Elimination 15/Challenge 16....and a little something in between

Original Teams

Victini’s Searing Shots (VSS)

Victini-thetwisterboy09(64th)

Tepig-firebid1030 (31st)

Samurott-trelonbarrett123 (60th)

1.Simisage-NegaSub

Panpour-joshytje5 (absorbed from KJS) (32nd)

Blitzle-kietgreen (41st)

2.Gurdurr-shadethedarksoul8

Petilil-pokemonand9(35th)

Darmanitan-ajthespriter06 (59th)

3.Scrafty-redfrog45 (absorbed from KJS)

Tirtouga-MultiMariofan123 (addon) (46th)

4.Zoroark-firefang20

5.Swanna-kevandkeith42120 (absorbed from KJS)

Emolga-NightBlastingSkitty (51st)

Elgyem-Typemania (52nd)

6.Axew-Yymastaconfuctious

7.Braviary-PokemonFanKH2

Heatmor-StepSoneful (43rd)

8.Volcarona-wifishark8

Keldeo’s Justice Swords (KJS) (Formed Elim 1; Dissolved Elim 10)

1.Pignite-gopokemon121(moved to GDA elim 10)

Dewott-gamecity12(65th)

2.Panpour-joshytje5(moved to VSS elim 10)

Simipour-mrlaughybot2(67th)(quit)

Sawk-shadowthehedgehog125(57th)(quit)

Whimsicott-SuperPlatformer(56th)

Sandile-nintendofan204(37th)

Krookodile-62cobalion (addon) (48th)

Maractus-rocerdude404(50th)

3.Scrafty-redfrog45(moved to VSS elim 10)

4.Carracosta-CharmanderIsAwesome (addon)(moved to MRS elim 10)

Zorua-BlackKirby108(70th)

Ducklett-shadowkirby10100(44th)

5.Swanna-kevandkeith42120(moved to VSS elim 10)

Mienshao-TheVaporeon123(45th)

Virizion-TheLazyRiku(38th)

6.Keldeo(Resolute)-Franky494(moved to MRS elim 10)

Meloetta’s Relic Singers (MRS)

Oshawott-TheLazySora(47th)

1.Purrloin-dudeski7373

2.Munna-tacoburger22

Pidove-Rhbkblader88(26th)

Unfezant(M)-matthewvp18(71st)

3.Zebstrika-TheZappingZebstrika

Audino-monok1998 (58th)

Sewaddle-babycakes123tdifan(63rd)

Scolipede-vidiogamemaster101 (addon)(36th)

4.Lilligant-clilmama33830

5.Cofagrigus-THEDKA3

Carracosta-CharmanderIsAwesome (addon) (absorbed from KJS)(34th)(quit)

6.Cinccino-Bunpuffy

Reuniclus-tpidude73(72nd/29th)(returned)

Deerling-FallingUpStars (addon)(49th)(quit)

Cubchoo-less4u2c (40th)

Beartic-BlackMagic622(53rd)

7.Bouffalant-jacobwinner1999

Keldeo(Resolute)-Franky494 (absorbed from KJS) (28th)

Meloetta(Pirouette Form)-PokeDiva101(68th)

Genesect’s Drive Arsenal(GDA)

1.Snivy-LolliPopGirlMeow

Servine-therox94 (addon) (55th)

Serperior-BOOLOVER57 (62nd)

Pignite-gopokemon121 (absorbed from KJS) (25th)

Excadrill-TheACF12 (66th)

Palpitoad-shadowduck7(69th)

2.Leavanny-masterofflam

Cottonee-eddyjose fuentes (addon)(42nd)

3.Scraggy-ForrestMightyena247

4.Garbodor-xtiandg0914

5.Vanilluxe-DoubleJEspejwan6 (61st)(returned)

Escavalier-TheMysterious2634 (27th)

6.Joltik-ShinyStoutland

Galvantula-chimchar279 (54th)

Ferrothorn-2319mi (30th)

Golurk-PoryfulZ (39th)

Bisharp-regice112 (33rd)

7.Durant-Woodenfan

Teams Post Swap

Victini’s Searing Shots

1.Munna-tacoburger22

2.Zebstrika-TheZappingZebstrika

3.Gurdurr-shadethedarksoul8

4.Leavanny-masterofflam

5.Maractus-rocerdude404(50th; returned)

6.Scrafty-redfrog45

7.Swanna-kevandkeith42120

8.Vanilluxe-DoubleJEspejwan6(61st; returned)

