Project Anything Goes Core Ladder Challenge

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Welcome to the Anything Goes Core Ladder Challenge! The Core Laddering Challenge obviously involves laddering...with a core! Seeing as this is the Anything Goes Core Laddering challenge, we will be laddering on the AG ladder on Pokemon Showdown!. It is a competition encompassing multiple elements of competitive play: teambuilding, adapting, and battling! You will receive a core every week, but you will have a little over a week to ladder with the core in order to achieve a Hall of Fame rank. After you've gotten the core, it's time to teambuild! The only restriction is that you'll have to use the Pokemon in the core; you may decide the move-sets, EVs and items yourself, as well as the partners. Overview of Challenge Rules
  • To register, reply to the challenge you are participating in with the following information: Your Username, and your Laddering Alt (which must have the required tag)
  • To apply for a Hall of Fame level, state your Username, your Laddering Alt, the HoF Level you are applying for, and proof (i.e. Replays, Screenshots, etc.)
  • While you are laddering on your CC alt, you are only allowed to use a CC team, which corresponds with the CC tag of your alt. If you are found to have broken this rule on purpose, you will be disqualified for that cycle. You must use the correct CC tag as specified, if you wish to be eligible for the Hall of Fame (HoF). Failure to do so, will render your challenge invalid.
  • Asking your opponent for a free win or asking your opponent to forfeit is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Anyone caught doing this will be disqualified from competing in the Core Challenges.
  • It is strictly prohibited to share an account with another user, so that they may ladder for you. If caught you will be disqualified from competing in the Core Challenges.
  • Your CC team must contain the 2-3 members of the core at all times. You are free to change the other 3-4 members of your team as you wish, however.
Beginner's Guide to the Core Ladder Challenge by Sly Mav/Rum & Coke
  • Step 1: Choose a core that you wish to compete with, observing what the CC tag for that core is. CC tags have a format of "AGSKRN" [S=Season; N=The Cycle/Round of the type]. So for example, "AG1KR2" is the 2nd cycle of the first season.
  • Step 2: Create an alternate account ("alt" for short) using the CC tag. For example: "AG1KR2 Cramorant"
  • Step 3: Reply to the challenge in which you want to participate in, and provide your Username, and the Laddering Alt you will be using. Your PS Username is your regular account and the CC alt is the alternate account you just created.
  • Step 4: Build an Anything Goes team, which includes the 2-3 pokemon listed in the Core you're doing.
  • Step 5: When you are sure that your team is ready, log into your CC alt and begin battling on the AG adder.
  • Step 6: When you reach a milestone ELO, for example 1550/1600 ELO for the "Silver" rank, save the replay and edit your signup post with the replay for proof.
  • Step 7: If you reach the "Platinum" rank of 1750/1800 ELO, save the replay of each new ELO peak that you achieve which is greater than the listed HoF level. Before the challenge ends, edit in the replay as highest overall peak. The top finisher of each Core is the person with the highest ELO peak overall, in a submitted replay.

Do not cheat in this challenge! It is a global PS! offense to boost your ladder ranking. Within the confines of this challenge, this includes asking opponents to forfeit so you don't lose ELO. People caught boosting their ELO in any way will be disqualified. No exceptions, you've been warned.

Frequently Asked Questions When can I start laddering? As soon as you post in the challenge thread here on Smogon, you can start laddering.
Do I need to save/submit all my replays? NO! Please submit replays that show you reaching a Hall of Fame level, or ones that provide proof of a laddering peak (screenshots are also fine). If you forget to save the replay when you first pass a Hall of Fame level, then just save another replay proving you were above the Hall of Fame level.
Do I have to keep the same team for all the ladder matches? Nope, feel free to change the team around the Pokemon in the core as often as you like. However, if you are caught on the ladder without the core on a tagged alt you will be disqualified.
I think these cores are stupid. When will there be better ones? New cores will be up every two weeks. They will vary across each cycle, so if you have a suggestion for a core, pm it to me accompanied by a brief description of why those Pokemon support one another and we will consider it for future challenges.

For any questions or concerns regarding the challenge, please contact myself (RL) via Private Message (PM) on Smogon forums or in the Anything Goes Room on Pokemon Showdown.

