Explosion
Hammer Arm
Thunderpunch
Bullet Punch
Starmie @ Choice Scarf
Hydro Pump
Confuse Ray
Thunderbolt
Protect
Ludicolo @ Enigma Berry
Ice Beam
Fake Out
Double Team
Hydro Pump
I get moved into the green area and am about to go into my first battle:
Vs. Andrew?
Rapidash,Zapdos,Machamp,Snorlax
I Start with Aerodactyl and Metagross, he started with Zapdos and Snorlax.
First thought was "I got this", and i did. i chose Hammer Arm on metagross for the sole purpose of Snorlax.
Aerodactyl used Rock Slide. Critical and Flinch on Zapdos, Hammer Arm Snorlax.
4-3
Andrew Sends out Metagross
Aerodactyl used Rock Slide. KO Zapdos, Flinch Machmp,Hammer Arm Machamp KO.
4-1
Andrew Sends out Rapidash. At this point, he says to me good game. he said he had sash on his rapidash.
Metagross uses bullet punch on rapidash, Aerodactyl uses Rock Slide, Critical, Game
I was the first person to win that round, and i was feeling pumped as the announcer says "Looks like Utah is pulling ahead being the first person to pass to the next round"
Vs. ???
Infernape,Zapdos,Garchomp,Snorlax
He Leads with Garchomp and Zapdos. I Lead with Aerodactyl and metagross.
Metagross uses Bullet Punch on Garchomp, Aerodactyl uses Rock Slide. Flinch Garchomp, Misses Zapdos (This is the first of many)
Zapdos uses discharge, does not affect garchomp, PAR my metagross.
Metagross Bullet Punches again, as i had to get around the speed he had over me, and i rock slide again hitting Garchomp (almost KO) and misses yet again on the zapdos. garchomp uses earthquake and KO's my Metagross
3-4
I send out Zapdos. Aerodactyl uses Rock Slide...KO's Garchomp and Misses for the 3rd time on Zapdos.
Zapdos uses Thunderbolt on Zapdos, and his Zapdos uses discharge again.
3-3
he sends out snorlax. I rock Slide again, flinches snorlax, and misses the Zapdos for the 4th time. lucky guy. zapdos uses thunder on Aerodactyl, and misses. Zapdos uses thunderbolt on zapdos bringing it to half.
I Rock Slide for the KO on Zapdos (About time) i use thunderwave on Snorlax, he selfdestructs and KO's both of my pokemon.
1-1
Infernape comes out, and Kabutops comes out. I Aqua Jet thinking this is game, but his sash kicks in, he uses Close Combat, Critical Hit, and Kabutops is down. I had half expected him to use Fake out first, but he didn't.
oh well, he won and i had fun. It was close too.
After my loss, i was given my Shiny Milotic and a DS Lite Skin that had the Pokemon VGC logo, and Giratina Origin form on it.
Props:
Three of Five from Utah getting in.
Everybody who entered got the Shiny Milotic, even if they did not get to play.
Windjet coming with, as this is his last event before he ships out for the Army.
My Nephew who totaly p0wNeD me after the event was over.
Me totaly p0wNing The Fish King after the event was over.
The best Lunch and dinner EVER, and our Server "Coors", who comped our drinks.(he got a $13 tip for that)
Seeing Jimmer show up and being told he could not use his Milotic
Slops:
14+ hour drive each way.
2 of 5 from utah not getting in
Freezing cold waiting in line
Me missing 4 times with rock slide durring round 2. (would have won if that did not happen)
Thanks for reading! Pictures can be seen here
~ultimatedra~
Well, let's start off by saying that the tournament was is seattle...about a 14+ hour drive from where i live in Salt Lake City,UT.
So, me and four other people decided to head out to Seattle around 2AM Friday morning. There where a total of five people in a sub-compact car. i have to say that i have had better times going to events. So as we are heading out, i was still training my team, my nephews team, and TheAnaconda's team. so i did have plenty of time ahead of me for that.
For any of you who have never been to Seattle, or Washington in general, the drive is pretty cool. trees where everywhere, and snow in the mountians. looked alot like Park City, UT.
So, as we are aproaching seattle, someone says: "Isn't our hotel in Kent, not seattle?"
that is when we realised that we programed the Tournament site in the GPS, not the hotel. Most of us where fine going out of the way to get a look around the city. for anybody who has never been so seattle, it is right near inpossible to navigate those streets without a GPS.
so we backtrack to get to our hotel. it is around 5PM at this point. Then we realise that the hotel we booked was for friday the 15th. we take the $6 fee and where able to get that ironed out. Some of us slept in the hotel, but me, my nephew, and Windjet went to GameStop to get a copy of Pokemon Platinum for my nephew. Then when we get back, The Fish King and TheAnaconda both went to go see the new Star Trek movie, while me, my nephew, and Windjet where still training for this whole thing we drove out for.
