Issue #20 Feedback Poll!

***bojangles***** · May 23rd, 2012, 12:16:54 PM

On a roll with big polls.

Hi everyone! We at The Smog are always looking for some feedback, so here's another polling thread. Post some feedback here and we'll take it into consideration for future issues.

Some questions to keep in mind:

What are your favorite articles? Why?
What can we do to improve for future issues?
What kind of articles would you like to see that we don't currently cover?

If you have any more questions or things you'd like to address, please feel free, but remember to justify your opinions! In addition, please try to keep everything civil. Keep all criticism constructive and not disparaging! Thanks.

Bad Romance · May 23rd, 2012, 1:11:28 PM

What are your favorite articles? The Mock Awards
What can we do to improve for future issues? Less LC and DW articles
What kind of articles would you like to see that we don't currently cover? Nothing

Tomahawk9 · May 23rd, 2012, 1:34:34 PM

You don't have to read LC and DW articles if you're not interested in them.

Bad Romance · May 23rd, 2012, 1:56:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Tomahawk9

You don't have to read LC and DW articles if you're not interested in them.

I was just stating my honest opinion. In my opinion not doing DW and LC articles would improve future issues.

indian · May 23rd, 2012, 2:01:40 PM

What are your favourite articles?
Most dangerous pokes, ou rmt.
What should be done to improve?
It is difficult to wait for more than 2 months.
What kind of articles do you want that we dont currently cover?
None.

Eagle4 · May 23rd, 2012, 2:15:43 PM

What are your favourite articles? The Judge A Pokemon series.
What should be done to improve? Agreeing with Indian, a shorter waiting period, and also more top 10's:)
What kind of articles do you want that we don't currently cover?
A revised poked entry competition would be nice, but The Smog is (almost) perfect as it is...

Draycos7 · May 23rd, 2012, 7:50:26 PM

What are your favorite articles? Why? I liked the Nuzlocke article, it's nice to see a bit of a guide put out there for new nuzfans.
What can we do to improve for future issues? Probably less of a waiting time. But more realistically, more articles about cores would be nice.
What kind of articles would you like to see that we don't currently cover? Maybe more mafia articles? :V Or more funny ones.

AJC · May 24th, 2012, 5:14:18 PM

i would like to see more articles like one older smog article that's basically "awesome abilitys not on awesome pokes" redone for gen 5

Atticus · May 24th, 2012, 6:40:36 PM

less pocketmonsters, more about the users. i don't really care about why i should use scizor in OU, i'm more interested in the community and their opinions

whistle · May 24th, 2012, 8:21:08 PM

plz include some troll science in pokemon biology... so much potential

~ smogon #1 LC player

Snkz · May 24th, 2012, 8:31:16 PM

I'd love to see more articles on OU and different users opinions on the metagame. Really more perspectives and tips to improve my game would be great.

The RMT section would be better if you could potentially get the creator of the team to do a follow up report or add more detail if they feel they have something more to say about the team. I really enjoy the section personally as I never go through that forum often enough myself.

Great work as usual

Age of Kings · May 24th, 2012, 8:34:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Atticus

i'm more interested in the community and their opinions

In that vein, would editorials be feasible for future issues of The Smog?

6A9 Ace Matador · May 25th, 2012, 4:28:05 AM

for a lot of players tournament coverage is probably the most interesting thing, and it's usually lacking in interesting detail such as individual pairings, replays etc. it's unfair to expect the worm to write such a large article with so much to cover though, so a suggestion is having him pick some users to help out with it

Razza · May 25th, 2012, 6:03:08 AM

i would like to see some more opinion based articles written by users and less of the "type analysis" and "featured pokemon" articles, users can look up articles onsite and get the necessary information, and more tournament coverage as ace matador suggested.

Ray Jay · May 25th, 2012, 11:17:45 AM

It is my understanding that tournament coverage is lessening due to it falling in a niche held by Competitor.

Atticus · May 25th, 2012, 2:28:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Ray Jay

It is my understanding that tournament coverage is lessening due to it falling in a niche held by Competitor.

competitor is dead RIP

***Jellicent**** · May 25th, 2012, 2:35:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Atticus

competitor is dead RIP

Eraddd insists that it is very much still alive. It's on hiatus for now while it's changing how it's set up, but don't count it out just yet ^.^

Tenodera · May 25th, 2012, 7:04:46 PM

I really enjoyed the Biology, Controlling Luck, and the Metagame Trends articles in particular. The interviews are cool, and Judge A Pokemon is hilarious as always.

Everyone can complain about production time, but a certain amount of that is necessary! I think Type Analysis is a great recurring section, but the Featured Pokemon do seem redundant unless it's a very dynamic one.

Unameser · Jun 4th, 2012, 10:21:57 PM

I agree, Biology and Controlling Luck were great.

