The May Pokemon Contest: Finals in Progress.

[Andrew]

I'm a perpetual contest loser. I've PMed my appeal!

[Ace64]

Can't say I would know much about contests...I've only been here for two.

The second appeal begins. Those lucky enough to survive the first round mutter hushed orders to their loyal Pokemon. As the sun begins to set over Mt. Trolgar,Delicaza, Deimos, KadOzBra, and Walker line up, each ready to do their best. The second round begins now!



Chris 2.0 and Delicaza (F Masquerain)
Bubble~Whirlwind~Psybeam

Delicaza floats forward first, her wings carrying her serenely. She begins by blowing out a stream of bubbles in a semi-circle around her. The bubbles slowly drift towards the ground, unaided by any wind. Suddenly, however, a breeze kicks up, carrying the bubbles skyward before any can pop. The crowd watches, amazed, as the butterfly seems to be surrounded with a storm of drifting bubbles. With perfect timing, Delicaza draws from his psychic energy and sends a colorful Psybeam through a gap in the bubbles. As the beam passes through the gap, the multiple colors reflect off of the bubbles, sending a kaleidoscope of color shimmering along the dirt. The judges ducked quickly, avoiding the approaching Psybeam.

Judge’s Rank: 8.2
Nicely done. A similar strategy to your first appeal, but why mess with success, I suppose? However, a better choice than Psybeam may have been Flash, which would have achieved the same effect without firing into the audience.

Elec Man EXE and Deimos (M Duskull)
Future Sight~Psychic~Will O’Wisp

The audience quiets at once as Deimos returns to the field. His single eye blinks out, making his skull look like an empty jack o’lantern, and the judges stare at him, confused. What happened to him? After a few moments, the ghostly eye returns, leaving the audience mystified. Unbeknownst to them, however, Deimos has looked ahead in time, releasing a great amount of psychic energy at a single point in time. Next, Deimos looks about the field, uproots several small bushes and weeds with psychic power, holding them aloft with his mind. He begins to twirl them in mid-air, and as his eye flashes once more, the small plants burst into flame. The crowd shrieks in delight as the plants seem to dance above them, smoldering with blue flame. Following sudden instinct, Deimos pulls the mass of plants together just as a sudden burst of lavender psychic energy detonates, sending the plants flying in all directions. The crowd oohs and ahhs, astonished at the pyrotechnic display. Sadly, a small brush fire has begun, and the ref dispatches a few water Pokemon to handle the problem…

Judge’s Rank: 8.7
Creative, to say the least. Future Sight was a risky move, as there is no way to tell when it goes off. Thank the (online) dice.

Andrew and (M KadOzBra)
Double Team~Teleport~Psybeam

As the last embers of the brush fire is finally washed away, the judges settle back into their seats. Just like before, KadOzBra teleports onto the field, appearing from an undisclosed location. He clasps his hand together, his eyes shut tightly, and POOF! Twelve clones appear in the field around him, each looking just as serious as the next one. KadOzBra’s spoon shimmers, wrapped in psychic power, and all of the clones reappear in mid-air, via a Mass Teleport. The air is filled with Kadabra’s, but only the center one fires a powerful Psychic at the ground below him. 11 other Kadabras mimic the first, and the audience is dazzled by the purple bursts of light. KadOzBra lands on the ground with a ground, and his other clones disappear in flash of light.

Judges Rank: 8.4
Gotta like the clones. Still, there was no way for KadOzBra to land gracefully, and perhaps it would have been better to send attacks skyward, than to take to the sky yourself.

