Issue #11 Released!

***jumpluff**** · Sep 12th, 2010, 3:39:07 PM

As the cover says, this is the last issue of DP. As such, this issue is a little early to accomodate the BW release date, but we hope you enjoy it nonetheless. Personally I think it's a great issue for the community and strategy-wise. Furthermore, the cover is extremely cute, which is always a plus. Happy reading!

Optimusje · Sep 12th, 2010, 3:41:02 PM

Great work! looks excellent. Gonna have a fun read in this

Alchemator · Sep 12th, 2010, 3:41:09 PM

Note: Spriting Competition results will be included in the next issue. It is not too late to submit!

FlareBlitz · Sep 12th, 2010, 4:10:18 PM

That cover is way too adorable. Props to whoever drew it, and to everyone else who contributed to this issue :)

matty · Sep 12th, 2010, 4:11:59 PM

lol at the mod article

Junk · Sep 12th, 2010, 4:13:47 PM

Nice cover. It reminds me of two of the guys around here, with Delibird and Ampharos as their avatar/sig.

And the mod article is pretty lol. Great job!

**locopoke** · Sep 12th, 2010, 4:19:48 PM

Personally, I was not particularly satisfied with this issue, but as always I appreciate the effort that everybody put into it!

Rising_Dusk · Sep 12th, 2010, 4:29:46 PM

Phew! The rush of getting that sort of thing on-site is great. I haven't had a chance to read it all yet, but I look forward to doing so. Great job, everyone!

***Mekkah***** · Sep 12th, 2010, 4:29:54 PM

Congratulations to ChouToshio, Kinneas and Shinxe on their shiny new Artist badge for their work on this issue!

lordkira · Sep 12th, 2010, 4:35:43 PM

nice
loving firecape's arceus article
though i'm kinda surprised about calm mind set being the most dominant one and not the sword dancer (particularly extremekiller)

supermarth64 · Sep 12th, 2010, 4:57:46 PM

Super cute! :3

VirtualKaraokeCircusAct · Sep 12th, 2010, 5:06:23 PM

The "Evolution of the 4th Generation Metagame" article is fantastic.
From what I've read so far this is my favorite smog
Very nice job guys

Edit:
Ya definitely my favorite

***Delko**** · Sep 12th, 2010, 5:10:25 PM

Good one!

symphonyx64 · Sep 12th, 2010, 5:13:21 PM

Excellent artwork and a great way to close out the 4th gen!
Will be looking forward to reading this.

Good work, as always.

Snorlaxe · Sep 12th, 2010, 5:29:31 PM

great job as always guys!

Stallion · Sep 12th, 2010, 7:05:40 PM

I've told pluff this already but (through no fault of her own) I'm super disappointed there's no article on the world cup or even tournaments in general, when other stuff that's not nearly as important to smogon has been made into articles. As always I appreciate the enormous effort put into the magazine by all the contributors (I'm currently working 4 jobs + uni so I would never be able to replicate what they do) but I think I speak for a few people I've talked to when I say I'm disappointed at the apparent avoidal of tournaments in general...

Edit: on a positive note, I love the moderator article haha.

lati0s · Sep 12th, 2010, 8:22:08 PM

With the Special Defense boost from sand, Tyranitar effectively has a monstrous Special Defense base stat of 150

Due to the way stats are calculated this is inaccurate, the actual effective base special defense of tyranitar depends on how many EV's he is running. With no investment he has the equivalent of base 159 with 252 evs he has the equivalent of between base 174 and 175.

Trackman · Sep 12th, 2010, 9:47:07 PM

Nice job, great read as always

**ginganinja** · Sep 12th, 2010, 10:50:45 PM

Awesome issue.

Mod article was also very funny. Keep up the awesome work!

Chou Toshio · Sep 12th, 2010, 11:21:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Stallion

I've told pluff this already but (through no fault of her own) I'm super disappointed there's no article on the world cup or even tournaments in general, when other stuff that's not nearly as important to smogon has been made into articles. As always I appreciate the enormous effort put into the magazine by all the contributors (I'm currently working 4 jobs + uni so I would never be able to replicate what they do) but I think I speak for a few people I've talked to when I say I'm disappointed at the apparent avoidal of tournaments in general...

Edit: on a positive note, I love the moderator article haha.

Well only those who participate in the tournaments could write about them. If people who actually go to the tournaments and play them are not going to write, there will be no articles. This has nothing to do with the actual staff and writers of the magazine.

