AndrewHavsha

1m on meeeeee lost, paid Kanzo uwu

Yeah like i have all the time in this world to read every single post in this thread even more so care about yours

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-1322292124-rj3gsgpcqhkg1pv7vsjco2kj87elob5pw
 

Remove King's Rock, Quick Claw, and Sand Veil from competitive play. And any other RNG inducing ridiculousness you guys allowed to be used for whatever reason. There is no counter play to these items / abilities. It is not in the players hands, it is in RNG's hands. Extremely frustrating to lose when you have a max HP Magnezone to ensure Cloyster is manageable; and then some Kings Rock cloyster flinches it to death.. Same with one of the most popular pokemon (Garchomp) avoiding eq's / toxics / hp ices in sand and just dropping you like its nothing.
 
Not even gonna talk about the extremely slow Pokemon with quick claw which outspeed fast Pokemon / scarf users and annihilate them because they rely on that small % chance.
 
 
*My experiences are from OU since I am purely an OU player, but I know this affects lower tiers also.
 
 

gl scheduling with epicverde 

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Hey so here it is. If you have any questions ask your manager or check the general thread
Regular Season Round Robin: Bracket Pool A & Bracket Pool B
 
 
[HDLM] Sons of the Death (5) Vs [VVVV] Veni Vidi Vici Vixi  (5)
OU: DarkQuiler vs Senjutsuka
OU: JorgeFirebolt vs CHUCKunso
UU: InuYashaL vs Parke
UU: RealDevilLegend vs Aerun
NU: JasonSparrowX vs RAVAEL
NU: xJoseee vs Rynners
Dubs: AkaruKokuyo vs Imabeverybest
Dubs: Corazones vs Nuzlocked
LC: NagaHex vs OrangeManiac
SM-OU: Gondraa vs Spaintakula

[Live] Little Veterans (8) Vs [SIÂ] Sic Itur Ad Astra (2)
OU: Sicklonerr vs MadaraSixSix
OU: Cessy vs Lunarck
UU: zAnderson vs Mkns
UU: Wiriketchup vs gbwead
NU: Souu vs Kanicula
NU: Mansterix vs Tawla
Dubs: CrissCy vs enchanteur
Dubs: Chjul vs Nahwel
LC: awaLLz vs TheDH
SM-OU: RayUwU vs LLLiolae

[RmW] Red Mark Warriors (5) Vs [NORE] NoRematch (5)
OU: XxWhiteDemonXx vs pablobacas
OU: XGoldenFreezaX vs NikhilR
UU: ErosG vs UmbraMol
UU: Rigoox vs QuinnW
NU: Edwinssss vs xLuneth
NU: MoonTIK vs iMat
Dubs: LokilD vs DocPBC
Dubs: OliverAtomFC vs iJulianFNT
LC: Busso vs Lotus
SM-OU: vLucho vs tMoi
 
[Lo] Romantic (7) Vs [VGC] Vermillion Golden Champions (3)
 
OU: HedgeWitch vs abstractt
OU: heichicoda vs ZyzyD
UU: MullenYu vs Huargensy
UU: Babylo vs  urquidi
NU: sgerard vs AnGeLOrGuLloSo
NU: zhangyandada vs Cristi
Dubs: reliefgouai vs AngelosRed
Dubs: Bfu vs IKillua
LC: Queest vs YEYOxD
SM-OU: AaronZheng vs DeatHWa
 
[läva] läva (2) Vs [LØRÐ] The Lords Of The Hax (1)
 
OU: MeCyma vs DylanWoodz
Dubs: CLOPEN vs Santiii
LC: ChillaS vs KokenoCastro
 
 
 
Deadline Monday, 29th of March at 12 PM UTC
Don't forget to PM your opponent ASAP!
Remember to post your scheduled battle time in this thread at least 10 minutes before it starts.
All battles shall be played in Vermillion Channel 4 PC.

me vs spaint 10 mins
e: https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-gen7ou-1306118646-3pik5hrsjj4dcseyftcnpl4hm0of6ahpw

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-1306118646-3pik5hrsjj4dcseyftcnpl4hm0of6ahpw
 

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-1306118646-3pik5hrsjj4dcseyftcnpl4hm0of6ahpw
 

