Le Scraf's Mini Fight

Question

Can you channel your little fight and win? With only 2 OU Pokemon allowed, you'll have to go in the likes of UU, RU and even NU. Since these Pokemon are so small, you might have to use NFE Pokemon. No matter the case, best of luck :D

Rules

• Each Pokemon must be either under 2'4" (.7 m) tall or weigh less than 50 pounds (22.6 kg). (Scraf must be a filthy American for not using the obviously superior meters and kilograms) Height and weight will be determined based on Pokedex entries.
• NO Ubers Pokemon allowed
• Only two OU Pokemon allowed
• Showdown! OU format

For reference, the top 12 most viable Pokemon (according to this list) that fit the requirements are Toxapex, Amoonguss, heat Rotom, Ditto, Reuniclus, Hatterene, Hawlucha, Torkoal, Jirachi, Galarian Weezing, Mew, and wash Rotom. (I might have missed a few)

Signups (now closed)

Please read the tournament guidelines before signing up. Signups should be an answer that includes your Showdown! username, time zone, and available times. It should look something like this:

sumwun
GMT-13
6.00 pm till late on weekdays, waking hours on weekends

Signup deadline is October 2.

Want to suggest your own idea for a tournament or vote on other ideas? You can do that in this thread.

Comments

So I'm guessing a Pokemon's height and weight need to be less than or equal to those values, not just less than (since you listed Excadrill who is exactly 2'4'').
Also, Azumarill does not meet the height and weight requirements to be legal for this tournament.

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For those who care, 2’4’’ is 0.7 meters, and 50 pounds is 22.6 kilos. Showdown!s dt function uses meters and kilos, so I’m helpful, right?

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Okay I removed Excadrill and Azumarill.

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So, does the Pokemon have to meet both requirements, or can it just meet one of the requirements?

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"Each Pokemon must be either under 2'4" tall **or** weigh less than 50 pounds."
just have to meet one of the requirements

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Does UUBL count as OU?

Oh and does Light Metal count?

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I think I'll answer "no" to both of those questions unless a bunch of people want to count UUBL as OU or consider light metal.

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Gen 8 ou or NatDex ou?

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It's gen 8 OU unless a bunch of people want to do something else.

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Is it one match, or best two of three?

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It's best of 1 unless a bunch of people want best of 3.

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i would like bo3

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also think it should be best of 3

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I would like best of 3 as well.

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Bo3 for me as well.

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No to best of three. The main draw of doing best of three is that if you bring a team that has an awful match-up against your opponent, you will get a second chance to potentially get a better match-up in the next game. The problem with that here is that the pool of even just half-decent pokemon that are available to use is really limited. It would be near impossible to have a different team for every match in the tournament after a few rounds. That is, unless you were forced to use the same team for each game in the best of three like in the last tournament. Again, that kind of defeats the whole purpose of best of threes to me, but if it's what others want then by all means.

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No thanks to bo3

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So Exadrill is allowed?

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No, because it's 2'4" and the requirements are under 2'4".

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no, neither is any pokemon that exactly meets the requirements (from my understanding of the rules), you have to use pokemon **under** 2'4 or pokemon that weigh less than 50 pounds

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When will the tournament start?

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hopefully less than 15 minutes after the signup deadline

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Jirachi is in UUBL and can be used with two officially OU Pokémon? Is 60% flinch chance not as broken as I think it is?

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Jirachi moved into OU today. I think it's fine there.

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when does it start? Today is the 2nd

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Signups end at the end of the day, typically. The tour will likely start tomorrow. :P

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oh ok. thanks

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The first two battles are showing three players, what does that mean?

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Those work like the wild card in American Football. The two players in parentheses () fight and then the winner fights the third first round. This is done because the amount of people who signed up isn’t a power of two. :P

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So is it best of three or not?

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@Staka 18 = 2 ^ somewhere around 4.17, so 18 technically is a power of 2.
@Blade no

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I got wrecked: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1197810763

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I would not call it wrecked.  I should try Hawlucha.

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Both of your teams probably could have been 6-0'd by a haze Toxapex and maybe 1 or 2 teammates. Y'all need to learn how to properly check a Toxapex. Also why are you using a Klefki instead of a better Pokemon like Celebi (not that it would have helped in that battle)?

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You are definitely right about needing a counter to Haze Toxapex and probably just Toxapex in general if Rotom-H faints.  Maybe Reuniclus?   I choose Klefki because I thought that Prankster Thunder Wave and Spikes could provide valuable assistance.  The main reason I choose Klefki was because I would have 3 Pokémon weak to Ghost.  Maybe I am wrong though.

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That’s so depressing I was gonna use exadrill and alolan raichu in electric terrain.

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Wait.... KRLW went forwards and I got disqualified? I didn’t do anything to mean I get disqualified that KRLW didn’t?

