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SS DOU Suspect Test 2 - Voter Identification Thread (READ THE OP!)
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despite probably taking the highest number of games in dou suspect history this was actually super fun, i love SS and i love clicking fishious rend
also can someone please tell me why ladder loves chandelure so much i truly don't get it
also can someone please tell me why ladder loves chandelure so much i truly don't get it
Confirming as DOUM5 naosouogoao
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Confirming as DOUM5 catswbowties.
Confirming as DOUM5 gen8novice
First serious attempt at hitting reqs and maybe last, unless it gets to be more enjoyable/less stressful... A few gripes about the process:
--80 GXE is a pretty big ask for a format that recently had a number 1 on the ladder with under 80 and still has about 50% of the non-DOUM5 types from 21-50 in the rankings under that level (would be even higher further down)--the numbers are much lower than Gen 7 DOU. If the point is to purposely exclude a lot of great players and cause stress to many more, then fine, but I don't really see how that benefits the community.
--There must be some way to avoid fighting other DOUM5 contestants! If you play at a normal time, you have to fight tons of these people who are often early in the process and have low rankings that don't reflect their true abilities at all, but you get hosed if you lose. That compounds with the tough requirement noted above. I stayed up super late to try to avoid them (and still ran into 1--who gave me an L), but this could easily be fixed with programming--during suspect period "DOUM5"s (or whatever the code is then) don't match with each other.
--There's gotta be a better way than just encouraging people to spend hours coming up with nearly flawless records if luck permits it (I admit I was super lucky, but even 2 losses prevented me from qualifying at 30). If wins in scheduled room tournaments offered an automatic qualification, you might get better attendance and better tours. People put so much miserable individual effort into this--why not translate that more into a fun group context?
games are emotional, win or lose.. much better to play a couple a day and savor the wins and really learn from the losses than having to crank out tons of games in a row like this!
First serious attempt at hitting reqs and maybe last, unless it gets to be more enjoyable/less stressful... A few gripes about the process:
--80 GXE is a pretty big ask for a format that recently had a number 1 on the ladder with under 80 and still has about 50% of the non-DOUM5 types from 21-50 in the rankings under that level (would be even higher further down)--the numbers are much lower than Gen 7 DOU. If the point is to purposely exclude a lot of great players and cause stress to many more, then fine, but I don't really see how that benefits the community.
--There must be some way to avoid fighting other DOUM5 contestants! If you play at a normal time, you have to fight tons of these people who are often early in the process and have low rankings that don't reflect their true abilities at all, but you get hosed if you lose. That compounds with the tough requirement noted above. I stayed up super late to try to avoid them (and still ran into 1--who gave me an L), but this could easily be fixed with programming--during suspect period "DOUM5"s (or whatever the code is then) don't match with each other.
--There's gotta be a better way than just encouraging people to spend hours coming up with nearly flawless records if luck permits it (I admit I was super lucky, but even 2 losses prevented me from qualifying at 30). If wins in scheduled room tournaments offered an automatic qualification, you might get better attendance and better tours. People put so much miserable individual effort into this--why not translate that more into a fun group context?
games are emotional, win or lose.. much better to play a couple a day and savor the wins and really learn from the losses than having to crank out tons of games in a row like this!
I'm tired as f*** of laddering, I think I should be studying...
Confirming as DOUM5 kaori.
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Confirming as DOUM5 Lost
Thanks Paraplegic for posting his terrific weezing-galar team in bazaar .There is no way I(someone who rarely plays doubles) got reqs in 30 games if not for that team.Honestly I like Doubles a lot now and hope to play it more.
Thanks Paraplegic for posting his terrific weezing-galar team in bazaar .There is no way I(someone who rarely plays doubles) got reqs in 30 games if not for that team.Honestly I like Doubles a lot now and hope to play it more.
Confirming as DOUM5 cken
Ty to Yellow Paint for the amazing team and to Moosical and ErPeris for giving me company!
Ty to Yellow Paint for the amazing team and to Moosical and ErPeris for giving me company!
Shadowmonstr7
MUDA MUDA MUDA
Confirming as DOUM5killmenow
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