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    Policy Review CAP's direction once Gen 5 is released

    We all know that Gen 5 will be released soon. We all equally know that the CAP Pokemon were created with Gen 4 in mind. So, this thread is to shed a light on what will happen with existing CAP Pokemon once Gen 5 is released. Will they be 'updated' for Gen 5, so as to be playable there as...
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    P != NP: Has it been finally proven?

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/35539144/pnp12pt The paper has only been uploaded yesterday, supposedly proving that P != NP, and it hasn't been peer reviewed yet, it seems. Computer scientists and mathematicians have long suspected that P != NP, but have never proved it. For the uninformed, read...
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    The Type Defense of a Pokemon

    Approved by tennisace, Wyverii and Fuzznip. And sponsored by them, too, apparently. You would remember that at around the end of last year, I was pondering on a Typing rating for CAP. Now that I have a little bit more time in my hands, I have returned to them, and tried my hand at an offensive...
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    Buying a new laptop

    Hello guys. I'd like a bit of help from you hardware experts. :) Basically I'm going to buy a new laptop, and I'm clueless as to which brand is the best. Here's what I want: A laptop that doesn't give me trouble for as long as possible. Ideally a 15.4 inch screen. Larger would be too large...
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    New UU List (January 2010)

    Aha, the tier containing lots and lots of new Pokemon, starting this new year with a bang! First, let's list the hall of shame, which contains quite a lot of Pokemon. Besides Gallade and Honchkrow, which were recently voted BL, you UU people decided that Electrode, Espeon, Gardevoir, Magneton...
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    New OU List (January 2010)

    So, ladies and gentlemen, the new OU list, and first of this new year, is in. As DougJustDoug commented in his recently released statistics, it seems like the Standard metagame is becoming more and more, er, standard. This is confirmed by the fact that the new OU list features no new Pokemon...
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    Changes to Tiering Updates

    As per this thread, the following changes will be done to usage tiering updates from now on, unless people speak up to the contrary with valid reasons: 1) The OU and UU tiers will only be updated in January, May and September, instead of in January, April, July and October as they are...
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    Teacher sacked over 'pupil prayer'

    Maths teacher Olive Jones was let go from her job teaching children who were too ill to go to school after visiting the home of a pupil for a lesson and discussing her faith with the girl's mother. The girl was too poorly for the lesson so instead Mrs Jones, 54, spoke about her belief in...
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    Readability Indices for Smogon Articles?

    Long story short: in the postgraduate course in education I'm reading, I learned about a few readability indices. These are used to provide an estimate of the readability of a piece of text. The output of these indices is invariably the minimum grade level, based on the U.S. education system...
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    Average Movesets and Moves Used in the CAP Metagame in October and November

    Doug has courteously provided stats for the CAP metagame for October and November, and hence I am providing the usual list of commonly used moves and commonly used movesets for both months. Enjoy! Common Moves used in October: Earthquake 19.62% Thunderbolt 13.25% Stealth Rock 13.03%...
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    Average Movesets and Moves Used in the Little Cup Metagame in October and November

    Doug has kindly provided us with stats for the Little Cup metagame for the previous two months, so I thought to provide the average moves and movesets for this metagame as well. Here they are: Common Moves Used in October: Earthquake 23.41% Shadow Ball 14.16% Sucker Punch 13.41% Ice...
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    Average Movesets and Moves Used in the NU Metagame in October and November

    Stats for the NU metagame are almost unheard of, but Doug has gently provided them for the previous two months, and I thought that it wouldn't be a bad idea to provide the average movesets and moves used in this metagame as well. :) In fact, now that I think about it, this is the first time that...
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    Average Movesets and Moves Used in the UU Metagame - Now also with items!

    Here is my monthly installment of the average movesets and moves used in the Underused metagame for the previous month, November 2009. From this month I'm also offering something extra: item statistics. This is simply the smallest number of items held more often than not by a Pokemon (i.e...
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    Average Movesets and Moves Used in the Uber Metagame - Now also with items!

    Here is my monthly installment of the average movesets and moves used in the Uber metagame for the previous month, November 2009. From this month I'm also offering something extra: item statistics. This is simply the smallest number of items held more often than not by a Pokemon (i.e. more than...
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    Average Movesets and Moves Used in November (Standard and Suspect)... now with Items!

    Here is my monthly installment of the average movesets and moves used for the previous month, November 2009. From this month I'm also offering something extra: item statistics. This is simply the smallest number of items held more often than not by a Pokemon (i.e. more than 50% of said...
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    Typing Rating

    I decided to try my hand into a typing rating. I think I've already nailed the required formulae, but I won't be as bold as saying that these are the final formulae until I have time to research this thing further. First of all, we need to consider two facets to typing: its offensive nature and...
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    Base Stats Ratings Version 2.0

    It's been quite long since I posted my Base Stats Ratings thread that would change the way we think about Base Stats. I thought to update the formulae a bit to reflect the new Pokemon being added in Platinum, and also, while I'm here, to make the ratings a bit better. Firstly, a new Speed...
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    Average Movesets Statistics and Moves Used in the UU Metagame (September and October)

    Here are the average movesets stats and moves used for the UU Ladder for the months of September and October. Sorry for posting the stats for September so late. :[ Average Movesets used in the UU Ladder (September) Average Movesets used in the UU Ladder (October) Average Moves used in...
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    Average Movesets and Moves Used in the Uber Metagame (September and October)

    Here are the average movesets statistics and moves used in the Uber metagame for the months of September and October. Sorry for posting the stats for the September month so late. :( Average Movesets in the Uber Ladder in September Average Movesets in the Uber Ladder in October Average...
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    Average Movesets Stats and Moves Used for September and October (Standard & Suspect)

    Here are the usual moveset stats and moves used in September and October. Sorry for not posting the September stats until now, but I've been busy. ._. Stats for UU and Ubers shall be found in their respective subforums from now on. Standard Ladder September Average Movesets Standard Ladder...
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