Jimothy Cool has some of the best educational Pokemon videos on YouTube, and fabricated replays (that make their fabrication no secret) are a large part of that, helping illustrate whatever concept is being described. In general, his stuff puts entry level Smogon resources to shame; I encourage contributors to watch him if they haven't already and take notes.
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Discussion Evaluating the Potential Use of Replays Within Smogdex Analyses
- Thread starter Sputnik
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I really like the idea of staged replays. Like has been mentioned earlier in this thread, people really don't want to read over a wall of text to see what a Pokemon does, they'd rather just see it in action. A nice replay drop-down or something similar to illustrate the point would be really great. I went ahead and made an example replay for Alomomola (definitely one of the easier ones to illustrate, but I think it gets the point across).
The other advantage of having these short replays as opposed to full games to illustrate a point is that it can often get lost, especially for newer players just trying to figure out what something does. "Ok I get that Alomomola wants to wish pass, but what about turn 36 where they made x play instead of doing y?" Having been involved in Trainer Academy like MrAldo for a number of years now this kind of trap is really easy for new players to fall into. If we're going to implement replays into our C&C system I think the most streamlined approach is the best one for newer players and contributors alike.
The other advantage of having these short replays as opposed to full games to illustrate a point is that it can often get lost, especially for newer players just trying to figure out what something does. "Ok I get that Alomomola wants to wish pass, but what about turn 36 where they made x play instead of doing y?" Having been involved in Trainer Academy like MrAldo for a number of years now this kind of trap is really easy for new players to fall into. If we're going to implement replays into our C&C system I think the most streamlined approach is the best one for newer players and contributors alike.