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TMOG
10/01/24 1:39:27 PM
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Here we go! After four months of preliminaries, we've narrowed it down to our final 128 -- now to narrow it down to the single best Pokemon.

You all know how this works, I've run enough of these damn tournaments. Vote for your favorite of the two Pokemon presented; the winner will move on in the bracket, the loser gets to stay in a PC Box for all eternity.

Rounds last 24 hours, give or take; sometimes I'm not always at my computer right on time, or have to post the next one a little early so I can move on to other parts of my day. It might also happen that I'm not able to post the next round on time at all, but I'll at least end the poll if I'm able to in that case.

If there's a tie that refuses to break, it will be decided with a quick Lightning Round. I'll go over what that entails if and when it comes up.

Round twenty! Ampharos vs. Blastoise!
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PREVIOUS WINNERS
Round 1: Chandelure beats Victreebel (68.66%)
Round 2: Houndoom beats Zeraora (63.49%)
Round 3: Charizard beats Toxtricity (72.15%)
Round 4: Alolan Ninetales beats Sandslash (60.94%)
Round 5: Zoroark beats Meowscarada (51.52%)
Round 6: Farfetch'd beats Hisuian Arcanine (50.67%)
Round 7: Alakazam beats Galarian Weezing (77.14%)
Round 8: Rayquaza beats Pidgeot (72.15%)
Round 9: Hydreigon beats Leafeon (52%)
Round 10: Volcarona beats Musharna (85.25%)
Round 11: Talonflame beats Incineroar (60.81%)
Round 12: Toxicroak beats Cinderace (62.67%)
Round 13: Gengar beats Yveltal (71.62%)
Round 14: Tyranitar beats Alolan Meowth (82.72%)
Round 15: Haxorus beats Braviary (61.04%)
Round 16: Donphan beats Scolipede (55.95%)
Round 17: Aegislash beats Diglett (73.02%)
Round 18: Scyther beats Altaria (73.53%)
Round 19: Blaziken beats Vikavolt (58.11%)

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ai123
10/01/24 1:42:11 PM
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Eh, it will probably be Blastoise, and I won't moan about that: he's a good Pokmon.

But I do love my Gen II Pokemon, and that electric sheep always manages to find his way on to my teams whenever he's available.

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KFHEWUI
10/01/24 1:43:35 PM
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I like Ampharos, but Blastoise is Blastoise

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TheHoldSteady
10/01/24 1:46:40 PM
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Hardest round one yet.

I will say Ampharos is essential to Gold & Silver and Colosseum because of the lack of other good Pokemon available in those games. Him being pulled from Crystal to push needing two games is criminal.

Blastoise is great too, but you'll live without it. But for those two games, Ampharos is impossible to part ways with

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Hejiru
10/01/24 1:46:45 PM
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Aw man, these are two of my favorites up against each other:(

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Solar_Crimson
10/01/24 1:48:01 PM
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Ampharos is probably my favorite Electric-type.

Kind of wish it was Electric/Dragon by default. It seems like that's what they were going for to begin with, but walked it back for balance reasons.

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BlackScythe0
10/01/24 1:48:15 PM
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Blastoise is trash let's go ampharos!
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TomClark
10/01/24 1:51:47 PM
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Blastoise

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masterpug53
10/01/24 1:51:48 PM
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Blastoise is not only one of my all-time faves in both function and design, he also perfected the franchise's concept of evolution right out of gate. Was your favorite 'mon smart enough to grow cannons out of its back by the time it was done evolving? No? Then don't even fuckin' talk to me, bro.

Conversely I never got the love for Ampharos. But I also skipped Gen 2 since it came out when I was in college, and the series hadn't quite achieved the 'it's okay to play as an adult' status that it has now.

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GeneralKenobi85
10/01/24 1:52:36 PM
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Both great. I have to go with Blastoise though. Although I do wish Venusaur had gotten that Wild Card spot instead.

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Kami_no_Kami
10/01/24 1:54:15 PM
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Blastoise. Ampharos is fine. Blastoise is one of my absolute faves.
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Solar_Crimson
10/01/24 1:55:57 PM
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masterpug53 posted...
Blastoise is not only one of my all-time faves in both function and design, he also perfected the franchise's concept of evolution right out of gate. Was your favorite 'mon smart enough to grow cannons out of its back by the time it was done evolving? No? Then don't even fuckin' talk to me, bro.
Funnily enough, Blastoise was actually part of a completely separate evolutionary line in development, and Wartortle's original evolved form looked closer to it. However, both that Pokemon and Blastoise's original pre-evo were among the 40 Pokemon cut from the game, and Blastoise and Squirtle/Wartortle were folded together instead. Guess two Water-type turtles would had been overkill back then.

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HighSeraph
10/01/24 2:04:23 PM
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Ampharos is repeatedly in my parties whereas I can't even recall the last time I used Blastoise

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TMOG
10/01/24 2:05:49 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
Guess two Water-type turtles would had been overkill back then.
Meanwhile they had four Normal/Flying birds

Two were even practically right next to each other in the Pokedex
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TheFalseDeity
10/01/24 2:10:49 PM
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Ampharos pretty easily for me, was not expecting it to be winning when i voted though. Neat.

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Hambo
10/01/24 3:37:03 PM
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Ampharos.

