Recent changes - Page 2

BigZac · Jul 21st, 2012, 9:08:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Pwnemon

i love you

does congress give out the medal of honor for heroism in supporting Pokemon sims against all odds?

Lol, if they don't they should.

***Zarel**** · Aug 15th, 2012, 7:24:21 PM

[Tuesday, Aug 14]
- The networking protocol format has been changed from JSON to a more-optimized text-based format. This can reduce bandwidth requirements by a ton.

Visual aid:

***Zarel**** · Aug 25th, 2012, 12:26:29 AM

[Thursday, Aug 23]
- Added a Backup/Restore feature to the teambuilder. You can now back up and restore all your teams at once, instead of doing them one at a time. Those of you with weird cookie settings are advised to use this method to backup your teams.

***Zarel**** · Oct 2nd, 2012, 4:47:49 AM

[Saturday, Sept 29]
- The ladder has been reset and the algorithms changed. Your rating will no longer ever decrease when you win. In addition, you should see no more references to bonus pool.
- Matchmaking has been enhanced: You should be battling mostly players with similar rating as you.

[Sunday, Sept 30]
- Implemented replays: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/

[Tuesday, Oct 2]
- It is now possible to choose the order of your entire team if you're using Zoroark.

***Zarel**** · Oct 3rd, 2012, 3:34:04 AM

[Wednesday, Oct 3]
- Hurricane, Whirlwind, and Earth Power receive animations.

***Zarel**** · Oct 31st, 2012, 1:25:35 AM

[Wednesday, Oct 31]
- Servers can now have their own formats! The format list is no longer shared between servers. Instead, every server can have whatever formats and ladders they wish.

Relados · Oct 31st, 2012, 6:15:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Zarel

[Wednesday, Oct 31]
- Servers can now have their own formats! The format list is no longer shared between servers. Instead, every server can have whatever formats and ladders they wish.

This is the best thing ever.

***Antar**** · Oct 31st, 2012, 6:24:10 AM

Does this mean ladders are now stored locally?

***Zarel**** · Nov 2nd, 2012, 12:52:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Antar

Does this mean ladders are now stored locally?

No.

***Zarel**** · Nov 7th, 2012, 2:02:10 AM

[Wednesday, Nov 7]
- The rejoin bug is finally fixed. You shouldn't have to do anything weird to be able to rejoin a battle you've disconnected from anymore.

***Zarel**** · Dec 12th, 2012, 3:00:27 PM

[Tuesday, Dec 11]
- The replay database now has a search feature: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/search

[Wednesday, Dec 12]
- Doubles have now arrived at public testing. They can be played by challenging other users. Three formats are available: Doubles Random Battle, Doubles Custom Game, and Doubles VGC 2013

Mocha · Dec 12th, 2012, 4:28:42 PM

Despite the couple of bugs around, I'm really enjoying the new Doubles feature added to Showdown. Good stuff :D

***Zarel**** · Dec 14th, 2012, 7:11:01 AM

[Thursday, Dec 13]
- VGC 2013 can now be laddered

***Zarel**** · Jan 20th, 2013, 4:46:49 AM

[Thursday, Jan 10]
- We now have a new battle timer; it should make timerstalling much less effective

**Joim** · Jan 21st, 2013, 3:21:45 PM

[Friday, Jan 18]
- New feature to block incoming challenges: /away to activate, /back to accept challenges again.

[Monday, Jan 21]
- You can now click on chat names to open their trainer window to challenge or PM.
- Challenge Cup 1vs1 available via challenge.

***Cathy***** · Jan 27th, 2013, 7:59:29 AM

[Sunday, Jan 27]
- You can now tab-complete user names in the main chat, in battles, and in private messages. Details.

**Joim** · Feb 1st, 2013, 2:35:40 PM

[Friday, Feb 01]
- New feature: You can now select highlighting words, see /help highlight for more information.

**Joim** · Feb 9th, 2013, 12:12:40 PM

Well, there's been a couple of changes lately so I'll sum them up here:

[Sunday, Feb 09]
- You can now ladder the new seasonal, Valentine Venture.
- Chat history: You may now press up and down keys to navigate between your sent sentences in chat.
- Timestamps are now separated for Lobby and PMs, type /help timestamps for more info.
- /lobbychat on|off command to set the Lobby chat on or off for less lag.

**Joim** · Mar 10th, 2013, 9:20:58 AM

[Sunday, Mar 10]
- You can now play Generation I with other users via challenge in Gen 1 Custom Game. Mechanics are enforced, but Clauses are not.
- /dex is now alias for /data and /smogdex is the new /dex. It has now support for items, moves, and abilities.
- New seasonal, Spring Forward, is been out for a while.

