No, it can't.
- It doesn't matter how much a suspect decimates you, that doesn't make it BL. That is your inability to adapt to the metagame. Seldom will there be a time where a suspect just "cannot be adapted to". Even Cressy has been taken care of to some extent this metagame.
This is completely irrelevant to my point. My point was for threats that don't bother you too much.
- In this way voting gets rid of some of the people that refuse to adapt to the metagame by it's somewhat-high standards for submitting paragraphs. The paragraphs themselves lower the number even further to people who actually care about what they are voting for. Just look at how many paras were submitted on Lass and you'll see what I mean!
People that don't adapt to the metagame shouldn't vote because they shouldn't know what they are talking about in most cases.
- I feel sometimes though people that qualify to vote only vote on the premise of "my team has problems with Froslass, so therefore it is BL." "Froslass gets up spikes so easy against me, so it is BL." and to a lesser extent "I can't win a lead battle vs Froslass for my life besides running a specialized lead to do just that, so it is BL." Even people who qualify to vote sometimes say that "because Froslass never gets Spikes up on me, he's obviously not BL!"
Only the last sentence is relevant to my point. The last one is what I said, a valid point assuming you can back it up with evidence and logic.
- Instead, you should base it on your own experience with your own Froslass on a team of your own. The best test would be to center a team around that suspect. Hyu for instance created a successful team centered around Froslass laying down the Spikes then Moltres sweeping the opposition. Through that he has found Froslass to be BL. It is similarly through my own experience with spike stacking teams that I have decided she needs to go.
Not everyone performs well with all types of teams and all types of Pokemon. For example, I, for the life of me, cannot get Froslass to work, the Lead set or the Bulky set. I couldn't get Spikes Roserade to work when it was in the tier. Hell, I can barely get CM Cress to work. The point is, experience against the suspect should be just as valid as experience with the suspect.
- Finally, people shouldn't just piggyback on others because they are lazy. No offense to anyone, but I believe this happened extensively last vote with LN posting his opinions on Raikou and Froslass in large detail before paragraphs were submitted. In large part of this, I also believe that is why Froslass shifted to UU and Raikou's balanced tipped the same direction. People didn't decide for themselves, they let LN do their thinking for them and then it became easy to echo his ideas because they made sense. Sure they make sense, but dang it, vote on your own please. His experiences are not yours.
I don't get what this point is trying to do other than state the obvious. It definitely better not be directed at me, considering I'm not even convinced Cresselia is BL.
