Disclaimer: I by no means am an expert at ADV UU; I just came across this clause while editing some of the format pages on the smogdex.
I spoke with Hogg about this, and from what I gather, this clause is extremely silly, mostly pointless, and was developed due to fears that are over 10 years old. For those who don't know what the NFE Clause is, here's its summary:
EDIT: By strictly enforced, I meant that it wasn't implemented on Showdown. Not that it wasn't enforced in other ways like tournament-specific rules, gentleman's agreements, etc.
I spoke with Hogg about this, and from what I gather, this clause is extremely silly, mostly pointless, and was developed due to fears that are over 10 years old. For those who don't know what the NFE Clause is, here's its summary:
I really don't have much to say other that this clause is frankly very stupid (in my outsider opinion) and on top of that has never been implemented on PS!, so the ADV UU being hosted there is not accurate. I am personally advocating for it to be removed because it hasn't been strictly enforced for an extremely long time, or to at least use this thread as a place to discuss the clause's existence and whether or not it should be removed or should actually be strictly enforced.Players cannot use Pokemon that can evolve, with the exception of Scyther.
EDIT: By strictly enforced, I meant that it wasn't implemented on Showdown. Not that it wasn't enforced in other ways like tournament-specific rules, gentleman's agreements, etc.
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