So, by 2AM the day of the event, everybody was ready but Windjet. all he needed was Ice Punch put on his Metagross, so that was done right before getting registered.
Now, we have TONS of time to kill. random people trading,training,battleing etc. sence the milotic upload was not open yet. The announcer guy eventualy found out that the five of us had come from Utah, and went to find out if anybody elce came from that far. he then announced that we had come the farthest for this tournament. we then saw the pokemon start break dancing as well as some other random stuff happen, and then it was announced "the selected people are being displayed now, look at your wristband to see if you have been selected". the moment of truth.
I got in, Windjet got in, and The Fish King got in. we where very excited at this point. i will not list off my team for you all:
Aerodactyl @ Focus Sash
Rock Slide
Fire Fang
Crunch
Taunt
Zapdos @ Charti Berry
Thunder Wave
Roost
Thunderbolt
Drill Peck
Kabutops @ Life Orb
Stone Edge
Waterfall
Aqua Jet
Protect
Metagross @ Occa Berry
Explosion
Hammer Arm
Thunderpunch
Bullet Punch
Starmie @ Choice Scarf
Hydro Pump
Confuse Ray
Thunderbolt
Protect
Ludicolo @ Enigma Berry
Ice Beam
Fake Out
Double Team
Hydro Pump
I get moved into the green area and am about to go into my first battle:
Vs. Andrew?
Rapidash,Zapdos,Machamp,Snorlax
I Start with Aerodactyl and Metagross, he started with Zapdos and Snorlax.
First thought was "I got this", and i did. i chose Hammer Arm on metagross for the sole purpose of Snorlax.
Aerodactyl used Rock Slide. Critical and Flinch on Zapdos, Hammer Arm Snorlax.
4-3
Andrew Sends out Metagross
Aerodactyl used Rock Slide. KO Zapdos, Flinch Machmp,Hammer Arm Machamp KO.
4-1
Andrew Sends out Rapidash. At this point, he says to me good game. he said he had sash on his rapidash.
Metagross uses bullet punch on rapidash, Aerodactyl uses Rock Slide, Critical, Game
I was the first person to win that round, and i was feeling pumped as the announcer says "Looks like Utah is pulling ahead being the first person to pass to the next round"
Vs. ???
Infernape,Zapdos,Garchomp,Snorlax
He Leads with Garchomp and Zapdos. I Lead with Aerodactyl and metagross.
Metagross uses Bullet Punch on Garchomp, Aerodactyl uses Rock Slide. Flinch Garchomp, Misses Zapdos (This is the first of many)
Zapdos uses discharge, does not affect garchomp, PAR my metagross.
Metagross Bullet Punches again, as i had to get around the speed he had over me, and i rock slide again hitting Garchomp (almost KO) and misses yet again on the zapdos. garchomp uses earthquake and KO's my Metagross
3-4
I send out Zapdos. Aerodactyl uses Rock Slide...KO's Garchomp and Misses for the 3rd time on Zapdos.
Zapdos uses Thunderbolt on Zapdos, and his Zapdos uses discharge again.
3-3
he sends out snorlax. I rock Slide again, flinches snorlax, and misses the Zapdos for the 4th time. lucky guy. zapdos uses thunder on Aerodactyl, and misses. Zapdos uses thunderbolt on zapdos bringing it to half.
I Rock Slide for the KO on Zapdos (About time) i use thunderwave on Snorlax, he selfdestructs and KO's both of my pokemon.
1-1
Infernape comes out, and Kabutops comes out. I Aqua Jet thinking this is game, but his sash kicks in, he uses Close Combat, Critical Hit, and Kabutops is down. I had half expected him to use Fake out first, but he didn't.
oh well, he won and i had fun. It was close too.
After my loss, i was given my Shiny Milotic and a DS Lite Skin that had the Pokemon VGC logo, and Giratina Origin form on it.
Props:
Three of Five from Utah getting in.
Everybody who entered got the Shiny Milotic, even if they did not get to play.
Windjet coming with, as this is his last event before he ships out for the Army.
My Nephew who totaly p0wNeD me after the event was over.
Me totaly p0wNing The Fish King after the event was over.
The best Lunch and dinner EVER, and our Server "Coors", who comped our drinks.(he got a $13 tip for that)
Seeing Jimmer show up and being told he could not use his Milotic
Slops:
14+ hour drive each way.
2 of 5 from utah not getting in
Freezing cold waiting in line
Me missing 4 times with rock slide durring round 2. (would have won if that did not happen)
Thanks for reading! Pictures can be seen here
~ultimatedra~