http://www.sbstatesman.com/gotta-catch-em-all-at-stony-brook786
It's a university newspaper, but still!
Edit: User Articuno64 == Jason;
It's a university newspaper, but still!
Edit: User Articuno64 == Jason;
Seriously?In order to become a Pokemon champion, a user must have all eight badges – Feather, Natural, Inferno, Gym, Cold, Magnet, Occult and Tsume
Almon, who has collected all eight badges and is now the appointed Gym Gym Leader, almost always has Pokemon-Online, a battle simulator, running on his computer, and has sorted out teams.
is now the appointed Gym Gym Leader
uh-huh.Gym Gym Leader
Why must you resort to Whimsicott, Almon ;__;“I was a big fan of Pokemon,” said Almon, who has Pokemon like Whimsicott, Ferrothorn and Haxorus on one of his teams. “This could be used to practice.”
This has nothing to do with competitive battling. Lock!
They do, but they're quite small compared to Smogon.Also read the thing about how it's the best (don't quote me on that may have miss read) site in America. This makes me curious about comepetitive Japanese sites and if they exist.
They do read this site. They just have no reason to change their bans and likely never will. It has nothing to do with being over or underpowered. Why make a complicated list based on arbitrary definitions of power when a simple clear-cut one (event legends and cover legends) works so well already?Honestly can't tell if this is serious... (The quoted post not the topic)
Great that Smogon is getting more credibility though (Ignoring the Gym Gym leader thing). (If anyone actually reads these articles) Maybe this could be a good step towards the people who work on pokemon recognizing Smogon. I just hope nintendo never follows Smogon tiers for official tournments if they take notice of Smogon from any news source. The only thing they should follow is events allowed (Barring Darkrai and Arceus for obvious reasons (Maybe shaymin but not skymin?)) but they never will because they don't want people complaining about how unfair it is if they don't have said event (I mean event legends) and many will think a player is hacking and it will anoy a judge to no end if they have to do like 5 hack checks each round in a tournement.
Sorry about the off topic ness of that. But I do believe the people who work on pokemon tournements should notice this site and realize how certain pokes aren't OP just for being events.
has Pokemon like Whimsicott, Ferrothorn and Haxorus on one of his teams
lol yeah this really does have little to do with competitive. I'd rather something like vgc was covered; it's a lot easier to look like a good player (to an outsider) on PO if you have a silly title like "gym leader" attached to your name, but the same cannot be said of VGC, in which you actually have concrete prowess (1st at a regional, top 8 at worlds, w/e).In order to become a Pokemon champion, a user must have all eight badges – Feather, Natural, Inferno, Gym, Cold, Magnet, Occult and Tsume – and move on to the Elite Four. Once up to the Elite Four, the same team of Pokemon must be used so that they can become Champion and be entered into the SBU Hall of Fame. The Elite Four is done by a theme of weather, including Hail, Sunny Day, Sandstorm and Rain Dance. So far, no one has become champion and the Hall of Fame is empty.
Didn't they banned Dark Void in VGCs, because it was overpowered?They just have no reason to change their bans and likely never will. It has nothing to do with being over or underpowered. Why make a complicated list based on arbitrary definitions of power when a simple clear-cut one (event legends and cover legends) works so well already?
^Someone who didn't go to the VGCYou need a Darkrai (which is quite hard to get for many players) to teach your smeargle darkvoid. Guess that's the reason.
That's no where close to true...^Someone who didn't go to the VGC
EVERY Smeargle had Dark Void. And Smeargle was on 1/2 of teams. That's why they banned it, not because one person did it.
No reason given. It was annoying, could prolong matches, and was quite a powerful move. Maybe they just didn't like it? In any case it's irrelevant. Our role as competitive players is to take the tools we have and play to win within the rules provided. Their role as tournament and game designers is to create an environment in which we can do that.Didn't they banned Dark Void in VGCs, because it was overpowered?