Tournament Random Battles Extension League - Commencement Thread

[Dark Pulse]

Cohosted by bobomania, Dark Pulse, and Mathy. Approved by sharpclaw.

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Welcome everyone, to the Pioneer RBEL Commencement Thread!

Post your Power Rankings, Calls for Tryouts, and shitposts about why you should've been in RBTT but the managers(me) didn't have the vision to see your true potential. But most of all, have fun!​

 

[Bella]

For those who did not get to play in RBTT but still want to participate in RBEL:
The Goodras are doing tryouts! Please join if you want us to take a look at you for the tour:
https://discord.gg/WNkwF5ABUc

 

[Drifting]

Are you an up-and-coming randbats player? Are you tired of dominating the ladder and want to break into tournaments? Do you have some individual tournament experience but want to experience a team environment?

If you identity with the above or are otherwise interested in playing for the Metagross' in the RBEL team tournament, please contact me on discord ( drifting_ ) with the format(s) you're interested in and reasons why you would be a good choice. Some examples of things I'd like to see are ladder peaks, high GXE's, good tournament performances and wins vs notable players, but other forms of evidence are also welcome.

 

[Luchik]

gm. Chompers are also doing tryouts feel free to contact me on discord "luchik" or start a convo in dms w tref and i. we take battles, tour results, elo peaks and ladder peaks. replays where you think you did good are ok too

 

[Amaranth]

Are you an up-and-coming RBEL manager? Don't want to run your own scouting? Here have my links and notes about a multitude of players who might be good to pick up

I had a tier system pre-draft to loosely guide my draft, with 6 tiers of draftability within each tier. the RBTT swept through a majority of Tiers 1-4, so if someone is T3/4 I think they'll be a top priority in RBEL, if someone is T5 they are probably very draftable, and if someone is T6 they might also very well be useful.

this data is not necessarily conclusive, I was not able to play tryouts with everyone and my final rating is of course personal opinion, based on a handful of games at best (sometimes no games and just scouting based on past results, which is even more arbitrary). this is meant to spotlight some people who I think deserve a shot & help RBEL managers make good decisions, it is not a definitive judgement for or against anyone in or outside this list, do not take it seriously if i rank you lower than you believe you should be ranked. and please double check my judgement if you are a manager, do your own scouting / tryouts etc

with that said, here is my list, and all relevant tryout replays if the managers want to check em out. i have added asterisks to players who have replays in the replay bank below

The List

Tier 3
jackofspadesman (Doubles)

Tier 4
Lasen* (Was T4 for BF/BSSF which are not regular formats here, but likely still worth it)
Tarre25 (Gen 9/8/7/6)
rabbit13 (Gen 1)

Tier 5
John Dozo* (Gen 9/8)
relevartemit* (I tested for Gen 6, they signed for 7/6/5)
Ghostilex* (I tested for Gen 9, they signed for all but 5/4)
IcyPenguin2* (Gen 6/5)
siras (All)
haxlolo (Gen 9)
ElectricityCat (Gen 6/5/4/3)
Kinetic (Gen 9)
Batzi (had them down for Gen 8, they signed for 5+)
Leafium Z (All)
LpZ (All but 1/Hackmons)
I love bagon (Gen 8)
Arcticblast (Doubles)
tyo (Doubles)
SANKE CARP (had them down for Gen 3, they signed for 5/3/1)
O1V7O2X9O (had them down for Gen 4, they signed for 8/7/6/5/4)
pokology (Gen 3)
RandomPopplio (All)
R1C3M4N (Gen 8)
USN (Gen 9; formerly known as Faaagamer)

Tier 6
Nashrock* (Gen 9/8)
drifttrick* (I tested Gen 4, they signed for 9/5/4/3)
Slikkles* (Gen 8)
DripLegend* (Gen 5)
Hats (Gen 4)
Elgino (All)
BigFatMantis (Gen 1)
DC (Gen 5/4/3/1)
Kipkluif (Gen 1)
romanji (All)
El químico del pueblucho (Gen 4, but randbats mains will think i'm on crack for placing him this low)
davidelbello (Gen 5)
NotVeryCake (Gen 1)
Staraptor (Doubles)
pokevin03dragonite (Gen 9)
Mada (Gen 9/8)

Replay Bank + personal notes on each set of games

--- Tier 4 ---

lasen (1-3)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8battlefactory-2023310909-qj80k3jzzffbzs3l7ponjuj9iv2qu97pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8bssfactory-2023318138-9kgglaj2jinsdk8xyg90299z6r7ea29pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8bssfactory-2023320748-rcsgb0mo5ox49h234qx3ztuejxrx2ljpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8bssfactory-2023323335-pffoibx0jqyc1a71z1i8j3njuwejvvypw
i played like dogshit

