DoubleJ

Update: Congratulations to KingBowser for winning today's Standard OU tournament and earning a second invite to the Spring Championship event. With this placing, and a recent standard second place, Bowser closes in on Frags for the #1 Overall spot and also the #1 OU spot. LYLE #1

IGN DoubleJ

Thanks Tranz brah, see you tonight bb

Oh ya, can we get this without Lax?

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400k on modest ludicolo w leech seed protect Edit: got beat by a same time post. I'm out on this

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Geez finally Craig

500k

So poetic. Much heart.

MALE MACHAMP ADAMANT 25-26/27/30-31/x/30-31/31 r slide/crosschop/bulkup 200k STARMIE MODEST 26-27/x/23-24/30-31/31/31 surf/rapidspin/tbolt/recover 300k draekyn 400k MALE LUDICOLO MODEST 30-31/x/30-31/30-31/29-30/31 surf/giga/leechseed/protect 200k

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*jaw drops again

RIP me, tournament distracted me from submitting my team hahaha. Oh well, gl guys! EDIT: Just for kicks Assessment: This appears to be a well-balanced line-up of pokes without any overly dominant options jumping out at me. There appears to be priority, options for late-game sweeping, and also a bit of bulk stashed in as well. Unfortunately the only water-type is our mandatory option Whiscash. Here’s to seeing Whiscash played in a wide variety of ways with a lot of pokes carrying HP Grass to slow it down. [spoiler] Whiscash “KittyFish” Nature: Adamant Ability: Oblivious EV Spread: 252 Attack / 4 SpDef / 252 Spe Held Item: Leftovers - Dragon Dance - Earthquake - Waterfall - Bounce Explanation: Whiscash is the only water-type in this list so deciding on his moveset was fairly tricky. I could use him as a bulky wall or go for the full-on sweeper. After analyzing the field it appears only two pokes resist Whiscash’s dual STABs, Earthquake and Waterfall, and those pokemon are Breloom and Bellossom. Unfortunately for them Whiscash can also carry Bounce, which after one Dragon Dance, OHKO’s both (apart from 252/252+ Def Bello). Another positive to this set is that after one Dragon Dance an adamant Whiscash outspeeds the entire tier. (+1 Spe Whiscash = 168; Max Spe Arcanine = 161). Whiscash’s high bulk also prevents it from being readily stopped by most priority, so if you get a Dragon Dance, you are looking at a potential sweep. Things to avoid: One hellaciously bulky Bellossom with Giga Drain or really anything with a Grass-Attack prior to using Dragon Dance. Bellossom “GetSSOM” Nature: Modest Ability: Chlorophyl EV Spread: 4 Def / 252 SpAtt / 252 Spe Held Item: Leftovers - Giga Drain - Hidden Power Ground - Sunny Day - Protect Explanation: Ok so everyone and their mama will have a Dragon Dance Whiscash, this is known. The only move that reliably hurts Bellossom is Bounce, but fortunately for us it has both really low PP and also a “charge up” turn as the pokemon “Springs Up”. I can switch in and continuously use Protect on the turn that Whiscash attempts to attack. This will effectively PP stall the Whiscash until he is forced to either switch or attack me with a resisted Waterfall or EQ, at which point I can just Giga Drain, killing it, and recovering my health back. Sunny Day is there to use on the turn that Whiscash springs up, allowing me to outspeed it with any consecutive turns if the Whiscash is only at +1. Hidden Power Ground offers a coverage attack against my more common switch-ins that might fear me running a SunnyBeam sweeper set with my use of Sunny Day, Arcanine and Blaziken. Blissey and Grumpig will be commonly brought in against me as well, so if I see them I can bait them in with my Bellossom. Things to avoid: Fat, specially-defensive monsters that I can’t do a thing about. Priority attacks that will inevitably where me down. Medicham “NoRegard” Nature: Jolly Ability: Huge Power EV Spread: 252 Attack / 4 Def / 252 Spe Held Item: Lum Berry - Fake-Out - High Jump Kick - Fire Punch - Double-Edge Explanation: Ok so this guy is merely here to hit and run. His priority option Fake-Out may secure a chance at a OHKO with the ever impressive High Jump Kick. Also along for the ride is Fire Punch to hit those grass-types and also Double-Edge to really scare a Grumpig switch-in. Definitely need to watch out for priority users that can wear me down. Things to avoid: Priority. Something faster. Breloom “BringerofDoom” Nature: Adamant Ability: Natural Cure EV Spread: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe Held Item: - Fire Blast - Toxic - Rest - Heal Bell Explanation: No ghosts, and only two pokemon that resist your ever impressive STAB Focus Punch. Ok, ok… I can’t resist. 252 Spe with an Adamant nature beats any of the provided walls allowing for the effective use of Spore. After your opponent is asleep, simply Substitute and wail away at anything that switches in on your Focus Punch. Fortunately FP also has a chance at 2HKO’ing Grumpig, so it isn’t the most reliable option without any decent recovery. Mach Punch is there to cover any Flailing Zangoose or an Aggron that may attempt to break a Substitute. Substitute also provides additional coverage against Bounce, acting as a pseudo-stall move until you can no longer Sub anymore. Things to avoid: That damn Grumpig with Max bulk. May we punch it to the depths of Kyu’s TeamSpeak. Arcanine “TooFast5You” Nature: Relaxed Ability: Intimidate EV Spread: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe Held Item: Leftovers - Flamethrower - Crunch - Morning Sun - Hidden Power Grass Explanation: Coverage on everything with the bulk to go with it. The name will keep Endure/Sub + Salac abusers at bay while I toss around my amazing coverage. Morning Sun helps with longevity and lets me get a hit on pretty much anything at least once. Intimidate is a god send against a few of these heavy hitters. Things to avoid: Choice Band Earthquakes and Armaldo. Blaziken “SpeedBoost” Nature: Adamant Ability: Blaze EV Spread: 252 Attack / 4 Def / 252 Spe Held Item: Salac Berry - Superpower - Blaze Kick - Endure - Reversal Explanation: Just like with Breloom, there is no ghosts or significant immunities for my Reversal abuse. I will carry Superpower and Blaze Kick for coverage until the time to Endure and Sweep arises. I debated running a mixed set with HP Grass + Fire Blast, but looking at the list it just doesn’t seem necessary. Superpower + Blaze Kick have insane power packed behind STAB and an impressive attack stat. With all the priority around this might be difficult to pull off, but against the right pokemon I’m guaranteed at least one kill solid kill. Things to avoid: Zangoose that can outspeed and hit me, then Quick Attack kill me if I decide to Endure. All them priority pokes. [/spoiler] Summary: A high octane offensive team that abuses wall teams and forces players to run priority. The idea behind this is simple. I use my appropriate resistances to scout my opponent and then either sweep with DD Whiscash or Reversal Blaziken. Everything else has the ability to hit everything in the list with a powerful attack. This match will either end in 5 minutes or… it will end in 5 minutes.

