Part 1
Two weeks after the inception of the Libelldra Forge, crazy360 was banned. He spammed the place up and made death threats to all the staff members. Yet he still had the balls to ask to become a moderator. It was no surprise to anyone that crazy360 was banned. Except for him. For a while afterward, he went around, asking GameFAQs and Shoddybattle why he wasn't allowed to contribute to Libelldra anymore and whether he could be unbanned.

As one of the moderators, I was a prime target for his begging. On July 31 2007, he asked me to unban him, as if I were in charge of that. I told him it wasn't within my jurisdiction to do such a thing. Fantasty was the one he wanted. Nevertheless, he decided to challenge me in a battle. Maybe he wanted to prove something to himself. I, on the other hand, certainly had something to prove him.

[code]IggyKoopa sent out Bronzong. 
crazy360 sent out Heracross. 
crazy360 switched in Gengar. 
Bronzong used Hypnosis. 
Gengar fell asleep!

crazy360 switched in Houndoom. 
Bronzong used Stealth Rock. 
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team!

IggyKoopa switched in Heatran. 
Houndoom used Nasty Plot. 
Houndoom's special attack was sharply raised.[/code]
Standard opening—nothing special from me. He happened to catch me while I was messing around with a generic team. That wouldn't make me withdraw, of course.

[code]Houndoom used Nasty Plot.
Houndoom's special attack was sharply raised.
Heatran used Earth Power.
It's super effective! 
Houndoom lost 138% of its health. 
crazy360's Houndoom fainted.[/code]
Whether this was a mistake or not, I never knew. If it was indeed just a blunder, it was only the first. Everyone knew Heatran carried Earth Power.

[code]crazy360 switched in Electivire.
Pointed stones dug into Electivire. 
Electivire lost 12% of its health. 
IggyKoopa switched in Gyarados. 
Gyarados's intimidate cut Electivire's attack! 
Electivire used Earthquake. 
It doesn't affect Gyarados... 
 
IggyKoopa switched in Electivire. 
Electivire used Thunderpunch. 
Electivire's Motor Drive increased its speed! 
 
Electivire used Earthquake. 
It's super effective! 
Electivire lost 143% of its health. 
crazy360's Electivire fainted.[/code]
He blundered again. Anyone who knew about the metagame should have seen this one coming.

[code]crazy360: i have 252 speed evs?[/code]
Wow. A max speed Electivire. He must have missed Motor Drive being activated.

[code]IggyKoopa: Motor Drive 
crazy360: damn[/code]
[code]crazy360 switched in Heracross. 
Pointed stones dug into Heracross. 
Heracross lost 12% of its health. 
Heracross used Close Combat. 
Electivire lost 113% of its health. 
IggyKoopa's Electivire fainted. 
Heracross's defence was lowered. 
Heracross's special defence was lowered.[/code]
He managed to get me there, but that was just a small loss. In fact, you may say I won the battle already.

[code]IggyKoopa switched in Gyarados. 
Gyarados's intimidate cut Heracross's attack! 
Heracross used Close Combat. 
It's not very effective... 
Gyarados lost 19% of its health. 
Heracross's defence was lowered. 
Heracross's special defence was lowered. 
Gyarados used Taunt. 
Heracross fell for the taunt! 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.[/code]
For no reason at all, I decided to have Gyarados use Taunt. In the context of the game, there was absolutely no reason for this. However, I knew at this point I was going to win and I was not afraid of letting my opponent know that.

[code]crazy360 switched in Jumpluff. 
Pointed stones dug into Jumpluff. 
Jumpluff lost 25% of its health. 
Gyarados used Dragon Dance. 
Gyarados's attack was raised. 
Gyarados's speed was raised. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
Jumpluff's leftovers restored a little health! 
Jumpluff restored 6% of its health.[/code]
Surprisingly, crazy360 felt he had an upperhand somehow.

[code]crazy360: your blocked[/code]
Apparently, in his eyes, I was walled.

[code]Gyarados used Taunt. 
Jumpluff fell for the taunt! 
Jumpluff used Attract. 
Jumpluff can't use Attract after the taunt! 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
Jumpluff's leftovers restored a little health! 
Jumpluff restored 6% of its health. 

