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    Staying away from popularity: Pokemon that you like that others don't and hate that everyone likes

    I really have a soft spot for Sigilyph. At first, when I saw it, I was like, "WTF is this thing?" But I've since learned about it's wonderful, awesome competitive niche, and I've loved the flying totem pole ever since. I suppose Porygon-Z also falls into this niche, although I'm not really sure...
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    Challenge Learn a Language, Play Pokemon!!?

    I tried it in Korean a few months ago, and gave up because it was really disconcerting :/ Recently, though, I played all the way through one in French. It's a fun way to improve your knowledge of a language; however, I feel like you have to know at least a little of the language before you...
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    Sticky Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire

    I am so hyped for this. With this, the new Smash games, and the newly announced Borderlands pre-sequel, the hype train never stops! As far as predictions go, I feel like it'll be similar to SoulSilver and HeartGold - more of a remake of the third game in the generation, with version differences...
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    How can we serve you better?

    I really enjoy OI. I love the idea of a casual, relatively easygoing community in the ocean of competitiveness that is the rest of Smogon. Of course, there are always ways to improve this. -More group events. I couldn't really participate in the Orange League, but I love the other events...
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    Why do you have to have a Nui avatar D: It's bringing back all the traumatic memories from...

    Why do you have to have a Nui avatar D: It's bringing back all the traumatic memories from watching her beat the shit out of Ryuko.
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    Challenge The Scramble Challenge - Mark 2

    Why does the thread title sound like it's summoning Cthulhu now 0_0 Anyway, I'll give out some scrambles in a bit. Check back on this post for edits!
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    Challenge The Scramble Challenge - Mark 2

    Accepted, Hula :D Just need one more! I have Hobbes the Growlithe, Garfield the Meowth, Jason the Abra, Bruce the Zubatman, and Aquaman the Poliwag!
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    Metagame NP: RU Stage -1: Message to Oglemi, Nails, and Honko (VENOMOTH STOLEN FROM US))

    I've been using Sableye on my team, and I can say without a doubt that it's ridiculous. Prankster will o wisp, taunt, recover, and access to knock off is absurd. I've almost soloed entire teams with this thing. Seriously, get rid of it. I haven't used much of the other two, but I've seen enough...
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    Challenge The Scramble Challenge - Mark 2

    Oh man, how did I not realize that >.< FoxTrot's one of my favorites! Anyway, I'm coming up with yours right now. It should be ready in 15-25 minutes. EDIT: Alright, here we go. lucariomaster2, take Flame Test the Darumaka. Flame Test is a chemistry geek, who loves to test out the properties of...
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    UI/Aesthetics + How We Would Fix it

    They wouldn't put in an entire clause just for a single ability on a single Pokemon. It's much simpler to just have you select your order all of the time, even if it's slightly inconvenient. Honestly, I don't feel like there's anything too obnoxious about any of the UIs in the games. Sure...
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    Challenge The Scramble Challenge - Mark 2

    Accepted! Is this based off of any one character, or is it just a general comic book reader? :P I'll give you one back when I have time. PSA: We have a lot of people on here asking for challanges, but very few giving them. I'll give you all Scramble Pokemon, but only if you make ones for me and...
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    Let's talk about the gameplay design of Pokemon

    The best way to circumvent grinding, IMO, is to make the opponents scale with your level. That way, you get to maintain the feeling of progression due to your own work, rather than simply saying, "Okay, you made it here, all your pokemon are this level now". At the same time, scaling opponent...
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    Let's talk about the gameplay design of Pokemon

    I think that the main problems are AI and items. The AI is incredibly dumb; while they have gotten somewhat better, they're still laughable. To increase the difficulty of a Pokemon game, increasing the intelligence of the AI is first and foremost. Being able to switch out when they send out a...
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    Challenge The Scramble Challenge - Mark 2

    Reminding one more time of my Soulsilver Scramble based on comics. Currently have Aquaman the Poliwag, Hobbes the Growlithe, and Garfield the meowth.
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