Pokemon of the Year R1D37 ft. Alakazam, Deoxys, Latias, Poliwhirl [PotY]

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Board 8 » Pokemon of the Year R1D37 ft. Alakazam, Deoxys, Latias, Poliwhirl [PotY]
It's User of the Year, but with Pokemon! And, y'know, a modified format, to fit the bajillion entries. I could use help with votals!
-Rounds are posted whenever I get to them, daily-ish.
-Regardless of when they are posted, they will last 24 hours unless stated otherwise (ie they might overlap)
-No alt-voting
-No being a jerk
-No deleting posts, this will be enough of a headache to count already.
-No changing votes, see above.
-One Pokedex number, one entry. I believe that means you get Paradoxes, but not Megas, -maxes, regionals, and Formes. You are welcome to factor that into your vote, or not, however you wish.
-I will never vote, but I will serve as the final tiebreaker, including in seeding.
-If you're muted by Para, or me, or whoever else is counting votes that day, that's rough, buddy.
-I can modify these rules however I want. Don't be the reason I do so.
-Please put extra effort into normal formatting and correct spelling so that the spreadsheets work properly!

ROUND 1 RULES
-Give +3, +2, +1, -1, -2, and -3 to Pokemon however you see fit.
-There are two divisions per day to do this for.
-Please use the Easy Vote form.
-Bottom three scores per division are eliminated (most divisions, 7/10 survive, but there are a few 11-mon divisions that will send 8 through)
-However, the top 11 scores from 8th (or 9th, in the bigger divisions) place finishers will survive.
-Top 26 scoring winners will receive a bye next round.
-1,025 Pokemon will enter, 730 will leave.

Google sheet (has all the info available, if you can follow my thought processes): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13DKkynMv81TbEDq5ENihw5qsc2GNY4Beb9Xb5e4YTfs/edit?usp=sharing
Main topic: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80736939

Substitute Division
Alakazam
Budew
Clauncher
Deoxys
Dusclops
Floette
Golett
Grubbin
Pidgeotto
Whismur

G-Max Cannonade Division
Cinccino
Impidimp
Latias
Mienfoo
Panpour
Poliwhirl
Thundurus
Togepi
Torterra
Zarude

Easy Vote Form
SUBSTITUTE
+3
+2
+1
-1
-2
-3

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3
+2
+1
-1
-2
-3
New name, new gender, same great Bolo flavor!
She is messy, but she's kind; she is lonely, most of the time
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Floette
+2 Clauncher
+1 Grubbin
-1 Golett
-2 Deoxys
-3 Whismur

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Cinccino
+2 Latias
+1 Mienfoo
-1 Poliwhirl
-2 Panpour
-3 Impidimp
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Dusclops
+2 Golette
+1 Whismur
-1 Grubhub
-2 Floette
-3 Budew

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Torterra
+2 Mienfoo
+1 Poliwhirl
-1 Impidimp
-2 Zarude
-3 Panpour
I live on, THROUGH THIS SEASHELL!
VeryInsane's mobile account

that's a fantastic autocorrect tho
New name, new gender, same great Bolo flavor!
She is messy, but she's kind; she is lonely, most of the time
Substitute Division
Alakazam
Budew
Clauncher
Deoxys
Dusclops
Floette
Golett
Grubbin
Pidgeotto
Whismur

G-Max Cannonade Division
Cinccino
Impidimp
Latias
Mienfoo
Panpour
Poliwhirl
Thundurus
Togepi
Torterra
Zarude

Easy Vote Form
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Floette
+2 Dusclops
+1 Clauncher
-1 Alakazam
-2 Deoxys
-3 grubbin

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Poliwhirl
+2 Cincinno
+1 Mienfoo
-1 Impidimp
-2 Thundurus
-3 Zarude

