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cim · Nov 2nd, 2010, 4:24:50 PM

I'm going to have to disagree with the whole "keep them as the same Pokemon" thing. Before, all Rotom were basically the same Pokemon but with 5 different "egg" moves, but now they're actually completely different Pokemon. The only reason to restrict their use on a single team via Species Clause would be just to adhere to a Nintendo naming convention rather than because they're actually the same...

Basically I agree with RBG, but even if we didn't do that I still think Rotoms are even more distinctly different than other Formes so implementing Species Clause in that way is just arbitrary.

Nov 2nd, 2010, 4:24:50 PM	#6
cim dreams of ladybugs crushed forever Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,366 five years here and i can't change my custom title :(	I'm going to have to disagree with the whole "keep them as the same Pokemon" thing. Before, all Rotom were basically the same Pokemon but with 5 different "egg" moves, but now they're actually completely different Pokemon. The only reason to restrict their use on a single team via Species Clause would be just to adhere to a Nintendo naming convention rather than because they're actually the same... Basically I agree with RBG, but even if we didn't do that I still think Rotoms are even more distinctly different than other Formes so implementing Species Clause in that way is just arbitrary. __________________ i was nobody we're all a little bit strange, don't worry about it