Molk
Godlike Usmash
I have no issue with this suspect test of Venomoth. But....
The way this is phrased makes it sound like suspecting has become a scheduled undertaking we do rather than a necessity when something(s) become too far removed from the meta as a whole. And that this suspect was for some Pokemon, but there was no specific issue that caused the suspect. That Venomoth just became the target after a talk of who would be a likely one to try, not a needed one.
I suspect (no pun intended) that this was just phrased wrong and the test had reason to come about. Just wanted to voice how this sounded.... problematic.
Just wanted to let everybody know that this is not the case. Suspect testing has not become some sort of scheduled undertaking, and Venomoth was chosen for a test because it's been thought to be a legitimately problematic Pokemon in the metagame by people both in and outside of the council for a little while now, not just for the sake of it. In fact, i can 100% assure you that not a single Pokemon in the history of Gen 6/ORAS RU has been suspected just for the sake of a test, and the council, atomicllamas, and i, actually work very hard to make sure that this isn't the case and that the witch hunts that hilarious described don't happen, especially during relatively stable stages of the metagame. Sorry if the way the OP was worded sounded that way x.x.But this is my concern: if we're suspecting for the sake of it and we have a history of banning everything tested then I'm afraid we will merely go on witch hunts to find the next broken Pokemon even if it's not broken, even if it's just the best or most notable Pokemon - which it could be without being broken.
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