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| JAA: how I almost won | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 13 2006, 05:45 PM (775 Views) | |
| +Amazing Ampharos | May 13 2006, 05:45 PM Post #1 |
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Tangela
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My team: Groudon@salac berry Earthquake Rock Slide Fire Blast Swords Dance Jumpluff@brightpowder Aerial Ace Substitute Leech Seed Sleep Powder Mewtwo@petaya berry Psychic Ice Beam Thunderbolt Protect Ho-oh@leftovers Sacred Fire Shadow Ball Thunder Protect Metagross@lum berry Meteor Mash Shadow Ball Earthquake Agility Golduck@Quick Claw Surf Ice Beam Psychic Calm Mind Note which 2 Pokemon I never used. Well, I did pick Metagross first round, but he never came out. Ok, so after finally finishing training my team in the morning, I head out to the mall for the tour. When I get there the under 13 tournament is going on, and it's swarming with little kids. I mean absolutely swarming. I feel really out of place, but I manage to find out where the Celebi and top 20 download station is and get a Celebi for each gamepack(they limited it to 1 per gamepack, jerks). I did get a Modest and a Lax one, so I think I'm pretty lucky. I went the the top 20, stood in line for a half hour, and got a Charizard(I needed one), Latios, Latias, and Suicune. I then stood in another line to enter the tournament. Luckily I'm 18 as you have to sign a waiver to enter the tournament, and I had no parent present. Ok, there were 3 smogoners there, and I was there too. So that's 4 NBers. There was TJ, who was a cool guy who I hung around with for most of the tournament. He was with a friend, Derek, also a smogoner who was running a perish trap team. There was another guy, but he and I didn't talk much. Ok, as I waited for the first round, a guy went up on stage and asked a bunch of random trivia, most of it about the show. I managed to get a question about what the names of the wandering reporters in RS are and got it right for a free hat(Gabby and Ty FTW). Then first round, I played a guy much older than I was who had no ubers and a Hyper Beam Dragonite(he led with Misdreavus + Altaria with sweeping sets...). Groudon + Jumpluff decimated. Next round I played a cool guy much older than I was I'd been talking with before the tournament. He had a 5 uber team, and I was really worried. However, Jumpluff messed him up really badly, and he didn't use Kyogre, a big mistake. Groudon pretty much moped the floor with him. Next round I played a silly Quick Claw Kyogre. Quick Claw made his rain come before my sun that is. He did knock out pluff fast, but Ho-oh + Groudon was all I needed in the sun to sweep him. He didn't put up much of a fight. The round after that I played a boy younger than I who just crumbled under Groudon. Seriously, Groudon + Jumpluff was the absolutely right idea for me. Of course, the first Pokemon I slept that match had a Chesto, and the second had a lum. Comically, he wasted all his time going after Groudon who just tanked and swept while pluff finally made itself useful on the third sleep. Ok, now I was in the final four. I was really scared as I saw my enemy had a Kingdra, but it wasn't too bad because he didn't have Kyogre! He used a Houndoom too; it was really bad. I slept a Pokemon, he foolishly killed pluff, Groudon + Ho-oh killed him. Then the finals. TJ lost in the final 8, but Derek had won all of his matches up to that point. So it was me vs Derek in the finals. Wow, this is big. I already told Spanky about the match so I'll c+p our conversation: amazingampharos: 2nd place... amazingampharos: I could have won Sir Spanky: how was it? RagnarokXtreme signed off. Sir Spanky: oh man Sir Spanky: was the winner any good? amazingampharos: ok, here's what happened in the finals match amazingampharos: yeah, he was from smogon Sir Spanky: cool amazingampharos: ok, he leads with Ludicolo and Kyogre and I lead with Groudon and Jumpluff. We have rain. amazingampharos: by the way, he had been running a perish trap stunt the whole tourney so I was expecting that Sir Spanky: bg amazingampharos: no, it's not lost there amazingampharos: his Ludicolo fakes out Jumpluff while Groundon quakes both to around 55% and his Kyogre IBs Jumpluff for the kill amazingampharos: I then send out Ho-oh Sir Spanky: go on amazingampharos: His Ludicolo Hydro Pumps Groudon to death while Ho-oh uses Thunder knocking Kyogre down to 17 health, paralyzing it. Fully paralyzed. Sir Spanky: k amazingampharos: I send in Mewtwo for Groudon sakura-chilena signed on. sakura-chilena signed off. amazingampharos: he switches Kyogre for Rhydon while his Ludicolo