[[OU Discussion] Hydreigon]

I have mixed feelings about this. On one hand, Draco Meteor is incredibly strong and there are few switch-ins against it, but it also pressurises the increasing amount of defensive/stall teams we've seen in the tier which has made the tier incredibly boring (from what I've seen at least) and encourages people to play more offensively.

 

I feel we should keep it for now, especially since we're not sure what devs are planning to introduce for the anni/christmas updates. 

[The player with the most official tournaments is]

[[Rotation] Decisive Turns On The Battlefield! (Saturday, 2nd December)]

Incognition

[Is 11th Anniversary Event Near?]

4 hours ago, Doctor said:

How is it delayed if they didn’t give us a release date? Please stop making these useless threads every week, it’s getting pretty tiring already, let them do their thing and when something ACTUALLY happens then I’m sure we can have a conversation about it

Man why are you being so harsh, for some people this is the only thing going on in their life...

[[TCL III] Teams Champions League Season 3]

13 hours ago, Hasvik said:

VOW (0) VS (0) NORE

UT: Incognition vs Titinn (300k)

take

 

11 hours ago, drewq said:

20m VOW wins week vs NORE

 

accepting multiple takes (1 per person pls) void if tie ofc

 

edit capping this at 100m

takes:

Toxicz

Yaser

Carol

zStrafq

kiwi

 

CLOSED

@kiwi @Toxicz @Yaser @CarolML @zStrafq 

 

I'm not sure if arrangements were made with other middlemen but I can confirm I received a vanity from Drew for Kiwi - @kiwi please can you mail 20m when you can so the bet is accepted?

 

Update: I received 20m from Kiwi, I can confirm the bet is active @drewq @kiwi

 

 

@PoseidonWrath

 

Lava tied the week with BR so the 2m bet was void, however if you confirm you're happy with this I will confirm the 2m bet for Oa vs lava.

 

[December 2023-Movement Discussion]

2 hours ago, caioxlive13 said:

okay, fine.

Well, nothing to discuss about movements, all we have left is the Unbans done by the latest updates(Aka Draco Meteor Hydreigon), any update on that?

Stop derailing this discussion, if you have any generic comments just go to the OU Discussion section. Nobody has addressed Draco Meteor really being a concern from what I'm aware.

[December 2023-Movement Discussion]

Once again thank you @gbwead and TC for helping these movements become more stable

[Shiny Giveaway(Closing Date-1st December, 7PM UTC)]

I've had loads of good memories when being in all the teams I've been a part of, but like others have mentioned, my favourite in particular would be when I won Team Tournament & Team Of The Year with Optic in 2022.

 

First, it was because this was the team that brought me into the PvP scene in the game after putting it off for so long (which if I hadn't would've made me bored of the game much quicker). Second, I met so many amazing people there who I still keep in touch with and finally, it was because we accomplished what many thought was impossible considering the circumstances and made Optic a serious competitive force in 2022.

 

A huge part of helping to make that happen was thanks to @Onraider alongside many others - you're one of the most kindest, genuine people in the community right now and you've definitely reigned me in multiple times. Sorry to see you leave the game and I wish you the best for the future!

 

[UU Tier Discussion Request Thread]

On 11/1/2023 at 4:16 PM, GSTricks said:

What do u Guys think will Staraptor drop Back to uu anytime?

No way especially with Bronzong in OU.

[Sp. Wall (NU)]

Bronzor, Milotic, Slowking, Cryogonal, Audino, Lanturn and Miltank to name a few - out of that list I would say Bronzor + Audino + Slowking are the best depending on your playstyle.

 

AV Eelektross, AV Hitmontop/Hitmonchan - these three aren't walls but are pretty bulky and adds that bit more offensive pressure.

 

Regarding why NU isn't as active, devs introducing Randoms was a huge factor, but most people tend to play at the beginning/end of each season.

 

 

[Genuine question about this community (Economics)]

2 hours ago, Faka said:

he bought?

dump it

That isn't the point, for context I sold them when they were 6m+, I was talking about the community and their mindset in general.

 

1 hour ago, Darkoure said:

during the halloween event a few were put in GTL, they most likely hoarded them or bought vanities out, I guess.

After the event - they hope for a rise obviously at a certain point people wants to sell it for profit and the lowball fight starts until they hit their initial price or lower. 

And the players are scared to lose even more than they already did so they panic sell anyway.

