FFA!!! - gl, hf, dd - REF: Oslo ♥ ♥

[Crystal Tears]

Yes well, apparently I like ASB at the moment. So I’m issuing a challenge to people.

Players: 4 – 6(ish)

Pokemon: 2, 1 out at a time.

Rules:
- You may not use super effective moves on each other (if you get caught in the crossfire, the damage you receive is halved).
- Toxic, Non-Damaging Healing Moves, Substitute and Pain Split are banned.
- Everyone’s first pokemon and actions are sent to ref.

Arena: The Blitzball Arena

An old arena I used, the Blitzball Arena is a massive water sphere in which the sport ‘blitzball’ is played. The water itself does not hinder nor aid any types, so any attack generally works in the arena. However, anything that can overly disrupt the sphere or change its balanced nature won’t work (earthquake, fissure and super-sized whirlpools for example, would fail as will any and all weather moves). Obviously, attacks like fly, bounce and dig have little use in the sphere, you can use them to perhaps move quickly/more efficiently in a general direction, but there is nothing stopping the others from chasing you.

A massive crowd has come out to see the battle tonight, the players better not disappoint (up to ref's discretion if this impacts the game).

Getting knocked out of the sphere generally costs no health or energy, however, if the opponent manages to slam you so hard out that you crash into the floor, or stadium seats some damage might be taken (up to ref’s discretion). Otherwise, pokemon won’t leave the arena (you cannot fly out and around it, so don’t try).

There is also a random floating blitzball in the center of the sphere, that can be used as a weapon.

Everyone can move around the sphere at the pace they would have in a normal environment. Let's assume everyone is suddenly decent at swimming, shall we? No pokemon shall receive damage from the sphere if they're weak against water, nor can anyone drown.

Players:
1) Crystal Tears
2) Blademaster
3) Mew Master
4) RaZoR LeAf
5) Crazy Elf Boy
6) Cynder

Pics for Reference: 1 and 2.

Come play with us ♥

[Mew Master]

Yes.... Come play...

[BTPoke]

UGH! why'd I have to be in 4 battles!? this seems so awesome! oh well. it'll be fun to spectate, I guess.

[Oslo]

Joining the battle!

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Damn, slots are full. Hurry up Grey, finish that Boss Battle

[RaZoR LeAf]

Thought I was full up, but just checked, and I have 1 open slot. I'm in!

[BTPoke]

ugh, I need to get an open slot quickly!

[Crazy Elf Boy]

Seeing as I am freeing up a bit of my time for TPM, sign me up for this battle.

[Cynder]

Not in any battles currently, so... Sign me up! :3

[Crystal Tears]

Kay so its 4 to 6ish players because I didn't realize so many people would want to do this. XD And cuz Cynder was only like, 2 mins behind Crazy Elf Boy, she gets to enter the arena too.

If more people srsly want to play, I don't see an issue beyond getting a ref. START CALLING IN FAVOURS GUYS.

♥

[Oslo]

'Kay, so I'm probably crazy for doing this but I think I'm going to withdraw and then offer myself as ref. In the interest of keeping this whole thing as manageable as possible, is it okay if we cap the number of participants at six? I think it's good with the battlers we have so far.

Also, just so I'm clear... attacks like Thunderbolt or Flamethrower would work like normal as if the water wasn't even there, right? How will weather moves function? And I imagine Double Team is pretty much useless since the water would immediately destroy the clones, right? Finally, I know participants send me their first Pokemon/commands... but what about all subsequent commands? Will those be PM'd to me or will they be posted in the topic like a normal battle?

That's all I need to know. Also, I propose a strict one week DQ time to keep this battle from dragging on until we're all old and grey.

[Mew Master]

You mean your NOT old and grey? O.o?!

[Crystal Tears]

Most moves function as they normally would (t-bolt, flamethrower, ice beam, etc all work perfectly). Double team is up to you... in the original map I think I left it so double team worked - but its been so long I don't remember. Your call Oslo. Weather moves are useless, as are moves that would otherwise damage or threaten the sphere (earthquake, fissure, large whirlpools, etc).

... For shiggles, everyone must PM their moves every round to you. But people may only have one sub. Hellz yeaahhh.

