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Tournament BLT III: Week 3

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Silverwhiteblue said:
it makes me really sad to see that players are quitting blt, at week three even, and not out of busyness. I have been in 3 blts so far, and this is the first time this massive ditching occurs. I am legit mad about this you guys. Here i go sounding like a grandpa, but when i first joined ps, my ambition was to play in blt, and i worked a lot for it. i tried really hard to qualify, with my fly salamence and ampharos in ou skills, and naturally failed. during blt 1, we had this cool "mysterious draft" thing, that i presume was removed because it was unbalanced. Basically, for you newcomers, it allowed managers to recruit almost any user on the site. The draft was scheduled at late night, around 3 am, and i had an early bedtime, plus i was 16 and well needed sleep. However, that remarkable night, i woke up at around 2-3 am, and the draft happening hit my mind. i rushed, took mom's phone (yes, swb did something bad) and opened PS on a slow tiny phone, just to be able to catch what i can. That very moment, i saw a packed room, and the draft coming to an end. The 7th picks were up. As names would pass, those of friends or unknown, the humilou huntails (i could tag a few people here...) had their pick...and well... i dont know if you guys will take me seriously, but its very emotional to me when i say i still remember how sirDonovan (with manager Feliburn ) said my name, and i was officially in blt. That moment basically made me feel like all my hard work was acknowledged, despite the fact that i did suck. we were the underdogs, predicted to lose early, the explouds (during that time) to win, and you know what? while they lost r1, we actually made it to semi-finals. a team made out of almost nobodies was ranked practically 4th or 3rd among 8 that had formidable players.

It was also during that time, that i did not main any tier, especially not the "mainstream" ones , such as "u" tiers (ou, uu, ru etc..) but i had a decent doubles team that 5-0 my pal Trade and ever since then i thought i was so good. In a couple of weeks, i spamed youtube's kylecole (high level doubles player)'s channel, took the metagame's content, spamed 80% of the doubles room's auth list with pms to have them check my team, and laddered the heck out of showdown, and eventually won my week 1 match in a formidable game vs "major d mawile", a cool bud. It was that starting point that made me the doubles player you all know today

asides from the long swb backstory, blt meant so much to me ever since i hung out in tournaments room, and i looked forward to it a lot. blt 2 was a short journey for me, but i still participated. and now, for blt 3, i practically gave 4 days out of my degree study days just to be able to get in blt 3, because it meant so much to me

so to have users quit on us like this is really sad for me. when you signed up for blt, it isnt just a children game tournament on a site. its honoring the hard work you were supposed to have put qualifiying, even if sadly the standards arnt the good old 300 points for #1 place that they used to be.
being in blt means committement, team work, collaboration with friends and newbies all the same, meeting new people through teams, learning new tiers and making exchanges, and so on.. i just dont get why someone would quit blt like that

do you even know that when your manager wastes a spot in a snake draft, just for you to bail on him, it would practiclaly mean the other teams got 2 picks ahead? i find it not only disrespectful to your manager who put their trust in you, your teammates who value you who was chosen to represent them in a tier, but yourself too, for just ditching on a committement, even if this is more for fun then being serious, with all the memes and whatnot.

what do i have to say more. 3+ players have now announced they are quitting and it would be shattering to see more. if you are quitting blt or considering it, i assure you the experience you've been having is not blt, at all, and i am sorry you were unfortunate enough to go by it. talk with your teammates you guys... most of us here are wonderful people that if each bothered a bit to make communication efforts, would see that we're all a big community here... as of now, i harass my blt buddies in emails, on skype, in pms, etc, to train, practice, build, or just even talk. i remember the day BreloomMyHomie was co-building with a player from another team, miltankmilk i think, maybe, on blt. i was like "but he's on the other team" , to which he replied that in the end, blt is just for fun, there is no other team, since we are all friends. that was a life lesson for me, learned from your so called "children game tour" on a 13+ kids site.



