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Rediscovery: A 200 Metagame Tournament

What Is 200?

The 200 Metagame is consists purely of the parameters from the Ruby and Sapphire cartridge games. Before the other GBA games (Emerald, FireRed, LeafGreen) and the GCN games (Colosseum and XD) these versions had no access to many Pokemon and moves that the Full Advance metagames are comprised of today. As such, they had their own competitive metagame - the metagame made up of the 200 available Pokemon and their compatible moves between the two versions. This means A LOT of options are now viable and allow for a bit more diversity amongst teams. This also means some of your favorite threats from ADV OU are also toned down or nonexistent, so choose wisely!

General Rules/Guidelines

• Single Elimination.
• Matches are Best 2 out of 3 games.
• Players may switch teams between games.
• Netbattle Supremacy has a mode that facilitates 200 play (It omits moves/Pokemon not available in Ruby/Sapphire automatically) through its "Ru/Sa Only" mode. This is not available in Pokemon Online. I understand that players have issues using Netbattle, so to remedy this you may create your team in "Ru/Sa Only" mode in NBS, then import the team into PO. You will play under the server's 3rd Gen tier.
• If you do play on NBS, use the Advanced Connect: atq.zapto.org
• As an alternative/extra step, you can use Veekun's List to cross reference Pokemon and moves available to you.
• ONLY Pokemon from the aforementioned list are allowed EXCEPT FOR Wynaut, Wobbuffet, Latias, Latios, Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, Jirachi, and any form of Deoxys.
• *** IMPORTANT *** It is recommended to those unfamiliar with the metagame to take a look at Smogon's 200 Metagame Analysis. Some Pokemon aren't included in this analysis and doesn't cover all of your options, so you'll want to use it mostly as a good reference.
• I'm aiming for a 32 or 64 player cap. In the event of surplus sign ups, the first 62.5% will be guaranteed participants. The remaining 37.5% of slots will chosen at random from the remaining sign up pool. Anyone left over will be able to substitute in the first round.

Battle Rules

• Evasion Clause
• Sleep Clause
• Freeze Clause
• OHKO Clause
• Self-KO Clause
• Species Clause
• Battle Timeout

Any participant who can not adhere to these rules are subject to disqualification/substitution.

Notable Metagame Restrictions
Via Smogon's 200 Metagame Analysis:

In addition to removing many standard Pokemon from play, the 200 metagame also places many restrictions on the movepools of the remaining Pokemon.

• Substitute is removed from a good majority of the Pokemon that could normally learn it due to it being an Emerald tutor move. Grumpig, Azumarill and Kecleon remain part of the few usable Pokemon that still retain the move.
• Thunder Wave is now restricted to the Electric-type Pokemon that learn it.
• Sleep Talk is no longer allowed, so putting an opponent to sleep is now a safer option. Breloom and Milotic can take advantage of this.
• Explosion is removed from Pokemon such as Metagross and Camerupt, although many Pokemon still learn it via level up or as an egg move.
• Rock Slide is no longer anywhere near as widely spread. Salamence can no longer use it, and neither can Ground-type Pokemon such as Donphan.
• Elemental punches are no longer usable on many Pokemon, as most require move tutors to learn them. Alakazam is one of the few Pokemon that still has access to these moves and can use them effectively.
• Egg moves obtained from Pokemon banned in 200 play are disallowed. For example, Misdreavus is not obtainable in Ruby or Sapphire, but Dusclops needs to breed with Misdreavus to obtain Pain Split as an egg move. Therefore, Pain Split Dusclops is not allowed.
• While Extremespeed Linoone is in NetBattle's 200 database, it's debatable whether it should be allowed or not, as you need Pokemon Box to acquire it.

There are few item bans in the 200 metagame. Other than Liechi Berry, no pinch berries are obtainable, as Liechi Berry is found on Mirage Island, whereas the others come from Jirachi via Bonus Discs. Aside from this, there are no other bans that affect competitive play. For example, while Thick Club is only obtainable outside of Ruby and Sapphire, Marowak is banned as well, making no real difference to a competitive 200 play team.

The restrictions set in place make 200 play quite an offensive metagame. Many of the Pokemon that would be used to stall have been removed from play (Blissey, Snorlax, Forretress etc.). On top of this, Skarmory, one of the few remaining walls, still has to contend with Magneton.

With that said, Extremespeed Linoone is allowed.

Netbattle Supremacy Download: http://www.mediafire.com/?ybu2brt8bwk85fa

It may seem like a lot, but it's actually pretty simple. Give it a try and let's have fun, guys!

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[Elevator Music]

sounds cool i want in

 

[Seven Deadly Sins]

Sounds neat. This meta has always interested me, so it's neat to have a chance to play it. In.

 

[Synre]

Oh hey I remember this meta

In. I will go look for my walker to try to hit some kids with.


EDIT: Obviously your tournament your rules, but isn't it a little odd to include ES Linoone given when it came out? It wasn't part of 200 play for any real amount of time. Colo actually came out BEFORE Box did in the US, even.

Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire

Original release date(s):
JP November 21, 2002
NA March 17, 2003
AUS April 3, 2003
EU July 25, 2003

Pokémon Box: Ruby and Sapphire

Original release date(s):
JP May 30, 2003
NA July 12, 2004
AUS July 16, 2004

Pokémon Colosseum

Original release date(s):
JP November 21, 2003
NA March 24, 2004
AUS June 24, 2004

 

[Nachos]

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[doomvendingmachine]

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[JabbaTheGriffin]

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[tophway]

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[Foster]

Hmm I'll give it a try

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[Huy]

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[undisputed]

I'll wing it

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[pokemonrocks777]

i'll play so do i have to download anything?

 

[Golden Sun]

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[T-Dogg]

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[Umby]

New note in OP:

With that said, Extremespeed Linoone is allowed.

i'll play so do i have to download anything?

You don't HAVE to download anything other than PO (which I'm assuming you have), but it helps if you have Netbattle Supremacy to create teams in, since it has its own mode for 200 play. PO doesn't have that feature in its team builder, but you'll still be able to use the 200 metagame team(s) you make and play in ADV OU/3rd Gen Tier for the purpose of your match.

 

[Mike Legend]

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[Pkrs]

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[Royal Flush]

Oh man I miss this meta, put me in

 

[locopoke]

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[Diana]

Always wanted to try this, in.

 

[idiotfrommars]

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[Umby]

If anyone wants to play/practice, I'll try to be on PO/NBS often, especially since I need the practice myself.

 

[M Dragon]

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[Raseri]

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[Lunar.]

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