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The Pokemon are all 21 of the unevolved starter Pokemon! The humans are humans according to Real Life standards. These humans are not any specific character(s) from fiction.
However, in the interest of knowing what the weakest human is for the job, I'm not opposed to upgrading to the next strongest humie if one at any given time can't do the job.
Speed is equalized.
(Updated it to be 7 humans, rather than just 1, in the interest of balance. Changed ammo supplies.)
(2017-05-22: Changed Human Team to 7 of Composite Human & further changed equipment supplies & rules in the interests of match balancing.)
Rules!
1. Fights are conducted within a domed, high-walled, circular arena 150 meters wide by 150 meters long, 35 meters at the rim of the dome, 50 at the peak of it, constructed of steel, with a flat floor of sand. There are some newly matured, planted oak trees, & a few pools of water 5mm deep, 25 cm long & 25 cm wide, scattered about the arena.
1A. Starting weather is considered neutral for combatants, with gradual air filtering to slowly remove toxic gasses, smoke, etc. (Ex: From burning trees.)
2. All fights are conducted 1 vs 1.
2A. When a human &/or Pokemon is removed from combat (Through defeat or such.), the next Pokemon, going by National Dex order, is sent in immediately. As all the humans are identical, equipment supplies aside, they have no order. Assume there isn't an opportunity to exit for any party (Such as another human or Pokemon.) through this entrance, nor for any (other) parties to enter.
3. Each human starts with 1 non-vehicular weapon from Real Life . Obviously, it is possible for the weapon to also affect them. However:
3A. A total of 2 non-flight-capable vehicles, each of any kind available in Real Life , are available to the Human Team, to be used however debaters consider optimal. Assume that each vehicle is on the ground while entering. (Ex: Things such as picking a tank to enter by being dropped on a Pokemon from up high with a human at a safe distance is an invalid entrance.) Again, only 2 such vehicles can be distributed, but a human may begin their participation in the match within a vehicle. Like the participants, vehicles "don't exist" until they are within the match. (Ex: A car entering through a temporary autopilot existing only for entrance can't be damaged, modified, relocated, etc. until it's actually in the arena, nor can it influence the match by entering, such as via running something over.) Effectively, vehicle entrances should be assumed unable to influence the match or be influenced by the match.
3B. Each weapon is only prepared with 4 units to fire. (This assumes each firing only launches 1 projectile. It does not apply to weapons that are themselves or involving of nukes, or atomic bombs)
3C. Only 1 human &/or 1 Pokemon can be affected by any attack from either side. Whether the arena is flooded, obliterated by a nuke, burned to cinders, broken apart by thrashing vines, or anything else, only the 1 human & the 1 Pokemon fighting said human at the time will be affected.
3D. Lingering effects created by either side will remain. Trees will stay on fire, nuclear radiation, rubble will stay where it is, behave normally, etc.
3E. To prevent escape, the arena is indestructible.
3F. Lost terrain -trees being completely eradicated, water evaporating or such to the point of being unusable, sand getting sucked into a void somehow, etc- is immediately restored to the state it was at the beginning of the match.
4. The Pokemon cannot evolve & are all the first stages of their evolutionary line. Specifically, these are all of the currently known/existing Grass, Fire, & Water-type Starter Pokemon.
5. None of the Pokemon involved in this match possess any statistics or scalings that are a result of the anime, manga, nor fighting genre game (Smash, Pokken, etc.) materials. Their experience with humans extends to being raised by professors & observing visitors & outsiders to their research facilities.
5A. Nonetheless, assume these Pokemon fight optimally, as do the humans. If the human loses, & the ENTIRE match restarts anew with the next strongest human.
5B. Neither the human(s), nor the Pokemon have knowledge of one another other than what they should reasonably know based on this rule & the previous rules.
6. For simplicity's sake, assume the following: Bullets are Steel-type, explosions (Except the moves Self-Destruct & Explosion here, obviously.) are Fire-type unless specified otherwise, Plasma is Electric-type, & Nukes are Normal-type.
7. No Pokemon trainers are involved, nor can the human(s) involved in this fight become a Pokemon trainer, nor can said human(s) gain command of any of the Pokemon involved here.
The rules are of course, subject to change in the interests of balancing the match. If they can be improved, I'll probably change them. Hopefully I made them well, this thread isn't too wordy, & this doesn't somehow turn into a stomp!
