#competitive_discussion
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Regenerator+lifedew/blessing+hospitality seems like a synergy waiting to be abused at a high level
Since its not stat boost based either, crits wont solve it (entirely)
Or so me thinks
Which is better Shiny Brute Bonnet on my Team or Shiny Hisuian Zoroark
I need answers quick
This isn't competitively relevant
It is which should I choose it for competitive team???
It isnt lol
Are you playing this for Ranked ladder? What's the rest of your competitive team? Whats the rest of the sets
My competitive team plan is Delphox Sylveon Vaporeon Iron Hands Iron Valiant
Sure, where is the paste
Oh yeah I don't understand that sorry
Doubles or Singles
Depends on what matchups youre struggling with
I will chose Brute Bonnet for now is Brute bonnet good with Iron Hands whil double battles?
You probably also need some level of speed control with that team
Bonnet probably will just end up being defensive and I'd rather just run Amoonguss over Bonnet
Otherwise mirror Iron Hands/Lando-T/Urshifu can be rough
It does have a niche over Amoonguss being a dark type
Therefore Prankster won't hurt it from Torn, but Torn will just click Bleakwind
I have urshifu
I mean
Oh
You came from #sv_discussion with a team that seemingly is built for in-game
And youre not running Urshifu
Im mentioning the opposing
Well how about Hisui Zoroark with this kind of team?
Fire/Flying
Blaze, Solar Power (Hidden)
78/84/78/109/85/100
534
Charizard-Mega-X, Charizard-Mega-Y
Fire
Blaze, Flash Fire (Hidden)
78/84/78/109/85/100
534
Typhlosion-Hisui
“Dry age drago” 💀
Im pretty sure they knocked out.
I dropped Leer on tornadus for icy wind. Good results have followed
Yeah ain't no fucking way they haven't
I played monkey trap beat in there for like 10 minutes and just nothing
stole my entire flow
https://pokepast.es/422dfd84e4cd1bb7 honestly i was thinking tailroom with roaring armadd on paper sounds amazing
what on earth are you cooking for urshifu
honestly it doesnt even need fire tera blast now with armadd
Yeah I know that
It's kinda not like the worst idea
although this isnt the exact moveset i dont think

im not running scarf bcuz im playing off of tr/tw
I know one guy who actually somehow uses a 0IV speed Urshifu in Hard TR and it's tera fire SD
With Mystic
yeah thats fire
although how tf do you get a 0 iv shifu in game without wanting to die
that's strictly a showdown team
monke, the most weird set ive seen thus far is choice scarfed tera blast poison urshifu
?
poison is perfectly valid
it is so dumb that i checked if its water and not dark
the tera blast option, and its water
not dark
Well I mean
There were mfers in C running Tera Electric Blast on fucking everything for Gyarados
actually poison is prolly better than fire overall
reg C?
Yeah
didnt play that time 
i literally started reg E 
Even though like
Just hit it with any Electric move it's not that hard
Unless it teras, it's gonna die
but electric blast sounds doodoo
But yeah in Reg C, there were people who were so scared of Gyarados
thats just stupid then
actually
tera fire tera blast shifu on sun teams might be cooking
today for long time, I got myself some pokemon cards 
Been playing too much Roaring Moon EX deck that I kinda wanna run Roaring Moon on VCG 🤔
cool
https://pokepast.es/280ab5559d22496c
Thinking about this, not sure if I’ll build it but thinking of this as a sandstorm team?
this seems like iron bundle food
Bundle can't really deal with TTar great, but id be concerned about Gastro/Sandy/non-scarf Lando
Nothing here actually benefits off Sand aside from Ttar/Arcanine
chi yu flutter lead?
as the opposing
it cant?
what does ttar do to it
nvm theres Harc
252 SpA Iron Bundle Hydro Pump vs. 4 HP / 4 SpD Assault Vest Tyranitar in Sand: 84-98 (47.7 - 55.6%) -- 78.9% chance to 2HKO
252+ Atk Tyranitar Rock Slide vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Iron Bundle: 98-116 (74.8 - 88.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after sandstorm damage
wtf
holy shmokes AV ttar tanky
R yall forgetting Sand boosts SpDef
i do remember that, forgot that it stacks with AV
tbh i thought it was defense
do you think salamence can pair well with armadd on a tailroom team
or roaring is a better pick
I had a similar idea to running Moon with Psyspam hybrid wise but within execution it feels less great
If you want a hybrid team there was a released one with Weakness Policy Armadd
which tourney
Hi, I'm having lots of trouble with trick room. That's the team: https://pokepast.es/ce3ed95bb41d7d37, thanks
ik Iron jugulis is bad
But i just wanna know
has it EVER got ANY usage in gen 9 VGC?
like in reg A?
