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Project Unluckiest Player of the Week (Week 2, see Post #53)

Alright! Great first cycle, folks, love the amount of participation!

Given the number of submissions and the two-week period of this cycle, we're announcing a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place that will all go in the hall of fame and obtain tour tokens! Feel free to redeem those with a room staff member anytime.

1st Place: Chains of Markov - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9metronomebattle-2427840214
This battle is simple and quick, but densely packed with such odds that we can't even really calculate them. Not only does the luck result in an immediate loss from two self-KO moves, the opponent's Metronome even picked perhaps the most insulting move to use in return as well. There's no way this doesn't take the cake.

2nd Place: Aedan37 - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2444578695
We did the math on this one: in a consecutive span of turns with no break, missing six focus blasts and then getting fully paralyzed twice results in a ~0.0045% chance of occurring! That's astoundingly unlucky, right there.

3rd Place: Typhlosion48 - https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/...-2438483017-r6euil7ipncpbopenacs164wobv9ra9pw
While there are some other submissions with lower odds than this, we take context into account, not just pure math. Watching Dire Claw put three consecutive Pokemon to sleep in a row made both of our jaws drop! For the sheer impact alone, this one takes our bronze.

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And thus begins Week 2! This time, the deadline is Sunday, October 12, and we'll (probably) only announce one winner (unless we're indecisive). Please make sure your replays are from AFTER this post is made for your submissions to count!
 
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/...-2453406733-dnm5un8nxrrj1u2uafmw41m81g7wyqppw

I don't know about everyone else but freeze feels like the unluckiest of status conditions to catch off a secondary effect so having it happen three times in quick succession was incredibly tilting. I basically had to play the game 4 v 6 plus some. I was able to unthaw the Arcanine with Flare Blitz but getting frozen forced me to lose a turn switching as it was choice-locked.

Potentially the unluckiest part of this battle was actually missing a Ruination on turn 2 that would have prevented two of the freezes from even happening in the first place.
 
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