Drew and Walker (M Armaldo)
Rock Tomb~Seismic Toss~Water Pulse

Finally, Walker returns to the field, unperturbed at having to follow such fantastic appeals. He grunts, focusing on the earth, and stomps once. In response, the earth sends forth a small mound of rocks in front of him, in a loose circle. Using his large spade-like claws, Walker lifted the stones off of the ground and threw them up into the air easily. The judges quickly scribbled notes, observing the height of the thrown stones. Walker inhaled quickly, summoning moisture from a small sac in his chest, and spat four times quickly. The Water Pulse bursts weren’t quite strong enough to shatter solid rock, being, well, rock. However, the crowd applauded nonetheless, impressed with the Armaldo’s marksmanship.

Judges Rank: 8.1
Walker may be strong, but his strength doesn’t affect the power of his elemental moves. If the rocks were softer, perhaps shattering would have been possible. A good appeal, nonetheless.

After a few minutes of deliberation, the judges compare notes. One takes the microphone, facing the crowd.

"The second round is now ended. Elec Man EXE and Andrew will go on to the next round, which will consist of a one on one match lasting five rounds."

You know the drill. The arena is Mt. Trolgar. No moves are banned, and please keep the setting in mind. Certain attacks may cause rockslides, etc. Night will fall in Round Three, which will limit visibility. Please PM your choice to me, and then the battle will begin.

[Chris 2.1]

Well done everybody! Deli did very well and I did contemplate flash instead of psybeam, but preffered the rainbow-light (as opposed to bright white flash). But the appeal's shape and style was much different.

Good luck Elec Man, and good luck Andrew!

[Ace64]

As the remaining entrants clear the field, Andrew and Elec Man step into the arena, facing each other. They both choose a Pokeball, eyeing each other intensely, before revealing their choice. The "pretty princess" hopeful chooses his femal Corsola:

"Go, CorsolOz! You know what's at stake!"

While the self-proclaimed Master of Electricity goes with a more familiar Pokemon, the very Duskull that the judges have seen through the appeal process:

"Go, Deimos!It's all you!"

As the Pokemon size each other up, the crowd murmurs amongst each other. How will their choices affect the coming battle?

After a moment of deliberation (i.e.- a coin toss) the ref announces the order of attacks. "Andrew shall attack first, then Elec Man! Begin!"

[Andrew]

Ok CorsolOz! Let's start off by using a Confuse Ray and then Icicle Spear and finish off by using Shadow Ball!

[Elec Man EXE]

Okay Deimos, go time.

Start off by closing your eyes and using Double Team to help you avoid attacks the rest of the round.

Then use Future Sight for a hit sometime later.

And end with a Nightshade

Double Team (Eyes closed) ~ Future Sight ~ Nightshade

[Ace64]

[center]Post-Battle Stats
Deimos (M Duskull)
Health: 100%
Energy: 100%

CorsolOz (F Corsola)
Health: 100%
Energy:100%

Andrew and CorsolOz
Confuse Ray~ Icicle Spear~ Shadow Ball
Elec Man and Deimos
Double Team(eyes closed)~Future Sight~Nightshade

Round One, Begin!

The crowd quiets as the commands are issued. They have worked hard to get here, and now, with the Ribbon in reach, neither one is ready to go home with nothing.

CorsolOz takes the offensive first, emitting a soft, dancing light from her scales, and directing it towards the ghost’s eyes. (-4% energy) Her attack is wasted though, as her opponent closed his eyes! Deimos is already concentrating, his single eye vacant of life. A few moments later, three clones pop into existence next to him. (-4% energy)

Put off, the Corsola hesitates. Which ghost is the true one? With no way to tell the difference, CorsolOz picks a Duskull at random and fires a barrage of small, dagger-like icicles. Luckily for her, the attack connects! (7% damage, -5% energy) The spears pass harmlessly through Deimos, but the icy energy behind it does not, and his clones shatter with his concentration lost. Annoyed, Deimos’ eye turns pink as he glimpse into the future, choosing the best moment to strike. A large amount of psychic energy is discharged, waiting to come at the opportune moment. (-7% energy)

Ghostly attacks seem to be the theme for this round. CorsolOz twirls and whirls, creating a amorphous mass of dead energy, loosely held in a sphere. The dead energy is fired off without fanfare, impacting with Deimos and ‘pushing’ him backwards. (9% damage, -7% energy) Angry, the Duskull blasts a beam of pure negative energy at the water Pokemon, which seem to drain her of life. (8% damage, -6% energy) Round One comes to a close…

Post-Battle Stats

Deimos (M Duskull)
Health: 84%
Energy: 83%
Status: Angry at CorsolOz

CorsolOz (F Corsola)
Health: 92%
Energy: 84%
Status: Feelin’ perky.