Crunch or Lash Out in Chien-Pao can help
most TR setters are weak to dark
amoonguss can help in TR ig, tera water then spore?
I mean it won Stuttgart
So yea
Tailwind/Snarl was very nice at the time
and not having the x4 weakness, it acted like a faster Hydreigon
Flying coverage appreciated
you just have to cycle protects and use amoonguss. That’s the downside of using fast teams, if TR goes up you usually get swept
is it viable to get a "trick room unsetter", or something that makes it not work, like endure?
thow in Indeedee
the best option would be running a pokemon with imprison and trick room
Alternatively, get comfortable with resetting TR using your own TR mon instead of telegraphing a denier
That or having a mode that cna work against common TR matchups
That way you don't have to run a dedicated Imprisoner, which can sometimes feel like youre sacrificng other matchups
is tera poison sinistcha a good option? because my plan is to use it instead of amoonguss, but it would make me lack poison coverage. Is it viable?
why are you going tera poison? for tera blast option?
yeah i dont get the point on poison tera
honestly i might just start running roar to get rid of booster buffs
clear smog isn't the best damaging move, but it works most times
Yeah but are you worried about stat boosts or do you want real coverage
No harm in running Sludge Bomb
Since Sinistcha really wants its 4 moveslots for alternative moves
That aren't Tera Blast
Especially since its typing mainly beats Urshifu-RS very nicely
always ran this on my fungus
was fun af lol
someone on showdown told me to end it all and that the game always babies r words :3
articuno is such a nuisance i might just use it on a team
Rank 10

Is it possible for someone to make a rental team based on my pokemon showdown team?
that’s a lot of resources hahah
If you’re donating all the vitamins
good av harc set?
I mainly just need the mons as close to the sets as possible, I don't really mind IVs or EVs as much since well I know how troublesome that can be
I just wanna see if it has a working chance in game just as much as it does on showdown
The reason I can't do it myself is because there's a pokemon on the team which I don't have access to since it's an event pokemon and I got the game after the event
Sleeping
event mon? are you talking on doubles?
i dont remember any event mon allowed yet in vgc(?)
like at least walking wake or leaves
Which mon is it? Walking wake and iron leaves aren’t allowed until January if that
Fezandipiti 🤭
the draft team i made with fezan uses sludge bomb/wave (the special one) dgleam and nasty plot protect 
budget fluttermane
You guessed it, Cigar xD
the only thing it does is poison
ok so I think I’ll either cook hatterene or regidrago
- when transferred from Generation 8
can hat use e force in gen 9 vgc?
I wanna cook clops hat bm ursa
why isn’t specs ursa used more? Cuz of not being able to use blood moon in succession?
yes
Yo what’s a good support Ogerpon spread
Because it popped off last game but was dangerously close to dying
Maybe sneasler
ogerpon-W?
Yep
Yer
(Also should probably actually properly ev my flutter mane since it’s been defensive this whole time without realizing it)
For a bulky offense team, would Corviknight or Kingambit be better? I'm leaning towards Corviknight as it's less of a pain to get, and I can always run Tailwind on it.
hm?
Red I think we both passed out in vc last night
I think fell asleep in vc tbh
LMAOOOO
yeah I was woken up by people coming saying hi and leacing
Lol
then i dipped and slept again
for VGC, Kingambit is infinitely better
I just hate how Kingambit's whole gimmick is tossing a coin
what do you mean
It's a game of selecting sucker punch and hoping your opponent attacks that turn
that’s not really tossing a coin though
you can usually tell when they’re going to attack and also have a good idea of when they’re pressured enough by it that they need to either protect or switch
plus Kingambit is more so on those teams to dissuade intimidate pokémon and to punish things like Gholdengo
Yeah sucker punch is not really a cointoss
That would be like saying protect is a cointoss
it will always be a % chance that you wont protect anything, but its a matter of calculations, not cointossing
Yeah I legit played monkey trap beat for 10 minutes straight and spammed Geometry Dash and just not a fucking word
In 1 on 1s you can just spam it
I might've just been misusing it then.
Sucks that I already have a heavy ball Rookidee, but I have a lot of aprimons so getting a heavy ball Pawniard shouldn't be too hard
My good sir, we don’t run tw around these parts. Dgleam, icy wind, protect, and roost
what do you get with roodt
I’d rather have it get koed after speed controlling to free up a slot
More time on the field after 1/2 icy winds you’re faster than most things
Bulky fez sticks around for a while if it’s not focused or one shot
The only downside is doodoo damage and praying for rng to land poison
I will say it’s fun to read a scarfed stomping tantrum into it then Tera flying
So I fogor, if I have a power bracer and ko an attack-ev mon, how many attack evs will they give me?
