Recent content by Aziraphale

You know what, I've tried to think of a succinct reply outlining how everything boils down to enjoyment of the game. The act of trying to alter the fundamental rules of the game is an obvious example of this, you're removing elements of the game that make it undesirable and thinking that...

To be honest, if you don't enjoy this, what's the point? Enjoyment doesn't need to be mentioned because this is all about a game, which we play at this level because that's what we like. If at any point it isn't enjoyable odds are we'll either find something else to do, or schism and play a...

Where did I say that? It's like you're deliberately missing what I'm saying, which was that the warstory I linked to demonstrated his power. Not that it was proof that he was uber. Obviously being able to be used in the uber metagame doesn't make anything uber, Blissey is the most blatant...

The point I was making, in case you missed it, is that despite the bad moveset, you only had an 11% chance of 2HKOing him. Essentially, what I was saying was that it was a terrible example, but the main point of my post, the bit you ignored, was that there is other testing that should be...

I don't know if you noticed, but if Sleep Talk failed just once there, your Heatran would have died. Despite the fact that it was a completely pathetic moveset it was only due to good luck on your behalf that you dealt with it "easily". What this logs proves is that even when in the hands of...

There's a difference between "legal" or "legit" and "acceptable". Legal and legit refer to whether something is possible in the game without outside interference, acceptable is what the people involved agree is allowed. I could make a 31IVed shiny Arceus with the most ridiculous moveset...

The only way I can see testing like this working is if you did it starting with a pool of all pokemon, then as certain pokemon prove to be overcentralising to the metagame, remove them. You can't really slowly add pokemon back into the standard metagame, but in reality this method of testing...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but anyone can get access to Manaphy without an AR because it's available through Pokemon Ranger and the others. . . well, if there is an event for them, if you have an internet connection you can trade for it. So there is no justification in saying "I live in Woop Woop...

Whilst Blissey is very useful in stemming the tide of Spec sweepers, it's not the be all and end all of the defensive aspects of the metagame. It's very possible for the Standard metagame to exist and be perfectly balanced with Blissey removed, it just means people would have to adjust how they...

So with Life Orb, Choice Band/Spec or even Expert Belt that looks pretty devastating. Actually even without items it looks bad. Can't say the fact that it lacks reliable recovery beyond Lum Berry Resting (or Wish Passing) fills me with confidence that this is the best way to use TTar either...

How does this fair against the common fighting attacks? I think Infernape, Lucario, Gengar (focus blast) and Heracross in particular would absolutely smash this, regardless of defense boosts. It might be necessary to ditch Rest for Substitute for it to be viable.

McCloudDash, there is no evidence to disprove Arceus's future existence. But until someone can prove his present existence, we can only work with what we presently have available. I'm not going to bother with this argument anymore because it basically boils down to people goign "I want him to...

Well, my personal definition is: Pokemon, items and features currently available through normal usage of the game, ie, things that can be assumed to be a deliberately included part of the game. Things are are only obtainable through glitches or 3rd party devices are currently unintended until...

My statement was not specifically directed at you, but more because I have seen mention from people that things obtainable via glitches were acceptable when that is contradictory to the argument of not allowing things that are not meant to be obtained.

I always wonder why some people are so set about staying within "the limits of the game" but allow things that can be accessed through glitches. Personally, I think there's a difference between "the limits of the game" (ie, what can be achieved without 3rd party software and/or hardware) and...