***Zarel**** · Apr 5th, 2013, 8:39:57 PM

[Monday, Apr 22]
- Option to disable lobby chat

[Saturday, Apr 13]
- New options menu
- Option to disable animations
- Option to ignore spectators

[Friday, Apr 5]
- All registered servers (not just the main server) can now upload replays
- Replay uploading is a lot more reliable now (you'll never see another hash mismatch error)

[Wednesday, Apr 3]
- The format list has been rearranged into four main categories: Singles, Doubles, Other Metagames, and Past Gens. It should be easier to find the format you're looking for now.

Sidfrid · Apr 13th, 2013, 6:15:54 PM

Just saw the "options" bottom in the top, really good job with all this little implementations. The details is what made PS! great!

**Joim** · Apr 24th, 2013, 1:49:49 AM

[Wednesday, Apr 24]
- We now have a beta Gen 4 OU ladder available.

**Pocket** · Apr 24th, 2013, 4:15:47 AM

hurray! I've seen some DPP games played already! Are other gens close to being ready for implementation?

EDIT: GOOD NEWS, JOIM!!!

**Joim** · Apr 24th, 2013, 4:42:54 AM

Yes, Generation 1 is very close to be able to have its own ladder :)

Aug 15th, 2012, 7:24:21 PM	#27
*Zarel >> BEGIN POSTBIT Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,170 >> END POSTBIT	[Tuesday, Aug 14] - The networking protocol format has been changed from JSON to a more-optimized text-based format. This can reduce bandwidth requirements by a ton. Visual aid: __________________ Pokemon Showdown \| Replay player \| No, I am not impressed that you know that my name is Guangcong Luo. The PS website says "Copyright Guangcong Luo" at the bottom, ffs.

Aug 25th, 2012, 12:26:29 AM	#28
*Zarel >> BEGIN POSTBIT Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,170 >> END POSTBIT	[Thursday, Aug 23] - Added a Backup/Restore feature to the teambuilder. You can now back up and restore all your teams at once, instead of doing them one at a time. Those of you with weird cookie settings are advised to use this method to backup your teams. __________________ Pokemon Showdown \| Replay player \| No, I am not impressed that you know that my name is Guangcong Luo. The PS website says "Copyright Guangcong Luo" at the bottom, ffs.

Oct 2nd, 2012, 4:47:49 AM	#29
*Zarel >> BEGIN POSTBIT Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,170 >> END POSTBIT	[Saturday, Sept 29] - The ladder has been reset and the algorithms changed. Your rating will no longer ever decrease when you win. In addition, you should see no more references to bonus pool. - Matchmaking has been enhanced: You should be battling mostly players with similar rating as you. [Sunday, Sept 30] - Implemented replays: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/ [Tuesday, Oct 2] - It is now possible to choose the order of your entire team if you're using Zoroark. __________________ Pokemon Showdown \| Replay player \| No, I am not impressed that you know that my name is Guangcong Luo. The PS website says "Copyright Guangcong Luo" at the bottom, ffs.

Oct 3rd, 2012, 3:34:04 AM	#30
*Zarel >> BEGIN POSTBIT Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,170 >> END POSTBIT	[Wednesday, Oct 3] - Hurricane, Whirlwind, and Earth Power receive animations. __________________ Pokemon Showdown \| Replay player \| No, I am not impressed that you know that my name is Guangcong Luo. The PS website says "Copyright Guangcong Luo" at the bottom, ffs.

Oct 31st, 2012, 1:25:35 AM	#31
*Zarel >> BEGIN POSTBIT Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,170 >> END POSTBIT	[Wednesday, Oct 31] - Servers can now have their own formats! The format list is no longer shared between servers. Instead, every server can have whatever formats and ladders they wish. __________________ Pokemon Showdown \| Replay player \| No, I am not impressed that you know that my name is Guangcong Luo. The PS website says "Copyright Guangcong Luo" at the bottom, ffs.

Oct 31st, 2012, 6:24:10 AM	#33
*Antar That's Dr. Antar to you Super Moderator** Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 2,081 DC Metro Area	Does this mean ladders are now stored locally?

Nov 7th, 2012, 2:02:10 AM	#35
*Zarel >> BEGIN POSTBIT Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,170 >> END POSTBIT	[Wednesday, Nov 7] - The rejoin bug is finally fixed. You shouldn't have to do anything weird to be able to rejoin a battle you've disconnected from anymore. __________________ Pokemon Showdown \| Replay player \| No, I am not impressed that you know that my name is Guangcong Luo. The PS website says "Copyright Guangcong Luo" at the bottom, ffs.