Player sign-ups hype. Looking for quality reps to raise the Mountain to the promise land. Leggo community. Leggo.

Update: Congratulations to Frags for winning tonight's Standard Doubles Tournament! Frags has now expanded his lead on the Overall Best Player's list and has also claimed the #1 spot in the Best Doubles Players list as well. Congratulations also to myself, DoubleJ, for taking 2nd tonight and moving into 9th Place on the Overall Best Players list and also reaching into the Top 5 for the Best Doubles Players list as well. Was an amazing tournament and felt good to grind back into the finals once more. Was an impressive bracket as well. Also congrats to pIata for winning the Quiz Tournament and earning a point for a Gimmick Tournament. Until next time.

Fun ass tourney, thanks again Noad! Congrats Frags, was a good one.

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I can dig the pic a month plan. I'm in.

Damn the work ya'll be putting in is amazing. I'm actually pretty happy we've done the pic thing. Hope others decide to jump in as well. Gonna be deadlifting today on my ankle. Should be good, but it's a bit sore from the game last night. Leggo.

Was playing in John Stockton's gym for city league last night. The legend himself walks in, winks at me, and throws some ridiculous no look behind the back pass around a drop down curtain to one of the kids he was coaching. *jaw dropped

Winter with the answer we all need.

IGN DoubleJ Omg hp fire pika. You know how many times in team I've said I wanted one??? Lots.

Those realizations that I don't have many quality progress pics from before... anyhoos here's a few. Me today, pissed off after my basketball game because we lost to a team in the city league playoffs we've beaten twice this season (RIP my ankle)... (176lbs) [spoiler] [/spoiler] Me about 4-5 months ago after getting back into a regime for a summer triathlon (injury, RIP). Lol so basic. I was like the create-a-player before you do anything (~170lbs) [spoiler] [/spoiler] Me roughly 1 year ago pretending like I made huge gains in the gym. Look at those puny legs. Geez. And I was a high jumper (~165lbs) [spoiler] [/spoiler] Me at my heaviest (and worst) during the Summer of 2013. Research in Boston + Burritos = 20lb weight gain (185lbs) [spoiler] [/spoiler] Wish I had a quality pic of my 155lb super lean physique from my high jumping days. Would have been good motivation for me. Anyhoos thanks for the inspiration ya'll. Hope we can keep on progressing. EDIT: Wish I had that sexy Hollister dressing room lighting that makes you look straight jacked out of heaven. Instead just me and my natural lighting. EDIT2: So much wishing, not enough gaining.