"It wasn’t a scare tactic, just the sort of prep that a flight would *do* when they’re expecting to have to fight for it."
In trad battles, both sides do boarding. A surprise challenger would not be able to also do boarding because it would involve enough prep that the surprise aspect would be lost. I think IF only boarding or raffles would be less intimidating to a potential challenger.
"Same with wind; they’re not *assuming* that they’re going to get an uncontested double. If they were assuming that they wouldn’t have brought out the Light Sprite! In fairness, the sprite is probably going to give them an uncontested double but it’s not going to be cheap because they prepared anticipating a challenge (again, light sprite)."
I think when you pull out a light sprite, you are pretty much 99.9% assuming it will be uncontested, and Wind dom orgs are experienced/competent so I figure they knew that and wanted to secure both weeks instead of leaving it open to a battle. I'm not really judging them, especially because they have an upcoming battle to prepare for, but as a general dom scene enthusiast I'm disappointed that this choice obviates the chance of a battle.
In my general experience of dom, light sprites are usually donated by a rich user for liquidation. Because pretty much no one is going to agree to a light sprite in a traditional battle, dom teams don't usually go out aiming to buy one. So I don't really consider throwing out a light sprite specifically as "working for it" unless the flight decided to work together to fundraise for one to secure their double dom. It seems more like it was just sitting around since it can't be used for a traditional battle and they decided to use it now. I could be wrong, of course.
Re: Wind Double Dom
"It wasn’t a scare tactic, just the sort of prep that a flight would *do* when they’re expecting to have to fight for it."
In trad battles, both sides do boarding. A surprise challenger would not be able to also do boarding because it would involve enough prep that the surprise aspect would be lost. I think IF only boarding or raffles would be less intimidating to a potential challenger.
"Same with wind; they’re not *assuming* that they’re going to get an uncontested double. If they were assuming that they wouldn’t have brought out the Light Sprite! In fairness, the sprite is probably going to give them an uncontested double but it’s not going to be cheap because they prepared anticipating a challenge (again, light sprite)."
I think when you pull out a light sprite, you are pretty much 99.9% assuming it will be uncontested, and Wind dom orgs are experienced/competent so I figure they knew that and wanted to secure both weeks instead of leaving it open to a battle. I'm not really judging them, especially because they have an upcoming battle to prepare for, but as a general dom scene enthusiast I'm disappointed that this choice obviates the chance of a battle.
In my general experience of dom, light sprites are usually donated by a rich user for liquidation. Because pretty much no one is going to agree to a light sprite in a traditional battle, dom teams don't usually go out aiming to buy one. So I don't really consider throwing out a light sprite specifically as "working for it" unless the flight decided to work together to fundraise for one to secure their double dom. It seems more like it was just sitting around since it can't be used for a traditional battle and they decided to use it now. I could be wrong, of course.