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Keeping to our promise of bringing our readers smaller, quicker tournaments we’re proud to properly announce our next tournament: The Halloween Tournament 2014. Or the “2spooky4u” tournament. For those who haven’t already guessed, the tournament is themed around Halloween and will take place in the month of October. Seven Pokémon Types will be permitted to take part in the Doubles Format tournament: Ghost, Dark, Psychic, Bug, Fairy, Dragon and Poison.
Sign-ups for this tournament will be open soon (though spaces will be even more limited than they were in PJT14), but we first thought it best to announce the rules for the tournament so readers can decide whether or not they wish to take part. The following rules are modified from the Official VGC Rules, and will likely act as our basic rule set for all future tournaments.
Halloween ‘2spooky4u’ Tournament Rules(Spooky Mountain)
Team Restrictions
Players participating in the tournament are only permitted to use Pokémon that are considered legal for the tournament. Any players found using teams that do not adhere to the restrictions set out will be dealt with on a case-by-case situation. It is the individual’s responsibility to ensure their team is tournament legal.
Illegal Manipulation of Pokémon
Pokémon or items that have been created or modified using external devices are forbidden from the tournament. Any player found using modified Pokémon or items will be disqualified. As mentioned previously it is your own responsibility to ensure you are using legal Pokémon within the tournament.
We have the right to run checks on the teams of players at any time during the tournament. Failure to pass these checks will result in instant disqualification from the tournament.
Naming of Pokémon and Trainer
It’s common courtesy that players do not name their in-game character or party members obscenely.
Format Style – Double Battle
Battles within the Halloween 2014 Tournament will use the Doubles Flat Rules Battle Format. This format requires player to select four Pokémon from their party of six to use in battle. A battle is played until all four of your opponent’s Pokémon have been made to faint.
Battle Format
The following restrictions are also in place for this tournament and should be adhered to:
- Pokémon X and Pokémon Y are the only games to be used in order to compete in the tournament
- All Pokémon must be legitimately obtainable in Pokémon X & Y. We are allowing transferring of Pokémon from older games through Poké Transporter
- Pokémon are allowed to Mega Evolve
- Any Pokémon used by players that are above Level 50 will be lowered to Level 50
- Pokémon with Hidden Abilities are permitted for entry
Team Construction
- No two Pokémon can share the same Pokédex number
- No two Pokémon can hold the same held item
- Two or more Pokémon cannot have the same nickname in a team
- Pokémon cannot be nicknamed using the name of another Pokémon. (For example, naming a Sewaddle “Snover”)
- Pokémon may only use moves that have been learned through one of the following methods:
- Through level up
- Via TM of HM
- As an Egg Move
- From a character in a game
- As a move known by a Pokémon from an official event
- The following Pokémon are banned: Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Keldeo, Meloetta, Genesect, Xerneas, Yveltal, Zygarde, Diancie, Hoopa and Volcanion. Mega Latias and Mega Latios are also banned.
- Pokemon that do not have the following types as their type 1 or type 2:Ghost, Dark, Psychic, Bug, Fairy, Dragon and Poison
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The above are all basic rules for this tournament, and should allow players to begin creating teams soon and consider whether or not they wish to take part. Sign-ups will be opened in the coming days and places awarded on a first come, first serve basis.
With this tournament we will be enforcing much stricter time constraints, and anyone who fails to meet them will be removed from the tournament. As we did with PJT14, expect frequent updates on this tournament as well as future Q&A sessions for everyone to take part in. Don’t forget to stay tuned for further Closing PJT14 posts!
As always, we invite our readers to ask questions or raise any concerns they may have and we’ll do our best to respond!
People here before the tourney: “Oh why don’t we do exact VGC! That would be more legit and fun!”
After it’s announced: “Why can’t it just be Kalos natives?! Now people have access to better moves from other regions!”
Welcome to the mod life, lmao.
Goes to show you can’t make these people happy.
