Somone should organize another Pokemon tournament

[Woppet*]

Alright, I gotta get off the computer. I'll trade you but won't be able to say anything until tomorrow most likely. (Having no laptop sucks! At least I'll have a new one very soon.)

Sorry i didn't speak i was outside and didn't want to wake people up, it's nearly 2am here and i meant to turn voice chat off :p

Thanks for the Egg i wonder what it will be

[Omega]

eh why not
heres my Platinum code. 4382-8031-3293

im always open to battle and trade

[Zac]

eh why not
heres my Platinum code. 4382-8031-3293

I'll battle

[Ton]

Good game, AJ.

[A.J. Nitro]

Ok I guess I should've been prepared for that, but nice battling you, Ton.

[Woppet*]

Ton have you lost yet? :p

Can someone explain to me what EVs are please?

[mozzy]

Anyone want to battle in like an hour or two?

50 and under, No legendaries, only legit pokemon.

I'm an ultra casual player. I know nothing about EV and all that other nonsense.

[Omega]

eh why not
heres my Platinum code. 4382-8031-3293

I'll battle

ok ill battle you
just getting in now

[Ton]

Um... I don't think so, haha. I really thought Cshad had me.
Omega, I added you, so whenever you're ready I'll be on.
Ace, check out www.serebii.net for information on EVs and EV training.

[Phantom Killah]

haha

My friend code changed when I transferred my wifi data to my DSi
new code is
3352 0986 7043

[Ton]

Changed your FC, Phantom K.

[JarJar]

Yeah I can't get on, sorry guys. Tried 2 different acess points and neither work.(yet i can use both to get internet on this computer, go figure)

hopefully they'll start working later or tomorrow.

[Zac]

eh why not
heres my Platinum code. 4382-8031-3293

I'll battle

ok ill battle you
just getting in now

cool, I might suck. I'm using an experimental team.

[Ton]

That sucks, JarJar. Hope you get it fixed so you can destroy us all.

[Cshad]

Ev's are effort values given to you by beating certain pokemon.
Each pokemon can only have a total of 510 evs
Only 255 can be put into one stat (but you only want 252)
4 evs = 1 stat up
These evs will naturally raise a pokemon's stat to make it stronger than average in that area, nature helps with it to.

For example, our friend Golbat, gives 2 speed evs. Beat two of them, and you get 4, 1 stat up in speed.
With pokerus you will get 4 just by beating one of them. So you beat two and get 8, 2 stat ups in speed
With macho brace, its already being doubled. So its 8 for beating two, and then an extra 8 more because pokerus doubles the final amount. So thats 4 stat ups just by beating up two of them, this will make lots of things go by faster no?

For pokemon like Gallade, unless your using him as an anti-lead, you generally going to want him as a choice bander/physical sweeper, so they should go into attack and speed.

Smogon provides strategies for certain pokemon, tiers, and articles are always constantly updated to be kept up to date with the ever changing metagame. Serebii provides a more indepth explanation on evs here;
http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-rs/ev.shtml

And smogon is located here, for strategies, and guides for certain things and pokemon;
http://www.smogon.com/

All these things are commonly used in competitive play in pokemon

This stuff is only for the really competitive players, and it makes pokemon super complex, so playing casually is just a way to make it simpler