A few years back Zarel said "random battle doesn't give a fuck about legality" with regards to technically illegal sets like Sucker Punch + Shell Smash Huntail (PtHGSS tutor / BW Clamperl level up); I assume the same reasoning is still held today
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sucker+smash Huntail is totally legal in PU and on the on-site analysis and all that jazz, I'm fairly certain it's legal unless just about everybody hasn't noticed or has assumed it's been legal for the past several months where offensive Huntail has been relevant.
it got Sucker Punch by level up only in ORAS; it was illegal for all of BW and XY
Well then why not just throw totally fictional items and moves on everything? Don't make me slippery slope this shiz. There's a substantial difference between giving mons a "technically illegal" combination of individually viable moves and giving them stuff that doesn't even exist. Not that I care per se, but it kinda rubs me the wrong way. Just a little.
Although giving Acrobatics mons no item is not actually so dissimilar from giving Balloon to Rotom-S. Heh.
Although giving Acrobatics mons no item is not actually so dissimilar from giving Balloon to Rotom-S. Heh.
Gems do exist, I don't know who told you they don't. They're just unreleased, like Volcanion.
Back on xbox live on xbox 360 in halo 3 - There was an area designated for uploading awesome moments that you recorded in game to, so that people viewing your profile had the option to see you in action, like your best moments. I think this concept was really cool and since we can save replays as an option from battles, I think it would be awesome if we could upload a few battles to our PSS profiles, so people could see our best/funniest/coolest battles that we choose to represent ourselves with.
Could the damage calculator be added as a tab onto showdown? Kinda like how the battle spectating is now in its own tab, maybe something like that but it displays the damage calc instead of a room/spectatable battles? (It would also be nice if the calc also automatically imported all your teams into it :p)
Like ye ol' Lightningrod Zapdos or Shadow Tag Chandelure, I know that. I don't recall those ever showing up in randbats though.
V----- Fair enough if true.
They did in BW.
Completely agree with this and I've tried to remove it in the past but Zarel does not allow me. He is stubborn. I suggest posting in here and getting enough support to persuade him.
I have a few suggestions I think would improve the users' PS! experience:
Anyways, these were a few suggestions.
- Being able to check what rooms have autoconfirmed chat on.
This would help users who lack knowledge on the autoconfirmed system, as well as assist them in finding out what rooms are and/or aren't autoconfirmed.
The command could simply be titled:
/ac or !ac
Would look like:
- Just an idea of how'd it look in my eyes. It may look different if / when it is implemented.
The command could simply be titled:
/ac or !ac
Would look like:
- The up key's function to be removed.
The up key's function allows you to re-type whatever you typed beforehand. It sounds useful on paper, if you'd need to repeat yourself, correct? However, it's an easy way for spammers to spam quicker and far more effectively, as they don't have to use Ctrl + V; instead, they just tap one key.
- The ability to manually turn off your highlights without clearing them.
This is something PS! needs, as sometimes you can dread getting highlight notifications. You'd have to go into your settings and such just to turn it off, but it'd be so much more simple to have a command and/or a checkbox in PS!'s option menu.
The command could be titled:
/hl off or /highlight off
If there were a checkbox, it'd look like:
The command could be titled:
/hl off or /highlight off
If there were a checkbox, it'd look like:
- The ability to change your name's color.
I know, I know, this has been suggested nearly a million times already. However, it'd be better than you'd think. You'd have a little color wheel containing a wide assortment of colors, and the user can choose whichever color they feel. Their account must be autoconfirmed to change their name color and they can only change the color of 2 names every hour. This would be useful for people who have a really cool name but have a terrible color for it. I personally like my color, but I'd like mine to be blue instead. It'd fit the name, Exodus Latios.
If you were able to select / change a color, it'd look like:
If you were able to select / change a color, it'd look like:
Anyways, these were a few suggestions.
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Type /modchat in the room you want to speak in to see if the room is set to autoconfirmed or not. It should also say in the roomintro.I have a few suggestions I think would improve the users' PS! experience:
- Being able to check what rooms have autoconfirmed chat on.
This would help users who lack knowledge on the autoconfirmed system, as well as assist them in finding out what rooms are and/or aren't autoconfirmed.
