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Project Unluckiest Player of the Week (Week 12, see Post #254)

Peterlevitt said:
Some of the most hilarious bad luck that I've ever experienced in a match. Best game of my nearly ~2000 broken cup matches. SOMEHOW ENDED UP WITH THE WIN. But turns 1-15 are insane. Missing back to back super effective Sparkly Swirls while I have two pokemon statused. But worth sticking around for the huge comeback in the end, too, after all the bad luck happens.

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-gen9brokencup-2519432387
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You linked the battle itself not the replay
 
Congratulations to arriB for winning cycle 10 of UPOW!
"The Glaceon that couldn't"

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randomdoublesbattle-2518441632

We've all thought it. "After all that, what are the odds I'd miss again?" Today's winner is a masterclass in the problem with that mindset, and a great showcase on why Blunder Policy doesn't always manage to make up for Blizzard's low accuracy.

That's not all though, as there are two other replays I have to share with you all today that we just had to include as well!

First is Oskulisko's very funny replay, featuring a dragon tail Giratina and a dunsparce that just wanted to join in on the fun...
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2518032298-rn8ecfghek1taikvrtsxcrdra618d0bpw

And last but not least, we have UPOW regular zvbcv with the first double 1/256 miss we've seen done by a single pokemon here at UPOW!
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen1randombattle-2514860005

After some deliberation we have decided to not include these last entries as official winners, as the bad luck showcased in these replays - while remarkable - did only contribute to worsening an already poor match up, rather than actually causing their respective losses. Besides that, we want winning UPOW to be a remarkable and relatively rare thing, so while there will always be close calls we are not going to make a habit out of allowing for multiple winners.

Cycle 11 will conclude February 1st.
 
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Okay so im the lucky player here but yippie i got the permission nontheless from the unlucky player
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Okay so its 2 hydro pumps into a hurricane which makes the opponent confused and then hit himself into another hurricane into me dodging a rock slide.

A 80% into a 80% into a 70% into a 30% into a 33% into a 10% or a 1/322.5 all in a row

My masquerein wouldve gotten ohkoed if any of my attacks missed or if i didnt get the confusion into a self hit or if the rock skide hit

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2524711214
 
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https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2526150115

I could submit 100 replays here just like this one but here is my first.

Turn 12 iron head flinches 3 times in a row only for my first breakthrough to miss my first 90% accurate move to only then get crit then flinched one more time in 6 turns. Turn 23 I then miss my second 90% accurate move as my opponent fearlessly sets up in front me knowing it would happen. I also only managed to win this game by the luck of my opponent not getting a first turn wake with their final mon as they get the rare scarf Palkia.
 
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2530087398-9rnhfdq69oenxbd67fkvvm7tikid5s6pw?p2

I put italics for things that were me just not getting lucky when it would have helped me out of the jam.

Turn 1: frozen by freeze dry
Turn 5: paralyzed, cannot move
Turn 6, paralyzed, cannot move
Turn 8: (a gamble, but still bad luck) rolled the die on opponent mesprit not genning with ice beam in its set; was wrong and toedscruel fainted
Turn 9: frozen by ice beam
Turn 10: frozen solid
Turn 11: frozen solid
Turn 12: frozen solid, then get crit to faint
Turn 16: para'd, can't move
Turn 17: my body slam doesn't para
Turn 18: paralyzed, cant move
Turn 19: get crit to faint
Turn 26: get crit to faint, sealing the deal


12 turns in, I had only had the ability to move 5 times.
 
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