Dec 12th, 2012, 3:00:27 PM	#36
*Zarel >> BEGIN POSTBIT Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,170 >> END POSTBIT	[Tuesday, Dec 11] - The replay database now has a search feature: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/search [Wednesday, Dec 12] - Doubles have now arrived at public testing. They can be played by challenging other users. Three formats are available: Doubles Random Battle, Doubles Custom Game, and Doubles VGC 2013 __________________ Pokemon Showdown \| Replay player \| No, I am not impressed that you know that my name is Guangcong Luo. The PS website says "Copyright Guangcong Luo" at the bottom, ffs.

Dec 12th, 2012, 4:28:42 PM	#37
Mocha Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 23 Playing Skyrim and being hyped over Pokemon X and Y	Despite the couple of bugs around, I'm really enjoying the new Doubles feature added to Showdown. Good stuff :D __________________ Youtube \| All is Brawl \| Smashboards \|

Dec 14th, 2012, 7:11:01 AM	#38
*Zarel >> BEGIN POSTBIT Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,170 >> END POSTBIT	[Thursday, Dec 13] - VGC 2013 can now be laddered __________________ Pokemon Showdown \| Replay player \| No, I am not impressed that you know that my name is Guangcong Luo. The PS website says "Copyright Guangcong Luo" at the bottom, ffs.

Jan 20th, 2013, 4:46:49 AM	#39
*Zarel >> BEGIN POSTBIT Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,170 >> END POSTBIT	[Thursday, Jan 10] - We now have a new battle timer; it should make timerstalling much less effective __________________ Pokemon Showdown \| Replay player \| No, I am not impressed that you know that my name is Guangcong Luo. The PS website says "Copyright Guangcong Luo" at the bottom, ffs.

Jan 21st, 2013, 3:21:45 PM	#40
Joim It's only over when you give up Moderator Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 732 Joim is pronounced like joy-m, stress on "Jo". It's /ˈdʒɔɪm/. Mentor	[Friday, Jan 18] - New feature to block incoming challenges: /away to activate, /back to accept challenges again. [Monday, Jan 21] - You can now click on chat names to open their trainer window to challenge or PM. - Challenge Cup 1vs1 available via challenge. __________________ Intelligence speaks, wisdom listens. Contributions: \| \| \| \| \| Spanish Translation \| May Seasonal \| PS contributions Smog articles: NFEs in NU \| NU Spotlight: Drifblim \| Seasonal Fun \| Blue Best Rival Projects: Joim's Lab: OMs in action \| Speed Calc \| Old Gens in PS Gameplay: Play Smogon Doubles! \| Joimmons [15:24] <%Joim> I have so many fans! [15:24] <@TheImmortal> do they keep you cool [12:00] <@mikel\|away> i love a good twistie penis gif

Jan 27th, 2013, 7:59:29 AM	#41
*Cathy* Administrator** Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 1,062	[Sunday, Jan 27] - You can now tab-complete user names in the main chat, in battles, and in private messages. Details.

Feb 1st, 2013, 2:35:40 PM	#42
Joim It's only over when you give up Moderator Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 732 Joim is pronounced like joy-m, stress on "Jo". It's /ˈdʒɔɪm/. Mentor	[Friday, Feb 01] - New feature: You can now select highlighting words, see /help highlight for more information. __________________ Intelligence speaks, wisdom listens. Contributions: \| \| \| \| \| Spanish Translation \| May Seasonal \| PS contributions Smog articles: NFEs in NU \| NU Spotlight: Drifblim \| Seasonal Fun \| Blue Best Rival Projects: Joim's Lab: OMs in action \| Speed Calc \| Old Gens in PS Gameplay: Play Smogon Doubles! \| Joimmons [15:24] <%Joim> I have so many fans! [15:24] <@TheImmortal> do they keep you cool [12:00] <@mikel\|away> i love a good twistie penis gif

Feb 9th, 2013, 12:12:40 PM	#43
Joim It's only over when you give up Moderator Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 732 Joim is pronounced like joy-m, stress on "Jo". It's /ˈdʒɔɪm/. Mentor	Well, there's been a couple of changes lately so I'll sum them up here: [Sunday, Feb 09] - You can now ladder the new seasonal, Valentine Venture. - Chat history: You may now press up and down keys to navigate between your sent sentences in chat. - Timestamps are now separated for Lobby and PMs, type /help timestamps for more info. - /lobbychat on\|off command to set the Lobby chat on or off for less lag. __________________ Intelligence speaks, wisdom listens. Contributions: \| \| \| \| \| Spanish Translation \| May Seasonal \| PS contributions Smog articles: NFEs in NU \| NU Spotlight: Drifblim \| Seasonal Fun \| Blue Best Rival Projects: Joim's Lab: OMs in action \| Speed Calc \| Old Gens in PS Gameplay: Play Smogon Doubles! \| Joimmons [15:24] <%Joim> I have so many fans! [15:24] <@TheImmortal> do they keep you cool [12:00] <@mikel\|away> i love a good twistie penis gif

