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Well back on an older site i was gym leader before coming here with shadow and freezewarp, (Lol i was the only gym leader) but i was the dark-type gym so maybe i can do that type again or be a ghost-type gym. (most of my favs there either dark or ghost types)
Plus since X&Y have been out, i have been active alot more than i was in the past. Last edited by kakashidragon; October 26, 2013 at 07:52:10 PM. |
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot that last part. It's obvious that I'd devote a lot of time to it, since I'm here like every single day. The only problem would be going off to college... I'm not sure if I'd still have Wi-Fi. I'll start looking for hotspots that support the 3DS.
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If you're bringing a laptop, I recommend picking up a USB Wi-Fi adapter for your laptop. I can provide a tutorial on how to bridge it with your laptop's internal Wi-Fi adapter if you go this route.
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I am very interested in being a Fairy-type gym leader, but time will tell if I can train enough pokémon before then to adapt to not only specializing in a new type, but readying many counters for Poisons and Steels and such, especially considering I'm being more casual in my XY playthrough (as in not playing it eight hours a day like I did with Gen V).
Will MegaEvolutions be allowed? They seem rather strong to me still. Last edited by Tarellethiel; October 27, 2013 at 07:02:34 AM. |
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I'm back in the United States, I have reliable Internet, and I am getting back into competitive Pokemon. As such I would be interested in re-applying for a Flying-type Gym, which hopefully should work out fine due to the bizarre lack of interest for the greatest type of all. Due to the whole college thing I would probably do the bulk of my battles on weekends, but weekday battles would likely happen.
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Given that my last VRGL team was actually my first team ever, and I've had so much more time to test the waters about it, I think I can come back (with a slightly less single-minded team) to reclaim the Steel-type position.
As for time, I feel I can manage my life much better and be able to free up a bunch of time, so weekday battles may be able to work better now (since weekends were always surefire). |
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Sounds like fun. I imagine I'll have the time, as I have few social obligations other than school and family things. I think I would want to do Dark, dragon, ghost, or maybe I'd give Fairy a shot. I'm definitely up for the challenge. I would love to learn more about competitive battling and breeding and the wonder that is the Pokemon meta game.
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I'm going to tentatively request a Ground type gym. I'm capable of Singles should that be the set-in-stone ruling for all gym battles, but if I have a choice, I'd like to set my gym to go by VGC-esque style rules. Not completely conforming (like no item-clause, I'm ok with duplicate items), but mainly the whole Show 6, choose 4 way of battling.
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Hm, I think I can allow variant gyms by approval. For yours, 3 of the 4 would need to be the requisite type (Ground).
The default format will be 6-vs-6, and the gym leader must have 4 Pokémon that have the gym's type. Mega Pokémon will be allowed on a case-by-case basis. One detail, though: if one of your Pokémon only meets your type as a Mega Evolution (and without it the team would not meet the type requirement of 4 Pokémon), that Pokémon must Mega Evolve immediately when given the chance and no other Pokémon may have a Mega Stone. For instance, if you're running a Dragon gym and opt to have Mega Charizard X as one (plus three other Dragon Pokémon), it must Mega Evolve on its first turn out. Last edited by Cat333Pokémon; October 29, 2013 at 10:31:43 PM. |
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Anyway, we've got quite a few leaders so far, but we probably are only going to allow eight main spots with several auxiliaries. We'll probably have some sort of tournament to determine which eight deserve the spots...or the folks who know they won't be active enough can just take backup instead. Last edited by Cat333Pokémon; October 29, 2013 at 11:30:30 PM. |
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I'm so excited for this to come back. It would definitely spark a lot of my interest back into the forums, plus make me a hell lot more active as well. I think I'd try out for Ghost if RotomGuy doesn't beat me to it this time. Ghost is definitely a lot more useful this time around, now that Ghost does normal damage on steel. Plus, Aegisashes are so ridiculously good.
Question: Are we going to stick to the current leaders? Or have a re-election of them? EDIT: It's a possibility of me trying out for the fighting gym, because HAWLUCHA<3333333333 Last edited by PHANTOMxTRAINER; October 30, 2013 at 01:40:59 PM. |
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Oh, I should probably bring this up. There will likely not be an Elite 4 in this league. It's a cool idea, but I don't think it'd be necessary to have at first.
