Alright, I just reinstalled java and when I tried to launch shoddy battle I got this message:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<jnlp
spec="1.0+"
codebase="http://shoddybattle.com/client/"
href="shoddybattle.jnlp">
<information>
<title>Shoddy Battle</title>
<vendor>Colin Fitzpatrick & Benjamin Gwin</vendor>
<homepage href="http://shoddybattle.com" />
<description kind="short">An extensible Pokemon simulator</description>
<description>A pokemon simulator that is free as in freedom</description>
<shortcut online="true">
<desktop />
<menu />
</shortcut>
<icon href="http://shoddybattle.com/client/icon.gif" width="64" height="64" />
</information>
<resources>
<j2se version="1.4+" />
<j2se version="1.5+" />
<j2se version="1.6+" />
<jar href="ShoddyBattleClient.jar" />
<jar href="ShoddyBattle.jar" />
<jar href="PokemonSprites.jar" />
<jar href="swing-layout-1.0.2.jar" />
</resources>
<resources os="Windows" arch="x86">
<nativelib href="ShoddyHelper.jar" />
</resources>
<security>
<all-permissions />
</security>
<application-desc main-class="shoddybattleclient.WelcomeWindow">
<argument>sprites.PokemonSprite</argument>
<argument>http://shoddybattle.com/client/dpmovesets.db</argument>
</application-desc>
</jnlp>
...
Im sure my computer is good enough for shoddy battle but I don't have a graphics card, windows vista and 3 gigs of ram.
Edit: I used to have a computer that ran shoddy battle fine, the computer had windows XP and only 521 or something megs of ram. The computer used to same internet conection so thats not the problem.