Wartortle > Blastoise. Blasty shoulda kept Warty's flowy ears and tail. It's weird that it has them for just that one stage and they're a cute, fun look. Also its cannons could stand to look more organic. It's a pokeyman, not a digiman.

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Guide
10/01/24 3:39:35 PM
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Sophie's choice all up in here.

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Solar_Crimson
10/01/24 4:29:33 PM
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Hambo posted...
Wartortle > Blastoise. Blasty shoulda kept Warty's flowy ears and tail. It's weird that it has them for just that one stage and they're a cute, fun look.
That's exactly what the aforementioned cut evolution had.

And Blastoise's original preevo had what looked like small cannons on its shell.

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Hambo
10/01/24 4:42:46 PM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
That's exactly what the aforementioned cut evolution had.

And Blastoise's original preevo had what looked like small cannons on its shell.
Yeah, I read or watched something about that recently too and I felt even more robbed.

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Choco
10/01/24 5:07:21 PM
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i love both of them...

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TendoDRM
10/01/24 5:33:17 PM
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Ampharos!

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Calwings
10/01/24 5:46:41 PM
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Both are great, but my vote goes to Ampharos. It's one of my top 5 favorite Pokemon in the whole franchise, and its mega evolution is my 2nd-favorite in the franchise as well. Seriously, look at it. It's fucking majestic.

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SydnieStarlight
10/01/24 6:14:01 PM
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The whole Mareep line is probably my favorite gen 2 line, and Ampharos is one of three Pokemon that enjoy the distinction of gaining dragon typing on mega evolution. Blastoise is cool, but I could only ever choose Ampharos here~

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Joelypoely
10/01/24 6:33:51 PM
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Wow, I never knew people liked Ampharos. Was expecting Blastoise by a landslide

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BlackScythe0
10/01/24 6:36:42 PM
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Joelypoely posted...
Wow, I never knew people liked Ampharos. Was expecting Blastoise by a landslide
Ampharos is one of if not the best electric type. While blastoise is, imo, one of the most overrated. It always felt like people tried to make it seem more popular than it actually was because they were bitter about how popular charizard is.
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HighSeraph
10/01/24 6:50:29 PM
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Blastoise doesn't even break 100 with it's att or spa

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xlr_big-coop
10/01/24 7:09:21 PM
#27:


Blastoise!

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Calwings
10/01/24 7:32:25 PM
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ellis123
10/01/24 7:33:56 PM
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xlr_big-coop posted...
Blastoise!

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Jeff_AKA_Snoopy
10/01/24 9:08:02 PM
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Close, but Blastoise is just a bit more awesome than my boy Ampharos!

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Guide
10/01/24 9:08:46 PM
#31:


Joelypoely posted...
Wow, I never knew people liked Ampharos. Was expecting Blastoise by a landslide

Ampharos is one of the most popular pokemon out there actually

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tripleh213
10/01/24 9:27:32 PM
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Blastoise

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Choco
10/02/24 4:56:36 AM
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i forgor, does this tournament treat megas as separate pokemon?

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Hambo
10/02/24 5:33:45 AM
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Nah, they're considered the same. Regional forms are the only forms listed separately.

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Choco
10/02/24 8:21:49 AM
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hmm then maybe i should pick ampharos... this is so hard...

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TMOG
10/02/24 12:17:24 PM
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Noon bump
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TMOG
10/02/24 2:50:39 PM
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Afternoon bump
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TMOG
10/02/24 4:43:26 PM
#38:


We have a tie, so this round gets a slight extension until it breaks
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Hambo
10/02/24 4:45:17 PM
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Wasn't expecting that. But I say that about the results in basically every round.

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Time
10/02/24 4:45:36 PM
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Can't believe this is tied, Blastoise easily for me

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KainWind
10/02/24 4:45:57 PM
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It's tied again after the extension

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TMOG
10/02/24 4:47:05 PM
#42:


Blastoise has officially pulled ahead, the count is stopped
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KainWind
10/02/24 4:47:46 PM
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I'm fine with either winning but I have issues with how the tie was broken.

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Hambo
10/02/24 4:50:32 PM
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KainWind posted...
I'm fine with either winning but I have issues with how the tie was broken.
Why's that?

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KainWind
10/02/24 4:53:05 PM
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Hambo posted...
Why's that?

It was tied at 34-34 when I looked after tc said the extension is until it breaks, then Ampharos went up 35-34.

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TMOG
10/02/24 4:54:17 PM
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KainWind posted...
It was tied at 34-34 when tc said the extension is until it breaks, then Ampharos went up 35-34.
When I extended it was at 34-34 and when I checked to see if the numbers had changed it was at 35-35. I had no way of knowing which had hit 35 before the other so I had to wait until there was a number that I saw was higher.
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KainWind
10/02/24 4:55:09 PM
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I thought about screenshotting but decided not to. My bad I guess.

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TMOG
10/02/24 4:55:50 PM
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KainWind posted...
I thought about screenshotting but decided not to. My bad I guess.
Yeah, if you had screenshotted I would have been willing to call it for Ampharos, since my phrasing was "until the tie breaks".
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Hambo
10/02/24 4:56:23 PM
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That's a bummer for Amphy, but fair. Can't monitor the results every second lol.

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KainWind
10/02/24 4:57:11 PM
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I was on the fence when I originally voted so I didn't wanna push for one or the other really.

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