Welcome to the Mono Type Pokémon Tournament! 

This tournament will consist of Pokémon surrounds a certain type that I will randomly give to you through a certain method which will be explained later on! 

 

You will be using this site to create your team, and battle other competitors in this tournament in "Custom Match".

 

http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/

 

The tournament has ended on September 27th, 2013 and the winner is OthersiderME! We had proxies (which are substitutes) for the finalists (both Teppo223 and OthersiderME) since they were not able to battle. These proxies were Shana09 who substituted for OthersiderME and Newa who substituted for Teppo223! Thank you all for joining and watching! Hope to see you in the Halloween October Tournament next month! 

 

Hint to the next tournament: Visuals. 

 

~Rule and Restrictions~ 

- MUST be a Pokémon surrounding the types you were given. It can be a dual type as well, like Bisharp who is a Dark/Steel type if you have a Dark or Steel type theme.

- If the opponent doesn't show up and doesn't battle till a certain Round deadline, then you will be promoted to the next round.

- You can use only 2 legendaries per team. If you pick Arceus, you have to have the plate that represents your type theme. For example, if your type theme is Water, then your Arceus better be holding a Splash Plate. Trust me, I know if your Arceus isn't having its respective plate.

- We will use "Custom Match" when we battle in the tournament due to the restrictions in "OU", but you can use "OU" or "Ubers" to practice against other strangers on the site.

- Be sure to tell me whether you can't battle ASAP and don't wait it out till the very end to tell me, if you do we then have to disqualify you and promote your opponent. If you are able to battle a bit after the deadline, and depending on how the tournament is going, then I will allow you to still battle.

- You must fill out the sign out sheet. 

 

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~Sign up Sheet~

 

Username (Your account on Pokémon Showdown):

Time Zone: 

Days Available in August (The date when to start and end the tournament is undecided until we get enough people for the tournament):

Your favourite Type and why! (Optional):

 

Questions (Optional):

 

Only 16 participants are allowed.

We have 15 so far, so we need 1 more.

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~Pokémon Mono Type Competitors (KH13 Account/Pkmn Showdown Account/Time Zone/Days Available/Type)~

 

 

1) Shana09 (Amelia Pond) (EST) (Any day) (Fighting) 

2)  Megaman X (Xaon) (Central) (Any Day) (Rock)

3) Newa (Newa) (UTC+3) (Any day) (Poison)

4) OmegaForte (OmegaForte) (Eastern) (Any Day) (Dark)

5)  teppo223 (teppo223) (UTC+3) (18:00 - 23:00 Everyday) (Electric) 

 6) dimensionslayer (dimensionslayer) (Central) (Weekends and holidays) (Flying)

7) Metal Snake (Metal Snake KH13) (AST) (Any Day) (Steel)

8) joku760 (joku760) (UTC+3) (Any day) (Grass)

9) OthersiderME (OthersiderME) (PST) (I guess any day) (Fire)

10) Keyblade Knight (AlphArt) (UTC+10.00) (Any day) (Ground) 

11) Vexoria (Vexoria) (EST) (Any day) (Psychic)

12) DragonMaster (DragonMasterCharok) (EST) (Every Weekend and after 5 PM during Week days. It's uncertain though) (Normal)

13) teh lazy prince Xylek (Ranger k) (EST) (Any Day) (Ghost) 

 14) Ajexmi (Ajexmi) (GMT) (Any Day) (Dragon)

  15)  Isaix (isaix) (EST) (Depends on amount of work during weekdays, free on weekends) (Bug)

 16) Weedanort (Bino) (GMT) (Has Uni but might be able to participate) (Water)

 

 Time Zone Legend:

 

AST = Arabian Standard Time (The person in this tournament are Arabian or East African) 

UTC = Universal Standard Time (Not sure, but possibly Russian or Eastern Australian) 

GMT = Greenwich Mean Time (The person in this tournament are possibly European or African) 

Central = Central Standard Time (The person in this tournament are American or Canadian)

PST = Pacific Standard Time (This person is on the west coast of North America)

EST = Eastern Standard Time (This person is on the east coast of North America and the north west coast of South America)

 

Brackets:

This will be updated once we have a full set of participants and a few days before the tournament starts. Once it does, please talk to your opponent about when to battle. If you don't battle for the a lot of days and the round's due date is coming, I have to intervene.

