What's your favorite non-OU tier (if you even play another tier)? Do you play any Other Metagames?
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Other OU Player of the Week #7: Haunter
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Haunter will there be any suspects/bans after salamence? atm everything seems balanced.
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I AM THE JAMAICAN BOBSLED TEAM
formerly Smog Frog
if there was one food you had to eat for the rest of your life, what would it be other than avocados
Do you know Dr. Ciel?
Regarding mega Metagross, what are your thoughts on it? I know it's very early to even think about reaching a conclusion on any mega evolution not named Salamence but I'm just curious. Do you think it has the potential to be too good? Or just another top tier S rank threat?
Have you had any serious thoughts or discussions about the future of the metagame, in gens 7, 8, 9...n, regarding policy? Power creep will always be a thing, the size of tiers is gonna increase, the number of tiers is gonna have to increase with it, matchups become more important (as you've said) and, eventually, (at infinity) there'll be a Pokemon to fill every niche...
...any thoughts then on how extensible Smogon's current policies are, and how applicable they'll be when OU is eventually made up of an insanely large number of similarly viable Pokemon (for arguments sake, 200 pokemon in gen 32) and a shedload of completely unsimilar broken threats waiting to be banned? (32 gens worth of megas and borked legendaries a la Genesect) :?
((Also how do you manage to keep all of your posts sounding really mature and measured when so many of the people you have to write to are being stupid about policies?))
...any thoughts then on how extensible Smogon's current policies are, and how applicable they'll be when OU is eventually made up of an insanely large number of similarly viable Pokemon (for arguments sake, 200 pokemon in gen 32) and a shedload of completely unsimilar broken threats waiting to be banned? (32 gens worth of megas and borked legendaries a la Genesect) :?
((Also how do you manage to keep all of your posts sounding really mature and measured when so many of the people you have to write to are being stupid about policies?))
I am not haunter but aldaron mentioned Greninja as a possible suspect http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/my-personal-tiering-thoughts-approach-with-oras.3521895/
haunter
Banned deucer.
Spaghetti con zucchine. I can cook it myself.
Are there even females on the internet??? Jokes aside, Sashay and Astara are the confirmed female users I interact the most on Smogon/PS.
I generally dislike the tournaments environment. Some people define it as "toxic" and probably for good reasons. I play to have fun and it's hard to have fun when you have to deal with people throwing insults at you for futile reasons. Additionally, I have a very inconvenient time zone and I remember how painful it was for me to arrange matches when I used to play tournaments in the past.
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Definitely, sometimes I miss our laddering sessions as regular users on Shoddy. It's probably because we could truly enjoy the game back then, we had no responsibilties and could just play for fun.
I've got more suspect reqs than most of these people. Besides, I don't need to prove myself in front of anyone. If people want to think that I don't play, then so be it. I don't exactly care.
Sometimes, especially when you posted pictures of your dick in the skype convo we were both in...
Once I beat chaos, so I can probably beat anyone!
Heil Skarmpiss! Sometimes he was a funny troll, but no, I don't miss him lol. He had multiple Smogon accounts, you could usually identify them from the anti-Semite comments he used to make in social forums.
Bloo, undoubtedly.
I'm afraid we won't.
You can only learn from someone like tab. Specifically, you can learn what not to do in life.
I'm not part of the italian community, if that's what you're referring to. However, I really doubt it's possible to hypothesize a community that's worse than the french one. Come on dude.
No, lol.
I'm a Smogon admin, I can't think of something more swagful than this.
No clue lol.
I'm tone deaf, sorry.
I'll probably root for my nigga Bloo, he deserves it.
Ladder hero Tele.
Answered this already, it's mainly because I dislike the environment.
I really like the X/Y (pre-ORAS) metagame. I think that it's an extremely balanced metagame, where every playstyle is almost equally viable.
Grats!
Admin privileges and dynamic ips, plus I ladder at dead hours usually.
Sorrento and the Amalfi coast, where I live, are beautiful. As for eating, in Naples we have the best pizza in the world.
If Tele fails, then Bloo/Tesung are my picks.
I don't mind people who ask questions, I just wish I had more time to answer them all.
Nope.
Yes, I would have probably unbanned it. That's probably cause I never considered Aegislash an "overpowered threat".
I would be open to test it again, not right now though. Everyone who was involved in the Aegislash vote knows that the outcome of the vote was severely influenced by a certain lobby... However, we have more pressing issues right now and we need the metagame to stabilize before potentially reintroducing new Pokémon.
I'm a political leader, it's my duty to take into account the PR aspect of any given ban/unban.
I'm really not the person to ask this kind of question to as I'm not into tournaments.
I'm honestly not sure about that. What I'm sure, instead, is that the match up component of the game is doomed to become more and more decisive in future generations of Pokémon games.
The Gen 4 one, I'm often nostalgic about those times.
The general quality of the threads is directly proportional to the size of the community. More new and inexperienced users inevitably mean more and more subpar RMTs.
I used to like DPP, until its latest stages with those boring F/W/G cores. I probably like XY more though, there's more variety and team choices. Team match up will always be a deciding factor in Pokémon.
I used to say that "weather was Gen 5" and I've adamantly defended the weather-centric Gen 5 metagame. I kinda liked Gen 5, though I can also see why people wanted to ban weather.
n_n
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Because you didn't mention me as friend, does that mean you consider me MORE than a friend?
