Approved by Aragorn the King
Original thread here
Huge thanks to Tressed for the last thread
Original thread here
Huge thanks to Tressed for the last thread
Counter That Pokemon 2!
(If anyone can make artwork, I'll gladly put it up here)
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How It Works
Counter That Pokemon focuses on the construction of 2 teams, both built specifically to counter each other, whereupon the teams will face each other to decide which team is the best. The teambuilding process is simple. The teams, Team A and Team B, will be built one Pokemon at a time in a Snake Draft format - that is, Team A picks one Pokemon, then Team 2, then Team 2 again, then Team 1, Team 1 again, and repeat, until each team has 6 Pokemon. Each selected Pokemon is chosen with the aim to counter the opposing team as best as possible. The chosen Pokemon is decided with the aim to simultaneously provide synergy with the current team, counter the opposing team and make it difficult for the opposing team to make team choices in the future.
Last time, a large problem was encountered, being that Team 2's final pick needs to account for literally every single possible Pokemon, while Team 1 could just find a weakness and exploit it with their final pick. Because of this, Team 2 will get the choice to change one moveslot on one of their Pokemon following Team 1's final choice.
TEAM 1 AND TEAM 2 ARE JUST POKEMON TEAMS. YOU CAN SUBMIT IDEAS FOR BOTH TEAMS.
The project will take place in rounds. Each round has a submission period and a voting period. The submission period will last around 5 days to a week and anyone can submit Pokemon with the aim of countering the opposing team (Team 1's first selection will just be a Pokemon that they find difficult for the opposing team to counter), following which submissions will be discontinued and the voting period will begin. The voting period will last 2 days in which users with at least 25 posts on Smogon can submit their choices. This is the same as in the previous thread, and is aimed at preventing people from creating new accounts to vote multiple times. Users may discuss potential choices between each other during both periods.
After the teams are made, two battlers will be selected to play off in a best of 3 series to decide the better team.
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Rules
1. Be nice. Don't act superior to others if you think you're better, because each person is (hopefully) genuinely trying to contribute.
2. Don't screw around. There are genuine reasons to run lower tiered Pokemon, but that doesn't mean you should be submitting Raticate.
3. Leave an explanation as to why you picked your nomination. Doesn't have to be especially long or anything, but explain why. We don't want to just see a set copy-pasted from Showdown with no explanation.
4. Only one nomination each round per user.
5. No slashes in movesets. You can have a slash if you want feedback from other users as to what you should put in that slot, but if there is a slash on your moveset by the end of the submission period, it will not move through to the voting.
6. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me
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So, that's all there is to it. Have fun in Counter That Pokemon!
(If anyone can make artwork, I'll gladly put it up here)
_______________________________________________________
How It Works
Counter That Pokemon focuses on the construction of 2 teams, both built specifically to counter each other, whereupon the teams will face each other to decide which team is the best. The teambuilding process is simple. The teams, Team A and Team B, will be built one Pokemon at a time in a Snake Draft format - that is, Team A picks one Pokemon, then Team 2, then Team 2 again, then Team 1, Team 1 again, and repeat, until each team has 6 Pokemon. Each selected Pokemon is chosen with the aim to counter the opposing team as best as possible. The chosen Pokemon is decided with the aim to simultaneously provide synergy with the current team, counter the opposing team and make it difficult for the opposing team to make team choices in the future.
Last time, a large problem was encountered, being that Team 2's final pick needs to account for literally every single possible Pokemon, while Team 1 could just find a weakness and exploit it with their final pick. Because of this, Team 2 will get the choice to change one moveslot on one of their Pokemon following Team 1's final choice.
TEAM 1 AND TEAM 2 ARE JUST POKEMON TEAMS. YOU CAN SUBMIT IDEAS FOR BOTH TEAMS.
The project will take place in rounds. Each round has a submission period and a voting period. The submission period will last around 5 days to a week and anyone can submit Pokemon with the aim of countering the opposing team (Team 1's first selection will just be a Pokemon that they find difficult for the opposing team to counter), following which submissions will be discontinued and the voting period will begin. The voting period will last 2 days in which users with at least 25 posts on Smogon can submit their choices. This is the same as in the previous thread, and is aimed at preventing people from creating new accounts to vote multiple times. Users may discuss potential choices between each other during both periods.
After the teams are made, two battlers will be selected to play off in a best of 3 series to decide the better team.
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Rules
1. Be nice. Don't act superior to others if you think you're better, because each person is (hopefully) genuinely trying to contribute.
2. Don't screw around. There are genuine reasons to run lower tiered Pokemon, but that doesn't mean you should be submitting Raticate.
3. Leave an explanation as to why you picked your nomination. Doesn't have to be especially long or anything, but explain why. We don't want to just see a set copy-pasted from Showdown with no explanation.
4. Only one nomination each round per user.
5. No slashes in movesets. You can have a slash if you want feedback from other users as to what you should put in that slot, but if there is a slash on your moveset by the end of the submission period, it will not move through to the voting.
6. If you have any questions, feel free to PM me
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So, that's all there is to it. Have fun in Counter That Pokemon!
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