VGC Classics PL III - General Talk Thread

[zee]

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This is the thread for all things not a signup related to VGC Classics PL. If you need to post some additional information about your player signup, are a manager wanting to post information on tryouts, have a meme to share about something that happened in the tournament, or your name is Aldrich Yan, this is the thread for you. Fire away!

 

[Lucien Lachance]

Excited to (hopefully) play. My availability will be limited this season due to the birth of my third child next month. Happy to play when I can and support my team however I can.

 

[luisin]

Hello, why not VGC18? LOL

 

[zee]

Hello, why not VGC18? LOL

there were some people opposed to running all the gen 7 formats as a good bit of that playerbase has moved away from the game and many newer players started in 8 or 9. as such we decided to cut 18 from the pool since it just had the spotlight ladder and a few tournaments ran for it.

 

[Mogo]

Had such a great time playing last season, would love the opportunity to play again! Looking forward to the season and happy to help out if I don't get drafted!

 

[MosquitoVGC]

Excited to play in my first VGC Classics PL! As a competitor from 2009-2015 and an active member of the retro VGC community, I hope not just to play well but to also offer assistance to my teammates.

Also I really hope 2009 makes it in over Series 7/9.

 

[MaxVGC]

VGC18 and especially VGC16 are missing lol.

 

[Carrotman]

VGC18 and especially VGC16 are missing lol.

Quite a few people agreed that 3 gen 7 formats was too much, as you can see in zee's post (https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/vgc-classics-pl-iii-general-talk-thread.3769059/post-10660082)

As for 2016, ck49 said:

2016 sucks and so much of playing that format was memorizing gameplans. That’s one of the worst experiences in a retro tour. Ideally you can pick a team, play a few warm up games, and go battle. That’s not effective in 2016.

And for the rest pretty much no one commented on it but also barely anyone/no one included it in their personal "ideal format list" posts