[Elec Man EXE]

That could've gone better....

No matter Deimos, we're still good.

Start off with a Will-O-Wisp, lets try and burn that pretty coral formation.

Then use your own Confuse Ray.

Finally, use Psychic to throw the heaviest object you can successfully lift (you know how strong your attack is), crush her under it. There should be plenty of heavy rocks and whatnot around.

Will-O-Wisp ~ Confuse Ray ~ Psychic

[Andrew]

Ok Corsola,start off with a delightful waterpulse to counter the will o wisps. Then, use close your eyes and use calm mind. Finish off by calling down a rockslide to seehowthat ghost can deal with more than one rock.

[Ace64]

[center]Post-Battle Stats
Deimos (M Duskull)
Health: 84%
Energy: 83%
Status: Angry at CorsolOz

CorsolOz (F Corsola)
Health: 92%
Energy: 84%
Status: Feelin’ perky.

Elec Man and Deimos
Will O-Wisp~Confuse Ray~Psychic
Andrew and CorsolOz
Water Pulse~Calm Mind(eyes closed)~Rock Slide

Round Two, Begin!

Deimos' eye shifts to blue, and smaller flames branch off of it, floating towards the Corsola with malign intent. (-4% energy) Undisturbed, CorsolOz takes aim and fires a few bursts of water, putting out the flames with no problem. A few blasts manage to deal the ghost a glancing blow,though the focus was actually the balls of flame.(6% damage, -5% energy)

Mimicking the motions that CorsolOz performed last round, Deimos tries a Confuse Ray. Being a ghost, the move is much easier for him to perform, and the dancing ball of light dazzles the audience.(-3% energy) CorsolOz sees none of it, however. Her eyes are shut and her mind is a thousand miles away. Perhaps she is imagining swimming in the crystal clear seas of her youth...(-3% energy) Abruptly, there is a brief whistling sound, before a tremendous blast of psychic energy smacks into CorsolOz from out of nowhere, surprising her.It seems Deimos chose the right moment for his Future Sight..(8% damage)

Deimos turns his attention to his surroundings. Quickly, he finds a fairly large boulder, far bigger than himself or the Corsola. His eye changes to a violet color as his Psychic powers come to bear. CorsolOz doesn't even bother to look at the rock; she's too busy concentrating. As Deimos brings the boulder on top of her with a shuddering CRASH, the last thing the audience sees her do is stomp the earth, HARD. (8% damage, -7% energy) For a moment, all is still, and the audience murmurs. Is the Corsola still alive? Then, a pebble hits the base of the mountain. Minutes later, an avalance of rocks follow the pebble, moving straight towards Deimos and the crowd of people! Quickly, Psychic Pokemon are dispatched to protect the audience from the avalanche. Deimos isn't so lucky. (10% damage, -8% energy) The tiny Corsola shifts some rubble out of the way slowly, climbing out of the rock pile. It seems she wasn't unharmed by the move either...(4% damage)

Post-Battle Stats

Deimos (M Duskull)
Health: 68%
Energy: 69%
Status: Still pretty steamed.

CorsolOz (F Corsola)
Health: 72%
Energy: 50%
Status: Less perky, a bit bruised.

Arena Status: Covered in rocks from avalanche. Dirt can no longer be seen, making Dig and Earthquake ineffective.Please be careful with environmental attacks. Mother Earth is our home, y'know.