Trying to specifically give 208 to one of my mons
8+whatever base ev the mon has
I need ideas, I want to build a nice team around Heatran as a win condition
How do you guys cope when RNG is fucking you really hard? I missed air slash, a 95% accuracy move twice. And this mother fucker hits every single hydro pump and focus miss he throws at me.
I think the two best Heatran teams right now are the Roaring Moon balance teams (Moon + Amoonguss + Heatran + Hands + Lando-T + Flutter) or the Farigarif & Chien-Pao/Dragonite teams
in the long run it evens out 🙏 just gotta keep telling yourself that lol
I’m ready to buy a new set of joycons after I throw them out the window.
And a new window. The window was closed.
You move to the next game. I keep track of why I lost games and sometimes you get haxed, the same way you get lucky wins when you get some crits rolling your way
Mental toughness is a great skill to develop in competitive environment
A lot of good players don't have what it takes to cope with high stress and end up not performing as well as they could in pro sport/e-sport
No matter how well set up I am and how many good reads I make, all it takes is one lucky crit fake out into crit sucker punch to ruin my entire existence.
Unfortunate
Doesn’t began to describe my series
This game rewards blind luck and nothing else
I think that’s just the frustration speaking
One big thing I've noticed is that I think I made the best reads but I could have done so much better in all my losses but 1 so far (out of 60 games total)
If you really do think that, I think VGC just isn’t your game
I play 4-5 games, review them. Really help improving my consistency and covering for optimal plays
Nah I’m just upset. I love the game tho. I love the toxic relationship we have. I enjoy the abuse
You know what I’ve enjoyed using recently, rh Salamence with roost, it’s really solid
Cooking
Yeah CTS is what I play
What’s ots
Open or Closed Team Sheet
Ah
The real ladder is not using the team sheet
it's only a thing for tournaments and the bo3 one, I don't like having the option on showdown
I don't design my teams for my opponent to know I'm not Tera Blast Landorus lol
You get to discover the Choice Band after you lose one Mon
That’s only against two opponents
I’d rather have a free slot after a tw/icy wind
You cripple it with a burn and you simply get ahead on switches, if they rely on Kingambit last Mon and you have your own, ez read
CTS is so pointless for anything beyond ladder heroing
Its like winning a boxing match with a nut punch before the bell rings
Pokemon is at its best when the field is level so the plays rooted in informational deduction display real skill expression
You’re misunderstanding what I’m saying
Paul Ruiz got it right
Stealing an advantage based off cheese is a lot easier than having to make solid plays when your opponent has equal information
If anyone asked me for OTS on showdown I immediately deny it bc I’m usually using a meme team and need the surprises to go off
I can make proper reads CTS or not and so can any good player
Doesn’t make the setting better relative to the alternative option
As if saying traditional medical practices in the past were fine because it helped when modern medicine now exists
OTS is only for tournaments/events, they say it likely is something to help with tera shenanigans
if you’ve been paying attention to vgc for the past month or two i would definitely agree that it’s easy since most teams are copy/paste
Most reads come down to identification of wincons and safe plays anyways so its not even real reads
even without “copy/paste” teams
I’ve almost been playing vgc for a year 😭
I took like a 4-5 month break but still
nice how do you like it so far ?
OTS is fucking miles better for tournaments
I ran thunder wave + trick iron ball grimmsnarl back in gen 8 like a little cheeser
I won every single game one in that regional hahaha
your opponent was adapting in the Bo3 though right ?
which is a nice expression of skill in itself
Might as well cut to the chase and check who the better player is from the get go
You remove the pointless variance over hidden advantages that even some more network inclined players can scout ahead of time anyways
OTS levels the playing field
I like open team sheet, it just feels more fun. Like it’s not completely blind on whether my opponent has a proper team or just stuff I would never predict that then works, which is still on me to pay attention for cheese but in general I like open team sheet
so OTS official ladder when ? will it be the standard in gen 10 ?
Who knows
Who ?
