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Bicycling has long been a part of the transportation mix in the District of Columbia. In the late 19th Century and early 20th Century, bicyclists, pedestrians, buggies, and streetcars all shared District streets. Today, bicycling still makes DC one of the most livable cities in the country.
The Department of Transportation has a well established and very successful Bicycle Program which is committed to providing safe and convenient bicycle access throughout the city. Evidence of the program's efforts is visible on a great number of streets across the District.
DDOT has created 56 miles of marked bike lanes and installed 2,300 bicycle parking racks; launched the first public bike sharing program in the United States; built the striking Bikestation DC facility at Union Station offering secure bike parking and related services; and installed the first separated counterflow bike lane on 15th Street, NW.
DDOT's Bicycle Program does a lot more to promote bicycling and safety in the District and details about its various initiatives and services are provided below.
The Bicycle Master Plan will move the District to the next level, creating an even more bicycle friendly city. This Plan is a guide to establishing high-quality bicycle facilities and programs over 10 years. Safe and convenient bicycle transportation is part of a broader initiative to create a sustainable, multi-modal transportation system in the nation's capital.
Established by law and appointed by the DC Council, the BAC advises the Mayor and city government on bicycling issues.
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On average, 265 bicycle and 600 pedestrian crashes are reported to the Metropolitan Police Department each year in the District of Columbia.
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Thousands of DC area employees bicycle to work every day. The following link refers to a guide designed to ease the transition to commute by bicycle for Washington metropolitan area employees and to assist employers to encourage this smarter way to work.
There are two online options for finding bike routes in DC. Google Maps offers directions by bike, and Ride the City is based on the Washington, DC Bicycle Map. Not only will both online route planners help bicyclists get from point A to point B, but Ride the City will show bike shops and bike share stations that exist along the way.
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Hour Of 13
Hour of 13 seemed to be a band on the rise following the release of its last album, 2010's The Ritualist. On the strength of that release the band was signed to Earache Records, which re-issued The Ritualist, giving it wider distribution. However, singer Phil Swanson's departure (for the second time) in 2011 cast a bit of a shadow on the band's future. Swanson was replaced by Beaten Back to Pure vocalist Ben Hogg, and while Hogg was a capable singer, he just wasn't Swanson. Swanson has a presence that is not easily replicable. Thankfully, late last year, Swanson returned to Hour of 13 (again), to lend his voice to the occult, doom/traditional metal created by multi-instrumentalist Chad Davis. Thus was born Hour of 13's third album, 333, and it's a motherfucker.
333 opens with "Deny the Cross", undoubtedly the best song on the record and probably Hour of 13's best song, period. This seven minute tour de force displays the full scope of the band's talent. The track begins with the slow haunting doom that is Hour of 13's bread and butter. Chad Davis moves effortlessly from somber to sinister, alternating clean passages with muscular riffing and diabolical melodies. This first half of the song serves primarily to build tension, which is released in the second half when the doom is swapped for a trad metal gallop, and Swanson finally delivers a chorus, one well worth waiting for. Hour of 13 has dabbled in up-tempo riffs before, but they play a more prominent role on this record, and the material is all the better for it.
Track two, "The Burning", is similar to "Deny the Cross" in length, structure and quality. The track starts with bruising, mid-paced doom and picks up the tempo significantly in the second half, with a "Children of the Grave" styled rumble. Davis employs some Maiden-esque harmonies to compliment another excellent chorus. The band mellows out in the closing minutes, and Davis floats some sweet, bluesy soloing over a soothing melodic vamp.
"Rites of Samhain" is simpler, and more compact than the preceding tracks, bouncing along at a steady mid-paced clip for a comparatively brief five minutes. While the music is excellent, Swanson steals the spotlight here, with a positively majestic chorus. Hour of 13's intent might be to evoke the atmosphere of a demonic ritual, but when Swanson adds the high harmony vocals, to the tracks chorus, the effect is divine.
After a spectacularly strong start, the album hits a bit of a lull: The next three tracks are solid doom songs, but they are overshadowed by their more dynamic predecessors. "Spiral Vacuum" is a short (for this album) hypnotic piece that would make a fine melodic respite if placed between two more energetic tracks, but instead Hour of 13 follows it with another comparatively mellow track, "Who's to Blame?". The track has its moments: The pre-solo section features some smooth melodies and the solo itself injects some needed energy, but, in all, the song just does not need to be seven minutes long. Finally comes "Sea of Trees", which is a fine, slow, traditional doom track, but placed where it is on 333, it is another momentum killer. Thankfully, 333 recovers from this mid-section drag and finishes strong with "Lucky Bones", another lengthy, multifaceted piece, on par and pace with the album's first three tracks.
Though 333 has some track placement problems, it is nonetheless a masterful album. Even on the lesser songs, the band's performance is impeccable. Phil Swanson puts his inimitable stamp on every song, and his voice is so crucial to the album's atmosphere that it is difficult to imagine anyone else doing this material justice. For his part, in addition to solid drum and bass work, Chad Davis is a guitar chameleon, channeling Tony Iommi, Murray / Smitth, Tipton / Downing, and Sherman / Denner, sometimes all within the same song. So tasteful is Davis' playing that even in eight- and nine-minute songs, he always leaves you wanting more.
333 has about it the feel of a classic. There are genuine anthems on this album that I expect to be singing and banging my head to for years to come. Hour of 13 was already a damn good band, but 333 puts the duo on another level. Buy this thing; it's a motherfucker.

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The following is issued on behalf of the 2009 East Asian Games (HK) Limited:
When the 1st East Asian Games were launched on May 9-18, 1993 in Shanghai there were only 12 sports, attracting 1,283 athletes to compete for the 170 gold medals at stake.
The same nine nations participating in this years 5th East Asian Games – China, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Macau and Guam – were also involved.
The 12 sports on the programme were aquatics, athletics, badminton, basketball, bowling, boxing, football, gymnastics, judo, rowing, weight-lifting and wushu. Soft tennis was introduced as a demonstration sport.
China, which had been flexing its muscles for some time in the world of sport, quite naturally walked away with 105 gold, 74 silver and 34 bronze. Hong Kongs first and only gold medal went to rower Ho Kim-fai.
Exactly four years later, it was the turn of Korea to play host and 13 events were organised in the port city of Pusan. With the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea deciding to give the Games a miss, Kazakhstan was invited to take their place.
And they did surprisingly well, taking home 24 of the 190 gold medals on offer. Again, it was China that stormed to the top of the table with 62 gold, Japan had 47, just edging out host Korea who had two less. Hong Kong did go away with the customary sole gold.
At the Pusan Games, bowling was relegated to an exhibition sport while soft tennis and taekwondo were introduced as competition events.
When the 3rd East Asian Games opened in Osaka, Japan, in May 2001, the number of sports had grown to 15. Badminton was excluded and replaced by bowling and the addition of handball, for the first and last time.
The Japanese also decided to relegate rowing to a demonstration sport and hockey made its first appearance as a demonstration event.
Australia was invited to participate as a non-member and a record 2,804 athletes turned up for the nine-day event. Again, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea was absent and Kazakhstan continued to fill their spot.
Hong Kong came to these Games as Hong Kong, China – the first time after the handover – and went away with a surprising three gold, one silver and three bonze. Even Macau managed to win its first-ever gold laurel.
The quadrennial Games next moved to Macau, China, and were staged in the autumnal months of October and November. By now, the number of sports had reached new heights V 17 in all, with the debut of dragon boat, dance sport, tennis, karate-do, hockey and shooting as competition events.
Dropped from the list were badminton, boxing, wrestling, volleyball and judo. However, rowing made a return.
