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I'm not sure if this has been suggested before but maybe hav a moderater do a daily article on competative battling. I know there is the smog but just a paragraph on a pokemon that has gotten some popularity or someone really undervalued. This could be used just as more suggestions to mix up the poke battling from the everday
Example:
You who is a really undervalued poke is linoone. He is a belly drummer that has a wonderful ABILITY Gluttuny that when combine with the salac berry it will reach 1040 att and 405 speed which adament nature and only one turn of prep i highly recommend this pokemon if u can get away which it check out the stratagy dex for more infor mation.
This is a way to help get more daily and regular viewers to check out the site everyday. Please consider this because it will not only help u get more views but more members as well. Thank yoou for reading this plz get back to me if u hav any questions.
 
Doesn't this just boil down to providing a link to an analysis or an article? Why don't people just go to those sections directly and check out what they want to know? God knows it's more efficient than having a mod write two sentences everyday and then paste a link. Smogon pretty much doesn't need this method of attracting viewers/members.
 
That and the limited space on the main page can be dedicated to more useful things than "check out this" which the majority of non-new users already know about.
 
Also Mods probably don't want to spend a hour thinking what to write what to write what to write what to write GOT IT! DD. Gyara. Yeaahh
Just ask in the simple questions if you want to know something.
 
I'm not opposed to this. I wouldn't use it (often), but I think that it could draw people in. I thought of a few ways to avoid problems that have been brought up:

For the two who say just look it up yourself, that defeats the purpose. The purpose is to have people come back daily. They aren't initially interested in the topic, its just a blurb, and they will come back each day to see what's next. This idea sounds somewhat similar to Serebii's "Pokemon of the Week," sometimes if I notice a Pokemon that is somewhat interesting I'll browse through the article (even if it isn't that descriptive).

As for the time issue: we could have a project were many C&C regulars (and others interested) write short blurbs about specific Pokemon, sets, tiers, etc, and then one will be randomly selected by a program and displayed on the main page. That way it wouldn't be a daily task but rather a project every couple of months.

As for the space issue: there could be a seperate section either above or below the Infernape/Lucario/Electivire pictures where this short paragraph would go. It would just take up what is normally white space.
 
Based off of this idea, a pokemon of the week could work. That would be automated and require little administrator input while still changing up the front page from time to time.
 
Hmm. Serebii already does a Pokemon of the Week thing. Will Smogon be seen as copying them or am I just overthinking it.
 
Fatecrashers said:
Hmm. Serebii already does a Pokemon of the Week thing. Will Smogon be seen as copying them or am I just overthinking it.
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Pokemon of the week is hardly an original idea and that's not what this should be. A new article every day is definitely an appealing idea as that's what helps a site attract repeat readers but really what it comes down to is manpower. We have a lot of contributors but they are busy people.

We could maybe look at how we update news on the first page? We update in bulk when many analyses are editted or added to, but maybe major reworks and additional sets should get their own post?

This would require the way the current CMS works though as I don't believe news can be archived and with this way we'd be losing things off the front page in less than a week.
 
Firestorm said:
Pokemon of the week is hardly an original idea and that's not what this should be. A new article every day is definitely an appealing idea as that's what helps a site attract repeat readers but really what it comes down to is manpower. We have a lot of contributors but they are busy people.

We could maybe look at how we update news on the first page? We update in bulk when many analyses are editted or added to, but maybe major reworks and additional sets should get their own post?

This would require the way the current CMS works though as I don't believe news can be archived and with this way we'd be losing things off the front page in less than a week.
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News is retained in the CMS, but there's no page implemented for displaying past news. As such, we need to minimise and consolidate front page announcements, in order to keep important articles on the front page. :(
 
ok so i see two ways that this could go, both of which have their problems:
a) an article from the site (i guess a pokemon analysis) is selected and a link is displayed on the front page somewhere. the problem with this is: why? whats the point? if people want to read an article then they can just go read it..??
b) someone writes an article about something every day. the problems with this are immediately apparent: who is going to write, and what will they write about EVERY DAY? we already have the smog articles which are monthly iirc. as firestorm pointed out, the issue is manpower.

i just dont see how either is justifiable!
 
