i don't usually post on these things, but i like spectating, so one suggestion: we've already got a ton of nominations, so in the future, is it even necessary to receive more? we can establish a pool of nominations from the ones that we already have, and each time we reach stage 1, we just vote another mon out of the pool and into the spotlight. we only have to resume nominating mons once we actually run out.
also, if every nomination specifies the sets that will be addressed, then that saves time in voting for them. some mons like jirachi can run a TON of sets so it's important to narrow them down quickly. we can thereby minimize the number of sets proposed to be added in stage 2.
finally, some mons have relatively few sets, and since we're focused on the ability of other mons to counter the sets, some sets can be compressed together. for example, starmie's standard set is something like starmie @ LO hydro pump/ice beam/tbolt/rapid spin. if we give it specs, almost every mon that counters the specs set (ie can take its hits and return the favor) will also be a counter to LO sets, since specs obviously hits harder than LO. we're already concerned about the worst case scenario, so the advantage of being able to switch moves is largely mitigated by the assumption that our opponent predicts perfectly. therefore we can count these sets as the same, and only concern ourselves with countering the one that deals more damage. i guess the problem, or advantage, of this mindset is that our countering philosophy will naturally gravitate towards the sets that are most difficult to counter (cb/specs), setting aside sets whose counter pools are supersets of the stronger ones.
EDIT: oops, got ninja'd by the official decision