I've always been confused about your position in the site's leadership staff. You're OU forum leader while Aldaron is the OU tier leader. Does that mean you're about equal with different duties or am I just misinterpreting this? Your forum title always came across to me as "dude in charge of everything tier related" ("Líder máximo" makes me think "maximum leader"), but then again I don't know shit about Latin/Italian.
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haunter
Banned deucer.
I used to play Ubers in Gen 5, but I haven't played a single game this Gen. I suppose Random Battles and CC 1vs1 are my favourite tiers next to OU.
Probably 1-2 more suspect tests, but I'm not too sure about it.
Pasta, undoubtedly.
Yes, I do. Although his/her real identity is a mystery.
We don't even know if we'll have Gen 7 to begin with, discussing about future policies about new potential games makes little sense to me.
Same as above. However, I think that our general philosophy of only banning what's blatantly overpowered/uncompetitive will stay the same even in future generations. Also, I doubt I'll still be involved in competitive Pokémon in a future, potential, Gen 32 lol.
I try my best and I usually tend to ignore extremely ignorant posts. My concubine, ginganinja, deals with those.
Of course, you are my bitch.
Aldaron, McMeghan, MDragon, gr8astard and myself are all leaders of the OU tier. I just happen to be the head of this forum (as in, I'm in charge of how the forum is run, appoint moderators, approve threads etc.).
That's actually Spanish and means something like "supreme commander". It's the nickname people use to refer to Fidel Castro.
Does that mean that smogon is a dictatorship ?
What do you think about the speed creep causing "what defines fast" to be completely changing throughout eras? Such as 108 speed being considered fast in DPP but now with most teams having 1 or 2 Pokemon with 120+ Base Speed with a lot of power (i.e Mega Sceptile), Pokemon like Latios are considered to have "moderate speed" and thus drastically (and imo, unhealthy) changing what would previously be considered an amazing speed tier.
doesn't "Líder máximo" mean "Commander in chief" in Italian?
From what I gathered, Aegislash was banned not because he was overpowered, but that he made it less versataile - in other words, the # of mons he reduced the viability of is greater than the # of mons he increased the viability of, and to a greater extent. Also for the fact there was no real reason NOT to run him. (at any rate, that's my opinion zzz) Is this, more or less, your opinion, with the exception that you don't think that was enough to ban him? that seems to be what I'm getting.
When will The Smog come out with a "Cooking with Haunter" entertainment article? I mean, you're italian - you must know how to cook, right?
From what I gathered, Aegislash was banned not because he was overpowered, but that he made it less versataile - in other words, the # of mons he reduced the viability of is greater than the # of mons he increased the viability of, and to a greater extent. Also for the fact there was no real reason NOT to run him. (at any rate, that's my opinion zzz) Is this, more or less, your opinion, with the exception that you don't think that was enough to ban him? that seems to be what I'm getting.
When will The Smog come out with a "Cooking with Haunter" entertainment article? I mean, you're italian - you must know how to cook, right?
Haunters female friends do all the cooking for him.
that's spanish, mate
haunter
Banned deucer.
More like that I'm an aspiring dictator eheh.
In a metagame where offense is the dominant playstyle, speed creeping your opponent is vital. Unless you're using trick room, of course. I still remember when base 100 Spe Pokémon like Salamence and Jirachi were considered fast. It's kind of funny how nowadays stuff like Terrakion, Infernape etc. are considered moderately fast. We'll probably come to the point were base 110 Spe Pokémon will be considered slow.
Yes, I do. You were an enfant prodige, so to say.do you remember when you named me as your favorite team rater for my dedication in like your well circa 2011, despite the stupid shit my 15 year old self did? i do. it warmed my heart
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We've already met in Florence if my memory serves me right... Let's meet in Naples next time, I'll offer you a pizza.
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Never! As I said, I'm an animalist. I don't eat any animal.
ginganinja , obviously.
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Something along the lines of "supreme commander", although it's not Italian, but Spanish.
As I said, I never agreed with the ban of Aegislash. I think it did more good than harm to the metagame. I've read several laughable pro-ban arguments in regards to Aegislash (the "it promotes lazy team building" was probably the funniest) and even the good ones weren't enough, in my opinion, to support a ban. However, this is not the time nor the place to discuss its status again.
I can cook a few basic recipes. I guess it's an idea you can suggest to the leaders of The Smog lol.
do u think all those years of being a yes-man were worth it to become a fat cat?
how's rafa going?
are u stubborn?
would eo ut mortus be a good barrister?
what is making u stick around? u don't really seem to hold an interest in playing or following tournaments, nor do u have any real interest in the social forums. u are not one of those people who just has nothing better to do, as by all accounts u are a very successful and busy man. u only really have a couple of real close friends with who u could easily maintain contact with over another medium. just curious as to what motivates u & why u put so much time into moderating a stagnating site which primarily focuses on things u seem not really interested in.
how's rafa going?
are u stubborn?
would eo ut mortus be a good barrister?
what is making u stick around? u don't really seem to hold an interest in playing or following tournaments, nor do u have any real interest in the social forums. u are not one of those people who just has nothing better to do, as by all accounts u are a very successful and busy man. u only really have a couple of real close friends with who u could easily maintain contact with over another medium. just curious as to what motivates u & why u put so much time into moderating a stagnating site which primarily focuses on things u seem not really interested in.
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