Vix · Jun 5th, 2012, 2:00:00 PM

the biology article was my favorite.
I really hope it pops up in the next smog

ThePillsburyDoughBoy · Jun 17th, 2012, 2:40:05 AM

Controlling Luck was a pretty good article and gave me some new insites. As always the art panel is great too for funsies.

As razza said, the featured Pokes all feel like the OU analyses in the dex.

Not Jacky · Jun 17th, 2012, 7:52:11 PM

What are your favorite articles? Why? Playing with Loaded Dice: How to Control Luck; it gives a lot of insight and can be applied to any player
What can we do to improve for future issues? Replays for tournament coverage; like above posters have said, featured 'mon articles are dry
What kind of articles would you like to see that we don't currently cover? Hard to pinpoint... don't know

Pernicious · Jun 18th, 2012, 11:48:05 AM

mock smogon awards was funny. eo should write more articles

Ray Jay · Jun 18th, 2012, 1:03:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Pernicious

mock smogon awards was funny. eo should write more articles

Don't encourage him

SuperCharizardMaster · Jun 23rd, 2012, 3:22:50 AM

When #21 comes around, put some funny comparisons to certain pokemon to things like superheros and other things like that. Also if you do description for something annoying in OU like Blissly compare it to Justin Beber.:)

View Poll Results: Which were your favorite Smog articles?
Interview with Haunter	23	19.01%
Tournaments Coverage	12	9.92%
Smog Awards Results	25	20.66%
Featured OU Pokemon: Tyranitar	13	10.74%
Featured Uber Pokemon: Rayquaza	15	12.40%
Featured UU Pokemon: Zapdos	13	10.74%
Featured LC Pokemon: Bronzor	7	5.79%
Featured RU Pokemon: Aggron	8	6.61%
Featured NU Pokemon: Samurott	10	8.26%
Type Analysis: Ice	13	10.74%
VGC Field Effects	6	4.96%
Trick Room in the Lower Tiers	5	4.13%
Playing with Loaded Dice: How to Control Luck	31	25.62%
Adjusting from BW to DPP	10	8.26%
Prediction in Ubers	9	7.44%
Featured Ubers RMT	4	3.31%
Featured OU RMT	11	9.09%
Featured UU RMT	4	3.31%
Featured NU RMT	6	4.96%
OU Underrated Movesets	26	21.49%
UU Metagame Trends	9	7.44%
How the Heck is that NU?	18	14.88%
LC Cores	12	9.92%
Introduction to Wonder Launcher	6	4.96%
Introduction to Triple Battles	5	4.13%
Hitting the Lottery: BW's Big Winners	15	12.40%
The Impact of Forme-All Wear, and what it means for BW2	10	8.26%
What's New in NU?	6	4.96%
Judge a Pokémon: The Smog's 8th Art Panel	23	19.01%
Smeargle's Studio Update	9	7.44%
The Arterview: Az	9	7.44%
20 Memorable Articles in The Smog	29	23.97%
Pokémon Biology	21	17.36%
Top 10 Most Dangerous Pokémon IRL	40	33.06%
Mock Smog Awards	49	40.50%
PokéTour: Castelia City	14	11.57%
The Dream World Project	7	5.79%
Welcome to the Family	7	5.79%
Nuzlocke and Loaded	16	13.22%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 121. You may not vote on this poll

May 23rd, 2012, 1:34:34 PM	#3
Tomahawk9 Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,439	You don't have to read LC and DW articles if you're not interested in them. __________________ C&C Work \| Smog Work

May 23rd, 2012, 2:01:40 PM	#5
indian Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 63 munger, india	What are your favourite articles? Most dangerous pokes, ou rmt. What should be done to improve? It is difficult to wait for more than 2 months. What kind of articles do you want that we dont currently cover? None. __________________ Only played gen1 & gen2

May 24th, 2012, 5:14:18 PM	#8
AJC Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 2,183	i would like to see more articles like one older smog article that's basically "awesome abilitys not on awesome pokes" redone for gen 5 __________________ <Misty> NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH CHOICE BAND JIRACHI INQUISITION. <Surgo> when a man whips out a pink DS and pokemon, you know he's not afraid of anything. <capefeather> explosion got ruined by the bad economy

May 24th, 2012, 6:40:36 PM	#9
Atticus Atticus Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,248 Toronto	less pocketmonsters, more about the users. i don't really care about why i should use scizor in OU, i'm more interested in the community and their opinions __________________

May 23rd, 2012, 12:16:54 PM	#1
*bojangles* IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE, Administrator** Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,885 Location: New York, NY Mentor	Issue #20 Feedback Poll! On a roll with big polls. Hi everyone! We at The Smog are always looking for some feedback, so here's another polling thread. Post some feedback here and we'll take it into consideration for future issues. Some questions to keep in mind: What are your favorite articles? Why? What can we do to improve for future issues? What kind of articles would you like to see that we don't currently cover? If you have any more questions or things you'd like to address, please feel free, but remember to justify your opinions! In addition, please try to keep everything civil. Keep all criticism constructive and not disparaging! Thanks. __________________ [12:47pm] TV-Rocka: I want to take a naked pic with just the tigres logo on my... [12:48pm] TV-Rocka: and well, no one of my friend want to take the photo