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It was a coinflip. You were just less lucky than him/her/them/it.

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I have awful luck ;-;

Answer 1

Congratulations to Codeine Kiss for winning Le Scraf's Mini Fight!

I'm legally required to say that signups to host the next tournament are now open, and that instructions for signing up and hosting are in this question. However, the person who posted the next tournament's idea is still very active on this website, so he/she/they/it will almost certainly host his/her/their/its own tournament.

Answer 2

First round

(PorygonZangoose vs Staka~) vs ProfDelldell
(melcakes vs ~MegaCharizardY~) vs KirbyKing
Gekky vs Jofly
DarkVoid_Z vs Codeine Kiss
Jhnfui vs Mega-Blade X
t0mbst0n3JACK vs snom
KRLW890 vs Rayquaza2753
KitKåtKK2 vs NebbyY

Battles are due before October 10, and extensions will happen only if both players are actively trying to schedule a battle. Please remember to send all replays to me (preferably by commenting on this answer, unless you really want to keep them private).

Edit: Make sure replays are working before battling on the Pokemon DB server. Use a different server if ours is still broken.

Comments

You are very wrong to assume that he is the only one who is against this. The problem is that it shouldn't be an option at all. You argue that it is fair since everyone has the option to hide their replays, but I must ask, what would be the point of a tournament where every single replay was hidden? It is a given that nobody would want to share their teams so that they can use the same sets each round, yet thankfully most people are choosing not to hide their replays. It's almost as if part of the point of a tournament is to have your battles available to watch by other people.

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The point of a tournament is battling your opponents? There are some Smogon tournaments where everyone hides replays until the last 2 or 3 rounds, and I've never seen anyone complain about that.
Either way, this comment thread is probably not the best place for an argument. You should probably post a separate thread for this after the tournament is over.
Also KRLW890 advances because of a coinflip. https://drive.google.com/file/d/13eevwOZx1YfcvAIhxMtgiQ19r2d-tgjr/view?usp=sharing

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https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1200811014

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i agree, sharing replays should be standard.
"The stuff in this post is not finalized. Please tell me if you think anything should be changed."
from what you said on the guidelines thread

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Whatever let's keep it for this tourney, then I guess let players vote about it for the next one. I'll post the replay to all my battles though.

Answer 3

melcakes
EST
weekdays after 6, typically all day weekends

Answer 4

VoltBolt55 / ifimdeadtoyou... (I may use either, but probably VoltBolt55)

UTC-6 (...according to Google) or Mountain Daylight Time if it helps.

Hm, I don't really know. School's in session so probably after 1:15 on weekdays. Send me a wall post and I'll most likely reply in around 15 minutes if I'm available.

Glhf everyone :)

Oh and #FilthyAmericanGang

Comments

filthy americans are the best americans :)))))

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Yee :)

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#filthyamericangang

Answer 5

Trippy Soup
EDT

I’m available from 1:00 PM to 9:00 PM weekdays and varying times on the weekends. :P

Answer 6

Second Round

KRLW890 vs Jofly
Jhnfui vs KitKåtKK2
Codeine Kiss vs KirbyKing
snom vs (Staka~ vs ProfDelldell)

The deadline is before 10/20.

Comments

https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1200811014 hah this godspeed is a fricking loser

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Lost vs Dell: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1201198233 :P

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Won vs Jofly: https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1204265013

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About half of you still haven't battled, so I'm extending the deadline from before 10/17 to before 10/20.

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We kind of forgotten that the server is broken so we had to record it down, but it was terribly played by me and Snom won, https://imgur.com/a/dFmeQY6?s=wa

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Ok.  Thank you.

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Won vs. KK.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1205894600

Answer 7

Third round

Jhnfui vs KRLW890
Codeine Kiss vs snom

Deadline is before October 31.

Update: Crown Tundra released after this round started, so you're not allowed to use any of the new stuff in this round.

Comments

One of my narrowest battles ever. gg https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1207604240

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got destroyed, gg
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8ou-1210152729

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from what you said, it makes it sound like we would be allowed to use the new stuff in the next round. correct?

Answer 8

Showdown! Username: Please see “answered by” at the bottom of this answer. Pretend that the special character in my name is a regular a.
Timezone: MDT
Available times: since school is back in session I will be available 4:00 pm until 7:30 pm on weekdays, and 11:00 am till 8:00 pm on weekends. My time.

Comments

UUBL shouldn’t count, nor should light metal be included. Just my two cents. (Mostly cause I’m using a uubl mon and an ou mon and want another ou mon

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#imnotamerican

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Are you able to battle today?  If not, which is totally fine, what day works for you?

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Hey, battles are due today, are you able to battle before 5 today.  If you can't, we'll have to request an extension.