[Andrew]

Ok CorsolOz let's start off with an Ice Beam, then let's go with a Rock Blast and finish off by kicking up a Sandstorm!

[Elec Man EXE]

Good job Deimos, keep it up.

Faint Attack to dodge the Ice Beam and attack back.

Then use Confuse Ray to get some confusion going.

And finally, let it use Sandstorm. It'll have little effect with most of the soft ground covered by the rocks. Take the opportunity to hit her with a Shadow Ball.

[Ace64]

[center]Post-Battle Stats
Deimos (M Duskull)
Health: 68%
Energy: 69%
Status: Still pretty steamed.

CorsolOz (F Corsola)
Health: 72%
Energy: 50%
Status: Less perky, a bit bruised.

Andrew and CorsolOz
Ice Beam~Rock Blast~Sandstorm
Elec Man and Deimos
Faint Attack~Confuse Ray~Shadow Ball

Round Three, Begin!

[color=red]Shaking off some dust, CorsolOz sighs, finally free of the rocks. Feeling a bit worse for the wear, she charges a glimmering orb of icy energy nonetheless. Too late- as she releases the Ice Beam, she realizes that Deimos is no longer there, and the beam freezes the front portion of a large boulder. (-8% energy) Deimos appears from out of nowhere, striking CorsolOz from behind. (9% damage, -8% energy)

The Corsola rolls, turning around and facing the ghost again. The jagged pieces of her coral formation seem to be breaking into pieces, suddenly launching themselves towards Deimos with an unknown force. The rocks pass through Deimos, disrupting his ethereal form with each shot. (10% damage, -8% energy) The ghost responds with a Confuse Ray, and suddenly, CorsolOz's eyes start to spin. (-3% energy)

What was she supposed to do? Sandblast or sommat? It feels hard to think... Deimos helps clear up CorsolOz's head with a ball of ghostly power right in the face. (10% damage, -8% energy) Annoyed, the Corsola rolls back over and summons a gust of wind, bringing a sandstorm. The avalanche shifted a good deal of dirt and rock around, and as a result, the Sandstorm is quite heavy, filled with pebbles, sand, and all kinds of painful goodies. (5% damage,-4% energy) The two combatants can barely see each other in this mess, and the audience mutters at the loss of vision.

Post-Battle Stats

Deimos (M Duskull)
Health: 53%
Energy: 51%
Status: Blind in the storm.

CorsolOz (F Corsola)
Health: 53%
Energy: 30%
Status: Less perky, a bit bruised.

Arena Status: Covered in rocks from avalanche. Dirt can no longer be seen, making Dig and Earthquake ineffective.Please be careful with environmental attacks. Mother Earth is our home, y'know.Sandstorm created, will last one round. Vision affected, projectile attacks may be blown off course.

EDIT: Sandstorm effect.

[Elec Man EXE]

Sandblast or sommat, lol

Ok Deimos, lets try and make the best of this little storm.

Get yourself behind a rock to try and hide yourself. Even though she's a rock type, I doubt she can see very well in this either. Once you think your more or less hidden, use a Calm Mind to put yourself in a more focused state (and make yourself more resistant to any attempts at psionic attacks she might try).

Then, use a Future Sight to hit her later when she's more vulnerable.

And finally, use a nice Psychic attack directly on her mind. Don't bother trying to locate her by sight, use the psychic power to search out her mind and then blast her.

Try and stay hidden the entire round. If you feel you've been found, feel free to move behind a different rock or something.

Calm Mind (Hide behind a rock) ~ Future Sight ~ Psychic

[Andrew]

Ok CorsolOz, Whilst we've got a chance, RECOVER then, recover some energy by doing crap all and finish off by using some Psychic in order to have a psychic will of minds!

[Ace64]

I'm going to take Recover as Relax, since you said "restore energy,"Andrew.