No-one knows but don’t think so
Its still better now even if it is a consequence of unable to lock battle boxes/teras
and VGC is whatever The Pokemon Company wants it to be
so if they don't think it's worth they would remove it
Which is whatever makes the most money
or not implement it
Perhaps, but basing your opinion on what Pokemon thinks is worth competitively is a metric I wouldn’t want to follow
I just play the game
Judge the dealt hand through my own perspective rather than their decisions
Clearly
I’ve seen what they did to splatoon tournaments, I am not trusting Nintendo to make open team sheet
Who wouldn’t, doesn’t mean people can’t view what is their preference for the hobby’s future
The fact they decided turf war was good for tournaments is beyond me
I like it, fun way to involve the brain in Pokemon
Building a team for VGC is so rewarding
Agreed
its not nintendo
making a team around Heatran right now
Just question do any mystic water Urshifu run max attack?
yes this matters, Pokemon company handles pokemom stuff
Heatran so fun
Surely lol
what nintendo does isnt necessarily what TPCI will do
Fair
that being said they like a mix of comp and casual
so ots is not going to happen on ladder
I wonder what the gimmick for next generation will be?
and gimmicks wont go away either
and there not going to impliment stuff like showdown officially either sadly
I think it would be funny if next gen the gimmick is dynamax but your Pokémon become small
Showdown is the other way around
as much as gamefreak is bolstering comp, pokemon isnt a comp focused game
They follow what the games are and mimic it into a simulator + some added formats
what exactly does this have to do with I said?
Showdown is not official
yeah?....
Most baseline ones will
what about showdown not being official?
Ok, it was for calcing with salamence
everything, showdown is not part of the official pokemon company from what I learned
but they try to be very respectful of all Mon statline
yes they mimic the games almost perfectly
The reason is as simple hurting their sales
and do all the right stuff to make it as if you were playing battles
I dont even want something outside the gmaes
I want a teambuilder within dlc or something
showdown is great ngl, you can play games and test your skills in fan-made regulated formats
I'm having a blast with random battles
All they will ever do is improve your resource gain
Never anything otherwise
yeah thats kinda what I implied
random battles is so wild I love them
A straight up teambuilder is never going to happen
this is a want, no chance they actually do it
gimmick less vgc with a teambuilder is what I WANT
but that is never going to happen because pokemon isnt comp focused
theres a reason other clones do it and pokemon doesnt
isn't the teambuilder the game itself ?
I want to freely edit my iv and evs without a resource
like you can build your team with the game or I'm not getting what you say
and moveset
ha ok you want a battle factory sort of
I want the showdown teambuilder but in cart
but like tofu said its just never going to happen
You can generate Pokemons into the game it seems
someone was talking about that on another discord, some players got banned from an event because they did this
that's what you get for being lazy ha ha
we can't really talk about genning here
personally speaking with no judgement though, not my thing
that's all we should say
youre allowed to say that but its a hot topic that leads to discourse and its better to just not talk about genning
I do trade for my mons and teras alot
Anyone got spare water shards
Genning warrants no competitive advantage and the topic in itself is in line with things that go against discord ToS
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With us being a partnered server, we play on the safe side
I’m in a hurry my game crashed and I lost ALL of them
you are not allowed to premote it right?
I don't wanna push bad stuff sorry, do I remove what I said ?
Promote, debate, discuss
sorry my keyboard is small and i hit enter accidentally
Not necessary
Its just excessive discussion of that sort of thing, how to do it, etc
same goes for emulators, for example
tutorials on how to will get you insta banned from most places tbh
I'm farming some rn cause I ran dry (bad pun I know) doing too much water tera lol
for emulators and genning
I believe tpci has gotten harder on players for doing it because its illegal in japan?
im pretty sure its illegal in japan
yeah that's why then
I think they operate with the laws of japan in mind
or im wrong and spreading misinformation
That’s because they were within the country
fair
Well I need 50 in 2 minutes so
what ?
you can find rentals in this discord section named rental_teams
I’m in a tournament that starts rn that doesn’t allow rentals
also a lot are shared on CybertronVGC channel
No rental is running what I’m running either so
Oh yeah good luck for Tommy’s
Pretty sure Spicy should be playing as well
Me panicking to get water and poison shards, hopefully I can get them
Thanks game for CRASHING
Yea it’ll be fun
where do you guys find these tournaments ? I might want to see how well I can do start of 2024
Getting legitimate mons is so easy anyways idk why ppl do it
im back everyone
why did i announce? idk
👀 I can make it boring
I need to play in the next tommy tuesday
what is tommy tuesday ?
Tournament tour
what ? tournament tour ? isnt tour short for tournament ?
