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Post by Isa on Aug 21, 2014 5:35:05 GMT -8
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Post by marcoasd on Aug 21, 2014 5:46:03 GMT -8
Yeah, really nice job (as far as I've watched) even though the games are not perfect thecnically (we both made some terrible plays), but still enjoyable. I have other interesting series (the ones vs Hantsuki and The_Joker have been great), and you are our Callous  About the games: g3: Tauros vs Snorlax and then sacrifice Starmie (I had some idea he lacked Egg, but still) was stupid. g4: switching Tauros into Snorlax had no sense at all: I was in a bad position due to Chansey's FP but I had to hope for the non HB from Snorlax in any case. g5: leaving sleeping Starmie in was stupid again, but the crazy thing (I'm surprised you did't merid me enough) is that I brought in Lapras into Golem's boom (trying to predict Egg switching in, as I wanted to make the final play to seal up the deal and somehow redeem for the other bad plays) while Chansey switching in was almost 100% safe. I lost Lapras instead, that was KEY vs what he had left. Lapras at 61% is very likely to survive Zapdos' TBolt, so I predicted Drill Peck for Chansey. |
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Post by Lutra on Aug 21, 2014 6:55:59 GMT -8
I think you are getting better  marcoasd is right! Replays I could send:My close sets (3-2/2-1):I got 10 battles vs Crystal_, the majority being interesting, that I could send. (Won 3-2 Master #4 final, Lost 3-2 Master #5 semi-final) Also, I had good sets against Colchonero (first round), Nachos (quarters) and McMeghan (semis) in Good Old Days. (Won 2-1 each time) Me playing good(+luck) and/or very good opponent playing mediocre:Exhibition Match vs Hipmonlee (Super Golem) POCL Final 3 vs you (Eggy Sleep Turning point + good Tauros switch-in) - Callous just has to upload I think though. First Round vs GGFan (Hardest best of 5 3-0 ever) HistoricPOCL match vs Navz (debut of Do you like RBY Eggs? finalised) POWC match vs The Dude (Last competitive game in that busy one year) |
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Post by marcoasd on Aug 21, 2014 7:13:21 GMT -8
Yeah, good players (maybe retired ones) + close games + important events = top
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Post by Isa on Aug 21, 2014 12:28:38 GMT -8
My preference is well played battles, big names are also a plus. Tournament setting or not isn't very important for me.
Thanks for the comments!
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Post by Isa on Sept 2, 2014 11:13:34 GMT -8
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Post by Isa on Sept 10, 2014 11:32:49 GMT -8
Another narration! This is just one game (I prefer doing one game narrations rather than whole set narrations), and it was played between myself and Raish during POWC this summer. Beware of its length (almost 40 minutes) and my cough attacks - doing analyses while having a cold isn't recommended. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rKY41FE4RQ&feature=youtu.be |
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Post by marcoasd on Sept 10, 2014 23:23:17 GMT -8
Another narration! This is just one game (I prefer doing one game narrations rather than whole set narrations), and it was played between myself and Raish during POWC this summer. Beware of its length (almost 40 minutes) and my cough attacks - doing analyses while having a cold isn't recommended. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rKY41FE4RQ&feature=youtu.beRemember watching this live... It looked like both of you wanted to stall  |
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Post by LucasBM on Sept 15, 2014 11:00:09 GMT -8
Really cool stuff here! Congrats, Isa!
Keep up the good work.
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Post by Isa on Sept 23, 2014 1:27:58 GMT -8
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Post by Raish on Sept 23, 2014 6:15:37 GMT -8
Thanks for posting this one! Just for clarification: I knew I could have put Jynx to sleep early, but as Isa noted, I often try to save sleep threat for late game to force out anyone who isn't paralyzed and to try to land it on a high priority target instead of their sleep absorber. I often (but not always) accept the <1/3 chance of getting frozen by a paralyzed Jynx to force a rest cycle and use that to net free Snorlax Body Slams early game.