to some, i may sound pathetic and lifeless for defending this with such passion, but blt really means a lot to me, and i express once more my deep sorrow that some are leaving what should have been a reuniting opportunity for us all to have fun. dont waste that...
i still keep in mind that some of us do have different conditions, feelings, and maybe circumstances, so i dont judge anyone on their leaving, because there are more reasons then they let on. i just am sad to see people go, and wanted to make a post about it. if you bothered to read this far without skipping too much, i really thank you because it meant my time writing this was not wasted, let it be a single person who made it this far. and for the record, i'd really apreciate doing what's written a lot more then a "like" if its to show support, so if yall keep my few ( ironic, arnt i) words in heart, i'd be so much happier then receiving a new notification on my account by tomorow morning (since its 1:03 am atm). i love you all guys, you've really been wonderful people to me, and offered me in ps a wonderful place to be in, and be the nerd i am
hoping i can still take part of fantastic blts to come, this being one of them, because it aint. over. yet.

thank you

edit: i'd also like to give our roomowners, particularly sirdonovan, a huge shoutout for the hard work they're doing for us, because it isnt easy, from hosting, to moding, to managing, to bot issues, and well so much. thanks a lot you guys :) you are appreciated
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Silverwhiteblue i would like to thank you for posting that. Being a first time BLT qualifier in three attempts, I can definitely relate to how you are feeling. Being a part of my first BLT gives me a feeling of accomplishment, know that that all the work I have put into practicing and learning Metas is finally starting to pay off. While I am not particularly great at any tier, I feel that I have grown as a player with all the friends I have made and all the help I have been given. So for that, thank you to Silverwhiteblue (who is one of my first friends on PS), and everyone else who has talked to me, helped me, or became my friend on the way.
 
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/lc-393484647

Used this team for like 50 battles and I did not even notice my fuck up in the evs. Carvanha was handling archen, then it was flinching mienfoo and then GG, but apparently its defense was more invested than its attack.

Colgate (Carvanha) @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
Level: 5
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 196 Def / 36 SpD / 236 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Protect
- Crunch
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet

+ my ivs for hp were messed up af too(should've been 19hp rather than 21 which helps with the life orb, but w/e), guess i shouldve checked over. My b, GG dedennes and Kushalos. Was fun -
 
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PD said:
http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-lc-393484647

Used this team for like 50 battles and I did not even notice my fuck up in the evs. Carvanha was handling archen, then it was flinching mienfoo and then GG, but apparently its defense was more invested than its attack.

Colgate (Carvanha) @ Life Orb
Ability: Speed Boost
Level: 5
Shiny: Yes
EVs: 196 Def / 36 SpD / 236 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Protect
- Crunch
- Waterfall
- Aqua Jet

+ my ivs for hp were messed up af, guess i shouldve checked over. My b, GG dedennes and Kushalos. Was fun -
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Not kushalos
 
miltankmilk said:
You guys need to chill. Literally me and Dundies left because we don't really care that much because either shit IRL is more important or something soiled the experience for us. Shit happens, its pokemon. We don't need to everyone talking about a mass exodus of players when 2 left. I just really don't have interest in this tournament after seeing it go from something I enjoyed to something completely different. Sorry Jarii I put you in a shitty spot and it sucks but I'm just not having fun with this and I know you get that.
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I understand your reasoning I just don't respect it. I understand "it's pokemon" but it goes way beyond that. I'm as fed up with this tournament as anyone but i'm going to play it out for people other than myself. 20 minute a week obligation isn't that taxing, surely you knew that because you signed up for it. Also people are mostly talking about you two not a "mass exodus". miltankmilk apologized to Jarii for this. I just want to apologize to anyone else who is affected by this on behalf of the Snovers and any other teams.
 
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Dang, I need to call activity since my opponent neither came on the scheduled time nor gave a reply.Also, my school is starting from monday so have to attend many tutions so I would come on PS like tuesday or wednesday or may take even longer[Its board exams so its too important].I think looking at all points, I've taken the right decision.
 
Gunner Rohan said:
guess im going to hop on the activity bandwagon as well

i pm'd my opponent on tuesday when he was online & requested him to play, to which he said no because he wasn't ready
i requested him to play me on wednesday; he didnt show up, nor did he try to initiate any contact w/ me
yesterday night, i got a vm from him saying he could only play after 12 am my time, which is far too late and inconvenient for me, especially after us already having a chance to play earlier (also, i was available after 12 am my time yesterday because I had a ssnl game, but he still failed to show up)

requesting opposing team to sub or make oshowott fan play me asap, i have other tour games & committments as well. being on the wrong end of poor scheduling isn't what I asked for
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I was on showdown all week and you were not there, whether or not you were on an alt idk but you didn't show up

e: If you want to battle me just PM me and we'll figure a time
 
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