The Gauntlet - Round 1

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The Gauntlet

Approved by Earthworm and the tournament directors.

Introduction:

We all play a game where Pokemon faint and then are later revived to fight again in another battle. Consider, though, what it would be like if the game were a little darker? A little less forgiving? A little more deadly? This tournament attempts to recreate that scenario on Shoddy Battle by building up its own banlist for individual players based on who they let faint - or "die" - in each round. Are you ready to brave the gauntlet?

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General Tournament Rules:

  • General tournament rules and regulations can be found here.
  • This is a single-battle OU tournament where your Pokemon can "die" between rounds.
  • The banlist for this tournament is the same as for the Standard ladder of the Smogon Server of Shoddy Battle.
  • There will be a week of time for each round of the tournament. (Extensions for active members who simply cannot get together are OK) When signing up for the tournament, keep this in mind, as I will not hesitate to remove inactive players at the end of rounds or flip coins.
  • You must submit a log of your battle to me at the end of each battle. This is necessary so that I am made aware of what Pokemon you are disallowed from using for future rounds. This burden is placed on the winner of a match, but if the winner forgets, the loser must provide the log. If you win but neither you nor your opponent saved the logs, I will cross-reference both players to discern who lost what Pokemon. I reserve the right to force a rematch if I question the integrity of such cross-referencing.
  • Each Pokemon that faints on your team in any battle of the tournament can never be used on any of your teams for the rest of the tournament. The Pokemon that you can not use will be publicly listed for your opponents to see and build their teams around.
  • For example, in the first round, you win the match, but lost a Scizor and a Gliscor. These Pokemon can no longer be used by you in the second or future rounds, should you make it further.
Battle Rules:

  • Evasion Clause
  • Sleep Clause
  • Freeze Clause
  • OHKO Clause
  • Species Clause
  • Strict Damage Clause
  • Timed Battle
Deadline:

The deadline for Round 1 is 11:59PM EST (GMT-4), 7/8/2010.

Matchups:

Seafunks vs Blue_Blur
Ala* vs Articanus*
San_Pellegrino vs CHENN
PI-Dimension vs NKR
G80 vs Dragonknight!
TheFourthChaser vs Ranigad
Stone_Cold vs Huntofthelion
snorlax vs Dracoyoshi8
legendary_07 vs OneKer
BelugaLuga vs SOMALIA
Afroninja22* vs Mechazawa*
apologies* vs tophway*
zach the great vs MetaNite
little loven vs purplefingers
Snorlaxe vs Goldenknight Crimson assassin
Sage Abdul vs Limitless
Fuzznip vs TV-Rocka
Bluewind vs Iredxl
_Flygon_* vs Optimusje*
TanzAufDemVulkan vs ILoveLiza
IronBullet93 vs Dr Reid Heist
Justinawe vs franky
kael vs SGV
Gouki vs Joel
SoT vs The_Chaser*
JuanDeLolo vs Ditto
Aldaron vs Jackal
Pirika* vs NightmareZ Starkiller2 Eo Ut Mortus
Towelie vs GaRgAnt
Taylor vs LinIsKorean
Master of the Six Kings vs tito Nexus
Mooo Agamemmnon vs Despotar
undisput3d vs bish
Dark Abyss vs Nachos
AbsolDeath vs GeorgeSlayer*
Scimjara vs UltraSkydive
Quantum Mechanics vs reachzero
Itchni vs Rolfkip
SilentEcho DarXidE vs Jolteon17
Iconic vs ENZ0
Adam Lambert vs Yondie
Quagsires vs Earthworm
HBK vs Gladawarrior
Lesm46 vs symphonyx64
lati0s vs Vaz
Bobtheball4 vs PttP
Raseri vs HSA
supermarth64 vs Munchin Munchlax
Asuya Sosuke* vs badalcristiano*
theangryscientist vs locopoke
Ice-eyes vs Lady Bug Doctor Octagonapus
WhiteQueen vs .CarloO~
Random Pizzaman vs 6A9 Ace Matador
199 Lives vs HD
toshimelonhead vs KnightOfTheWind
B-Lulz vs bread
Alexa888 vs Bartman101
uvwxyz9 vs Arin
coolking49* vs SatiSuicune
kd24 vs reyscarface
Blue_Tornado* vs Alaka
Bishop vs DRACOFLARE
Lakers vs Disposable Puppets
JabbaTheGriffin vs drcossack

