Hello Hat Lovers!
On June 14th Nintendo streamed a demo of Pokemon Sun & Moon, which revealed some new information about the battle GUI (guided user interface) that has some interesting implications for VGC.
Author: Starmetroid
Triple Double Primals: 1st, 2nd and 7th place Vancouver MSS Report
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The VGC w/Hats crew did well for themselves at the Vancouver Midseason Showdown. Kelvin, Rapha and I all used the dual primals archetype and got 1st, 2nd and 7th respectively. Rapha also won the Premiere Challenge the day after.
Possibly the Worst Move Ever: A Top 8 Midseason Showdown Report
Hello Hat Lovers! I’m back from the Washington Midseason Showdown. Both Mark and I got top 16 with this team in the elevated PC in Oregon and Mark got top 32 (5-2) with it in the Regionals. I missed out on CP from Oregon Regionals and since I was only planning to go to two Regionals and two Midseason Showdowns I needed to do better in the rest of my events. I’ve also neglected to practise at all because I recently bought a PS3 and have been catching up on all the Tales of games I’ve been missing since 2008. Because of this the only team I was practised with was “The Team”. Even though teams have become better suited to dealing with this team I was still confident that I could do well with it. Mark and I have made some changes to the team since the first PC I used it in. Most notably, we’ve been running Icy Wind Kangaskhan. Here’s the current team:
“This is The Worst Format Ever” Said Everyone Every Year
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Today I’m going to talk about the animosity some players have against the 2016 format. Every year it seems we hear players saying “this is the worst format ever” while using lines like “there’s no creativity” or “every team is the same”. What seems to separate this year from previous formats is that we’re hearing this not just from bad players, but we’ve been seeing some major criticism on the format from highly accomplished and respected players.
Epic Games & More 1st Place Premiere Challenge Report
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I won the first BC Premiere Challenge of 2016. This was the first VGC 2016 tournament in BC so I didn’t know what to expect people to be playing. I decided to go with a team of Groudon, Xerneas, Kangaskhan, Salamence, Talonflame and Smeargle. The team is very strong and I’ve been playing with it for the last month so I figured I’d get a good finish from it.
VGC with Hats 