VGC general

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>>26933826
>Dat gravity EQ

>healthy meta.png

How exciting.

outplayed hard

all dat swagger

So did that Suicune have anything fancy? Apart from Tailwind, it sounds pretty bad in this meta compared to Cress

>>26934550
Snarl I assume, would be something to set it apart. Might of had Roar to punich an early Geomancy too.

The presentation of VGC rules has been the most intense moment so far desu

They're all nerds??

Why do VGC players always use the exact same handful of Pokemon?
It just makes it boring because there's no variety

>>26935342
When you're playing in a tournament for real money, you're going to use what you know works. There is usually good variety though, 2016 is just heavily formed around the primals and Xerneas which limits team building

>>26935342
There's actual money on the line this year. Can't risk it on using fun stuff, gotta use what's known to be good.

>>26935403
What about the previous years? They still used overwhelmingly similar teams

>>26933826
YAY THE EXACT SAME POKEMON THAT HAVE BEEN USED FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS!

List one reason why they shouldn't use the best Pokemon. Your spectating pleasure isn't a good reason. They're not playing for you, and they owe you nothing. They're playing for themselves and their goal is to win.

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>>26935433
Nationals, where that hasn't been money before this year, has usually been pretty good for variety. Worlds, where thats always been money in the form of scholarships, is where it's suffered.

>>26935468
Ironically, I enjoy watching this year's meta more than playing it. There's lots of cool things and crazy mindgames at top level.

>>26935433
It's almost as if Pokemon is a numbers game defined by unchanging statistics, and bigger numbers are objectively better than other, smaller numbers or something.

>>26935515
You got that line from the Twitch stream.

>Cybertron is only 18
>got to do a stream with people like Masuda and Miyamoto at E3
>commentating for Pokemon
>will probably get a full time job there within a few years
livin the dream

>>26935628
Who?

>>26935679
The chink commentator on the right

That ditto

>>26935433
The people who make it to the finals are the ones who get the most coverage, and are the ones that use the "best" teams. If you aren't running at least 3 of the Big 6, you basically don't matter.

How many VGC streamed matches so far have been determined by primal speed ties?

yo that play

>>26935628
>Cybertron is younger than pokemon

Jusitn btfo

Why wouldnt you dress properly for this. Just a nice clean buttoned shirt and a pair of slim fit jeans.

Why wouldnt you want to look smart.

>>26936030
The only one who put effort into his clothes was the latino guy, Alberto. The other guys, let's just say they're most likely American.

>>26936030
Commentators or players?

>>26935515
Almost, but it's not silly

It's a game about fighting your monsters

>>26936071
Players. Whose the guy in red?

Kid in the blue almost sperged out

Oh there's VGC on the main pokemon stream too now?

>Wolfe using Dialga
the madman

>>26936030
They came to win a Pokemon game, not a fashion contest.

>>26936119
Wasn't that what everyone else was watching?

>>26936120
Spoken like a true neckbeard.

>>26936148
/pokemonvgc has been VGC all day
/pokemon was all TCG until now

>>26936120
It wouldn't hurt to look presentable, especially when being in what they consider a prestigious event being watched by thousands, but what do you know? lel

>>26936119
Dialga is actually pretty good in this year's format, but it is nearly impossible to have a telepathy Dialga to successfully pass the hack checks, so nobody uses it.

I've seen more critical hits than regular hits in the past 15 minutes.

>>26936158
I came too late then. I always miss the TCG games.

Also:

>the rusted shaty of Dialga

Wolf Gl1ck
>Wolf Gl1ck
Wolf Gl1ck
>Wolf Gl1ck
Wolf Gl1ck
>Wolf Gl1ck
Wolf Gl1ck
>Wolf Gl1ck
Wolf Gl1ck
>Wolf Gl1ck

RIP Wolfey

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Who is this semen demon?

My red dude is trying so hard to not talk shit about Gl1ck.

>>26936340
Anna Prosser Robinson. Apparently she does a lot of stuff for eSports casting.

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>>26936372
Thanks m8. Much appreciated.

