Recent content by ausma

Hi all, given that there is some discussion in this thread about the current state of the council itself, I'd like to say a few things as someone presently on it. First, I'd like to be transparent about where my head has laid and what I will be doing going forward. It's not really a mystery to...

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I'm not at all concerned about Stakeout's damage output on other moves. As I said in my earlier post, a lot of what makes a defensive Pokemon useful is having intrinsic utility in the moves you would want to click 90% of the time. Not giving it Knock Off is a fine approach to addressing this...

These are functional multiplicity and integration. Functional multiplicity is making it so members of a given DID system are able to communicate with one another more seamlessly, and so the barriers around memories and general communication are less present. This communication is not too unlike...

I’d like to take this opportunity to heavily, heavily advocate for Stakeout. Considering that much of our build is designed around optimally spreading burns but also taking advantage of opportunities where we can’t, Stakeout is perfectly engineered to suit our concept of leaning into the...

WIP drone/fighter jet vulture w/ a railgun beak and a good amount of bone imagery (which i think also suits the structure of railguns). shoots powerful beams from an explosive, volatile core

We have a Smogon-endorsed Furry discord linked in the OP :D (also no there is no ausmacord)

oh that's pretty cool

Being a furry is only really as expensive as you make it. As Four Scores mentioned, reference sheets aren't terribly expensive and there are a lot of artists out there that are willing to work with you based on written descriptions and other miscellaneous photos. The expensive part comes in...

A conditional move is a move that has a specific requirement in order to obtain the user’s desired effect. Hard Press and Reversal I believe would fall under this umbrella as, in order to achieve the desired effect of more damage, there is a strict requirement (being a specific user/opponent HP...

This is probably going to be the last time I chime in for this format because I feel as though most of my concerns about this format haven’t really been heard or responded to (and that’s okay, even if it’s a bit frustrating). However I would like to say one thing regarding this rising discussion...

This is one of the best threads I’ve ever read on this site. The raw comprehensibility, incredibly cool teams, and general utility for USUM OU as a format is just amazing. I believe this thread may have also single-handedly revived my personal interest in exploring it again, and even has the...

I try my best, and that’s the most anybody can do.

I have no intention of speaking for the council or anything like that, but I wanted to say a couple of quick things to hopefully direct conversation in a productive way. The best way you can make a convincing argument for others in general is to save your replays and share them. Conjecture is...

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