Jesus this division sucks, Id have -1d Mienfoo in some divisions.
Board 8's Voice of Reason
https://i.imgur.com/AWY4xHy.jpg
LiquidOshawott posted...
+2 Golette
Is this a vote for Golett? (It's close enough to Floette that I want confirmation)

edit: nevermind, I see that you minused Floette which makes it unambiguous
Normally this doesn't happen but it would make my life much easier if people are careful about Floette and Golett today
Substitute Division
+3 Grubbin
+2 Pidgeotto
+1 Golett
-1 Dusclops
-2 Whismur
-3 Alakazam

G-Max Cannonade Division
+3 Poliwhirl
+2 Mienfoo
+1 Togepi
-1 Zarude
-2 Panpour
-3 Thundurus
oh oops, sorry Para just woke up

yeah you were right the plus was Golett and the minus was Floette

i dunno why I thought the former had a e at the end
I live on, THROUGH THIS SEASHELL!
VeryInsane's mobile account
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Deoxys
+1 Floette
-1 Golett
-2 Whismur
-3 Dusclops

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Mienfoo
+2 Cinccino
+1 Latias
-1 Thundurus
-2 Zarude
-3 Torterra
Inviso thinks all starters should be Fire/Fighting.
http://i.imgur.com/oOSm64C.gif
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Dusclops
+2 Deoxys
+1 Alakazam
-1 Clauncher
-2 Budew
-3 Grubbin

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Latias
+2 Thundurus
+1 Togepi
-1 Panpour
-2 Zarude
-3 Impidimp

Thank you genies.
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his.
Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Deoxys
+2 Dusclops
+1 Alakazam
-1 Golett
-2 Grubbin
-3 Clauncher

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Torterra
+2 Cinccino
+1 Latias
-1 Zarude
-2 Thundurus
-3 Impidimp
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Golett
+2 Budew
+1 Grubbin
-1 Clauncher
-2 Deoxys
-3 Pidgeotto

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Torterra
+2 Togepi
+1 Mienfoo
-1 Zarude
-2 Thundurus
-3 Latias

Cannonade is probably gonna be the worst division in this whole thing.
Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along.
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Golett
+2 Pidgeotto
+1 Dusclops
-1 Whismur
-2 Floette
-3 Deoxys

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Poliwhirl
+2 Cinccino
+1 Togepi
-1 Impidimp
-2 Thundurus
-3 Zarude

Sheep007 posted...
Cannonade is probably gonna be the worst division in this whole thing.

I've noticed that Sheep and I have very different opinions on Pokemon. I think Substitute is the much weaker division today! Cannonade does have a tragic bottom three but I could see everything else getting a + in the right division
MZero , to the extreme
https://www.twitch.tv/kabazame
MZero posted...
I've noticed that Sheep and I have very different opinions on Pokemon. I think Substitute is the much weaker division today! Cannonade does have a tragic bottom three but I could see everything else getting a + in the right division
I have a lot of Pokemon hot takes but one of them is that almost all legendaries are ugly as hell (in a not-fun way) and a lot of them are boring with no personality to boot. There's only one mon in Cannonade I actually like and that's Torterra. Everything else ranges from meh enough that I'd normally give it a -1 or a -2 to actual travesties like Latias, Thundurus, Zarude and Poliwhirl. I guess Togepi and the non-Thundurus Gen 5 mons are all fine but I wouldn't consider any of them a + vote. Substitute is mostly meh, but has a few mons I really like and also Pidgeotto.
Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along.
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Pidgeotto
+1 Clauncher
-1 Grubbin
-2 Budew
-3 Floette

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Torterra
+2 Cinccino
+1 Togepi
-1 Thundurus
-2 Impidimp
-3 Panpour
does anyone even read this
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Dusclops
+2 Clauncher
+1 Deoxys
-1 Budew
-2 Alakazam
-3 Whismur

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Latias
+2 Mienfoo
+1 Poliwhirl
-1 Zarude
-2 Impidimp
-3 Thundurus

Lots of stuff I'm very neutral on today.
Chilly McFreeze
https://i.imgur.com/UYamul2.gif
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Golett
+2 Alakazam
+1 Clauncher
-1 Deoxys
-2 Budew
-3 Floette

