The Kanto Biregional Tournament: get your matchups here!

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The below matchups are final and will not be changed, unless one participant is in the wrong bracket due to an oversight. Participants will have 7 days to give us Round 1 winners, at which point we'll be posting the next round's matches. Each round will be randomized to provide some diversity.

Due to the large number of rounds — 6 for Elite — we will be shortening the amount of time players will have to give us their answers, so that the last few Elite rounds will be spaced 3 days apart. If you're afraid of missing a date, just check the calendar for more information!

In the case that one partner goes missing, the person who attempted contact will win by default. If extenuating circumstances come into play, such as a personal emergency requiring a hiatus (with due warning to the mods and the battle partner), we will flip a coin.

Update: players facing off against gym leaders can have a coin flipped (default) or choose to strategize, in which case they should use the post here.

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You can use this post to discuss your matches. If no consensus can be reached, the mods will flip a coin upon request.

Playing out the matches is highly encouraged, but optional! Here is an open log for all your battling needs! Bugsy, Whitney, Brock, Misty, Blaine, Surge and Blue will be competing in the tournament and will also be participating in the open log, under the account these_guys.

The prizes at the very end of the tournament will be one (1) fossil and one (1) reusable Unova TM, both chosen by the winners.

Without further ado, here are the matchups for round 1!

Junior Cup Winner

Saber cashcow

Standard Cup Winner

Ryo Akizuki gyaoon

Advanced Cup Winner

Riku islandshore

Elite Cup Round 5 Decision deadline: Nov 22 *Dates were pushed back by one (1) day
Solf J Kimblee explosivecombat Mamoswine ("Carlisle", LV100) Ninetales ("Dorian", LV100) Absol ("Ramsay", LV100)		vs		Saber autocratic Gyarados ("Praetor", LV100) Metagross ("Machina", LV100) Scizor ("Gladius", LV100)

Newest matchups will be listed on the screened post as soon as all the results have come in for that bracket, or on the deadline of the round (whichever comes first.) They will not be announced on the OOC community, because we don't want to spam.

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Comments

[autocratic]

Her Gyarados will stop and roar at the Absol. Ah, another leftoever from Metagross' fight... Still, she won't take him lightly! It'll do another Dragon Dance and quickly see what this Absol will try and do.

[explosivecombat]

He'll be starting out with Double Team, because evasion is always a good thing; following that, however, Thunderbolt, because Kimblee has discovered that Absols can learn damn near everything.

...and that Explosion from earlier is pretty much resulting in KIMBLEE IS OVERSTIMULATED for what may end up being the rest of the battle, for reference; the attack calls are very manic and...yep we have acheived crazylaughing, crazylaughing is go.

[autocratic]

Amongst Kimblee's laughing, Saber will arch a brow ("A spirited one, isn't he?") - although Saber might take his overstimulation as... perhaps something to exploit? - while her Gyarados Protects against that Thunderbolt.

Then she'll call out her Gyarados' name and her Gyarados will Roar out the Absol out of the round. Since the only remaining Pokemon he has is his Ninetales, once it comes out, Gyarados will summon a Whirlpool to surround it.

[explosivecombat]

That's fine - it'll prevent him from switching out, but at the same time, he doesn't necessarily need to if he can force a switch on her end; that Whirlpool is going to successfully annoy the hell out of him and it's going to need to be dealt with because Dorian is Not Happy Right Now, but at the same time, first things first - consider that Roar returned, Saber (albeit...decidedly less terrifyingly), let's see what else he's looking at.

...he's also going to yell something after that Roar regarding the beauty of the aesthetics, by the way. Feel flattered, he doesn't do that often.

[autocratic]

Ohhh, sorry, Ninetales. Gyarados is gonna Protect against that Roar and keep herself in the game. Then she'll pound an Aqua Tail on that Ninetales on top of the Whirlpool's small, but constant damage.

Saber's in Concentration mode right now, Kimblee. She only gets like this when she feels that the stakes are getting higher and higher... though she's no less excited.

[explosivecombat]

Actually, he appreciates the reminder that you're going to be obnoxious with that - he's going to want to get rid of that Protect, first by throwing out one of his own against Aqua Tail, and then by utilizing Imprison again and seeing where they're going from there.

Kimblee himself tends to preform a bit...bizarrely when the stakes are high; that's at least partially why the crazy is coming out. You should see him when actual war is happening. And apparently this was a common thing in prison, judging by how unfazed the guards were by this sort of behavior. So yeah. Expect commentary and some incredibly manic behavior; it's less intentionally being distracting and more...not sure what to do with the overstimulation so let's do this shit.

[autocratic]

Since he's also going to be annoying with that Imprison, Gyarados is gonna use Mimic and Imprison right back at Ninetales, which will Imprison both of them from using Protect and Roar. She'll do a final Dragon Dance after that and once again aim an Aqua Tail at Ninetales.

[explosivecombat]

WELL, SHIT, SON

[explosivecombat]

Well-played, however. Rest + Chesto Berry is going to be utilized once during that Dragon Dance, just because if he wants to have any prayer at all of surviving that it's to have to be at full health. He has nothing super-effective against this thing, but at the very least he is...going to cement this as just as much a battle of sheer obnoxiousness as anything else by firing off Confuse Ray, of all things.

...and it seems he's going to go down trying to annoy her, as next attack's going to end him, and Kimblee has nothing but the Absol again after that.

