[] Gym Battlers Open 2: This Time, It's Woopersonal

Black Mage vs. Chaotic: Grass vs. Fighting

I stole your format and double posted.

Round One (6v6):
Grass against fighting; this match up promised to be interesting. Neither grass nor fighting inherently has an advantage over the other when looking strictly at the base types. However, with many grass Pokemon sharing the Poison attribute, and fighting’s varied typing I did not know what to expect from Chaotic. But I learned. Oh did I learn. The match started off fairly normally. With a bit of luck on my side I managed to connect with a fairly low accuracy move. It allowed me to get an early lead by knocking Chaotic’s lead, a major threat to my team, out. But that certainly did not deter him. In fact, he matched me blow for blow the rest of the match. When one of my Pokemon knocked his out, his followed suite and returned the favor. We followed this pattern until we ran out of Pokemon, leaving Chaotic with one and me with two. At this point, Chaotic’s hand was forced, and we ended the match.

Black Mage wins
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 4
Pokemon Chaotic lost: 6 (5 + 1 from running)

Round Two (3v3):
I was worried about this match having experienced Chaotic’s team from the last round. He definitely had enough Pokemon that I dreaded seeing again to fill three slots. I led with one of my “benched” Pokemon from the last round to switch things up, and I was lucky in that I guessed Chaotic’s lead. Dispatching the first Pokemon didn’t stop Chaotic though, as he swiftly exacted merciless justice on my team. Not before my lead had weakened his Pokemon a tad. Chaotic’s demon chariot was released, however, and quickly obliterated my second Pokemon, leaving me with nothing but my own bitter tears. Fortunately, there was a bump on the ground and the chariot's aim was off, which allowed my Pokemon to set up and stall for a second win.

Black Mage wins
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 2
Pokemon Chaotic lost: 3

Round Three (3v3):
Round 3 was everything I feared. Bloodlust, cold blooded murder, and nothing but the sound of the forest being razed to the ground. Chaotic knew what he was doing and he cut my strands of grass to pieces one by one. I couldn’t get any momentum amid the bloodied cries of my dying Pokemon.

Seriously, this match was an absolute slaughter.

Chaotic wins!
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 3
Pokemon Chaotic lost: 0

Round Four (3v3):
Coming out of the last match with nothing but the hedge clippings of my team, I decided it was time to switch things up. I did the only thing I could think of and tried to prepare for the sweeping monster from before. Chaotic threw me for a loop though, and led a different Pokemon. Though one no less fierce. I managed a lucky hit from the start, but then did not see Chaotic’s move coming and lost the advantage I just gained. Chaotic proceeded to punish my mistake and ONE-SHOT-SUPER-EFFECTIVE murdered my pocket monster. Fearing the worst, I threw my original monster back out there and Chaotic made an excellent move which caused me to waste a turn. Excellent prediction on his part. I lucked out though, and was given some time to setup and was able to knock it out. I didn’t have much of a choice at this point, as his hell-spawn demon beast had returned. Fortunately, this time I had already set up. Despite that, it was barely enough to defeat his Pokemon. Chaotic’s last pokemon, the dreaded CHARIOT, returned, striking fear into the hearts of all that beheld it. Having already setup, though, I was able to keep it at bay for some time. Eventually, Chariot regained its footing ready to ruin my day, but it was just too late and I managed to barely scrape out a last win.

Black Mage wins
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 1
Pokemon Chaotic lost: 3

Black Mage wins the match
Total Pokemon Black Mage lost: 12
Total Pokemon Chaotic lost: 10

Amazing matches. Luck was definitely on my side at certain points, as moves that usually miss were hitting almost every time. Any single one of those matches (Except round 3 ) could have turned the other way at any point. Great matches, Chaotic!



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Black Mage vs. Kairyu: Grass vs. Ice

Don’t look at me like that. It was really cold.

Round One (6v6):
This is definitely one of the match ups I was dreading, and most certainly one I tried to plan for when picking my team. Though, judging from the results you would not be able to tell. I tried to guess which abominable snowman Kairyu would lead with, but in the end I was completely wrong. My lead hung on through the initial snow storm but was swiftly pelted to death. My lead managed to help out a little, and allowed me to bring down one of the ice monsters, but speed coupled with pin-point accuracy lead my entire teams demise before they could make it past Kairyu’s third.

Kairyu wins
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 6
Pokemon Kairyu lost: 1

Round Two (3v3):
After dusting the snow off of the frostbitten remains of my team, I decided to switch up a little bit and introduce an unlikely contender (for the simple reason that he was not four times weak to Ice). He got one good lick in, if you use the term good loosely, and was promptly dispatched. My switch in swatted away Kairyu’s lead, but in vain as his next monster decided it was to become a vegetarian. And it was hungry.