 

but imo theres more events to come, rp and money is needed for the next vanities, it shouldnt have rised that high anyway.

gtl mafia to stronk 😞 xD

 

 

This was more of a response I was looking for.

[Genuine question about this community (Economics)]

Just now, Sunamie said:

offer and demand

But these items were high in demand at the time and in my opinion even though are more common look way nicer than the rabbit.

[Genuine question about this community (Economics)]

Hello there,

 

I wanted to bring up something that has brought my attention and always wondered but never understood the logics - and that's how the community in this game thinks economically so I would like to hear your thoughts.

 

This has happened with many vanity items, but the one that has interested me are the Pumpcat and Trick Kitty vanities. These originally cost 2,000 RP, which were around 4.8-5m at the time. These items were very popular, and shortly after the event had ended, increased in price. Now, only a few days later, the price for both have dropped significantly and below their initial 1,000 RP price which means everyone who is selling now is making a loss of profit.

 

So my question is when many players had a chance to grind extra cash during Halloween and/or other methods, why do they behave like this and are keen to lose profit? I understand the market is currently oversaturated with these items, which may cause panic among players, but other vanities like the Golden Dragon Mask haven't experienced this - the main example I can think of which is similar is the Golden Tiger Mask.

 

There's no true purpose to this topic, but I always found this mindset to be stupid, so please share your thoughts.

[[NU] PGS II's Warm-up #3 (Sunday, 12th November)]

13 minutes ago, PGS said:

The idea is the opposite. I schedule to host, to avoid someone taking the window, then host the tour to delay the event a bit. The idea is to delay the event to start on December/January, so i can in case of having no donations, farm myself the money for the tour. Also this works as sponsorship for the tour as well.

The warm-ups are 6 only. I decide to keep them from last year, reason above , but i doesn't consider them as qualifier because they're automated, and for this edition onwards qualifiers has to be livetours, can't be automated.
 

 

The tour's objective is to find which one is the best player from the Singles Formats. 

I will just end this conversation by stating some points for you to consider:

• People are going to be focusing on TCL and PCL, before PSL likely begins in the new year. Both competitions include UT as a format, and both have good prize pools which is a huge motivation for people participating as these events tend to take a good 2 months and lots of commitment
• If the 6 warm-ups include 6 for each tier, then I personally wouldn't bother. People will probably consider these as a smaller upgrade to Community Combats, and many just use those to test their teams since UU/NU ladder is usually dead
• If you want people to gain interest in the competition, you should realistically hope for a donation of at least 30-50m depending on how many winners and participants there will be
• Regarding the tour's objective, Luke is already hosting one for OU which has a lot of well established players

If you're willing to spend your time organising this that's fair enough, it's your choice, and I may participate if I have time, but if you're left scratching your head wondering why nobody cares about this competition, just consider the points above.

[Why no one is playing UU competitive games?]

The introduction of Randoms on ladder heavily reduced the number of UU/NU games you would be able to find, but currently it's the Halloween event and usually during Event Season (Halloween/Christmas/CNY/Anniversary) players focus on grinding the event and not playing ladder - even the number of OU games are significantly reduced.

 

The best times to generally find games in lower tiers are during the first few weeks of the new season (happens every 3 months) or the last month when people are grinding ELO to qualify for the UU/NU East and West Seasonal Crown Tournaments.

 

Otherwise, I would suggest playing in official tournaments and CCs that happen fairly frequently, or wait until the event is over where more people will likely play again.

[OU Tier Discussion Request Thread]

23 minutes ago, caioxlive13 said:

Let me remind you that those legendarys are limited and by so they aren't spammed because a lot of players doesn't have acess to them. Suicune is overpowered as f***, yup he was still below 7% usage on past months

They honestly aren't that expensive and players have the chance to grind with Halloween and upcoming events, there honestly isn't much excuse.

[[NU] PGS II's Warm-up #3 (Sunday, 12th November)]

30 minutes ago, PGS said:

The schedule is 6 tournaments, like last year. But no qualifiers automated this time.

So currently these are 'warm up' tournaments - how many of these are there going to be? Doesn't it make sense to just host these as 'qualifying' tournaments and then just begin the actual tournament as soon as possible?

 

It feels like this event is just dragging on and there's no actual 'purpose', whereas with the other tournaments players actually know what the aim of the tournament is (e.g. TCL is to see who has the best team, PCL is a gimmick event but also competitive, PSL is to identify the most experienced individuals etc...) - I don't see this with PGS/grand slam/whatever it is anymore.

