Sportsmanship

[BIM]

Now I know I'm not a mod so don't scream at me, I'm not trying to be but here me out

Of late there has been a lot of activity due to the pokemon league and tournaments. This leads to obvious winners and losers in every match. I have noticed that increasingly people are forgetting decent good sportsmanship so I think its worth pointing out what is considered good form.

When Winning:

Unless stated, posting scores isn't needed, posting 'I won 5-0' when the competition doesn't ask you to can seem rude and crass

Similarly 'I decimated/destroyed etc NoJ' isn't needed

So what should I post?

'Beat NoJ in a good/haxy/hax free game, GG NoJ' would be more than sufficient.
If the competition requires scores then simply add the score in as appropriate.

Or NoJ ran/DCd GG NoJ but of course I win

When Losing

This is the thing that has most been annoying lately, if you lose then just suck it up, there is nothing worse than 'I lost because of BS Roost' or 'Hypnosis hit everytime' or 'he was under parafusion and he hit everytime', there is no need to post that information at all because no-one is ever gonna say 'your right Roost is an illegal move so replay that match' or 'you were playing for hax and yet your opponent got all the hax, go ahead and replay'

So what should I post?

I lost to the awesome Mole in a good battle, GG Mole (the awesome part is optional here, but Mole is awesome)

Its also worth keeping in mind that if you DC or run then you are a loser end of story, don't go putting pressure on someone to give you the win, this is not cool particularly in tournaments and especially in the final

Of course these are only a guide but I think its worth bearing in mind, yes I know that a good win can lead to getting a little excited but just think how it feels when you are defeated, do you like having your face rubbed in it? chances are no.

As always its worth remembering that some people very rarely change their team, this probably means they won't appreciate you revealing 4 or 5 members midway through a tournament that they are still in.

This site is getting more and more awesome for battles lately so lets not get to being arrogant and cocky and driving away newer members that probably came here in the first place because they found Smogon intimidating, the unique thing about the pokemon section on this site is that everyone seems to get on well and everyone can help each other too.

Of course there will always be bad losers who run/DC to avoid defeat but just rise above them

Lets keep it that way and make it fun

[Sleddog]

nicely said bim we should all be good sports

[Afrikio]

^ what Huski said, cant stress that enough

[SuperSonic]

Thanks BIM, this needed to be said methinks. x]

Srsly, I hate people whining about hax, it's unavoidable and it just makes you look like a sore looser.

And I have always thought posting scores is a bit unneccesary.
It just seems to me like "aren't I awesome!!!" when people constantly feel the need to add in the score, and is a bit disrespectful to the other person tbf...

[NoJ]

Sticked for being awesome.

Great thread BIM

[Mechawatts]

Obvious, but worth repeating.
Art of Manliness: Sportsmanship
(Not using a men's blog to suggest that sportsmanship is not for women; it's that being a bad sport is a predominately masculine problem.)

[iNAKO]

took the words right out of my mouth.
The thing that really bugged me the most was when people would say "I defeated/I demolished etc. etc." like it made them sound any cooler.
BIM you are the man.

[gamer22]

people on shoddy go crazy if hax happens

i hate when people complain about hax its in the game for a reason and maybe the weaker player needs a crit to win in a tournament for example

i only post scores for those battles that need scores most of the time like some tournaments

[BIM]

I think its important to remember that a majority of players here did this already and there is only 1 truly bad example of this behaviour but it was worth saying anyway

I think the attitude here is, in general, better than other sites and thats probably why were all here anyway

[Link~2.0]

It looks like since this was up nobody posted scores in the poke league anymore.

[Kayla.Corpse]

great thread, seriously pple get big heads over winning, very much needed thread

[Splodey]

I love you BIM. I hate haters in pokebattles.