Thanks for all the comments guys, really did my best with this one because I thought this battle deserved it. I've had a lot of fun playing UU recently, but up until this battle every game has been un-storyable due to one side or the other being dominated too badly or making a really bad mistake. I was so disappointed when I lost this battle, but I'm glad I managed to recognize its potential as a story and saved the log.
-fixed the 2 unbolded log spots
-duely noted the feedback from fellow UU battles, I learned some more about the game from your commentary so thanks.
-Cynthia-- I can see where you're coming from with the spinners, and heaven knows I'd like a backup plan to get rid of spikes. I just HATE the idea of [wasting] a turn with RS
so much though. >.< The only UU spinner I would run with this offensive team is Sandslash, who is both somewhat over-lapping with Nidoking, and I just get irritated by the idea of attacking with
rapid spin when I could be attacking with
earthquake. >.< I might try Sandslash in the future just the same though. Ultimately, I want to improve my offensive game even more, especially my own prediction skills as a method of keeping SR at bay. There are so many usable pokemon in UU, and thus so many offensive players I'd like to try in the mix-- especially with the death of wish-hypno. Haza. xD
-LW-- this is a slightly older log, and I will be in the midst of testing HP Ground + Discharge in the near future. I actually just finished breeding this luxray too:
Quiet/Intimidate/HP Ground Luxray!
-As for the title, I hate titles that give something away, and I couldn't think of anything more creative. xD
-Apologies for over-use of the word
momentum, you might notice that in 1 place in the story I replaced it with the word
flow, but overall I was trying to write well, but stick to a certain set of terminology to help readers stay in my mindset. I realize though that this can get irritating, so I'll try to vary the word use more in future stories.
I'm tired. It'll be awhile before I write another one like this. lol
edit: Also, stathakis, I'm 90% certain there are archived UU stories (ODDish's work anyone?)