Aldaron
geriatric
[19:07:33] <Feitan> are you guys doing any suspect tests btw
[19:07:38] <Feitan> or are we done
[19:07:38] <aldaron> i dunno
[19:07:46] <aldaron> i wanted to do thund-i before
[19:07:50] <aldaron> but now im not sure
[19:07:55] <aldaron> and im def not doing char-x anymore
[19:08:00] <Feitan> its not doing too well atm tbh @ thund
[19:08:01] <aldaron> nothing else is on my radar
[19:08:13] <Feitan> its still good but
[19:08:22] <Feitan> the type of teams that are common nowadays
[19:08:25] <Feitan> give it more trouble
[19:08:35] <Feitan> + thund itself isn't used much
[19:08:37] <Feitan> anymore
[19:08:45] <Feitan> bc it offers little defensive synergy
[19:08:48] <aldaron> what is even on people's radars
[19:08:55] <Feitan> i see more people opt for rotom/raik and whatnot
[19:08:57] <Feitan> nothing lol
[19:09:11] <aldaron> i said it right after mawile but i think this holds true still
[19:09:29] <aldaron> i think the meta has reached a spot where team match up is important but not a determining factor anymore
[19:09:43] <McMeghan> the meta
[19:09:47] <McMeghan> is rly cool right now :x
[19:09:48] <aldaron> two well built teams mostly have a chance to beat each other; one might have a better shot sure
[19:09:50] <aldaron> but that's fine
[19:10:13] <aldaron> im looking out for thund-i but atm
[19:10:19] <aldaron> im not interested in suspecting anything
(feitan is bloo)
Basically, at one point or the other, I had considered Thundurus-I and Charizard-Mega-X as potential suspects, but I no longer believe this to be necessary (at least at the moment).
The bolded part is especially important to me; I honestly don't believe team match up, at least between two well thought out and well built teams, is an extreme or absolute determining factor anymore. Sure, there is team match up, but I earnestly do not believe it is as outcome-determining as before. I truly believe a good player armed with a well built team stands a fair chance against any other team.
With that noted, I no longer to have to look towards metagame improvement bans, and can focus solely on "broken in a vacuum" bans that we used to solely focus on previous generations.
Is anything individually broken now? Why?
Don't just give me rehashed extremisms on thund-i / char-x btw; I'll delete and probably infract nonsense posts that don't show knowledge of the current meta.
[19:07:38] <Feitan> or are we done
[19:07:38] <aldaron> i dunno
[19:07:46] <aldaron> i wanted to do thund-i before
[19:07:50] <aldaron> but now im not sure
[19:07:55] <aldaron> and im def not doing char-x anymore
[19:08:00] <Feitan> its not doing too well atm tbh @ thund
[19:08:01] <aldaron> nothing else is on my radar
[19:08:13] <Feitan> its still good but
[19:08:22] <Feitan> the type of teams that are common nowadays
[19:08:25] <Feitan> give it more trouble
[19:08:35] <Feitan> + thund itself isn't used much
[19:08:37] <Feitan> anymore
[19:08:45] <Feitan> bc it offers little defensive synergy
[19:08:48] <aldaron> what is even on people's radars
[19:08:55] <Feitan> i see more people opt for rotom/raik and whatnot
[19:08:57] <Feitan> nothing lol
[19:09:11] <aldaron> i said it right after mawile but i think this holds true still
[19:09:29] <aldaron> i think the meta has reached a spot where team match up is important but not a determining factor anymore
[19:09:43] <McMeghan> the meta
[19:09:47] <McMeghan> is rly cool right now :x
[19:09:48] <aldaron> two well built teams mostly have a chance to beat each other; one might have a better shot sure
[19:09:50] <aldaron> but that's fine
[19:10:13] <aldaron> im looking out for thund-i but atm
[19:10:19] <aldaron> im not interested in suspecting anything
(feitan is bloo)
Basically, at one point or the other, I had considered Thundurus-I and Charizard-Mega-X as potential suspects, but I no longer believe this to be necessary (at least at the moment).
The bolded part is especially important to me; I honestly don't believe team match up, at least between two well thought out and well built teams, is an extreme or absolute determining factor anymore. Sure, there is team match up, but I earnestly do not believe it is as outcome-determining as before. I truly believe a good player armed with a well built team stands a fair chance against any other team.
With that noted, I no longer to have to look towards metagame improvement bans, and can focus solely on "broken in a vacuum" bans that we used to solely focus on previous generations.
Is anything individually broken now? Why?
Don't just give me rehashed extremisms on thund-i / char-x btw; I'll delete and probably infract nonsense posts that don't show knowledge of the current meta.