China again showed its supremacy at these Games with a haul of 223 medals – 127 of which were gold. Hong Kong managed to bag 13, two of them gold. Host Macau did extremely well with 11 gold.
The Macau Games will go into the record books as Chinas Yang Lian lifted a stunning 117kg in the womens 48kg clean and jerk competition to set a new world record.
The spotlight will now be turned on Hong Kong where 22 events V 16 of them Olympic competitions V have been organised. Dropped from the programme are dragon boat and karate-do and replaced by rugby sevens, windsurfing, squash, table-tennis, cue sport, cycling and the return of badminton.
There are no marks for guessing which country will walk away with the biggest haul, but one thing is for sure, while the usual galaxy of star athletes will dazzle, novas will explode on the Hong Kong horizon. Whether new heights will be reached will be known at the end of each days competition. The stage and playing fields are all ready for Hong Kongs biggest ever sporting get-together. Let the show begin…


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A centrally located, family run, bed and breakfast. All rooms are pleasantly furnished with TV and hair dryer and have an ensuite bathroom . There is a seperate lounge for the use of guests and Tea/coffee making facilities. We offer both continental and full Irish breakfast. The town centre, with its shops, restaurants, pubs and entertainment is only 4 minutes walk, while the bus and train station are only 2 minutes away. The Killarney Outlet Centre, with discounts of up to 70%, is just around the corner as well as Marks and Spencer and Bru na Pairce Irish College. Tours can be arranged with pick up and drop back just outside Blenheim B&B. The beautifly scenic Killarney National park, Ross Castle and Irelands National Events Centre are close by.We are a non smoking house. |
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North American Enduro Tour: Bell Enduro Cup at Canyons Resort
(July 20th, 2013) PARK CITY, Utah- The North American Enduro Tour saw it's third stop this past weekend in Park City, Utah hosted by Canyons Resort and Bell Sports. The six stage race sent riders on three untimed transfers and three timed decents. After 17 miles of racing, Curtis Keene and Heather Irmiger take the wins in the Open Men's and Open Women's categories respectively!
(L) All riders were issued a timing chip for the day of racing. (R) Big names showed up for the Bell Enduro Cup at Canyons Resort. Brian Lopes and Curtis Keene chat before going head to head.
This guy has the right idea!
(L) Open Men's field starts the day of racing with a casual spin up the mountain. (R) Where's Waldo the enduro racer?
(L) Classic JHK style. Jeremey had a great day of racing finishing in 4th place. (R) No stranger to speed, Brian Lopes took home the second place finish.
Ross Schnell was out on the freshly released Trek Remedy 650b. Finishing in an uncommon 11th place after a crash. With the race being extremely tight, any crashes or mechanicals put you out of the running for the podium quickly.
Enduro racing ambassador Adam Craig had a great racing finishing 3rd less then two seconds behind Lopes.
(L) The courses at Canyons Resort had a wide variety of terrain. (R) Curtis Keene keeping it tight and fast on his way to the first place overall on the day in Open Men's.
(L) Long time shredder Mike West blazes through the turns of Lower Holly's (R) Mountain Flyer ambassador Jordan Carr took on the field of Open Men.
Heather Irmiger has been having a great summer of racing enduro around the US. She took another win here at Canyons Resort.
(L) No stranger to racing but new to enduro, Amanda Carey thought she would take a swing at the fastest growing form of bicycle racing. (R) Fresh off the plane from Europe and doing a World Enduro Tour, Kelli Emmett said she loves the US enduros as they are typically more pedally.
(L) Lower Holly's was a narrow and fast trail to race. (R) It wouldn't be US enduro without a llittle bit of painful pedaling.
(L) From World Cup XC to enduro, Krista Park has been having a great summer of racing so far. (R) Another look on the punching climb on Lower Holly's
The bikes of enduro racing are as unique as the riders the drive them.
(L) A little bit of blood and skin lose was seen on course. (R) Nick Van Dine blasting the wooden double at the top of stage six. Not only that, Nick raced on a hard tail!
(L) "High speed turns are just plain fun, why would you want to skip them?" -Curtis Kenne (R) Ryan Gardner drops into the steep turns of Insurgence.
SLC local Ana Rodriguez had a great day of racing finishing in a strong 7th in a field of top pros.
(L) Krista Park slicing through the dusty turns of Insurgence on stage six. (R) With racing wrapped up it is time to refuel! Brian Buell and Nate Hills enjoy the afternoon at Canyons Resort.
(L) Gather around! Results are in. (R) Open Women's winner Heather Irmiger enjoys a little bit of the spot light with some post race interviews.
Racing is all done, what could be better than a free concert from JJ Grey & Mofro at Canyons Resort?
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Hofstra Students to Record Original Song for Seriously Ill Long Island Child
Songs of Love comes to campus for live recording session
Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY – Hundreds of Hofstra students are expected to gather tomorrow, Wednesday, April 9 to record the chorus of an original song written by Songs of Love for a seriously ill child from Long Island. The recording session will take place beginning at 8 p.m. in Hofstra USA, North Campus.See Photos
Songs of Love is a not-for-profit organization that provides personalized songs for chronically and terminally ill children and young adults. The group wrote an original song for Alexa, a 14-year-old girl, based on her interests and is coming to Hofstra to record the song's chorus.
Sponsored by Hofstra Hillel - The Center for Jewish Life on Campus, Inter-Fraternity and Sorority Council, and the Student Government Association, the recording session is open to all students as well as administrators and staff.
John Beltzer, founder and president of the Songs of Love Foundation, and his recording crew will lead the session, which begins with a reading of Alexa's profile to familiarize the group with her interests. The final mixing of the recoding takes place at the Songs of Love studio on Thursday. A CD will be sent to Alexa and made available for free downloads. Beltzer has been at Hofstra twice in recent years, each time recording with a chorus of more than 500 students.
Scott Curran, a member of the Songs of Love board and and a Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) member, will also present Mr. Belzer with a $25,000 check to Songs of Love from the Million Dollar Round Table Foundation, whose mission is to increase member and industry participation and to give funds to worthwhile charitable organizations throughout the world. MDRT is the premier association of financial professionals with more than 35,000 members worldwide.
For more information contact Rabbi Meir Mitelman at Hofstra Hillel, 516-463-6922, or email@example.com
Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution where students can choose from about 145 undergraduate and 155 graduate programs in liberal arts and sciences, business, communication, education and allied human services, and honors studies, as well as a School of Law.
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Wed, Jan 11, 2012 | 05:20 GMT
LG Cup Street Fighter IV HD offers $21,000 prize pool
Street Fighter fans in and around Los Angeles should visit the Belasco Theater this Saturday, where from 11:00AM to 6:00PM the LG Cup Street Fighter IV HD tournament will be in full swing. The competition is one leg of the global Street Fighter championships, so there's sure to be some excellent bouts. You can register to compete through the link above, but entry is free for spectators, and there'll be giveaways, events and free food to boot. Sponsors have put $21,000 worth of prizes on the line in addition to a grand prize trip to South Korea.
Thanks, Gamefront.
Fri, Jul 01, 2011 | 15:07 BST
Capcom launches Street Fighter IV: Volt for iOS
Capcom's released a new iOS version of Street Fighter IV, subtitled Volt. The game will include Wi-Fi support for one-on-one battles as well as three new fights: Balrog, Cody and Vega. You can get the game for £1.19, but do it now: price is getting hiked up next week each day until next Wednesday when it freezes.
Tue, May 31, 2011 | 16:40 BST
Check out Yang's moves in this SSFIV: Arcade Edition video
A video featuring Yang in Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition is posted below.