Meloetta’s Relic Singers

1.Purrloin-dudeski7373

2.Simisage-NegaSub

3.Garbodor-xtiandg0914

4.Cinccino-Bunpuffy

5.Zoroark-firefang20

6.Joltik-ShinyStoutland

7.Bouffalant-jacobwinner1999

8.Braviary-PokemonFanKH2

Genesect’s Drive Arsenal

1.Snivy-LolliPopGirlMeow

2.Lilligant-clilmama33830

3.Scraggy-ForrestMightyena247

4.Cofagrigus-THEDKA3

5.Axew-yymastaconfuctious

6.Durant-Woodenfan

7.Volcarona-wifishark8

8.Keldeo(Resolute)-Franky494(28th; returned)

Ok so I just took a whole bucket of twists and dumped it on the remaining contestants. First I brought back Maractus and Keldeo(Resolute), then I switched up the teams to hit the reset button a little bit, and the next challenge was for individual immunity within their teams. Swanna won in VSS, Cinccino won in MRS, and Cofagrigus won in GDA. But to put the icing on this twisted cake, all three teams are voting two players off this round. 25% of the remaining competition is gonna be eliminated. Everyone that's not immune has a roughly 29% chance of being voted off this round. So I expect a lot of people to get votes and at least a couple of blindsides. The Pokemon have spoken so let's see what their votes had to say, after these confessionals

Axew-Yymastaconfuctious(GDA): Well damn, not only was I shafted off my team, but I ended up up for elimination. It WAS right around here I lost both TPW2 and TPB2 so I have to hope I can survive this elimination. Here's hoping.

Leavanny-masterofflam(VSS): Well, I hope our team makes the right choice in who to vote off. Good luck to everyone though! :)

Purrloin-dudeski7373(MRS): voting those 2 off may be the only chance I have to stay in this game

Bouffalant-jacobwinner1999(MRS): Even though I should feel safe... I don't.

Simisage-NegaSub(MRS): i feel like i am getting voted off...

Munna-tacoburger22(VSS): Goodbye everyone. I might be leaving this time! D:

Cinccino-Bunpuffy(MRS): Wow! From not doing the challenge to immunity I guess my team is happy to not have voted me out :))

Cofagrigus-THEDKA3(GDA): My downfall in vaporterra's camps are mostly due to not winning Individual Immunity in my team. Looks like I don't need to worry about that anymore.

First up Victini's Searing Shots. Only 3 players got votes. Joining Swanna in safety we have Leavanny, Zebstrika, Maractus, and Vanilluxe. None of them received any votes. That leaves Munna, Gurdurr, and Scrafty. It was a 6-5-1 vote so that means the last player safe is.....................SCRAFTY!

24th place: Gurdurr-shadethedarksoul8. Right now you fit the role of "sleeping giant". You're not doing much right now but once you get to that point where you're motivated and playing this game, you're a solid threat. Not only did you not do this challenge, enough of your teammates realize you know your stuff when it comes to these camps (one of the best current camp hosts and definitely one of the higher ranked ones of camp history on YouTube), it made sense to vote you off. Knowing you you'll probably be fine with it and go back to hosting your camps but it's always a pleasure to have you compete.

23rd place: Munna-tacoburger22. You had some trouble with this challenge and despite your efforts you couldn't get anything going when time expired. Coupled with your addon status and your imperfect challenge history in this camp, it made you a target, but since you did vote, you earned yourself a place ahead of Gurdurr. You're also the addon that got furthest in this game so congratulations. Your most recent performances in my camps were 46th/20th place in Total Pokemon White 2 as Omanyte and 47th place in Total Pokemon Black 2 as Vanillish. So if you don't count returning in TPW2, you got farther than both of those camps so you should be proud.

Next up Meloetta's Relic Singers. A 5-4-2-1-1-1 vote meant that aside from Cinccino and Purrloin, EVERYONE on this team got voted against. But with only 1 vote each, Bouffalant, Simisage, and Joltik are all safe. It comes down to Garbodor, Zoroark, and Braviary. Garbodor and Braviary did the challenge while Zoroark had to be excused since he lacked sufficient time to do this challenge. And the last player safe with 2 votes is....................BRAVIARY!

22nd place: Zoroark-firefang20. I know you've been busy lately so maybe that might've prevented you from finding a new alliance after the swap which left you as an outsider. Sorry. But you're leaving this game with a much improved opinion of how I see you as a player. Had you had just a bit more free time you would be that much better of a player. You've made a good improvement since you first started.

