Pokemon X and Y tournament!

[Silversea]

I'm interpreting that as previous games, which is a non-issue currently.

As did I, but I wanted to check!

 

[Midoriya]

Yes, I believe traded Pokemon between X and Y games are okay to use.

 

[TheCreeperHugz]

Aw, I missed this

You can still sign up as a reserve, as I can almost guarantee at least one person will drop out...

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Yes, I believe traded Pokemon between X and Y games are okay to use.

Yeah, traded pokemon are fine, but not ones transfered from previous games.
Though that isn't a problem as transfering isn't possible yet.

 

[Midoriya]

~Bump~

Less than a month now until the tournament starts!

 

[Silversea]

It recently occurred to me, but what is to stop people from telling someone else what pokemon are on X player's team after a battle? I suppose it doesn't matter ultimately.

 

[KarlaKGB]

I thought all teams would be made public as soon as the deadline to submit teams passes. As you can't change your team, and team preview exists in battle, there's no need to keep your team secret. I suppose the only thing people could do is change moves, and there isn't really anything to prevent that short of posting movesets.

Also, why aren't mega evolutions allowed? I know they're powerful, but they're balanced to one per team...

 

[Colour Bandit]

I'm afraid I'm going to have to drop out of this tournament as I've got a huge media project coming up in November and I really need to focus on it Sorry.

 

[Midoriya]

I'm afraid I'm going to have to drop out of this tournament as I've got a huge media project coming up in November and I really need to focus on it Sorry.

That's okay.

Okay, Thecreeperhugz will put a back-up person in the slot.

EDIT: Mega evolved Pokemon would make the battles a little too crazy. People could have their whole team with the items, and wait to use their mega ring to switch to one and mega evolve it to avoid losing. It would be kind of chaotic.

 

[TheCreeperHugz]

I'm afraid I'm going to have to drop out of this tournament as I've got a huge media project coming up in November and I really need to focus on it Sorry.

It's fine, thanks for letting me know.

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It recently occurred to me, but what is to stop people from telling someone else what pokemon are on X player's team after a battle? I suppose it doesn't matter ultimately.

If some people submit their team early, others could change theirs to be able to take others out well before submitting theirs on the submission date. For example, someone could submit a team of all fire types, so if it was public someone else could add a water type to their own team before they submitted. So everyone must submit via a pm, and I'll add them to the thread once everyone has submitted.

 

[KarlaKGB]

EDIT: Mega evolved Pokemon would make the battles a little too crazy. People could have their whole team with the items, and wait to use their mega ring to switch to one and mega evolve it to avoid losing. It would be kind of chaotic.

You're completely wrong. If someone runs an entire team with mega stones, then they're wasting the item slots of 5/6 of their Pokemon. And a mega evolution is hardly an invincible Pokemon. They're not going to make or break a game. If this were the case then I would be seeing full teams of Pokemon holding mega stones on simulators, which isn't the case. Have you actually battled much online, or is this just pure theorycrafting speculation?

 

[Silversea]

Mega stones can make or break a game in the right situations...

But I agree that giving your whole team mega stones is a waste of item space.

 

[KarlaKGB]

So can other Pokemon given the opportunity. Yes they're strong, but you're limited to one per battle. Mega evolving is not going to automatically turn a lost game around. This idea that you can have a whole team holding mega stones that will make things "crazy" or imbalanced is unfounded. I challenge ACE to battle me with a full team of megas.

 

[Midoriya]

So can other Pokemon given the opportunity. Yes they're strong, but you're limited to one per battle. Mega evolving is not going to automatically turn a lost game around. This idea that you can have a whole team holding mega stones that will make things "crazy" or imbalanced is unfounded. I challenge ACE to battle me with a full team of megas.

I have battled online somewhat, and I already know nobody's dumb enough to waste all of their item slots with mega items. What might happen though is some people don't know about or don't use one mega Pokemon, and so someone else who does finishes them off. And no thanks to your battle, I don't accept competition just to see whose right. Tried that in the past and nothing good happens from it.

 

[KarlaKGB]

So your reason for not allowing mega evolutions is you're afraid some people might not know about them. Real sound logic there. We should ban Pokemon from holding items too in case some people don't know about that. At least for mega evos, the game throws it in your face as part of the storyline.

If you played more than one battle online you might have realised all of your theories are flat out wrong. A tournament shouldn't cater to the lowest denominator. I know this isn't an ultra serious tournament, but that doesn't mean it should patronise its players by assuming they don't know what megas are.

 

[Hamusuta]

ok no.

mega evolutions = ban.

items = no ban.

 

[Midoriya]

So your reason for not allowing mega evolutions is you're afraid some people might not know about them. Real sound logic there. We should ban Pokemon from holding items too in case some people don't know about that. At least for mega evos, the game throws it in your face as part of the storyline.

If you played more than one battle online you might have realised all of your theories are flat out wrong. A tournament shouldn't cater to the lowest denominator. I know this isn't an ultra serious tournament, but that doesn't mean it should patronise its players by assuming they don't know what megas are.

You can have your opinion, and I'll have mine. I'm not going to argue with you over it as it's unnecessary and childish. There's already been people on this forum that try to argue with me on purpose for silly things, and honestly, it's annoying. So I'll respect your opinion and not say anything else on the subject.

 

[KarlaKGB]

ok no.

mega evolutions = ban.

items = no ban.

All I want to know is why mega evolutions are banned. If there isn't even a reason, that's fine. But reasons like

Mega evolved Pokemon would make the battles a little too crazy. People could have their whole team with the items, and wait to use their mega ring to switch to one and mega evolve it to avoid losing. It would be kind of chaotic.

and

What might happen though is some people don't know about or don't use one mega Pokemon, and so someone else who does finishes them off.

are terrible terrible reasons that are nothing but conjecture and flawed theorycrafting.

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You can have your opinion, and I'll have mine. I'm not going to argue with you over it as it's unnecessary and childish. There's already been people on this forum that try to argue with me on purpose for silly things, and honestly, it's annoying. So I'll respect your opinion and not say anything else on the subject.

If you seriously think I'm targetting you on purpose, then you need to check your ego. You made a flawed argument and I'm calling you out on it. That's all.

 

[Midoriya]

All I want to know is why mega evolutions are banned. If there isn't even a reason, that's fine. But reasons like

and

are terrible terrible reasons that are nothing but conjecture and flawed theorycrafting.

If you really want a good reason, ask Thecreeperhugz. They're the one that put it into place. Then maybe you'll stop questioning things and just go with it.

 

[KarlaKGB]

If you really want a good reason, ask Thecreeperhugz. They're the one that put it into place. Then maybe you'll stop questioning things and just go with it.

Gee, I wonder why I posted my question in this thread. Could it be because I wanted to ask the tournament organiser? I didn't ask you but you decided to give a response that I thought was flawed.

I'm perfectly within my right to question things. A few things have been changed in this tournament due to input from myself and others. The original rules were made up before the game was even released, with incomplete information. Therefore when the wifi battle formats were known, it made sense to revise some of the rules with that information in mind.

 

[Silversea]

If mega stones don't make or break a game enough then why does it matter if they are allowed?