Mar 10th, 2013, 9:20:58 AM	#44
Joim It's only over when you give up Moderator Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 732 Joim is pronounced like joy-m, stress on "Jo". It's /ˈdʒɔɪm/. Mentor	[Sunday, Mar 10] - You can now play Generation I with other users via challenge in Gen 1 Custom Game. Mechanics are enforced, but Clauses are not. - /dex is now alias for /data and /smogdex is the new /dex. It has now support for items, moves, and abilities. - New seasonal, Spring Forward, is been out for a while. __________________ Intelligence speaks, wisdom listens. Contributions: \| \| \| \| \| Spanish Translation \| May Seasonal \| PS contributions Smog articles: NFEs in NU \| NU Spotlight: Drifblim \| Seasonal Fun \| Blue Best Rival Projects: Joim's Lab: OMs in action \| Speed Calc \| Old Gens in PS Gameplay: Play Smogon Doubles! \| Joimmons [15:24] <%Joim> I have so many fans! [15:24] <@TheImmortal> do they keep you cool [12:00] <@mikel\|away> i love a good twistie penis gif

Apr 5th, 2013, 8:39:57 PM	#45
*Zarel >> BEGIN POSTBIT Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,170 >> END POSTBIT	[Monday, Apr 22] - Option to disable lobby chat [Saturday, Apr 13] - New options menu - Option to disable animations - Option to ignore spectators [Friday, Apr 5] - All registered servers (not just the main server) can now upload replays - Replay uploading is a lot more reliable now (you'll never see another hash mismatch error) [Wednesday, Apr 3] - The format list has been rearranged into four main categories: Singles, Doubles, Other Metagames, and Past Gens. It should be easier to find the format you're looking for now. __________________ Pokemon Showdown \| Replay player \| No, I am not impressed that you know that my name is Guangcong Luo. The PS website says "Copyright Guangcong Luo" at the bottom, ffs. Last edited by Zarel; Apr 24th, 2013 at 3:08:54 AM.

Apr 13th, 2013, 6:15:54 PM	#46
Sidfrid Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 217 Dominican Republic	Just saw the "options" bottom in the top, really good job with all this little implementations. The details is what made PS! great! __________________ ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ I rum man Smogon's Hot 350 List

Apr 24th, 2013, 1:49:49 AM	#47
Joim It's only over when you give up Moderator Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 732 Joim is pronounced like joy-m, stress on "Jo". It's /ˈdʒɔɪm/. Mentor	[Wednesday, Apr 24] - We now have a beta Gen 4 OU ladder available. __________________ Intelligence speaks, wisdom listens. Contributions: \| \| \| \| \| Spanish Translation \| May Seasonal \| PS contributions Smog articles: NFEs in NU \| NU Spotlight: Drifblim \| Seasonal Fun \| Blue Best Rival Projects: Joim's Lab: OMs in action \| Speed Calc \| Old Gens in PS Gameplay: Play Smogon Doubles! \| Joimmons [15:24] <%Joim> I have so many fans! [15:24] <@TheImmortal> do they keep you cool [12:00] <@mikel\|away> i love a good twistie penis gif

Apr 24th, 2013, 4:15:47 AM	#48
Pocket Talonflame :D Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 7,296 Bergenfield	hurray! I've seen some DPP games played already! Are other gens close to being ready for implementation? EDIT: GOOD NEWS, JOIM!!! __________________ Dark Horse Project: Conquer the Ladder! \| Word of Wisdom for Trainers \| Smogon Doubles: Let's Make It Official! Last edited by Pocket; Apr 24th, 2013 at 6:55:47 AM.

Apr 24th, 2013, 4:42:54 AM	#49
Joim It's only over when you give up Moderator Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 732 Joim is pronounced like joy-m, stress on "Jo". It's /ˈdʒɔɪm/. Mentor	Yes, Generation 1 is very close to be able to have its own ladder :) __________________ Intelligence speaks, wisdom listens. Contributions: \| \| \| \| \| Spanish Translation \| May Seasonal \| PS contributions Smog articles: NFEs in NU \| NU Spotlight: Drifblim \| Seasonal Fun \| Blue Best Rival Projects: Joim's Lab: OMs in action \| Speed Calc \| Old Gens in PS Gameplay: Play Smogon Doubles! \| Joimmons [15:24] <%Joim> I have so many fans! [15:24] <@TheImmortal> do they keep you cool [12:00] <@mikel\|away> i love a good twistie penis gif