 

Tournament Schedule:

 

First Round: September 6th - September 10th

Second Round: September 11th - September 14th

Semifinals: September 15th - September 16th

Finals: September 17th

 

 

NOTE: If you finish your First Round match and your next opponent who you are going to battle in the Second Round has too and the deadline hasn't passed, you can battle him/her early on. This applies to ALL rounds, so if you finish early you can battle early. There are going to be due dates, you can start whenever you want.

 

 

Pokémon Type Method:

 

1) I go to Www.random.org

 

2) Generate a number between 1 - 17 (1 = Bug, 2 = Dark, 3 = Dragon, 4 = Electric, 5 = Fighting, 6 = Fire, 7 = Flying, 8 = Ghost, 9 = Grass, 10 = Ground, 11 = Ice, 12 = Normal, 13 = Poison, 14 = Psychic, 15 = Rock, 16 = Steel and 17 = Water.)

 

3) Whatever number comes up, that is your type! I will do this, not you. Trust me I wont cheat, the more harder to deal with the type is the better. Each type got their flaws and strengths anyways, so don't pout!

 

 

Pokémon Types Taken:

 

I will cross these out for whoever takes them

 

1 = Bug ISaix

2 = Dark OmegaForte

3 = Dragon (Ajexmi)

4 = Electric (teppo223)

5 = Fighting (Amelia Pond)

6 = Fire OthersiderME

7 = Flying (dimensionslayer)

8 = Ghost (teh lazy prince Xylek)

9 = Grass (joku760)

10 = Ground (Keyblade Knight)

11 = Ice

12 = Normal (DragonMaster)

13 = Poison (Newa)

14 = Psychic  (Vexoria)

15 = Rock (Megaman X)

16 = Steel (Metal Snake)

17 = Water (Weedanort)

 

 

~Personal Tips~

 

- Stuck on the fact that your team might be good or downright terrible? You can go down two routes! Ask a friend who is participating in the tournament or someone you know who is good at Pokémon and battle him under "Custom Match"! You should battle different teams rather than just the same one to conclude whether your team is good or not. The other route is to challenge strangers, but this could not work at all since there might be a time where OU/Ubers/etc. might not allow your Pokémon team to battle because one Pokémon has an ability unreleased or is not allowed in that tier. You do NOT have to change your Pokémon, you can just follow Route A, but just know that you could probably give your team away to your possible future opponent. Also if your team beats a good amount of opponents with different teams but lose to some others, its up to you to decide whether the team needs some tweaking or not. Remember, not every team is perfect, there are going to be walls so have some Pokémon that can take down those walls while the other Pokémon use whatever strategy you are using.

 

 

- Strategy has a good chance at winning. Sometimes it can even triumph over people who just put a team together for no reason. But also know that your Pokémon must be qualified for the types listed above and make sure they are strong and resilient. Strategy can come from parahaxers (Toxic/Paralysis/Flinching/Etc.), walls (People who can take many hits), Speedy Sweepers (People who are born to kill). Even Pokémon with Item-Ability combos (Toxic Orb + Poison Heal = Large amount of healing per turn), Move-Ability combos (Fire Punch + Iron Fist = Boosted Fire Punch), or even Surroundings-Ability combos (Rain + Swift Swim = Doubled Speed).

 

- If you want to go for boosting your stats but your Pokémon can't take any hits, apply Focus Sash with it. Focus Sash, if your Pokémon has full health, makes the opponents attack make your health go to 1 instead of 0. Imagine you use Shell Smash and then the opponent attacks and makes your health go to 1. You will get so much Speed, Attack, and Special Attack from that move than you'll be to sweep and attack every Pokémon. But it is all up to you! 

 

- Type disadvantage and advantage is very useful, it will work. 

 

- PRACTICE! It works like a charm! Sometimes you can get ahead with luck, but practice has a more of a chance of actually letting you win! I didn't get much practice last tournament due to some difficulties but I can assure you it will work. Sometimes luck has its ways, but if you want to win rather than getting past the first round, then practice.