Sure thing, one week DQ. I'm doing okay with keeping up so far. XD

Thanks Oslo for taking up this reffing btw. Maybe next Free For All you will play? :3

EDIT: I've confused myself though XD, we send out pokes, you reveal them, then we send attacks right? Been so long since I did a match like this.

[Rossymore]

'Kay, so I'm probably crazy for doing this

You are, good luck and I'll miss you when you're gone.

[Oslo]

Okay, awesome! I'll make Double Team legal for shits and giggles. So yeah, what you said: everyone send me their Pogeys now, I'll post them and then everyone will send me their moves. La. I like the idea of there only being one sub.

Also, because I don't want to have to do this later:

TEAM CRYSTAL TEARS, TEAM BLADEMASTER, TEAM MEW MASTER,
TEAM RAZOR LEAF, TEAM CRAZY ELF BOY and TEAM CYNDER
all versus each other!

Location: The Blitzball Arena
Rules: See OP
Abilities: Active
DQ Time: One week (strictly enforced! don't make me bounce you!)



‡ Pre-Round ‡


‡ Round 1 ‡

Attacks!

Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>

Attacks!

Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>

Attacks!

Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>
Pikachu: <-? HP; -? EP>


‡ Post-Round ‡

Notes:

> Somebody to command next
> Also, your team colours clash hideously. It's like autumn sunset vomit. I love it.

[DarkestLight]

(TOO MUCH FUN RESPONDING IN IMAGES ONLY XD)

[Oslo]

I'm still waiting on Blade's selection. Could someone send him a message perhaps? I'm not sure if he's aware of this topic.

[Oslo]

The first Pogeys are as follows...

CT: Doomtrain, male Steelix with Sheer Force
Blade: Preying Mantas, male Frillish with Cursed Body
Mew: Kenshin, male Dewott with Torrent
RL: Castor, male Bibarel with Simple
CEB: Mary Celeste, female Mismagius with Levitate
Cynder: Mina, female Dratini with Marvel Scale

La! Now everyone can PM their commands to me. Remember... you only get to attach one sub to every set of commands!

[Oslo]

Blade is the only one yet to send moves. CT, since this is your rodeo, do you want to give him a friendly nudge or would you rather just call for a DQ on him? It has been more than a week and I'd rather try to do this battle in a way that doesn't cause it to drag for centuries, alol.

[DarkestLight]

>.>..this is still going lol

[Crystal Tears]

I'll give him a nudge today when he comes online, see whats up. I hope he can participate but I doubt any of us want to wait a while. Will update soon!

[Oslo]

TEAM CRYSTAL TEARS, TEAM BLADEMASTER, TEAM MEW MASTER,
TEAM RAZOR LEAF, TEAM CRAZY ELF BOY and TEAM CYNDER
all versus each other!

Location: The Blitzball Arena
Rules: Super effective attacks, Toxic, non-damaging healing moves, Substitute and Pain Split are banned
Abilities: Active
DQ Time: One week



‡ Pre-Round ‡


‡ Round 1 ‡

G’day, sports fans, and welcome to the ten jillionth Blitzball championships! With their eyes on the prize, six steely competitors who represent the upper-crust of ASB’s fiercest competitors enter the stadium to the roar of the crowd. Crystal Tears, Blademaster, Mew Master, RaZoR LeAf, Crazy Elf Boy and Cynder approach the massive sphere of water with Pokeballs in hand.

Well. No point in delaying this any further.

Let the games begin!

The six competitors begin hurling Pokeballs into the sphere of water as six Pokemon emerge. A Steelix, Frillish, Dewott, Bibarel, Mismagius and Dratini emerge and… wait, was that a Steelix? Fortunately, the properties of the arena permit the brutish beast to breathe in the water, though I’m not exactly sure how he feels about facing off against three Water-types. Time to see how this goes!

As the round begins, Mary Celeste drifts away from the action and finds a nice, vacant corner where she begins plotting something diabolical. Doomtrain, Preying Mantas, Kenshin and Mina all have similar agendas: they begin generating protective veils or dancing through the water like fools as part of their attempts to either secure defensive measures or up their battle stats. Castor, however, is the only one to go on the offensive. Drifting just beneath Doomtrain’s long tail, the beaver discharges a cone of electric current that fizzles against the snake’s body without effect. Doomtrain squirms and giggles. That tickled.

