[PSL9] Season Baen9neXL - THE HYPE THREAD

[Gunthug]

4 hours ago, NikhilR said:

 

Because it feels bad when you get your SPL trophy taken away + then don't get drafted this season :(

 

 

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mid season hype?

 

Haha yeah exactly, that's why I don't play spl. Because I don't want my trophy taken. Not because I don't exist to those people 

[KaynineXL]

11 minutes ago, Gunthug said:

Haha yeah exactly, that's why I don't play spl. Because I don't want my trophy taken. Not because I don't exist to those people 

do you exist here tho

[Gunthug]

2 hours ago, KaynineXL said:

do you exist here tho

Can't hear you over the deafening sound of my psl trophy cabinet. All those championship trophies are rattling around in there 

[Kizhaz]

1 hour ago, Gunthug said:

Can't hear you over the deafening sound of my psl trophy cabinet. All those championship trophies are rattling around in there 

better warn Ari there's another earthquake then

[DoubleJ]

2 hours ago, Gunthug said:

Can't hear you over the deafening sound of my psl trophy cabinet. All those championship trophies are rattling around in there 

@DaftCoolio

[DaftCoolio]

10 minutes ago, DoubleJ said:

@DaftCoolio

a lion doesn't concern himself with the opinion of a sheep

[DoubleJ]

Just now, DaftCoolio said:

a snake doesn't concern himself with the opinion of a mouse

 

[DaftCoolio]

Just now, DoubleJ said:

 

hiss hiss

[DoubleJ]

3 minutes ago, DaftCoolio said:

hiss hiss

Let's be teammates finally. We can rule the galaxy together as father and son (you the son). 

[Toast]

5 hours ago, DaftCoolio said:

hiss hiss

kevin durant is that you

[DaftCoolio]

17 minutes ago, Toast said:

kevin durant is that you

Nah he only got 1 ring

[DoubleJ]

1 hour ago, Toast said:

kevin durant is that you

Must be Jon Snow, cuz this young man knows nothin'

 

43 minutes ago, DaftCoolio said:

Nah he only got 1 ring

The Black Mamba ez. 

[DaftCoolio]

I'll donate once i make 8 more posts about it

[Spaintakula]

Does anyone know if coolio will donate

oh

[Linken]

there would have been skill in sm ou last season but my coach never let me play it ^^

how about bw or oras ou?

oras did work pretty well 2 or 3 seasons ago iirc

[Kizhaz]

Why are we debating taking out an MMO tier?

[Nawe]

15 minutes ago, Kizhaz said:

Why are we debating taking out an MMO tier?

because some people dont understand that this is a pokemmo tourney

 

POKEMMO TIERS > showdownshit

*POKEMMO BROKEN TIERS > showdownshit

 

[NikhilR]

Those that prefer MMO tiers over Showdown tiers don't understand that the players who prefer showdown do not wish to spend thousands of hours grinding just to be able to compete and be on the same level as others in MMO tiers. It requires an extreme amount of your time + dedication towards getting $$$ for comps, ev training them, obtaining tutor moves, pp maxing them, and then cteaming your opponent. 

[Gunthug]

"WHY do the devs keep adding more and more grind, god i hate how much grind this game is"

 

"Showdown tiers are shit, only pokemmo tiers where you have to grind and grind and grind to play should be in PSL"

[DaftCoolio]

2 hours ago, Kizhaz said:

Why are we debating taking out an MMO tier?

Idk if you can call LC a tier

[DoubleJ]

Hate saying this but, LC is going to be a PSL tier this season. There are three conditions that need to be met before we can start the season:

1. Eviolite
2. Implement the remaining common abilities
3. Implement the remaining moves that are missing (or at least most of them, this has the lowest priority)

Once we get those things, we can rock and roll. 

[gbwead]

As much as I hate grinding myself, I think the grind is what make MMO tiers preferable to Showdown tiers in PSL.

2 hours ago, NikhilR said:

Those that prefer MMO tiers over Showdown tiers don't understand that the players who prefer showdown do not wish to spend thousands of hours grinding just to be able to compete and be on the same level as others in MMO tiers. It requires an extreme amount of your time + dedication towards getting $$$ for comps, ev training them, obtaining tutor moves, pp maxing them, and then cteaming your opponent. 

