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[Tiamant]

Damn I missed this!

Where can I watch the replay?

 

[tookhster]

This kid has been playing Pokemon for 3 years and just won a world championship. I've been playing since '98 and haven't gotten shit.

 

[Azuran]

the kid's like ten years old and he just lost a major tournament with 50,000+ people watching. Can you really blame him?

No, I was just surprised he held it on stage. If that was me, I would have surely broken down completely.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

This kid has been playing Pokemon for 3 years and just won a world championship. I've been playing since '98 and haven't gotten shit.

Step up yo game!

 

[Wanace]

This kid has been playing Pokemon for 3 years and just won a world championship. I've been playing since '98 and haven't gotten shit.

Haha me too! I've probably put 1000+ hours in since red/blue. I've got 300 hours in Y. Of course I'm employed again now so my dreams of being world champ are dead.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Watching some of this has gotten me interested in finally getting around to making a doubles team in X. Anyone know anywhere I can find more about good doubles strategies?

 

[shira]

Damn I missed this!

Where can I watch the replay?

http://www.twitch.tv/pokemon/b/559044053?t=6h35m22s

 

[BlackBuzzard]

For the love of god stop the horrible chiptunes already!

 

[Wanace]

Watching some of this has gotten me interested in finally getting around to making a doubles team in X. Anyone know anywhere I can find more about good doubles strategies?

You can look on sites like Nugget Bridge or Smogon.

If you want to look at a good Pokedex Serebii has the most up to date and useful site I find.

Find some Pokemon you like and train them. That's how I started before I got into trying to make a really competitive team.

 

[Victrix]

For the love of god stop the horrible chiptunes already!

I would like to know how it feels to be so wrong, can you describe it in 800 words or less

 

[Aaronrules380]

You can look on sites like Nugget Bridge or Smogon.

If you want to look at a good Pokedex Serebii has the most up to date and useful site I find.

Find some Pokemon you like and train them. That's how I started before I got into trying to make a really competitive team.

I know about Smogon and Serebii, but I feel like they focus way more on singles and that makes good doubles stuff hard to find

 

[PreyingShark]

Can't run a non-scarfed Salamence these days especially against Garchomp.

Poor London looks so dejected.

I thought it would at least have a Haban Berry.

I agree with backlot. Non-scarf Salamence needs Haban Berry to function properly in this meta IMO.

 

[theprodigy]

I know about Smogon and Serebii, but I feel like they focus way more on singles and that makes good doubles stuff hard to find

Nugget Bridge is probably the best place to go for VGC

(but it's not like singles knowledge doesn't transfer over, knowing about the game in general helps a lot)

 

[JoeM86]

I know about Smogon and Serebii, but I feel like they focus way more on singles and that makes good doubles stuff hard to find

On the contrary, we do not

 

[BlackBuzzard]

I would like to know how it feels to be so wrong, can you describe it in 800 words or less

What these chiptunes are horrible their are far better ones. Never said all ciptunes were bad.

 

[Aaronrules380]

Nugget Bridge is probably the best place to go for VGC

(but it's not like singles knowledge doesn't transfer over, knowing about the game in general helps a lot)

I'm sure. I've played a bit of singles, but a bunch of my pokemon on my singles team won't translate well to doubles (For instance I imagine stuff like scolipede that can be useful in singles wouldn't work well in doubles)

 

[MicH]

I just immersed myself into competetive doubles earlier this year and it was amazingly fun. I now like doubles much more than singles.

 

[TrickRoom]

well, at least the UK's in on seniors.

 

[backlot]

I agree with backlot. Non-scarf Salamence needs Haban Berry to function properly in this meta IMO.

Or maybe some Salamencite.

 

[Aaronrules380]

On the contrary, we do not

I was referring more to Smogon. Serebii just has less strategies in general since you do them in the pokemon of the week format, which means a lot of info is either not available quickly or outdated. I do love your site for the pokedex and news and such though

 

[Wanace]

I just immersed myself into competetive doubles earlier this year and it was amazingly fun. I now like doubles much more than singles.

