STAB-Less Tournament!

[Greyfox]

STAB-LESS TOURNAMENT

I promised you another tournament, didn't I? Well, here we go:

Each participant will sign up with a team of three pokemon that must be the same type. However, once a participant has chosen a type -- no other participant can use that type for the duration of the tournament. Dual-types can be entered, but only one of the types will be restricted. So if I were to sign up with Empoleon and Gyarados, no one else would be able to claim the Water-typing, but Steel and Flying would be okay to use.

During this tournament, your pokemon can use every type of attack except for that of their own typing (non-damaging moves excluded). Let's go back to my Empoleon/Gyarados example. That means Empoleon couldn't use Surf, Hydro Pump, or Steel Wing, but Aqua Ring is okay.

Matches will all be 1 on 1, except for the finals, which will remain secret.

Each battle will take place on a field with a specific type aligned to it. This type is generated randomly, and will affect the pokemon differently. Let's say the generated field is a bug one -- all Bug-type attacks will receive a power boost (just a +2 to Atk or SpA), while all Bug-type pokemon will receive a defense boost (similar to the attacks).

I will keep registration open either until April 8th or all the possible types are called -- whichever comes first.

As well, like the last tournament, this one will have an entry fee of 5 points, and each ref will earn double points for each battle!

1. Oslo - Water
Swampert / Ludicolo / Golduck
2. Mikachu Yukitatsu - Bug
Venipede / Venonat / Illumise
3. Rossymore - Poison
Roserade / Skuntank / Seviper
4. MeLoVeGhOsTs - Rock
Magcargo / Crustle / Rampardos
5. Crystal Tears - Steel
Steelix / Aggron / Scizor
6. Mew Master - Fire
Charizard / Flareon / Volcarona
7. Ayeun - Dragon
Gabite / Flygon / Deino
8. DarkestLight - Normal
Clefable / Lickilicky / Kangaskhan

Round ONE
Oslo v. Crystal Tears
Winner: Crystal Tears
Mikachu Yukitatsu v. MeLoVeGhOsTs
Winner: MeLoVeGhOsTs
Rossymore v. Ayeun
Winner: Rossymore
Mew Master v. DarkestLight
Winner: DarkestLight

Round TWO
DarkestLight v. Crystal Tears
Winner: DarkestLight
Rossymore v. MeLoVeGhOsTs
Winner: Rossymore

FINAL Round
DarkestLight v. Rossymore

[Oslo]

Oslo is entering with... Water!


Bank.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

I'm a little tired today, but I think I know what I'm doing, so I'm entering with

BUG!

Manashi (Male Venipede) Swarm
Bugi (Male Venonat) Compoundeyes
Serenity (Female Illumise) Oblivious

BANK POST

[Rossymore]

Well I shall be entering with Poison! Now someone hurry up and enter with Grass so I have a chance of stuff.

[Petallion] Roserade [F] [Poison Point]
[Nosburn] Skuntank [M] [Stench]
[Slytherin] Seviper [F] [Shed Skin]

Bank

Sure my Seviper isn't exactly approved yet, but I blame the writing staff.

[DarkestLight]

Well I shall be entering with Poison! Now someone hurry up and enter with Grass so I have a chance of stuff.

[Petallion] Roserade [F] [Poison Point]
[Nosburn] Skuntank [M] [Stench]
[Slytherin] Seviper [F] [Shed Skin]

Bank

Sure my Seviper isn't exactly approved yet, but I blame the writing staff.

[Rossymore]

Exactly how long did it take you to make that?

And who says I'm gonna follow the rules? Other than the moderators who tells me to follow the rules, or else? My point exactly. Exactly.

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

I'm entering with Rock!

Kamon Nova, male Magcargo with Flame Body.
Harvey Drillbit, male Crustle with Sturdy.
Kuwasa Iwa, male custom Rampardos, with Sheer Force.

Bank

[Mew Master]

I'll go in with FIRE!

Pokemon:

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Godzilla, Male, Blaze | Liger, Male, Flash Fire | Mothra, Female, Flame Body

Bank

[Ayeun]

I would enter, but since you are now charging a fee to enter the tournament, the net loss of being eliminated in the first round LAST tournament means I am broke.

So the question is. WHY are you charging to enter the tournaments now???

[Mew Master]

I presume it's because it's a pot that everyone will get some rewards for participating.

[Oslo]

Ayeun, consider yourself covered.

EDIT: Also, the OP contradicts itself, methinks...

So if I were to sign up with Empoleon and Gyarados, Water would be locked out, but Steel and Flying would be okay to use.

During this tournament, your pokemon can use every type of attack except for that of their own typing (non-damaging moves excluded). Let's go back to my Empoleon/Gyarados example. That means Empoleon couldn't use Surf, Hydro Pump, or Steel Wing, but Aqua Ring is okay.

[Ayeun]

Oslo... <3<3<3

Hmm... A single type hey?

Here be DRAGONS!

