The Official SRK Pokemon Ranbat Rules and Signup thread

  • As you all have heard and seen, the latest incarnation of Pokemon is now an online playable game, where trainers can actually square off against their friends, from great distances, in a heated conflict with the pocket monsters they have held dear.

After thoughts and brainstorming, I, as well as SRK, have decided to push an idea of a Ranbat ahead, with a small set of rules**:

Basic Rules

First 32 Gents will be entered:**
Remember, this is a trial for the first run. It is an easy number to work with, too.
**
Your Pokemon Team must also be here too:**
12 Pokemon must be listed here as your squad. tentative
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Banned Pokemon are Banned Pokemon. Don’t use them.**

**Movelist:
**Sleep clause, YOU can only put to sleep one of the opponents pokemon, does not include opponents sending their own to sleep with rest. Evasion ban, moves like minimize/double team/sand attack are banned, items like bright powder and lax incense are ok. OHKO ban, no fissure/guillotine/sheer cold/horndrill

**This tournament is Single Elimination

  • **Professor Oak shows no mercy!
    [LEFT]**Dat Ranbat Crap
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  • Episodes(Tournaments) will consists of 3 weeks, which will mostly consists dat Monday to Thursday action:
    [LIST]
    []First Week - First Bout
    [
    ]Second Week - Second Bout(Monday, Tuesday), Third Bout(Wednesday), Quarter Finals(Thursday)
    [*]Third Week, Semi Finals(Monday), Battle for Last Spots(Tuesday(3rd and 4th)), Finals(Wednesday)[/LIST]- The matches for the first week will be posted by Saturday 12pm EST. This is more of a free zone thing, here. Fight whenever you want against your opponent.

I’ll post them up like so:

You get your ass kicked. I’ll indicate it like so:

If you advance to the second bout, I’ll show that, too. If you will allow me to demonstrate:

  • The second week will have stricter timing. I’ll post up the actual match records and schedule by Saturday 12pm EST, as usual. If a match cannot be fought that day, let me know. Fights that affect the timeline of the Ranbat will be fought at a different time THAT WEEK. Please try not to make the Ranbat surpass 3 weeks of play.

  • There will be 5 Episodes(five tournaments) per Chapter.**

Points**
[LEFT]1st place = 10 points
2nd place = 7 points
3rd place = 5 points
4th place = 3 points

Participating = 1 point[/LEFT]
[LEFT]**

Prize?
**…to be determined. :rofl: [/LEFT]
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FIGHT
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  • Each Match will consists of two to three battles. 2 points will end a match.

  • Matches will be played in Single 100 Level Format. Each player will hold 6 pokemon.

  • A double K.O, will result in a third match. However, the first Pokemon to die, in a double K.O., through an actual move(Destiny Bound, or Selfdestruct) , will be the counted as the K.O. If it’s still a Double K.O. at the third, a sudden death match will commence. In a sudden death match, players will have to draw 1 pokemon each. The winner of that match will take it all.

  • The victor will pm me as soon as he/she has won the match. They have until 12pm the next day, inorder to do so. In the Second Bout, this will be changed to ASAFP!

Mind you that this is all tentative, but the first date is not.

**November 5th - 19 **will be Chapter 1.1.

The next 4 will probably take place in 2008 (January, February, etc) to assist you all better with the chaos and franticness of the holiday season.
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im in

GO me being the examples somehow
Im in

count me in, also could you count my girlfriend in as well? she doesnt have an SRK handle (if she needs one i can get her to make one) but shes battled several peeps on the SRK thread and is still undefeated so shes no joke

Im in. Just wondering in the case I know i won’t be able to play for several days. Do i simply tell you that I forfeit?

I’m in.

It’s Letter Time! It’s Letter Time!

Here’s one from Magnifico:

  • pics? I have to see what this Pikachu can do to my Diglet. :wink:
    Audience laughs

  • About Outsiders: If you know someone who is a pokemon killer, but doesn’t have an SRK handle, then that’s fine too. Let them make up a goofy ass name that we’ll call them.

Audience member yells “How about Twat?!”. The rest boos a bit

Hey, leave your Cambodian mother out of this.

Audience laughs

More the merrier. I’m thinking of asking a buddy of mine as well. He’s one of those perfectionist trainers who are so crazy, and obsessed, that he starts the game over just to get the other starters.

- About forfeiting. You can forfeit in week one and week two only. You forfeit during the finals, you suck ma balls.

…I’mma ask my buddy Roger Federer to Canada Post my Wimbledon brand to you. Survey says:

Audience laughs Sh!t. Best one all week!

All jokes in: yes, you would have to let me know. But ahead of time. You’ll still get a +1 for participating. But, I’ll add a -1 as well. You can postpone a match for about 2 days grace in the Second bout, but if it goes into three days, you’re out.

Oh gawd I wish I team was done! D: I only have Hot Sauce done, meh Infernape.

I’m in.

People, people: **November 5th. **

There’s still time.

you’d be suprised at how slow building a team can be

my squad is

Roserade
Ambipom
Weavile
Abomasnow
Glaceon
Jolteon
Metagross
Ninjask
Tyranitar
Lucario
Gyarados
Rhyperior

For real, it could take a week or two just for one pokemon. I swear ditto + everstone is gdlk.

Probably a no on the **name teams now thing. **Do it before the match.

  • then again. Yes. Better to choose them by the beginning of the Ranbat. Teams of 12. Means you can choose your Pokemon from that list alone. Here’s a clause: you can only revise your list twice during the First Bout(Week).

To spice things up a bit, you get to choose another member THAT NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT! THE 13th WARRIOR.

…well except me.

**Bear, what’s a revision?
**You can change your roster(add a member from your PC to replace a monster that is currently on your squad). That’s what. ONE MONSTER!

almost missed this thread…I’m so in!

Man this is some hot stuff.

But I may skip part 1.1… theres no way my teams ready…

I just started playing my DS again yesterday.

well if you just started try and consider raising a special sweeper in eterna forest with cheryl, free healing and easy speed and sp attack IVs

I train at the Ruin Tower for Special Sweepers. Only gastly and zubat 1 point each, but with macho brace and pokerus that’s 4 points = 1 EV.

Sign me up!