Smogon Simple Questions Thread

ant4456 said:
Why do Smogon tournaments (official and unofficial) generally use a week to week schedule? Wouldn't things like the chatroom tours work better on average, esp. for certain formats?

Less ways to cheat, less time to scout, don't need to TO every day, and makes the spectator experience a lot easier. I've been lurking threads for different tournaments and it feels like 1/3rd matches are settled by activity, something that never happens when everyone is on board to play the entire tournament at a certain time, you only have to be available at one time block and you're good and as a TO there are way less moral decisions (especially subjective) you have to make.

For some tournaments, such as OU, there is an element of "How does the meta evolve each week?" but also tournaments such as Random Battles tournaments on forum I've seen also do this, and that has no prepping, or making a team, and basically no evolving format outside of the occasional changes to sets, or new Pokemon drops.
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everyone else has basically answered, but yeah. to put it as simply as possible, not everyone can play at the exact same time and scheduling that with the size of some tours just absolutely is not feasible whatsoever
 
waytoopetty said:
what is the badgeshop?
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users can use "points" determined by what badges they have (and other things, like being room or global staff on PS!) to buy certain rewards on PS! like getting your name color changed, getting a custom avatar, claiming a defunct username, etc
 
I can't seem to like posts. Apparently it should be right next to "Reply", but it just doesn't show up for me:
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Did/Does anyone else have this issue? Any ideas on how to fix this/where to ask for more help?
Thanks!
 
Totodile Squad said:
I can't seem to like posts. Apparently it should be right next to "Reply", but it just doesn't show up for me:
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Did/Does anyone else have this issue? Any ideas on how to fix this/where to ask for more help?
Thanks!
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likes are enabled after 5 or 10 posts I don't remember which. it's to discourage people from making a ton of new accounts to boost their ratio and so that botting doesn't become prevalent when voting is involved.
 
Melt Gibson said:
users can use "points" determined by what badges they have (and other things, like being room or global staff on PS!) to buy certain rewards on PS! like getting your name color changed, getting a custom avatar, claiming a defunct username, etc
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how many points for each badge? how many points is a cus avatar?
 
Dead by Daylight said:
Are there any strict requirements for pre-contributor or is it based on when someone notices you contributing to the community?
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They can vary based on quality, quantity, and similar such factors + you can have contributions from several sections all count towards something that's basically a starter badge.
 
Is there any way for unbadged users to make a thread in policy review? I tried submitting a post request yesterday, but it requires you to link a thread. I can assure this is no joke post -- it's about addressing 10+ year old issues with the usage stats based on research I've done for 1.5 years.
 
lighthouse64 said:
Is there any way for unbadged users to make a thread in policy review? I tried submitting a post request yesterday, but it requires you to link a thread. I can assure this is no joke post -- it's about addressing 10+ year old issues with the usage stats based on research I've done for 1.5 years.
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We discussed this internally - you should be able to post in PR now.
 
totally off the cuff but I think this could help with many projects: often times people sign up for a project or tour in a thread, then the host wants to ping everyone. Idk, personally I'd find it useful if there was a way to ping everyone in the thread with a single @ mention. Not sure if it's possible on these forums, but just a suggestion if it is.

Maybe only let the OP do it or make a clear punishment for those who abuse it if you let anyone do it.
 
pokemonisfun said:
totally off the cuff but I think this could help with many projects: often times people sign up for a project or tour in a thread, then the host wants to ping everyone. Idk, personally I'd find it useful if there was a way to ping everyone in the thread with a single @ mention. Not sure if it's possible on these forums, but just a suggestion if it is.

Maybe only let the OP do it or make a clear punishment for those who abuse it if you let anyone do it.
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my suggestion:

allow the creator of a thread to request "Ping Access" (either via a thread or button idk) maybe with a reason as to why, or moderator checks thread

if allowed the thread creator can do this
 
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can mods/supermods/admins see things we post in sandbox? Just you know...dont want to reveal teams/prep to them! I know it says original poster onlybut just asking.
 
twofer here

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/current-state-of-ss-ou.3726411/page-2#post-9756255 I requested posting access (using the proper form) for this thread a week ago maybe more and haven't heard anything back - how long does this process usually take?

also if i wanted to make posts about general competitive strategy and mindset and building in such a way that it is 'evergreen' (not tied to any specific metagame or tier), what subforum would be best suited for this?
 
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