(On that note, I would not wish upon my gravest enemies that most terrifying sight of a giggling Steelix. Yikes.)

Doomtrain: <-8 EP; Sgd>
Preying Mantas: <-4 EP; Sgd>
Kenshin: <-4 EP; +2 Att>
Castor: <-4 EP>
Mary Celeste: <-4 EP; +2 SpA>
Mina: <-4 EP; +1 Att; +1 Spd>

The action continues as Mary Celeste considers continuing her devious plotting but instead puts a pin in that plan. She watches as both Doomtrain and Preying Mantas begin swimming down toward her and she ain’t having nothing of that. She sizzles with electricity and unleashes some high-voltage upon the speedier of the two swimmers, Preying Mantas, but the jellyfish’s Safeguard renders the attack moot. Preying Mantas attacks the specter with a Burn-inducing flame while Doomtrain adds injury to injury with a brilliant blast of silver light. The Sheer Force of the attack is pretty impressive.

Meanwhile, Castor is a little irked that his previous Thunder Wave amounted to diddly-squat and instead attacks Doomtrain with a blast of icy energy. A little higher up in the sphere, Mina is boogeying along absentmindedly as her one-Pogey dance party hits a fever pitch. Work it, girl! Kenshin is a few feet away and looks as though he’s trying to pass a stone, when in reality the Dewott is simply honing his focus as much as possible. It seems to be working.

Doomtrain: <-10 HP; -6 EP>
Preying Mantas: <-4 EP>
Kenshin: <-4 EP; +1 Crit>
Castor: <-8 EP>
Mary Celeste: <-12 HP; -4 EP; Brn>
Mina: <-4 EP; +1 Att; +1 Spd>

With Preying Mantas still in close proximity, Mary Celeste is beginning to feel nervous… which is only made worse as Kenshin also begins to swim down toward her to launch an assault! Madness! Mary Celeste turns her sights on the newcomer and blasts him with a Thunder Wave, which works. Kenshin’s muscles begin to feel a little more rigid but that doesn’t stop him from attempting to attack with… a Night Slash? I blow my whistle. Mind the rules! Preying Mantas also tries to attack with a super effective move which elicits another sharp blast from my reffing whistle. This is a no super effective zone.

A little higher up, the action continues. Castor curls up into a ball and gets so giddily excited by the prospect of a stat boost that she receives, well, two. Ahh, the confusing machinations of Simple minds. Doomtrain targets the beaver with a Sheer Force-boosted Body Slam only to find himself targeted by an… oh, no, that looks like an Aqua Tail. I blow my whistle, stopping the attack. Mina frowns.

Doomtrain: <-7 EP>
Preying Mantas: <…>
Kenshin: <Par>
Castor: <-10 HP; -2 EP; +2 Def>
Mary Celeste: <-4 EP>
Mina: <…>

Mary Celeste’s Burn flares up <-3 HP>.

‡ Post-Round ‡

Notes:

> Yarr, double-check the rules
> Doomtrain's and Preying Mantas's Safeguards will remain in effect for two more rounds
> PM commands to me!

[Oslo]

Still waiting on Blade and Mew.

[Oslo]

TEAM CRYSTAL TEARS, TEAM BLADEMASTER, TEAM MEW MASTER,
TEAM RAZOR LEAF, TEAM CRAZY ELF BOY and TEAM CYNDER
all versus each other!

Location: The Blitzball Arena
Rules: Super effective attacks, Toxic, non-damaging healing moves, Substitute and Pain Split are banned
Abilities: Active
DQ Time: One week



‡ Pre-Round ‡


‡ Round 2 ‡

As our crackpot battle continues, Mary Celeste cackles softly to herself and plots how she’s going to climb up out of last place and attain victory. While she schemes, Mina swims down from the upper portion of the sphere and bats Kenshin upwards with a tail-delivered Dragon Rush. Kenshin, who’s rendered immobile due to Paralysis, is tossed through the water… right in the path of Castor, who’s rolling about madly. Yowch. Poor little Kenshin is being treated like a ragdoll in a den of wolves.

Preying Mantas, meanwhile, lets out a blinding Flash at Mina. The Dratini squirms as her Accuracy stat takes a dip. Doomtrain, floating all on his lonesome, is enjoying the lack of attention. He eyes Mina and performs a Psych Up, gaining both the good and the bad of her stats.

