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Hey guys, long time no see I was reading through Wired and I came across a review of the new pokemon games. Silly me, I didn't even know there were new pokemon games! Anyways, most of the way through the review/article there's a bit of a nice little Smogon name drop. It's been a long time...

Preamble: I was at a club Saturday night with a few friends, relaxing and enjoying myself, when a gay guy started to hit on me. To be fair, gay guys in Beijing don't have the option of going to specific gay-clubs or gay-bars if they want to pick up other guys, because the Beijing government...

Greetings, and welcome to Nate's first periodical attempt to make you all rich! This post is an attempt to enlighten you all as to the power of compound interest as early as possible. How and why to invest It seems, given the current extreme volatility of the market, that investing is an...

Hey guys Just moved into an apt in beijing a couple of days ago, don't really have my feet on the ground yet. I figure there's probably a whole bunch of people from beijing on smogon (if they're not all on that koudai8 site if that even still exists), so I figure a little miniature asian...

Husk1442 vs. Kholdstaire Chimaira vs. Pocket Good night, and good luck. I see husk as taking this thing. husk1442 vs. Chimaira get it done within a week so we can get on with our lives and never have to look back at this again or someone WILL get qd next sunday so asap please!

Pairings: Husk1442 vs. Groudon80 Pocket vs. Spies Kholdstaire vs. Mekkah Devilkid vs. Chimaira Good night, and good luck. Oh and husk vs. g80 if you guys want to tell me ahead of time when you schedule your match for that would be awesome. I want to watch it.

A concept often overlooked while discussing prediction is the concept of measuring the risk and reward of a move. This article will look at the basics of measuring the risks and rewards of moves, strategies for minimizing risk or maximizing reward, and pokemon who skew the risk/reward...

Here goes nothing! I was looking at the pairings after I made them (actually done randomly for once, instead of by signup no.) and the lack of crappy battlers remaining is very impressive. Pairings are as follows: Jackal vs. Spies Gdpt. vs. Kholdstaire Goofball vs. Chimaira Mekkah vs...

Congratulations to those who have made it this far. I don't particularly have much to say; if you're here you had better know the rules by now! Here, without any further ado, are the pairings. XiahouFig vs. Veteran in Love Chimaira vs. NC Cholena vs. Husk1442 Darkbolt vs. Mekkah DragonDance...

The first round was a fiasco. It stretched on for a very long period of time, for which I take full responsibility. Despite that, an astonishing number of battles were not completed. I have learned from my mistakes, and rest assured that next year’s starting format will be entirely different: 64...

Please read this paragraph very carefully. All pre-final evolution pokemon have been changed to Borderline. The exceptions to this rule are otherwise marked. See Chansey and Wynaut (both OU). If a pokemon is not on this list, it is considered a pre-final evolution and considered borderline. Any...

I have had a lot of people ask me about pre-evolved pokemon and I finally realized I simply had not devoted enough thought to the matter. Kadabra and pupitar are scary indeed, and haunter isn't bad. Quite a few people are telling me that it would be an extremely bad idea to allow them, and...

Discussion about Pre-Evos formerly Signups Signups are closed. This is the signup thread for the Summer Freedom IV UnderUsed Tournament. The tournament will last from the beginning of June until the end of August, perhaps slightly later if people are slow completing their battles. Double...

This will be open for something like a week, until signups are open. Signups will be open in May, and last until June. Pairings will be set up then, and after the first ridiculously long round the rounds will go approximately one per week. At double elimination, the tourney finishes...

A little background, a little explanation, a little looking forward is in order. The Summer Freedom tournaments are tournaments of the UU metagame, held once annually when I get out of school. The tournament is double elimination, with an average round length of one week. With a 64 person...