>Implying he knows what thats like 😉
>implying you know what thats like
>implying I ever said anything that implied I knew that
>implying yeah i got nothin
>bb il no skop u
Mod life? Oh please. You lot know nothing.
VGC rules are Kalos Native only…
I was scratching my head over this lol
People complained about that so we changed it.
Only Kalos Native? It gives a lot better taste of what “real” competitive doubles are. Granted the pool is small to choose from, Kalos gave us a lot of options to work with
Regardless. We tried to please everyone, it didn’t work.
Trying to please everyone never works
OMG YOU’RE SO MOODY! ;-;
Because Nobody likes Cascoon=Dustox
BelligerentCascoon
You could please us all by evolving but nahhhh
“Because Nobody likes Cascoon=Dustox”
Plus Kidblaze likes Cascoon more
Go through genetic mutation in bootyfly
I refuse!
gurl throw dat ass up
None of the staff actually said we’d ever use VGC rules. Even they did, I enjoy making you all squirm.
That’s because If there is any chance if the rules are changed we wanted it to be AT LEAST kalos native
Kalos Born**
Their just salty about the pokegenners that have access to move tutor moves and they don’t. Life is not fair
Assumin?
That’s a majority of the comments I saw
Yes. That’s exactly what salty about. *sigh* such is life though. We learn to adapt.
You can’t please everyone lol.
I was just voicing my concerns. Sorry.
I don’t understand. If people were complaining before to do exact VGC (Which is Kalos only), and then after it’s announced they’re still complaining the same thing, what are you trying to point out in this comment?
THIS TC
that’s what I was getting at with my comment below
Lol i just noticed that
Because we said it wasn’t finalized and we may expand it: Line one.
We look at the dex, only a hand full of Pokemon, so we change it.
Line Two: “Change it!” Everyone is just bitching,
Ok, but your comment still makes no sense xD People have been complaining about the same thing the entire time xD So it’s not like you changed anything based on people’s complaints. If anything was changed based on what I’m reading, it would be to make the tournament VGC rules.
Your comment right now basically reads: “People complained we should do VGC only. We didn’t do that, and now people are still complaining about it.”
I fixed it. Refresh.
Yay c:
Exactly Kalos = No Pokebank xD
*VGC = No pokebank
I don’t know whats happening any more. Guys these are the rules get over it.
I’ve just thought of an interesting strategy. A little clue it involves one of the weathers.
I agree mom
Plz no ;~;
Although I may do the same thing (;
Weather is so much fun.
Sunny day griseous orb ludicolo?
I gotcha
Need to power up that Synthesis.
I agree
I wish hail had more life to it ;~; and sun other than backing up Zard Y
Yeh. It seems Rain and Sand dominate too much. Hail needs more boosts to make It worth using and Sun needs more Pokemon that can abuse It like Rain does. All those Swift Swimmers with Water Stab. Sun doesn’t have any Chlorophyll users with Fire Stab.
fire grass cacturne primal am telin u guys
Yup and at this point, its mostly Rain. Although Grass weaknesses is what holdinh back Chlorophyll sweepers along with Bird Spam :/ at least most fire types can learn solarbeam
I have been really sassy
Sorry guys
I am leaving GoodNight All 😀
Don’t come back
Shut up mom
Make me :
At least your Special Defense was boosted.
Pokemon with Intimidate
Salamence
Arbok
Qwilfish
Krookodile
Scrafty
Granbull
Mawile
Mightyena
Masquerain
Pokemon with Prankster
Whimsicott
Klefki
Meowstic
Liepard
Murkrow
Volbeat
Illumise
Sableye
Mega Banette
Pokemon with Fake Out
Shiftry
Sableye
Medicham
Meowstic
Mr.Mime
Weavile
Jynx
Toxicroak
Scrafty
Liepard
All these Pranksters makes me shudder
I believe everything besides thundy and tornadus is in, lol
Pokemon with your victory
Kangaskhan
Mama kang’s not even allowed 😀 thank goodness lol
how to be a basic skrublord:
use Mega Kangaskhan.
