I think the council made a mistake banning Hippowdon before looking into Roserade as a suspect. Sand with Hippowdon but no Roserade is not overwhelming in the slightest. I speak from experience on this one, as I play a lot more on the PO server where Roserade (and Froslass!) are banned. I was hoping eventually both metagames would be very similar (like our OUs have become), but meh w/e. Anyway, I'm hoping I actually find the time to play a bit more Smogon UU now.
... and before anyone bashes PO tiers, you should really play them before saying anything. Half the posts I see bashing PO tiers are just pathetically misinformed - UU in particular. The only differences as of now are Metagross, Swampert and now Hippowdon I guess being UU on PO, and Kingdra, Chandelure, Mew, Smeargle, Venomoth, Roserade, Froslass and Chansey being UU here. Everything else is the same iirc.
What I'm trying to get at is that by playing our UU, you guys might get an idea of how the meta develops without "suspect x or y" kinda like how we (well... "I") got the idea of test-unbanning Azelf by playing Smogon UU for a bit.
I hate that I can actually forsee the "lol PO tiers" comments coming as I post this, but w/e I hope people can keep an open mind. It'd be cool if we could cooperate, even if it is indirectly.
EDIT @ Below: Yeah those two totally slipped my mind. Thanks for catching it.