Rejected - Inactive Improving Gen 4 1v1 Usage Stats

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Not sure if this is a bug so much as it is an unwanted consequence of intentional design. If the moderators feel this would be more appropriate in suggestions, please do let me know.

Gen 4 1v1 usage statistics currently only show data for the Pokemon each player actually picked, rather than including the other two Pokemon in the count like Gens 5+ do. I understand that Gen 4 formats in general do this because there is no Team Preview for games in that format, hence the chance exists that some Pokemon on a player's team might not be revealed; the problem for Gen 4 1v1, however, is that it has Team Preview modded in for the sake of making the format more competitive, meaning that all 3 Pokemon on a player's team are shown to the opponent before each side makes their pick.

While I'm not entirely confident on what the underlying code or mechanisms or whatever may be, I do believe that there might be some level of inheritance of the Gen 4 logic of "not sent out = not revealed = not used". If that logic could somehow be altered to use the Gen 5+ logic that includes Team Preview and data for all team members, that'd be great.

For the sake of showcasing exactly what I mean, take the Week 1 usage stats for all 4 DPP matches for the ongoing 1v1 Premier League:
Code:
+ ---- + ------------------ + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| Rank | Pokemon            | Use  | Usage % |  Win %  |
+ ---- + ------------------ + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| 1    | Aerodactyl         |    3 |   9.38% |  33.33% |
| 1    | Zapdos             |    3 |   9.38% |  33.33% |
| 1    | Tyranitar          |    3 |   9.38% |  33.33% |
| 4    | Celebi             |    2 |   6.25% | 100.00% |
| 4    | Registeel          |    2 |   6.25% |  50.00% |
| 4    | Jirachi            |    2 |   6.25% |  50.00% |
| 4    | Cresselia          |    2 |   6.25% |  50.00% |
| 4    | Kingdra            |    2 |   6.25% |  50.00% |
| 4    | Staraptor          |    2 |   6.25% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Heatran            |    1 |   3.12% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Heracross          |    1 |   3.12% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Arcanine           |    1 |   3.12% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Umbreon            |    1 |   3.12% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Rotom-Frost        |    1 |   3.12% | 100.00% |
| -    | Rotom-Appliance    |    1 |   3.12% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Gyarados           |    1 |   3.12% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Weavile            |    1 |   3.12% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Metagross          |    1 |   3.12% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Dusknoir           |    1 |   3.12% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Rhyperior          |    1 |   3.12% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Dragonite          |    1 |   3.12% |   0.00% |
Now consider all the Pokemon used in just this single series from last week:
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1276990056
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1276991559
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1276993022
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1276995164
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen41v1-1276998743

And then compare the usage stats of just this series when recreated in Gen 5:
Code:
+ ---- + ------------------ + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| Rank | Pokemon            | Use  | Usage % |  Win %  |
+ ---- + ------------------ + ---- + ------- + ------- +
| 1    | Cresselia          |    6 |  60.00% |  33.33% |
| 2    | Zapdos             |    3 |  30.00% |  66.67% |
| 3    | Sceptile           |    2 |  20.00% | 100.00% |
| 3    | Tyranitar          |    2 |  20.00% | 100.00% |
| 3    | Arcanine           |    2 |  20.00% | 100.00% |
| 3    | Jirachi            |    2 |  20.00% |  50.00% |
| 3    | Gyarados           |    2 |  20.00% |  50.00% |
| 3    | Heracross          |    2 |  20.00% |  50.00% |
| 3    | Raikou             |    2 |  20.00% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Primeape           |    1 |  10.00% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Rotom-Frost        |    1 |  10.00% | 100.00% |
| 10   | Shaymin            |    1 |  10.00% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Ambipom            |    1 |  10.00% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Electivire         |    1 |  10.00% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Metagross          |    1 |  10.00% |   0.00% |
| 10   | Slaking            |    1 |  10.00% |   0.00% |
I hope this gets across what exactly the issue is and that it can be fixed sometime before the PL ends and all the data is gathered and finalized in a couple months. Thanks for reading.
 
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