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Requesting a name change to Jthreau.
I haven’t gone by DoubleJG for over a decade and don’t want to lose my 2008 post memories from when I first started engaging with the community.
sure - nya
My rating means nothing to me this time around. I've experience more disconnects than ever before. I'd easily be in the mid 1600s right now if I didn't miss out on about 7 wins. Oh well. I continue to tip my hat to every place that I come across with an extremely low rating.
Congrats, CalmSnivy, on taking 1st.
I wasn't able to show due to a week of overtime at work (damn you DCUO for going free-to-play) destroying my sleep cycle. I was waking up at 1:30 PM and going to bed at 5:30 AM. I live in San Diego, so the trip to Long Beach would have required some early...
An awesome team with a great story to go with it. I'm disappointed in myself that I chose to not go to this. Hearing the "FUCK BUTTERFREE OMG" would have made the trip worthwhile. :heart:
My somewhat unoriginal team:
Amoongus ("Psychedela") - Does it need an explanation? Nope, it certainly does not.
Mienshao ("Slapstick") - Fake out. Yep, that's about it. A few additional rock slides were helpful, too.
Terrakion ("El Torro") - Another monster that requires no explanation...
If I remember correctly, yes, that is the strategy you used. I believe that I took your Golurk down with my Vanilluxe after the OHKO it dealt my Mienshao, but your Excavalier ended up being a bit tricky. Aside from hitting it with a neutral Rock Slide, I lacked solid counter for Excavalier and...
V4Victini, I believe I almost had a rematch with you just now (you are Shiro*, yes?). I appologize for my connection timing out before our Pokémon even appeared on the select screen. I'm watching something on Netflix and decided to have one final battle before bed, but I guess my wireless can't...