Irregardless of ease or time, the process ends up being completely arbitrary in every way
and warrants again, no difference
My personal stake is none, because of said lack of difference
I can have someone buy me a car or build one myself the end result still requires me to have a license to drive it
doesn’t change my driving
and having a license doesn't make you good at driving lmao
so much bad drivers on the road smh
So in fact the whole “lazy” point of the argument is also padded by arbitrary process when majority of the real work for VGC doesn’t even take place in game
Watch a replay of a Pokémon battle between redstonejesus and Ganjux! Format: [Gen 9] VGC 2023 Regulation E; Date: Nov 29, 2023
so why does being lazy in pokemon matter when it all comes down to piloting a team
oops tofu is making the same argument lmao
you get disqualified for it when they proof teams in some events from what I heard
right but that isnt the argument
it being cheating doesnt matter
you are saying its lazy, why does it matter if pokemon is a turn based rpg anyways
I think that mindset is a little short sighted tbh
i think genning is lazy, I'm someone who breeds for shiny lol
that's good for you is my mindset
should just not talk about this though, don't want bad stuff
only way to get some reliably rn
even with the new easy methods, can't fetch wild starters
I dont bother with shinies outside of a few
a lot of good VGC Mons are easy to get shiny for
like?
a lot
gholdengo, iron hands, flutter mane, amoonguss, arcanine, iron bundle, roaring moon
gholdengo is not easy to shiny hunt
never talked about hunting them
You cannot shiny hunt gholdengo ? It was only available from event
just had to spam the event on someone who were resetting them
^
Sorry I just jumped in I didn’t read
that isnt easy though
you have to get into those which are heavily populated
and you can't anymore its probably the rarest shiny in SV rn
Rare ? Easiest shiny I ever caught in SV
yes rare
Litterally had to wait for someone else to find a seed
you have to catch and evolve the gimmighoul
the coins are a pain and its an event that isnt on going
It was only easy bc you joined someone else’s shiny raid ?
yes
takes like 30-45 minutes to fully reset the triangle spot and get 1000
small barrier when you consider I've hatched 2000 eggs for a stupid Rillaboom I haven't yet found
https://pokepast.es/77336b6d2cf8d9f2
I shared this team this morning, I just had a chance to try it out in Showdown. Won 4 in a row! I’m going to build this team for December!
good luck!
nice
Steel Tera Blast is so odd
Its probably preferably to take advantage of not having to deal with Intim drops and go Tera Blast Fly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JV5KmjnxQ so easy pokemon isnt skill based at all 😎
Some ladder games on Pokemon Scarlet and Violet featuring the team I used recently in a tournament. Even in Closed Team sheet this team still cooks!
Try all my teams Rental Codes and look at ALL the EVs and stats of all my teams on Patreon! Every team gets a type chart as well as a small write up on each squad! Check out the rest of my VGC 202...
some games do feel not skill bases lol
I am thinking about different Tera types but if I Tera out of steel, ground, or rock it loses its sandstorm benefits
Especially since you have 3 other mons with Steel coverage
they end so quick sometimes
Only Rock has any true benefit
I think with pure HO the skill is leading right
Avoiding the 1/16 chip isn’t worth losing out on other benefits imo
TTar teams don’t need to all be immune to sand
I don’t care, no relevant topic was attempted to be broached
Harc is probably one of the higher skill gap mons in all seriousness regardless of ability
True any suggestions? Pikalytics don’t give Tera analytics
I wanna run pult
this team specifically doyle is meant to be easy as sin to run
they do, switch to showdown
it kinda is relative
Fly
The best way to make harc easy to run is to run rock blast
Or some run defensive Water and your Tera Blast becomes U-Turn. But CA is meant to account for opposing Landos so your Tera Blast remains to do a significant amount
wtf is this suggestion
rock slide over and over and over is simple enough lmao
look tera types on pikalytics
? Where did you get the %
pikalytics
It’s a blast once you get the hand of it
yeah showdown is not a pokemon so no tera xD
I meant that ho is easy to run relative to balance or stall
but in of itself takes a bit of vgc knowledge
yes thank you linear
I thought you meant that as a substitute of meta
different skills are used imo
yeah vgc is linear
linear
i find it very linear
No
this team is designed by THATSA to be easy to use for a new player and have nothing but good leads
so your gameplans are often setup in team select imo
you are probably playing bad players
????????
