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Thanks to nemoauditur for the banner!
Randbats Spotlight Ladder!
The Randbats Spotlight Ladder's purpose is simple: to give formats that would not otherwise have a chance to be played on a wider scale. Each other month, four options will be given, and the winner after a week of voting will have its own ladder for a period of two months!
As usual, this Randbats Spotlight will feature a SMOGON TOURNAMENT related to it. More details about this tournament are included in this thread, so keep reading!
Since it's the last cycle of the year, the options were chosen among some of the most popular formats from this year's cycles that couldn't get enough votes to become spotlights. In other words, this is "best of the rest"!
YOU MAY VOTE FOR MULTIPLE FORMATS!
What are all these formats and mods?
Gen 7 Dicemons: In this format you will play a standard game of Gen 7 random battle, but the number of pokemon will be randomly determined before the match starts. From a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 12, the rolling dice will have the power to drastically change the type of match you and your opponent are going to play!
Gen 9 Random Battle with 9 pokemon from every gen: the idea of this format is to compete in 9vs9 battles where every team will include one and only one Pokemon from each generation. Having bigger teams to deal with and knowing that every gen will have to be represented will definitely have an impact on how to play your matches so get ready for a new rands experience!
Gen 6 Full Potential Random Battle: In Full Potential, whenever you unleash an attack, the damage is calculated by using the highest stat of your pokemon. This means that usually defensive walls like Steelix and Regice, or speedy but frail pokemon like Ninjask could turn into unexpected offensive powerhouses!
Gen 9 Random Doubles with dynamax instead of tera: With the advent of Scarlet and Violet, we have witnessed a big increase in terms of popularity of the Random Doubles ladder. Many people got to appreciate the format, so what could possibily happen if we were to swap terastalization with the core mechanic of Gen 8? The interaction between the role system, the new pool of Pokemon available in SV and Dynamax could be a lot of fun!
Force of the Fallen Broken Cup: What happens when you combine two previous Spotlights into one? Broken Cup is the version of Hackmons Cup "on steroids", with only great Pokemon, abilities, moves and items. Force of the Fallen allows every pokemon on your team to inherit the last move in the moveset of their fallen comrades to potentially create broken (pun intended) combinations
Gen 4 Hyperblitz Timeout Auto Choose: In Hyperblitz, you'll have only 10 seconds to pick a move, but fear not! Losing due to inactivity is made impossible by the "Timeout Auto Choose" rule, which makes the game automatically select the first move in your moveset once the timer hits 0. So yes, there is a scenario where you can actually win games by doing... absolutely nothing. Have you gotten accustomed to rockless Gen 4 rands? This might be a perfect opportunity to prove it by clicking without having much time to think...
!IMPORTANT! Tournament information
This month's Randbats Spotlight is going to include a SMOGON TOURNAMENT. The format of this tournament will be the format chosen as the Randbats Spotlight. The length of this tournament will be 2 months, which will determine the pace of the tournament. The prize of the tournament will be 1 month of RPW (Room Prize Winner) and the possibility to pick a format for the next Randbats Spotlight poll!
How do I sign up?
Please do not sign up in this thread, a new thread will be open for the tournament itself.
Rules and additional details:
- When selecting a format to vote on as the winner, you will have a wide array of options, from modded variants of ladders that already exist, to formats that are challenge-only, to formats that don't exist at all! However, these are subject to coding limitations, and formats that have recently been a bimonthly spotlight cannot be voted on again for several months.
- This thread is open for discussion. Stay cordial, follow all site rules.
- Only votes in the poll above will count. Please do not type your vote out in a reply.
Thanks to nemoauditur for the banner!
Randbats Spotlight Ladder!
The Randbats Spotlight Ladder's purpose is simple: to give formats that would not otherwise have a chance to be played on a wider scale. Each other month, four options will be given, and the winner after a week of voting will have its own ladder for a period of two months!
As usual, this Randbats Spotlight will feature a SMOGON TOURNAMENT related to it. More details about this tournament are included in this thread, so keep reading!
Since it's the last cycle of the year, the options were chosen among some of the most popular formats from this year's cycles that couldn't get enough votes to become spotlights. In other words, this is "best of the rest"!
YOU MAY VOTE FOR MULTIPLE FORMATS!
What are all these formats and mods?
Gen 7 Dicemons: In this format you will play a standard game of Gen 7 random battle, but the number of pokemon will be randomly determined before the match starts. From a minimum of 3 to a maximum of 12, the rolling dice will have the power to drastically change the type of match you and your opponent are going to play!
Gen 9 Random Battle with 9 pokemon from every gen: the idea of this format is to compete in 9vs9 battles where every team will include one and only one Pokemon from each generation. Having bigger teams to deal with and knowing that every gen will have to be represented will definitely have an impact on how to play your matches so get ready for a new rands experience!
Gen 6 Full Potential Random Battle: In Full Potential, whenever you unleash an attack, the damage is calculated by using the highest stat of your pokemon. This means that usually defensive walls like Steelix and Regice, or speedy but frail pokemon like Ninjask could turn into unexpected offensive powerhouses!
Gen 9 Random Doubles with dynamax instead of tera: With the advent of Scarlet and Violet, we have witnessed a big increase in terms of popularity of the Random Doubles ladder. Many people got to appreciate the format, so what could possibily happen if we were to swap terastalization with the core mechanic of Gen 8? The interaction between the role system, the new pool of Pokemon available in SV and Dynamax could be a lot of fun!
Force of the Fallen Broken Cup: What happens when you combine two previous Spotlights into one? Broken Cup is the version of Hackmons Cup "on steroids", with only great Pokemon, abilities, moves and items. Force of the Fallen allows every pokemon on your team to inherit the last move in the moveset of their fallen comrades to potentially create broken (pun intended) combinations
Gen 4 Hyperblitz Timeout Auto Choose: In Hyperblitz, you'll have only 10 seconds to pick a move, but fear not! Losing due to inactivity is made impossible by the "Timeout Auto Choose" rule, which makes the game automatically select the first move in your moveset once the timer hits 0. So yes, there is a scenario where you can actually win games by doing... absolutely nothing. Have you gotten accustomed to rockless Gen 4 rands? This might be a perfect opportunity to prove it by clicking without having much time to think...
!IMPORTANT! Tournament information
This month's Randbats Spotlight is going to include a SMOGON TOURNAMENT. The format of this tournament will be the format chosen as the Randbats Spotlight. The length of this tournament will be 2 months, which will determine the pace of the tournament. The prize of the tournament will be 1 month of RPW (Room Prize Winner) and the possibility to pick a format for the next Randbats Spotlight poll!
How do I sign up?
Please do not sign up in this thread, a new thread will be open for the tournament itself.
Rules and additional details:
- When selecting a format to vote on as the winner, you will have a wide array of options, from modded variants of ladders that already exist, to formats that are challenge-only, to formats that don't exist at all! However, these are subject to coding limitations, and formats that have recently been a bimonthly spotlight cannot be voted on again for several months.
- This thread is open for discussion. Stay cordial, follow all site rules.
- Only votes in the poll above will count. Please do not type your vote out in a reply.