 

- You can have up to 4 teams, due to we have 4 rounds. First Round, Second Round, Semifinals and Finals. 

- Switch out and make smart predictions!

 

- Don't get angry that you lose, sure you can be like "Dammit I lost" but don't take it personal and ruin it for everyone else. You can joke around, but if you are serious about it then you can't join future tournaments. 

 

- Due to you being restricted onto one type, you have to make the most of your versatility  If you are a Steel type trainer, then you gotta do something against those pesky Ground, Fire and Fighting types. Either moves, abilities, or to neutralize (or immune) yourself from the attacks. 

 

Hope you enjoy the tournament! Any questions and tips and I will happily help you through this thread OR PM!

 

 

 

 

Edited September 27, 201312 yr by Shana09

Normal type is actually the funnest type imo. 

Looks like someone does. lol

Normal type is actually the funnest type imo. 

And Electric type too

 

both only have one weakness

 

Actually y'know what????I wanna my NormalGhost type Pokemon RIGHT NOW

 

Enough of those useless NormalFlying type (except Togekiss)

Username: VexoriaTime Zone: ESTAvailable: Any Day

Username: Vexoria

Time Zone: EST

Available: Any Day

Congrats you are a Psychic type trainer! And thanks for joining, your opponent is OthersiderME. 

Okay, Shana, you win, I'll join. I just had to make sure that Showdown works on my computer (so awesome that you can play it from the browser), and it does. I'll probably get destroyed but it should be fun.

 

Username (Your account on Pokémon Showdown): DragonMasterCharok

Time Zone: EST

Days Available in August (The date when to start and end the tournament is undecided until we get enough people for the tournament): All weekends, and any weekday after 5:00PM. (My availability on weekdays is a bit uncertain, but I should be able to get on around 5, perhaps earlier.)

Your favourite Type and why! (Optional): Dragon type is my favorite (as the name probably implies), but I also like ground types. There are quite a few cool ghost types too.

 

Okay, Shana, you win, I'll join. I just had to make sure that Showdown works on my computer (so awesome that you can play it from the browser), and it does. I'll probably get destroyed but it should be fun.

 

Username (Your account on Pokémon Showdown): DragonMasterCharok

Time Zone: EST

Days Available in August (The date when to start and end the tournament is undecided until we get enough people for the tournament): All weekends, and any weekday after 5:00PM. (My availability on weekdays is a bit uncertain, but I should be able to get on around 5, perhaps earlier.)

Your favourite Type and why! (Optional): Dragon type is my favorite (as the name probably implies), but I also like ground types. There are quite a few cool ghost types too.

 

 

 

;D I always win. 

Thanks for joining, and you are a Normal Type trainer! 

Lucky, you get a fun type. You'll be fighting dimensionslayer, who is a Flying Type trainer. 

Normal types, eh? 'Course I get one of the type I hardly ever use. I'll start putting some teams together.

 

EDIT:

Longest line of text on the participants list! w00t!

Edited September 3, 201312 yr by DragonMaster

Normal types, eh? 'Course I get one of the type I hardly ever use. I'll start putting some teams together.

 

EDIT:

Longest line of text on the participants list! w00t!

And now I know my first opponent. And now to be honest...You'll probably win. I've just been getting into the competitive battling thing, and I'm not too good with fore-sighting the opponent, which is why I suck at chess. Anyways, we'll just play for funsies! Good luck to us both!(Also, love the signature and profile pic. Chie's my favorite P4 character!)

And now I know my first opponent. And now to be honest...You'll probably win. I've just been getting into the competitive battling thing, and I'm not too good with fore-sighting the opponent, which is why I suck at chess. Anyways, we'll just play for funsies! Good luck to us both!(Also, love the signature and profile pic. Chie's my favorite P4 character!)

 

PM me if you want any help. I helped out another participant here, I would be glad to help you out in this situation. 

question Who I'm against in the first round???

Edited September 3, 201312 yr by Metal Snake

question Who I'm against in the first round???

 

Whoever joins next is your opponent. He/She could either have a: Bug, Dragon, Water, Ice or Ghost type. 

PM me if you want any help. I helped out another participant here, I would be glad to help you out in this situation. 

