Introduction
Due to Smogon's long established preference for competitive play, many aspects of the game are ignored on the main site. Meaning that for the most part, the site assumes that the players are self sufficient enough to find other resources for content related to actual cartridge play.
This means that there are a lot of resources relating to the subject matter spread out over the internet, and may even mean that some of these resources don't even exist. Sites such as Serebii are vague and do not provide enough information, while sources from sites like GameFAQs tend to be concentrated on walkthroughs rather than providing information. The purpose of this project is to gather all the resources from the internet so we can find it all in one place - Smogon, and to create resources that are still needed.
The purpose of this project is to bolster Smogon's coverage of ingame content that is relevant to competitive play. This means that any information we put on the site must be relevant to the competitive player who is playing on the cartridge. Keep this in mind as you suggest new ideas or write new content. Know your audience.
Luckily, we already have a good coverage of ingame material. However, I find that there's more than we can do to make the information we have "complete". Here's the stuff that needs to be done.
Breeding Guides
The DP one needs to be updated with Platinum info
HG/SS Guide
RNG
finishing part 6 - for54years - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64925
updating Plat Roaming NPC - timetwister - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63090
List of Glitches - The myriad glitches (that are related competitively) should be archived. Things like Missingno from RB, Weather Glitch, Ditto Egg Moves, etc. These glitches should be WELL RESEARCHED.
List of Glitches 3rd Gen
List of Glitches 2nd Gen
List of Glitches 1st Gen
Tips and Tricks
HGSS - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69226 by macle
1st gen - by xia http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76269
Catching Legendaries for RSE by Nexus http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82932
In-Game Tiers - Tiers based on how useful a Pokemon is ingame. Discussion threads are linked, articles will be linked as they come up.
In-Game Tiers RBY - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60251 Mekkah - Zy
In-Game Tiers FRLG - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83292 - jublilee
In-Game Tiers RSE - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66729 Fireburn
In-Game Tiers DP - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83380 - jublilee
In-Game Tiers Platinum - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83381 jubilee
In- Game tiers Colo and XD - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66835 Fireburn
In-Game Tiers HGSS - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68448 CM - need someone with pokewalker skills
Speedrun Guides/Tips - How to approach the game if you are to speed run the game. We need this for the ADV games, the XD games, and the DS generation games.
Location Maps - We want a world map that points to the location of competitive items and for move tutors, for Platinum, FR/LG, and Emerald. This world map needs to be drawn of course. The map should be a supplement to a simple list of the items/move tutors and their locations. Led by Legacy Raider and Sarenji.
Location Maps DPP - Need screenshots, map integration.
Location Maps RSE - Need map integration.
Location Maps FRLG - Need map integration.
Location Maps HGSS - Need screenshots, locations, descriptions, and map integration.
Little Cup Breeding Guide - zari
Battle Tower/Frontier
Records - Peterko's OP in Stark Mountain
Useful Information - Needs to be programmed into the site so it's searchable. Obviously we need someone who already has access the the site, and have done stuff like this before.
This is our current outline. Threads have been set up on their respective forums to gather information, and we'll be setting up more threads here soon. Your contribution will be appreciated.
If you have any more ideas that you think Smogon should cover, please post them here. Just note that if it goes against the purpose of this project, it will be deleted and ignored.
Who to Contact:
Other than the people listed as being "charge" of an article, here are some members you should contact to get involved!
General Ideas - mingot and macle
Battle Tower - Carl, Peterko
HTMLization - mingot, Jimbo
Grammar Checking - Help wanted.
Due to Smogon's long established preference for competitive play, many aspects of the game are ignored on the main site. Meaning that for the most part, the site assumes that the players are self sufficient enough to find other resources for content related to actual cartridge play.
This means that there are a lot of resources relating to the subject matter spread out over the internet, and may even mean that some of these resources don't even exist. Sites such as Serebii are vague and do not provide enough information, while sources from sites like GameFAQs tend to be concentrated on walkthroughs rather than providing information. The purpose of this project is to gather all the resources from the internet so we can find it all in one place - Smogon, and to create resources that are still needed.
The purpose of this project is to bolster Smogon's coverage of ingame content that is relevant to competitive play. This means that any information we put on the site must be relevant to the competitive player who is playing on the cartridge. Keep this in mind as you suggest new ideas or write new content. Know your audience.
Luckily, we already have a good coverage of ingame material. However, I find that there's more than we can do to make the information we have "complete". Here's the stuff that needs to be done.