Gyarados used Dragon Dance. 
Gyarados's attack was raised. 
Gyarados's speed was raised. 
Jumpluff used Energy Ball. 
Gyarados lost 13% of its health. 
Gyarados's special defence was lowered. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
Jumpluff's leftovers restored a little health! 
Jumpluff restored 6% of its health. 

Gyarados used Dragon Dance. 
Gyarados's attack was raised. 
Gyarados's speed was raised. 
Jumpluff used Energy Ball. 
Gyarados lost 22% of its health. 
Jumpluff's taunt wore off! 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
Jumpluff's leftovers restored a little health! 
Jumpluff restored 6% of its health.[/code]
He explained why he felt he was going to emerge victorious.

[code]crazy360: enery ball= grass + gyarados=super effective[/code]
[code]Gyarados used Taunt. 
Jumpluff fell for the taunt! 
Jumpluff used Energy Ball. 
Gyarados lost 21% of its health. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
Jumpluff's leftovers restored a little health! 
Jumpluff restored 6% of its health. 
 
Gyarados used Dragon Dance. 
Gyarados's attack was raised. 
Gyarados's speed was raised. 
Jumpluff used Energy Ball. 
Gyarados lost 21% of its health. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.

Gyarados used Ice Fang. 
It's super effective! 
A critical hit! 
Jumpluff lost 813% of its health. 
crazy360's Jumpluff fainted. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.[/code]
It was over for him. There was nothing he could do now. I could have declared my victory, but I always feel it's right to finish what one has started.

[code]crazy360 switched in Heracross. 
Pointed stones dug into Heracross. 
Heracross lost 12% of its health. 
Gyarados used Waterfall. 
Heracross lost 152% of its health. 
crazy360's Heracross fainted. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
 
crazy360 switched in Gengar. 
Pointed stones dug into Gengar. 
Gengar lost 12% of its health. 
Gyarados used Waterfall. 
Gengar lost 222% of its health. 
crazy360's Gengar fainted. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.[/code]
He was down to his last Pokémon. This was it.

[code]crazy360 switched in Linoone. 
Pointed stones dug into Linoone. 
Linoone lost 12% of its health. 
Gyarados used Waterfall. 
Linoone lost 182% of its health. 
crazy360's Linoone fainted.
IggyKoopa wins![/code]
And there I was. Victorious and triumphant, and the fool crazy360 defeated. But he was not a fool yet. As they say, Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

Part 2
I returned to the chatroom after the match to inform them of my victory. I fought some random battles here and there when, to my surprise, I received yet another challenge ten minutes later. It would seem that our old friend crazy360 had not gotten enough of a beating yet. He wanted more. I took his challenge, seeing that my point had not been proved just yet.

[code]IggyKoopa sent out Bronzong. 
crazy360 sent out Gengar.[/code]
So far, everything seemed the same. To be honest, I did not change a single part of my team since I last fought; there was still testing to be done with my generic team.

[code]Gengar used Fire Punch.
It's super effective!
Bronzong lost 25% of its health.[/code]
Fire Punch. Did he decide to change his team just to counter my lead? Or did he think that Fire Punch on Gengar was a feasible set up?

[code]Bronzong used Hypnosis. 
Gengar fell asleep! 
Bronzong's leftovers restored a little health! 
Bronzong restored 6% of its health. 

crazy360 switched in Houndoom. 
Bronzong used Stealth Rock. 
Pointed stones float in the air around your foe's team! 
Bronzong's leftovers restored a little health! 
Bronzong restored 6% of its health.

Houndoom used Nasty Plot. 
Houndoom's special attack was sharply raised.[/code]
Since everything (Fire Punch Gengar aside) had been the same, I decided to try changing things up a bit.

[code]Bronzong used Earthquake. 
It's super effective! 
Houndoom lost 80% of its health. 
Bronzong's leftovers restored a little health! 
Bronzong restored 6% of its health. 
Houndoom's leftovers restored a little health! 
Houndoom restored 6% of its health.[/code]
I overestimated my Bronzong's strength. Perhaps what I did the first time was the proper way to proceed after all.

[code]IggyKoopa switched in Heatran. 
Houndoom used Flamethrower. 
Heatran's Flash Fire raised its fire power! 
Houndoom's leftovers restored a little health! 
Houndoom restored 6% of its health. 