OHKOs my Ho-oh with Hydro Pump and Mewtwo kills Ludicolo with Psychic amazingampharos: he sends in Latios amazingampharos: I IB Rhydon, killing it, while he uses Light Screen with Latios Sir Spanky: damn rain lol amazingampharos: so it's near dead Kyogre and Latios vs my lone Mewtwo Sir Spanky: ohkoing something with 154 base special d amazingampharos: Next turn I tbolt Kyogre, finishing it, while his Latios thunders me amazingampharos: to around 55% health amazingampharos: I then protect a turn to waste time on another thunder Sir Spanky: so what 100% to 55% amazingampharos: next I ice beam while he thunders me down to 29 HP, petaya activates Sir Spanky: oooh Sir Spanky: btw Sir Spanky: what does IB do? amazingampharos: My IB puts him at about 60% amazingampharos: I think Petaya IB will probably kill, and I also know his Light Screen is on the last turn amazingampharos: I could protect and let light screen run out amazingampharos: or I could IB and hope for a kill Sir Spanky: let me guess amazingampharos: protect runs the risk of him recovering which will kill me Sir Spanky: you IB and do 59& Sir Spanky: % amazingampharos: I go with IB, and he survives with a smidgen of health amazingampharos: thunder kills Sir Spanky: rofl Sir Spanky: BFG amazingampharos: also, that IB that brought him down to 60% froze Sir Spanky: btw how many matches did you win to get to the final? amazingampharos: and he auto-defrosted Sir Spanky: oh wait one turn desfrost? Sir Spanky: sigh amazingampharos: that was my 6th match Sir Spanky: congrats anyway amazingampharos: I did win a Gameboy Micro Sir Spanky: were some contendors a joke? amazingampharos: whatever that's worth Sir Spanky: cool amazingampharos: many were a joke Sir Spanky: lol Sir Spanky: HIAPER BAEM amazingampharos: my first opponent had no ubers amazingampharos: and did try to Hyper Beam me Sir Spanky: hehe amazingampharos: also, Josh didn't come Sir Spanky: shame Sir Spanky: an aa vs josh final would have been cool amazingampharos: I was so close... amazingampharos: So close amazingampharos: $500 Sir Spanky: wow amazingampharos: plane tickets for 2 to New York Sir Spanky: i didn't know it was that much amazingampharos: hotel paid for Sir Spanky: O.o amazingampharos: it was a BIG prize, and I nearly had it amazingampharos: I failed on the coinflip prediction amazingampharos: I knew I should have protected... amazingampharos: It was my first instinct amazingampharos: but I tried to outpredict his recover Sir Spanky: yeah amazingampharos: which he did have Sir Spanky: outpredicting sucks Sir Spanky: i do it too often ;_; Sir Spanky: sometime you think, i would have prefered to underpredict and play nubby than try and overpredictt So yeah, I did win a gameboy micro and a bunch of other junk(a treecko pillow, an emerald player's guide, and a skin for the gamecube that I'll never use). They took my Sapphire cart to verify for cheating(I didn't cheat, but I got into a funny argument with one of the employees that if someone did cheat they couldn't tell) and I should have it back eventually. Also, if Derek can't go, I get to go in his stead, but I think the $500 will be his unconditionally, and he's going to go. So yeah, it was an almost thing, I could have won if only I protected. I'm kinda sad about it, but yeah... I guess we lose to smogon today. |
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| +Sir Spanky | May 13 2006, 06:28 PM Post #2 |
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Less bananated than Shippou
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Exclusive pictorial footage - you've seen it here first folks!![]() Spanky |
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Neon Twilight: thats really gay Neon Twilight: so gay Neon Twilight: gayer than bbm and spanky sex gay | |
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| +Y2JosHBK | May 13 2006, 06:31 PM Post #3 |
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Bananated
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If it makes you feel any better, you can face me whenever you want
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| +Amazing Ampharos | May 13 2006, 06:36 PM Post #4 |
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Tangela
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That's a different JAA. I complained that there was no chair to sit on up there, and they didn't want us to stand so everyone else could see. Therefore, we got the bench and drug it up there so Derek and I could sit. |
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| ATHFfreak | May 13 2006, 06:39 PM Post #5 |
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I'm close to being banned!!