Sat, May 14, 2011 | 20:13 BST
Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition FAQ tries to clear up any confusion
Confused about how Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition will work with Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter IV? Worried about your Battle and Player Points transferring over? Are you still scratching your head over what exactly the update going live on June 6 entails? Wonder no more, little Kens and Cammys. Capcom has you covered.
Wed, Apr 27, 2011 | 15:20 BST
No extra characters to be released for Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition
Dengeki PlayStation is reporting that no additional characters for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition will be released post launch. So what you get with the Arcade version will be it. Arcade, which was officially announced this month after being leaked to hell and back, will be made available as DLC for PS3 and Xbox 360 on June 7. A disc version for both consoles and PC is slated to hit stores starting June 24 in Europe. It will run you $14.99 whether you purchase it digitally or on disc. Thanks, Andriasang.
Mon, Mar 28, 2011 | 08:35 BST
Street Fighter IV gets 3D arcade edition in China
Street Fighter IV has gotten a 3D release in arcades in China, according to an Arcade Heroes report. The release is a vanilla version of SFIV – meaning it's not Super Street Fighter IV – with 3D support, which could mean it's running from the PC version. That so happens to support nVidia's 3D vision tech. There's pictures of it in action at the link.
Thanks, Kotaku.
Mon, Mar 14, 2011 | 21:56 GMT
Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition port hinted at by Korea's Rating Board
Fri, Jan 21, 2011 | 10:53 GMT
SFIV hacked for Kinect
Another day, another Kinect hack. This time, it's all about playing Street Fighter IV with your actual fists.
Tue, Nov 16, 2010 | 12:42 GMT
Sagat joins SFIV iPhone roster
Capcom's announced Sagat will join the character roster for Street Fighter IV on iPhone.
Mon, Feb 15, 2010 | 21:25 GMT
Street Fighter IV comng to iPhone
No. Your eyes do not deceive you. Do not adjust your set.
Street Fighter IV is coming to iPhone and iPod this March.
Thu, Oct 22, 2009 | 10:16 BST
Uncharted 2, Tekken, SFIV Home spaces get screened and videoed
Eurogamer.pt has live shots of the new Uncharted 2, Street Fighter and Tekken spaces that are coming to PlayStation Home tomorrow.
Go through the link to catch the screens.
But after the jump, you can catch a video from PlayStation Home director Jack Buser, showcasing the Uncharted 2 space: thanks to the US PS Blog.
Fri, Oct 02, 2009 | 10:23 BST
Street Fighter IV to become 360 Platinum Hit
Not a surprise really considering what's happened this week.
D'Toid's noticed that Street Fighter IV is set to become a Xbox 360 Platinum Hit in the US, if it's listing on Marketplace is right.
Sure enough, it does show it as a Platinum Hit on Marketplace.
More through the links.
Mon, Sep 28, 2009 | 04:44 BST
"New warrior" coming soon to Street Fighter IV
Remember that Street Fighter announcement that was recently, er, announced? Well, now it's got its own teaser.
Right now, the teaser page is counting down to 2009.09.29 17:00 JST. The site's url, meanwhile, mentions a "new warrior." In other words, we'll presumably catch our first glipse of the next generation in paved pugilism on Tuesday, September 29.
What's in the pipeline for Street Fighter? We have no idea. Would you like to hazard a guess?
Thu, Jun 24, 2010 | 16:50 BST
Mad Catz announces more Street Fighter IV FightSticks and FightPads
Mad Catz has announced a second round of Street Fighter IV FightSticks and FightPads for this fall.
The new Tournament Edition Arcade FightSticks feature new artwork with character-specific FightPads featuring: M. Bison, Guile, Zangief, C. Viper, Cammy, and Sagat.
Made for both PS3 and Xbox 360, each are rather cool looking and can be seen over on Capcom Unity.
The full press release is below.
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 | 22:13 BST
Capcom hints at possible Street Fighter IV sequel
Over on Japanese Street Fighter IV blog, writer Natsuki Shiozawa promised that a solid announcement regarding a Street Fighter IV would be made in the near future.
Basically it was an announcement about an announcement, but surely Capcom would not even say that if one was in the works. Or would it?
Keep in mind that this does not mean it will be Street Fighter V, but a possible Alpha, Omega, Ultra, Mega, or Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious as the firm is wont to do.
According to Famitsu, SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono revealed that Capcom's almost finished on SFIV versions of T.Hawk and Dee Jay. So that is something to keep in mind.
We'll have to wait and see.
Via IGN.
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 | 21:31 BST
Steam has Street Fighter IV for half-price this weekend
Steam's weekend sale has Street Fighter IV on sale for half-off the original price.
Normally $39.99, for a limited time it's $19.99.
Great deal there.
Wonder if this is part of what Christian Svensson was talking about during our podcast, when he stated that "you'll see a few promotions happening very, very soon on Street Fighter IV PC that will make it that much more attractive for people to jump right in and try it on PC".
Sure seems that way, but even if not, it's still an nice deal.
Hit the links.
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 | 10:28 BST
Capcom: No more historic fighters "in development"
Capcom's told VG247 that its not currently working on any more updates to its historic fighting games, but will almost certainly revisit its older scrapper titles in the future.
"I'll be honest: right now we have nothing in development, but we've been pleased with how our fighting games have performed and our re-releases have performed, so I'd be shocked if we didn't explore that further," Capcom US business chief Chris Svensson said in a phone interview yesterday.
The publisher's recent fighter releases needed some space "to breathe," added the exec.
"We have put out a fair number of fighting games in a very short window," he said.
"We had HD Remix, Street Fighter IV, MvC2, we'll have Tatsunoko in the pipeline, and we have who knows what coming that we can't talk about yet, but suffice to say there's been a lot of fighting activity out of Capcom in the last year-and-a-half, and we probably need to give all of those products a little room to breathe and perform before we do some more."
Svensson was talking to us for this week's podcast.
Fri, Sep 04, 2009 | 10:30 BST
SFIV PC "promos happening very, very soon," Capcom "satisfied" with sales
If you were sitting on the fence about whether or not to buy Street Fighter IV on PC, it sounds as though things are about to get a lot simpler for you.
"You'll see a few promotions happening very, very soon on Street Fighter IV PC that will make it that much more attractive for people to jump right in and try it on PC as well," Capcom US biz boss Christian Svensson told VG247 in an interview yesterday.
The game currently costs £30 on Steam.
Svensson added that Capcom was "satisfied" with sales of the game's PC version, although it doesn't sound as though Capcom's going to be flooding PC gamers with further fighting titles any time soon.
"Street Fighter IV was, truthfully, a bit of an experiment," he said.
"We didn't know how it was going to go either. There hadn't been a major PC launch of a fighting game in probably over a decade… I've got to say that relative to our expectations, we're satisfied.
"It didn't set the world on fire, but it didn't disappoint us. So we're happy."
Christian was speaking to us in a recording for today's podcast.


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FLOODING has resulted in delays for the Wightlink ferry in Yarmouth.
Heavy rain combined with a midday high tide meant the area around the Isle of Wight ferry port was under water and the Lymington to Yarmouth ferry unable to dock.
Wightlink marketing manager, Kerry Jackson, said: "If the boat docks, then it will create a wash which will only add to the flooding in the area.
"A flood alert was issued this morning warning that there may be some disruption on the Yarmouth to Lymington route.
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The Isle of Wight Council said on Twitter it had suspended the Cowes chain ferry service due to the high tide.
*It was back in service at around 2pm.
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We left Yarmouth on the 07.50 and it was quite obvious that there were problems. The number of people arriving on the island was huge & it was a wonder the ferry did not sink. They all had bicycles and nearly all had beards, as did a lot of the men. They came from all over the world, Fareham, Winchester, Brighton and the Isle of Dogs and even Scotland and were headed for Cowes where they were going to see their hero, John Hayes.