Kairyu wins
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 3
Pokemon Kairyu lost: 1

Round Three (3v3):
Having decided my only chance lay with the Pokemon I was already using, and with the experience of the last battle, I knew this one wasn’t going to be much different. I give Kairyu credit, however, as he was a good sport and switched things up each round, even though he more than likely could’ve shut me out me using the same Pokemon. It mattered not, however, as despite forcing a switch from Kairyu, it was just too much to handle.

Kairyu wins!
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 3
Pokemon Kairyu lost: 0

Kairyu wins the match
Total Pokemon Black Mage lost: 12
Total Pokemon Kairyu lost: 2

Good games Kairyu! I can’t say I had a sound strategy for your blistering Ice types, and even if I had I can’t say I’d have expected much of a different outcome!

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Identity Crisis vs. Black Mage: Ghost vs. Grass

Ha ha, alliteration.

Round One (6v6):
To start off the match, he lead off with a tank while I used my specialist. However, I was pretty certain his tank could takes hits from my specialist all day long, so I wound up pulling a trick out of my sleeve to render his tank incapacitated and forced a switch. He used, well, another tank, so my Pokemon tried to make as much of a dent as possible before going down in a slow blaze of glory. I switched into another specialist of mine and finished off his second tank.

We kept trading hits until he brought out a Pokemon that could take ghostly attacks all day long. He kept powering up for some pretty nasty attacks, but I knew what was coming if I tried to brute force my way through. It still wasn't enough since Black Mage saw what I was doing and used a not as effective but still quite lethal alpha strike to take down the remainder of my team.

Black Mage wins!
Pokemon I lost: 6
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 4

Round Two (3v3):
Oh, God. Now I know how Tritoch felt when I used Apocalpyse against him in an earlier tourney. My Nikka was rendered useless while his Pokemon kept striking.

Also, burning lawn mowers doesn't render them completely incapacitated apparently, especially when they can take down my poor fragile little ghosts before they can strike back.

Black Mage wins!
Pokemon I lost: 3
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 0

Round Three (3v3):
Blargh. I wish I knew more details about this game. All I can remember is that I made a timely switch once my tank's mojo ran out. I think "the force" might've been involved too. I tend to forget about games when that's used, oddly enough. Oh well. We agreed that this was the match record though.

I win!
Pokemon I lost: 1
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 3

Round Four (3v3):
I get the distinct feeling that I won this purely from Black Mage's mistake. He had no idea what Salvador was capable of, and Black Mage's Tentacruel (yes, that's what it was called) wasted three turns trying to incapacitate him. During that time Salvador made a severe dent in his HP as well as immolated him and slapped him silly.

Black Mage brought out the bane of my team once again, and Salvador went down fighting. It was then that I brought out Nikka for "the force" and took down his threat.

Our final Pokemon, my tank and his lawn mower, stood off and exchanged blows. His, however, wasn't quite as capable of taking hits as much as mine was since mine would hit for super effective damage.

I win!
Pokemon I lost: 2
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 3

Round Five (3v3):
Wow. This was an intense final round.

I started off with my fast sweeper to ensure that I'd get some fast hits in while he lead with another tank with an awesome name (abstained to say since it might reveal what it actually is). Anyway, he expected me to use "the force" again, but I expected him to expect that, so I just went in with regular old brute force. His tank was barely alive by the time he finished my Pokemon off, but his Pokemon was right where I wanted it.

I switched into my tank and set up Black Mage against some strange mojo. He tried poisoning my tank, but I had some herbal medicine to take care of it. Next, he sent out the bane of my team once more and knocked my tank down to 2 HP before succumbing to a lucky critical hit from my tank.

His lawn mower would stand off against my tank once more, but thanks to my setup, I had the upper hand. His lawn mower was critically injured, and Salvador finished it off before it had the chance to strike.

I win!
Pokemon I lost: 2
Pokemon Black Mage lost: 3

I win the match!
Total Pokemon I lost: 14
Total Pokemon Black Mage lost: 13

Wow. Those were intense games, admittedly. Luck was really on my side when it counted, and I barely squeezed out of that with a victory. My match win record might make it above 50% at this rate.

How ya doing, buddy?

Between my schedule, being sick, and honestly haven bitten off more then I can chew lately... I haven't gotten anything done towards my team. I'm gonna drop out because I really don't want you guys to have to wait around for me. I won't attempt to sign up for future tournaments unless I have my overall collection in better order.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I'll be available for matches all day. I still have to face GB, Chaotic, Black Mage and NinjaGuyDan. Find me on AIM at AltheRake or send me a PM if you're ready.