Its a subjective thing Red
i doubt you can judge who I play xD
Guys lets chill
I just dont know what he meant by learning is linear
''progressing from one stage to another in a single series of steps; sequential''
In general however one accrues knowledge is subjective
alright
i put meta mons together
But this is also mildly unnecessary
i record my games (especially why I lose) with who I brought
So in general, lets just move on
I review my games after 4-5
I think harc has been a missing piece for HO
it feels so good to run idk what it is
Im glad ive been enjoying HO again
saying I play bad players felt unnecessary ya, made it to master ball in 14 games
Mayhaps
tbh I just meant lower ranked games are more linear because less expirenced players
There is also some truth to low quality matches when you’re not in the top 1000 or so of Masterball
Uhh
So bad is the wrong term
I worded it alot more hostile then I meant
Im gonna run 2-2-2 to reach top 500
Sometimes you gotta chill more with discussions
im also in lower rated games atm
Yeah I was not as angry as I came across
I was chilling but I see I came across really mad
Do evs transfer through home
I don't words well
EVs do transfer through home
vgc is fun, good vibes
Movesets don’t
yeah its by far my favorite ranked game ive ever played
only game I take fully seriously
San Antonio regional attendees are we excited or ?
For some odd reason when i was trying to speedrun ioa my eviolite on kubfu didnt transfer
you should try chess
You cant transfer items through Home
only games, not teambuilding
it's for anyone
Chess is fucking complicated
chess is the ultimate brain game
it’s so much to take in
Like I have decent intuition in chess I would say
I luv chess
1v1 me nerd
Its decently approachable but you have to put time into it
I love the Spaghetti 2-1 Defense
im not willing too personally
Or whatever
see like wtf does that mean
it’s very hard to get into
tofu is a giga nerd
from an outside perspective
The Beethoven Assassination
Mfers when they didn’t Beethoven Assassination my Great Wall of France
im also just not smart enough for chess
I love Sicillian defense and english opening
want a real fun name, fried liver attack
I just play Fool’s Mate and win and refuse to elaborate
see wtf does that mean
how tf do I do that shit
Chess openings
I just play TFT
tofu you should teach me TFT
it's game theory basically
BUT HEY THATS JUST A THEORY
like calling hands flutter opening barbaric intents
😬
based
And it feels very adaptive
like how do you set up an endgame when each games is so wildly different
what is tft
team fight tactics
ah
league of legends autochess
Play league of legends immediately become chad
LoL isn’t it for me
im definitely more of a unite player
Inplayed for a long enough tome
Its community isnt even that toxic in my book
it's specifically game theory, which is a pretty well defined thing not being too nerdy
I prefer my peace with agency
I wanna get into Val
TFT is better since im in sole control
Val looks fun
Not worth
Its like 1 new thing every few months and shit games until you can carry yourself
tofu im thinking about swapping back to absurdly bulky flutter
Its depression simulator
wbt fornititeb
Fortnite looks like shit
league ranked community is prettyyyyy ass
Fortnite is fun
The godspread i made for Reg B remained relevant til now
also on another topic, gonna look to interview competitive players for my thesis in about 2 months or so
Better than val i can guarantee
fortnite is the best shooter on the market imo
it feels like most games have a rager or griefer on one side
which is about game theory in turn based games
Actually val and lol prolly have the exact same types of communities
solid mechanically, excellent support update wise, hella accessible, gyro aim and flick stick
ok but it’s Fortnite
I think epic games deserved the truck load of money they make from it
like
it’s Fortnite
Fortnite is a game more hated for its community and association rather than the game itself
I mean fortnite is fun
he community is annoying as shit
Fortnite comm isnt even that bad compared to most games
building looks weird
alot of kids
Never played it tho
zero build is my main game mode
aren't kids playing pokemon too ?
I don’t play, but I know about no build mode
pokemon leans adult iirc
vgc does
I find this to be the most interesting part
Pokemon is meant for all ages
or atleast teen to adults
not really in america in my experience
They’re surprisingly not toxic
cause if you look at demographics for fortnite, young adults do play it a lot
Vgc player base is pretty w
Yeah like i said not really that bad
r6 and cod are vastly worse then fortnite
2/3 of fortnite playerbase is 18-24
wait is it really?
well from the data I know yes
is it because the playerbase is growing up with it?
might be +/- 5-10 % but still would be 55-75 %
I still think ITS ALOT of kids
but because fortnite is also still one of the biggest games rn
So
like kids are on roblox
ever really, one of the biggest ever
Anything free is gonna have a bigger demographic of kids too
Valo/Fortnite/League whatever
Im sad I hated fortnite for so long tbh
I was mad it was popular and kids enjoyed it too
now that i play sometimes its genuinely a fun shooter
I still hate it
I haven’t played it just has a bad rep which keeps me from playing it
Micro transactions is the meta rn
Fr
yeah I stopped being a gatekeepy ass, and learned to just enjoy a game for the game
it took me way too long to learn that
Yea I can see that
I don't want to school anyone about this, but I know my demographics pretty darn well since I'm submitting prep for my thesis about that... and fortnite is one of the most played games in the world. As of september 23, Roblox is where you find most kids by a huge gap
it’s not a game its an experience 🤓
The marketing provides to a huge variety of ages
They shifted from games to “experiences” and voice chat
go home nerd /j
a damn good one too, battlebit is the best shooter of this year and was made in roblox
some graphics are really fucking good
no matter how you approach the model, it still outshines every other ''engine''
frontlines is insane
I’m personally a big paintball pro 🤷♂️
I dont play roblox unless its multiplayer fnaf with a buddy of mine
kids gaming on fortnite is a big big myth
what's their age ?
