no one going there because all they flights got cancelled XD

>>58843924
I live there but I have no interest in VGC

I'll be watching it as much as I can tomorrow.
Reg F isn't super interesting, but it's better than H.

Please remember to wash your ass. These events are probably B.O. central.

>>58844535
It's not melee.
The price to compete filters most people.

champions when

>>58845172
Pkmn Day/March release
April usage.
>>58844271
Do you remember how things used to be in Toronto anon?

>>58843924
Are they being held at Union Station?

LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/live/Jq_SDIVCxgo
Regulation F allows for all pokemon except restricted legendaries and mythicals.

>the loud obnoxious obese monstrosity is casting again
why do they not only wheel this retard out for every american event, but give him his own segment after every battle. cant stand him

>its always so exciting to see europeans coming over here to the US for tournaments
does aaron know something we dont? i thought it was greenland next

the girl (male) on the alt stream right now i used to know from back when i was active in robbon mastering circles. shes an absolute cunt and she gens her mons

>>58845316
Which one is the alt stream?

>>58845341
NTA but assume he means this one
https://www.youtube.com/live/Uj7FZcOrHcY?si=9vObAt48f36V7pML

>>58843924
Good luck!

1-1 so far
It's all bolt balance.

Did some schizoanon already theorycraft a realistic meta for Champions? I know we didn't see shit but we got a peek of some of the mons that will be on release. If I were to bet, I think there won't be any mythical and legendaries in the start rotation.

>>58845382
we know too little to say much for certain. itll probably be everything in za + maybe (a bit later) a subset of sv mons. impossible to know who will be meta without knowing the za megas' abilities. for all we know malamar will get a special snowflake ability that replaces all opposing mons abilities with stall

>>58845377
Definitely too much of that.
>>58845384
The only thing I can say for certain:
If past paradox allowed then Charizard Y becomes S-tier instead of just A+

Good luck OP.
Can I ask what kind of team you brought?

>>58845397
Regidrago Indedee Iron Crown Urshifu Ogerpon Tornadus
By-the-book psyspam, torn-urishifu, twind dragon energy. Either you win fast or you lose fast, but it's fast.

>>58845402
based. godspeed anon, may you sweep many raging bolt balancefags

>>58845384
Yeah I was more talking about the pool of Pokémon contained.

>>58845402
God love you anon.
I like the future paradox trio, tried to make a team around Iron Boulder that made me go 7-3, but I had to consistently outpredict. Lots of people forget what Mighty Cleave does and it's the only other rock move that's good next to Ivy Cudgel.

Bro, how have they only managed to stream Swiss 2.
Why were they not able to get a Swiss 1?
Where is Swiss 3?
Why do the hosts have to full so much time with their inane crap?

>this team can be very annoying to watch but at least its a break from raging bolt
even the casters cant hide their hatred of reg F, champions cant come soon enough

>>58845528
They're right. Raging is too centralizing because thunderclap is "tails I win, heads you lose."
It either KOs your opponent's softened mon or keeps them from attacking.
Go Entei!

I would but Reg F is fucking boring

>>58845540
There's sub legendaries to like, if you root for any team that isn't balance with the double baras then it becomes more enjoyable.

is gastrodon brat?

>Regidrago's tera crown is on the dragon's head
Surprisingly based placement, I haven't battled many and none that tera'd.

2-1 so far
Finally played a not bolt-balance.

>>58845591
You got this anon.

watched an interview with stefan mott after his scyther win a while back, hes probably just very autistic but he came off very arrogant and obnoxious. nice to see him get annihilated on stream

>>58845603
He is.
I'm trying to remember if it was him or Chuppa Cross, but there are some players who take themselves very seriously.

>>58845627
the interview began with the interviewer (moxie boosted, who was apparently a longtime friend of his) making a harmless joke about winning with favourites a la elite 4 karen, and mott went into a full on meltdown about how scyther isnt his favourite and was just optimal for the team and winning with favourites is a myth for casuals

im not even saying hes wrong, just that its pathetic to get so worked up over it. i get that it is these peoples career at that high a level, but its still a childrens game at the end of the day. people taking it so seriously will never not make me cringe

>actually huge innovation can take the form of keeping the pokemon the same and just changing natures or evs or a move slot
its not wrong but this is still just fundamentally cope for the fact that any given format is dominated by 10 or so mons. i dont think its insane to aspire to a meta where you could innovate by tweaking existing sets but also bringing totally new viable mons into play

>>58845316
the one being interviewed right now? she just said shes friends with stefan mott whos married to nekkra, which i guess explains why shes getting coverage despite jobbing

lol these events get no views

2-2 now
I lost game 3 to a full para. Yes, it's my own fault for being in a situation where it comes down to one turn.

>>58845773
unlucky anon. shit happens, good luck for your next games

everyone has the same few teams lole

>>58845780
welcome to competitive pokemon

>>58845728
What the fuck happened here

>>58845781
crazy how there are the same amount of viable pokemon as gen 1 when there are 1000 pokemon now

>>58845782
looks like someone copied mon lists into the move slots by mistake

>>58845728
>pokemon can use other pokemon as an attack
how would the meta change

>>58845788
dragapult already does this

>>58845781
SV VGC has been specially fucking bad.
It's so fucking bad I'd rather go back to 2016.

>uhh actually he's not one of my BEST friends

>>58845796
o shi

>>58845728
why is my social security number there

>>58845591
You can do it! :)

>>58845728
why are they no longer showing moves?

>>58845837
it was a bug/error of some kind

3-2
Had a mirror match so that was fun trying to work out the differences in speed evs and items.

4-2
More bolt balance.

>>58846150
hell yeah anon, fingers crossed for you

>>58844427
I liked Reg H, felt like there was a lot of variety

>>58846180
reg H was fine it just dragged on for ages and ended up pretty solved, so it was very repetitive by the end

>>58846150
stay strong

>>58846150
your record is already better than that of anyone else i know whos at the event, godspeed based balance killer

So what we really need is a /vp/ anon competing to inspire others.

4-3
Eliminated from day 2 by bolt balance. It's basically "can you stop Raging Bolt before it gets setup." Sometimes you do, sometimes you don't. Can't win 'em all.

I would not be surprised to find out 70% of the teams here are rillaboom, incin, bolt, urshifu, ogerpon, and one more.

>>58846368
Good job anon, it's a tough meta team to beat.
Every non-meta component requires us to play that much better since we have fewer outs.

>>58846368
sounds like you had a good run, did better against the cancer dino than most people

this segment is painful

Ended 4-4
Last game was a semi mirror. He had Glimora instead of Regidrago and Dark Urshifu instead of Water. I lost game 3 to overthinking he'd lock into Sucker Punch and didn't go for Bleakwind, then I locked into Surging Strikes instead of CC because I was worried about it not KOing his Iron Crown but then I didn't have the damage to take out Urshifu. A lot of 50/50s. Sometimes you play it too safe. Still, 4-4 is a respectable finish (copium, I know). Perfectly balanced as all things should be.

>>58846549
nah, not copium. good on you anon, hope you had a fun day

>>58846554
I did. My kids were in Juniors; they had fun too. The younger one went 3-3 and did well enough to win nine packs of cards, which, to an eight year old, is like the greatest thing in the world.

>>58846549
4-4 is damn good anon.
It's a rough meta and there's a lot of good players out there. A 50:50 at a regional/internat is still going to put you in Masterball in ranked best of 1.
Tell us though, did YOU have fun?

>>58846549
>>58846588
Congrats to you and your family! :)