The command could simply be titled:
/ac or !ac
Would look like:
- Just an idea of how'd it look in my eyes. It may look different if / when it is implemented.
this is used so that people can get previous messages they said before and say them again easily if they're in a conversation and something said before needs to be said again.
This is a pretty good suggestion. For now, just uncheck "Highlight when your name is said in chat" and delete all highlights, but save the highlights in another place while they're deleted.
- The ability to manually turn off your highlights without clearing them.
This is something PS! needs, as sometimes you can dread getting highlight notifications. You'd have to go into your settings and such just to turn it off, but it'd be so much more simple to have a command and/or a checkbox in PS!'s option menu.
The command could be titled:
/hl off or /highlight off
If there were a checkbox, it'd look like:
No. This is purposely not added, as it would allow users to easily impersonate staff and other important users, which isn't good.
- The ability to change your name's color.
I know, I know, this has been suggested nearly a million times already. However, it'd be better than you'd think. You'd have a little color wheel containing a wide assortment of colors, and the user can choose whichever color they feel. Their account must be autoconfirmed to change their name color and they can only change the color of 2 names every hour. This would be useful for people who have a really cool name but have a terrible color for it. I personally like my color, but I'd like mine to be blue instead. It'd fit the name, Exodus Latios.
If you were able to select / change a color, it'd look like:
Anyways, these were a few suggestions.
How about having an option to list your PS usernames on your Smogon profile? There's an option for your real name, so it doesn't seem like it's too much of a stretch to ask for.
Practical uses include tournament match-up convenience and just letting people know what name you frequent on. This is only useful for people with Smogon usernames that don't match their PS usernames, but nonetheless not too much to ask for, right? Or is the effort > worth?
Practical uses include tournament match-up convenience and just letting people know what name you frequent on. This is only useful for people with Smogon usernames that don't match their PS usernames, but nonetheless not too much to ask for, right? Or is the effort > worth?
Tbh with the above suggestion I think it's easier for staff to just type out the command. I can understand it being a bit frustrating when it comes to moderating on mobile but unless there is another active staff in that room then there's no need to change it now. Also, the screenshots you provided only show "Warn" when there are other commands which room staff and global staff use. Using a button would be a bit unnecessary due to the range of commands.
I was thinking about being able to change the color of your name by choice. Kinda like you can on Twitch.
It's intentional that you can't do this
Adding onto this, if users could manually change their colour it's easier to impersonate staff.
The ladder used to decay every day. Now it doesn't seem to decay at all.
My suggestion is that it decays every week with 1-2%. Decay is there to avoid inactive players. Decaying every day made no sense, but now the ladder is full with players who get a high rank and then stop playing to remain their position, and alts who aren't being used anymore.
My suggestion is that it decays every week with 1-2%. Decay is there to avoid inactive players. Decaying every day made no sense, but now the ladder is full with players who get a high rank and then stop playing to remain their position, and alts who aren't being used anymore.
Another one.
When you hover your mouse over your current active Pokemon, only passive stats are shown, it should show the active stats too. Stats after calculation of boosts and Burn and Sticky web and Huge Power and Chlorophyll, etc rather than just showing 2xAttack and 0.67xSpeed, etc.
It'd be cooler if the text was color coded too, like green for increased stats, red for decreased and black for neutral. That's just aesthetic though and completely unnecessary but thought I'd put it here.
And is there a quick damage calculator? I know there is a detailed one and I'm sure there a quick one but I'm missing it. It should be added in battles. This is completely unnecessary too but.. yeah
And lastly, when hovering over opponent's pokemon sprite, I still think other min-max stats other than speed should be visible.
Thanks guys
When you hover your mouse over your current active Pokemon, only passive stats are shown, it should show the active stats too. Stats after calculation of boosts and Burn and Sticky web and Huge Power and Chlorophyll, etc rather than just showing 2xAttack and 0.67xSpeed, etc.
It'd be cooler if the text was color coded too, like green for increased stats, red for decreased and black for neutral. That's just aesthetic though and completely unnecessary but thought I'd put it here.
And is there a quick damage calculator? I know there is a detailed one and I'm sure there a quick one but I'm missing it. It should be added in battles. This is completely unnecessary too but.. yeah
And lastly, when hovering over opponent's pokemon sprite, I still think other min-max stats other than speed should be visible.
Thanks guys
Either no hazards on Random Battles, or every team having at least one means to remove them. It's just unbalanced.
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