Do we need to use one of these? That would make sense, since its a Halloween tournament.
I got the solution to make everyone happy. Milotic only tournament.
Ew.
Our friendship is over.
…over the top!
There was one?
;-;
500 turns of stall. Ewww.
You guys have 0 respect for people’s opinions like jeez, let them speak.
It is on topic first of all. And if someone is having a conversation about someone’s opinion, you don’t have to go in and call them out on why you think it’s wrong. That’s stupid. Let people talk about pokemon the way they want to.
I don’t like your opinion. BANNED :p
Ban him
Ban U
New ban game 4 wii u
I honestly don’t care right now bud.
Who is this directed at, I wanna see what happened
All of you down there.
All of the pikaclones ever birthed
https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/Bxnn6ITIgAEGJys.mp4
Slaughter those disgusting looking children
This is why pokebeach rules the interwebs
I thought serebii did?
They do
Your opinion isn’t symmetrical.
😉
Guys maybe update the banned Pokemon section with all the types that are not allowed. And specially state that dual types are allowed as long as one of the types is of the allowed type. Just to make things clearer.
Sure
Lol get #rekt
TC’s TC in his avatar looks like a pi symbol.
Now I can’t unsee ;~;
Mwahahahaha >:3
Yours looks like Archie got punched in the mouth
But at least it’s cute. I may change.
You’ll never top my fluffy cuteness
I also just realized it has Swablu in the fluff/
Too adorable ;~;
Lol I know, and es kewl cause pi is gud
I like Archie cream pi.
And his circumference, huh?
Oh dear why…
Oh I read circumsize
Stop making seshual inyuendowz
It’s not my fault for Frank’s similarities in typing
It’s actually spelled “sekshual”, thank you very much.
Thanks, his spelling has been pestering me.
Like m80, nah, es m8e
It’s spelled I made something for you go on pm
Is it “HoennhoennH-jeIINIBMJOMAPOMB”
Or
Dirty pics
Mmmm. So round.
Circumnavigate his circumference and his circumcision.
I would navigate his circumference.
But circumnavigate means going around :C
#Fingering
booty.jpg
Leafv
I’m afraid. Your obsession with a virtual character is unmatched.
Except by those fangirls, ew.
Must….resist… saying… that… overused joke…
get rekt m80
What joke?
Djja has already said it.
I didn’t say “it” 😮
I said,” Hello, afraid.”
Touché, m8.
You can just leave
It’s not an obsession…
Oh, sorry. You just talk about him so much ;~;
I probably only like him because he has similar traits of my boyfriend…
Oh.
Then talk about your boyfriend ;~;
Okay. Archie is so gorgeous.
LOL
Hello, afraid.
After wasting an hour on a lego froslass pixel art of froslass’s MD sprite, this is good to come back too.
that fell apart*
;~; Keep going wrow
“Ccorko
5 Hours Ago
Yeah, this proves that Team Aqua has more personality. Yay.”
get rekt magma scum
YAY PERSONALTY
“team aqua gets SHREKT but don’t tell defensive he will get angry at me” -Luigi301 just now lol
He told me not to so I did
Scandalous.
I will beat him up. BACKSTABBER
Yay 😀 He just left lol
I know. I arrived. That’s why.
we have maxie.
suck it
We have a sexy beast for an administrator and leader. I’ll suck those.
brains over brawn bro
over*
Take it.
Please reword that.
@Big_Ol_Booty:disqus i found out the Mii fighter Victory Screen Text will say the Miis name that means Lenny face will have a full spot in smash now 😛
I was going to make a spooky joke but then i decided to not do it cuz it was 23 spooky.
Embrace Spooky Mountain
this froslass is turning out kinda odd, the purple parts are blue cuz I have no purple legos
:/
Help! Defensive is coming to get me!!
KSDosdgjsdgh!
ROTFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Bye everyone!!!
I’M GONNA WRECK IT!
