senorlopez
Formerly Ricardo [old]
Gen 9 huh...Truly the generation that keeps shooting itself in the foot - where every suspect splits the player base in half and no one can agree on what is and isn't acceptable.
If you don't like this gen as it is, pack it up and play something else. The main players have decided on the identity of the tier and unless the almighty CTC himself bestows upon us mere mortals his teachings of what will bless the tier, nothing will gain enough traction for change. Barring some divine discovery, this is gen 9 folks.
With no clear direction of where to go from here, I implore those with power to use this time to reflect and consider modernizing some of the policies that got us here.
For instance, would have the tier been made more enjoyable if Supreme Overlord was banned? How about Electro Shot? Did we have to wait for a 2nd Last Respects user before the move was banned? I understand why things are as they are but modern mons are designed differently than how they were 10 years ago - we should seriously reconsider our collective stance on how exclusive moves and abilities are evaluated.
Look away now...
We have 3 different interpretations of sleep clause across the site. Regardless of your view whether it was the right thing to do or not, wouldn't it be nice to have consistency? Was it the right decision to ban sleep and not Darkrai on current tiering policy? I don't know (spoilers no one does because that meta doesn't exist) but I do know that that decision indirectly nerfed grass types, indirectly nerfed sun, indirectly buffed waterpon etc. Was it right to enact a change that had (unforeseen?) meta changing consequences when something much simpler could have been enacted and then, if that didn't settle the issue, ban sleep clause? Again, I don't know but if tiering policy drove us to make such a widespread change instead of a more granular one (Darkrai) that could have been built upon if that didn't work, then I think that policy should be reflected on.
Toss in updating species clause in some form as well - what's the problem with me using Zapdos and Zapdos-G on the same team for instance? They're completely different mons.
Good luck to the council for the rest of the gen because I would have no idea where to go from here to appease people.
If you don't like this gen as it is, pack it up and play something else. The main players have decided on the identity of the tier and unless the almighty CTC himself bestows upon us mere mortals his teachings of what will bless the tier, nothing will gain enough traction for change. Barring some divine discovery, this is gen 9 folks.
With no clear direction of where to go from here, I implore those with power to use this time to reflect and consider modernizing some of the policies that got us here.
For instance, would have the tier been made more enjoyable if Supreme Overlord was banned? How about Electro Shot? Did we have to wait for a 2nd Last Respects user before the move was banned? I understand why things are as they are but modern mons are designed differently than how they were 10 years ago - we should seriously reconsider our collective stance on how exclusive moves and abilities are evaluated.
Look away now...
We have 3 different interpretations of sleep clause across the site. Regardless of your view whether it was the right thing to do or not, wouldn't it be nice to have consistency? Was it the right decision to ban sleep and not Darkrai on current tiering policy? I don't know (spoilers no one does because that meta doesn't exist) but I do know that that decision indirectly nerfed grass types, indirectly nerfed sun, indirectly buffed waterpon etc. Was it right to enact a change that had (unforeseen?) meta changing consequences when something much simpler could have been enacted and then, if that didn't settle the issue, ban sleep clause? Again, I don't know but if tiering policy drove us to make such a widespread change instead of a more granular one (Darkrai) that could have been built upon if that didn't work, then I think that policy should be reflected on.
Toss in updating species clause in some form as well - what's the problem with me using Zapdos and Zapdos-G on the same team for instance? They're completely different mons.
Good luck to the council for the rest of the gen because I would have no idea where to go from here to appease people.
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