[center]Post-Battle Stats
Deimos (M Duskull)
Health: 53%
Energy: 51%
Status: Blind in the storm.

CorsolOz (F Corsola)
Health: 53%
Energy: 30%
Status: Less perky, a bit bruised.

Andrew and CorsolOz
RECOVER~Relax~Psychic
Elec Man and Deimos
Calm Mind(under cover)~Future Sight~Psychic

Round Four, Begin!

[color=green]Finding cover in a storm like this is like hiding in a house with one wall during a thunderstorm. Nonetheless, Deimos spots a large shadow and quickly presses himself against it, shielding himself from the storm.The boulder protects him partially from the sand, allowing him just enough "me" time to slow his racing mind and block out the storm. (-3% energy) CorsolOz's thick hide protects her from the brunt of the sand and winds, as an astounding phenomenon takes place. Her chipped coral fragments seem to heal, forming from nothingness, and her wounds begin to close up. However, that energy has to come from somewhere...(+15% health,-15% energy)

Deimos' eye turns a bright orange, as he glimpes into the future. There isn't much time left...but he knows the moment for a good strong attack is very soon.(-7% energy) Unaware of her opponent's schemes, CorsolOz continues to relax, as the sandstorm begins to die down. (+5% energy)

Suddenly, CorsolOz gets the strangest sensation...like someone is trying to open the door to her mind...and steal the honey from her fridge. A psychic feeler from Deimos can be the only answer. Quickly, she focuses her own telepathic will on keeping the door to her head shut. There is a brief struggle of the minds, unseen and unheard, but raging between the two Pokemon. Neither are particularly skilled at Psychic, but due to Deimos' calmed thoughts, the ghost begins to take the advantage. He pushes the door open with a tremendous "shove" and begins to commit havoc within the coral formation's mind. (9% damage, -8% energy) CorsolOz grunts in pain, sweating from her own exertion. (-7% energy) Just in time, the Sandstorm's winds finally end, leaving both Pokemon in plain view.

Post-Battle Stats

Deimos (M Duskull)
Health: 50%
Energy: 33%
Status: Took slight damage from winds of storm (3%).

CorsolOz (F Corsola)
Health: 59%
Energy: 13%
Status: Headache, all dirty from sandy winds.

Arena Status: Covered in rocks from avalanche. Dirt has been blown about, covering the rocks in a fine spray.Please be careful with environmental attacks. Mother Earth is our home, y'know.

EDIT: Recover. I reffed Calm Mind as having a direct effect in the same round it was used. You used Calm Mind to help ward of the effects of Confuse Ray, just in case CorsolOz saw it. In this round, Calm Mind helped boost Deimos' psychic expertise. If you were to have another 'war of the minds' next round on even grounds, there would be no advantage gained.

[Andrew]

Oh, no, i meant recover as in hp recover first. Then relax to recover energy. Plus. Didn't i use calm mind a while back?

[Chris 2.1]

Typing your attacks at the bottom of your post is especially useful in these situations.

Recover -- Relax -- Psychic

[Andrew]

Ok OzCorsola, I want you to use a Confuse Ray first, and then summon up an ancient power! Finish off recovering energy.

Sub If Ancient Power is too taxing, use a bubblebeam or water pulse. It's up to you

Confuse Ray - Ancient Power/Bubblebeam/Water Pulse - Relax.

[Elec Man EXE]

I love your description of the Psychic battle Ace, very cool.

Ok Deimos, lets finish this up.

Start off by closing your eyes and using a wide Icy Wind, bring a nice chill to the arena.

Dodge the Ancientpower/Bubblebeam/Water Pulse with a Faint Attack and then hit.

And finally, use Nightshade.

Icy Wind ~ Faint Attack ~ Nightshade

[Ace64]

Heh, I try to keep it interesting.

In any case, this is it.

[center]Deimos (M Duskull)
Health: 50%
Energy: 33%
Status: Glad that the storm is over.

