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OK, so skylight has asked me to write some articles for the smog. I'm keen, but I'm not sure how much of my article idea has already been done. 1. This is just the intro. Pokemon is a game of checks and counters. We often build and polish our teams by adding checks and counters to major...

The population in the developed world is aging rapidly. Here's an excerpt from an The State of Aging and Health in America 2013: These figures are pretty comparable to the rest of the developed world. Countries like China (one child policy) and Japan (population is actually decreasing because...

Simple question, should we ban sand stream, drizzle, drought and snow warning?

Hey guys. I'm going overseas for a month starting tomorrow so I'm not gonna get a chance to play for some time. Since I've been having a few problems tweaking the team, I figured I might as well post it now to see what you guys would change on it. It may at least give me some ideas next time I...

And I'm the biggest pussy in the world (heck I play pokemon, that's a sign :O). Anyways, I've been trying to get into stall lately. Despite all this talk about stall being easy and boring and whatnot, I think most top players would agree that stall takes more skill than offense. In offense, if...

I've won quite a few battles with this team (climbed back to the top 50), but to be honest, this team feels quite average. Basically what I've realised are that my teams can be very good, but never elite. Therefore when I play guys like panamaxis, I feel like I'm starting on my back foot. My...

Trying to think of some punchline for my title but no dice. Such is the creativity level of nagai of late. Anyways, now that you're here you should really rate my team. Heck, It'll be rude not to, like going to someone's house and not stealing their soap. Back from a mini break so I'm a bit...

Yep, that's right. Anime's back in business! I stopped playing right when PT got released, so I'm a bit behind. This is my first team back, so any help would be appreciated. Team at a glance...

the D/P metagame seems to be filled with suicide leads lately. azelf, deoxys, bronzong seem to be in every game. what perplexes me is that most of them just try and set down SR and then die while doing a bit of damage. i understand bronzong leads because it can at least get something asleep as...

with all these great voting threads up in stark mountain, it's not hard to find posts where people go "that's theorymon, stop it'. to be honest, i am quite sick of it. here in smogon we're here to discuss the current metagame and future additions to it. how are we supposed to discuss all this...

Here's what happened. As some of you may know, I'm a philosophy major. The thing about our philosophy department is that they're very easygoing. Our lecturers literally tells us that we can hand in our assignments on exam day without any penalties (apart from lack of comments, but they usually...

it's been AGES since i did my last RMT here on smogon. i was basically a noob when i did my last one, a lot of stuff has happened after that, including being blown away by the standard of play in the world cup (yes, i was in it. i subbed for oceania). anyways, let's just see how well this new...

Rules: Ladder Match, Sleep Clause, Freeze Clause, OHKO Clause, Evasion Clause, Species Clause, Strict Damage Clause T’was a hot summer’s day in the land that was shod. You could taste the moisture that was in the air, so overwhelming you almost don’t notice the crickets. Almost. On the...

does smogon have a youtube thread yet? if there is, i can't find one. i'm sure some posters must have some youtube accounts with battles on it, so lets list them up!

first thread for me. i want to ask smogon what they thought about the gyarados - electivire combination. the positives are obvious. they cover each other's weaknesses (to some extent) and both can single handedly sweep teams. having said that, i find it quite hard to fit them both on the same...