Smogon Global Announcements
 

Welcome to Smogon Global Announcements! I'm here to start up something entirely new to Smogon. Our front page is a great way to get news on Smogon, but it certainly doesn't cover all of the things going on around our site and forums. There's also our Facebook page, which is a great place to get news, but I know that many of our forum-goers rarely view that page. As a result of all of this, I'm starting up a brand new announcements system on Smogon.

In this thread, you can read up on the latest announcements on Smogon, from up-and-coming tournaments to suspect decisions. We'll also be covering non-competitive updates, like Orange Islands threads and badge promotions. If you're interested in how the process works, read the hide tags below. Otherwise, hop right into reading through our announcements. If you're interested in getting notified of these updates, subscribe to this thread at the dropdown box above this post labelled "Thread Tools." The latest announcements will be on the last page of this thread. Enjoy!

The Eve of Eevee Tournament Sign-Ups Closing Soon

Sign-ups for the latest Wi-Fi Tournament, The Eve of Eevee Tournament, will end on November 24. If you want to join this quirky tournament based on the one on the Japanese Global Link, you better hurry and get a team together before Saturday!

neverused update

due to the popularity of the substitute + bulk up set, braviary was suspected for its ability to set up on many slower, defensive threats in the tier and for its ability to supposedly "beat" stall handily. while braviary does indeed pose a threat to stall teams, users such as Django have shown that these teams do not entirely outright lose to braviary by simply changing one move on an already-top-tier pokemon who can afford to lose the moveslot (psych up regirock). other pokemon, such as roar bastiodon and lairon, toxic + power gem probopass, and bulky electric-types are all viable options to check this braviary set. another argument was that braviary has many opportunities to set up against and wreck balance teams, forcing them to play more offensively. however, there are already numerous amounts of other NU pokemon who can do the same. are they broken too? of course not. thus, by a 1-10 vote, members of the senate and the rotating council voted do not ban. you can read the individual paragraphs outlining more about the votes here.

as a result of the conclusion of this suspect round, Zebraiken posted a new np, np: NU Stage 7 - Free Bird. aside from the tier retaining braviary, there are a few interesting things up for discussion too. dream world released mold breaker sawk (and to a lesser extent, throh) and simisage, simisear, and simipour with their respective abilities. those are up for discussion, as well as whatever you think is relevant in the metagame right now. so have at it!

RU Shake-Ups

With the end of Stage 11 and the drops of Cresselia and Durant from BL2, SilentVerse and Oglemi have decided to retire the original members of RU senators, since many of them were going inactive. Instead of permanent council, RU will be reverting back to rotating council positions, with those who are actively laddering in RU and contributing in forum / irc discussions filling these seats. In other words, the council seats are up for grabs!

We have currently entered Stage 12, running a staggered suspect test - 2 weeks with Nidoqueen & Cresselia followed by 2 weeks without them. Hit the RU ladder and share your RU experience to earn a spot in the council!

RU (Jedi) Council - The Return of

RU Stage 12 - Rocket Man

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The Competitor's 100th Update

The Competitor staff works around the clock to bring you all the most up-to-date information on the tourney scene. We just hit 100 updates, and shortly afterwards uploaded Who to Keep for SPL, an article by Nachos. A huge thanks to our writers, artists, grammar checkers, HTML coders, and tournament players for helping us hit this milestone in just under 5 months (that's 20 updates a month!) If you're interested in writing tournament-related articles and announcements, conducting interviews, or whipping up some art for The Competitor, shoot a PM to Tobes and Jellicent.

http://www.smogon.com/media/communit.../community.png New LC Community Contributor

Hawkstar has been awarded with a Community Contributor badge for his excellent work in the Little Cup forums. He's known for running Pokemon of the Week, along with being a good discussion member in other threads. Check out his posts in Little Cup if you're looking to become a better battler and poster!

RU Mini-Tourney 8

Sign-ups are open for the RU Mini-Tourney 8. Hosted by Yonko7, this Mini-Tournament experiments with the only Pokemon currently remaining in BL2: Venomoth. In the midst of the recent changes to the RU tier, as well as the current suspect testing of Cresselia and Nidoqueen, it should certainly be interesting to see how this past threat fares in the current metagame!

http://www.smogon.com/media/communit...ds/suspect.png New Tiering Contributors

The following members have been awarded with Tiering Contributor badges for their hard work to Smogon's tiering process. They have all voted four times in a suspect round, which is no small feat. Congrats to complete_legitimacy, Honko, Pocket, and Aqualouis for their accomplishment!



http://www.smogon.com/media/community/awards/rater.png New Team Raters

Also on the docket, The Great Mighty Doom and Superpowerdude have been awarded with a TR badge for their hard work in the RMT forum. You can see their excellent rates scattered all over that forum; hit them up if you're looking for a great rate on your team!