May 23rd, 2012, 1:11:28 PM	#2
Bad Romance Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 179	What are your favorite articles? The Mock Awards What can we do to improve for future issues? Less LC and DW articles What kind of articles would you like to see that we don't currently cover? Nothing

May 23rd, 2012, 2:15:43 PM	#6
Eagle4 Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 928 Avatar by the awesome Magistrum!	What are your favourite articles? The Judge A Pokemon series. What should be done to improve? Agreeing with Indian, a shorter waiting period, and also more top 10's:) What kind of articles do you want that we don't currently cover? A revised poked entry competition would be nice, but The Smog is (almost) perfect as it is...

May 23rd, 2012, 7:50:26 PM	#7
Draycos7 Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 168	What are your favorite articles? Why? I liked the Nuzlocke article, it's nice to see a bit of a guide put out there for new nuzfans. What can we do to improve for future issues? Probably less of a waiting time. But more realistically, more articles about cores would be nice. What kind of articles would you like to see that we don't currently cover? Maybe more mafia articles? :V Or more funny ones.

May 24th, 2012, 8:21:08 PM	#10
whistle Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,604 Location: Chicago	plz include some troll science in pokemon biology... so much potential ~ smogon #1 LC player __________________ <&Gouki> whistles sig is the best thing on smogon (slightly updated 3/13/13)

May 24th, 2012, 8:31:16 PM	#11
Snkz Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 384 Canada EH	I'd love to see more articles on OU and different users opinions on the metagame. Really more perspectives and tips to improve my game would be great. The RMT section would be better if you could potentially get the creator of the team to do a follow up report or add more detail if they feel they have something more to say about the team. I really enjoy the section personally as I never go through that forum often enough myself. Great work as usual __________________ Everyone should be watching Community.

May 25th, 2012, 4:28:05 AM	#13
6A9 Ace Matador floats like butter, springs like a trampoline Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 1,690	for a lot of players tournament coverage is probably the most interesting thing, and it's usually lacking in interesting detail such as individual pairings, replays etc. it's unfair to expect the worm to write such a large article with so much to cover though, so a suggestion is having him pick some users to help out with it __________________

May 25th, 2012, 6:03:08 AM	#14
Razza Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 455	i would like to see some more opinion based articles written by users and less of the "type analysis" and "featured pokemon" articles, users can look up articles onsite and get the necessary information, and more tournament coverage as ace matador suggested.

May 25th, 2012, 11:17:45 AM	#15
Ray Jay Clearly cannot choose the wine in front of you Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 1,507	It is my understanding that tournament coverage is lessening due to it falling in a niche held by Competitor. __________________ Don't count the days, make the days count. Katakiri: How did you even get into this university?

May 25th, 2012, 7:04:46 PM	#18
Tenodera Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 390 Ambassador for the Most High.	I really enjoyed the Biology, Controlling Luck, and the Metagame Trends articles in particular. The interviews are cool, and Judge A Pokemon is hilarious as always. Everyone can complain about production time, but a certain amount of that is necessary! I think Type Analysis is a great recurring section, but the Featured Pokemon do seem redundant unless it's a very dynamic one. __________________ John 14:6 REGIGIGAS is so CUTE. My wifi occasionally acts up, but that's the only reason you'll see me disconnect. ;)

Jun 4th, 2012, 10:21:57 PM	#19
Unameser Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 1	I agree, Biology and Controlling Luck were great.

Jun 5th, 2012, 2:00:00 PM	#20
Vix Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 83 MI	the biology article was my favorite. I really hope it pops up in the next smog __________________ #1 Bayleef fan on Smogon WOO! current tier: LC and Ou (but I fail at Ou still...)

Jun 17th, 2012, 2:40:05 AM	#21
ThePillsburyDoughBoy Ttar by Doughboy Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 958 Mentor	Controlling Luck was a pretty good article and gave me some new insites. As always the art panel is great too for funsies. As razza said, the featured Pokes all feel like the OU analyses in the dex. __________________ Check Out the 1 vs 1 Metagame: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3483807

Jun 17th, 2012, 7:52:11 PM	#22
Not Jacky Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 44	What are your favorite articles? Why? Playing with Loaded Dice: How to Control Luck; it gives a lot of insight and can be applied to any player What can we do to improve for future issues? Replays for tournament coverage; like above posters have said, featured 'mon articles are dry What kind of articles would you like to see that we don't currently cover? Hard to pinpoint... don't know

Jun 18th, 2012, 11:48:05 AM	#23
Pernicious Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 303 NYC	mock smogon awards was funny. eo should write more articles

Jun 23rd, 2012, 3:22:50 AM	#25
SuperCharizardMaster Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 138	When #21 comes around, put some funny comparisons to certain pokemon to things like superheros and other things like that. Also if you do description for something annoying in OU like Blissly compare it to Justin Beber.:)