So yeah. It's my first year in the VGC/competitive Pokemon gaming, and you know what? I get the one year with hax across the board.
This metagame was based on hax.
After months of preparing, I've come to the conclusion that I could have done no more than what I did. I couldn't have gone 5-2 in this metagame with my awful luck. No way. Wasn't gonna happen. I prayed for a clear mind and a good attitude. I slept 12 hours the night before. I spent hours a day working on a team. I spent more hours trying to prepare it to be ready. Nothing could outdo the hax.
So you know what? I had a darn good day today. I had fun, met some awesome people, some new faces, some older ones, and definitely fully enjoyed the trip. I'm completely content knowing I did my best, and hope everyone else feels the same way.
I put as much hax induction in my team as I could. Scarfed haxorus, Terrakion, even the unstoppable Deaglefisk. But no. Nothing would muster what ZeroWing showed me today.
(btw, I want a video of that. Please. I know someone recorded it. Post a link here please, that was absolutely ridiculous.)
First game...I end up going up 4-2, then down to 2-2. Problem? Nonsense.
Step 1: Send out Deaglefisk
Step 2: Use Muddy Water
Step 3: ...???
Step 4: PROFIT.
Nuff said.
Second game I lost fair and square. I got up 4-2 easily, then suddenly a wild Jellicent and Seismitoad (wtf, ikr?) appeared. Go...deaglefisk...NO WAIT NO NO NO. Yeah, let's just say he lasted long enough to smile at them 1 or two times before he got washed away :c...
Seismitoad sweep. Mind = blown. Credit = due to opponent. That was a worthy loss. But if you want to call hax, you can call odd team hax.
Third game. Oh. My. Goodness.
Let me sum it up with what I remember:
-6 muddy water misses / 9 chances to hit
-1 rock slide miss / 4 chances to hit
-1 defense lower from crunch >.>...
-3 parahaxes / 5 chances to be paralyzed (ALL ON FIRST TURN PARALYZE MUST I ADD!?)
Ri-freaking-diculous. I threw my hat on the ground in utter frustration. That told me that everyone was right. This metagame is all hax. Nothing but hax. I played Zerowing PERFECTLY. I survived down to 2-1. I got that much hax, and still came close. My strategy, honestly, was perfect. I was satisfied with what I could control. What I couldn't control lost me the battle.
Oh, and odds of me missing 6 times in 9 turns? 0.9 in 100. RIDICULOUS.
I had better odds of putting a focus lens on my stunfisk and using fissure than hitting with muddy water. I hit *38%* of the time. That's a 85% attack ratio normally.
Rock slide was tolerable. 75% on a 90% move. It happens.
Parahax...30% chance to be paralyzed...this game it was 54%. WHAT.
Fourth game I continued my slide against Evan (a duck). He haxed me a little too... I had him beat a little but one rock slide miss and one flinch on me turned that 180 degrees. Then my Muddy Water backfired again and that was GG. 3/5 muddy water hits there. 1 accuracy lower. >.>...
Fifth game was against Kinderlew. Pretty much Deaglefisk'd him and got a little hax, but nothing that was game-changing. Had that one pretty much from the start, probably because I knew what he was using to lead.
Sixth game I faced a guy from my original table. Haxed him a little too...I probably still would have won (like 95% sure) had he not gotten critted, but it would have been interesting to see it play out. Either way, I bounced back to 3-3...
Final game I played a guy I was talking to before the game. He knew my team (WHY DID I TELL IT TO HIM -.-) so um, yeah, gg from the start. He deserved it though, he played very well.
So overall, I should be 4-3 had planets not aligned for zerowing, and 5-2 had Evan not gotten two pivotal haxes (even though he did do really well, so I'm not really upset with that battle).
Strategy = didn't matter.
Hax = the game.
No wonder I named my haxorus "metagamrus"
After the match, I congratulated the noobs who got hax (:p), said hi to JRank and Lucien again, booked it back to the hotel, grabbed my stuff, and hit the road. Went from Indianapolis to the Milwaukee suburbs in less than 5 hours. #winning? I think so. 12 hours of driving in two days? Legs = sore. But hey, that was a great weekend. Will definitely go back again next year.
Also, I wana give a shoutout to a few people who I met at Nats in other divisions: Maski, Lucien Lachance, JRank, and Snake...all of whom are awesome :D. You now have another fan :p. GL next year!
Hopefully next year's metagame isn't based on luck or gimmicks. Something involving "more than 50% strategy" would be rather helpful.
Hit me up on Skype if you ever want to chat, name's Northernfront. If not there, find me on the Skarmbliss server on Pokemon Online- same name as here.
Hope you all had a bunch of fun. I sure did have fun, and hope to see all you c00l people back there next year. I'll be attending a Texas regional next year if they don't get a midwest one. If they do, I'll drive to it. But I hope to have an excuse to go to Texas :3...so much better than the midwest.