>>26936372

wasn't she inCholesterol's old girlfriend? I feel like I've seen that name from the old SC2 days

Mewtwo and Venusaur on 2nd stream let's go

Kek, thought he was gonna leave him hanging. The spaghetti would have been glorious.

That Yveltal was hacked. It wasn't in a Cherish Ball.

>Just spamming Dark Void

Is this fun?

>>26936585
It's skillful and better than singles. :^)

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>>26936585
Some players even run choice scarf dark void smeargle.

>Venusaur and Mewtwo
HYPE

>>26936624
Where?

Endeavor Raichu with the clutch

>>26936632
On the secondary stream, PokemonVGC

Kappa

brandt willems looks so hot

i wanna do things to him

>forfeiting

What kind of cuck shit is this?

I tought VGC didnt allow legendaries, what the hell

>>26936802
It allows 2 now. I hope you like Groudon

>>26936817
But Dan has a Thundurus, Xerneas, and Groudon?

>>26936802
2016 thing, if it ever happens again it won't be for a few years

STOP EXPLAINING ALL OF THAT SHIT, WE ALL KNOW THAT ALREADY FUCKING MORONS.

THIS IS A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT, SO EVERY SINGLE PERSON WATCHING IT MUST KNOW ABOUT COMPETITIVE BASICS FFS.

Kappa

>>26936833
Pokemon officially doesn't consider Thundurus, entei etc. to be legendary. Only the big ones like Kyogre and Ho-oh are legendary

>>26936833
Thundurus isn't part of that, it's not part of the box legend trio/670 BST legends which are usually banned

>>26936841
fuck off tripfag

Why is it that a tripfag needs to start shitting up this thread?

Are all the teams pretty much the same pokemon? Or is it back to interesting like with Pachirisu?

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>>26936863
Don't ever talk to me or my girlfriend's husband ever again.

>>26936030
Always wondered about this. I just want to give them all makeovers.

>>26936859
>>26936863
I don't get the difference between Legendary and Myhtical Pokes. Lore-wise, aren't they the same? Pokemon that are only heard about through legend and contribute in some way to the creation and maintenance of the Pokemon world should all just be legendary.

>literaly the same music between games since 2014

>>26936927
Lore wise they should all just be under the same name. I get the need to have distinction though.

>>26936944
Euro Nats had different, and better, music. No idea why they're not using that instead.

>>26936927
Mythicals are event only

Cybertron is an amazing commentator. Shady was quite good last year, but this is really next level commentating.

>you will never win as much as Ray Rizzo

Why live?

>>26937022
>Why live?

To kill him and fuck her girlfriend in front of his corpse.

>>26936994
Is Deoxys still considered Mythical, or did the Delta Episode demote him?

>>26937020
Shady is kinda annoying, he's that guy who's there to be loud and hype rather than talk about the game

At least he didn't fuck up all the time like JFlynn though

>>26937042
Still mythical

>>26933826
I usually just lurk in chat anyway, but why do big corporations like TPC do sub only mode? Its not like someone is going to subscribe so they can PogChamp by themselves, and certainly they won't sub to support a big corporation. Just fucking get some mods and set up nightbot

>>26937082
Oh shit I forget they let Justin Flynn commentate a while back. I remember he had some fuck ups, but I don't remember what any of them were. Do you have any anecdotes?

>>26937082
Shady is really a hit or miss, either you like his style of commentating or it really annoys you from A to Z.
Flynn was awful indeed, dude seemed like he did not even know the game he was talking about.

How easy is it to get into the TGC? I played alot as a kid, but me and my friends didn't play by the official rules. Is it easier or harder than what Yu-Gi-Oh! is now?

>>26937123
They keep the chat disabled senpai. It is a competitve children's JRPG after all. They don't want the kids see any naughty words.