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Dafydd, Gwilym ap
Dafydd ap Gwilym c. 1320-c. 1380
Medieval Welsh poet.
The following entry provides criticism on Dafydd's poetry from 1978 through 1995.
Dafydd ap Gwilym is recognized as one of the most innovative European poets of the Middle Ages. His refined and erudite verse introduced a unique brand of poetry into the turbulent society of Wales during the aftermath of its loss of independence. While drawing on the contemporary elements of bardic poetry, his themes of love and nature embedded in original metric forms was a revolutionary technique. Though his work is relatively obscure outside of Wales today, largely due to difficulties in translation, Dafydd is still recognized as a radical poet of great significance in his era.
Biographical Information
Much of the information known regarding the life of Dafydd ap Gwilym has been inferred from his own poetic writings and those of his contemporaries. Verifiable historical data is scarce from this period, but it is estimated that Dafydd was born circa 1320 at Brogynin in Wales. A few years later, he and his parents moved to nearby Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth. His father, Gwilym Gam ap Gwilym, traced his ancestry to Gwynfardd Dyfed, who is reputed to have sired numerous families in southwest Wales. Dafydd came from a family of fair wealth that included several high government officials under the English crown. As such, he was a self-described member of the "clêr," or peripatetic intellectuals of affluent families, never possessing nor needing a steady occupation. He appears to have traveled extensively throughout Wales and Anglesey visiting friends throughout his life; however, only one poem, centered in Chester, indicates he ever journeyed beyond the borders of the country. Much of his work suggests he generally remained near Aberystwyth for the greater part of his life, very close to where he spent his childhood. Dafydd was known to have been closely acquainted with contemporary poets Gruffudd ab Adda, Madog Benfras, and Gruffudd Gryg, among others. However it was his uncle, Llywelyn ap Gwilym, who is credited as having the greatest influence on Dafydd's development as a writer. The constable of Newcastle Emlyn, Llywelyn was responsible for his early education as well as his introduction to traditional bardic work and romantic Anglo-Norman poetry—the amalgamation of which comprised Dafydd's later work and gained him his infamy. Dafydd died around 1380 and was buried at Strata Florida monastery, near Pontrhydfendigaid. Though the building itself is now in ruins, a slate memorial remains there, dedicated to the native poet.
Major Works
Dafydd ap Gwilym is best known for his utilization of cywydd, or a contemporaneous form of metric poetry consisting of couplets of seven-syllabled lines, rhyming asymmetrically. As one of the greatest proponents of what was a newly-developed style, he played a vital role in its rapid evolution into a popular and accepted form of praise-poetry, gaining timeless esteem. Dafydd generally tailored his own cywyddau to thirty to sixty lines, almost always focusing on his two passions: love and nature. These themes have become synonymous with his work, appearing most often together in scenarios of romantic affairs taking place in idealistic woodland settings. His characteristic plot entails his building a shelter of leaves or branches to which he retreats with his lover—generally the golden-haired Morfudd or the dark-haired Dyddgu—as a haven from the conventions of society. In these poems, it is very difficult to distinguish to what extent Dafydd is speaking of reality or his imagination, as it is believed that much of his work was fantasies on his own love life. However, ultimately it is the forest setting itself which is his true focus. Dafydd often invented "love-messengers" in the form of various woodland animals or natural forces, in which he incorporated the stylistic technique of dyfalu, or a protracted depiction of an entity through an extended string of similes or comparisons, also closely linked to the development of cywydd. Through these heralds, Dafydd was able to fully convey his ardor for nature and exploit his creative imagery. In one of his most famous poems, "The Wind," thirty of the poem's thirty-five lines are devoted to the personification of the title "character" while persuading it to fly faster to the poet's mistress. Dafydd's contribution to cywydd and dyfalu was a true revolution in fourteenth-century Welsh poetry, inspiring contemporaneous poets to rise to a new level of imagination and style.
Critical Reception
Dafydd's critical reception in his own time may only be deduced from elegies composed for him by his contemporaries, such as Gruffudd Gryg, Iolo Goch, and Madog Benfras. His work was initially condemned for its departure from traditional verse and its introduction of irrelevant and inappropriate personal sentiments. However, following a lengthy heated written debate among his contemporaries, Dafydd was finally recognized as the master of a new love poetry, deemed an "architect of words" and an "architect of song." Today, Dafydd's work has not been widely acclaimed outside of Wales primarily due to difficulty in translation. Alteration of the metric flow of the poetry as well as loss of meaning through inexact phrasing has caused the English version to dull the brilliance of the original text, written over six centuries ago. However, those modern critics who have successfully analyzed Dafydd's writing have extolled it for its considerable ingenuity and comparative importance in the historical development of European poetry, especially in the areas of love poetry, informal addresses to fellow poets, and objective verse.
Principal Works
Barddoniaeth Dafydd ab Gwilym (edited by Owen Jones, William Owen, and Edward Williams) 1789
Cywyddau Dafydd ap Gwilym a'i Gyfoeswyr (edited by Ifor Williams and Thomas Roberts) 1914; revised edition 1935
Gwaith Dafydd ap Gwilym (edited by Thomas Parry) 1952; revised edition 1979
The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse [contributor] (edited by Thomas Parry) 1962
Fifty Poems (translated by H. I. Bell and David Bell) 1942
A Celtic Miscellany [contributor] (translated by K. Jackson) 1951
The Burning Tree (translated by Gwyn Williams) 1956
Medieval Welsh Lyrics [contributor] (translated by J. P. Clancy) 1965
The Penguin Book of Welsh Verse [contributor] (translated by A. Conran) 1967
The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse in English [contributor] (edited by Gwyn Jones) 1977
Twenty-five Poems by Dafydd ap Gwilym (translated by Nigel Heseltine) 1982
Dafydd ap Gwilym: A Selection of Poems (translated by Rachel Bromwich) 1985
House of Leaves (translated by Rachel Bromwich) 1993
Dafydd ap Gwilym: His Poems (translated by Gwyn Thomas) 2001
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SOURCE: Fulton, Helen. "The Love Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym." Aumla, no. 49 (May 1978): 22-37.
[In the following essay, Fulton compares and contrasts the poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym to that of Chaucer, suggesting that while both are creative yet traditionalist, Dafydd distinguishes himself with his unique praise-poetry of love and nature.]
In retrospect, the literary scene in fourteenth century Britain seems dominated by the figure of Chaucer. His poetry marked a new phase in the native tradition, reviving it with new blood from France, and establishing the English language finally as a major literary medium. But in another part of Britain, a poet writing in a different language was simultaneously making a vital contribution to the poetic tradition of his own people. He was the Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym.1
Just as Chaucer was both conservative and innovatory in his contribution to English poetry, so Dafydd continued and yet modified the existing poetic models of Wales. Unlike Chaucer, however, he inherited a centuries-old tradition of formal praise-poetry, composed by a socially important class of professional bards writing for royal and aristocratic patrons.2 Conservative and backward-looking by nature, the bards continued to use the same metres and themes as their predecessors even after the fall of the royal families and the loss of Welsh independence. By the...
(The entire section is 6106 words.)
SOURCE: Bromwich, Rachel. "The Earlier Cywyddwyr: Poets Contemporary with Dafydd ap Gwilym." In A Guide to Welsh Literature, pp. 144-60. Wales: Christopher Davies Ltd., 1979.
[In the following excerpt, Bromwich analyzes the metre of the works of Dafydd and his contemporaries, and its societal and artistic implications.]