Thanks! I probably will. Though, I do think that I have a decent set-up right now! No spoilers ahead!

And now I know my first opponent. And now to be honest...You'll probably win. I've just been getting into the competitive battling thing, and I'm not too good with fore-sighting the opponent, which is why I suck at chess. Anyways, we'll just play for funsies! Good luck to us both!(Also, love the signature and profile pic. Chie's my favorite P4 character!)

I wouldn't be so sure. Though I've been playing Pokemon for years, I've done next to nothing on the competitive side. When Shoddy Battle was the main battle simulator used, I did have two teams (one was dedicated to simply being annoying). I never won. Fore-sighting is one of my weaknesses with strategy as well. Playing for fun is alright by me, good luck to you! (Yeah, Chie's awesome!)

 

So I've got a team built. I'm not sure how exactly to work Showdown, though. I've no idea how to do a custom match or challenge someone yet. Would random battle be a good practice place?

I wouldn't be so sure. Though I've been playing Pokemon for years, I've done next to nothing on the competitive side. When Shoddy Battle was the main battle simulator used, I did have two teams (one was dedicated to simply being annoying). I never won. Fore-sighting is one of my weaknesses with strategy as well. Playing for fun is alright by me, good luck to you! (Yeah, Chie's awesome!)

 

So I've got a team built. I'm not sure how exactly to work Showdown, though. I've no idea how to do a custom match or challenge someone yet. Would random battle be a good practice place?

 

Custom Match only comes up if you manually click on someones username and challenge them. 

Random Match gives you a randomly generated team to fight against a stranger.

 

Try using Uber, OU or Mono type format.

I suggest trying Mono Type first, then if it doesn't let you go try OU or Uber. 

They have some restrictions, but in Custom Match you have no restrictions whatsoever.

You can try it against me if you want.  

4 more and we can start battling! Also have you yet put anyone against me? would be nice to know what type I'm battling against.

And one last thing, whoever is gonna fight me, tell me before the battle if you are gonna use arceus or not. I'll make 2 teams ready, one with arceus and one without. If you use one, I'll use too.

4 more and we can start battling! Also have you yet put anyone against me? would be nice to know what type I'm battling against.

And one last thing, whoever is gonna fight me, tell me before the battle if you are gonna use arceus or not. I'll make 2 teams ready, one with arceus and one without. If you use one, I'll use too.

 

Not yet, there is no one battling you until we get more participants. 

I'm interested,but I've never been to Pokemon Showdown,so when I'll get the hang of it,I'll sign in

I'm interested,but I've never been to Pokemon Showdown,so when I'll get the hang of it,I'll sign in

 

It's easy to get use too, and I hope you'll get accustomed to it and join. Thank you. 

I'm interested,but I've never been to Pokemon Showdown,so when I'll get the hang of it,I'll sign in

You'll get use to it in no time

 

It's easy to navigate,not to mention that you can choose from any of the 600+ Pokemon

gimme dragon or water and I'm in

teh lazy prince Xylek has joined the tournament! He is a Ghost type and he will be facing Metal Snake who is a Steel type.

 

 

gimme dragon or water and I'm in

 

Yay thanks for joining! And lucky for you (and unluckily for us) your type is Dragon!

You are going to go against joku760 who is a Grass type trainer!

Alright count me in!!

 

my user name is: isaix

 

Time zone: EST

 

my days available pretty much depends on school and if I have homeworks and all,so it would be safe to say that I'm available only on weekends

 

My favorite type is Electric,but its already been picked

 

Is it single or double battles?

Alright count me in!!

 

my user name is: isaix

 

Time zone: EST

 

my days available pretty much depends on school and if I have homeworks and all,so it would be safe to say that I'm available only on weekends

 

My favorite type is Electric,but its already been picked

 

Is it single or double battles?

 

Single battles.

You're a Bug type trainer! Congratulations!

Remember, if you need any help just PM me. 

Thanks for joining.  

 

You are going to battle teppo223 who is an Electric type trainer, good luck.  

Edited September 4, 201312 yr by Shana09

Sweet, the dragons are mine! legendaries are fine to use right?

Sweet, the dragons are mine! legendaries are fine to use right?

You get to use 2.