Pwnemon
reachzero
Korski
reachzero
Korski
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CAP 16 CAP 5 - Part 1 - Concept Poll 1
- Thread starter Birkal
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Pwnemon
toshimelonhead
Korski
reachzero
SlimMan
Yilx
Base Speed
I figured since I already ranked 5, I might as well rank them all.
toshimelonhead
Korski
reachzero
SlimMan
Yilx
Base Speed
I figured since I already ranked 5, I might as well rank them all.
reachzero
Base Speed
Base Speed
reachzero
SlimMan
Yilx
Korski
Everything I voted for takes something we like to talk about a lot, but don't really examine in a deep way. What is Substitute? What is Speed? What is a core? These seem like obvious questions, but it's a very different matter to explore them deeply. Like a Vsauce video. It was really hard for me to order them, but I eventually ordered them by how interesting and even counterintuitive I think the result will be. Korski is I guess an exception because it is constructive in nature, but it's still a cool idea and I suppose it's about time we gave these weather concepts their place.
Everything else has, as I interpret it, the goal of shifting the metagame and seeing what happens. I'm not sure I'm a fan of this approach, or at least as much a fan of it as the approach done by the other concepts. I can't help but be reminded of Arghonaut and Colossoil when reading these.
I'm sad that my concept didn't pan out, but ultimately not surprised. CAP 4 and the subsequent policy edicts really hurt the perceived credibility of exploring our perception of power overall, and it's true that it was a lot more oriented toward playtesting than discussion. I still think that it would have been an interesting exercise to see how we could make a Pokemon "feel" the same as another one, despite lacking the latter's alleged defining feature. I'm glad that I at least convinced DarkSlay and reachzero that it could lead to some great conversations.
SlimMan
Yilx
Korski
Everything I voted for takes something we like to talk about a lot, but don't really examine in a deep way. What is Substitute? What is Speed? What is a core? These seem like obvious questions, but it's a very different matter to explore them deeply. Like a Vsauce video. It was really hard for me to order them, but I eventually ordered them by how interesting and even counterintuitive I think the result will be. Korski is I guess an exception because it is constructive in nature, but it's still a cool idea and I suppose it's about time we gave these weather concepts their place.
Everything else has, as I interpret it, the goal of shifting the metagame and seeing what happens. I'm not sure I'm a fan of this approach, or at least as much a fan of it as the approach done by the other concepts. I can't help but be reminded of Arghonaut and Colossoil when reading these.
I'm sad that my concept didn't pan out, but ultimately not surprised. CAP 4 and the subsequent policy edicts really hurt the perceived credibility of exploring our perception of power overall, and it's true that it was a lot more oriented toward playtesting than discussion. I still think that it would have been an interesting exercise to see how we could make a Pokemon "feel" the same as another one, despite lacking the latter's alleged defining feature. I'm glad that I at least convinced DarkSlay and reachzero that it could lead to some great conversations.
Korski
Base Speed
toshimelonhead
Base Speed
toshimelonhead
SlimMan
Pwnemon
Base Speed
Pwnemon
Base Speed
korski
Pwnemon
Pwnemon
Base Speed
reachzero
reachzero
Base Speed
Pwnemon
reachzero
Yilx
toshimelonhead
Korski
SlimMan
Pwnemon
reachzero
Yilx
toshimelonhead
Korski
SlimMan
reachzero
Yilx
Pwnemon
Yilx
Pwnemon
Base Speed
SlimMan
toshimelonhead
Korski
Yilx
SlimMan
toshimelonhead
Korski
Yilx
I like all of these, but...
Yilx
posted hokuto no ken.
Yilx
posted hokuto no ken.
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