The following lively fragment describing a horse is quoted in each of the four early versions of the Bardic Grammar as an example of the metre cywydd deuair hirion, which was to become the increasingly favoured medium of fourteenth-century poets:
...Breichffyrf, archgrwn, byr ei flew, | Strong of foreleg, round-chested, short-haired, |
Llyfn, llygadrwth, pedreindew, | Sleek, keen-eyed, thick-haunched, |
Cyflwydd coflaid, cyrch amcaff, | Victorious darling, greedy for oats, |
Cyflym, cefnfyr, carn geugraff, | Swift, short-backed, firm and hollow-hoofed, |
Cyflawn o galon a chig, | Fulfilled in spirit and in flesh, |
(The entire section is 6383 words.)
SOURCE: Knight, Stephen. "Welsh Poetic's Well-Shaped Art." Journal of European Studies 11, no. 41 (March 1981): 18-28.
[In the following essay, Knight highlights the key attributes of Dafydd's work within the context of various translations and their ensuing repercussions.]
This paper discusses problems and possibilities in translating a poem by Dafydd ap Gwilym, widely regarded as the greatest Welsh poet. The wit and beauty of Dafydd's themes and the subtlety of his poetic form make his work both fascinating and difficult to translate—impossible to translate, in the opinion of some Welsh poets and critics. Various attempts have been made in the past, however, and I believe they can be improved upon in a number of ways.
Dafydd ap Gwilym was writing in the fourteenth century; 1320-80 is usually accepted as an estimate of his life span. He came from a fairly noble family, closely connected with the Anglo-French administration of South Wales; his father's name Gwilym, the Welsh form of Guillaume, goes back a good way in his pedigree and may imply some French blood. Poetry was also in the family; Dafydd's uncle Llywelyn ap Gwilym was constable of the castle at Castellnewydd Emlyn and also, according to Dafydd, a fine and learned poet.1 It was presumably he who educated Dafydd in the themes and forms of Welsh versification, which reached back in unbroken, self-conscious...
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SOURCE: Johnston, David. "The Serenade and the Image of the House in the Poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym." Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies no. 5 (summer 1983): 1-19.
[In the following essay, Johnston comments on the significance of the house and its prominence in Dafydd's narrative serenades.]
A serenade is a poem addressed by a lover to his beloved as he stands outside her house begging to be let in. Dafydd ap Gwilym's work contains only one example of the genre, "Dan y Bargod" (89).1 There are however a number of poems describing Dafydd's nocturnal visits to the girl's house in the past tense, which might be called narrative serenades. I shall discuss the following poems: "Amnaid" (40), "Y Ffenestr" (64), "Tri Phorthor Eiddig" (80), "Dan y Bargod" (89), "Y Rhew" (91), and "Caru yn y Gaeaf" (145).2 The house itself is of central significance in all these poems. On no occasion does Dafydd succeed in entering it. Its role is an ambiguous one, ranging from that of hostile fortification to that of potentially sheltering sanctuary. This ambiguity is closely connected with the wide variety of tone which is to be found both within the serenade group as a whole and, particularly in the case of "Caru yn y Gaeaf," within the individual poem. Broadly speaking, the tone is at its most humorous when the girl is welcoming and the house acts as a hindrance...
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SOURCE: Loesch, Katharine T. "Welsh Bardic Poetry and Performance in the Middle Ages." In Performance of Literature in Historical Perspectives, pp. 185-90. Maryland: University Press of America, Inc., 1983.
[In the following excerpt, Loesch provides a rough background of Dafydd and illustrates some of his most famous verses.]
Dafydd ap Gwilym still stands as the greatest poet that ever wrote in Welsh and as one of the greatest of medieval poets. He lived from about 1320 to about 1380 and is said to be buried under the great spreading yew that still grows among the ruins of Strata Florida, the Cistercian Abbey where many of the princes and nobles of the south of Wales are buried and where many manuscripts were copied. He belongs to a period in Welsh history and medieval history generally which is both exciting and elusive.
Dafydd ap Gwilym was entirely a strict meter poet; the innovations in his poetry were in content rather than form. The innovations had mainly to do with love and with nature, often together. They may have been influenced by a lower stratum of non-bardic poets in Wales, or by the Provençal troubadours via Anglo-Norman, or perhaps by earlier occasional ventures of the Gogynfeirdd. Dafydd viewed love naturally, not romantically as in the courtly troubadour sense, and often even in a comic perspective, especially in winter settings where physical obstructions...
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SOURCE: Fulton, Helen. "Living the Good Life: A Medieval Fantasy." The Anglo-Welsh Review 80 (1985): 76-85.
[In the following essay, Fulton correlates Dafydd with Colin Muset, a thirteenth-century French poet and musician, citing similarities in their themes of the "good life" and their functionality in addressing social inequalities.]
Dafydd ap Gwilym and Colin Muset are two poets distanced in place and time. Colin Muset was singing in eastern France in the first half of the thirteenth century, while Dafydd was a Welsh bard composing in the second half of the fourteenth century.
The work of the two poets is comparable, however, in two ways—because of their similar status as entertainers, and because of their social contexts. Colin Muset was a professional jongleur, dependent on noble patrons for a living, and moving from court to town to entertain audiences. Little is known of Colin's life, but he addressed his poems primarily to the ranks of the urban nobility, rather than to the feudal aristocracy.
The uchelwyr class of which Dafydd was a member represented a similar social rank. The old native aristocracy of Wales had steadily declined since the conquest of Wales in 1284, and the new aristocracy comprised English and Norman overlords subject to the English crown. The uchelwyr were the educated Welsh upper class who administered the...
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SOURCE: Fulton, Helen. "Dafydd ap Gwilym and Intertextuality." Leeds Studies in English 20 (1989): 65-86.
[In the following essay, Fulton explores the concept of intertextuality, or the idea that writings refer only to each other and not directly to reality, and how it operates in Dafydd's work.]
One of the unique aspects of Early English Literature and Language studies at the University of Sydney under the professorship of Leslie Rogers has been the promotion of modern English courses—including grammar and semiotics—alongside more traditional courses in Old and Middle English.1 Such a combination has encouraged the practice of looking at medieval texts from the point of view of modern literary theory, rather than simply as philological curiosities or as 'words on the page' in need of close textual analysis. While acknowledging that the poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym amply reward a close reading, I would also suggest that a consideration of their wider social and literary context significantly expands the range of possible meanings available to us. The aim of this paper, then, is to examine the relationships between Dafydd's poems, other medieval literature, and contemporary Welsh society.
It is one of the central principles of current literary theory that texts construct their own reality.2 This constructed reality refers only to other texts and not to the...
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SOURCE: Davies, Morgan T. "'Aed i'r coed i dorri cof': Dafydd ap Gwilym and the Metaphorics of Carpentry." Cambrian Medieval Celtic Studies, no. 30 (1995): 67-86.
[In the following essay, Davies traces the use of carpentry as a metaphor in various genres of literature, centering his argument around the way Dafydd ap Gwilym may have been influenced to use such a metaphor in his own works.]
In the first cywydd of his ymryson with Gruffudd Gryg, Dafydd ap Gwilym responds to Gruffudd's opening attack with various countercharges of his own. Among the more substantive of these is his accusation that Gruffudd is derivative, a plagiarist, a poet who can only repeat poems composed by other bards. Thus, near the end of the poem, Dafydd terms his opponent 'craig lefair beirdd'1—'the echo-stone of poets'—a metaphor that suggests not only the passively imitative character of Gruffudd's poetry but also the inert, insentient character of the poet himself. But it is some twenty lines earlier, in a trope developed at much greater length and in much greater detail, that Dafydd levels this charge in the most interesting and far-reaching way:
Ni chân bardd yma i hardd hin Gywydd gyda'i ddeg ewin, Na chano Gruffudd, brudd braw, Gwedd erthwch, gywydd wrthaw. Pawb a wnâi adail pybyr O chaid gwydd a iechyd gwyr; Haws yw cael, lle bo gwael gwydd, Siwrnai dwfn, saer...