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-1306118646-3pik5hrsjj4dcseyftcnpl4hm0of6ahpw
 

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-1306118646-3pik5hrsjj4dcseyftcnpl4hm0of6ahpw
 

me vs spaint 10 mins
e: https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-gen7ou-1306118646-3pik5hrsjj4dcseyftcnpl4hm0of6ahpw

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-1306118646-3pik5hrsjj4dcseyftcnpl4hm0of6ahpw
 

havsha op

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-1306118646-3pik5hrsjj4dcseyftcnpl4hm0of6ahpw
 

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-1306118646-3pik5hrsjj4dcseyftcnpl4hm0of6ahpw
 

me vs spaint 10 mins
e: https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-gen7ou-1306118646-3pik5hrsjj4dcseyftcnpl4hm0of6ahpw

I won vs Aerun, GG
 

Me and Havsha sometime on sunday

500k on meeeeeeeeee

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I could just leave it at the title, but everyone knows posts aren't taken seriously until you reach at least 783 words. There are many complaints about how the TC has been functioning for the last couple of years. It has come to the point that events like the PSL consider taking tiering into their own hands. Apparently this hasn't been alarming enough for the TC, because we still don't see much action. Most of all the TC seems to be lacking passion, which you can see in the uninspired way the ban on Garchomp has been announced. When you make drastic decisions like bans, or suspect tests, there needs to be a good explanation of 'why' and what you'd hope to accomplish from the taken actions. Failing to do so shows a lack of respect to the competitive community.
 
The only member of the TC that we see frequently engaging with the community is gbwead and occasionally Bluebreath, this is not enough. TC members get a lot of negative attention, sure that's a fact, but that is part of the job. If criticism is the reason you do not share your points of view with the community then you should not be in the TC. Being part of the TC is a big responsibility, because you literally influence the enjoyment players get from playing this game competitively. It is not your day job, it is not your parttime job, but it has to be something you're passionate about.
 
But I don't want to be that hard on the TC, I simply think the TC is overwhelmed and that it is not fair for us to expect so much from a team so small. Yeah you already know where I'm going with this. The TC needs to adopt an overseeing council and a separate council for every tier. Because overseeing every tier (5 right now) is basically impossible when doing this as a hobby. No wonder that people burn out and that we see a lack of commitment, action and engagement. How are you supposed to be deeply knowledgeable about every tier without playing this game for multiple hours every day? To make matters worse, we have enough mons to justify a RU tier, but that would mean even more work from merely 5-6 players. Players that, besides their TC duties, hopefully also want to enjoy the game as well. 
 
But that's not all the changes we need, we need changes to tiering policies, like what the definition of Ubers are. Because they are outdated. We need to see more transparency in the monthly votes the TC does and we need to have strict activity requirements for TC members.
 
I'll summarize what I think the TC needs to function better.
 
- A separate council for every tier of 4 members. With an overseeing council of 3 members. The overseeing council members need to be very active within the community. Voting for a tier specific measure would require votes from the appropriate tier council and the overseeing council.
- Transparency about what is being voted on and how the votes are progressing. Votes can be kept anonymous but we have a right to know what is going on behind those sealed doors. Having a thread for this in the last week of every month could be sufficient for example.
- A rewriting of Uber definitions, or simply new guidelines on banable offenses.
- Frequent checks on the activity of council members. If you are in a tier council you should have at least 100 games played in that tier for that season. Checks can be made per season and these checks need to be publicly available. Overseeing council members need to have general knowledge of all the metagames, so having around 40 matches in every tier per season is a fair thing to ask for.
 
I hammer on transparency because it's such an important thing for any 'body of power'. How are we supposed to trust something that we don't know anything about? A lack of information just causes more friction and aggression between players and TC members, while we should have a common goal. Banning hydreigon To play a fun and balanced game. Anyway that's it, there is really not much more to say. Literally everyone knows and wants things to change, so I'm hoping we can get some discussion going on what those changes should be. Like I said, it's not the TCs fault that things are happening slowly, or not at all. We shouldn't blame them. In stead we should all point fingers to Munya and ask 'why is BurntZebra still in the council? he is bad'.
 
Thank you.
 
Hail Hydra, @Kyu

Take care of yourself bb

I’ll ban Ben for you bb