Recent content by depressi0n cherry

As a result of the (positive) change in transparency and the precedent set by survey results determining every single pre-Home tiering decision, players have come to expect that surveys/community input will make an impact on every tiering decision. Maybe it's not "required" by Smogon policy, but...

Surveying players is great. People want that. People don't want to reply to surveys, then for those surveys to not count for anything. Shifu got "middling support" for a ban -- less than pre-home Garg. Volc wasn't even on the most recent survey. It can't be said that the community played a role...

It becomes an issue when action is immediately taken on things that aren't even supported by the playerbase in the survey results that you do have. Death threats are obviously uncalled for. No one deserves that -- certainly not volunteers. From an outside perspective, it just feels like...

It's actually laughable to somehow think that ignoring survey results entirely is better than considering the most recent public opinion available. Lack of information on public opinion from the current metagame is reason to NOT take action. Neither Shifu nor Volc was anywhere near as...

yeah I’m pretty fuckin tired of council ignoring public sentiment to do whatever they want and justifying it based on tournaments that no one else cares about

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As of right now (post-Palafin/Mega Delibird ban), with Terastall being the next big topic on the radar, should we expect future tiering actions to be based on suspect tests? Of course, any future decisions will be significantly impacted by whatever happens with Terastall, but I'd be interested...

It’s not the most ridiculously powerful wallbreaker or the fastest offensive pivot, but Cinderace offers a great combination of these traits that’s not seen on any other pokemon in SS OU. It’s a powerful breaker that’s also a pretty fast pivot. This gives it a unique role in a momentum-centric...

I’m wholeheartedly in favor of retesting Ace and personally believe it to be a healthy presence for the meta. In the previous survey that led to Ace and Gear’s quickbans, there was a statistically significant difference in the level of support for banning Ace vs. how much support there was for...

Magearna gotta go. That shit is a whole menace. Maybe it’d be okay if it just ran Specs, Scarf, and AV, but the 750,000 variations of setup Mag are too much, especially on screens HO. Its movepool is absolutely ridiculous. It has a way to beat any potential check in the game, depending on which...