Have a nice night, and don’t double-cross Garett, lol
*Garrett
Garrekt
This.
I’m sorry I feel like a failure omg I’-
Dang it Iggy.
I’mafraid to say anything involvingI’mcause of Iggy’s bullying now ;~; :cWhy?
It’s just annoying lol
because or ’cause.
Choose.
I’mspecial so cause bruhok, sinnoh had awesome route themes
inb4 when sinnoh remakes are announced, we’ll be flipping out over dat jazz
Sinnoh had the best music and cries. The designs were okay, and I hated the region layout, but loved the design of the environments. The routes were lengthy, but not too long. Everything was perfect.
The region layout of Sinnoh was the least linear, in my opinion.
The region layout was stupid. “lets make the player travel back and forth all over the region to collect the badges.”
7 to 8 was awful ;~;
Gen 4 was just awesome,
my favorite region with some of my favorite pokemon (froslass, lucario line, creation trio)
then g/s remakes which are still my favorite pokemon games
I liked the original G/S/C games better honestly.
I liked some of the soundtracks better like newbark, but I think HG/SS are the best games for johto.
idk. i have some personal bias since that was my first pokemon game (other than red)
They should’ve waited and remade all the games for 3DS. HG/SS were only remade because it was practically impossible to get the Johto Pokemon in Gen 4games without genning or playing the GameCube games.
I suppose. Walking with your pokemon was awesome though.
and i may or may not secretly love the pokewalker
I liked the Pokewalker, I just wish the leveling up process was based on steps and not the actual transfer or whatever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qteowg4-D-c
i was literally just listening to this XD
so this is where everyone left
Yep. Ya like, mate?
This and Chat
While we’re talking about Sinnoh… Sinnoh had the best music for piano! It was amazing. If I have another recital, I will use one of those pieces probably.
I always want to play something from sinnoh, but I get distracted to easily when playing piano and can never learn
None of it is easy, but it sounds romantic.
#SinnohIsBetter
#HoennhasArchie
#Thisargumentwillendwhenpeoplethinktwilightisagoodmovie
Yay it’s over then
what world are you living in?
#ArchieIsDisgustingLikeHeHasTooMuchHairItsNastyAndPiratesAreWeitdAndHesProbablyARapistButYoureStillMyBudSoItsOk
#thereplygoesoffthescreenandhedoesnthavetoomuch
#ItStillMakesHimHairyAndBeardsAreGrossAndHesStillProbablyAPedophileAndHeProbablyEatsLittleChildrenForBreakfastLikeHesThatDisgustingAndHairyAndItsJustEw
#naturalishot
#shavedisnot
#yoloswag
#youshouldshaveeveryweekbecausebeardsareactuallydisgustingsorrynotsorry
I love SInnoh my Favorite Region i love the intro music
We should stop talking about Sinnoh and talk about Hoenn. 🙂
Okay. Archie is a pirate and has “Ar” in his name. :3
Argon?
Pirate jokes argon.
Boooo. That joke sucked as bad as Team Magma
Cant wait to hear this remastered in a couple of years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrHjuoMh8IM
I actually have designs for gen 4 trainer’s future redesigns somewhere in one of my school folders. I should redraw those.
I’m going to ban Lickitung for using beards and the g word together.
Beards
Are
Gross
NO.
I know at least 1000000009 people who agree buddy
Lies. I know more people that disagree with you than you probably know.
You can’t count yourself 100000000010 times.
Then don’t.
Oh my
Not all beards are gross.
At least the well kept one isn’t.
Exactly.
what about Goatees?
Those are fine as long as they are trimmed and kept neat.
So you’re basically insulting every bearded Jungler
Pretty much.
ever see mine?
I think so. Like, in a photo you posted of you and your friends at a party.
And the balloon video :3
That’s my brother FYI
that’s outdated
Then no, not recently.
It’s my opinion, if you take it as an insult, I don’t know what to tell you.