Thanks for a great first year everyone!
-ZachDro
This metagame was based on hax.
After months of preparing, I've come to the conclusion that I could have done no more than what I did. I couldn't have gone 5-2 in this metagame with my awful luck. No way. Wasn't gonna happen. I prayed for a clear mind and a good attitude. I slept 12 hours the night before. I spent hours a day working on a team. I spent more hours trying to prepare it to be ready. Nothing could outdo the hax.
So you know what? I had a darn good day today. I had fun, met some awesome people, some new faces, some older ones, and definitely fully enjoyed the trip. I'm completely content knowing I did my best, and hope everyone else feels the same way.
I put as much hax induction in my team as I could. Scarfed haxorus, Terrakion, even the unstoppable Deaglefisk. But no. Nothing would muster what ZeroWing showed me today.
(btw, I want a video of that. Please. I know someone recorded it. Post a link here please, that was absolutely ridiculous.)
First game...I end up going up 4-2, then down to 2-2. Problem? Nonsense.
Step 1: Send out Deaglefisk
Step 2: Use Muddy Water
Step 3: ...???
Step 4: PROFIT.
Nuff said.
Second game I lost fair and square. I got up 4-2 easily, then suddenly a wild Jellicent and Seismitoad (wtf, ikr?) appeared. Go...deaglefisk...NO WAIT NO NO NO. Yeah, let's just say he lasted long enough to smile at them 1 or two times before he got washed away :c...
Seismitoad sweep. Mind = blown. Credit = due to opponent. That was a worthy loss. But if you want to call hax, you can call odd team hax.
Third game. Oh. My. Goodness.
Let me sum it up with what I remember:
-6 muddy water misses / 9 chances to hit
-1 rock slide miss / 4 chances to hit
-1 defense lower from crunch >.>...
-3 parahaxes / 5 chances to be paralyzed (ALL ON FIRST TURN PARALYZE MUST I ADD!?)
Ri-freaking-diculous. I threw my hat on the ground in utter frustration. That told me that everyone was right. This metagame is all hax. Nothing but hax. I played Zerowing PERFECTLY. I survived down to 2-1. I got that much hax, and still came close. My strategy, honestly, was perfect. I was satisfied with what I could control. What I couldn't control lost me the battle.
Oh, and odds of me missing 6 times in 9 turns? 0.9 in 100. RIDICULOUS.
I had better odds of putting a focus lens on my stunfisk and using fissure than hitting with muddy water. I hit *38%* of the time. That's a 85% attack ratio normally.
Rock slide was tolerable. 75% on a 90% move. It happens.
Parahax...30% chance to be paralyzed...this game it was 54%. WHAT.
Fourth game I continued my slide against Evan (a duck). He haxed me a little too... I had him beat a little but one rock slide miss and one flinch on me turned that 180 degrees. Then my Muddy Water backfired again and that was GG. 3/5 muddy water hits there. 1 accuracy lower. >.>...
Fifth game was against Kinderlew. Pretty much Deaglefisk'd him and got a little hax, but nothing that was game-changing. Had that one pretty much from the start, probably because I knew what he was using to lead.
Sixth game I faced a guy from my original table. Haxed him a little too...I probably still would have won (like 95% sure) had he not gotten critted, but it would have been interesting to see it play out. Either way, I bounced back to 3-3...
Final game I played a guy I was talking to before the game. He knew my team (WHY DID I TELL IT TO HIM -.-) so um, yeah, gg from the start. He deserved it though, he played very well.
So overall, I should be 4-3 had planets not aligned for zerowing, and 5-2 had Evan not gotten two pivotal haxes (even though he did do really well, so I'm not really upset with that battle).
Strategy = didn't matter.
Hax = the game.
No wonder I named my haxorus "metagamrus"
After the match, I congratulated the noobs who got hax (:p), said hi to JRank and Lucien again, booked it back to the hotel, grabbed my stuff, and hit the road. Went from Indianapolis to the Milwaukee suburbs in less than 5 hours. #winning? I think so. 12 hours of driving in two days? Legs = sore. But hey, that was a great weekend. Will definitely go back again next year.
Also, I wana give a shoutout to a few people who I met at Nats in other divisions: Maski, Lucien Lachance, JRank, and Snake...all of whom are awesome :D. You now have another fan :p. GL next year!
Hopefully next year's metagame isn't based on luck or gimmicks. Something involving "more than 50% strategy" would be rather helpful.
Hit me up on Skype if you ever want to chat, name's Northernfront. If not there, find me on the Skarmbliss server on Pokemon Online- same name as here.
Hope you all had a bunch of fun. I sure did have fun, and hope to see all you c00l people back there next year. I'll be attending a Texas regional next year if they don't get a midwest one. If they do, I'll drive to it. But I hope to have an excuse to go to Texas :3...so much better than the midwest.
Thanks for a great first year everyone!
-ZachDro
