technically honko is right, but jumpman is righterJumpman16 said:to put the rumors at rest yet again, boah was named after a player in one of my battles saying "boah" after something unexpected happened, chaos was spectating and he all laughed. this was almost exactly three years ago when the creation of smogon.com was in progress and chaos and i would say "boah" a lot, and after i got done with the advance tyranitar analysis, which of course contained the sub/fp/tb/crunch tyranitar chaos and i came up with, chaos suggested we name it boah
'such as' should be used for examples 100% of the time. 'Like' should only be used for comparisons.Question for you guys: how to use "like" and "such as".
I've seen many analyses where both are used. It gets more and more difficult to discern which one should be used for each situation the more times it's mentioned also, as it makes the sentence structure repetitive. It also seems like everyone has their own opinion on which one to use. Some people will also try to reword an entire sentence to use "such as" when it could all be fixed by saying "like" instead.
The original formes shouldn't have a hyphenated name. So the Incarnate forme of Landorus should just be Landorus.I think the new formes needs to be added.
Tornadus-T, Thundurus-T, Landorus-T, Kyurem-W, and Kyurem-B, if I'm correct.
And I've seen people calling Landorus, the Incarnate forme, Landorus-I in several skeletons. Goes for the other two as well. We're not going to change that right? Considering we don't call Shaymin, Shaymin-L or Giratina, Giratina-A.
Here's an example: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3469231
this one can be done away with"your team needs a Pokemon with a Bug-type resistance"
Nope, it's actually at a very good system right now. Any Pokemon may be called "it". Gender specific Pokemon should be "he" or "she". Finally, if the author deems that stylistically it makes sense to refer to his or her Pokemon as "he" or "she", even if it is not a gender specific Pokemon, this can be done. The caveat is that whatever is chosen must stay consistent throughout the analysis.Should pokemon be called "its" or "hes" and "shes"? The OP has a little bit of information on it, and I know calling something like chansey or togekiss a she makes sense, but what about other times? I've ran into some writers who blindly call things by gender, even when every other analysis has genderless. There should be more of an established precedent for gender site-wide.
Technically yes, but it's a lofty and ultimately superfluous goal. As long as it's consistent throughout the single tier analysis, it's good.What if a different analysis on-site is already referring to something else? I mean in the case of something used in UU and OU. If the UU is genderless, should the OU one remain so for continuity throughout the site?
[13:07:07] <@nixhex> HEY GUYS
[13:07:09] <@nixhex> everyone
[13:07:30] <@nixhex> if an analysis or article says "infamous boltbeam", make sure to change it so the word "infamous" isn't used
[13:07:33] <@nixhex> just change it
[13:07:37] <@GreatSage> lol
[13:07:53] <@nixhex> and if you see it in copyediting, make a big deal about it before it goes on-site
[13:07:55] <@GreatSage> boltbeam is an anachronism anyway and shouldn't be used at all this gen
[13:08:04] <@nixhex> maybe "classic"?
[13:08:33] <%iconic> Reliable
This is something you must look out for, especially in amateur checks because it may not be completely obvious to new checkers. Got it?[13:09:22] <@nixhex> "if played correctly" that is
[13:09:27] <@nixhex> btw we should get rid of that too
[13:09:34] <@nixhex> pretty sure i'm guilty of it but yeah.
[13:10:12] <@GreatSage> "can sweep once its counters are down"
[13:10:16] <@GreatSage> oh REALLY!?
[13:10:24] <%Molk> lol
[13:10:40] <%Molk> that should only be mentioned when
[13:10:58] <%Molk> 1) it has very specific counters and is pretty hard to check otherwise
[13:11:01] <%Molk> or
[13:11:16] <@nixhex> nidoking rapes once chansey is gone
[13:11:20] <%Molk> 2) or if said counters only need to be weakened