Thats not the point. The point is that if 2 sets of rules are used, then what set of rules would be used at worlds? Either way players that got to the worlds with the non chosen rules will have to adjust to the chosen rules. That would piss off alot of people and is overall stupid.
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Pokemon VGC 2010 DATES / rules announced for the US!
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Thats not the point. The point is that if 2 sets of rules are used, then what set of rules would be used at worlds? Either way players that got to the worlds with the non chosen rules will have to adjust to the chosen rules. That would piss off alot of people and is overall stupid.
lol probably should be in the Simple Questions thread, but when you use Natural Gift, the berry is used up
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but, when haven't they done stupid things that piss off a lot of people :/, but yeah that's the main issue if they do choose to do that
@howie = well, yeah, since anything(including OT and nickname) that the staff deems in appropriate will get you disqualified. So, if he has already bred or caught his team, he'd have to rebreed it under the new OT, since otherwise he'd be at a big risk for being disqualified.
If they had two different rulesets, I'd assume that the US rules would most likely take precedence since the Worlds competition would be held in the US. It would be easier on everybody though if the rules were the same everywhere.
We'll just have to wait and see what the rules are when they come out in a few months! :P
If they had two different rulesets, I'd assume that the US rules would most likely take precedence since the Worlds competition would be held in the US. It would be easier on everybody though if the rules were the same everywhere.
We'll just have to wait and see what the rules are when they come out in a few months! :P
I don't see the point about profanity in the OT. When you send out a pokemon, it shows the nickname, which by default is the pokemon species' name. The OT is not viewable by anybody except those who look in the summary of the pokemon.
The staff will be able to see that when they hack check, IIRC - whatever they use will look at all the data, which would include OT's. If it's offensive, I imagine you'll get DQ'ed.
As for what rules we might have: I'd like it to be Ubers, since it'd be a headache for people to learn one metagame, then have to learn/re-learn another in a short time frame. If it does turn out that America gets the same rules as '09, that's fine by me. All it means is I won't be able to stomp people with a Rain team, but I can always use TR/Hail. :)
you might as well practice with both teams, just in case they decide to flip around the rules, you can never be too certain...
finally got PBR up.. I don't think I've run into any VGC teams yet... considering one of them was a random team, and the second was a team with five Ubers and a Celebi >_>
finally got PBR up.. I don't think I've run into any VGC teams yet... considering one of them was a random team, and the second was a team with five Ubers and a Celebi >_>
Same, it's been getting really annoying too. They really should have a Pokémon game with search filters and stuff to make matches really enjoyable.
I don't mind ubers, but when I get somebody with 6 Darkrai's on one team, it's really annoying lol.
Doesn't the match-up screen prior to the battle show both trainers' names? I'm tempted to buy PBR to practice but I would hate for Nintendo release PBR2 shortly afterwards. Hardly anybody gets on the skarmbliss NBS server. :(
More like the skarmbliss NBS server is never up... Also, I hope Shoddy Battle 2 comes out before VGC 2010 so we can actually get some good practice in with some different teams before choosing one ._.
It was last night while PBB was on AIM, it hasn't been so far today though.
As far as practice: Yeah, me too. I've already picked a team based on Ubers (Rain. Easiest to make, really, though I have about five to choose from); there's occasional live doubles tournaments on IRC (#smogonwifi), though the last one was on October 17.
I think the rules are most definitely going to be similar to the ones in Japan. I've seen American videos of double battles[In the GTS] which have two or more Ubers. Mewtwo seems to be the most abundant. I am currently working on my 2010 team but I am also working on teams that have to do with 2009. I mean, we don't have to have ubers, even though it'd probably be best. Also, does anybody with HG/SS know if there is a Local Battle Cateogory where there are level 50 double cups, including ubers, but with no auto-level? That'd be greatly appreciated! I am just debating what the rules are going to be, I'm leaning most towards the exact same ones in Japan, and level 50 ubers included double cup no auto level. Like, if it were going to be auto-level, why make every legend in HG/SS level 50- excluding Mewtwo?