So who wins?
However, in the interest of knowing what the weakest human is for the job, I'm not opposed to upgrading to the next strongest humie if one at any given time can't do the job.
Speed is equalized.
(Updated it to be 7 humans, rather than just 1, in the interest of balance. Changed ammo supplies.)
(2017-05-22: Changed Human Team to 7 of Composite Human & further changed equipment supplies & rules in the interests of match balancing.)
Rules!
1. Fights are conducted within a domed, high-walled, circular arena 150 meters wide by 150 meters long, 35 meters at the rim of the dome, 50 at the peak of it, constructed of steel, with a flat floor of sand. There are some newly matured, planted oak trees, & a few pools of water 5mm deep, 25 cm long & 25 cm wide, scattered about the arena.
1A. Starting weather is considered neutral for combatants, with gradual air filtering to slowly remove toxic gasses, smoke, etc. (Ex: From burning trees.)
2. All fights are conducted 1 vs 1.
2A. When a human &/or Pokemon is removed from combat (Through defeat or such.), the next Pokemon, going by National Dex order, is sent in immediately. As all the humans are identical, equipment supplies aside, they have no order. Assume there isn't an opportunity to exit for any party (Such as another human or Pokemon.) through this entrance, nor for any (other) parties to enter.
3. Each human starts with 1 non-vehicular weapon from Real Life . Obviously, it is possible for the weapon to also affect them. However:
3A. A total of 2 non-flight-capable vehicles, each of any kind available in Real Life , are available to the Human Team, to be used however debaters consider optimal. Assume that each vehicle is on the ground while entering. (Ex: Things such as picking a tank to enter by being dropped on a Pokemon from up high with a human at a safe distance is an invalid entrance.) Again, only 2 such vehicles can be distributed, but a human may begin their participation in the match within a vehicle. Like the participants, vehicles "don't exist" until they are within the match. (Ex: A car entering through a temporary autopilot existing only for entrance can't be damaged, modified, relocated, etc. until it's actually in the arena, nor can it influence the match by entering, such as via running something over.) Effectively, vehicle entrances should be assumed unable to influence the match or be influenced by the match.
3B. Each weapon is only prepared with 4 units to fire. (This assumes each firing only launches 1 projectile. It does not apply to weapons that are themselves or involving of nukes, or atomic bombs)
3C. Only 1 human &/or 1 Pokemon can be affected by any attack from either side. Whether the arena is flooded, obliterated by a nuke, burned to cinders, broken apart by thrashing vines, or anything else, only the 1 human & the 1 Pokemon fighting said human at the time will be affected.
3D. Lingering effects created by either side will remain. Trees will stay on fire, nuclear radiation, rubble will stay where it is, behave normally, etc.
3E. To prevent escape, the arena is indestructible.
3F. Lost terrain -trees being completely eradicated, water evaporating or such to the point of being unusable, sand getting sucked into a void somehow, etc- is immediately restored to the state it was at the beginning of the match.
4. The Pokemon cannot evolve & are all the first stages of their evolutionary line. Specifically, these are all of the currently known/existing Grass, Fire, & Water-type Starter Pokemon.
5. None of the Pokemon involved in this match possess any statistics or scalings that are a result of the anime, manga, nor fighting genre game (Smash, Pokken, etc.) materials. Their experience with humans extends to being raised by professors & observing visitors & outsiders to their research facilities.
5A. Nonetheless, assume these Pokemon fight optimally, as do the humans. If the human loses, & the ENTIRE match restarts anew with the next strongest human.
5B. Neither the human(s), nor the Pokemon have knowledge of one another other than what they should reasonably know based on this rule & the previous rules.
6. For simplicity's sake, assume the following: Bullets are Steel-type, explosions (Except the moves Self-Destruct & Explosion here, obviously.) are Fire-type unless specified otherwise, Plasma is Electric-type, & Nukes are Normal-type.
7. No Pokemon trainers are involved, nor can the human(s) involved in this fight become a Pokemon trainer, nor can said human(s) gain command of any of the Pokemon involved here.
The rules are of course, subject to change in the interests of balancing the match. If they can be improved, I'll probably change them. Hopefully I made them well, this thread isn't too wordy, & this doesn't somehow turn into a stomp!
So who wins?