--- Tier 5 ---

john dozo (3-0)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2018905976
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2018908978
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2018913317
bro has the unlucky genes down, good god
doesn't seem to play bad, though maybe flygon sack g2 was sus

relevartemit (1-1)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6randombattle-2023395787-6mwsdxtpnsv20aluk1lojagx9f3jbtvpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6randombattle-2023401162-sulhkf3j93z72echftla2pa6aoux1f9pw
g1 was the rawest teamgen of all time but it looks to me like this guy clicks good buttons pretty consistently

ghostilex (1-2)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2019123846?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2019129709
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2019134388-7iugyfhpmp8jxvjcur1vfvvpwhdxrwapw
i may or may not have played g1 and g2 like dogshit
he's not bad

icypenguin2 (2-1)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6randombattle-2023252459-irdp498q7bgkfwwj70q8gn2ha6j5kwfpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6randombattle-2023258617-k81jqw37zrzbviisp9tw6lpj75os5jbpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6randombattle-2023262189-644d7xgw7qf15gdrwb68z64jwzj14l5pw
didn't play too impressive and his one win was in a teamgen steamroll, but he's not bad per se


--- Tier 6 ---

nashrock (3-1)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2023915549-ye4291hptk6z6k8s6axozcv2tll88lepw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2023918754-vnr4e0urowpn4h14z9gjqhpihcv5a4gpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2023922605-mdi6k0x7mplxdnynjr623qekgspt1sjpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2023926842-lsy7slam7w8ro43cfnhp5u5diyenz36pw
he kinda got gen9'd but he has some decent moves
nothing too crazy but if i gotta, i will

drifttrick (2-1)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4randombattle-2018958803
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4randombattle-2018963833
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4randombattle-2018968823
his only win was cm arceus into a team that cant toxic or do >50 to it with anything, so like, eh, but he wasn't playing poorly in general, i just skill gapped him a touch

slikkles (2-1)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8randombattle-2018847740-uolsgbbhyiur36qch476eqwbjcfofddpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8randombattle-2018851434-ebqt4tj6vgj9jdpciiio3oz7jtqur5cpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8randombattle-2018854610-co6wfsemw3su7uwibmv2gjegv3xyq6zpw
he's not bad but he's not great. like i told him, if it's late draft and i need cover, there's a chance

driplegend (0-3)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen5randombattle-2025465197-965dxqlg2jslmieqzeyn0eo5hcfrqwrpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen5randombattle-2025468598-ir5q4okp5zs2w4gfx7cxrzby4ydkjtdpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen5randombattle-2025473902-t67nclbqoapfzbir1m5r8j6sr2v0jmwpw
hands down winner of the luckiest participant award, this was painful
sleepsacking the scolipede to which you know i have no switchins whatsoever, why not
or just roll terrakion hazard stack vs no fight resist
he's not completely terrible but sheesh

 

[Piyush25]

Gm guys, (after not being picked as a manager) I want to be in a winner team with amazing people all around. That's why I decided as a player to hold tryouts for other players? Why? Once I'm drafted I hopefully get an invite to the server immediately (appeal to the managers who draft me) and then I can convince them to pick you up. All of this just works if managers agree with my approach obviously.

I'm looking forward to the tryouts :D
You can either just DM me if you see me online on PS (Petros) or you shoot me a Discord DM (princeofalltacos)

 

[Petros]

Gm guys, (after not being picked as a manager) I want to be in a winner team with amazing people all around. That's why I decided as a player to hold tryouts for other players? Why? Once I'm drafted I hopefully get an invite to the server immediately (appeal to the managers who draft me) and then I can convince them to pick you up. All of this just works if managers agree with my approach obviously.

I'm looking forward to the tryouts :D
You can either just DM me if you see me online on PS (Petros) or you shoot me a Discord DM (princeofalltacos)

Smogon needs to implement :skull: react ASAP

 

[TNTDestroyer]

Petition for rbel power rankings after draft fr

 

[R1C3M4N]

Looks like I didn't put enough effort into getting drafted last time so here's another attempt:

*ahem*

@managers plz draft me im good at pokemans

extensive list of ladder peaks

I've fallen off ._.