Doomtrain: <-4 EP; +2 Att; +2 Spd; -1 Acc>
Preying Mantas: <-4 EP>
Kenshin: <-17 HP; Can’t move!>
Castor: <-1 EP>
Mary Celeste: <-4 EP; +2 SpA>
Mina: <-8 EP; -1 Acc>

The battle continues as Mina swims back to the upper portion of the sphere and charges the rolling Bibarel with a reckless tackle. Castor, however, merely returns the love by making Mina the second target of its little rollfest. Meanwhile, Preying Mantas fires a bubbling gush of super-heated water in Mary Celeste’s direction. None too thrilled by the prospect of getting attacked, Mary vanishes and reappears behind Castor. She lashes out at the rolling beaver with a swipe of Dark energy and shoves him in the path of the Scald attack. Castor squirms but manages to stay a-rollin’.

After a bit of a break, Kenshin comes back to life and returns to the fray. Huzzah! He also joins the plan to gang up on Castor by striking him with an Air Slash while Doomtrain clobbers Mina with a Heavy Slam. Big snake > little snake.

Doomtrain: <-10 EP>
Preying Mantas: <-6 EP>
Kenshin: <-6 EP>
Castor: <-31 HP; -4 EP>
Mary Celeste: <-4 EP>
Mina: <-22 HP; -4 HP recoil; -10 EP>

No longer the target of any attacks, Mary Celeste closes her eyes and resumes the wicked plotting. Whatever strategy she’s working on had better be good. Castor, who’s Rollout has elevated in speed, comes beelining right toward Preying Mantas. He bashes the Frillish in the face only to find his rolling brought to a premature end as Cursed Body takes effect. Darn.

Mina wriggles back toward Kenshin, hitting the Dewott with a full-on Body Slam. Fortunately, the little blue mammal is protected from Paralysis on account of how he’s, y’know, already Paralyzed. Congratulations? Preying Mantas releases an Ominous Wind that ripples through the water toward Mina. The attacks lands and, what’s more, Preying Mantas wins the Poke-lottery by gaining the mother of all stat boosts. Kenshin tries to hit Preying Mantas with the same attack, but since that would constitute a super effective hit, I blow my reffing whistle and render the Dewott motionless. The action finishes up as Doomtrain smacks up Castor with a Stone Edge. There. Round over.

Doomtrain: <-8 EP>
Preying Mantas: <-12 HP; -4 EP; +1 Att; +1 Def; +1 SpA; +1 SpD; +1 Spd>
Kenshin: <-11 HP>
Castor: <-12 HP; -8 EP; Rollout>
Mary Celeste: <-4 EP; +2 SpA>
Mina: <-8 HP; -7 EP>

Mary Celeste receives a bit more love from her Burn <-3 HP>.

‡ Post-Round ‡

Notes:

> Castor's damage was capped at 40 HP
> Doomtrain's and Preying Mantas's Safeguards will remain in effect for one more round
> Clarification about the second action: the Scald was aimed at Mary Celeste but, since she had a sub that allowed her to shove another opponent in the path of oncoming attacks, Castor actually took the hit
> PM commands to me!

[Oslo]

Still waiting on CEB and Blade.

[RaZoR LeAf]

We still waiting?

[Oslo]

I never received commands from CEB. Does someone want to call a DQ? Or send him a message?

[Blademaster]

Give him a DQ as a birthday gift.

[Oslo]

Okey-doke, CEB has been DQ'd.

CT, Mew and RL are all going to have to reissue commands since their previous commands included attacks directed against Mary Celeste, who's no longer participating. Since Blade and Cynder did not issue attacks against Mary Celeste, I won't need new commands from them. (However, all things being fair, if Blade and Cynder want to send me revised commands for whatever reason then they can do so.)

La!

[Ash0011]

hmm seems like shendja would be a bit overpowered here

[Oslo]

Still waiting on CT's revised commands.

[Blademaster]

Give her a birthday DQ too.

[Mew Master]

I sent my attacks so I haz nothing to worry bout <<U

[Oslo]

I'm thinking we should probably just shut this one down? We've done two rounds in two months and people are being DQ'd. I think we might be done. It's up to you guys, though.