The fact that people have to grind so much in order to compete in MMO is the reason why MMO players spend much more time planning, testing and teambuilding than Showdown players. Every PSL, we usually get very hyped matches for MMO tiers where there is better competition than any secondary showdown tier that gets picked.

[BurntZebra]

11 minutes ago, gbwead said:

As much as I hate grinding myself, I think the grind is what make MMO tiers preferable to Showdown tiers in PSL.

The fact that people have to grind so much in order to compete in MMO is the reason why MMO players spend much more time planning, testing and teambuilding than Showdown players. Every PSL, we usually get very hyped matches for MMO tiers where there is better competition than any secondary showdown tier that gets picked.

That's not really true in theory. With showdown, you are not limited by resources/building comps, so all of your time investment goes into scouting, teambuilding, and testing, which is much easier to do with a huge playerbase for SM OU.

 

I guess the fault of the showdown tiers in PSL used to lie in the fact that they were a target for the inactive players who were not willing to make new comps for MMO, so they just settled for showdown tiers. But now, I feel that the showdown tiers have a broader appeal to the general playerbase, as we gain new pokemon and new mechanics, the gap between PokeMMO and certain showdown tiers is less than before, and learning how to play gen 4-7 on showdown will broaden your knowledge and teambuilding for MMO. 

[Gunthug]

19 minutes ago, gbwead said:

As much as I hate grinding myself, I think the grind is what make MMO tiers preferable to Showdown tiers in PSL.

The fact that people have to grind so much in order to compete in MMO is the reason why MMO players spend much more time planning, testing and teambuilding than Showdown players. Every PSL, we usually get very hyped matches for MMO tiers where there is better competition than any secondary showdown tier that gets picked.

I actually agree that the secondary showdown tier hasn't ever really had the quality we had hoped for. But the notion that mmo players spend more time planning, testing, and teambuilding than showdown players is laughable, and also completely beyond proof.

[NikhilR]

Just now, gbwead said:

The fact that people have to grind so much in order to compete in MMO is the reason why MMO players spend much more time planning, testing and teambuilding than Showdown players. Every PSL, we usually get very hyped matches for MMO tiers where there is better competition than any secondary showdown tier that gets picked.

I am not sure about what approach you take towards breeding, but I like to breed almost everything because you'll never know when you need something. I've spent the last one week grinding my ass off, and I still have a lot more pokemon to breed with various sets. Like a Lucario can run several sets such as SD / CC / Crunch / Bullet Punch / Espeed  or alternatively a special set, and I just have one atm. I don't plan in advance of whether or not I will be able to slot it into a team, but more of the fact that I'd like to have it in hand incase the occasion to use it arises sometime during a tour. So I can only speak for myself here gb. However, when it comes to PSL, I usually build from scratch because as one of the GOAT (I can't hold back on showing off bro), I believe that PSL is a better platform to showcase your creativity, which requires new comps / changes, although it need not be from scratch. But the path I need to take to get there is so huge, that I cannot imagine signing up to play UU since I haven't even finished with breeding for OU.  

 

We do get a lot of hype for MMO tiers, but I think that's mostly because people are more familiar with MMO tiers than with showdown, and also because there's some drama behind it, like Kay vs Pipe, Doc v. Yubell, Osuki vs XPLOZ etc. I rarely ever got hyped for ORAS / VGC matches because I had absolutely no clue of what was happening. The surprise factor is something that most people look forward to in almost every event, except that the "surprise" can more common in Showdown because of players' lack of knowledge. Examples of surprise moments are Custap Berry Magnezone ( @Oltan) , my healing wish Jirachi to Cresselia vs Gunt, his crazy ass Raikou set vs me etc. DPP Showdown has always been hyped because it's mostly between experienced players like myself, Gunt, XPLOZ, Kimi, Sweet, (and anyone else I forgot, my b) etc.  

 

EDIT: You're right, our secondary showdown tiers have always sucked like ADV, VGC, ORAS, but personal bias aside, DPP has always been exciting, and it's a completely different excitement when you're the one playing it. 

Edited December 21, 2017 by NikhilR