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Smogon's Flying Press Article Announcements

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Balanced Hackmons Suspects and Bans Thread

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VGC: Ask a Simple Question, Get a Simple Answer

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USUM PU Suspect Process - Stage 4 Voting

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Major League RoA 3 — Week 1

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Random Battles Ladder Tournament - Cycle 1 Signups
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Apprentice Program Signups: SUMO PU

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A Blue Giveaway [Week 43]

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Rotom-Spin [QC 3/3] (GP 0/2)

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Fabled Fairytale: Fairy-types in OU

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[OU] Zygarde (1/2)

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I made a Random Hackmon Team Generator.

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Cretacerus Art
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CAP 25 - Part 7 - Competitive Ability Discussion

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Ash-Greninja [QC 1/3]
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What religion or belief system are you?

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Hearts and Backgammon Interest thread/Tournament

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itt: movie/film discussion (spoilers lol)

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The Everything NFL Thread - 2018-2019 season

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