Houndoom used Flamethrower. 
Heatran's Flash Fire raised its fire power! 
Heatran used Dragon Pulse. 
Houndoom lost 66% of its health. 
crazy360's Houndoom fainted.[/code]
Between this and the "252 speed evs?" remark, I wondered whether he was actually paying attention to his battles or if, perhaps, he ran several battles at once. Yet, his decision to challenge me no more than ten minutes after our previous battle made me reconsider. Then, I was almost certain that he was giving his 100% to this battle.

[code]crazy360 switched in Electivire. 
Pointed stones dug into Electivire. 
Electivire lost 12% of its health. 
Electivire used Earthquake. 
It's super effective! 
Heatran lost 167% of its health. 
IggyKoopa's Heatran fainted.[/code]
A sacrifice. I was going to have a little fun with him…

[code]IggyKoopa switched in Gyarados. 
Gyarados's intimidate cut Electivire's attack![/code]
True to his reputation, crazy360 delivered a frustrated death threat.

[code]crazy360: DIE[/code]
However, his over exuberance came at the cost of a glaring oversight of which he had been a victim not once,

[code]IggyKoopa switched in Electivire. 
Electivire used Thunderpunch. 
Electivire's Motor Drive increased its speed![/code]
but twice.

[code]Electivire used Earthquake. 
It's super effective! 
Electivire lost 136% of its health. 
crazy360's Electivire fainted.

crazy360 switched in Heracross.
Pointed stones dug into Heracross. 
Heracross lost 12% of its health.[/code]
He must have noticed that Heracross defeated my Electivire successfully in our last battle and switched him in for a revenge kill. I, however—unlike him—learn from my mistakes.

[code]IggyKoopa switched in Gyarados. 
Gyarados's intimidate cut Heracross's attack! 
Heracross used Close Combat. 
It's not very effective... 
Gyarados lost 18% of its health. 
Heracross's defence was lowered. 
Heracross's special defence was lowered. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.[/code]
At this point, a thought process must have gone through his head. He must have thought "Jumpluff almost killed Gyarados last time!"

[code]crazy360 switched in Jumpluff. 
Pointed stones dug into Jumpluff.
Jumpluff lost 25% of its health.[/code]
And so, he sent his Jumpluff into battle.

[code]Gyarados used Dragon Dance. 
Gyarados's attack was raised. 
Gyarados's speed was raised. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
Jumpluff's leftovers restored a little health! 
Jumpluff restored 6% of its health.[/code]
What he saw fail the first time, he tried once more

[code]Gyarados used Taunt. 
Jumpluff fell for the taunt! 
Jumpluff used Attract.
Jumpluff can't use Attract after the taunt![/code]
to see it fail a second.

[code]Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
Jumpluff's leftovers restored a little health! 
Jumpluff restored 6% of its health. 
 
Gyarados used Dragon Dance. 
Gyarados's attack was raised. 
Gyarados's speed was raised. 
Jumpluff used Energy Ball. 
Gyarados lost 14% of its health. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
Jumpluff's leftovers restored a little health! 
Jumpluff restored 6% of its health. 

Gyarados used Dragon Dance. 
Gyarados's attack was raised. 
Gyarados's speed was raised. 
Jumpluff used Energy Ball. 
Gyarados lost 15% of its health. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
Jumpluff's leftovers restored a little health! 
Jumpluff restored 6% of its health.[/code]
I was determined this time.
 
[code]Gyarados used Dragon Dance. 
Gyarados's attack was raised. 
Gyarados's speed was raised. 
Jumpluff used Energy Ball. 
Gyarados lost 15% of its health. 
Jumpluff's taunt wore off! 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
Jumpluff's leftovers restored a little health! 
Jumpluff restored 6% of its health.[/code]
Nothing was going to stop me

[code]Gyarados used Taunt. 
Jumpluff fell for the taunt! 
Jumpluff used Energy Ball. 
Gyarados lost 14% of its health. 
Gyarados's special defence was lowered. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health. 
 
Gyarados used Dragon Dance. 
Gyarados's attack was raised. 
Gyarados's speed was raised. 
Jumpluff used Energy Ball. 
Gyarados lost 22% of its health. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.