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Torterra
+2 Zarude
+1 Impidimp
-1 Panpour
-2 Togepi
-3 Latias
ND
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Budew
+1 Dusclops
-1 Whismur
-2 Grubbin
-3 Clauncher

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Togepi
+2 Impidimp
+1 Poliwhirl
-1 Panpour
-2 Cinccino
-3 Mienfoo
Azuarc is my favorite arc of the Game of the Decade 2020 anime.
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Deoxys
+2 Pidgeotto
+1 Alakazam
-1 Budew
-2 Golett
-3 Grubbin

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Latias
+2 Cinccino
+1 Poliwhirl
-1 Panpour
-2 Thundurus
-3 Impidimp
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Golett
+1 Clauncher
-1 Grubbin
-2 Budew
-3 Whismur

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Latias
+2 Torterra
+1 Poliwhirl
-1 Panpour
-2 Zarude
-3 Cinccino
--starfox2245
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Deoxys
+2 Dusclops
+1 Floette
-1 Clauncher
-2 Golett
-3 Grubbin

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Cinccino
+2 Torterra
+1 Thundurus
-1 Zarude
-2 Togepi
-3 Mienfoo
Hey man, LlamaGuy did encrypt the passwords.
With what? ROT-13? -CJayC
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Floette
+2 Budew
+1 Alakazam
-1 Grubbin
-2 Whismur
-3 Deoxys

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Cinccino
+2 Panpour
+1 Mienfoo
-1 Togepi
-2 Impidimp
-3 Thundurus
https://i.imgtc.com/a6iBg1Y.jpg
Congrats to azuarc on being really good at predicting stuff
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Grubbin
+2 Alakazam
+1 Clauncher
-1 Floette
-2 Whismur
-3 Budew

Grubbin rhymes with Flubbin, easiest +3 of my life

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Poliwhirl
+2 Torterra
+1 Mienfoo
-1 Panpour
-2 Impidimp
-3 Thundurus

It's not so impossible!
Substitute Division
+3 Deoxys
+2 Golett
+1 Clauncher
-1 Whismur
-2 Floette
-3 Budew

G-Max Cannonade Division
+3 Torterra
+2 Cinccino
+1 Poliwhirl
-1 Mienfoo
-2 Panpour
-3 Impidimp
http://www.smkgp150cc.com/images/toadspin.gif
Easy Vote Form
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Clauncher
+1 Pidgeotto
-1 Deoxys
-2 Grubbin
-3 Floette

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Cinccino
+2 Torterra
+1 Mienfoo
-1 Togepi
-2 Panpour
-3 Impidimp
Not changing this sig until I decide to change this sig.
Started: July 6, 2005
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Deoxys
+2 Golett
+1 Floette
-1 Whismur
-2 Pidgeotto
-3 Budew

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Impidimp
+2 Cinccino
+1 Latias
-1 Poliwhirl
-2 Thundurus
-3 Panpour
:)
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Pidgeotto
+1 Clauncher
-1 Grubbin
-2 Budew
-3 Whismur

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Mienfoo
+2 Poliwhirl
+1 Thundurus
-1 Cinccino
-2 Zarude
-3 Panpour
"Pardon me for breathing, which I never do any way so I don't know why I bother to say it, oh God, I'm so depressed."
Substitute Division
+3 Clauncher
+2 Dusclops
+1 Pidgeotto
-1 Budew
-2 Floette
-3 Deoxys

G-Max Cannonade Division
+3 Mienfoo
+2 Zarude
+1 Cinccino
-1 Impidimp
-2 Panpour
-3 Thundurus
~Silver_Ermine~
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9r5hhXQbJ1rbct63o1_500.gif
Sheep007 posted...
I have a lot of Pokemon hot takes but one of them is that almost all legendaries are ugly as hell (in a not-fun way) and a lot of them are boring with no personality to boot.
regardless it's wild that you'd actually shit on one of the most conceptually awesome ones, it's a mysterious hostile invader from space that is clearly ready to fuck shit up, it's also one of the most fun to use, and its theme goes hard, what's not to like?