 

[Arcticblast]

"Random Battles Extension League" is a long and boring-sounding name. Extension doesn't sound prestigious at all. I have picked out a few alternative name ideas, with extra comments in parentheses:

- Random Battles Extra League
- Random Battles Tall League
- Random Battles Extra Tall League
- Random Battles .com League
- Random Bats Extension League (Zubat line, Woobat line, Noibat line, Lunala, and Ogerpon have increased appearance rates)
- Random Battles Team Throwdown (RBTT for short!)
- Random League (what are we playing? who knows)
- More Random Battles
- Leaving The Stove On League
- pokemon
- pokemon (sic)
- Random Battles Hyper League
- Round Boys Eat Lettuce
- Random Battles Elite 108
- Tapu Bulu

 

[Dark Pulse]

RBEL Draft will be on Sunday at 8pm GMT!

manager draft rounds will be 3 and 4 - and the draft order is as follows:

1. Kommo-O
2. Garchomp
3. Metagross
4. Tyranitar
5. Dragonite
6. Goodra

Tune in to see the draft happening, and good luck to players and managers!

 

[TNTDestroyer]

hm, if i dont get drafted ill make a bingo card for this occasion which will totally not be biased.

 

[Tarrembeau]

Team Kommo-o is doing tryouts! Feel free to reach out to me or Chains of Markov with a short presentation, ladder peaks, replays, tour results, and if you want to play some tryout games in your preferred formats.

 

[El químico del pueblucho]

Team Kommo-o is doing tryouts! Feel free to reach out to me or Chains of Markov with a short presentation, ladder peaks, replays, tour results, and if you want to play some tryout games in your preferred formats.

no :), but pass tiers

 

[meamdefinitely5]

We finally got a commencement thread yay

 

[jackofspadesman]

Are you an up-and-coming RBEL manager? Don't want to run your own scouting? Here have my links and notes about a multitude of players who might be good to pick up

I had a tier system pre-draft to loosely guide my draft, with 6 tiers of draftability within each tier. the RBTT swept through a majority of Tiers 1-4, so if someone is T3/4 I think they'll be a top priority in RBEL, if someone is T5 they are probably very draftable, and if someone is T6 they might also very well be useful.

this data is not necessarily conclusive, I was not able to play tryouts with everyone and my final rating is of course personal opinion, based on a handful of games at best (sometimes no games and just scouting based on past results, which is even more arbitrary). this is meant to spotlight some people who I think deserve a shot & help RBEL managers make good decisions, it is not a definitive judgement for or against anyone in or outside this list, do not take it seriously if i rank you lower than you believe you should be ranked. and please double check my judgement if you are a manager, do your own scouting / tryouts etc

with that said, here is my list, and all relevant tryout replays if the managers want to check em out. i have added asterisks to players who have replays in the replay bank below

The List

Tier 3
jackofspadesman (Doubles)

Tier 4
Lasen* (Was T4 for BF/BSSF which are not regular formats here, but likely still worth it)
Tarre25 (Gen 9/8/7/6)
rabbit13 (Gen 1)

Tier 5
John Dozo* (Gen 9/8)
relevartemit* (I tested for Gen 6, they signed for 7/6/5)
Ghostilex* (I tested for Gen 9, they signed for all but 5/4)
IcyPenguin2* (Gen 6/5)
siras (All)
haxlolo (Gen 9)
ElectricityCat (Gen 6/5/4/3)
Kinetic (Gen 9)
Batzi (had them down for Gen 8, they signed for 5+)
Leafium Z (All)
LpZ (All but 1/Hackmons)
I love bagon (Gen 8)
Arcticblast (Doubles)
tyo (Doubles)
SANKE CARP (had them down for Gen 3, they signed for 5/3/1)
O1V7O2X9O (had them down for Gen 4, they signed for 8/7/6/5/4)
pokology (Gen 3)
RandomPopplio (All)
R1C3M4N (Gen 8)
USN (Gen 9; formerly known as Faaagamer)

Tier 6
Nashrock* (Gen 9/8)
drifttrick* (I tested Gen 4, they signed for 9/5/4/3)
Slikkles* (Gen 8)
DripLegend* (Gen 5)
Hats (Gen 4)
Elgino (All)
BigFatMantis (Gen 1)
DC (Gen 5/4/3/1)
Kipkluif (Gen 1)
romanji (All)
El químico del pueblucho (Gen 4, but randbats mains will think i'm on crack for placing him this low)
davidelbello (Gen 5)
NotVeryCake (Gen 1)
Staraptor (Doubles)
pokevin03dragonite (Gen 9)
Mada (Gen 9/8)

Replay Bank + personal notes on each set of games

--- Tier 4 ---

lasen (1-3)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8battlefactory-2023310909-qj80k3jzzffbzs3l7ponjuj9iv2qu97pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8bssfactory-2023318138-9kgglaj2jinsdk8xyg90299z6r7ea29pw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8bssfactory-2023320748-rcsgb0mo5ox49h234qx3ztuejxrx2ljpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8bssfactory-2023323335-pffoibx0jqyc1a71z1i8j3njuwejvvypw
i played like dogshit

