If I counted correctly, there are currently about 282 avatars represented under the "Avatars" button in the settings on Pokemon Showdown.
However, there are currently 1530 avatars on https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/trainers/?view=sprites.
That means only about 18.4% of available avatars are actually easily accessible through Pokemon Showdown. While the /avatar command does display additional avatars, I am assuming the majority of Pokemon Showdown players do not use them. For example, when was the last time you saw someone using lysandre, leon, kieran, nemona, the masters variants of certain trainers, or many of the other avatars on the hidden avatars page? There are so many unique and expressive avatars on the hidden avatars page, and it somewhat saddens me to think that the majority of them just aren't used because people don't know about them.
I'm assuming all 1530 avatars cannot be added onto the existing "Avatar" button mini-page on Pokemon Showdown due to some issues, so I propose that the "Avatar" button on Pokemon Showdown either takes you directly to https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/trainers/?view=sprites instead of having a default list of avatars, or the "Avatar" button on Pokemon Showdown opens up a new tab (similar to the battle and teambuilder tabs) displaying all the avatars and the user gets to choose one (idk how this choosing would work, maybe similar to the existing "Avatar" page).
However, there are currently 1530 avatars on https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/trainers/?view=sprites.
That means only about 18.4% of available avatars are actually easily accessible through Pokemon Showdown. While the /avatar command does display additional avatars, I am assuming the majority of Pokemon Showdown players do not use them. For example, when was the last time you saw someone using lysandre, leon, kieran, nemona, the masters variants of certain trainers, or many of the other avatars on the hidden avatars page? There are so many unique and expressive avatars on the hidden avatars page, and it somewhat saddens me to think that the majority of them just aren't used because people don't know about them.
I'm assuming all 1530 avatars cannot be added onto the existing "Avatar" button mini-page on Pokemon Showdown due to some issues, so I propose that the "Avatar" button on Pokemon Showdown either takes you directly to https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/trainers/?view=sprites instead of having a default list of avatars, or the "Avatar" button on Pokemon Showdown opens up a new tab (similar to the battle and teambuilder tabs) displaying all the avatars and the user gets to choose one (idk how this choosing would work, maybe similar to the existing "Avatar" page).