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Further Reading
Bromwich, Rachel. "Dafydd ap Gwilym." In A Guide to Welsh Literature, edited by A. O. H. Jarman and Gwilym Rees Hughes, pp. 112-43. Wales: Christopher Davies Ltd., 1979.
Provides a lengthy background on Dafydd's life and work.
Breeze, Andrew. "'Bear the Bell' in Dafydd ap Gwilym and Troilus and Criseyde." Notes and Queries 237, no. 4 (December 1992): 441-43.
Discusses the metaphor "Bear the Bell," found in both Troilus and Criseyde and Dafydd's work.
———. "Dafydd ap Gwilym's 'The Clock' and Foliot 'Decoy Bird' in The Owl and the Nightingale." Notes and Queries 238, no. 4 (December 1993): 439-40.
Analyzes the term "foliot" and its usage in "The Clock" and The Owl and the Nightingale.
———. "Chaucer's 'Malkin' and Dafydd ap Gwilym's 'Mald y Cwd.'" Notes and Queries 240, no. 2 (June 1995): 159-60.
Comments on the origins of the character names of "Malkin" and "Mald y Cwd."
Bromwich, Rachel. "Tradition and Innovation in the Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym." In Aspects of the Poetry of Dafydd ap Gwilym, pp. 57-88. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1986.
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text: PokeBase Battle Subway Meta-PokeBase Q&A Login Register All Activity Questions Unanswered Tags Users Ask a Question Rules Chat Tournament Suggestions are welcome here! 16 votes This is where you post your ideas for tournaments. Please include as many details as possible, the users of the PokemonDB shall decide which tournaments will go first by a show of upvotes. Ongoing tournaments: "Hex's Haunted House" Darwin's Theory Tournaments you can sign up for: List of Tournament winners: Tournament Winners: Hall of Fame Old and not so popular suggestions will be hidden over time to prevent clutter. suggestion answers tournament asked Jun 8, 2012 by Blobyolo edited Oct 29 by MrKijani I have linked this post from the sidebar now. Can whoever is running each tournament update this question each time a tournament starts, with links to the currently ongoing tourneys? Will just make it easier to see what's happening and when. Thanks. If I made one would I have to host the touney all of the time, or could I get someone to subsitute if I'm not there? If you made one a mod would most likely run it, as that allows the tourney to stay running smoothly. Please log in or register to add a comment. Please log in or register to answer this question. 40 Answers 3 votes Best answer If you have an idea, then share it. But we really don't need seven people trying to have tournaments constantly. If you like an Idea, upvote. If you don't, downvote. Highest voted suggestions will go first. Post whether your tournament is going to have 8 people or 16 people. Only one 16 people tournament and one 8 people tournament can go on at a time. Challonge match-ups cannot be used. You must have the match-ups written on the post. No signing up for the tournament before it gets a meta question. Tournaments require at least six upvotes before they can go. If a tournament seems like it will be best held for a special occasion, it will be postponed until that occasion. Tournaments that have been around for more than six months and have also not exceeded six upvotes will be hidden. answered Jun 8, 2012 by Ninja edited Aug 3 by trachy Yo trachy, you are the only one who has mentioned pictures bogging your comp, and you use IE (Which sucks), so this rule you made is a bunch of crap. Let people use them. Save the pictures for the actual tournament post. They have no use here. Although I would be fine with one small picture that doesn't take up to much room (such as the Darwin's Theory pic) or three unmoving sprites with the caveat that I will remove them if I start to experience serious slowdown. Yeah. YOU. Man, you can't enforce other people to do something because it affects YOU, especially when you are using a browser that doesn't handle CSS well. Other people use IE as well. And besides, if I start to experience slowdown it means that people have gone overboard on the pics and sprites. A small number for each question is fine and should cause me and other IE users no problems. Easy compromise between IE users and the rest of the world. Please log in or register to add a comment. 15 votes Nuzlocke Tournament!!! Ok so basically here are the Rules: Tier OU 6 Pokemon When a Pokemon faints in a battle you delete it from your team The next time you battle you fight with your remaining Pokemon The Winner is the Trainer who has the only Pokemon left Basic Tournament Style (No Fancy Shizzle) You must use the same team throughout the Tournament Before and After each baatle you post your teams current status. If it goes ahead i'll make a post where everyone posts the team they're using. Ok it's simple but effective and most importantly Fun answered Mar 4 by Scizornician reshown Aug 25 by trachy Awesome idea :D Please log in or register to add a comment. 12 votes The Collab tourney. So somebody else suggested a team tourney, but not one quite like this. The idea here is that we have 32 people join the tourney, and each person gets to choose a partner. If we have too much toruble with this, partners will be randomly assigned. When everyone is partnered up, we will be left with 16 teams, and each team must build a team TOGETHER. One person can not sit back and have the other guy build a team for the 2 of them, they must actively build it together, the teams will then be put against each other, and they must use the teams that they made together. If we can't get enough people to join, it can be lowered to 16 participants and 8 teams. OU Teams must be actively built as a team Team will battle by having each team member battling another team member, both using the team they made with their partner. More rules if I think of them answered Feb 6 by |SentByRavens| Show 4 previous comments Damn, i freaking love dat idea! has it been done yet? Ben, this tournament is up. Post whenever. Has this been posted yet ? I'd like to join I'm hoping that if you guys start this in the next few days it'll take like two weeks for 32 to sign up so I can get a spot o3o Unfortunately you'd probably then lower it to 16 and I still wouldn't get in ;-; This is actually a pretty nice idea. Though I think it would be better if one person battled and the team mate would communicate through Showdown pm to decide on the moves and actually work as a team. That's what me and MK have been doing recently. I won't be back till the 28th though so I need reserving xD Please log in or register to add a comment. 12 votes Even though I genuinely dislike the Sora League, they actually had a good idea. ;-; Pokemon Chess 1 OU, 2 UU, 1 Uber, 1 RU, 1 NU Your Uber is your king, lose it, you lose. answered Oct 7 by i suck qq edited Oct 7 by i suck qq Show 5 previous comments :[ I'm not a n00b. SR still works tho, also Taunt stops it I believe. And Xatu could fill a UU spot to stop them stalling Ubers. Actually what Uber people will use is varied, since the mist defensive pokemon are most likely to be chosen, they'll be targeted and crippled throughs the match, and mist likely will get little leverage other than being alive. And if your other 5 pokemon are knocked out that will change too. Big powerhouses could be a good idea, as the less common choices are less likely to be countered, and instead of surviving a threat it could just knock it out completely. Just one thing, shouldn't the NU poke be the king since the king is, you know, useless in chess? Not that NUs are bad, but they can't compare to the power of a Uber Queen. Its a lot easier to lose your NU then it is to drop your Uber though, which makes it more fun. <:1 SR is for nubs. Please log in or register to add a comment. 