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drug = drag? Also congrats, did you get anything other than the micro? Haveing money for only the first place winner would suck huge ass |
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| +Sir Spanky | May 13 2006, 06:54 PM Post #6 |
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Less bananated than Shippou
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Oh lol. I searched on Pokemon.com for JAA and found one in Kansas city, which I presumd was yours today. Josh told me that the red circled person was you, so I guess I was half right... Spanky |
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Neon Twilight: thats really gay Neon Twilight: so gay Neon Twilight: gayer than bbm and spanky sex gay | |
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| +bearzly | May 13 2006, 07:48 PM Post #7 |
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Tangela
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Cool, good job AA. I guess like you he figured that recover would be useless in 2 v2. EDIT: maybe the Derek cheated and AA wins
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| +Bugsy23 | May 13 2006, 08:51 PM Post #8 |
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The Future
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gj noob. At least you've done something good for a change... |
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| +Amazing Ampharos | May 13 2006, 11:58 PM Post #9 |
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Tangela
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Actually, I thought about it, and I'll never forgive myself. The turn his Ludicolo used Hydro Pump, Ho-oh should have protected. I knew Ho-oh was going to die; I just forgot I had protect. That's the kind of stupid error that just shouldn't be made. That thing at the end was just another chance, but that move was a blatent chance to crush him that I threw away. |
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| Banzo803 | May 14 2006, 04:01 PM Post #10 |
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Tangela
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bad luck
Entertaining read though.
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| Soannoying | May 14 2006, 06:44 PM Post #11 |
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THEhammer
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I don't have the patience for JAA so thumbs to AA for second@\! |
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http://z3.invisionfree.com/CaptainsModdedS...dex.php?act=idx 8558584's tournament: http://z3.invisionfree.com/CaptainsModdedS...hp?showtopic=21 | |
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| DigitalCrash27 | May 14 2006, 06:50 PM Post #12 |
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AKA Hypnotist
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bleck, there was no way of knowing anyways... and in a few years... you'll probably have forgotten about it too. |
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| petrie911 | May 20 2006, 04:50 PM Post #13 |
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Politoed
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If he had a smidgen of health left when you attacked him, your attack must have done very nearly 33% to him. with LS down and petaya boost, you would have done triple damage. so you probably should have protected, as if you protect and he recovers, you can still OHKO (or you can't, but then you couldn't have OHKO'd by attacking instead of Protecting anyway). If he thunders, he dies. Protect just seems like it would have been a better idea. Still, hindsight is 20/20...good job, AA, on getting that far in the first place. |
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| Time/SpaceMage | May 28 2006, 09:48 PM Post #14 |
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Feebas
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Oh snap, I forgot all about that event =/ I would've liked to go, but I don't have any ubers trained. My Battle Frontier team is Lv50 But wow, I can understand you beating yourself up over that; I'd be the same way, though I definitely wouldn't let others see it in my face. |
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| +Amazing Ampharos | May 29 2006, 01:50 AM Post #15 |
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Tangela
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So hey, it's cool to see you around even if nothing ever came of an alleged SSBM tournament in April. I know I'd probably get killed, but I want to see how well my Ice Climbers would do in a competitive environment. Also, yeah, the fact that I completely screwed up twice that match makes me really mad. After paralyzing Kyogre, I should have decimated him... The fact that there was that overly IDIOTIC 30 second time limit didn't help either. I probably would have taken 2 minutes on that last move had I been given it. And then there was the fact that the whole crowd was cheering against me. Seriously, their bigotry toward Jumpluff confounds me. But yeah, it's nice to see you around even if there's a 95% chance you won't respond to this topic. |
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Entertaining read though.
3:45 AM Jul 11