FELIPE NO

Similarly, I've a bunch of matches to play. I've only battled Crash so far. I'll be home by tomorrow [Monday] so drop me a line on AIM at Sousuke GFF [even if I'm marked 'away'] and I should respond.

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Ok guys sorry I have not been battling anyone lately, I've been bogged down with work. But I'll be free tonight for the next few hours and tomorrow for sure.

My aim is guybrush33

How ya doing, buddy?

Sorry guys, I've been neglecting the shit out of this tournament, I know. I'm going to take the sissy way out and say the past two weeks have been crazy with my classes, which led up to a bunch of exams today. Now that things have quieted a tad, I will be issuing challenges and updating stuff this weekend.

Additional Excellence:
As promised, I've added much-needed updates to the opening post (including Sousuke's Friend Code, the little type tabs, and the current records for all participants). Finally, right?! This is only the beginning, I assure you!

Challenges may come later today. Not sure yet.

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Just popping in to say I also have time to play matches today and tomorrow. I sent PMs last week about this so you know who you are! If you're not too busy just contact me via PM, AIM or MSN IM and we'll get started. I promise I won't bite, that's my team's job.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I battle Icy the other day, but forgot to keep track of what was going on. I remember that he won the match, but I put up a decent fight.

Round 1: Icy wins
Round 2: DRAW! [Damn you, The Force!]
Round 3: Sousuke wins
Round 4: Icy wins [though I came close!]
Round 5: Icy wins. The Force. Again.

Sorry I can't give much more detail than that, it's a little fuzzy now. I should've thought to write all this down during the battle.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Finally got another match done. The only match I didn't record down myself, I have to report. What the fuck....

Chaotic vs. Kairyu: Fighting vs. Ice

In this match, we build ice sculptures with our fists.

Match 1: 6v6
I knew jumping into this match that I would be at a slight advantage due to the Fire/Fighting dual types.

To start off, Victor led Kairyu's team. I sat there thinking to myself, "Oh, it's a [Ice Pokemon here], I should be able to set up with Jecra and pass on it's stats and sweep the hell out of his team. WRONG.

Victor used AERIAL ACE!
It's super effective!
Jecra fainted!



Throughout the whole match, I get foiled by a bunch of Focus Sashes and Kai finally gets to his last Pokemon. All I had left was Charade and Chariot. I attempt to slow down his last Pokemon with Paralysis, but once again, I'm foiled by another fucking item (f u lum~). I attack with Charade only to be roared away. Being that Chariot was my only Pokemon left, I wasn't worried.

A Stone Edge sealed the match.

Chaotic wins!!
Chaotic loses 4.
Kairyu loses 6.

Match 2: 3v3
FOCUS SASHES AND DEFENSIVE COWS WTF.

Kairyu wins!!
Chaotic loses 3.
Kairyu loses 2.

Match 3: 3v3
LATHER, RINSE, REPEL LOSSES.

Chaotic wins!!
Chaotic loses 2.
Kairyu loses 3.

Match 4: 3v3
That cow is really starting to annoy me.

There's two things I learned from this match:

1. Status attacks will never work for me, but they'll work for everyone else.
2. The Focus Sash is a really evil item.

Chaotic wins!!
Chaotic loses 2.
Kairyu loses 3.

Chaotic wins the match!!
[Final Score: 3-1]
Chaotic loses 11 in total.
Kairyu loses 14 in total.

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I never expected the matches to be so damn close. It was a lot of fun though.

How ya doing, buddy?

My pc crashed wedensday so I haven't been able to do anything, so I think I'll have to pull out of this one. sorry guys.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Another one bites the dust.

At least it was the person whose type I am weak to.

Still, bummer. I was willing to lose just for a good match.

FELIPE NO

Okay, so basically that leaves me. I better get on it.

Fear not gentlemen, this competition will be over before Platinum is released.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Unless Crash still wants to fight now, of all times, I can still do our match tonight. Unfortunately, I'll be busy all weekend, so I might not have the chance to fight. Weekdays might be a little better, but 11 PM and beyond that are fine for me if that's alright with whoever still needs to fight me.

After Crash, I still have to fight GB and Sousuke. o__o

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Any chance of reviving this when Heartgold and Soulsilver come out?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Not this particular one, no, as I failed hardcore at managing it and schoolwork at the same time.

But I have no doubt we'll do another Gym Battle for those games next year. I'm actually sort of itching to do another, but it's better to wait and not burn out.

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Yeah definately, give people some time to get used to the game and such. I can't wait for another one though too.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

At that point, I wouldn't mind doing this all over again. I always love a good tournament~

I was speaking idiomatically.