Fireburn
BARN ALL
Time for Round 2!
In this test, we will be examining the ability Shadow Tag to judge whether or not it is uncompetitive and needs to be removed from the metagame. This discussion is about the ability itself and not any specific abusers, so please bear that in mind.
The laddering phase of the suspect test will last until for three weeks until November 2nd, 11:59 EST. To get a chance to vote, you will need to achieve a COIL rating of 2400 or more on Showdown's Ubers (suspect test) ladder, which has now been reset. I encourage you to abuse Shadow Tag as much as possible while laddering, so that you will have a more informed opinion of what it can/can't do.
Once the laddering phase is over, we will have a week for voting. Those who vote will also be required to personally write a paragraph explaining why they voted for the option that they did. Votes that do not include a paragraph or which are based on poor reasoning will not be counted.
The purpose of this thread is to give you guys the opportunity to discuss the test while it's ongoing. However, it will be heavily moderated to keep the discussion focused and on-topic. Be polite when posting, and back up as much of your argument you can with data and examples rather than just throwing out baseless assumptions. Do not discuss any other potential suspect in this thread. There aren't going to be any. Also do not discuss how this ban will affect other metagames. It won't.
We will also be running a research tournament with Shadow Tag banned to gauge what the metagame would be like without it.
Happy laddering!
In this test, we will be examining the ability Shadow Tag to judge whether or not it is uncompetitive and needs to be removed from the metagame. This discussion is about the ability itself and not any specific abusers, so please bear that in mind.
The laddering phase of the suspect test will last until for three weeks until November 2nd, 11:59 EST. To get a chance to vote, you will need to achieve a COIL rating of 2400 or more on Showdown's Ubers (suspect test) ladder, which has now been reset. I encourage you to abuse Shadow Tag as much as possible while laddering, so that you will have a more informed opinion of what it can/can't do.
Once the laddering phase is over, we will have a week for voting. Those who vote will also be required to personally write a paragraph explaining why they voted for the option that they did. Votes that do not include a paragraph or which are based on poor reasoning will not be counted.
The purpose of this thread is to give you guys the opportunity to discuss the test while it's ongoing. However, it will be heavily moderated to keep the discussion focused and on-topic. Be polite when posting, and back up as much of your argument you can with data and examples rather than just throwing out baseless assumptions. Do not discuss any other potential suspect in this thread. There aren't going to be any. Also do not discuss how this ban will affect other metagames. It won't.
We will also be running a research tournament with Shadow Tag banned to gauge what the metagame would be like without it.
Happy laddering!
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