As a player, I personally am very disappointed with GF's blatant disregard for the large following of the singles metagame, and instead opted to force upon the larger player base, competitions of a completely different untraditional nature largely unsupported by the ingame. With that said, it's no surprise that Smogon at large has only minimal participation/support for the tournaments, and that there are too few participants available to the point where no one wrote about them for us. :/

edit 1: On another note, thanks for the badge, I'll keep working hard on art! ;)

edit 2: Also thanks for the note about Tyranitar's special defense-- when I wrote the article I couldn't find any literature about how it works exactly. I guess all you really need to know is that TTar's Special defense is FAT. :P

Shinxe · Sep 12th, 2010, 11:35:04 PM

An artist badge and the ability to give myself a cheesy user title... awesome! I wouldn't have noticed if I wasn't congratulated on it. 8[

mmmm awesome art around here, fun articles.

Toaster · Sep 13th, 2010, 12:05:23 AM

Apart from the fact Manaphy wasn't even in on the cutemon article(-_-), Great Work! I particularly liked the Archie reference in the mod article.

EDIT: Well I guess that cheered me up even though I noticed earlier anyway, not to mention Manaphy is pretty top-tier.

Talz · Sep 13th, 2010, 1:39:43 AM

There's one distinct problem with this...

Tell me it isn't cute?!

Chou Toshio · Sep 13th, 2010, 2:20:06 AM

Yeah, and what about

I mean, it's a baby seal. What more do you need to know??? Other than that it's name means "Ball-shaped-seal" in Japanes, and it's like a little ball!! How can you not want to hug it???

edit: Yeah, we know you can't cover all the cutemon, but it's just fun to complain. I mean . . . what about . . . I dunno . . . pikachu?

BuddyBlueBomber · Sep 13th, 2010, 2:36:46 AM

Just because a pokemon isn't in the cutemon list doesn't mean it's not cute : P

Theres so many cute pokemon it's not even funny. I want to hug them all.

Great Smog issue, by the way. I'm always looking forward to more, and congratz to the people who got an artist's badge!

Sep 12th, 2010, 3:41:02 PM	#2
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Sep 12th, 2010, 4:10:18 PM	#4
FlareBlitz This was never a story that would have a happy ending. Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,041 Somewhere on the edge of the bell curve	That cover is way too adorable. Props to whoever drew it, and to everyone else who contributed to this issue :) __________________ Everything was beautiful. Nothing hurt. I'm back, baby. Look for me in 5th gen UU!

Sep 12th, 2010, 4:11:59 PM	#5
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Sep 12th, 2010, 4:19:48 PM	#7
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Sep 12th, 2010, 3:39:07 PM	#1
*jumpluff just came to say hello Super Moderator** Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 5,376 Location: Australia Mentor	Issue #11 Released! Smog #11 As the cover says, this is the last issue of DP. As such, this issue is a little early to accomodate the BW release date, but we hope you enjoy it nonetheless. Personally I think it's a great issue for the community and strategy-wise. Furthermore, the cover is extremely cute, which is always a plus. Happy reading! __________________ Last edited by Mekkah; Sep 12th, 2010 at 3:52:27 PM.

Sep 12th, 2010, 4:13:47 PM	#6
Junk Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 76 Taiwan	Nice cover. It reminds me of two of the guys around here, with Delibird and Ampharos as their avatar/sig. And the mod article is pretty lol. Great job!

Sep 12th, 2010, 4:29:46 PM	#8
Rising_Dusk Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 4,742	Phew! The rush of getting that sort of thing on-site is great. I haven't had a chance to read it all yet, but I look forward to doing so. Great job, everyone!

Sep 12th, 2010, 4:29:54 PM	#9
*Mekkah* pfbwowbfobwobwobfwowbf Administrator** Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,834 Most of them are good	Congratulations to ChouToshio, Kinneas and Shinxe on their shiny new Artist badge for their work on this issue! __________________ onions videos cameras models steroids dinoturtlethings

Sep 12th, 2010, 4:35:43 PM	#10
lordkira Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 994 won't	nice loving firecape's arceus article though i'm kinda surprised about calm mind set being the most dominant one and not the sword dancer (particularly extremekiller)

Sep 12th, 2010, 5:06:23 PM	#12
VirtualKaraokeCircusAct Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 3,206	The "Evolution of the 4th Generation Metagame" article is fantastic. From what I've read so far this is my favorite smog Very nice job guys Edit: Ya definitely my favorite __________________ Yeah I thought about snorting them, will probably try it if normal ingestion isn't enough. And no I never touched a raccoon, but I somtimes pretend my cat is one. Last edited by VirtualKaraokeCircusAct; Sep 12th, 2010 at 5:54:27 PM.