Snowstorm brewing in RU & NU

After UU has decided to unban Snow Warning, Hail playstyle has become accessible to lower tiers thanks to Snover's PU usage (albeit that was with Soundproof). Now the snowstorm is kicking in RU and NU right before the SPL season x0 Join in on the snow days while we determine the fate of Snow Warning in these tiers! Specifically for RU, you may even end up being selected in making this pivotal tiering decisions, depending on your participation! It's noteworthy that Nidoqueen and Cresselia are also suspects alongsisde the stormy newcomer!

RU (Jedi) Council - The Return of

RU Stage 13 - All I want for Christmas

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New Competitor Article


Huntofthelion's new article gives the run-down on some up-and-coming players this SPL, so anyone on the look-out for fresh talent should check it out.

New Competitor Article

Read kd24's article about the SPL draft! He has plenty of insight on what happened during the auction, and how those events have affected the SPL teams.

~Ruins of Alph's Returning Challenge!~

(it's right here)

Victory RoAd is back and better than ever! In the second edition of this RoA challenge, trainers will be hard-pressed to defeat four masters of the respective generations of RBY, GSC, ADV, and DPP. These Elite Four, respective to their generations, are gimmick abuser Floppy, french fuker Ojama, heavy drinker JabbaTheGriffin, and 2012 tournament loser BKC. First to the end of the RoAd shall be crowned champion of...well, champion. Good luck to all competitors, let's see some excellent battles!

Issue #23 of The Smog released~

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For those of you who are unaware, we released Issue #23 of The Smog earlier, complete with a spiffy new layout overhaul and almost 40 articles! We've got content on every metagame, including the Other Metagames forum and recent activities in CAP, as well as ingame information and Orange Islands activities, information on other projects in the forums, a rundown on the latest in the Pokémon TCG, and plenty of entertainment issues. We're also running the annual Smog Awards! Additionally, we ran an interview with Zarel/aeo, whom you might know better as the creator of Pokémon Showdown!. Lastly, for those of you who might want to relive all the memories (or learn about what happened in the rest of the community and maybe have a laugh) from this year, there's an article on the year as a whole full of information. There's something for most of you, if not everyone, so please check it out. We hope you enjoy!

Voice Challenge Update - UU

Get a glicko2 of 2050 with 100 battles or 1950 with 200 battles on the UU ladder to score yourself the veritably voluptuous voice status on Pokemon Showdown!

Orange Island Movie Night

In half an hour from now we will be showing four episodes of the Orange Island Arc including the very special Tracey Gets Bugged Episode for the finale. Tune in on #orangeislands

Check out the hub and the Movie Night Thread

I think I'll do this every week, feel free to join

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an announcement to everyone

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Double Conquest: Conquer IRC & Ladder Challenges!

We just started two challenges at Smogon Doubles, which together is called as the Double Conquest. The two challenges consist of IRC conquest and Ladder conquest, as you can see from the thread. The points won from these challenges will go towards the user's overall leaderboard points!

To participate in IRC Conquest, simply join #doubles and ask for a game of IRC challenge.

To participate in Ladder Conquest, add your name and alt(s) unto this: http://piratepad.net/FRCp9Q8mhn

Hopefully I'll see you on irc or the ladder! Have fun double battling :D

Voice Challenge Update - Ubers

Obtain a glicko2 of 2000 with 100 battles or 1900 with 200 battles on the Ubers ladder to earn yourself the positively pleasing plus sign that is voice on Pokemon SHOWDOWN!

Voice Challenge Update - Little Cup

Get glicko2 of 1950 with 100 battles or 1850 with 200 battles on the LC ladder. Ask &/~ for voice.

Other Metagames Premier League

Signups for the first OMPL are currently live! The metagames up for offer are Random Battle, CAP, Balanced Hackmons, Doubles, PU, and TierShift. It will operate similarly to the official Smogon Premier League where users are auctioned to teams and each team will face each other team.