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Old Oct 16th, 2010, 9:41:06 PM   #5
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Yeah, I wasn't sure if we wanted to go into why we're going to vote what we likely would or do that in the upcoming thread, but I'm with reyscarface. OHKO and Evasion are options available to people that most better players really likely won't be using. If I'm not mistaken, they were first put into effect in RBY when speed played a role in the accuracy of OHKO attacks and Evasion. Not to mention in the case of a weather-based metagame, Evasion may not even be close to viable if we have 100% Thunder and Blizzard flying everywhere. I dislike the idea of telling people they can't use something without a really justifiable excuse as to why.

I support Sleep Clause and Species Clause but that's more because I prefer the game that way and we can always point to Nintendo and place the blame on them for introducing it to us =) We may need to clarify Species after all the forms introduced in the last generation. Something like "Pokemon are considered the same if they have the same Pokedex Number" or just use whatever definition Nintendo uses in its games and tournaments.

Edit: Yes Phillip, I was thinking that as well after posting. Can we use this topic as a place for that then? Just if you oppose this method, say that as well. Or a Supermod can edit the topic to be a poll about the method used.
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