SWEEP JR Taking on the World

OK, so I've indicated enough digressions already in some previous posts; it's time to just get straight to the point. In those posts, which for the most part pertain to Pokémon Go tournaments, I had indicated of a future happening involving me. I also had previously said that I (still) have an interest in Silph Arena Factions but had not gotten a team to battle together with. Well... that has all changed, and soon I will become involved - and quite significantly, shortly to come - in Factions with a team.

Our team logo, featuring a "junior Lord Bidoof".

Enter SWEEP JR. This new Faction is created as a "fledgling offshoot" - if it may be described as that - of the "senior" SWEEP ID team, a Faction that has been around since the early days of the team tournament. Discussions on the creation of the team actually started out on the day I "won" a certain tournament, and it took the rest of that month (January) and some of this month (February) to find the requisite and additional members to make this team viable for competition when the time comes. Like its brethren, it is also an Asia-Pacific (APAC) Faction, specifically representing my resident country of Indonesia as well.

My involvement in this Faction is also managed by a senior competitor in them, as well as one of my fellow raid group members and a great friend overall - TendouXForce. I myself (certainly as PokeMasterBP348) have a deep role to play in this team, for I am its Captain. I was chosen for the role because I stand to be able to make the necessary communications with other Factions and the Arena if need be, and because I've already demonstrated my interest in and knowledge about it. Both of these are exactly as suggested in the post I referred to at the top. As for the other members of the team, they may or may not yet have international renown, but we are still here to make a splash as "juniors".

Our initial lineup of Trainers.

Aside from being a Captain, I'm also currently positioned as an Alternate, but that's fine. I myself don't expect to do much battling and may end up mostly handling coordination as a "non-playing captain", though at some point I may need to sub in when demanded, likely to a Field Specialist position or even Great League or Ultra League in a pinch. As such, I still need to keep up with changes to the meta or theme formats regardless, further for the purpose of rounding them up on this blog in posts to maintain continuity. Of course, that does and will mean a lot more posts on this blog related to Factions, but that's not a bad thing: it keeps my competitive dealings and content creation going at the same time.

I had actually wanted to save this post for somewhat later, exactly for when the Faction has been all registered and set to do battle. However, the "promotional materials" had already been made and could be (and has been) distributed, and therefore I just had to follow with my blog post as well. Other new and upcoming Factions that I received knowledge of being about to compete have already made their mark themselves on certain social networks even before things can really get going, and therefore I'm free to do the same, particularly since I have this blog to do just that.

Being that Factions is a competition that spans the world - or at least parts of it - by taking part in it, I have to step up my game in order to take on the world; this is the implication of the tournament results from yesterday, hinting at this situation. Of course, now that I'm in a Faction and I have a leading role in it, taking on the world is something that I'm doing not just for myself, but also for the entire team. And all that will begin when SWEEP JR gets registered and makes its debut on the Factions stage, soon.

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