Recent content by tempolaly

Such an experienced field means there could be a lot of rematches of bo3s from past major singles tours, particularly from Soulwind and Giannis. A rundown: Soulwind vs Giannis - Smogtour 30 and 32 semis and finals respectively (2-0). Soulwind vs xavgb - Smogtour 35 playoffs and OLT 11 playoffs...

This is a funny premise. While there's plenty of toxicity to go around in this gen, it's not as though past gens had calm and peaceful tiering. They were in many cases much more toxic times, and the only arguably worse cultural aspect to this gen's tiering is the constant doom-posting. The...

Beyond the people who were banned for the collaboration scheme, some of the other voters were banned since the end of the vote as well, meaning the pool of legitimate voters has changed. Additionally, the principles of a blind vote are now completely lost, as we know how everyone chose to vote...

Great post, thanks for sharing your thoughts! This expresses the pro-ban tb position quite well, and better than I or others could explain. Hopefully this doesn't get buried in this thread because lots of people should read it. This is a helpful resource. I took a less technical look at recent...

This is your chance. Let's make up for tera blast not being banned like it should've been early in SV and shift to the free Regieleki + Volc retest timeline. No more should all mons not named Eelektross live in fear of getting randomly nuked by a super-effective 80bp STAB move out of nowhere...

The first four paragraphs are such good insight into the dnb position that I almost started this sentence as "the first paragraph," but then I scrolled to double check and was surprised to see it was actually four, not one. The "small note" after was great too. Thank you for sharing, this was...

Right at the beginning you glossed over the crux of things, which is that if BW were tiered as we do more recent gens, Drizzle would've been tested or even quickbanned, with no Swift Swim action needed. From there, as you say, Excadrill never would've been freed, Sand Rush would be allowed as...

hmm

The value of a supermajority system should be measured independently of the actual case of SV OU. Maintaining an ironclad precedent is always more valuable than the possible short term benefits of decision-making based on the expected immediate benefits. And there are several reasons a...

skypenguin vs [clean vs tycarter] soulwind vs lycans lusa vs mangosteak santu vs xiri empo vs ahsan-219 blunder vs ms3d fade vs lostmemories giannis antetokommo-o vs star finchinator vs zokuru Rewer vs [Tenebricite vs satanic beast] zaza vs [fc vs so noisy] pikachuzappyzap vs false dugza vs...

you can probably stop putting prinz in the bracket by now

We're getting close to a week in, so preliminary thoughts are beginning to settle. As a longtime observer of OU, the last time I played much was when Swift Swim was legal alongside OU perma-rain, so quite a few things have changed over the years. While I don't consider myself a particularly good...

Hi, I was told to post here. [Gen 9] OU replay: Pabl0342 vs. tempolaly - Pokémon Showdown (pokemonshowdown.com) On turn 11, without terastalizing, Dragapult's Terablast did 13% to an opposing Fairy-terastalized Flutter Mane, which would mean it dealt special damage, not physical. According to...