The Rhydon Earthquake misplay against Eggy was just because I forgot the min % because the last EQ did near max damage but was definitely my worst play of the game. Body Slam was the obvious right choice because it does 39.3% min damage to the 40% Jynx and threatens paralysis to any other switch-in with no miss chance. However, I agree with the Substitute usage on Rhydon the turn before. Almost all pokemon do 24.8%, 30-33%, or 50-70% to Rhydon with their moves if they don't 1HKO, so being at 75% is usually just as good as being at 100%. Therefore when Rhydon is at 100% vs. a paralyzed opponent, Substitute is often similar to increasing their chance of FPing from 25% to 43.75% with the benefit of also letting you use the proper move on a switch-in if they opt not to stay. I didn't believe that there would be another point in the game where Rhydon would be at 100% vs. a paralyzed opponent (especially with my Chansey frozen), so I took my opportunity to try for the low-risk, high-reward strategy that could potentially net me a free turn. If I had knowledge of his team, I might have thought about the move more because his then-hidden non-Reflect Alakazam's crit Psychic KOs at 75% but is not guaranteed at 100%, but I still probably would have made the same move because I had sleeping Zam + Eggy for his Zam.
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Post by CrapAtRBY on Sept 23, 2014 7:34:38 GMT -8
What do you use to convert these in to video replays?
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Post by marcoasd on Sept 23, 2014 11:09:48 GMT -8
Yeah, at first glance I thought Substitute wasn't that bad (while a few switch ins were), but then I realized that it was a good move only because Bloody Rabbit's Egg had Mega Drain and not Stun Spore. The move wasn't revealed, and you don't want to risk being Stun Spored. Mostly, I guess that Snorlax was using Counter all the time, but FP'd. Countering Hyper Beam (aimed at Egg, that Raish didn't fire) would've been really good (safe KO) and later, sending Chansey was safer than Rhydon.
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Post by Raish on Sept 23, 2014 20:13:16 GMT -8
Good point. I hadn't thought about Stun Spore there, and I'll definitely keep it in mind for the future. Somehow that has never come up in the past couple years in an actual game when I've tried for the sub. I definitely had some questionable switch-ins, but this was during a period where I wasn't playing as my normal self because I was in unbearable pain. You can really see the decrease in patience from my game with Isa to that game against Bloody Rabbit a few weeks later after I went from 1 injured limb to 4.
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Post by Isa on Sept 24, 2014 5:34:48 GMT -8
What do you use to convert these in to video replays? I record with Open Broadcaster Software, which saves these files in .mp4 format, which I just directly upload to YouTube. |
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Post by Isa on Sept 25, 2014 6:56:55 GMT -8
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Post by Raish on Sept 25, 2014 19:18:13 GMT -8
Great game! Really glad I finally got to see it!
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Post by joker on Sept 27, 2014 2:33:31 GMT -8
Really a good game! Isa, you're doing a great job: keep working like that! |
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Post by Isa on Oct 17, 2014 9:28:54 GMT -8
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZxHQQQcc2wIt's Isa vs. Floppy! I don't remember being this nervous ahead of any game that I've played recently. I originally had a very simple team (Jynx/Zam/Golem/Egg/Tauros/Snorlax) but constructed the team I used just a minute before playing this game.
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Post by piexplode on Oct 17, 2014 9:37:23 GMT -8
Will watch great vs great lol actually amused I found some old SPL games on Youtube and there was one or two of floppy, pity there was no narration tho  Edit: Left you a reply in the video |
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Post by Raish on Oct 17, 2014 17:58:07 GMT -8
Great job turning your early Counter reveal into your advantage! Also great courage keeping in that Tauros against Eggy! His sacrificing a healthy Lapras instead of a crippled Jynx definitely helped with your comeback.
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Post by jorgen on Oct 17, 2014 19:06:56 GMT -8
Yeah he had no reason not to EQ with you having shown yourself to be unwilling to double Lax into that Jynx.
Far be it from me, the king of not double switching, to criticize you for not double switching, but with that being said, Lax on para'd Jynx is the textbook RBY double switch.
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Post by magic9mushroom on Oct 17, 2014 22:36:43 GMT -8
Yeah he had no reason not to EQ with you having shown yourself to be unwilling to double Lax into that Jynx. Far be it from me, the king of not double switching, to criticize you for not double switching, but with that being said, Lax on para'd Jynx is the textbook RBY double switch. I don't do many double-switches either. I mostly try to punish switches with what I already have in. |
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Post by Isa on Oct 18, 2014 0:45:35 GMT -8
I think that double switches are the premier way to increase your position at a high level of play. However, when I play vs. people I know are good, but haven't played a lot versus, I get scared of doing double switches. I played way safer than I should have.