Gyarados used Dragon Dance. 
Gyarados's attack was raised. 
Gyarados's speed was raised. 
Jumpluff used Energy Ball. 
Gyarados lost 21% of its health. 
Jumpluff's taunt wore off! 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.[/code]
from going all the way.

[code]Gyarados used Ice Fang. 
It's super effective! 
Jumpluff lost 535% of its health. 
crazy360's Jumpluff fainted. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.[/code]
The battle was already won, but much to my delight, he persisted, losing one Pokémon,

[code]crazy360 switched in Gengar. 
Pointed stones dug into Gengar. 
Gengar lost 12% of its health. 
Gyarados used Waterfall. 
A critical hit! 
Gengar lost 595% of its health. 
crazy360's Gengar fainted. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.[/code]
after another…

[code]crazy360 switched in Linoone. 
Pointed stones dug into Linoone. 
Linoone lost 12% of its health. 
Gyarados used Waterfall. 
Linoone lost 265% of its health. 
crazy360's Linoone fainted. 
Gyarados's leftovers restored a little health! 
Gyarados restored 6% of its health.[/code]
after another…

[code]crazy360 switched in Heracross. 
Pointed stones dug into Heracross. 
Heracross lost 12% of its health. 
Gyarados used Waterfall. 
A critical hit! 
Heracross lost 418% of its health. 
crazy360's Heracross fainted. 
IggyKoopa wins![/code]
until I was victorious once more.

With our battle finished, I asked him a troubling question that bothered me since it came up.

[code]IggyKoopa: tell me the truth 
IggyKoopa: did you put Fire Punch on Gengar
IggyKoopa: to counter my Bronzong?[/code]
[code]crazy360: no hes my elemental puncher 
crazy360: had to let slaking go
IggyKoopa: oh, okay[/code]
Fin.

[quote]IggyKoopa: tell me the truth
IggyKoopa: did you put Fire Punch on Gengar
IggyKoopa: to counter my Bronzong?

crazy360: no hes my elemental puncher
crazy360: had to let slaking go
IggyKoopa: oh, okay[/quote]

This just sealed the deal here. Another great warstory, good to see you're back in business, at least for this. It could still use more exposition, though.

Same as Ruesap, I loved that part lol.

I almost forgot about crazy... thanks for bringing him and all memories i have associated with him back to my mind :D

[QUOTE USER="ruesap" TIME="1232498988"]It could still use more exposition, though.[/QUOTE]

I'm glad you enjoyed this warstory. I don't think there's much more exposition I could give, though, unless I actually have some logs about what he did. Either way, I don't want readers to be focused on crazy360's history; I just want them to be aware that he already had a reputation for being a tad dull-minded.

OH MY GOD

That warstory was so freaking hilarious I laughed my lungs out for several minutes. Now, you know you're either a novice or a complete moron when you forget EVERY WATER-TYPE IN ARCEUS' GREEN EARTH can and probably will pack an Ice move, even if it's the weak Ice Fang. The fact he didn't remember - or more likely KNOW - Gyarados had that Flying-type seals the deal for "complete moron". Copypasta for Heatran and Earth Power BTW.

Now, falling for Gyaravire once isn't a crime, what with it being a solid combo and all, but falling for it twice in a 10-minute timespan is inexcusable. And when falling for Gyaravire twice in a 10-minute lifespan isn't rock bottom... sorry, I'm running out of words to describe how unbelievably ASS this guy is of a battler. I mean, let's list all the things he did wrong with his Jumpluff:

1 - Energy Ball. Sorry, but the only offense you should ever have on this guy is Aerial Ace or U-Turn. Not anything else.

2 - Attract. Someone tell this guy this isn't MD1, which is the only place where you should ever consider using the move.

3 - If Jumpluff's remaining two moves were Substitute and Leech Seed, use Sceptile instead, since Sleep Powder is all Jumpluff has over it. I'd mention Shaymin-S, but it's temporarily banned right now, and from my understanding the game designers hadn't even thought of the Sky form when these battles took place.

4 - Sending a Pokémon known for using nearly zero offense against the most notorious Taunt user.

5 - If you see your best (because of point 1, I use that term loosely) offense do 8-9% (taking Leftovers into account) on a guy with arguably the best setup move in the game, SWITCH OUT DUMBASS.