21st place: Garbodor-xtiandg0914. It was a tricky situation with everyone either excused or doing the challenge. My guess is you couldn't find a solid alliance so you were targeted as an outsider or you were viewed as a threat. Either way you got voted off with 4 votes, coming off of an 8th place finish in Total Pokemon Black 2 as Vigoroth it's a bit of a set back but you played well nonetheless.

And now for Genesect's Drive Arsenal (note: the order in which I called up the teams is based off of the collective efforts in challenge 15 just fyi). Like MRS, things landed in a 5-4-2-1-1-1 vote. Cofagrigus and Axew being the only players that didn't get any votes. Lilligant, Volcarona, and Snivy are each safe with 1 vote. It comes down to Scraggy, Durant, and Keldeo(Resolute) and with 2 votes the last player safe is................................DURANT!

20th place: Scraggy-ForrestMightyena247, you've missed a few challenges throughout this camp and after failing to complete challenge 15, I guess that made you a big enough target to get voted off. Like many others you got busy with life and stuff so I understand why you couldn't participate but it takes more than my understanding of your situation for you to survive every vote.

19th place: Keldeo(Resolute)-Franky494 (again). I just don't know what to say. You've done a phenomenal job playing this game. Last time in White 2 you got 57th as Exeggcute and then 56th/4th as Mienfoo. You got far but you were probably the least respected of the final 6 that season despite good efforts. This time you took what you learned and you tried extra hard and that's why you got this far, that's why I gave you a 2nd chance. But unfortunately you got blindsided. All I can say is if you work on your strategic game to form some good alliances, that could be the push you need to get to the next level. You did a good job, dude. A solid player is what you are.

So there goes 6 more players. As for the 18 of you, I told you guys you did not want to get voted off this round, and I will reveal the two reasons why that was. The jury begins now and the teams are now merged! Congratulations! From this point forward, it's every individual for themselves. And if you do get voted off, at least you will be sent to the jury in which you will have a say in who wins this game. So congratulations to the final 18. It's been a tough 2.5 months and 15 eliminations, but you guys are still here and the game is about to get tougher.

Thanks for playing shadethedarksoul8, tacoburger22, firefang20, xtiandg0914, forrestmightyena247, franky494

So let's review which 18 players are left
TPU Final 18 (players listed in national dex order; in parenthesis are the initials of the teams they were on throughout the team stage of this game)

1.Snivy-LolliPopGirlMeow (GDA)

2.Purrloin-dudeski7373 (MRS)

3.Simisage-NegaSub (VSS/MRS)

4.Zebstrika-TheZappingZebstrika (MRS/VSS)

5.Leavanny-masterofflam (GDA/VSS)

6.Lilligant-clilmama33830 (MRS/GDA)

7.Maractus-rocerdude404 (KJS/VSS)

8.Scrafty-redfrog45 (KJS/VSS)

9.Cofagrigus-THEDKA3 (MRS/GDA)

10.Cinccino-Bunpuffy (MRS)

11.Swanna-kevandkeith42120 (KJS/VSS)

12.Vanilluxe-DoubleJEspejwan6 (GDA/VSS)

13.Joltik-ShinyStoutland (GDA/MRS)

14.Axew-yymastaconfuctious (VSS/GDA)

15.Bouffalant-jacobwinner1999 (MRS)

16.Braviary-PokemonFanKH2 (VSS/MRS)

17.Durant-Woodenfan (GDA)

18.Volcarona-wifishark8 (VSS/GDA)

I'm pretty impressed. A lot of strong players. Very few if any of you have any possible arguments supporting why you don't belong. But you did what 75% of the cast couldn't do and that was make it to the merge and jury stage. Whatever path brought you here, you're here. Now the game is for real. Every challenge counts, every vote counts, every decision you make counts. And after all that and you make it to the final 3, you have to face 15 players you may or may not have voted off and convince them to vote for you to win Total Pokemon Unova

Alright so now for the first merged challenge. It's called "Gym Fusion". So basically for this challenge you are a gym leader. Unlike most Gym Leaders who specialize on a sole type of Pokemon, you specialize in two types. Assume you are the final gym leader of your region and you have 6 Pokemon ranging from levels 40-55 (whatever you want)
-Tell me which two types you would specialize in
-Explain why you chose that specific type combination
-List the Pokemon on your team. Both types should be evenly represented.
-Explain your team's strategy
-Give yourself a Gym Leader name, a Badge name, and a gym puzzle/layout that should go along with your Gym's two types.

