imo the less the easier it is to winIMO, the more the merrier. :)
But you feel like you accomplished moreimo the less the easier it is to win
just a thought
...you honestly think it's North Korea?Just out of curiosity, are we talking North or South Korea here?
i'd rather win than feel like i accomplished moreBut you feel like you accomplished more
just an idea
EDIT: @Pokemafia: Probably South, since they mention the Republic of Korea.
Would rather capitalise on the opportunity tbh.But you feel like you accomplished more
just an idea
Wouldn't that be fun :)?...you honestly think it's North Korea?
If you win this year I won't consider whoever wins the best, the 2012 Worlds winner (who will have played the Japanese) would be the best (in their respective division). "Taking advantage of an opportunity" makes you sound like a jerk tbh. It's not fun to win against someone not at full strength. (Unless you think that's cool)Would rather capitalise on the opportunity tbh.
The metagame is going to revolve around the playstyles. For example, Japan plays a somewhat slower and more defensive game than the United States which makes for some different Pokemon and strategies used. People use teams that do well against other people they play against so they all evolve somewhat differently. If we all played in the same environment (say if Nintendo had an official setting on wifi for VGC that everyone used), then the metagame would be the same. However, we don't interact with each other nearly as much so although a few know of the other region's style, it's still somewhat separate.I don't see why the playstyle should differ too much. It might not be a carbon copy of ours, but the same stuff is still good. I've always thought of the metagame like natural selection: the good will always rise to the top. Why wouldn't it?
Keep in mind that the Japanese players are not big on forums, either. They actually prefer to do all of their strategizing in small groups of IRL friends. While I can't say anything about what the Koreans will bring to the table, I don't think it should be based on anything you find on the internet.Hey guys, first time posting in Smogon after just purely lurking, and I've looked at the site posted in the EDIT: 4th post, not OP out of curiosity. I'm a Korean who can speak and read Korean pretty well, so I took a look at their forums etc, but they don't really seem to talk about battling very much. Most of the posts there are about trading event pokemon or dream world pokemon. They have a pretty cool looking pokedex and type charts, but other than that, I don't see any tier list or strategy analysis or anything. Nintendo products honestly aren't that big there, so I didn't really expect much, but you guys should probably not expect that much from them.
Ok, looking at their fancy flash pokedex, it's really a barebones pokedex that you find in the game, without stats or movepools or anything. Oh boy -_- there are even topics about how this one high schooler was nagged on by her parents because she was playing pokemon. I'm also seeing pages of people just talking about their national exams. Guys, I'm guessing if you're gonna see anybody from Korea, they're probably just people taking the game casually. Though you might actually see a few pretty interesting strategies, I wouldn't go out of my way to prepare for the unexpected.
Oh my goodness, so many people are commentating about how they only use legendaries >.> Unbelievable, a lot of koreans like Regigigas. If worst comes to worst, most of the people (not all) that came from Korea to compete probably won't be able to because they brought a team full of banned pokemon >.> Kinda disappointing actually. I was excited to see some interesting stuff.