Lost Pokemon:
Stone_Cold: Venusaur, Milotic, Rotom, Kabutops
kael: Swampert, Rotom-A, Salamence, Starmie
Limitless: Salamence, Celebi, Suicune, Heatran, Tyranitar
Itchni: Azelf, Flygon, Machamp
reyscarface: Arcanine, Magmortar, Regirock, Exeggutor, Tangrowth
G80: Zapdos, Tyranitar
WhiteQueen: Tyranitar, Starmie, Gyarados, Forretress
Aldaron: Empoleon, Forretress, Starmie, Rotom-A
franky: Machamp, Blissey, Rotom-A, Salamence
Bluewind: Rotom-A, Forretress
Bishop: Celebi, Metagross
PI-Dimension: None
undisput3d: None
Adam Lambert: Heatran, Shaymin, Metagross
Iconic: Roserade, Machamp, Rotom-A, Heatran
purplefingers: Swampert, Heatran, Flygon
ILoveLiza: Jolteon, Magnezone, Slowbro
199 Lives: Claydol, Moltres, Vaporeon
snorlax: None
Blue_Blur: None
zach the great: Salamence, Scizor
Raseri: Rotom-A, Flygon
Earthworm: Gliscor, Salamence
Disposable Puppets: Rotom-A, Skarmory, Tyranitar
SOMALIA: None
Bobtheball4: Machamp, Raikou, Swampert
TheFourthChaser: Ludicolo
Master of the Six Kings: Bronzong, Infernape
Fuzznip: None
legendary_07: Froslass, Magnezone, Swampert, Dragonite, Rotom-A
locopoke: Heatran, Scizor, Jolteon, Suicune
Ditto: Metagross, Scizor, Suicune, Zapdos
HBK: Tyranitar, Magnezone ,Gyarados, Dusknoir, Aerodactyl
Snorlaxe: Heatran, Roserade, Salamence
Nachos: Heatran, Scizor, Machamp
Bartman101: Heatran, Yanmega
Despotar: Dragonite, Raikou, Lucario, Azelf
San_Pellegrino: Tyranitar, Blissey, Rotom-A
GaRgAnt: Lucario, Azelf
Scimjara: Salamence, Heatran, Azelf
lati0s: Gengar, Tyranitar, Gyarados, Lucario, Heatran
JabbaTheGriffin: Lucario, Kingdra, Rotom-A, Azelf
reachzero: Tyranitar, Rotom-A, Forretress
Arin: Heatran
toshimelonhead: Celebi, Rotom-A
supermarth64: Jirachi, Forretress, Blissey
DarXidE: Pinsir, Registeel, Salamence
Joel: Smeargle, Heatran
Taylor: Metagross, Tyranitar
Heist: Forretress
B-Lulz: Heatran, Scizor, Salamence
Lesm46: Swampert, Snorlax, Kingdra

Substitutes:

  1. Agamemmnon
  2. Nexus
  3. Heist
  4. Crimson assassin
  5. Starkiller2
  6. DarXidE
  7. Doctor Octagonapus
  8. Eo Ut Mortus
Good luck, participants! Let the Gauntlet begin!
 