I prefer not to have a beard, but it doesn’t mean I think they’re gross. :3
Lickitung is a lesbian in disguise. She thinks beards are gross.
Less bean
Lesbian-est
But I don’t really like beans.
They make me gassy.
Better not let your girlfriend take you out to eat then.
I would never go out to eat with someone I didn’t know personally.
And I’m single and probably going to be single for the next 1009900098867 years so I have nothing to worry about.
Yeah. Because you don’t like beards.
B-but how does that have anything to do with-
You know what, I’m not gonna ask.
Everyone likes beards.
Is that a reality show starting Garrett and Archie?
I honestly feel like it would contain to much sexual tension from you and rejection from Archie, I’d probably watch it.
what about the one bean that matters
wink wink
Lima bean?
No
Wait, you’re a girl? ._. Honest-to-goodness legit innocent question.
No xD
Unless he’s liedto us.
ok, because I was once mistaken for a guy. Maybe they thought I was Jp.
This tournament needs more Milotic.
I’d love to wreck teams with Gourgeist, Goodra, and Gardevoir, but I have no time anymore. 🙁
Awe. Make time! >:D
Intro to Hardware says no.
I’ll use Gourgeist in your place!
Run the most nightmarish Gourgeist you can! What size is it?
Shiny, Average.
but it is one heck of a defensive wall!
Cool! One day, I’ll get a shiny Super Size via MM.
i did average cuz I wanted insomnia
good luck though!
it took me 600 eggs and I got super lucky with the IV’s
I can see one gray area: Pokemon that change type in Mega Evo. However, it only affects one Pokemon: Gyarados, which gains Dark type. Allowed?
also ampharos!
but i dont think so
I could’ve used that one too… 😀
Nope.
Can’t use it if it’s original typing isn’t or doesn’t contain one of the typings listed.
Ok, well, so if there’s a Pokemon that someone loses one of the legal typings (there aren’t any for now) it would’ve been OK, I guess.
You wouldn’t be able to use that mega.
Tru, tru.
If Lickitung were to meet my boyfriend, he would probably get sick. XD LOL.
I would probably get sick meeting you.
Why?
You’re a nasty hoe.
Nah.
Yah.
You can ask Jellycent if he gets on sometime.
We all know you’re a hoe.
It’s so true it rhymes.
How so? 😮
His body hair and beard (which is full grown within two days). European genes. XD
Interesting…….
He’s cute though. I’d send you a pic if we could PM…
I didn’t know you had a bf.
He’s like 6 years older than defensive.
Yep. A year and a half October 2nd.
Aw. :3
Jenn has certain traits she doesn’t like.
And features.
Everyone does. You have all of them I don’t like.
🙁
Hm?
R00d
You must’ve missed our conversation for the last 30 minutes then….
See how mean he is to me 🙁
Well he likes shady my future baby daddy so he must have good taste 😮
I think I can come up with a broken moveset for Trevenant.
Horn leech
Leech seed
Sub
Protect
Sure it stalls a bit, but what happens when Horn Leech’s PP is gone?
Protect and Sub repeatedly and then waste Leech Seed until it uses Struggle.
Horn Leech is only there to waste time.
Actually the point is to faint all the counters and then bring Trevs out once they can’t do anything about it.
So it slowly saps away teams once after the threats are gone?
Yep. Gourgeist is also capable of this, and either Medium or Plump is good. In Gourgeist’s case, replace Horn Leech with Phantom Force (or whatever that 2-turn ghost move is called) to waste time.
I’m not sure, but could Will-O-Wisp, Forest’s Curse, Poison Jab and Phantom Force work?
Trevanant isn’t the most physical attacker, but try it out! If you like it, then go for it!
It is a physical attacker… It has like 350 Attack….
Don’t tell me how to live my life
Go fix a triangle or something.
Stop bullying me ;((((((((
Sure, because when I think strategically, I can’t help but think with a Double Battle mindset. Maybe that’s why I suck at Singles (Except MBanette, she’s awesome in some Singles I’ve been in).