Smogon Simple Questions & Suggestions Thread

[Brettwhite2]

where do you go to report someone on here?

 

[HoeenHero]

where do you go to report someone on here?

Create a conversation with a moderator of the forum in question, or if its an offense in a conversation/a wall/other area, a supermod

 

[DemonicRex]

Hey, how can someone get banned from Smogon outright? Like, just banned without any prior points whatsoever, just in the blink of an eye.

 

[Ivy]

Hey, how can someone get banned from Smogon outright? Like, just banned without any prior points whatsoever, just in the blink of an eye.

By explicitly asking for it in a rule-breaking thread.

This is referring to what happened to a new account I saw that posted "fu smogon" in the Monotype forum; it is NOT advice

 

[Jahkem]

Is it possible to put a 3rd typing into the Damage Calculator? For example, Scizor being affected by Forest's Curse and you want to check how much a Fire move would do at 8x super effective damage.

 

[roman]

Is it possible to put a 3rd typing into the Damage Calculator? For example, Scizor being affected by Forest's Curse and you want to check how much a Fire move would do at 6x super effective damage.

it's 8x

 

[Jahkem]

it's 8x

Thanks, edited now.

 

[iiSiezy]

question:
What are badges and how do I get them?

 

[Ryota Mitarai]

question:
What are badges and how do I get them?

https://www.smogon.com/badge_faq

This should answer both of your questions

 

[iiSiezy]

thanks!

https://www.smogon.com/badge_faq

This should answer both of your questions

 

[Txmplar]

How is "retry with HTTP" different from playing without it? Starting this morning it seems that I'm unable to use showdown on any device otherwise.

 

[iiSiezy]

How is "retry with HTTP" different from playing without it? Starting this morning it seems that I'm unable to use showdown on any device otherwise.

I also can't use showdown, "couldn't connect server" is popping up every second when I reload the page.

 

[Hecate]

I also can't use showdown, "couldn't connect server" is popping up every second when I reload the page.

The HTTPS certificate has expired, that’s why the pop up is constant. use http://play.pokemonshowdown.com to get on.

How is "retry with HTTP" different from playing without it? Starting this morning it seems that I'm unable to use showdown on any device otherwise.

HTTP just means ISPs and people on your network can look at upstream and downstream data instead of source and destination. It’s slightly less secure but HTTP is still fine.

 

[AztecCroc]

Could we have the possible abilities fixed to show the correct abilities for previous generations?

 

[OrangeGuru]

The HTTPS certificate has expired, that’s why the pop up is constant. use http://play.pokemonshowdown.com to get on.

HTTP just means ISPs and people on your network can look at upstream and downstream data instead of source and destination. It’s slightly less secure but HTTP is still fine.

While on the HTTP topic, could someone answer me why, on HTTP, my teambuilder is way outdated and doesn't have any teams I've built in the past 8 months or so (not the case on the broken HTTPS)? I really don't understand much of networking/this part of computers

 

[Quite Quiet]

While on the HTTP topic, could someone answer me why, on HTTP, my teambuilder is way outdated and doesn't have any teams I've built in the past 8 months or so (not the case on the broken HTTPS)? I really don't understand much of networking/this part of computers

The browsers have separate localstorage for HTTP and HTTPS (for security!). So if you've been on HTTPS for the last 8 months, that will only be in your browsers HTTPS storage and not both of them. IF you press F12 to open the browser dev console and go to Application (Chrome) or Storage (Firefox) you will see something like this:

Most of these will be full of Google stuff you can ignore, but there should be a showdown_teams key in both of these for you. One for HTTP and one for HTTPS. PS is a bit special here, because if there is no entry in the HTTP table for when you connect to http://play.pokemonshowdown.com it will use the HTTPS version (never the other way around though), so you could get all your teams from HTTPS again if you open this, find the showdown_teams entry, and delete it (this can't be reversed).

 

[iiSiezy]

HTTPS is glitching I can't challenge anyone. :\

 

[sumwun]

Why do some banned users keep their avatars?

 

[Kalalokki]

Why do some banned users keep their avatars?

Because the ban is not permanent for them

 

[Jerry the great]

Can constant activity and good behavior in certain forums lead to getting a badge of any kind? I mean if you can get badges off of such what kinds of badges can you get by that

 

[Ivy]

Can constant activity and good behavior in certain forums lead to getting a badge of any kind? I mean if you can get badges off of such what kinds of badges can you get by that

https://www.smogon.com/badge_faq
Mostly, Community Contributor for excessively good forum posting. Mod badge as well if you get appointed a forum mod.
Apart from the forums, there's also the live chat badges (discord and PS mods).

 

[Jerry the great]

https://www.smogon.com/badge_faq
Mostly, Community Contributor for excessively good forum posting. Mod badge as well if you get appointed a forum mod.
Apart from the forums, there's also the live chat badges (discord and PS mods).

Yeah I just meant the Smogon forums, but thanks though

 

[Casino]

How do I add a signature below my posts? I put text into my About Me but it's not showing up...

 

[sumwun]

How do I add a signature below my posts? I put text into my About Me but it's not showing up...

Click your name in the upper right corner and then click "signature".

 

[Casino]

Click your name in the upper right corner and then click "signature".

Thanks so much! I figured it out :)