--- Tier 5 ---

john dozo (3-0)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2018905976
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2018908978
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2018913317
bro has the unlucky genes down, good god
doesn't seem to play bad, though maybe flygon sack g2 was sus

relevartemit (1-1)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6randombattle-2023395787-6mwsdxtpnsv20aluk1lojagx9f3jbtvpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6randombattle-2023401162-sulhkf3j93z72echftla2pa6aoux1f9pw
g1 was the rawest teamgen of all time but it looks to me like this guy clicks good buttons pretty consistently

ghostilex (1-2)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2019123846?p2
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2019129709
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2019134388-7iugyfhpmp8jxvjcur1vfvvpwhdxrwapw
i may or may not have played g1 and g2 like dogshit
he's not bad

icypenguin2 (2-1)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6randombattle-2023252459-irdp498q7bgkfwwj70q8gn2ha6j5kwfpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6randombattle-2023258617-k81jqw37zrzbviisp9tw6lpj75os5jbpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen6randombattle-2023262189-644d7xgw7qf15gdrwb68z64jwzj14l5pw
didn't play too impressive and his one win was in a teamgen steamroll, but he's not bad per se


--- Tier 6 ---

nashrock (3-1)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2023915549-ye4291hptk6z6k8s6axozcv2tll88lepw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2023918754-vnr4e0urowpn4h14z9gjqhpihcv5a4gpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2023922605-mdi6k0x7mplxdnynjr623qekgspt1sjpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2023926842-lsy7slam7w8ro43cfnhp5u5diyenz36pw
he kinda got gen9'd but he has some decent moves
nothing too crazy but if i gotta, i will

drifttrick (2-1)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4randombattle-2018958803
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4randombattle-2018963833
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen4randombattle-2018968823
his only win was cm arceus into a team that cant toxic or do >50 to it with anything, so like, eh, but he wasn't playing poorly in general, i just skill gapped him a touch

slikkles (2-1)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8randombattle-2018847740-uolsgbbhyiur36qch476eqwbjcfofddpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8randombattle-2018851434-ebqt4tj6vgj9jdpciiio3oz7jtqur5cpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen8randombattle-2018854610-co6wfsemw3su7uwibmv2gjegv3xyq6zpw
he's not bad but he's not great. like i told him, if it's late draft and i need cover, there's a chance

driplegend (0-3)
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen5randombattle-2025465197-965dxqlg2jslmieqzeyn0eo5hcfrqwrpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen5randombattle-2025468598-ir5q4okp5zs2w4gfx7cxrzby4ydkjtdpw
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen5randombattle-2025473902-t67nclbqoapfzbir1m5r8j6sr2v0jmwpw
hands down winner of the luckiest participant award, this was painful
sleepsacking the scolipede to which you know i have no switchins whatsoever, why not
or just roll terrakion hazard stack vs no fight resist
he's not completely terrible but sheesh

I'm the best of a the undrafted mids don't forget it folks

 

[meamdefinitely5]

I'm the best of a the undrafted mids don't forget it folks

And I'm the worst middest of the undrafted mids don't forget that either lol..
(I wanted to make a comedic moment)

 

[Trefleuh]

I'm the best of a the undrafted mids don't forget it folks

Untiered

 

[John Dozo]

I'm the best of a the undrafted mids don't forget it folks

well if theres a ranking to it i am the leader of the almost plebs?

 

[Flou]

check this shit out
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9randombattle-2040556474-8jkivy0qzpihjqn1nfrcfx5kapo1ecbpw
more outplays to come, this is what the people wanna see

 

[latias999999999]

Untiered

pain. I wasn't in the list either. We can still be tier 1's in our hearts though.

:, ^ )

 

[bobomania]

We had way more signups than anticipated, so we are expanding the number of slots per team! After discussing with the managers, we have concluded that the least intrusive option was to add another Gen 9 slot, a Battle Factory slot, and an additional sub for all teams. This brings the total amount of players per team from 12 to 15. The new format list now looks like this:

Gen 9 Random Battle
Gen 9 Random Battle
Gen 8 Random Battle
Gen 7 Random Battle
Gen 6 Random Battle
Gen 5 Random Battle
Gen 4 Random Battle
Gen 3 Random Battle
Gen 1 Random Battle
Gen 9 Random Doubles
Gen 8 Battle Factory
Mystery Box (Gen 2 Random Battle, Gen 8 BSSF, Gen 9 Hackmons Cup)

This is the best we could do in short order, we will make sure to be properly prepared for next year if interest remains this high. Again, thank you to everyone that signed up!

 

[unreal reshiram]

as a person with only 1200 rating and is playing for fun, this all seems a little too much efforts. Well, i dont mind not getting picked up then

 

[El químico del pueblucho]

Do it!

 

[Chains of Markov]