Steamroll
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Hello Dreamworld, glad we made it as an official tier and garnered a lot of respect as the third most active tier on Smogon. Teambats have been an activity used by the NU tier as far back as DPP and recently found a resurgence among lower tiers in BW, receiving a lot of attention and activity amongst NU and RU.
The specifics of teambats are as follows:
- When a host designates a time for a teambat and you are willing to participate, you will be assigned to a team.
-Go to the channel in which you are assigned (#team1, #team2, etc.)
-The restrictions can vary pending upon the host's desire and can range from a simple "build any team" to "build a team around X mon or X type;" there can even be teambats that ban the use of certain mons or abilities (aka weather). For a few examples of what a teambat's theme could be check here.
-When the time is up and you and your team are finished you must export the team to a pastebin and designate a user to battle for your team. The battles are usually held on the Smogon Server but can be held elsewhere if the server is down. While the battle is going on you and your teammates can help your battler on the IRC chan by coaching them through tough decisions and such, just be aware of the timer because it WILL be in effect.
The teambats will be announced on the forums between 2 days in advance or 30 minutes pending on what the host(s) wish. If the teambat is announced more than a day in advance it will be announced below, while one's to be held on the same day will be announced as individual posts.
NEXT TEAMBAT:
February 10th @ TBA (GMT -5)
Restriction hint: TBA
TEAMBAT HOSTS:
-Steamroll
-Birkal
-Natgeo
-Karpman
-Kuja20
-HardCore
**I am looking for more diverse timezones than EST so users from all timezones don't have to go incredibly out of their way to participate.
Recorded Teambats:
Teambat #1 Jan 30th, 2012
Restrictions: Build a standard team in 30 minutes
Team 1: Kuja20 / DTC / AOPSUser (joined for battle)
Pokemon: Politoed / Genesect / Serperior / Zapdos / Jirachi / Manaphy
Team 2: Ala / Karpman / Birkal (joined 10 minutes in)
Pokemon: Tangrowth / Zapdos / Tentacruel / Politoed / Jirachi / Genesect
Winner: Team 2
Battle Replay:
Teambat #2
Restrictions: Mons above 8% usage for January are banned
Team 1: Karpman / Lady Salamence / Matthew
Pokemon: Hippowdon / Garchomp / Excadrill / Latias / Infernape / Jirachi
Team 2: Hawkstar / Hardcore / Skynet
Pokemon: Hippowdon / Keldeo / Rotom-C / Garchomp / Excadrill / Thundurus
Winner: Team2
Battle Replay:
Standings:
Ala: 1 point (1 battle)
Hawkstar: 1 point (1 battle)
Skynet: 1 point (1 battle)
Hardcore: 1 point (1 battle)
Birkal: 1 point (1 battle)
Karpman: 1 point (2 battles)
Matthew: 0 points (1 battle)
Lady Salamence: 0 points (1 battle)
Aopsuser: 0 points (1 battle)
Kuja20: 0 points (1 battle)
DTC: 0 points (1 battle)