(request) DELETE SMOGON NOW [decision pending]

[chroma_2903]

it would be really funny to go """undercover""" on the official mons forums and just like start posting casually, joining in on discussions etc under the same name / names i use here and see how long it takes for people to realize i'm an evil toxic tryhard who encourages not winning with low tier cringe mons

maybe i could have an arc or something... nahh

 

[doipy hooves]

At some recent point, most link/clickable text got changed to have an underline for some reason. This is very noticeable.

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/20139/the-filter-system-needs-changed/p1

A new user is having gripes with the filter system, having joined 5 days ago. Notably the word "fairy", known for being a Pokemon type and also homophobic slur dating to the 1920s, is confirmed to be on the blacklist that sentences your post into the approval queue.

So far their posts seem to have made it though and I can see why they may have inevitably hit some other filtered words.

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/20069/why-cant-i-win-with-this-perfect-team#latest

Here's an overdue mod question that I thought was kind of interesting.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...me-for-the-rest-of-time-which-one-would-it-be

The Welcome & Introductions forum has been getting some pinned icebreakers as well with varying receptions.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/categories/welcome-introductions

 

[chroma_2903]

At some recent point, most link/clickable text got changed to have an underline for some reason. This is very noticeable.
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https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/20139/the-filter-system-needs-changed/p1
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A new user is having gripes with the filter system, having joined 5 days ago. Notably the word "fairy", known for being a Pokemon type and also homophobic slur dating to the 1920s, is confirmed to be on the blacklist that sentences your post into the approval queue.

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So far their posts seem to have made it though and I can see why they may have inevitably hit some other filtered words.

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/20069/why-cant-i-win-with-this-perfect-team#latest
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Here's an overdue mod question that I thought was kind of interesting.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...me-for-the-rest-of-time-which-one-would-it-be

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The Welcome & Introductions forum has been getting some pinned icebreakers as well with varying receptions.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/categories/welcome-introductions
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>"this team is perfect"
>looks inside
>"i can't win with this team"

 

[Fishy]

please delete before Thur55555555555 finds out

 

[doipy hooves]

Hello I want to delete my account pls i didn't use it anymore.

Unfortunately this thread is about the Official Pokemon Community Forums and not Smogon if you read beyond the title. Try asking in the Smogon Simple Questions Thread instead.

https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/11052/whats-your-birthday-pokemon/p1

The birthday pokemon bot thread problem has gotten worse to the point that it has 487,729 views.

As a reminder, this is what the concept of a "birthday Pokemon" is:

The bots do not seem to get the point at all:

But mainly I wanted to revisit this thread because now there's been a whole new AI-generated thread + website for this birthday pokemon thing and I have no idea why the bots find this so appealing.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us...on-finder-discover-your-birthday-companion/p1

The website itself makes just as little sense with no real sense of following the idea of a Pokemon that matches your birthday date. Bulbasaur (#001) and Snorlax (#143) sure are great birthdays to have.

Also apparently there's an off by one error in the whole thing.

Meanwhile, Thur55555555555 has actually been involved in yet another major false flagging incident with one clear suspect.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/20388/i-need-help/p1

Now there haven't actually been too much discussion of the recent Z-A leaks/datamines to comment on topically, but this whole incident seems to have stemmed from MajorBrendan's infamous hatred of leakers and leak culture from this other thread from just late September:
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/20253/mega-evolutions-finalized/p1

the enemy who surpasses leak culture

It got to the point that this guy was driven off of the forums soon after potentially because of this entire leak culture vendetta.
https://community.pokemon.com/en-us/discussion/20397/good-bye

Also there's a large Mega Malamar thread for some reason that I don't really care for but it has 818 replies.