Breeding Guides
The DP one needs to be updated with Platinum info
HG/SS Guide
RNG
finishing part 6 - for54years - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=64925
updating Plat Roaming NPC - timetwister - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63090
List of Glitches - The myriad glitches (that are related competitively) should be archived. Things like Missingno from RB, Weather Glitch, Ditto Egg Moves, etc. These glitches should be WELL RESEARCHED.
List of Glitches 3rd Gen
List of Glitches 2nd Gen
List of Glitches 1st Gen
Tips and Tricks
HGSS - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=69226 by macle
1st gen - by xia http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76269
Catching Legendaries for RSE by Nexus http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=82932
In-Game Tiers - Tiers based on how useful a Pokemon is ingame. Discussion threads are linked, articles will be linked as they come up.
In-Game Tiers RBY - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=60251 Mekkah - Zy
In-Game Tiers FRLG - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83292 - jublilee
In-Game Tiers RSE - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66729 Fireburn
In-Game Tiers DP - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83380 - jublilee
In-Game Tiers Platinum - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=83381 jubilee
In- Game tiers Colo and XD - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=66835 Fireburn
In-Game Tiers HGSS - http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=68448 CM - need someone with pokewalker skills
Speedrun Guides/Tips - How to approach the game if you are to speed run the game. We need this for the ADV games, the XD games, and the DS generation games.
Location Maps - We want a world map that points to the location of competitive items and for move tutors, for Platinum, FR/LG, and Emerald. This world map needs to be drawn of course. The map should be a supplement to a simple list of the items/move tutors and their locations. Led by Legacy Raider and Sarenji.
Location Maps DPP - Need screenshots, map integration.
Location Maps RSE - Need map integration.
Location Maps FRLG - Need map integration.
Location Maps HGSS - Need screenshots, locations, descriptions, and map integration.
Little Cup Breeding Guide - zari
Battle Tower/Frontier
Records - Peterko's OP in Stark Mountain
Useful Information - Needs to be programmed into the site so it's searchable. Obviously we need someone who already has access the the site, and have done stuff like this before.
Carl said:The tower has many subsets to it but for starters we should focus on the standard singles portion and branch from there. Things like Doubles, Multi and WiFi are less played as shown by the records thread and don't give you a print to say you've "completed part of the Frontier" so those can be put on the back burner for now. I think all of them give ribbons at certain points though so we can at least include that. Actually, doubles should probably get some love right away, too, but the focus should be getting singles up asap.
- We have the "master list" of all pokemon and sets which should be put into table form much like the pokemon listings for tiers for both DP and Plat
- A common question is "what pokemon/moves does the Tycoon have" so this should be mentioned specifically for both DP and Plat
- A successful moveset article perhaps. There are certain tried and true pokemon for the BT such as Counter/DBond/Shadow Ball/Bolt @Sash Gengar so a collection of known successful sets with basic descriptions should be sufficient
- items guide
- Trick is still by far and away the best strategy so this needs its own article. Jump is really the best candidate for this specific job.
- How much BP you earn per set of 7 and whatnot along with what pokemon ribbons you get and how many battles you need to complete to obtain them.
- we'll need most of the above applied to doubles as well
Battle Arcade:
- A short description of the differences between Arcade and Tower
- A listing of all the symbols and what they mean when you're doing the roulette thing.
- Shares the same pokemon listing as the Tower but without items IIRC.
- Dahlia's pokemon listing
- Any other general strategies
Battle Castle:
- Again, differences between the Tower and Castle
- Someone wrote a good guide on how to hoard a lot of Castle Points early so if we could dig that up and edit/add to it that would be excellent.
- Darach's pokemon listing
- Castle doubles only uses 3 pokemon still so this is definitely exploitable.. something on that maybe
Battle Factory:
- We also have the master list for this. Maybe we should split it for what you'll only see in level 50 vs open.
- listings of the selective information given per round of 7 and maybe an example
- general strategy/how to approach the Factory article
Battle Hall:
- battle hall pokemon listing
- A description of how the 1v1 format works
- A description of how the 1v1 doubles format works
- best ways to approach the hall with tried and true pokemon (order of types to take on, etc) for both singles and doubles
- some sort of article on the important items (sash, scarf, band/specs) and why they are superior
This is our current outline. Threads have been set up on their respective forums to gather information, and we'll be setting up more threads here soon. Your contribution will be appreciated.
If you have any more ideas that you think Smogon should cover, please post them here. Just note that if it goes against the purpose of this project, it will be deleted and ignored.
Who to Contact:
Other than the people listed as being "charge" of an article, here are some members you should contact to get involved!
General Ideas - mingot and macle
Battle Tower - Carl, Peterko
HTMLization - mingot, Jimbo
Grammar Checking - Help wanted.