As monkfish just pointed out, writing new articles is just not practical while just displaying an analysis is pointless.

The only thing I can really think of for something daily would be to post something that is happening on the forum during that day. Such as post: the time of a Tournament final, a vote for the new CAP is going on, maybe even something a little obscure like my tour stats.

I think this can be a good idea in that Smogon has a lot to offer and most users are not exactly sure of everything that is going on.

I am open to other possibilities other than articles because this is potentially a good idea.
 
chaos said:
I can see the appeal of this idea, but I'd rather it be automated...
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yeah, we could just run a script that retrieves the [overview] section from a random analysis every day with a link to the analysis and that would do it

for example, this is pretty close to the linoone suggestion in the op

Gyarados is a massive threat who one should be prepared for. A high base 125 Attack, an excellent offensive typing in Water, and a diverse movepool all make Gyarados a top-tier sweeper. Gyarados is also easy to switch in, and can even serve defensive roles, thanks to 95 / 79 / 100 base defensive stats, Intimidate, and key resistances to Water, Fighting, Bug, Fire, and Steel, plus an immunity to Ground. Gyarados isn't without its shortcomings though. Electric moves are rather common in the standard metagame, and Gyarados' 4x weakness to them means Gyarados can find it hard to deal with very fast or bulky Pokémon who pack electricity. Furthermore, Stealth Rock limits the times Gyarados can switch in. Combined with sandstorm and Life Orb recoil, Gyarados may end up dying more quickly than you want it to. Overall, with the right support, Gyarados can easily bulldoze its way through a weakened team, and is a valuable addition to any OU team. More...
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or you could make it randomize every time a page is loaded but that kinda defeats the point of the "daily" thing

alternatively it could always link to whatever the most recently uploaded analysis is
 
I was thinking about something like this except not daily, weekly. And instead of just talking about some random pokemon with a script, specifically bringing attention to a particular moveset that is not hugely popular that would be very effective competitively in the current metagame. Kind of like a "pokemon of the moment" sort of deal. It is similar to Pokemon of the Week but it plays to the strengths of Smogon.

The articles would be mostly dpp ou but with a few uu and uber pokemon thrown in from time to time to highlight particularly effective pokemon this those metagames as well as keeping the articles fresh, introducing users to different metas, and of course buying time for us to consider new OU pokemon.

The article would highlight things like: the pokemon/moveset, purpose of EV allocations, purpose of each move, variations, reason this is currently a good idea, teammates, etc. In essence it would be like a regular pokemon analysis with a metagame analysis mixed in as well. The main point is to highlight this pokemon. If you're saying "They could just read the analysis!!!" you are missing the point.

I personally don't think it would be hard to write 1 article (3-ish paragraphs at MOST) a week especially with a team working on it. I suggest a team work on it because ladder/tournament activity is required as well as a pooling of different experiences. The only real downside might be that it creates a trend where the featured pokemon is super popular, but honestly we should only consider crossing that bridge when we get there.

I can see the similarities of this and the Smogcast but honestly I would like this presentation much better (for various reasons...seeing the EVs laid out for example).
 
I don't really see the value of "here is a link to a random analysis on the front page".

If we're doing weekly stuff, why not just release already-written Smog articles early or something rather than tacking on yet another writing project?

husk: everything you're describing should be in a regular analysis as is
 
Chris is me said:
husk: everything you're describing should be in a regular analysis as is
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The analysis' focus more on long term sets and they definitely aren't updated each week with respect to metagame shifts (of course I don't expect them to be either).

Also, let me quote myself:
The main point is to highlight this pokemon. If you're saying "They could just read the analysis!!!" you are missing the point.
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