6 - Sending a Pokémon known for using nearly zero offense against THE EXACT SAME POKÉMON THAT TAUNTED YOU TO DEATH 10 MINUTES AGO.

7 - And I kept the worst for last, repeating the exact same moves that spelled your doom last time isn't the best idea in the world. What, did he hope for a lucky critical? Someone tell this guy criticals only beat a set-up Pokémon when there's a defense stat boost involved (see Cresselia vs. Cresselia for the textbook example). Gyarados didn't need a defense boost to begin with, Jumpluff hurts less than a wet kleenex.

As for elepunch Gengar... it might've worked three years ago. Not now, since there's that wondrous thing called, oh, THE PHYSICAL/SPECIAL SPLIT. You want a ghost elepuncher so bad, use Dusknoir.

That Linoone, I would've liked to see what it had. Probably the standard Belly Drum + Extremespeed standard fare. Meh, this generation I don't really advocate using Belly Drum in the first place, especially since Linoone almost always does it without a sub. It's got its charms over Charizard, but the reverse is also true.

As always, a great warstory from IGGY KOOPA

Winrar.

[QUOTE USER="slowflake" TIME="1232502474"]That Linoone, I would've liked to see what it had. Probably the standard Belly Drum + Extremespeed standard fare. Meh, this generation I don't really advocate using Belly Drum in the first place, especially since Linoone almost always does it without a sub. It's got its charms over Charizard, but the reverse is also true.[/QUOTE]

I doubt it, since he didn't try to pull off an ExtremeSpeed in desperation, although he probably didn't think of that anyway.

Haha, he'll probably come on the site as a guest some time and see this.

Well, some of them DO carry Return... maybe he thought 100 speed was enough to get by. Then again, not using Extremespeed destroys the point of using it over Charizard. Ah hell, I give up. I'll go hit myself a few hundred times with a baseball bat, then maybe I'll be able to figure out what went on inside his head.

What amazed me was that he was willing to use the same team twice in the exact same way he used it before. It would be excusable if he knew what caused problems last time and went about things differently, but aside from the Gengar, he didn't learn at all.

apparently i have to post

[QUOTE USER="masterofidiots" TIME="1232506141"]apparently i have to post[/QUOTE]

OMG your here too, is it me or is everyone coming back?
Next we will see BlackArmour post.

Also great warstory as always iggy. Are you coming back competitively as well?

[QUOTE USER="hebrewhammer" TIME="1232506659"]OMG your here too, is it me or is everyone coming back?
Next we will see BlackArmour post.

Also great warstory as always iggy. Are you coming back competitively as well? [/QUOTE]

Thanks. I don't really plan on it, actually, but I may write another warstory or two. We'll see.

That does it. I need my own Jumpluff ASAP, or should I say, I need my ultimate Gyarados counter.

I laughed at the second Motor Drive setup also.

I'm no psychic but I'm betting I could have typed his reaction out word for word, should he have won or even started getting the upper hand. Remember that great warstory with Jiang's hail team against the HAVE YOU EVER BEEN RAPED?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?! asshat? I think it'd be something like that.

[QUOTE USER="repto" TIME="1232510486"]That does it. I need my own Jumpluff ASAP, or should I say, I need my ultimate Gyarados counter.

I laughed at the second Motor Drive setup also.

I'm no psychic but I'm betting I could have typed his reaction out word for word, should he have won or even started getting the upper hand. Remember that great warstory with Jiang's hail team against the HAVE YOU EVER BEEN RAPED?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?! asshat? I think it'd be something like that.[/QUOTE]

I can't quite seem to find that warstory. JiangWei23 always had nice warstories, too.

Good job Iggy.

Good ending. Although I do remember using a phyisical Gengar.

Here it is, Iggs- "Beaten to my knees by an obnoxious noob."

With a guest appearance from Chris Tucker.

[QUOTE USER="repto" TIME="1232531119"]Here it is, Iggs- "Beaten to my knees by an obnoxious noob."

With a guest appearance from Chris Tucker.[/QUOTE]

Ah, that one. Actually, I think crazy360 would have been more modest since he was just begging me about being unbanned, but then again, this guy has Attract on his Jumpluff.

And The Fifth Element has made me dislike Chris Tucker. :(