10 votes One more from me, can't really think of a name for it. 16 people can participate. Once all contestants have signed up, a deadline will be given. Competitors can battle anyone they want in the tourney. No matchups are given. So if me, Riles, Unrecognizable, and UberPwnage sign up, I can challenge any one of the 3 contestants that are present. You can battle as many times as you want. Meaning you can battle 80 times if you wanted to. All battling ends on the deadline. The tier that the battle will be is determined by the agreement between the two battlers. A point system determines who is kicked out of the tournament. All competitors start with 10 points. Gaining and losing of points is determined by the amount of Pokemon the winner has left. Let's say I 6-0 Riles. I would gain 6 points, and he would lose 6. If I 1-0 him, I would win 1, he'd lose 1. The 8 people who have the most points after the deadline move to round 2; the 4 people who have the most points in round 2 will go to round 3, and so on. Points are rest each round to make battling happen, If there is a tie, the people with the tie must battle it out to proceed. FEAR, SmashPass, OHKO moves, and Entrainment are banned. Smogon's banlist applies. Smogon's tiers are used. answered Aug 21, 2012 by Mewderator reshown Jun 30 by trachy OMA, i love it :D OMA? lol i love it to <3 Oh My Arcues...... lol But good idea Mew A few problems with the tourney. I love it, just some things that wouldn't work. - would you keep your points hidden? - what if you battled once and lost, and your opponent refuses to battle you again? There are no matchups. Points will be displayed in your answer. Please log in or register to add a comment. 10 votes Note:This is a tourney idea for when Smogon( the people whose tiers are normally used) has adjusted thier tiers to fit the theme of this tourney. Welcome come one come all to the- Sixth Generation Premiere Tourney. This tourney is designed to let us see just what the new pokemon can do inside the metagame. It will be standard OU but with a catch. Your team must be made of entirely of pokemon introduced in the new Generation to come. Good Luck and Have Fun you will need it. Note#2:More details to come as more of the new games are reveals and when the Pokemon have all been successfully placed into tiers. If things don't work out how i want them to i will change the rules to better fit the situation, so these rules arnt finalized, so no badgering me in the comments okay :P. Note#3:Even if this tourney makes it to the top of the list it will not start until all the details have been worked out properly. Im just posting it now before i forget about my idea. answered Feb 26 by Pokenubz edited Jun 10 by Pokenubz Why would you post this like 10 months in advance? So i dont forget about it, its 7 months and why does it matter i already stated that this wasnt going to take place yet, plus what if someone else decided to post one i would lose my idea. I do not think this should wait until Smogon has it's Tier's eatablished, we should be able to launch this Tournament into action as soon as the Gen. VI Dex is released so we could Test the waters. Then, it could function as a test period for our Tiers. That could work but the problem is that not knowing what each pokemon can fully do can cause someone to pit a team of gen 6 pokemon that would in NU vs a team of 6 that would end up in OU. If everyone is fine with that then its fine by me to launch this as soon as the gen 6 pokemon are put into Showdown/PO. I'd agree with letting any Pokemon besides the 680 legends be used. So I currently have these suggestions to make: Ban Xerneas, Yveltal, and Zygarde. Allow Mega Evolutions (only one per team) except for the Mega Mewtwo (Y is most OP thing ever) and Mega Blaziken Allow all Pokemon that have gained the Fairy type as a new typing (Clefable, Mr. Mime, etc) to help make up for the low number of Pokemon added this Gen. Please log in or register to add a comment. 10 votes How about a STABmons tournament? This is basically a standard OU tournament with a catch: Pokemon can get ALL moves that they get STAB from in addition to their regular moves. For example: Thundurus-T (M) @ Life Orb Trait: Volt Absorb EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk) - Agility - Thunder - Hurricane - Hidden Power [Ice] Breloom's Hi Jump Kick is gonna hurt. How about Kyurem-B's access to Icicle Crash and Spear sound like? Landorus-T's Brave Bird? Gliscor getting Stealth Rock and Spikes? Alakazam's Psystrike? How about Keldeo's Water Spout? The possibilities are endless. Another rule is: If a Pokemon changes type when evolving, the fully evolved form can get all the moves that the prevolved form's type was. So Bellossom, which evolves from Gloom, can get every Grass move, like Spore, in addition to every Poison move, like Gunk Shot. Same goes for Scizor, which can get all Flying moves. To make it less of an OU feel: Round 1 will be NU. Round 2 will be RU. Round 3 will be UU. Round 4 will be OU. Standard stuff is banned from Smogon. Banned Pokemon will be announced later on. answered Aug 19 by Mewderator awesome. Sweet. Finally a tournament for all the noobs who think Garchomp learns Dragon Dance. Lol trachy Might I offer the suggestion that instead of having different tiers of STABmons in order to negate the OU feel, that instead we do Tiershift STABmons? Please log in or register to add a comment. 9 votes Mixed Tier Tournament Each person gets 13 points to spend on Pokemon. -OU and BL are 4 points. -UU and BL2 are 3 points. -RU and BL3 are 2 points. -NU and PU are 1 point. -NFE (http://www.smogon.com/bw/tiers/nfe) and LC (http://www.smogon.com/bw/tiers/lc) are .5 points. All other standard rules will apply, I will post them if and when we have a meta question for this tournament. As you might notice, there are two mixed-tier tournament suggestions. The one that gets the most upvotes by the time it is chosen will be the one that is done. I will hide the other one. So vote for your favorite! answered Oct 14, 2012 by trachy reshown Jun 29 by Ninja Does this mean someone one could make 26 NFE teams and their opponent would have to battle all 26 :3 Of course not. :P One team. aww so close :D Please log in or register to add a comment. 9 votes Mixed Tier Mono-Region Tournament Each person gets 13 points to spend on Pokemon. -OU and BL are 4 points. -UU and BL2 are 3 points. -RU and BL3 are 2 points. -NU and PU are 1 point. -NFE (http://www.smogon.com/bw/tiers/nfe) and LC (http://www.smogon.com/bw/tiers/lc) are .5 points. You will be randomly assigned a region. Each region will have at least three people, one region will have four people to it though. All other standard rules will apply, I will post them if and when we have a meta question for this tournament. As you might notice, there are two mixed-tier tournament suggestions. The one that gets the most upvotes by the time it is chosen will be the one that is done. I will hide the other one. So vote for your favorite! answered Oct 14, 2012 by trachy edited Oct 14, 2012 by trachy make the 4 person region Unova Please log in or register to add a comment. 9 votes Behold... Mono Arceus Tournament The on-going Smeargle tourney gave me an idea. Why not have a mono-Arceus tourney? Well, there are some rules of course, you have to have a team full of Arceus, but the twist is that they must be a different type, each. This will stop people from spamming Close Combat all over the place on the Normal Type Arceus' :P Every team must be made out of Arceus. Each team must have six different types of Arceus. Standard Smogon clauses apply. You may toggle around with EV's however much you like. The only item viable is the plate of the Arceus type you're using. Have fun. This is the most important rule of all, and if you disobey, you're out :D So, this is my idea, hope you like it, and hope this happens! Lez' do this! answered May 25 by Flare edited Jun 28 by trachy ban normal acreus and im in :D It's already banned :3 you didn't make that very clear >.> ARCEUS FAIRY YEAAAAA I had the same Idea! 0.0 I'm in +1 Please log in or register to add a comment. 7 votes Triple-Type Tourney The rules are: Only three pokemon allowed Only one pokemon of each type They must be from the categories listed Drought or Drizzle abilities are banned Regular smogon bans apply Arceus is banned Tier to be decided Water Fire Grass Last Rules (To be discussed and debated in comments) NO dual types NO Starters To take place on Showdown answered Jan 29 by MrKijani edited Jun 21 by MrKijani Please log in or register to add a comment. 7 votes Tournament: Smogon Doubles Number of players: 16 Method: Pokemon Showdown Best out of 3 matches goes to the next round. Hosts: Mr.K and AlphaDraconis For those 3 matches you may use one team only Mr.K will take care of the match ups Contestants will decide between them if they are to battle with Smogon Doubles or VGC Doubles. If you can't decide then either Mr.K or AlphaDraconis will decide for you. answered May 11 by AlphaDraconis edited Jul 4 by MrKijani Dang, if I had the time I'd love to sign up...Maybe next time. :/ i suck but what the heck, lets go! and btw, people sign up after this actually goes underway ;/ but i guess you can reserve places. We were thinking if we signed up people along the way it would get this tourney going a lot faster. Yeah were trolls like that ;D And it doesnt matter that you suck, it's about the fun ;) You cannot reserve places, sorry. Ok then, we won't reserve spots. No problemo. Please log in or register to add a comment. 