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Hey, battles are due today due to the extension.  I am able to battle from now to about 5.  Thanks.

Answer 9

Sure, I'll join. How I'll feel against whoever I play.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WNGCV8iij9A

Showdown! Username: Jhnfui
(Is this still On Smogon's Showdown! Server?)
GMT -4 (EST)
6-8 PM on weekdays, except for Thursday. Same time On weekends, but I can do 9-12 AM.
Comment on my answer when you want to battle. I will respond as soon as I can.

Comments

When can you battle? I've specifically freed myself up to binge Crown Tundra raids tomorrow, and I can fit a battle in at just about any time.

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I can't battle today, sorry.  I can hopefully battle tomorrow from probably 7 to 8, maybe earlier.  Want to plan around 7:30 EST if it works for you?

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That'll work for me.

Answer 10

time to win

NebbyY
EST
varies, give me a time and I'll see if I can make it work

Answer 11

SD username: KRLW890
Time zone: American central
Available mostly in the early afternoons (1-4 PM my time), or all day on weekends. Could also make other times, but my schedule fluctuates often.

Comments

Are you able to battle now until like 8 EST.  I am available until then.

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Yes, I'm on the Showdown server right now.

Answer 12

ZenDaruma
CDT
give me a time and i'll see if it works out :)

Comments

Hey snom! So today @7pm I can battle. Let me know if that works for you.

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What time should we meet up?

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when fight

Answer 13

I'll play, why not?

XScipio / Cosmicog
EST
Almost never on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, generally only at 2 or so. I'm more available the rest of the week, so shoot me a wall post whenever on those days.

Good luck to all!

Answer 14

Showdown! alt: garbagator
Timezone: CDT
Times I am available: I will be available after 5pm until 7:30pm and then from 9pm to 12am on every day except Wednesdays (where I am only available from 9pm to midnight), Sundays (when I will be n/a all day) and Saturdays (when I am available any time).

This is another fun tournament idea. Hopefully I do better this time. :p

EDIT: never mind, melcakes signed up, I’m doomed XD

Comments

you're not online. Can you tell me when you're absolutely sure you we can battle (on monday or any other day)?
Give me a time and I'll let you know if I'll be there or not. If i'm there, I'll be on the db showdown server

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You now have the choice to disqualify snom and get back into this tournament. Read the selected answer for the specific details. Do you want to get back in?

Answer 15

Guess I'll join

Showdown name: Zangoose373
Time zone: EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)
Available times: Since school started, I'll be available sometime around 3:30 p.m to 10:00 p.m on Weekdays. 8:00 a.m to 11:00 a.m, 11:00 p.m to 12:30 a.m on Weekends.

Comments

Meet me on the CAP Project Room on Showdown!. What time/day do you want to do? If you come on randomly and see me in the CAP room and dm me, it is likely I’ll be responsive and able to fight at that time. :P

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When can we meet up?

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Not until after Zangoose and I fight... I suppose you could plan to go on as we fight and fight the winner, but I haven’t gotten any response from Zangoose yet. :P

Answer 16

showdown name: GodspeedKK
timezone: aest +10
availability: any time but after 12th i ave school so itll be limited

Answer 17

Get ready for an easy win.

Showdown! Username: Mageod
Timezone: EDT
Availability: I join later in the day around 4-ish

Comments

I'll be on the showdown server at 4 tomorrow @ Codeine Kiss. No worries if you aren't available, just figured I'd offer if you wanted to get it out of the way. If you have another time in mind then I can make it work.

Answer 18

Showdown name: DellTheTrainer
GMT +8
Availability: Weekdays at 21.00-21.30, Weekends 8.30-9.30, 21.00-21.30, 15.00-16.00

Comments

Kay we can fight now. When are you available?

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Im only free really late at night on weekdays, but I'll see if I can do it this Friday (UK timing would be Thursday).

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I have school Thursday. Want to do Saturday/Sunday(your time)? Saturday I can stay up late and meet you at 11 am (or 9 pm)(your time) if you could, and I could meet you at 10 am Sunday. :P

Also, keep in mind our time zones are reversed, so asking me to meet a noon your time means midnight my time. :P

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Okay, anyway I could not make it on Friday either. We could meet up at Saturday (like last week).

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I'm giving you 2 an extension. Please finish your battle before 10/13.

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in how many hours will you be ready?

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You now have the choice to get back into this tournament. Read the selected answer for the specific details. Do you want to get back in?

Answer 19

jofly
cest
evenings and during the day

Comments

I can battle at around 8:00 pm your time any day this week. What day works for you?

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how about friday?

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Friday sounds good.

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Just a reminder for our battle tomorrow (or I guess later today for you).

Answer 20

Showdown: Rayquazachu

GMT timezone: GMT 1

Weekends would be best. 4:30 is fine.