[autocratic]

Kimblee's going to, at least, be treated to a Gyarados flailing for a moment as she's confused? It's unfortunate Saber didn't go with a berry that would counter that confusion, but! It might still be dangerous as they like to move around wildly at that as Gyarados' carefully cultivated iron will (Saber is strict, okay) will try to randomly break through this confusion... though, at one point, it will randomly use an Aqua Tail again on that Ninetales.

brb Absol, Gyarados is just gonna flail a bit until it snaps out of its confusion.

[explosivecombat]

Well! He'll take the opportunity to Double Team a bit to bring up his evasion (again, thank you Roar) followed by another Thunderbolt now that Protect is disabled. You...flail the good flail over there, Gyarados.

[autocratic]

Whether by some odd luck (maybe Arceus is getting its kicks from them both) that Thunderbolt will miss... on account of Gyarados slamming into the ground and rolling on its side. Thanks for the bit of unpredictability, Ninetales!

Saber is just gonna huff because that is so undignified (even if it temporarily saved her Gyarados' life).

[explosivecombat]

Wh...

...oh god, really. Ramsay, just...okay, we're going to Double-Team a second time while we're here and then let's...try that again, shall we...

[autocratic]

This time it hits!

... though, uh, since Gyarados used another berry in a previous match, Saber had the foresight to equip a Wacan Berry onto Gyarados to weaken the damage of Electric types from her. The attack jolts (/is shot) Gyarados out of the confusion, and retaliates with an Aqua Tail.

[explosivecombat]

...I actually asked the mods about the attack-dampening berries for another match and was told that they're unacceptable for the tournament; we're only allowed the ones that cure status ailments, as well as HP/PP-recovery ones.

[autocratic]

Huh, that's... news to me, indeed. Okay, after a few damage calculations from a third neutral party (just to double check), Gyarados would be severely wounded and landed in the critical state. Seeing as she's not gonna last another attack, Praetor will perform a Rain Dance before summoning a last hurrah by using Surf.

[explosivecombat]

Yeah, it was news to me as well, but I asked Sunny, who double-checked with Mei, because this is something Kimblee would have looked into as well; that was the answer I got, and there was kind of a lot of headtilting and "...okay then", but yeah. A...pparently not.

However, that said...at this point he's aware that it's cheap, but there's going to be more spamming of Protect followed by another shock from on high. (...onto a ridiculously soaked battlefield because WHY NOT, THIS IS POKEMON AND THEREFORE A GOOD IDEA, but.)

[autocratic]

Thanks for the heads up, at least! It would've been nice to know from the get go, but... I can understand the confusion a bit, considering other tournametns (at least in the games) don't seem to mind 'em much.

Since Ninetales has been done away, their Imprison goes out with them. Gyarados will use Protect to save herself from the Thunderbolt before firing a Thunder Wave at his Absol.

[explosivecombat]

...neither of them are seeming too willing to hedge any on this, good lord, but that Thunder Wave will be met with Protect, followed by another Double Team; he's going to be attempting to get a Night Slash in after that's dealt with, to at least get STAB in on it, though there's obviously no guarantee of connection there.

[autocratic]

It'll be Protected against, yes. But Gyarados had to deal with this sort of stalemate before and knows it could turn out bad in the long run. Well! Praetor will forego defense and use Toxic and Thunder Wave to have something land on that Absol.

[explosivecombat]

Well, Kimblee actually got...half a clue from Archer, who at one point has mentioned that just about everyone has managed to inflict some sort of horrific status ailment on that Absol at one point or another, to the point where both of them are starting to think the Super Luck ability is just being ironic at this point. He's been introduced to the general glory that are Lum Berries, and he'll be using that to deal with the effects of Toxic; he'll be firing off another Thunderbolt before...promptly...getting...hit in the face with Thunder Wave yeahno seriously, that ability is just being ironic by now.

[autocratic]

Maybe it's actually called Lancer Luck in disguise!

Down goes Praetor, and up comes Gladius the Scizor who... hasn't seen much action, come to think of it, so he'll be ready. It'll notice the downpour of rain and the fact that the Absol is inflicted with paralysis before going on the move. He'll Swords Dance upon arrival then use X-Scissor for its good accuracy.

[explosivecombat]

Honestly, that'd be the most accurate name for this thing at this point...

Well, given that the Absol now has slightly more speed than a person in a coma, it's in Kimblee's best interests to keep the Scizor in close as opposed to doing anything that will require dodging from a distance - there's also next to no point in continuing to put up a defensive front, given that there's a chance that'll fail on him so at least going down swinging will be mildly less embarrassing than "I attempted to Protect and failed hard."

He's assuming Saber remembers the attempts at giving the Metagross a face full of fire from the beginning of the battle; similar tactics are being employed here - waiting until it gets close, then Flamethrower to the face. He'd try for something with higher attack power than that, but he's preferring the accuracy be...not lowered here for poor damn Captain E-Rank here.

[autocratic]

Indeed, she does remember. She'll call out Scizor's name once and he'll stop in his charge to put up a Protect against that Flamethrower (really, thank you, Archer). Her Scizor was hoping the Thunder Wave would give that Absol a bad shake, but... hmm. He'll use a Double Team after then go for a familiar Bullet Punch to be backed up with STAB, Technician, and the Swords Dance.

[explosivecombat]

You have yet to see how these people train, Saber - sheer force of will is an amazing thing and something that they...uh...encourage, let's say it's encouragement, it sounds nicer that way...

That said, however, the level of Very Screwed on this Absol is kind of ridic, given the fact that it has no means by which to recover HP and it did take a Bullet Punch from the Metagross before this (albeit from before all the stat-boosting, but still). What with all that's being put in by the Scizor, the paralysis, the fact that the Absol was already damaged and the fact that Absols are kind of glass cannons to begin with, it certainly seems that a winner is, in fact, you. Well done.