Yep me too. I was always a singles battle guy before. I decided to go to nationals to compete for the first time ever so I needed to come up with a doubles team. Now I vastly prefer it.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Another source of VGC warstories I found was this site I imagine a lot of crossover with Nuggetbridge though.

 

[Pegosaurus]

i feel like there should be a pokemon team building thread where we can bounce ideas around

 

[theprodigy]

On the contrary, we do not

yeah, Serebii just has neither

*laughs*

Or maybe some Salamencite.

heh, hopefully

 

[Wanace]

i feel like there should be a pokemon team building thread where we can bounce ideas around

Come to gaming community and join the Pokemon x y thread. Although there's really not much battle discussion there. Mostly stories of event Pokemon for some reason.

 

[Pegosaurus]

Come to gaming community and join the Pokemon x y thread. Although there's really not much battle discussion there. Mostly stories of event Pokemon for some reason.

yeah I've been in there a few times. the people are cool but not much battle discussion.

I'm thinking more of a thread purely for competitive team building/play

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Too many plushies.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

lol that uk kid entrance wtf was that.

 

[TrickRoom]

woopahking!

Both of these names are silly.

 

[JoeM86]

yeah, Serebii just has neither

*laughs*

Living dangerously, my friend

I was referring more to Smogon. Serebii just has less strategies in general since you do them in the pokemon of the week format, which means a lot of info is either not available quickly or outdated. I do love your site for the pokedex and news and such though

Ah, well I am working on an initiative to improve competitive aspects on the site, so watch this space

 

[Wanace]

Living dangerously, my friend


Ah, well I am working on an initiative to improve competitive aspects on the site, so watch this space

Would make it a one stop spot for me.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Hall of fame entered 0 times. Makes me wonder if the US player has this file just for the silly trainer name and other misc things.

 

[Wanace]

What the heck is Mark thinking.

 

[PreyingShark]

Nugget Bridge is probably the best place to go for VGC

(but it's not like singles knowledge doesn't transfer over, knowing about the game in general helps a lot)

Nugget Bridge, Eggy Emporium, certain blogs are the places to go, yeah. NB's forums are a good resource for trading and online tourneys, but using forums for actual advice can get sketchy pretty quickly if you don't know who's legit and who's questionable. So on that front you're best off reading team reports and the like and going from there.

 

[PBalfredo]

Mark using that first match for scouting? That was very one-sided.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

dat final gambit

 

[Firemind]

I was referring more to Smogon. Serebii just has less strategies in general since you do them in the pokemon of the week format, which means a lot of info is either not available quickly or outdated. I do love your site for the pokedex and news and such though

Smogon now has Doubles tags in their strategy dex. The whole thing has improved a lot.

 

[TrickRoom]

Staraptor? Just for Final Gambit?

 

[backlot]

dat final gambit

Taking out Hydriegon was huge.

 

[PreyingShark]

Staraptor? Just for Final Gambit?

Yep, that's the whole reason it's even used.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

Mark is making all the wrong plays, ouch.

 

[BlackBuzzard]

gg.

 

[Wanace]

Game over.

Mark should've expected that trick room was a one use thing.

 

[Kyuur]

Dem quakes.

 

[Andrefpvs]

That cheeky brat, breaking his own Substitute ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

 

[Azuran]

Mark got dominated. Ouch

 

[TrickRoom]

CHEEKY

 

[backlot]

Game over.

Mark should've expected that trick room was a one use thing.

I think his biggest mistake was doubling up into protects. He just couldn't afford to do that.

 

[Wanace]

I think his biggest mistake was doubling up into protects. He just couldn't afford to do that.

Yep that's definitely a game loser.

Looking forward to pachirisu.

 

[HawthorneKitty]

This is a pen.