In the merge, I will always follow this rule except for in twists. The amount of players that win immunity equal the amount of players being voted off. So 2 players that do the best job in this challenge will win immunity and 2 non-immune players will be voted off and start our jury line up.'

This challenge sounds like a lot of work but it can also be a lot of fun. Plus, it's the merge. I have to push you guys and if you really want to win, you'll try your best whatever the challenge is. If you don't plan on doing the challenge for whatever reason (you don't have time or you don't want to look like a potential threat), LET ME KNOW IMMEDIATELY. The challenge ends the night of October 19th. Sometime after 7 pm. If you have any questions or concerns, let me know. In the challenge results, I will only reveal a minimal amount of players' challenge information, most likely just their type combo, their team, and their badge name.

GET GOING! The merge always starts off crazy and hard to predict so make your life in this game easier by winning immunity.

Thoughts? Comment below :)

Updated 10/20/2013 10 PM PST

The challenge lasted over 24 hours more than I originally intended. Welcome to the life of a college student whose interests and goals never cease to conflict each other. Well thanks to Cofagrigus telling me so, I know at least one person enjoyed the challenge. I certainly hope he wasn't the only one. I was impressed by most of your work out of everyone that did the challenge. There were some parts that I thought were lacking which helped me decide who would win the challenge but it came down to about half a dozen of you. But the only information I'll give is who did the challenge, who didn't do the challenge, and who wins immunity. Oh and I guess I'll at least reveal the type combinations people chose.

Didn't do the challenge
Purrloin-dudeski7373
Leavanny-masterofflam
Lilligant-clilmama33830
Braviary-PokemonFanKH2
Durant-Woodenfan

I know one of you five attempted to do the challenge but you were slowed down since I was slow to answer your question. Sorry but I don't know why it wouldn't have been ok to use Fairy type as one of the dual types. As you'll see below, I was ok with it.

Did do the challenge
Snivy-LollipopGirlMeow (Dark and Flying)
Simisage-NegaSub (Dark and Flying)
Zebstrika-TheZappingZebstrika (Electric and Fire)
Maractus-rocerdude404 (Dark and Ghost)
Scrafty-redfrog45 (Dark and Ghost)
Cofagrigus-THEDKA3 (Electric and Ghost)
Cinccino-Bunpuffy (Fairy and Normal)
Swanna-kevandkeith42120 (Dark and Ghost)
Vanilluxe-DoubleJEspejwan6 (Ice and Psychic)
Joltik-ShinyStoutland (Psychic and Rock)
Axew-yymastaconfuctious (Fire and Psychic)
Bouffalant-jacobwinner1999 (Fire and Ice)
Volcarona-wifishark8 (Electric and Ghost)

Interestingly Bug, Dragon, Fighting, Grass, Ground, Poison, Steel, and Water were not used at all in this challenge. Three different pairings were used more than once, with one being used THREE times. But anyway I've decided that the following players will win the first merged immunity challenge of the season:
Vanilluxe-DoubleJEspejwan6 and Axew-yymastaconfuctious! Congratulations to you both! But before we get to the vote, I'm gonna make things a bit more interesting. Both Vanilluxe and Axew get to choose one of the other 16 non-immune players to have immunity. So 4 players will be safe this elimination as two get voted off. As soon as Vanilluxe and Axew make up their minds, voting can begin. Choose wisely, you two.

And they've chosen! Vanilluxe chooses Cinccino-Bunpuffy and Axew chooses Bouffalant-jacobwinner1999 so all 4 of those players are immune for that vote. So vote off two of the following players, explain your vote, and send confessionals. Due to luck of the tiebreakers twist, the tiebreaker is the order in which votes were received. Here's the list of players vulnerable this round

1.Snivy-LolliPopGirlMeow

2.Purrloin-dudeski7373

3.Simisage-NegaSub

4.Zebstrika-TheZappingZebstrika

5.Leavanny-masterofflam

6.Lilligant-clilmama33830

7.Maractus-rocerdude404

8.Scrafty-redfrog45

9.Cofagrigus-THEDKA3

11.Swanna-kevandkeith42120

13.Joltik-ShinyStoutland

16.Braviary-PokemonFanKH2

17.Durant-Woodenfan

18.Volcarona-wifishark8

Voting ends tomorrow night probably around 7 pm. And then challenge 17 starts immediately! If you have any questions, let me know. A jury spot is nothing to be ashamed of but at the very least you don't want to be the first or second juror. Get voting.