Rediscovery: A 200 Metagame Tournament
Tournament Information (Please Read Before Battling!):
What Is 200?
The 200 Metagame is consists purely of the parameters from the Ruby and Sapphire cartridge games. Before the other GBA games (Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen) and the GCN games (Colosseum and XD) these versions had no access to many Pokemon and moves that the Full Advance metagames are comprised of today. As such, they had their own competitive metagame - the metagame made up of the 200 available Pokemon and their compatible moves between the two versions. This means A LOT of options are now viable and allow for a bit more diversity amongst teams. This also means some of your favorite threats from ADV OU are also toned down or nonexistent, so choose wisely!
General Rules/Guidelines
Battle Rules
Any participant who can not adhere to these rules are subject to disqualification/substitution.
Notable Metagame Restrictions
Via Smogon's 200 Metagame Analysis:
Netbattle Supremacy Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?ybu2brt8bwk85fa
The 200 Metagame is consists purely of the parameters from the Ruby and Sapphire cartridge games. Before the other GBA games (Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen) and the GCN games (Colosseum and XD) these versions had no access to many Pokemon and moves that the Full Advance metagames are comprised of today. As such, they had their own competitive metagame - the metagame made up of the 200 available Pokemon and their compatible moves between the two versions. This means A LOT of options are now viable and allow for a bit more diversity amongst teams. This also means some of your favorite threats from ADV OU are also toned down or nonexistent, so choose wisely!
General Rules/Guidelines
- Single Elimination.
- Matches are Best 2 out of 3 games.
- Players may switch teams between games.
- Netbattle Supremacy has a mode that facilitates 200 play (It omits moves/Pokemon not available in Ruby/Sapphire automatically) through its "Ru/Sa Only" mode. This is not available in Pokemon Online. I understand that players have issues using Netbattle, so to remedy this you may create your team in "Ru/Sa Only" mode in NBS, then import the team into PO. You will play under the server's 3rd Gen tier.
- If you do play on NBS, use the Advanced Connect: atq.zapto.org
- As an alternative/extra step, you can use Veekun's List to cross reference Pokemon and moves available to you.
- ONLY Pokemon from the aforementioned list are allowed EXCEPT FOR Wynaut, Wobbuffet, Latias, Latios, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Jirachi, and any form of Deoxys.
- *** IMPORTANT *** It is recommended to those unfamiliar with the metagame to take a look at Smogon's 200 Metagame Analysis. Some Pokemon aren't included in this analysis and doesn't cover all of your options, so you'll want to use it mostly as a good reference.
- Too check on whether or not an egg move is allowed, I recommend using Psypoke's Psydex. Search for a Pokemon, check out its Breeding Info, and if the Pokemon required to breed with is not allowed, the resulting Egg Move is consequentially not allowed.
Battle Rules
- Evasion Clause
- Sleep Clause
- Freeze Clause
- OHKO Clause
- Self-KO Clause
- Species Clause
- Battle Timeout
Any participant who can not adhere to these rules are subject to disqualification/substitution.
Notable Metagame Restrictions
Via Smogon's 200 Metagame Analysis:
With that said, Extremespeed Linoone and Wish Gardevoir are allowed.
Netbattle Supremacy Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?ybu2brt8bwk85fa
*** IMPORTANT *** An oversight from what has previously been stated, but NBS's Ru/Sa mode does NOT account for all moves and item restrictions. It restricts the Pokemon roster to the Ruby/Sapphire cast and omits Move Tutor moves from later games. However, certain Egg moves are currently not restricted by default. Once again, it is recommended that you adhere to movesets in the 200 Analysis or cross-references your move and item choices with the resources above. I'll reiterate for you to remember:
- Egg moves obtained only from Pokemon not found in Ruby/Sapphire are not allowed (Dusclops can only get Pain Split through Misdreavus, who is unobtainable in 200).
- NBS includes all ADV items in the item list, but the only *noteworthy* item restrictions are that stat-boosting pinch berries (EXCEPT FOR LIECHI BERRY) are NOT allowed.
After that, follow the initial guidelines and everything's fine. I PROMISE you, it's not as arduous as it sounds.
Round 1 Pairings
Romeert vs zerowing
Agammemnon vs pokemonrocks777
Royal Flush vs PasY_G
Lesm46 vs Seven Deadly Sins
doomvendingmachine vs Umby
-Manu- vs cookie
jrrrrrrr vs Earthworm
xtrashine vs Eternal
idiotfrommars vs T-Dogg
Terraquaza vs DracoMalfoy
smashlloyd20 vs badabing
Huy vs Seafunks
Bluewind vs ~Michilele~
Lunar. vs Floppy
Nachos vs M Dragon
undisputed vs Marauder Artemis
Diana vs DeathxShinigami
zarator vs Ojama
Pkrs vs ¬Chase™
KnightoftheWind vs Blue_Tornado
Accipender vs Elevator Music
Tophway vs Blazin Kickin Chicken
_TyRoGuE_ vs Nonary Game
]V[ajinTupacZ vs skarm
Golden Sun vs !Nexus
Giga Punch vs - Mirox -
Hantsuki vs TV-Rocka
DarkLoic vs JabbaTheGriffin
locopoke vs Fried Rhys
purplefingers vs Synre
.Kyuusei. vs Raseri
Jackal vs sasu
Subs:
None
To give newer players some time to get used to the metagame, the deadline for Round 1 is Sunday, June 26 @ 11:59 pm GMT -5. Don't get lazy, though! The sooner the round ends, the better! Good luck and have fun! If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to post.
