Kavatika: Tell us a little about yourself?
Hawkstar: I'm 20 years old and enjoy playing Little Cup and VGC. I love video games, bike riding, the occasional drawing, and heavy metal. I'm going to school for computer science in the hopes of becoming a programmer.
Kavatika: You play VGC? Have you ever gone to an official tournament?
Hawkstar: I've gone to nationals 4 years in a row and have made top cut twice.
Kavatika: What programming languages do you know already?
Hawkstar: Java and a little bit of mIRC scripting. I have had only a few classes because I wasn't originally going to school for it.
Kavatika: How and when did you start playing LC? Do you remember your first team?
Hawkstar: My first experience with it was back in gen 4, where I played for a bit but sucked. I don't remember what I used. I actually got into the tier around the time of BW2 coming out. My first team then was standard sand offense with Life Orb Mienfoo tacked on. It was originally a CB one but that sucked really badly.
Kavatika: What is your favorite element of LC?
Hawkstar: Stall is very rare. I don't have the patience to play with or against it. That's also why I like VGC.
Kavatiak: Now if I recall correctly, you complained about Berry Juice towards the start of XY LC a lot. Do you still think it should be banned?
Hawkstar: No. My main problem with it was "I hate it". And also most of its best users got banned anyway.
Kavatika: So do you still hate it?
Hawkstar: Yes I still think it's lame, especially that stupid Endure Magnemite.
Kavatika: What do you think should be banned or unbanned from LC?
Hawkstar. As of right now, I think Misdreavus and Pawniard deserve the boot the most. Misdreavus is all of: bulky, powerful, able to control hazards, a sweeper, a status platform, and a good scarfer. It does too much imo. Pawniard's scarf set put it over the top for me. If people hadn't started running that over the 5th gen standard eviolite set, I think it would be super good but not broken. That knock off is extremely spammable and very hard to switch into.
Kavatika: What do you think of Yanma getting unbanned?
Hawkstar: People agree that it having that Hypnosis + Compoundeyes thing makes it broken. I don't see a way of getting rid of that without making a complex ban for the purpose of making one Pokemon not broken, and I will never support that. Like, I hear a lot of "Ban hypnosis + compoundeyes". Why not ban Unburden so Swirlix can be legal again? Or ban LO + Brave bird so we can have Murkrow back.
Kavatika: Good point. What LC user or player you most admire?
Hawkstar: Elevator Music is the real deal. He's one of the few players that I have played against who was consistently very good, and he was also a good leader back when he was in charge.
Kavatika: What about blarajan? He went 11-0 last SPL. TUO was also undefeated over two lcpl seasons.
Hawkstar: I didn't say "the only". And blara is a meanie :(
Kavatika: What do you think is the most successful Pokemon, core, or strategy in the current meta?
Hawkstar: Timburr is amazing. Just remove anything it can't use drain punch on and then sweep.
Kavatika: What advice do you have for new LCers?
Hawkstar: Little Cup is probably the tier that you need to play the most to get a good grasp on because there's so many strange things that happen at level 5, like that multi-hit move stuff. So just keep playing as much as you can and read on the forums about stuff like that.
lost the sample team, may or may not update this later
Hawkstar: I'm 20 years old and enjoy playing Little Cup and VGC. I love video games, bike riding, the occasional drawing, and heavy metal. I'm going to school for computer science in the hopes of becoming a programmer.
Kavatika: You play VGC? Have you ever gone to an official tournament?
Hawkstar: I've gone to nationals 4 years in a row and have made top cut twice.
Kavatika: What programming languages do you know already?
Hawkstar: Java and a little bit of mIRC scripting. I have had only a few classes because I wasn't originally going to school for it.
Kavatika: How and when did you start playing LC? Do you remember your first team?
Hawkstar: My first experience with it was back in gen 4, where I played for a bit but sucked. I don't remember what I used. I actually got into the tier around the time of BW2 coming out. My first team then was standard sand offense with Life Orb Mienfoo tacked on. It was originally a CB one but that sucked really badly.
Kavatika: What is your favorite element of LC?
Hawkstar: Stall is very rare. I don't have the patience to play with or against it. That's also why I like VGC.
Kavatiak: Now if I recall correctly, you complained about Berry Juice towards the start of XY LC a lot. Do you still think it should be banned?
Hawkstar: No. My main problem with it was "I hate it". And also most of its best users got banned anyway.
Kavatika: So do you still hate it?
Hawkstar: Yes I still think it's lame, especially that stupid Endure Magnemite.
Kavatika: What do you think should be banned or unbanned from LC?
Hawkstar. As of right now, I think Misdreavus and Pawniard deserve the boot the most. Misdreavus is all of: bulky, powerful, able to control hazards, a sweeper, a status platform, and a good scarfer. It does too much imo. Pawniard's scarf set put it over the top for me. If people hadn't started running that over the 5th gen standard eviolite set, I think it would be super good but not broken. That knock off is extremely spammable and very hard to switch into.
Kavatika: What do you think of Yanma getting unbanned?
Hawkstar: People agree that it having that Hypnosis + Compoundeyes thing makes it broken. I don't see a way of getting rid of that without making a complex ban for the purpose of making one Pokemon not broken, and I will never support that. Like, I hear a lot of "Ban hypnosis + compoundeyes". Why not ban Unburden so Swirlix can be legal again? Or ban LO + Brave bird so we can have Murkrow back.
Kavatika: Good point. What LC user or player you most admire?
Hawkstar: Elevator Music is the real deal. He's one of the few players that I have played against who was consistently very good, and he was also a good leader back when he was in charge.
Kavatika: What about blarajan? He went 11-0 last SPL. TUO was also undefeated over two lcpl seasons.
Hawkstar: I didn't say "the only". And blara is a meanie :(
Kavatika: What do you think is the most successful Pokemon, core, or strategy in the current meta?
Hawkstar: Timburr is amazing. Just remove anything it can't use drain punch on and then sweep.
Kavatika: What advice do you have for new LCers?
Hawkstar: Little Cup is probably the tier that you need to play the most to get a good grasp on because there's so many strange things that happen at level 5, like that multi-hit move stuff. So just keep playing as much as you can and read on the forums about stuff like that.
lost the sample team, may or may not update this later