[[NU] PGS II's Warm-up #3 (Sunday, 12th November)]

How many of these are there going to be?

[Halloween Event Design]

Having been around since the first Halloween Event, I noticed a few significant changes:

• Special Candies used to have a rare chance of being obtained when defeating the kids (before the mini-bosses were implemented) - there was a time when the prices for a special candy rose to 250k, but now they're currently too low/easy to obtain. I think there needs to be a middle-ground around this so that they're worth the effort and rewards (currently 10k as I speak)
• The boss fight becoming so predictable that strategies are easy to figure out, alongside the continuous nerfs by devs making the fight not only predictable, but even easier to complete (the easy mode boss can literally be completed in 3 minutes)
• The community is just generally really dumb economically - they complain about the rich players but enable them to get richer by stocking up on the bags due to their incredibly low prices (I've never seen the pumpking goodie bags this low, even in 2022 they dropped no lower than 40-45k)

I would propose the following:

• Making the special canidies harder to obtain but in a more creative way, finding a way for the prices to be worth around 50-100k instead of the incredibly high prices (e.g. 250k) or the current low prices we have now
• Implement more attractive and a wider variety of prizes in the bags - I know it's a risk but this year there are no attractive items, not even the Ghostly Lantern is desirable (especially compared to the Shadow Bone Club)
• Make the boss itself different or implement an additional boss fight for even greater rewards

Also, I feel this event has dragged on so long, I don't know why we needed almost 2 weeks for this when other games only had a Halloween event for a few days. The event is cool, but from a player and economic side of view, this year didn't seem like a success, and the same will follow with the CNY/Xmas events.

 

[The Official Multiverse Tournament Of Power 1Billion+ Prize Pool(Sunday, 5 November)]

55 minutes ago, VelociRaptorr said:

The tournament's schedule has changed to 06:00 AM California.
The entire tournament will be held on the same day.

Please can this be moved to a time like 3-4pm UTC, this is a good time for everyone involved.

[The Official Multiverse Tournament Of Power 1Billion+ Prize Pool(Sunday, 5 November)]

Looking for team, mainly prefer UU/NU.

 

Contact me here or on Discord if interested.

 

Found a team.

[Halloween 2023 Event - List of Goodie Bag items (IN PROGRESS)]

The Ghostly Lantern is confirmed as the Ultra Rare Event Item for 2023 - this can only be obtained by opening the Pumpking Goodie Bags (defeating the boss in hard mode). For reference, in 2022 the item was the Shadow Bone Club.

 

[Halloween 2023 Event - List of Goodie Bag items (IN PROGRESS)]

As title suggests - please post all the items and vanities you receive from the bags this year and I'll try to update the page as much as I can!

 

Regular Goodie Bag (Items):

 

 

 

Pumpking Goodie Bag (Items):

 

Pumpking Easy Mode (Prize):

 

Pumpking Hard Mode (Ultra Rare Event Item):

Ghostly Lantern

 

Vanities:

[🎃Halloween today?]

2 hours ago, HallifaxGrey said:

We dont care the TT !!! Just a few people want It because have a chance yo win It (or lose It mostly), but The other 95% of player still waiting Halloween for a long time, and new players too, so i Hope release Halloween event today for allá those who dont play competitive

We don't care about the Halloween event!!! Just a few people want it because they have too much free time to grind 10+ hours a day, but the other 95% of player like Team Tournament because it's one of the few official tournaments where the community can get together and play as a team so I hope they delay the event for those who play competitive 

[Johto, the end of an era and the beginning of a new one.... of course meme.]

3 hours ago, Seth said:

I really hope this doesn't come off as rude, but please do yourself the favor of validating your facts before sharing it with the community. I have seen a number of times where the development team had to correct your statements and it makes you untrustworthy. 

 

For example, if you ever see any interesting statements/comments by the development team or staff, you can take a screenshot and save it for future references and to validate in case you are uncertain before sharing with the community. It's difficult to remember everything and we can't always rely on our memory. 🙂

 

Have a nice day and weekend.

I think it's just a matter of fact that there are people who either take games way too seriously, have the urge to 'mini-mod' the community and/or impress higher members of staff. I've seen it happen here a lot of times and on many other games as well.

 

Probably pretty unrelated to what you've responded, but it's been a huge pet peeve for me when I see this stuff happen here, usually around event time.