Gabite - Female, shiny, rough skin
Buzzer (Flygon) - Female, Levitate
Fus (Deino) - Male, Hustle

[Greyfox]

You misunderstand, Os. Your own pokemon can't use any STAB moves (which goes double for dual-types), but you only claim one type of pokemon during the tournament. So even though Ayeun's using Flygon for the tournament because of Dragon-typing, it doesn't mean that someone else can't use Ground-types.

[Oslo]

Okay, coolcool. For some reason I was thinking moves of the Pogey's secondary type were still on the table. Forgive my stupidity.

[Mew Master]

Yeah have to agree with Oslo in that your rules were kinda cluster-fecked on that. Because the way it read was. For dual types, only the Type you enter the tournament in with would be banned, the other half wouldn't be.

[Greyfox]

*shrug* If anyone wants to change their pogeys, they're welcome to. Sorry about the cruddy and confusing rules.

[Crystal Tears]

Waiiiiiiittttt, dual-types can't use either type?? Crud. I may have to change. ^^;;

But I don't have any other steel pokemon ready for battle so I can't. XD Aw damn. Luck be with me!

[Rossymore]

So let me get this straight, your own team cannot use moves of their own type and you yourself cannot use moves that others have chosen as their type?

Just need to understand.

[Greyfox]

Your pokemon can use any move that it doesn't get STAB on. Non-damaging moves are useable no matter what though.

[Oslo]

Wait, so let me get clarification. Your own Pokemon can't get STAB from other people's non-STAB moves but you can only enter Pokemon that get STAB from the same secondary type as you chose to enter with, right?














...yeah, Oslo's just trolling now.

[DarkestLight]

Not cruddy. Just written awkwardly . It happens. Ayeun threw in dragons...so..that leaves one person. Down to ref :O Uhh hrm, who's left?

As for why charging-because most people now have bank accounts that necessitate there being a need to charge. If everyone just suddenly has money for everything, there is no challenge and no drive to keep competing. There will be free ones interspersed here and there, but not every one of them will be free.

Uhhh guess I should enter huh? Oh and yeah better clarification, basically we're going the restricting type route again.

Normal! I put no thought into this.

Link

Starscream F Clefable
Raspberry M Lickilicky
Darwin F Kanga

[Mew Master]

...

I call freakin Shinanigans DL -,-

[DarkestLight]

[Mew Master]

No, you enter with Cookie-Cutter Pokemon -,-

[DarkestLight]

[Oslo]

What's a cookie-cutter Pokemon?

[DarkestLight]

[Greyfox]

[Oslo]

Truthful. ;_;

[DarkestLight]

Swiss army knife. Knows a ton of moves not necessarily of its type.

[Crystal Tears]

We all basically just lost to DL. xD

[DarkestLight]

Not true. Same as how people left about Oslo last tourney, but he didn't win :O

[Crystal Tears]

d: What was the last tourney? I just came back. XD

[Oslo]

I think Swiss army knife is a better metaphor.

I'm not too worried about DL just because of his Pogeys' typing. As long as you pick a Pokemon that has a couple of decent Fighting-type moves then it doesn't matter what kind of godly type coverage his team has. The real reason why I'm worried about DL is because he's friggin' awesome and we've all been super lucky that he hasn't entered any of the other tournaments this year.

[Mew Master]

Um, yes... but how many of the elemental moves do those guys learn that everyone else is automatically weak to? How many different types of moves can THOSE THREE LEARN?!

*is truthful,not trolling*

[Oslo]

As long as you have one strong move that can do super effective damage against DL's Pokemon then it doesn't matter if he has fifty strong moves that can do super effective damage against yours. Barring situations like Amnesia or whatever, you just need the one and then you should theoretically be able to hold your own against him.

Be worried about his Pokemon's ridiculously awesome support (ie. Status) moves if anything...

[Mew Master]

DL... It's on Like Diddy Kong!

[Greyfox]

Normal pokemon have always been powerhouses in ASB because of their amazing movepools, but they're still beatable. It just means the victory will be all the sweeter when you take him down.

[DarkestLight]

CT: You missed the P1 Tourney, in which it was a Fighting type exclusive Tournament. That ended only a few days before you returned. We've been pretty good about tourneys and Contests this year.

As for me and picking Normal. I picked it 'cause Normal NEVER gets love. Everyone kinda craps on it, and I wanted to see what I could do with it.

Sides. I don't battle nearly as much as I should. I'm getting worked in all my battle due to my lack of expertise. Fun statistic. In every Tourney I've been in, I've lost in Round 2. So yeah, lets get this party rocking!

[Greyfox]

Alright, we don't seem to generate near as much interest as we did on day one, so I'm gonna go ahead and get round 1 of the tournament going. Here we go:

Bolded names make the topic and say who they're using first; un-bolded names attack first.

Round 1 will be a standard 1-on-1.

Oslo v. Crystal Tears
Fire Field

Mikachu v. MeLoVeGhOsTs
Water Field

Rossymore v. Ayeun
Psychic Field

Mew Master v. DarkestLight
Ground Field