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Yellow13 here. After due consideration, I have decided that Smogon is not quite right for me. Thank you for all your help and companionship. I will withdraw from all groups and let my posts die and recede. This decision comes after staying up all night thinking. I remember a saying, "There are...

Dead? If there is debate, I hardly call the topic dead. And did the article not mention that there is personal choice involved? I was calling up if there are there are other reasons to use powerful moves besides personal choice and the reasons I mentioned.

I was trying to focus the opinion debate on the subject into one single thread, for battlers (such as myself) who need help in this area. I presented my own opinion, and there is ambiguity over the actual truth of the matter. Debate leads to knowledge.

Thank you for your advice. Do you really think this is Smog level? Because I seriously doubt they would take any of my work. I am but a simple Smogonite, hoping to provoke discussion on aspects of the metagame. Thank you for the compliment. I also prefer more accurate moves.

Power or Accuracy? The worlds of competitive Pokemon battling and relaxed casual play, though extremely different, have a few common points that allow each player to formulate their own opinion on a subject. All 8-year-olds with a game boy (like me, when I was 8) know that Thunder, though it...

Gee Whiz. Thank you, all of you, regardless of your viewpoint, for thought-provoking and interesting posts! I had no idea I would learn so much. The next essay I am to be releasing will be less controversial, mainly focusing on the different probabilities of moves being used successfully and the...

The Metagame is very unpredictable. As there is still undiscovered information about these two new specimen, Determining their total ability and place in the game is difficult. My guess is they will go Uber, but then again, we don't know yet how the Metagame will react to them. It would be...

NixHex, I acknowledged that Jimera0 has good points, and clairified my statements. However, specifically, I was interested by the Politoed and Ninetales cases. Such abilities were previously reserved for legendary Uber Pokemon. I see it as very interesting how they were rapidly brought into OU...

Jimera0, Thank you for your post. It gave me a lot of insight. I agree with what you said, but my opinion is that GameFreak needs to be careful. I do not advocate a stale and old Metagame, rather, I advocate a Metagame that develops at a reasonable and manageable pace. What I see, in the...

uslowbro, the purpose of this thread was to ignite discussion on the future of the OU metagame, looking far ahead into future generations! Thank you for mentioning Yu-Gi-Oh!, I agree. All the funky new types of cards got old five years ago. That is why I switched to competitive Pokemon. I...

I am saying that the gentle increase in power through the generations is not beneficial to the Pokemon Metagame. The accelerated rate of creeping will outpace Smogon's ability to stay the best in the field of competitive Pokemon, and if Smogon can't do it, no one can.

Unfortunately, uslowbro, I see that happening right now in the Metagame. The Item Eviolite completely turned the NFE tier onto its head, and that is only one example. Thank you for your reply. I am asking very respectfully, could someone please RMT? I don't know how to put pictures into a post...

Greetings, I am a new Smogonite interested in joining the SSIS. However, I am cautious to take any oath before I know what I am getting into. What is the "Oath"?

Everyone has heard of the Power Creep. To keep sales coming in, designers gradually increase the power of their products, be it Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, or any other series. The trading card games are especially well known for a Power Creep. In the first Pokémon card set, no HP value was above...

A Comparison! I have noticed interesting trends in the strategies of both Zoroark and Ditto. Both Pokemon rely on the ability to be something that they are not, and confuse the opponent. However, because both ruses are easily broken, I do not think that either will create too many disturbances...

One must be careful. Ditto has potential to be a revenge killer, but after the initial shock to the opponent about having your sweeper KO'd by a blob of silly putty in disguise, I think it would be easy to adapt your tactics to avoid getting Revenge Killed again. Ditto adds another threat to...

Greetings. As Follows is my Team, which I have been experimenting with for quite some time. Such is my best one so far. I am attempting to show how Dream World is not necessary to create new and unusual tactics, and thus the title. Lead- Metagross @ Air Balloon Ability: Clear Body EV: 248...