OM Battle of the Week (Mix and Mega)

Approved by The Immortal
OP adapted from unfixable


OTHER METAGAMES BATTLE OF THE WEEK
What's the point of this?
The chosen players in a given metagame will battle in a best-of-three series, meaning that those who are new to the voted metagame can see what the top players are using and learn more about the meta. Those who aren't new to OMs can prove themselves and show off their battling skills. These battles might even display what's to become the next top threat!

How's this all going to work?
This thread will work in a three-phase format. Nomination Stage, Voting Stage, and Battle Stage. This process will be repeated about every week:

Nomination Stage: During this stage, members of the community will nominate three other community members that they would like to see battle. You may not nominate yourself and it is recommended that the users you do nominate have been active within the past two weeks. Please try to nominate three members and no fewer. The people who are nominated will be placed on a ballot to start the next part of the process. In order to keep this in order, do not nominate for different metagames; instead, I'll be posting one metagame to start with every week.

Voting Stage: During this stage, everyone will vote for the one person that they would most like to see in a battle along with what metagame they would like to see said player play in. The two players that garner the most votes will be announced and notified. If, however, there is a tie for second-most votes, a tiebreaker will happen to determine the second competitor.

Battle Stage: The best stage, of course. The competitors or I will announce what time the battle will approximately take place in this thread. Battles are encouraged to take place on the main server. Anybody who can make the time of the battle is highly encouraged to join and watch the battle live. If you aren't able to make the battle, replays of all the battles will be saved and posted here, so that you may watch them as you please. Note that the battles should be a best-of-three series as this minimizes the impact of bad luck, but also allows the two competitors to show off up to three of their best teams. On top of this, the two players participating in the battle may choose to use different metagames. Competitors and spectators alike are encouraged to share some of their thoughts of the battles (turning points, crucial misplays, clutch predictions, etc.) that most affected the outcomes. Once the Battle Stage is complete, the process will start again from the Nomination Stage.

What am I getting out of this?
As mentioned in the introduction, everyone gets something out of this. Newcomers get to see battle strategies that the experienced players talk about around the forums being used in real battle situations. Experienced players get to show off their creativity and see who the best may be. And, of course, we all get a good series of battles to watch (or be a part of) every week!

Rules and Miscellaneous Info:
Don't spam vote. The main goal is to help newcomers to OMs better understand the battle strategies that top players talk about in the forums in a real battle, so it's counterproductive to pit two players with limited metagame experience against one another.

If you are on the ballot for the Voting Stage, but know you won't be able to participate in the battle at the end of the week, then please post in this thread or contact me otherwise. It's not a big deal if something came up IRL, but if you tell me in advance, then I won't be forced to skip battles and the whole process will be smoother.

The two competitors from the last week's battle can't be nominated for the following week.
Do not nominate or vote for yourself. This is a community-driven battle, so if the community wants to see you in a battle, they'll vote for you. Eventually, near everybody will have been in a battle.

edit: removed "top five" mention
 
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Past Battles of the Week (Phase One):

Week #1: Almost Any Ability - w0rd (0) vs Kl4ng (2)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/almostanyability-177780423
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/almostanyability-177777838

Week #2: STABmons - Eevee General (2) vs Kit Kasai (0)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/stabmons-182230888
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/stabmons-182235900

Week #3: Tier Shift - Knight of Cydonia (2) vs insanelegend (0)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/tiershift-190232127
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/tiershift-190228458

Week #4: Monotype - floe (2) vs Nani Man (0)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-197891818
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-197896324

Week #5: Random Battles - Eevee General (1) vs The Immortal (2)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/randombattle-203045684
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/randombattle-203054167
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/randombattle-203064476

Week #6: FU - sugarhigh (0) vs Don Honchkrorleone (2)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/frost-fu-1358023
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/frost-fu-1363582

Week #7: Classic Hackmons - manu 11 (2) vs regirock (0)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/classichackmons-210146372
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/classichackmons-210153943

Week #8: Hidden Type - Jack Dalton (2) vs Adrian Marin (1)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/hiddentype-230391501
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/hiddentype-230394729
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/hiddentype-230400036

Week #9: 1v1 - Rumplestiltskin (1) vs Dream Eater Gengar (2)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-232408476
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-232409842
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-232931916

Week #10: Balanced Hackmons - Lcass4919 (2) vs CactusCacti (1)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-235018521
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-235019826
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-235023205

Week #11: Inverse Battle - Kl4ng (2) vs Chopin Alkaninoff (0)
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/inversebattle-239878059
http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/inversebattle-239880522

Week #12: Averagemons - Mamp (1) vs The Immortal (2)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/averagemons-245278634
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/averagemons-245276649
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/averagemons-245275806

Week #13: Linked - M'joe'ra (2) vs Hack_Guy (0)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pandora-linked-2320874
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pandora-linked-2320889

Week #14: Mix and Mega - The Immortal (2) vs Adrian Marin (1)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pandora-mixandmega-2871953
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pandora-mixandmega-2871972
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/pandora-mixandmega-2871996

Week #15: 2v2 Doubles - Rumplestiltskin (2) vs Dream Eater Gengar (0)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/2v2doubles-270483143
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/2v2doubles-278978631

Week #15: Highest Stat Meta - Anty (0) vs Arcticblast (1)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/higheststatmeta-283715278

Week #16: Inheritance - Lcass4919 vs Snaquaza

Week #17: Gods & Followers - The Immortal (2) vs Ransei (0)

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/godsandfollowers-323482146
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/godsandfollowers-323487353

Week #18: VoltTurn Mayhem - Eevee General (0) vs Chopin Alkaninoff (1)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/voltturnmayhem-336530052
 
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This week's battle will be Hidden Type! (The Immortal has spoken)

Nominate three users you would like to see battle. You don't need to nominate a user if someone else already has, since they all go onto one big list.


Past Battles of the Week (Phase Two):

Week #1: Almost Any Ability - E4 Flint (0) vs Kl4ng (1)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/almostanyability-346551727

Week #2: Anything Goes - Dream Eater Gengar (2) vs Transcendent God Champion (0)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-353751971
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/anythinggoes-353757776

Week #3: Balanced Hackmons - Zangooser (0) vs highlighter (1)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/balancedhackmons-369950968

Week #4: STABmons - Joshz vs baconbagon (I'm pretty sure this happened at some point)

Week #5: Tier Shift - Peef Rimgar (1) vs LaxLapras (2)

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/tiershift-387533026
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/tiershift-388714803
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/tiershift-388719222

Week #6: 1v1 - dusk raimon (2) vs Dream Eater Gengar (1)
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-415707536
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-415708204
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/1v1-415709196

Week #7: Inverse Battle - OM room vs Eevee General

Week #8: Mix and Mega - InfernapeTropius11 vs Quantum Tesseract
 
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I'm eager to get this project started, so I'm going to start the voting stage quickly.

Options:

Jack Dalton
unfixable
Jernmax
Ghoul King
Pikachuun
eviolite goomy
Piccolo
Kl4ng
The Reptile
Adrian Marin

Vote for one user you would like to see battle. I'll leave this open for a while.
 
Adrian Marin.

Also since when am I notable enough to have people I don't even recognize nominating me for this. I don't even hang out in rooms...
 

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