(i'm eyeing the other minusers here too)
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Floette
+2 Golett
+1 Pidgeotto
-1 Deoxys
-2 Clauncher
-3 Whismur

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Impidimp
+2 Cinccino
+1 Togepi
-1 Thundurus
-2 Panpour
-3 Zarude
UF8 posted...
regardless it's wild that you'd actually shit on one of the most conceptually awesome ones, it's a mysterious hostile invader from space that is clearly ready to fuck shit up, it's also one of the most fun to use, and its theme goes hard, what's not to like?

(i'm eyeing the other minusers here too)
Deoxys is one I want to like but just don't click with. It's a cool concept and the whole DNA thing is neat I've just never particularly cared for it. I think it being a pain or practically impossible to access in the games I've played makes it rank lower since I've gotten no chance to use it. Definitely not a bottom-tier legend, I just kinda like other things in that division more.
Perhaps the golden rock was inside us all along.
Easy Vote Form
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Pidgeotto
+1 Floette
-1 Golett
-2 Whismur
-3 Grubbin

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Impidimp
+2 Thundurus
+1 Cinccino
-1 Zarude
-2 Torterra
-3 Panpour
The Artist Formerly Known as Hannyabal
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Clauncher
+2 Floette
+1 Golett
-1 Grubbin
-2 Budew
-3 Dusclops

This is the most "whatever" division so far, I think. Nothing I feel strongly positive or negative about. Giving Clauncher a +3 feels so weird, lol.

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Cinccino
+2 Torterra
+1 Poliwhirl
-1 Impidimp
-2 Mienfoo
-3 Zarude
Change is weird.
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Golett
+1 Deoxys
-1 Clauncher
-2 Grubbin
-3 Budew

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Poliwhirl
+2 Latias
+1 Togepi
-1 Zarude
-2 Panpour
-3 Cinccino
Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered!
RIP Bob Barker (1923 - 2023) - and thanks for all the memories.
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Golett
+1 Deoxys
-1 Whismur
-2 Grubbin
-3 Pidgeotto

Deoxys would be higher if it wasn't so rare. Feels a little weird putting Pidgeotto so low because ANIME, but I hate the middle stage Pokemon that just looks like a bigger first stage/smaller final stage Pokemon ...

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Torterra
+2 Impidimp
+1 Thundurus
-1 Zarude
-2 Poliwhirl
-3 Panpour

Oh look at that .... speaking of middle stage evolutions I don't like .......
+3 Alakazam
+2 Floette
+1 Dusclops
-1 Whismur
-2 Grubbin
-3 Budew

+3 Torterra
+2 Mienfoo
+1 Poliwhirl
-1 Zarude
-2 Thundurus
-3 Panpour
Give 'em hell Ukraine.
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Dusclops
+1 Golett
-1 Pidgeotto
-2 Floette
-3 Deoxys

Alakazam's Pokemon Stadium damage animation is incredible. The slow fall, followed by casually levitating himself back to his feet. It truly lives in my head rent-free.

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Cinccino
+2 Togepi
+1 Torterra
-1 Thundurus
-2 Zarude
-3 Panpour
I can't live forever
With my head and my heart in the clouds
UF8 posted...
regardless it's wild that you'd actually shit on one of the most conceptually awesome ones, it's a mysterious hostile invader from space that is clearly ready to fuck shit up, it's also one of the most fun to use, and its theme goes hard, what's not to like?