True, true.
On the subject of the skarmbliss NBS server, I can't get it up 24/7 so don't freak out if it's not up mondays or wednesdays(the two days where I have heavy classes). I too have an education to finish up. :P Plus, I don't feel comfortable leaving my computer on during the day when I am away at classes. It has been up at least 5/7 days of the week(most of the day, usually from 11am pacific to 10 pm pacific) for at least the past few months so those who say it's not up are doing something wrong(today an exception obviously). :P
Though to be totally honest, you'd probably be better off not battling on it if you value highly accurate results; the creators are busy/lazy/whatever and won't release updates to fix some pretty big problems, the biggest one being that for doubles on the program, it's still on the ADV mechanics of the 3rd generation. Surf/Explosion/Earthquake are at 1.00 power instead of .75(so, it's 95 power or whatever against each opponent it hits instead of 71, making it way overpowered), while things like Blizzard/Heat Wave/Icy Wind/Rock Slide/etc are at .5 power instead of .75(so, Blizzard is 60 against each opponent instead of 90, making them underpowered). Sometimes this makes a big difference, since if you were pretty close to KOing somebody with Rock Slide, ingame it would have KOed but it didn't on NBS; you have to remember the disillusionment of the messed up move power.
Now, it's still great for team building, or if you're on a server, discussion, so don't just discard it right away because of the power glitches, it's still good for finding what bombs and what might have potential; just keep in mind the things that as of now don't accurately simulate the games 100%. I might try and see if I can make a NBS script that fixes this; I know I keep saying that, but I think over Thanksgiving I might actually have some time to delve into that.
Though to be totally honest, you'd probably be better off not battling on it if you value highly accurate results; the creators are busy/lazy/whatever and won't release updates to fix some pretty big problems, the biggest one being that for doubles on the program, it's still on the ADV mechanics of the 3rd generation. Surf/Explosion/Earthquake are at 1.00 power instead of .75(so, it's 95 power or whatever against each opponent it hits instead of 71, making it way overpowered), while things like Blizzard/Heat Wave/Icy Wind/Rock Slide/etc are at .5 power instead of .75(so, Blizzard is 60 against each opponent instead of 90, making them underpowered). Sometimes this makes a big difference, since if you were pretty close to KOing somebody with Rock Slide, ingame it would have KOed but it didn't on NBS; you have to remember the disillusionment of the messed up move power.
Now, it's still great for team building, or if you're on a server, discussion, so don't just discard it right away because of the power glitches, it's still good for finding what bombs and what might have potential; just keep in mind the things that as of now don't accurately simulate the games 100%. I might try and see if I can make a NBS script that fixes this; I know I keep saying that, but I think over Thanksgiving I might actually have some time to delve into that.
As long as the public cannot see the profanity, I don't see the problem.
I don't know why I am doing this though, since I am 14 years old and probably will never have the chance to go to a VGC until I am at least 16 probably.
Also, can someone explain what IIRC or IRC means?
I don't know why I am doing this though, since I am 14 years old and probably will never have the chance to go to a VGC until I am at least 16 probably.
Also, can someone explain what IIRC or IRC means?
IIRC = if I remember correctly
IRC = internet relay chat. Smogon's got at least 3 commonly used channels - stark, smogon, smogonwifi
edit: PBB, try to get a stable internet so we can play on Netbattle. :P
I have seen alot of scarf w/water spout kyogre on PBR the last few weeks. it has become so annoying, i threw in a Toxicroak as a switch in so he is forced into switching.
And i cannot wait until the end of the year when TPCi will release the rules and dates for he USA, and then i will laugh when it is the same rules from last year. The people who went to worlds last year have all said that Mike Liesik said he is going to try to keep the rules the same.
Play live tournaments, anybody posting in this thread should really be keeping their eyes on the wifi-tournaments sub-forum where info on live tournaments will be. If you look you'll see there is a thread up for one tommorrow.
PBB if you get a chance do you think you could mention the live tournaments in the op since so many people seem to no realize.
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