I thought having multiple streams would fix the gaps of nothing between matches, but apparently not

>>26937150
Hence mods and nightbot like I said. I'm sure they can get people to mod for little cost.
I hate not being able to read chat while I watch fampai

I have the original charizard holographic card, how much can I sell it for

>>26937125
I don't remember many specifics either, but I vaguely recall things like making a big deal out of a flinch when it was just a Fake Out

>>26937166
If you don't like it then don't watch it, OK?

>>26937177
It is Shadowless 1st edition mint condition rated by PSA?

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I've been watching so much Smash/FGC stuff lately that it's actually refreshing to see a black dude

>>26937236
>>26937319
>not watching the superior Chuppa vs Fractura game

Bad decisions: the posters

Why are there no women?
I mean it's 2016 guys, they shouldn't only let men win
Stupid misogynists.

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EVERYONE HAS THE SAME FUCKINHG MONS N MOVES #TRIGGERED

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>>26937361

FUCKING NIGGERS ALWAYS CHEATING TO MY WHITEBROS.

BUILD THE WALL.

Why is chat disabled

>Commentating team dickriding Chuppa from the very beginning
>"wow, he knows so well what he is doing, slurp, slurp"
>Chuppa fucks up dumbly
>Chuppa forfeits

Ray Rizzo is cute! CUTE!

>>26937423
Pokemon wants to be family friendly and twitch chat is cancer

>>26937361
Shame on GameFreak for not making VGC accessible for women. We need an affirmative action approach where 45% of the spots are reserved for women. If they don't have a team, they'll be supplied with one. Instead of needing 6-2 to go to Day 2, they can get 4-4. This will inspire more women to compete.

>>26937423
Because the entire chat would just be faggots spamming "woah did u c that??" everytime someone's mon went down.

sweat.jpg

pls win Meowstic man

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Is this motherfucker sleeping?

PATRICK IS STROKING

GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER

What would happen if ALL legendaries were banned?

>>26937529
It would probably be a lot better

>>26937529
t. Garchomp

>>26937529
VGC would be fun, but you'd have some fags complaining about "muh Moltres."

>>26937529
vgc would still have the same problems, just with different pokemon

>>26937529
If VGC 2014 is any indication, a fun meta

>>26937547
2014 was garbage and you probably only think it was good because it was the first one you played

>double Dark Void miss
DELICIOUS

>>26937546
pretty much this tbhfam

>>26937529
No more complaints about hacked mons.
More varied meta.
It wouldn't be perfect since there are already breedable mons on basically every team, but it would be way better than what it is today.

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>relying on Dark Void with a Moody Pokemon

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>Moody boosts dropping accuracy
>Dark void double missing
HAHAHAHA

>>26937563
Most people who defend 2014 didn't actually play during it.

>>26937423
Because nintendo is still crying about all the boob shaming at e3

>Wake up, set up trick room
>Moody lowers speed

Everyone has the exact same teams. This is so boring, but hopefully next year won't be so shit.

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>cresslia wakes up
>get Trick Room off
>i have a chance.jpg
>moody speed drop for double Dark Void
>mfw

>>26937637
It was already at -2, his only hope was accuracy drops or a Fire Punch crit.

>"He's got a ton of CP"

FACTURA PAID THE BILL

>>26937651
>exact
Yeah, no.

Why is Moody +2/-1 instead of +1/-1 anyway

On the plus side of 2016, Smeargle's cancer at worlds will probably prompt them to nerf Moody and Dark Void

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>>26937709
mfw they nerf it by restricting Smeargle's moveset to moves learnable by eligible pokemon

It's time for TCG, anons.

>>26937781
:'(

>>26937529
b-but muh Articuno

>Un-own

>>26936120
faggot

>>26936600
Keep telling yourself that.

Sun and Moon will saves us right?

>>26937895
Not unless it removes genies

>>26937734
They really just need to ban Dark Void.

TCG art is top notch.

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>it's another "scarf Smeargle uses Dark Void" episode
>it's another "Primal speed tie" episode
>it's another "genies lmao" episode

>>26937734
They could also just make Dark Void fail if not used by a Dark type

>>26935342
Why do Smogon players always use the exact same handful of Pokemon?
It just makes it boring because there's no variety.