Seafunks vs Blue_Blur
Ala vs Articanus
San_Pellegrino vs CHENN
PI-Dimension vs NKR
G80 vs Dragonknight!
TheFourthChaser vs Ranigad
Stone_Cold vs Huntofthelion
snorlax vs Dracoyoshi8
legendary_07 vs OneKer
BelugaLuga vs SOMALIA
Afroninja22 vs Mechazawa
apologies vs Tophway
zach the great vs MetaNite
little loven vs purplefingers
Snorlaxe vs Goldenknight
Sage Abdul vs Limitless
Fuzznip vs TV-Rocka
Bluewind vs Iredxl
_Flygon_ vs Optimusje
TanzAufDemVulkan vs ILoveLiza
IronBullet93 vs Dr Reid
Justinawe vs franky - Let's hope for a great game!
kael vs SGV
Gouki vs Joel
SoT vs The_Chaser
JuanDeLolo vs Ditto
Aldaron vs Jackal
Pirika vs NightmareZ
Towelie vs GaRgAnt
Taylor vs LinIsKorean
Master of the Six Kings vs tito
Mooo vs Despotar
undisput3d vs bish
Dark Abyss vs Nachos
AbsolDeath vs GeorgeSlayer
Scimjara vs UltraSkydive
Quantum Mechanics vs reachzero
Itchni vs Rolfkip
SilentEcho vs Jolteon17
Iconic vs ENZ0
Adam Lambert vs Yondie
Quagsires vs Earthworm
HBK vs Gladawarrior
Lesm46 vs symphonyx64
lati0s vs Vaz
Bobtheball4 vs PttP
Raseri vs HSA
supermarth64 vs Munchin Munchlax
Asuya Sosuke vs badalcristiano
theangryscientist vs locopoke
Ice-eyes vs Lady Bug
WhiteQueen vs .CarloO~
Random Pizzaman vs 6A9 Ace Matador
199 Lives vs HD
toshimelonhead vs KnightOfTheWind
B-Lulz vs bread
Alexa888 vs Bartman101
uvwxyz8 vs Arin
coolking49 vs SatiSuicune
kd24 vs reyscarface
Blue Tornado vs Alaka
Bishop vs DRACOFLARE
Lakers vs Disposable Puppets
JabbaTheGriffin vs drcossack

GL to everyone. I will get a team soon and contact franky.
 
Already contacted Jabba on IRC, getting this done will not be a problem. Have to build my team though.
 
If the match comes down to a coin flip, how are you going to decide which pokemon the user who advances cannot use next round?
 
Jackal said:
If the match comes down to a coin flip, how are you going to decide which pokemon the user who advances cannot use next round?
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Yea, that would make things a bit unfair if someone wins by a coin flip and doesn't lose a single Pokemon. There's ample substitutes.... So maybe just avoid coin flip wins?
 
Jackal said:
If the match comes down to a coin flip, how are you going to decide which pokemon the user who advances cannot use next round?
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If I run out of substitutes and I absolutely have to flip coins, I will likely roll a dice until I get a number under 6, and randomly kill that many OU Pokemon. I had also considered such options as making them battle me, and no matter what they move on, but anything I kill counts as dead for the tournament. I'm open to suggestions.
 
Rising_Dusk said:
I had also considered such options as making them battle me, and no matter what they move on, but anything I kill counts as dead for the tournament. I'm open to suggestions.
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I think that's a better option. But, what if the person uses like 6 NU Pokemon on you? They would only lose unusable Pokemon which they might not even need for future rounds.
 
Precisely, which is why I prefer the random killing method. I may limit the amount I kill to a number between 1 and 4, though, instead of going as high as 5.
 
As a suggestion for the coin flip, you could role a die (or some other random # generator), and then remove the top X number of pokemon in OU Stats from that persons use. ie, if you roled a 6, the coin flip winner cannot use the top 6 pokemon in the may stats for the rest of the tourney. idk, just a thought.

will send a PM to bish in a minute
 
Rising_Dusk said:
Precisely, which is why I prefer the random killing method. I may limit the amount I kill to a number between 1 and 4, though, instead of going as high as 5.
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Will the "random killing" method be only for OU Pokemon or for all Pokemon? Because randomly removing Pokemon along with UU and NU doesn't seem right. As there are much more UU and NU Pokemon than OU. While randomly removing 1-4 OU Pokemon may also not be so viable as a lot of people might want to use UU Pokemon so they don't lose valuable Pokemon in Round 1. While it may also destroy future planning. Like someone may want to save Pokemon like Blissey and Skarmory for future round stalling so they would use an offensive team. But randomly taking Pokemon out may interfere with future planning.

I would say the best method would be to just use the ample amount of substitutes and make sure that no match gets decided by coin flip.


undisput3d said:
As a suggestion for the coin flip, you could role a die (or some other random # generator), and then remove the top X number of pokemon in OU Stats from that persons use. ie, if you roled a 6, the coin flip winner cannot use the top 6 pokemon in the may stats for the rest of the tourney. idk, just a thought.

will send a PM to bish in a minute
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That would be a really harsh method. Most people would want to preserve all the good Pokemon for future rounds. Just because your opponent was unable to battle you shouldn't mean the top 6 OU Pokemon should be removed from your disposal.
 
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