Live Charity Event Streaming (May 15th-16th)

Dragonknight!

Dragonknight!

I know some of you guys might be aware, but there is an event going on this weekend, where some youtube battlers will stream battles for a day for charity, kind of like the speedgamers.

An announcement of it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvCe3sC4z5g

These are for a good cause, and I urge every one of you to watch their battles, and try to donate!

The charities that are being donated to: (vote for one in the youtube link above)

American Cancer Society
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/home/in...

The National Breast Cancer Foundation
http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/

NBCF is committed to spreading knowledge and fostering hope in the fight against breast cancer. By funding free mammograms for women who could otherwise not afford them and supporting research programs in leading facilities across the country, NBCF helps inspire the courage needed to win this monumental battle.

Free The Children
http://www.freethechildren.com/

Free The Children is the world's largest network of children helping children through education, with more than one million youth involved in our innovative education and development programs in 45 countries. Founded in 1995 by international child rights activist Craig Kielburger, Free The Children has a proven track record of success. The organization has received the World's Children's Prize for the Rights of the child (also known as the Children's Nobel Prize), the Human Rights Award from the World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations.

Make A Wish Foundation:
http://www.wish.org/

Since 1980, the Make-A-Wish Foundation® has enriched the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. The Foundation's mission reflects the life-changing impact that a Make-A-Wish® experience has on children, families, referral sources, donors, sponsors and entire communities. They truly are real life miracle makers.

World Wildlife Fund
http://www.worldwildlife.org/

WWF's mission is the conservation of nature. Using the best available scientific knowledge and advancing that knowledge where we can, we work to preserve the diversity and abundance of life on Earth and the health of ecological systems.

Habitat for Humanity
http://www.habitat.org/

Habitat for Humanity is nonprofit, ecumenical Christian Housing Ministry. To accomplish these goals, they invite people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need. Today, they have built over 350,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1.75 million people in 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter.


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I think someone should clarify the nature of these battles. It's a slightly different affair on Youtube. You'll see a lot of crossover between tiers, in following the "unwritten rules". A lot of this is the result of pandering for subscribers. The average Youtube viewer is looking for entertainment. I know I'd be entertained seeing a bunch of NUs taking down classic OUs. While I think a lot of the "NO BLISSEY!" stuff is a bit silly, the battles as they are are generally entertaining, and can be quite strategic. If you are even remotely interested in something like this, it will be worth it to check out the event.

I think this event is largely catered towards the Youtube audience. It's a chance to challenge the people they subscribe to, which doesn't normally happen. But I think it might also be fun for people from Smogon. Maybe it's a chance to break out the old DS again; see how you do with a really old team? I know I'm going to try to have a decent team ready (though I haven't played OU in over a year, so I don't know how I'll do).

I you shouldn't expect Smogon Tour levels of strategy, but it's certainly worth checking out.
 
I don't think this is something we partake in, but watch. Personally, I don't know many details about this, I'm just trying to get people to help out and donate to charity :P
 
While it's true that it might be different than what you would normally expect from Smogon, I'm sure this will be really freaking fun. Smogon members could even discover new sets to add to their lists or new gimmicks worth to be tested.

Plus, it's for a great cause. Personally, even if I'm playing more on shoddy, I never threw away my DS.
 
Airfoil said:
I have seen people (like myself) go and use Gimmick teams and destroy standard OU teams before.

And I would pay 5 dollars to people who do things like this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8sp7mwlC78&feature=related


I myself would love to participate, but I doubt I will even be close to having my next team ready by then.....
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I really don't find videos like that amusing, which is most of the PBR videos I've seen on Youtube. I always wanted PBR but never wanted to pay the 45 bucks for it since I heard it's not really worth it. But either way, I don't see what's so amusing about somebody who actually knows what they're doing beating some scrub that doesn't know a single thing about competitive play, that's like putting a schoolyard bully in the octagon with Royce Gracie, except without being really funny.
 
I really don't find videos like that amusing, which is most of the PBR videos I've seen on Youtube. I always wanted PBR but never wanted to pay the 45 bucks for it since I heard it's not really worth it. But either way, I don't see what's so amusing about somebody who actually knows what they're doing beating some scrub that doesn't know a single thing about competitive play, that's like putting a schoolyard bully in the octagon with Royce Gracie, except without being really funny.
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People like me find it funny b/c if you ever play the game on wi-fi, those 6 ubers are all you see. People go on there thinking they can rampage everyone else with an all uber team....And it usually works. I have seen 6-7 year olds using nothing but Palkia and Dialga, and the one w/ 2 Mewtwo's is considered "# 1". And it really pipes me up....

It's also nice to see NU Pokemon like Cherrim and Castform aren't forgotten w/ some of these teams, and how creative people get w/ these teams.


PBR is an OK game b/c the very last stadium has some AIs w/ genius teams...And some of the other stadium's have fun rules, as well as the graphics being really good (if you spend a week or 2 watching videos about PBR on Youtube, then actually play the game, there is a large difference). It was heavily critisized for no mini-games, and some of the stadiums are more of a chore to complete.....
 
So where's is this stream going to happen? I don't see any link anywhere.
Anyway, I'm definitely going to watch this. I find these YouTube battles pretty fun, so why not?

You could consider this post a bump to remind people of this event, I guess.
 
Recoil said:
So where's is this stream going to happen? I don't see any link anywhere.
Anyway, I'm definitely going to watch this. I find these YouTube battles pretty fun, so why not?

You could consider this post a bump to remind people of this event, I guess.
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It's started. Link thanks to Serebii.

EDIT: What. I just saw a SubPunching Alakazam. What is this I don't even.
 
Master Ball said:
I really don't find videos like that amusing, which is most of the PBR videos I've seen on Youtube. I always wanted PBR but never wanted to pay the 45 bucks for it since I heard it's not really worth it. But either way, I don't see what's so amusing about somebody who actually knows what they're doing beating some scrub that doesn't know a single thing about competitive play, that's like putting a schoolyard bully in the octagon with Royce Gracie, except without being really funny.
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Lol bully beatdown is very funny


On topic now: This is very interesting a good idea and seems like it could be fun hope they do more in which i can participate in
 
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