Approved by Quote, co-hosted with Krytocon
Welcome to Community Create-A-Team, shortly known as CCAT, where we, the community, try our bests at creating a coherent and cohesive 1v1 team. But before we get started, we have to establish some rules:
Week 0 - Picking
Before the actual teambuilding starts we have to pick a Pokemon to build around. Anybody can suggest a mon to me or Krytocon by either pm'ing us in Pokemon Showdown or in Discord.
Week 1 - Partner
In the first week the first mon is introduced and the community's goal is to find a mon that best pairs with it, giving reasons why they work best, providing a list of mons the pair beats while also stating there flaws as partners. A sample set will be provided for the first mon, but anyone can deviate from it. When suggesting a pair, make sure to provide a set. Do not suggest a third mon on this week. The community then votes for the pair they deem worthy.
Week 2 - Procure
After we've decided on a pair, we then find the final mon of the party. The process is basically the same as the previous one, still stating the reasons why the third mon glues the team all together. Remember to provide a set for the third mon. Deviating from the sets of the previous pair should be kept to a minimum. Do not change too much from the previous week, don't remove too much moves and don't fix EVs yet.
Week 3 - Polish
The reason why EVs and movesets shouldn't be changed too much is in preparation for week 3. In the third and final week, the community pimps out the sets. Fixing EVs, changing a few moves, adding small details and even nicknames.
Week 3.5 - Publish
After the team has been finished, the community decides where it goes, do they want to "Break It" (BMT), "Showcase It" (Team Bazaar), or "Sample it" (Sample Teams). When a team is to be made a sample team, do note of the criteria:
For each teambuilding session, there may be added twists to make it more challenging like "No Mon Above B-" or "Mons with BST less than 550" or even "A UU Team for ladder." Everybody can suggest other twist to either me or Krytocon.
After realizing that having only two people decide a mon for the first week, we have decided to make a board of people who decide the first mon for every sessionBOPWDTFMFES.
Discord: https://discord.gg/7JY84c4
Now let's have fun!
Community Create-A-Team
Welcome to Community Create-A-Team, shortly known as CCAT, where we, the community, try our bests at creating a coherent and cohesive 1v1 team. But before we get started, we have to establish some rules:
- Keep shitposting to a minimum. We want to have fun and stuff, but we just have to not shitpost all the time.
- Commenting on another person's suggestion should be constructive and positive.
- Bad sets are not allowed, but we do allow creative sets. Underrated mons and creative EV spreads are all allowed.
- Voting isn't about the reacts, votes work by writing a reply. [Ex: "Vote pokemon name here, the person who suggested here]. You can only vote once, unless there's a situation where multiple votes will be used. You can also change your vote if you need to.
- In cases where multiple suggestions have the same number of votes, then a tiebreaker vote will then ensue
- You can vote for your own suggestion if it seems to be the best out of all the other suggestions
- You can only suggest twice a week, except for week 2. You can suggest for as many times as you want for week 2. One suggestion per post.
Week 0 - Picking
Before the actual teambuilding starts we have to pick a Pokemon to build around. Anybody can suggest a mon to me or Krytocon by either pm'ing us in Pokemon Showdown or in Discord.
Week 1 - Partner
In the first week the first mon is introduced and the community's goal is to find a mon that best pairs with it, giving reasons why they work best, providing a list of mons the pair beats while also stating there flaws as partners. A sample set will be provided for the first mon, but anyone can deviate from it. When suggesting a pair, make sure to provide a set. Do not suggest a third mon on this week. The community then votes for the pair they deem worthy.
Week 2 - Procure
After we've decided on a pair, we then find the final mon of the party. The process is basically the same as the previous one, still stating the reasons why the third mon glues the team all together. Remember to provide a set for the third mon. Deviating from the sets of the previous pair should be kept to a minimum. Do not change too much from the previous week, don't remove too much moves and don't fix EVs yet.
Week 3 - Polish
The reason why EVs and movesets shouldn't be changed too much is in preparation for week 3. In the third and final week, the community pimps out the sets. Fixing EVs, changing a few moves, adding small details and even nicknames.
Week 3.5 - Publish
After the team has been finished, the community decides where it goes, do they want to "Break It" (BMT), "Showcase It" (Team Bazaar), or "Sample it" (Sample Teams). When a team is to be made a sample team, do note of the criteria:
- The team is accompanied by a clear explanation of the roles of each member and how the team should be played. The team should be representative of the 1v1 metagame. Niche builds are less likely to be featured than ones that represent the defining builds of the metagame.The team should be extensively tested and polished.
- Having demonstrated success on ladder and tournaments is also a plus.The team should have sufficient counterplay to most or all of the metagame, as well as general team archetypes (hyper offense, bulky offense, stall, etc).
- Sample teams should be relatively simple and intuitive to use. A new player should be able to understand how the sets and team as a whole work based on a brief description. This is a little harder to quantify, so try to put yourself in the shoes of a newer player. Is the general strategy of this team immediately apparent just given your description? If not, it probably isn't suitable for samples.
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For each teambuilding session, there may be added twists to make it more challenging like "No Mon Above B-" or "Mons with BST less than 550" or even "A UU Team for ladder." Everybody can suggest other twist to either me or Krytocon.
After realizing that having only two people decide a mon for the first week, we have decided to make a board of people who decide the first mon for every session
Discord: https://discord.gg/7JY84c4
Now let's have fun!
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