CorsolOz (F Corsola)
Health: 59%
Energy: 13%
Status: Headache, all dirty from sandy winds.

Andrew and CorsolOz
Confuse Ray~Ancient Power/Water Pulse/ Bubblebeam~Relax
Elec Man and Deimos
Icy Wind(eyes closed)~Faint Attack~Nightshade

Round Five, Begin!

[color=green]Both Pokemon are beginning to tire, as this Contest nears its conclusion. The pressure must be unbearable, and the crowd can easily see that the Corsola is strained. Confuse Ray is the name of the game (all the kids are doing it), and CorsolOz releases yet another dancing orb of refracting light. (-3% energy) Alas, Deimos, quite used to this attack by now, has already covered his eye. A chill wind rises from nowhere, swirling the dirt and dust in a small tornado. Its effect is lessened, spread thin, but CorsolOz nonetheless feels a bit colder. (6% damage, -6% energy)

The Corsola deliberates. She's feeling very exhausted, but she believes she can manage to pull off one more attack.. Focused, she concentrates on the boulders around her and levitates three small boulders. Sweating, she throws the rocks with all her might at the ghost, and there is a terrific CRACK... as the boulders pass through air, connecting with each other. (-8% energy) Deimos appears in front of her, a gleeful expression in his eye, and swipes at her, his hand covered in a dark aura. (8% damage, -6% energy) Even worse, there is a sudden rush of wind as a bullet-shaped blast of psychic power erupts from behind CorsolOz, sending her flying through the ghost and onto her face. (8% damage)

Feeling very low, CorsolOz relaxes, not even bothering to get up.(+5% energy) She barely notices the twinge of pain from behind, as Deimos' Nightshade strikes her, turning her coral a brief gray. (9% damage, -7% energy) It's all over now, and as the referee's whistle blows, she closes her eyes. Deimos shakes his head wearily, just as tired but also proud. Ghosts everywhere smile on his victory.

Post-Battle Stats

Deimos (M Duskull)
Health: 50%
Energy: 14%
Status: Exhausted, ghostly form quivering.

CorsolOz (F Corsola)
Health: 28%
Energy: 7%
Status: Feels like crap.

Arena Status: Covered in rocks from avalanche. Dirt has been blown about, covering the rocks in a fine spray.Please be careful with environmental attacks. Mother Earth is our home, y'know.

The May Contest has now ended. Congratulations to both of you for making it this far!

Unfortunately, I have no Ribbon, so I'll leave it to Chris 2.0 for that.

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

I feel sorry for Andrew, he has been in what? 3 finals now? And never won. Poor Oz.

Congrats to EXE though ^^

[Chris 2.1]

Congratulations Elec Man! You and Ace recieve 4 points. Andrew, I don't know why, but you're so close every time...try again after The Grand Festival!

Here's your sig/webpage friendly ribbon Elec Man! You'll go down in the Hall of Fame as the winner of the May Contest.

[Elec Man EXE]

I never really expected to win, just thought I'd enter for some fun and variety. Pleasent suprise to be sure.

Thanks Chris. Now I just gotta get Saffire to put in on my banner :smilie:

It was a great match though. The recover near the end had me really worried... hopefully you'll get your victory eventually Andrew.

And thanks for running the contest Ace. Good descriptions, was an enjoyable experience, even just reading everyones appeals.

[Andrew]

Fuck. Congrats. I'm a contest loser EVERYTIME! Its a conspiracy! Well thanks though. Now expect me tn be a BITTER judge. Not even 1 point after all that. Argh.

[Blademaster]

Hey, congrats to Elec Man EXE for winning. Cheers to a great battler and a great contestant!

And as for you, Andrew, don't be downbeat, buddy - you didn't win, but you did get to the finals 3 times; that in itself is something to be proud of. :biggrin:

[Ace64]

As good ol' Charlie Brown used to say, "Just wait til' next year!" Don't lose hope.