any suggestions on how I can get back "into it"?

My best suggestion is to try to play with more creative teams. This way, you can learn of how a slightly more obscure threat can cause trouble for a team, and provide more creative solutions to stop threats. This will make each rate more unique and rating will be more interesting.

lol. use shitty pokemon and try to find their niche in OU, i.e. Obi and Tentacruel. Maybe try Nidoqueen as a Lucario counter instead of Gliscor? Or CounterSashing Spinda instead of Heatran to counter Scizor? Or maybe Dunsparce as a Latias counter instead of Tyranitar? LOL!!!!

If you are looking to get back into rating, your best bet is to "force" yourself to do one rate a day, of decent quality. I have had a Ten day span where I didn't even enter the RMT Forum (Bloo, my tutor, was not pleased). It seems unbearable at first, but eventually, the time will come where you look forward to rating.

Misa Campo, this may be a bit late but, creative /=/ shitty. Just know that before acting very obnoxious about things.

Thanks guys, idk if anyone noticed (probably not cause everyone hates me) but I've been rating a lot more lately! Sucks for the rmt forum now they have to deal with my bad rates some more haha ;)

I've been rating for almost two weeks, (I think) and I saw how my own team building has improved because of this. Also, as I rate other peoples teams, my mind has opened up to more options in Pokemon slots and some underrated Pokemon's I've never used, it's great. :)

P.S. - underrated: I mean pokemons i almost never used, ie: Zapdos.. B)

Yes I agree that rating has also helped my team building skills. When I hit a bored patch I just spend making a new team. Still, people listening to rates and thanking you and stuff make me much more likely to get back into the grove of rating.

Oh and snorlax: YOu were always a good rater lol, better than me anyway, I was looking back to my early posts and I was cringing at some of them lol....ah nostelga

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