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★ SV OU Ladder Achievements [$200 USD Prize]

raffe

formerly OceanicGamer
is a Pre-Contributor
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Welcome to SV OU
Ladder Achievements!

With a $200 prize pool, split across 4 winners
Hosted by raffe and kd458
Inspired by RoA Ladder Achievements by Teclis and the RU thread

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What are Ladder Achievements?
Ladder achievements are a timeless tradition that current-gen SV OU has never hosted. The idea is that this is a set of challenges completable by anyone, with different ranks per achievement.
How do I qualify for part of the $200?
Since we don't have access to a CA prize, we are running it a bit differently. Earning each badge will reward you with points based on the badge you achieved. The 4 people with the most points at the end of 4 months will each get part of the split.
Can I add to the prize pool?
If you really want to help out, feel free to dm me on discord at raffebs or just on Smogon and we can talk about it.
Why is there not a CA prize?
OU's multiple CA-prize tournaments (OUPL, OU Circuit, and OU Room) limit what we can do elsewhere in the section, so we've decided to go with a cash prize instead.
Why are we having this now?
The goal of this is to give people something to work towards and play ladder for. It'll give everyone a reason to play again and hopefully increase the amount of games on ladder, or at the very least be a small prize to those who never quit on SV OU ladder.
How do I participate?
After meeting the requirements for any badge, simply drop the proof in a message saying what badge you are claiming! Make sure you

Platinum: 40
Gold: 20
Silver: 10
Bronze: 5

You have until 12:00 AM February 6th -5 GMT to get points for the first season.​

Rules:
  1. All battles must take place on the SV OU ladder on Showdown.
  2. All achievements must be completed on an alt made after this season started/when this post was made (except for tactician)
  3. Please give proof that you completed the challenge to validate your achievement (mostly screenshots of the rating reached/you owning the account a la Suspect Test and replays).
  4. You can get several achievements from the same battle/account, and you are generally encouraged to post them by batch to avoid flooding the thread if you are chaining them up. I'll like your post once I've taken it into account.
  5. Achievements can be submitted in PM to me if you want the account you used to remain inconspicuous; I will be posting them in the thread (giving your Smogon username) myself. Please only do it as little as possible though; it's less fun.
  6. Past performances will not be counted; any submission needs to be verifiable on the server (by checking at the rank, WL, and such) at the moment they are posted.
  7. Any Platinum achiever in Strategy, Grandmaster, and Indomitable can submit a new record beyond the Platinum standard that will be displayed in the table's first line. Please send me a private message on Smogon or Discord (raffebs) for more specifics regarding how to submit the proofs as you go further and further.
  8. Naturally, don't try to cheat, for instance by submitting an achievement with an account that's not yours and yours alone. If caught doing so, you might get exposed and made fun of (but also infracted of course).
  9. Achievement levels may be subject to change at the mod team's and host's discretion.
  10. In case of a tie at the end of a 4-month cycle, prizes will be evenly split between tied players.
  11. All achievements outside of the tactician badge must be completed on a new account with all replays saved.
  12. All games must be played with playing against bots turned off.
Global Achievements:
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Champion Badge​
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Strategy Badge
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Grandmaster Badge
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Indomitable Badge
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Obtain a certain Rank!Earn a certain GXE!Hit a certain ELO!Reach a certain Win Streak!
Platinum: 1
Gold: 10
Silver: 25
Bronze: 100
Platinum: 88.5
Gold: 85
Silver: 82
Bronze: 80
Platinum: 2000
Gold: 1900
Silver: 1800
Bronze: 1700
Platinum: 30
Gold: 25
Silver: 20
Bronze: 15
* your Glicko's confidence interval (i.e 1886 ± 43) must be below 60 to ensure your GXE is representative enough of your skill.
** We're only taking X-0 WL records on screenshots, so if you are aiming for this you should reset your count after every loss. Do not relaunch a game before I've liked your post (= validated the achievement). or, if you do, don't lose :)


Special Achievements:
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Nostalgia Badge​
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Underdog Badge
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Specialist Badge
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Hit a certain ELO without using Pokemon from Generation 9!Obtain a certain win streak with at least 5 UUBL or below Pokemon on your team!Hit a certain rank with a Monotype team!
Platinum: 1925
Gold: 1850
Silver: 1750
Bronze: 1650
Platinum: 20
Gold: 17
Silver: 14
Bronze: 10
Platinum: 25
Gold: 50
Silver: 100
Bronze: 250