Sep 12th, 2010, 5:10:25 PM	#13
*Delko at the end of the game, the king and the pawn go into the same box Super Moderator** Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 2,961 Belgium Mentor	Good one!

Sep 12th, 2010, 5:13:21 PM	#14
symphonyx64 Strive to be the best you can be everyday of your life Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,087	Excellent artwork and a great way to close out the 4th gen! Will be looking forward to reading this. Good work, as always.

Sep 12th, 2010, 5:29:31 PM	#15
Snorlaxe #bossniggaprobs Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,232	great job as always guys!

Sep 12th, 2010, 7:05:40 PM	#16
Stallion Lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,652 Canberra, Australia	I've told pluff this already but (through no fault of her own) I'm super disappointed there's no article on the world cup or even tournaments in general, when other stuff that's not nearly as important to smogon has been made into articles. As always I appreciate the enormous effort put into the magazine by all the contributors (I'm currently working 4 jobs + uni so I would never be able to replicate what they do) but I think I speak for a few people I've talked to when I say I'm disappointed at the apparent avoidal of tournaments in general... Edit: on a positive note, I love the moderator article haha. __________________

Sep 12th, 2010, 8:22:08 PM	#17
lati0s Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,492	With the Special Defense boost from sand, Tyranitar effectively has a monstrous Special Defense base stat of 150 Due to the way stats are calculated this is inaccurate, the actual effective base special defense of tyranitar depends on how many EV's he is running. With no investment he has the equivalent of base 159 with 252 evs he has the equivalent of between base 174 and 175. __________________ Formerly latios315

Sep 12th, 2010, 9:47:07 PM	#18
Trackman Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 90 Minnesota, of course	Nice job, great read as always __________________ EV Training: None atm. PM me if you ever want a battle (standard OU or UU) PT FC: 3138 0392 2145- Ev training SS FC: 2107 2540 6086- Battling and trading

Sep 12th, 2010, 10:50:45 PM	#19
ginganinja Delena 4ever Moderator Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 3,076 In Love	Awesome issue. Mod article was also very funny. Keep up the awesome work! __________________

Sep 12th, 2010, 11:35:04 PM	#21
Shinxe there and back again Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 244 Boston MA	An artist badge and the ability to give myself a cheesy user title... awesome! I wouldn't have noticed if I wasn't congratulated on it. 8[ mmmm awesome art around here, fun articles. __________________ Shinxe's Art Showcase and icons for free use! Oppan Poke' Style!

Sep 13th, 2010, 12:05:23 AM	#22
Toaster Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 521 ...	Apart from the fact Manaphy wasn't even in on the cutemon article(-_-), Great Work! I particularly liked the Archie reference in the mod article. EDIT: Well I guess that cheered me up even though I noticed earlier anyway, not to mention Manaphy is pretty top-tier. __________________ ... Last edited by Toaster; Sep 13th, 2010 at 6:41:20 AM.

Sep 13th, 2010, 1:39:43 AM	#23
Talz Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 13 Courtenay, BC, CAN	There's one distinct problem with this... Tell me it isn't cute?!

Sep 13th, 2010, 2:20:06 AM	#24
Chou Toshio Hmmm... A name for the plan... Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,937 Sea Forest	Yeah, and what about I mean, it's a baby seal. What more do you need to know??? Other than that it's name means "Ball-shaped-seal" in Japanes, and it's like a little ball!! How can you not want to hug it??? edit: Yeah, we know you can't cover all the cutemon, but it's just fun to complain. I mean . . . what about . . . I dunno . . . pikachu? __________________ "Hmmm... a name for this plan..." Last edited by Chou Toshio; Sep 13th, 2010 at 3:37:29 AM.

Sep 13th, 2010, 2:36:46 AM	#25
BuddyBlueBomber Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 759 Credit goes to Scepticallistic for making this awesome avatar	Just because a pokemon isn't in the cutemon list doesn't mean it's not cute : P Theres so many cute pokemon it's not even funny. I want to hug them all. Great Smog issue, by the way. I'm always looking forward to more, and congratz to the people who got an artist's badge! __________________ Line of the Day: Housing another person, so no art for a while ]: My RMT: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70002 The chronicles of my art: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthr...46#post2645746