7 votes TIME CAPSULE TOURNEY: This won't be of any use until gen VI standard competitive tournament, but we all use one pokemon from Each Generation. Optional: Using one Starter pokemon from each generation. answered Jun 9 by DarkTyphlosion i like the starter idea Please log in or register to add a comment. 6 votes "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." This Tournament rule is simple. No attacking moves. A few ground rules to prevent issues: The moves magic coat and taunt are banned. (Optional) Prankster is banned. the abilities Magic guard and Magic Bounce are banned Sand and hail are banned (I understand they are passive, but they put huge limitations on pokemon options. If you can think of other potential issues for game breaking, just comment and let me know. answered Jun 9 by DarkTyphlosion edited Jun 9 by DarkTyphlosion Taunt should be banned I thought i already put that one. I feel dumb then. Substitute should be banned. heal bell should be banned Well if you ban Heal Bell and Substitute then may as well ban Natural Cure :P In other words, I do not agree and do not ban them please :3 I agree that Heal Bell shoudlnt be banned but Substitute should seeing as it blocks all non-attacking moves besides Roar and Whirlwind. Naw, Heal Bell blocks the only way of putting on damage. Heal Bell doesn't Block Leech Seed does it? or curse? (keep heal bell) Please log in or register to add a comment. 6 votes Ever wanted to be a Gym Leader? Now you finally can The Gym Challenge You must have six pokemon of the same type on a team. Your signature pokemon will be the only pokemon that can have an item and that item must be any berry. and last but not least, and this is the most hard part to implement, you must have a tm that all your pokemon have to learn that has to be there type (protect, return, frustration, attract, toxic, rest, substitute, and ect. are all banned because all pokemon can learn them) example team. type: fighting. TM: Hi jump kick. Mienshao Hitmontop Scrafty Lucario Medicham and Hitmonlee all fit the requirements Normal Smogon rules apply All pokemon must be level 100 No ubers No legendarys Hope you all will enjoy answered Jun 29 by toxicroaker edited Jul 28 by toxicroaker Please log in or register to add a comment. 5 votes We've all heard of Little Cup, and we've all heard of Monotype, but what about Monotype LC? Bans Regular LC Bans Hax Items Mono-Ghost Type Teams Mono-Psychic Type Teams Mono-Fighting Type Teams Shell Smash Entry Hazards of any kind Weather Notes 16 Participants All teams must be made up of LC pokemon All teams must be made up of pokemon that are all of the same type Double-typed pokemon are allowed, as long as one of their types is the type you are using You can use whatever type team you want, bar the 3 that are banned. All rules are negotiable, if you can provide a tangible argument as to why a rule should be added or lifted, it will be done. Big thanks to Kyron for helping me with the bans answered Mar 5 by |SentByRavens| edited Mar 5 by |SentByRavens| Please log in or register to add a comment. 5 votes Tutor tourney! This is a type of team tourney where a member joins up with a tutor of theirs, past or present. The tutor basically picks one of his/her apprentices to battle along side with during the event. They will form a team with a team name (logo is not required) and battle other teams. With the tutor battling the opposing sides tutor and the apprentice battling the opposing apprentice. In the likelihood of winning one losing one then the tutor decides to either fight or let the pupil do it. Fight with or your heart,soul and pride in order to state yourself as the best teacher or best pupil and declare yourself champion! EDIT: Some people might get left out. So what I am going to do is if two people wothout a partner join they will be assigned a temporary tutor/apprentice,just to practice with and enter. You do not have to stay as their tutor afterwards. Also, in case you didn't catch you can use previous tutors instead. But the tutor must acknowledge this,you can't just say "oh Hex is my tutor I'm with him!". I'm gonna get the boring stuff outa da way ;} Full 6v6 battles with no team preview. No Ubers No F.E.A.R No soul dew All basic clauses other than item MUST be on Basic smogon OU banned strategies If this goes ahead then I will not host, but will still over view stuff (if you know what I mean, which you don't cos I don't think even I do) Thanks! NOTE: please include obvious stuff like timezones and when you will most likely be on. In activity will get you DQ'd, and you don't want to let down you pupil do you? answered Mar 8 by Recoded edited Mar 9 by Recoded Nice, but do you think that people without tutors will be feeling left out? Well maybe. i'll think of something. There Dat better? any ideas are welcome. if you're short on apprentices, if this tourney runs I don't mind being adopted for the purposes of the tourney and maybe forever. Lol who knows ;) Kyron, the nostalgia. Please log in or register to add a comment. 5 votes RANDBAT TOURNEY! | USE YOUR OWN SETS! If you don't know what a randbat is, it is short for Random battle. And if you don't know what that is, then you need to learn your metagames ._. Random Battles are when you get a randomly generated team, but you don't get to choose items, moves, or anything. But in this tourney, I have modified some of that... Simple rules: • Use a Random Pokemon Generator to get your entire team. • Ubers and NFEs are banned. • You can use whatever nature, EVs, or IVs you want. • Evasion moves and DrizzSwim is banned, if you even get a Politoed. • The host is a trusted user, and will generate your team. Then you will get emailed your team and proceed to building it. • No regenerations!! In other words, you get what you get. • After the round is over, you get another team. • Double Elimination to make things interesting. • Standard Item bans apply answered Jul 20 by Whatson Ok, enough. I catch you saying noob one more time and you are gone. It is a completely stupid and offensive word. Nah. Banning for saying the word noob. Now that's completely stupid. I wouldn't actually ban, but the use of it is annoying. 'The host is a trusted user,' So, not Gliscurr? :P Please log in or register to add a comment. 4 votes The Area Tourney Hey me Jofly got this idea i dont know if it is good or bad. this is my tourney idea all players choose one area in which Region they want. For example if i choose Sinnoh route 201 i can use pokemon that i can catch in in that area like Starly, Bidoof, Kricketot, Dodou, Nidroan(male) and turtwig Gift pokemon is allowed. Then i can use their evolutions like Dodrio, Torterra, ETC. The places for Legendary pokemon is not banned but the legendary pokemon is banned. So if i choose Turnback cave im not allowed to use Giratina but im allowed to use all Non legendary pokemon in the area. All the legendary trios are allowed and some more legendary pokemon. There are the allowed legendaries. Legendary birds, Legendary beasts, Legendary golems, The Lake guardians and The swords of justice Rules All pokemon that not is Legendary is allowed Lv 100, 6 pokemon Soul dew is banned Evasion clause (evasion moves are banned) OHKO Clause ( OHKO moves are banned) Moody Clause: Moody is banned Roaming Pokemon is banned -You decide if roaming pokes shall be allowed cuz i dont know :) Help me if i forgot some simple Rules thanks /////Jofly answered Mar 18 by The Great Deku Tree edited Mar 19 by The Great Deku Tree Please log in or register to add a comment. 4 votes Gen IV IQ Tournament http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_Pok%C3%A9mon_by_IQ_group#Group_I Eight person tournament. Each person will be randomly assigned an IQ group except for I and J. Ubers will be banned. The battles will take place using Gen IV only rules, moves, etc. answered Aug 13 by trachy Please log in or register to add a comment. 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