this is the run, we are invincible

[domeinion]

[The days are here, and the Battle Park is all done up for the show. Banners with a weird shield-like symbol announce the Dome-tide tournament, and everything is organized in an orderly fashion. Everyone who signed up will be directed to their place and given a free water and name tag, and spectators will get a program detailing all the matches and locations.

The prizes are... well, something that a weird nerd would think are good prizes. First prize gets a Nugget, second a bunch of EXP candy, and third and fourth get literally just 30 Ulternian Poké Balls each. She had to be talked out of giving you textbooks.

select your team, b yourself, and have fun!]



[HOW IT WORKS

The bracket was seeded with characters who were signed up on the thread linked above for the month's plotting post! Since there were 10 teams and thus four people would have had to play an extra round, I gave those slots mainly to people who signed up multiple characters. You can find the bracket here with all the results, which were done via RNG.

The matches can be threaded out on the post in their toplevels according to the RNGed results, or can be skipped, depending on player preference. There will be a toplevel for rounds 1, 2, 3, and 4, and another for general spectating.

ICly, this runs on the 12th, but backtags until whenever are fine as always! This is a player-run event, so if you need anything, let me know!]

Comments

[domeinion]

[She winces at his description and shakes her head.]

That's true. Everyone here is strong, and they come from all different kinds of places. I knew I was out of practice when it came to opponents this strong, too. But that just means we have a goal and a clearer view of the variables at play, doesn't it?

[serperiority]

[Trip tends to assume losses are due to him doing something wrong or lacking something, he’s a bit hard on himself that way.

At Alice’s take, Trip started to smile.]

Yeah, it’s like a refresher, almost. I know where to focus on my training, too, so I’ll be a more worthy challenger and have a better chance next time.

Do you know what you’ll be focusing on?

[domeinion]

We do need to shake off our rust, and I've been thinking maybe we need to rethink the moves we're using. I know we really should've done that a long time ago, but the Voices had... very strange ideas of strategy sometimes.

[serperiority]

Oh, care to give an example?

I've seen some strange strategies too. Ash and Bianca seem to come up with them on the fly.

[domeinion]

For one thing, half my team knows Fly. I don't know why they thought it was so important that they all get it. It's worked so far, but we maybe ought to shift our view for a world that makes sense.

[(less wraped) game logic meets anime logic; sorry for the delay, mostly been playing Attila lately]

[serperiority]

Fly...? If they have wings, isn't that a bit redundant...? It's not like they can forget how to fly, right?

no worries!

[domeinion]

I mean, DJ has a jet pack, but it's the same idea. And theoretically you could forget to do anything if you didn't do it enough.

[sorry again for the delays--finally got my days off! \o/]

[serperiority]

... a jet... pack...?

[He might need to see that, he's a bit stunned.]

I thought it'd be like whistling or riding a bicycle or something... even if you lose your memories, you don't forget how to do those things, because it's muscle memory... or something.

But I guess, since Pokemon can forget moves...

[domeinion]

Something like that. Different worlds, different rules. And you already know I come from weird circumstances.

[serperiority]

Yeah, sorry...

It's just knowing that and knowing what to expect are different, I can still get caught off-guard. I'll just take your word for it.