ik this is probably going to be VERY much opinions others have stated, but i still want to say this anyways. I find the suspect system to be wildly unfair, and raising reqs or adding a qualified thread dont seem like good ways to "fix" them. it feels less like it makes sure the people voting care about the tier, and more like its weeding out the unwanteds. the fact that good players who obviously could get reqs if they could will choose not too, imo more than speaks as to how bad the system is. if people didnt care about the tier, they wouldnt care to get reqs, and vote. this is a bit of a stretch, and both examples are def of diff sizes, but they are the only comperable things i could think to ou suspect voting. if people cant be bothered irl to vote, why do you think they would be bothered to vote in the smogon forums? also, other places on the forums where there are votes that are open to just about anyone, dont get many votes, the last OM nomination only had around 37 votes, when there is definitely more than 37 people who play OMs. the quality of the vote absolutely isnt getting diluted if little timmy has a better shot at reqs, cause timmy doesnt have time nor skill enough to get reqs, even if they were pushed to the lowest anyone would reasonably set them. as for the alt thread, im..... willing to hear it out, but imo it doesnt make sense. the opinions of good players should already stand out by default, be it the badges on their profile, their name being well known, or having a good arguement. also, needing to get reqs on the last suspect as well for the thread, is plain dumb. by the time of the next suspect, getting reqs for kyurem will not have mattered. if it did, getting reqs once would give them for the next suspect, which is obvs never happening. as for the thread in policy reveiw, i hard agree with everything Luigi and Alternator said there. this post is probs a better fit for that thread, but im not gonna bother with tryna get someone to post it for me. one last thing, imo, smogon needs to care more about non tour players. i understand catering to them since, ya know, smogon is about comp, but there are so many other people who play the metagames hosted here, and their voices should be heard too, not just the 1%.
(edit: the point AM said in their post is pretty much what i meant with the oms part, i probs coulda said the better. oh well. smth to do better next essay.
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(edit to avoid double posting: cg ou reqs are far more challenging than uu/ubers reqs, due there being so many more people on ladder than other tiers, which means so many more people who could be skilled enough to be a roadblock in a suspect run. and samples are only good low ladder, any competent player can probs recognize samples/common teams, ou reqs and uu reqs are different things, and should be treated as such. if reqs were this easy, i wouldve voted ban on kyu last suspect.)
(edit: the point AM said in their post is pretty much what i meant with the oms part, i probs coulda said the better. oh well. smth to do better next essay.
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(edit to avoid double posting: cg ou reqs are far more challenging than uu/ubers reqs, due there being so many more people on ladder than other tiers, which means so many more people who could be skilled enough to be a roadblock in a suspect run. and samples are only good low ladder, any competent player can probs recognize samples/common teams, ou reqs and uu reqs are different things, and should be treated as such. if reqs were this easy, i wouldve voted ban on kyu last suspect.)
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