Even though suspects haven't started yet, I am of the firm opinion that the NU Pokemon Showdown! Ladder should be banned. First of all, I have the multiple agreements from #neverused to ban this dastardly ladder. As we play and battle noobs on the ladder, we become worse players. We begin to predict shitty sets such as Rock Polish Golurk. We time out laughing at Flame Orb Zangoose and Sticky Barb Seviper. We get used to seeing terrible shit such as Specs Seadra and HP Ground Murkrow. We don't even have to predict at all. This is the biggest point. The lack of prediction in the ladder makes us ignorant robots clicking random moves (lol i don't even know what that means). This ladder is having a serious negative affect on the players and their pokemon battling. (Also fuck decay, making me lose 500 points on all of my accounts and bonus pool only giving 100 back.)