almost 13
so I assume he is hanging out with kids around that age
Oh btw I use kid and minor interchangably
its not correct but I wont stop lmao
I do know plenty of adults around my age play fortnite as well though
baby brother made me think like 7 😭
some of my friends play it too
im 25
Fortnite caters to a large audience e
why do you think I was surprised
tbf alot of kids play call of duty and that is catering to adults specifically
I dont take age rating into account
I recently just moved and the outlook on Fortnite here is way different
like it’s heavily liked here
Where I was before it was really hated on
they certainly don't themself lol
true that
like if age rating ever stopped a kid from playing a ''mature'' game
I played gta and cod as a child
they were not made for me for sure LMAO
and now I play children's games sometimes LMAO
oh man speaking of shooters
Splatoon is also one of the best shooters on the market
criminally underappericated
the game that has been the most surprising from game theory analysis recent few years is league of legends
I think VGC/Smogon has some potential hidden
elaborate?
You know how they make tiers for specific metagames that dates like... 10-15 years+ sometimes
mhm
Why is that ? What's the reasoning behind valuing that Pokemon as a S+ and that Pokemon as an A
There has to be some metrics defining them, even if they're not clearly layed out
oh its usage
no cause you can ask different players (with proper mmr/results backing them)
and they will value different things in how they rate specific Mons (I'm not talking about a specific tier, just all of them)
game theory is a broader approach, you're not looking at only one format, it's the whole game
oh yeah vgc and smogon are super super subjective it is interesting
but you end up with same results asking most players
so you can take out the subjectivity (most of it) if you gather enough data for a specific format/metagame through metrics, analysis, opinions and theory
time to run talon
I'm still awaiting approval by my supervisor, but if I get the green light, 2024 is gonna be a heck of a year for me. Gonna try and interview a bunch of competitive players from selected formats (including VGC)
based
the only thing cooking is me and my fucking frozen chicken patties
put me on master chef goddamn
@nocturne holly GOOD LUCK AGAINST TIMMY
was about to workout then saw you pop on his stream
Tournament basis
Old metagames are mostly still active in tournament scene
And the metagames are still evolving
Yeah tournaments can have them evolve a bit if they're really old from what I see
but I mean, you can find static tierings from like a decade ago on smogon forums right
That is where I want to introduce the concepts of game theory, what values are there in a metagame for Pokemon competitive ecosystem
What
what is happening
Oh mb I saw him battle spicy cigar for the tour tonight and thought it was you
yea that’s spicy
@summer shore
Went from 2 wins to 4 wins away from mb tier 
Oh no don't say it like this, you need them wins straight up, play to your best ability instead and it's gonna come one day 🙂
my season record is 18-3 rn
thanks. That helps :)
wafflefries.787b has given 1 Gen Rep to raymeta
I'm at 50 games with 29(?) wins so idk what my streak is
If you're 4 wins away that means you're like bottom of the progression bar right, so saying you need 4 wins means you need them in a row. If you go 4 wins 4 loss in alternance you're not going Master Ball is what I'm saying.
yeah basically
Winton
So how do I progress better then
Win more, lose less
But don't think of it as you NEED to win
Winton
were you the player that’s just playing for the masters ribbon on their pokemon
or am I mistaking you for someone else
Nah I’m doing it for fun
ah okay, my bad then 🙂 what team are you using?
lemme get the pokepaste\
I just piloted dengo like a fucking idiot
protected because I was scared of chien sucker punch
BUT PSYCHIC TERRAIN WAS ON
Then I fucking DIDNT TERA DENGO INFRONT OF CHIEN PAO EVEN THO IT HAD CRUNCH BECAUSE I FORGOT ABOUT INDEEDEE FOLLOW ME
I won tho
noice
not happy bout the win
The team is based on dengo yet I couldn’t win with it
I also could’ve taken out chien pao with dp from hands
Instead I wild charged in case they terad
BUT THEY ALREADY USED THEIR TERA AND I FORGOT
that was an ass game for me
If they played better I was done for
Wenten
Wenten
Too heavy for me personally
damn, heavy slam ohko
soagheti monster
How is everyone tonight?