(i'm eyeing the other minusers here too)

This is exactly why I don't like Deoxys.
I can't live forever
With my head and my heart in the clouds
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Pidgeotto
+1 Whismur
-1 Grubbin
-2 Dusclops
-3 Clauncher

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Togepi
+2 Latias
+1 Torterra
-1 Cinccino
-2 Panpour
-3 Impidimp
Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc , the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest.
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Deoxys
+2 Alakazam
+1 Clauncher
-1 Pidgeotto
-2 Floette
-3 Budew

okay i've called divisions fucked, but this is FUCKED. not being able to give points to dusclops, clauncher, and golett is FUCKED!!! but Deoxys (specifically Defense) is my 4th fav mon and my namesake [note: not this gfaqs username lmao] and is there with Alakazam and a crustacean (i love crustaceans) so that's. just a stacked positive side. and then i have to give a negative to Pidgeotto that's so not okay i'm not okay

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Thundurus
+2 Latias
+1 Torterra
-1 Togepi
-2 Panpour
-3 Impidimp

i know people hate the genies but thundy-therian is actually great
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Pidgeotto
+2 Whismur
+1 Dusclops
-1 Floette
-2 Clauncher
-3 Deoxys

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Togepi
+2 Poliwhirl
+1 Panpour
-1 Thundurus
-2 Impidimp
-3 Zarude
The azuarc of the contest universe is long, but it bends toward Guruship.
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Golett
+1 Floette
-1 Budew
-2 Whismur
-3 Grubbin

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Torterra
+2 Impidimp
+1 Cinccino
-1 Latias
-2 Poliwhirl
-3 Panpour
The user formerly known as Ashethan
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Dusclops
+1 Clauncher
-1 Budew
-2 Grubbin
-3 Floette

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Poliwhirl
+2 Togepi
+1 Latias
-1 Thundurus
-2 Zarude
-3 Impidimp
we're all buds ~jc~
<DeathChicken> you are my hero for being the first person to cite National Geographic in Mercs
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Clauncher
+2 Dusclops
+1 Floette
-1 Whismur
-2 Budew
-3 Golett

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Cinccino
+2 Panpour
+1 Torterra
-1 Impidimp
-2 Zarude
-3 Thundurus

I am a simple man. I see a Genie, I -3 a Genie.
(|| ' ' ||) When have you ever seen three big, very smooth arcs
. /|_|\ of hair sticking out of a person's forehead? I haven't!
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Alakazam
+2 Clauncher
+1 Grubbin
-1 Golett
-2 Whismur
-3 Budew

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Cinccino
+2 Togepi
+1 Poliwhirl
-1 Mienfoo
-2 Panpour
-3 Thundurus
"Video games are meant to be just one thing. Fun. Fun for everyone." -Satoru Iwata
"11533 >>> 1001 imo" - Jeff Zero
Sheep007 posted...
I have a lot of Pokemon hot takes but one of them is that almost all legendaries are ugly as hell (in a not-fun way) and a lot of them are boring with no personality to boot.

I agree with this actually! I also hate Mythicals out of principle
MZero , to the extreme
https://www.twitch.tv/kabazame
Substitute Division
+3 Alakazam
+2 Dusclops
+1 Pidgeotto
-1 Floette
-2 Budew
-3 Whismur

G-Max Cannonade Division
+3 Poliwhirl
+2 Torterra
+1 Zarude
-1 Cinccino
-2 Mienfoo
-3 Panpour
Moops?
"I thought you were making up diseases? That's spontaneous dental hydroplosion."
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Clauncher
+2 Dusclops
+1 Grubbin
-1 Budew
-2 Pidgeotto
-3 Floette

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Zarude
+2 Torterra
+1 Cinccino
-1 Togepi
-2 Impidimp
-3 Panpour

These are some wildly stinky divisions today
I'm am hungry I want some lasaga
SUBSTITUTE
+3 Floette
+2 Pidgeotto
+1 Deoxys
-1 Budew
-2 Whismur
-3 Grubbin

G-MAX CANNONADE
+3 Latias
+2 Cinccino
+1 Togepi
-1 Mienfoo
-2 Impidimp
-3 Panpour
Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ | ~Data Analyst~
Popular at school, but not as cool as azuarc , Guru Champ!
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