Besides, an Elite 4 could be implemented at any time if enough people participate. ;P |
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I kinda like this idea, but I would support a kind of modification from the site's typical tournaments. Single-elimination may be a bit too harsh as a way of ruling out potential Gym Leaders, as battles can be won and lost over something as fickle as a missed Air Slash. Perhaps everyone in the tourney could be randomly assigned to 5 other battlers, and those with the most wins get Gym spots? Just a little brainstorming, since measuring battling capabilities is not easiest.
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I was thinking of some kind of point system. Everyone has to battle every other participant (or maybe just the ones in the same division) and earns points based on how the battle ended. Of course, there are a few major problems with this whole idea.
First off, the Fire gym leader has a good chance of sweeping the Grass gym leader, but Fighting gym leader probably has it tough against the Psychic gym leader. Therein is the problem: due to the representation of types, the teams may have inherent weaknesses that make such a tournament useless at determining eligibility. Second, a player could easily lose due to a fluke or string of bad luck. Losing due to paralysis kicking in more than the statistical average certainly can't be seen as the same as losing due to poor move selections on your Pokémon (such as a Charizard boasting Fire Blast, Fire Spin, Overheat, and Flamethrower). The arbiter will still need to analyze teams so they're up to snuff before inducting anyone into the Victory Road Gym League. Edit: Team requirements would likely ban all Über-tier Pokémon and follow most other Smogon guidelines for Overused. I'd like for teams to have at least four Pokémon that share the representative type, but that could lead to the aforementioned sweeping problem. Any less than two would probably lead to an undistinguishable type. Hm, maybe the gym leader would have to use his type as the most representative (i.e. no other type can have more or the same number of representatives than the gym type)? Last edited by Cat333Pokémon; December 2, 2013 at 10:56:29 AM. |
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If that doesn't work, perhaps the point system you brought up could be adjusted to account for type match-ups. For example, if a Fire team beat an Ice team, the winner may receive fewer points than if they had beat a Water team. Obviously this could get pretty complicated and possibly unbalanced (a Rock trainer could score lots of points if she were to beat a Water, Grass, Steel, and Ground team while a Dragon trainer can only win big by beating a Fairy or Ice team), but it may be worth looking into. One would also need concrete methods of awarding points, which could prove troublesome. Though awarding more points to trainers who lose fewer Pokemon seems like a good idea initially, it ruins teams who use certain strategies, like suicide leads or Memento, Explosion, or Healing Wish users. So yeah, a little complicated to determine a good method, but brainstorming never hurts. |
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I think having 3 pokemon of your gym type sounds better. We had this before i think back in 4th gen times (or was 5th gen?) Cause i was thinking of a team idea for a gym team using 4 mons of your type, and i couldnt really think of good coverage to deal with the types that would win. But with 2-3 it makes it better to get good coverage in for your team.
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If we're doing a tournament to decide things, then a round-robin style one would probably be most accurate and fair, though type advantages are always going to be a factor.
As for teams, if a gyms going to be representing a type, personally I can't really see that if they don't have 4 Pokemon of that type present, otherwise that's kinda pushing it. Having 2 'mons that aren't that type to keep competitive and not blown over so easily seems quite reasonable to me, though. |
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This post will, unfortunately, serve as my resignation from the League.
I've had fun being a Leader, and would very much love to mold an even better team (though granted, I personally think the first Gym should be at least a little easy ), but I will sadly be very busy this coming New Year.* At some point, I should be able to mingle around a little more and become a Challenger; but I will not be able to devote enough time (that I deem ample) to try for a new Leader position. I hope you guys have lots of fun setting up/conducting the "once again new" League. ^-^ *By busy, I literally mean busy: College (finally), Work (including a Council there), Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Planning Committee, Moving in July, Family, other personal needs/wants, etc. ^^' |
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I might as well announce this now so I can give people enough time to plan. Sign-Ups for the VRGL will open up this Saturday/Sunday. (depends when I get home)
Also, be sure to look out for a Gen 6 OU tournament coming out at around Christmas. |
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