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Post by Lutra on Oct 18, 2014 1:23:38 GMT -8
The best way to think of it is what's the best out of choosing your 4 attacks and switching to Pokemon a,b,c... each turn given everything you know and what decisions your opponent can or probably will make.
RBY is unique in that there's not much to anticipate from the opponent, such as spikes, setting up sweeps etc, so it's often less likely or further down the line that a double switch is the safest option objectively.
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Post by Isa on Oct 18, 2014 2:26:55 GMT -8
The best way to think of it is what's the best out of choosing your 4 attacks and switching to Pokemon a,b,c... each turn given everything you know and what decisions your opponent can or probably will make. I do agree. This is part of why I'm frustrated at myself in hindsight for not going Snorlax on the Jynx. One issue for me when deciding on whether to send in Lax or not was that I had no way to paralyze the opposing Snorlax, as my Chansey lacked Thunder Wave, and if I mispredicted and sent in my Snorlax on his Snorlax, I needed it paralyzed (I had Counter over Selfdestruct on Snorlax as well. Super cheeky.) to give my own Snorlax a heavy hit on something and avoid dying at once afterwards if his Lax stayed in once again (which was the most likely thing to happen). |
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Post by magic9mushroom on Oct 18, 2014 5:57:16 GMT -8
I think that double switches are the premier way to increase your position at a high level of play. However, when I play vs. people I know are good, but haven't played a lot versus, I get scared of doing double switches. I played way safer than I should have. Depends on which Pokemon you're using. Some Pokemon are more suited for that sort of aggressive play than others. Lapras and Tauros, in particular, are rather reliant on double-switches, while other Pokemon like Chansey don't mind switching into the things they want to face. Part of why I rate Tauros and Lapras lower than most people rate them. |
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Post by Isa on Nov 25, 2014 12:38:37 GMT -8
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Post by marcoasd on Nov 26, 2014 1:28:27 GMT -8
Cool. And yeah, after turn 16 i should've settled for Golem exploding on Exeggutor, but I supposed you would've recognized the switch to Exeggutor as a sacrifice and so I tried the play. I hate to play without plays (especially on ladder lol).
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Post by joker on Nov 27, 2014 13:27:37 GMT -8
Turn 10 I really liked the psychic, not that easy for me; you preserve momentum and I noticed that you usually tend to play in order to mantain aggression. Turn 13 a very good predict by marco: he knew that your exeggutor could blow up at any moment to prevent the sleep move by marco, but it's not easy to guess the right turn. I like also that marco did this play even if 3 turns earlier he missed a similar predict when Exeggutor didn't explode. Surf on Snorlax was really surprising, but I don't get why using it xD Turn 17-18 great play on both sides: Golem's Explosion maybe is very predictable, but at 3% it can have few moments to blow up later, so maybe it's not that easy to predict. Eq is a great predict, but marco answers with another one going to Exeggutor. Here Golem is faster and can do what Isa's Exeggutor failed to do earlier, that's why I'm sure Exeggutor can't stay in (it still has to put something to sleep). I don't know if marco had planned in the turn 16 this chain switch, by the way good catch both times with golem! These two turns are really great: they show how mindgames are complex at high levels Furthermore the last predict and the speed tie won will be decisive for the following turns. Turn 21-22: marco is in a bad position against this Snorlax: Tauros fears explosion, while no other poke can switch in safely. Exeggutor can come in but can only attack once and even predicting Golem with Psychic it will die to Tauros next turn (so basically it's a 1 for 1 Exeggutor for Golem, not that good). I think that marco thought once again to a boom, therefore switches to its less important pokemon in this spot. Considering the turns earlier in which you never exploded maybe Tauros could stay in, but I don't know, too difficult. And we all know how important preserve Tauros is. A switch to Snorlax is another option but only if predicting body slam and going for the trade: it's all a matter of which move is the most probable. Definitely these two turns put Isa in a very good position, letting Snorlax free to blow up (and here is clear the missing of Golem on marco's side). Turn 24: As you pointed, Twave is the best option, for me even if Chansey comes in. In fact Zam can still go for Spc drops, forcing marco to paralyze Zam and predicting the recovery turn to come in with Tauros. In the worst case, Zam dies and Golem comes in to blow up, so that Chansey switch in is not a problem at all. I know you realized that, just wanted to spend few words on it xD What happen from turn 24 to the end is crazy, rby at its best! By far the best ending of an RBY game I ever seen! |
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