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Prismatic Badge​
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Tactician Badge​
Use Only Tera Stellar to achieve a certain win streak!Complete a certain amount of Challenges!
Platinum: 20
Gold: 16
Silver: 14
Bronze: 10
Platinum: 10
Gold: 8
Silver: 6
Bronze: 4
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All of these must be completed with your ELO above 1500!
Win with a mon from each tier (one OU, UU, RU, NU, PU, and ZU mon).
Win without items.
Win after setting up all four types of Terrain.
Win with a team that has no type immunities.
Win with only mons below or equal to 475 BST.
Win with 6 Choice Scarf mons.
Win a game where all your Pokemon start with the same letter (monoletter).
Win with 5 Booster Energy, one for each stat boost.
Win after setting up Gravity, both Screens/Veil, Tailwind, and Safeguard.
Win without any EVs and only neutral natures on any mon (use !showteam at the end to prove it, you need at least 1 EV on every mon).
 
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Hall Of Fame​

 
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For the tactician badge, do you first need to make a fresh account even for this (which is a single win per challenge I believe ?)
And does the opponent also need to be above 1500 (e.g they are 1462 and I'm 1503)
 
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For the tactician badge, do you first need to make a fresh account even for this (which is a single win per challenge I believe ?)
And does the opponent also need to be above 1500 (e.g they are 1462 and I'm 1503)
And tactician nah just as long as your above 1500 don't need a new acc

For the second question that would work just your account needs to be above 1500,
 
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obv I'm not running this but at least with rby, elo/gxe challenges need to be on an alt made after the start of the season and I think it absolutely should be done that way (sorry peanut)
Its like that with pretty much every ladder achievement (CA/cash prize/no prize) that past performances wont be taken into account but its up to the host to decide :pensive:
 
obv I'm not running this but at least with rby, elo/gxe challenges need to be on an alt made after the start of the season and I think it absolutely should be done that way (sorry peanut)
I talked to KD about this and we agreed that we should just follow how old gens format it. Thanks for pointing that out.

I'll update the rules shortly

Pinging Unscripted and SirPeanutCronch since your scores have been removed
 
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Claiming platinum tactician

Win with a Pokémon from every tier: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2700547318-241rp6y6d2xsv9e89hhnmsthtwi37rvpw

Win with a team using team using no items (which I had to redo bc I forgot to showteam last time): https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701129231-m5df0yo1c2f3l32mfrsqx056uc0c69opw

Win a game having set up all 4 terrains: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2700637192
Win with a team that has no type immunities: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2700697684

Win with a team that has less than 475 BST: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701035635-o03ufj9snht125ne1gxcvthxxcj46vapw

Win with a team using mono choice scarf: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701053693-kt9l3l7ykx6s560nsvce65a8qkci6l0pw

Monoletter + 5 booster energies win: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701062679

Safeguard, dual screens, veil, gravity, tailwind: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701080985

No EVs: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701126537
 
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Platnium underdog

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https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701197416-0ju0tlm08w0ioxnhqegfkua4h1sqepdpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701196156-jloghk6x44oce9pw7qy76co6pb6e2q4pw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701193475-arn9nui2knuil8c316qtqest8d8are2pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701191061-ogaicho8pi0h1irxpm2430ii94hhuespw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701188601-f3o4syd30yi20q6wc8fnkfpm5wsp82vpw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701185907-emmi7ksegx3iffa79oqlmx9c0mjjwu6pw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701182393-un9j01xnm9v7sjs5oj6toee8b5beun9pw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701179570-ae9q7xkndmr2u9noeludmdgdoh3j4x1pw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701176072-g0es25s8rpdgbcwd4r2a1afckegsfvqpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701174163-cia1d6s3kgkgre6u25efh1x5e8n4ernpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701172064-cch7sdj63frlgkvc5qcu0ae2x3id0n0pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701168663-36xtcydgqmbsvsa54yo9uacq1deeycjpw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701170008-b4bst5ix4tbs69vg6mdho41yvsatiahpw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701156472-tpmwiiy8c2tujwwo845r1ai6n19fg1wpw?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701154126-9kjs0953g15v4yjlvak82vdfwnsvm11pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701153121-x494lnd4eiq5h82wxnianm9hcss5ct3pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701154810-efo88infd0xrk51omrwvrm3nbngenojpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2701150837-cd5cpil2ud7w8le8mb7v1s6iwrwmrfypw

I forgot to save the first replay from 1000 but i got 20-0 and i used 5 below ou for the rest of the replays, hopefully there shoudl be enough faith that i got the first one legit lol (also got confirmation that it should be fine)
 
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