Season 1, Cycle 1

:sv/giratina-origin: :sv/kyogre:
Giratina-Origin + Kyogre

Tag: AG1KG1

HoF/Rankings:
Platinum: 1800+
Gold: 1700+
Silver: 1625+
Bronze: 1550+


Deadline: November 24 @ 11:59 GMT-5
Welcome to the very first cycle of the first season of the new AG CLC! This round features Giratina-O and Kyogre! These two offensive threats complement each other very nicely, with Kyogre breaking the support Arceus formes that wall Gira while Gira provides extra priority to help compensate for Kyogre's speed. They also make a nice offensive core since with boots on Kyogre, they're both immune to spikes, which can really ease matchups into spikestacking builds.


Please remember to register before you start laddering!


Challenge Registration:
Laddering Alt(s): AG1KG1 Cramorant
HoF Replays/Peaks: <Edit in replays showing ratings here when achieved>

Hall of Fame:
Season 1 -
will consist of 5 cycles, each lasting 2 weeks. Point distributions for each cycle are as follows:

  • Bronze: 1 point
  • Silver: 2 points
  • Gold: 3 points
  • Platinum: 5 points
In addition, the winner for each cycle will receive an additional 3 points and a special temporary role in the AG Discord!
  1. June (68)
  2. Jhnfui (29)
  3. Helllllllo glhf (26)
  4. xinnobu (25)
  5. polt (21)
  6. Empty Brackets (20)
  7. Legendary Spam (19)
  8. GigaBytes7 (16)
  9. Swas (15)
  10. Playering (15)
  11. Tox in DbMaj (13)
  12. Jaishy (11)
  13. Quick top 500 tho (7)
  14. Lord Rekkuza (6)
  15. Gop18777 (5)
  16. Adhiraj8202 (5)
  17. Cutecat1122 (5)
  18. Durk27 (5)
  19. Frito (5)
  20. Donwha (5)
  21. GhostlyPlanets (3)
  22. Hats (3)
  23. Shivam_Z (3)
  24. Tic-Tac-Toe Guru (3)
  25. Thoust (3)
  26. wafflecone67 (2)
  27. EntryHazardous (2)
  28. Hydro84 (2)
  29. cloudu0 (2)
  30. AthCo (2)
  31. I will always (2)
  32. Milkway16 (1)
  33. justmedoingtesting (1)
  34. pokegod70419 (1)
  35. answeris (1)
  36. JustCallMeFish (1)
  37. Finchely (1)
  38. ilikeeatingcrayons (1)
  39. Zephyr Moonbeam (1)
  40. KingDoomYTX (1)
  41. fion (1)
  42. Darksahdow2024 (1)
  43. msx (1)
  44. Bread Sandwich (1)
The winner of each season will receive the room prize winner rank in the AG room and another special role in the AG Discord for the duration of the following season.

The player with the most total points at the end of the two seasons will also get a Pokemon Showdown! color change on the account of their choice.
 
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Challenge Registration:
Laddering Alt(s): AG1KG1 legs
HoF Replays/Peaks:
Bronze: (I hate this elo rank)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9anythinggoes-2243042171-qcp4t2ktk2kwyk9swnw8vrhlu61setypw
Elo: 1566
W-L: 27-2
Silver: (fuck those sash spammers)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9anythinggoes-2243506969-mu7mrq0xi6fi3tpwrhz1xfbjv6sg0cypw
Elo: 1636
W-L: 36-5
Gold: (I got rlly lucky with my ogre freezing, sry for the hax)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9anythinggoes-2243528424-uwnw7mr4fhnak84yi8yjyu0v2bv8h4gpw
Elo: 1701
W-L: 38-5
Edit: given up.
Why tf am I even playing this challenge…
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9anythinggoes-2248868481-9h0d1jxn5feihn7bf5i1cgbuyex2vcupw
Also Gira is rly blind
 
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Challenge Registration:
Laddering Alt(s): AG1KG1 Player
HoF Replays/Peaks:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9anythinggoes-2243394445-m53cu88bxz0rksa2fm17vrzai2ozn9kpw (Bronze at last)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9anythinggoes-2244789419-2zoij808mp8ehp2g09im2zfslldny3gpw (Silver)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9anythinggoes-2245769641-rd5axmag3ykznyhbglf4qcsc8mv0r1tpw (Gold)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9anythinggoes-2249863222-omw1a7bntd5xrz5691siz0ggnof96hxpw (Plantium)

I, Playering, do solemnly swear to hate Giratina-Origin until the day I die. Whether in times to trial, whether in times of joy, whether in times of poverty, whether in times of richness, my hatred for Giratina-Origin will never cease to exist.
 
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