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when I do /rank it shows many, many outdated and obsolete tiers that quite frankly I don't care about. It's unnecessary clutter that distracts me from what I'm really looking for. An option to hide or remove them all together would be great
I think ive seen this somewhere before. Id rather them hidden at the bottom with a click down to see them just so you can have that record incase you actually did good and whatnot
or, honestly, a current tier that I played once and have no interest in playing anymore would be nice to remove.
Perhaps we could just implement a button to hide a tier so it appears only in the click-down area EeveeLution Army described?
Server side this isnt hard, the problem is mostly user profiles.
I support hiding tiers that no longer actively exist in a <details> tag or similar system. Tagging Zarel concerning user profile changes since IIRC only he can make changes there.
I have stuff dating back to Gen 6 alpha tiers on my profile which has created a bit of a cluttered mess. I think something like /rank active could be used to make only the "relevant active" formats visible in this case. I don't think removing old ranks would be a good idea in case something like the Linked OM return to the ladder, though.