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  1. Ask a simple question, get a simple answer - mark 24 (READ THE OP)

    I'm not too familiar with the tiering system, so... Why are pokemon promoted to OU based on their usage in that tier? We say often that whether a pokemon belongs in Ubers has nothing to do with its performance there, but why are UU pokemon's tier status decided by OU usage? It seems...
  2. Salamence is Uber.

    And saying that Salamence is equivalent to Bronzong isn't? I really hate how people are using all these slippery slope arguments. Oh, they banned Salamence, what next, Luvdisc? Oh, he used Bullet Seed. What next, a school shooting? It's ridiculous. Also: I really don't see the distinction...
  3. Heavy Offense

    I can't really say whether heavy offense really 'takes less skill' than other playstyles but to simply say that all styles are equal is more naive than anything. Instead of simply saying that 'it takes thought', you'd have to explain why, no? Or simply ignore any complaint, since it's not as if...
  4. np: Stage 3 - Family Reunion ("This Is Why I Created" Remix)

    So you're saying that you're spamming Dragon Pulse every time with Heatran? Cool, Rayquaza won't be any problem then. The reason we use damage calcs is because they're not biased. How are you going to prove that something sweeps through the metagame without much effort? By showing what it can...
  5. np: Stage 3 - Family Reunion ("This Is Why I Created" Remix)

    In terms of Specs Skymin, I still think the ability to switch moves is worth more than 2hkoing Blissey or Zapdos, especially since those invite switches by all the other suspects anyway. Many of those OHKOs depend on the SpD drop coinflip anyway, and spamming Seed Flare is a lot safer when you...
  6. np: Stage 3 - Family Reunion ("This Is Why I Created" Remix)

    Is using a variety of sets on the suspects a factor? I think the most dangerous sets for each one are obvious through theory and experience, but actually using things rather than theorizing seems to be emphasized here; should we be experimenting with all the viable sets? It's been stated...
  7. np: Stage 3 - Family Reunion ("This Is Why I Created" Remix)

    This is probably because with Latios and Skymin around it can't just SD up or spam Earthquakes. If those two are taken out Garchomp will probably take a lot more of a sweeping role like it did pre-Platinum. This has probably been said somewhere, but I just wanted to confirm: is the Suspect EXP...
  8. np: Stage 3 - Family Reunion ("This Is Why I Created" Remix)

    I think we're using all the suspects because we can, really. Also, that's the only way to get experience using all of them unless you want to build six teams.
  9. np: Stage 3 - Family Reunion ("This Is Why I Created" Remix)

    Are we going to have to write six paragraphs at the end of this? And yeah, SD Chomp is not even a threat right now, but maybe that's jsut because I crammed my team with suspects... but they're all so good :/ People's only switch into Skymin seems to be Lati@s, which boggles me since they're dead...
  10. np: Manaphy - Blame It On The Rain?

    Is there going to be analysis of submitted paragraphs like with the Latios vote (except without the everyone posting theirs part)? I'd be interested in seeing that.
  11. Manaphy Vote

    Wow, I actually got in? Uber to the Max! (Uber to the somewhat)
  12. np: Manaphy - Blame It On The Rain?

    But anything can be revenge killed. I realize that the lack of a counter doesn't mean something's Uber, but if you use 'revenge killing' as a counter-argument what is Uber really? It was as an example more than anything; you'd think a STAB max attack Thunderbolt could KO, right? Depends on how...
  13. np: Manaphy - Blame It On The Rain?

    Okay, so you have a heavily-damaged Manaphy. You also have a fainted pokemon. I wouldn't call that 'countering'. Revenge-killing kind of requires that you actually kill it outright. Infernape's Close Combat or HP Ice also does a number on Garchomp, but it's not a counter. And I didn't say...
  14. np: Manaphy - Blame It On The Rain?

    Except Lucario is slower, the scarf user has to be either a Grass- or Electric-type (both walled easily) or really really strong, MixApe's Close Combat 2HKOs, and CB Snorlax gets 2HKOed by +2 Surf while it can't KO back with Body Slam (Return can with SR and Life Orb recoil). So really, the only...
  15. Abortion

    Why would humanity have anything to do with the morality of abortion anyway? Killing an adult is wrong because human adults can feel pain and sadness and regret. These are traits of the brain and the nerves and all that stuff, not of 'humans'. There's no inner switch that makes someone 'human'...
  16. Shoddy Battle 2 (the future of Shoddy Battle)

    Two minor things for convenience: 1. I don't know how many people actually use the box function, but it's a great time saver. With that in mind, could there be separate tabs for different tiers in Shoddy 2? I separate Pokemon into boxes based on their roles, and an UU Rapid Spinner probably...
  17. Final Manaphy Voters

    Confirming again as HOCOTATE, will get paragraphs (hopefully) in today
  18. Final Manaphy Voters

    Confirming | HOCOTATE | 1,696.49 | 56.31 | and condensing paragraph :toast:
  19. np: Manaphy - Blame It On The Rain?

    ahahahahahahaha I just typed up three pages. I think it's pretty good, but who knows? Hopefully good writing will mask any minor flaws in my arguments. But seriously I wrote three pages and I'm not even finished. I think part of the reason for this is that Suspect was filled with top players...
  20. The Anti-Hax Formula: Curtain Call

    Oh man. Maybe it's just the 'hax!!!!!' spirit in Shoddy but I really did believe in this, and I'd say at least 90% of Smogon members probably did too. Oh man. (Well, maybe not 90%)
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