if you're running tornadus and urshifu-rapid strike, is it better for tornadus to be faster than urshifu? 👀
Not necessarily
Some Torns don't even run speed investment like the Rocky Helmet ones
ok, just had situation Sinistcha used rage powder, and urshifu attacked first, would've been nice to KO the partner pokemon
I haven’t seen too many Sinistcha teams. Love the Pokémon though
Probably positionally you might have wanted to protect/taunt or switch
Rather than requiring Tornadus to be faster
Hi
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Chop chop VGC boy
👀
you know what time it is
I'll make a vc in a second if that's what you mean lmak
yes
that's hilarious
Is it
Poop
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I used rain dance
Wild
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too man people are using A Ninetails in comp
bitch
Plz do not unless important
important
Fuk u
do you think calcing for 3hko's is a good benchmark
im calcing off of booster speed moonblast flutter and hands
Man is a fucking genius
no me
man i cant wait for hitmontop
actually do you guys think hitmontop will be overshadowed
Is it opposite day?
Oh absofuckinlutely
Yes very
well actually that was a dumb question because its one of the more less popular mons
what does hitmontop want to do
its very good though in past games
no it wasnt its a fine question
you didnt ask if pikachu would be good
that would be a dumb question
but it was still overshadowed then
Hands
Incineroar
Addition of Upper Hand
Rillaboom
Other stuff that gives more than the FO pressure
Cuz let's see here
Fighting
Intimidate, Technician, Steadfast (Hidden)
50/95/95/35/110/70
455
Oh it has Intimidate wtf
there is no reason to use it over incin genuinely
they dont do the same thing
Did not know that
But still what would you rather choose
Hitmontop or Incineroar
I mean yes they do
yes incin also does that
if anything double intim is gonna be really high in usage i think
Yeah Incineroar is support that can actually put out good damage
it does everything practically
hitmontop even if its out dps' incin that does not mean anything when incin can do great damage and do everything else well too
I just dont think wide guard is all that valuable ngl
"oh but it covers alot of moves" sure better use of that slot with more productive moves imo
Eeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhh
Maybe maybe not
I think Hitmontop would be there for a rea niche aspect
hitmontop could be used on a team probably pretty okayly
its very good move but bad distribution
but we asked if its outshined
Can it work? Sure. Will it be around a lot? Probably not.
which is a undisputed yes
imo its without a doubt gonna be good
tbh I think in reg e foward it will be lando, harc, incin
intim + fake out is extremely good
with hands and rilla getting some use as well
harc is only there because its dumb on hyper offense
Yeah
But when talking about if it'll be outshined or not
When Incineroar does same thing
lando incin will be part of alot of teams together
maybe
it will most likely be anti meta
maybe not
what does anti meta mean to you doyle?
Alot of people throw that around im not sure it means what they mean
I mean anti meta probably
Or niche role
But will it be around as much or more than Incineroar
Hell no
niche at best tbh
mons that are low in usage that have their own niche but will be able to do well under specific circumstances or good underexplored mons
isnt anti meta just stuff that goes well into the meta
what you said is just smogon's UU tier
it also gets mach punch
bruxish was antimeta because it countered alot of popular meta mons at the time
same with bramble
You stfu about Bruxish
and i think it has potential to be a damager with technician
I don't wanna hear a fucking WORD about Bruxish
That mf can die in a hole
suffer
i wanna use hisuian zoroark next format
I absolutely despised that team
I just kinda beat every bruxish I saw LMAO
I couldn't win a single match against that team
LMAO
pussylips mon😭
It was bullshit
skill issue
the mons on my list of interests is zoroark, hitmontop, entei, suicune, gapdos and other
Idk if you can say that here lmao
monke would you give her a smooch
suicune will also be very good likely
Could be worse
what pouty said is fine
With the Hello Kitty bat yes
LOL
just dont say that in generla chat you'll get modded lmao
i got modded for saying obvious joke
yes
by raid helpers
this is a pg-13 discord
what are you talking abt
I got modded for talking about toys not for children
I understand being sctric
Thankfully
I was in gen chat I was asking for it tbh
you should have known you would get modded for that
i said umbreon users r losers and i literally have 6 of them for raids
I mod the mini stuff here
and some rh was like ERM THATS NOT NICE
Imma mod you for looking handsome
Tofu SImp
monke look ping
Good thing this ain't Twitch
t3 sub monke
"WOWZA thanks for the 500 gifted monke"
Hey
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200k of them are in this channel
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51k in this channel
wtf you just joined 2 days ago
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