A Harvard Review of Smogon University

[Fatecrashers]

making this its own thread because

http://www.thecrimson.com/column/getting-geek-speak/article/2012/2/14/welcome_to_smogon_university/

Though published in February of this year, the article seems to have been written in the DPP era, with references to 'leads', 'Shoddy Battle', and strategic analyses written by '6A9 Ace Matador', who is incidentally also 'the Bobby Fischer of Pokémon.'

The author also writes

'It is as much a source of pride to take an exam at Harvard as it is to fight a great battle at Smogon'

Looks like Smogon is finally getting the recognition it deserves.

 

[Ampharos]

well holy shit

 

[Forte.EXE]

I wish I could sign up for Harvard as easily as I did for Smogon.

 

[Chou Toshio]

Cathy as a Smogon student who wrote Shoddy... lol

 

[Eos]

haha cool read for once

 

[Eraddd]

Out of all the people that could've been mentioned on the harvard article and they picked am...

We're fucked.

except for that one guy who called me a “n00b fgt” when I finally won my first game.

Yep.

But yeah, cool article. Reminds me of the one another school paper did on us a while ago, who contacted Articuno64 for an interview.

 

[DM]

of course she's a noob fgt, who calls a battle/fight/match a "game"

THIS AIN'T NO GAME, THIS IS SERIOUS SHIT

 

[danilo]

oh shit wtf

 

[Danmire]

Lol that was an awesome read. Nice to see people getting into competitive Pokemon.

 

[Aldaron]

hahahahahaha am

cant wait till he comes back to show him this one

 

[Stallion]

Locopoke: "I was the one that called you a n00b fgt, my apologies. Welcome to Smogon"

ROFL.

Also cool article!

 

[yond]

the fact that AM is the face of the smogon community to these esteemed scholars is a disgrace to us all

 

[iss]

all hail the great ACE MATADOR

 

[Fishy]

this makes me all warm and fuzzy inside

 

[ENZ0]

am finally getting the recognition he deserves

 

[whistle]

this is really cool. don't ruin it in the comments, guys.

 

[Ray Jay]

Haha, ibojangles mentioned on irc how hilarious it is how often she mentions she goes to harvard.

 

[Eraddd]

Haha, ibojangles mentioned on irc how hilarious it is how often she mentions she goes to harvard.

Wait who?

And also seconding whistle's request. People like pwnemon and kinderlew need to not comment.

 

[tennisace]

thankfully this isn't in the lampoon

then again more people would probably read it

 

[Aerodactyl Legend]

So, would some of you refined graduates of Smogon University enlighten us what your degrees have led to?

 

[breh]

I got a lol out of this; I don't think Pokemon related articles will ever be written from the perspective of good players :/

Still, interesting.

EDIT: in the sense of articles published to a large number of people and not seen by little but forumgoers; it's hard to say that the Smog is targeted at a large, unknowing demographic.

 

[Hipmonlee]

I got a lol out of this; I don't think Pokemon related articles will ever be written from the perspective of good players :/

Still, interesting.

http://www.smogon.com/smog/

 

[toshimelonhead]

It's nice to know that Harvard students can't just jump in right away and take over the ladder. I spend too much time on this shit for that to happen.

 

[Pocket]

wow, this article is much better than the other college article about Smogon a few months ago :d

 

[Surgo]

Haha, ibojangles mentioned on irc how hilarious it is how often she mentions she goes to harvard.

It's a Harvard newspaper.