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I'm seeing if I can make time for the OU Team Up! Tournament, and I'd like to know what amount of time would broach the "minimum activity" rule. I might not be able to play super often, due to living in an unfortunate timezone, so some clarification would be very helpful - or at least a general idea of what might be excessive.
Currently, "Past Gen Ubers" lack permanent ladder support on PS. The only way to play them is when they appear in the Ladder Spotlight, which rotates infrequently. As more generations are added, each specific past Ubers meta appears less and less often.
This is not a matter of player interest—Ubers is an official Smogon tier, and many players enjoy past gens (e.g., DPP, BW, ORAS, USM Ubers). Meanwhile, Past Gen OUs have permanent, selectable ladders.
Would it be possible to add permanent "Past Gens Ubers" ladders alongside the existing Past OUs? This would remove the artificial barrier of the Spotlight rotation and give Ubers players the same consistent access that OU players already enjoy.
Thanks for considering.
This is not a matter of player interest—Ubers is an official Smogon tier, and many players enjoy past gens (e.g., DPP, BW, ORAS, USM Ubers). Meanwhile, Past Gen OUs have permanent, selectable ladders.
Would it be possible to add permanent "Past Gens Ubers" ladders alongside the existing Past OUs? This would remove the artificial barrier of the Spotlight rotation and give Ubers players the same consistent access that OU players already enjoy.
Thanks for considering.
https://www.smogon.com/stats/
find the date youd want to check out (updated every month) kudos to marty
find the tier you want its typically 1695 for OU and 1630 for every other tier!
you can also select movesets to view the same usage stats but with moves/teammates/checks and counters etc.
mb on the brief explanation it should be a little self explanatory? lmk if you want me to elaborate
Short answer, it won’t happen
Long answer, all non-OU old gen lower tiers (Ubers is a lower tier in this context) have rotational ladders so that they don’t die due to lack of engagement. Having all of them as options leads to games being spread thinly to where you won’t find games on any of the ladders. Lower tiers are just simply less popular than OU and it isn’t justifiable to keep all of them up at once. If you want games in these tiers, ask in the Ubers PS! room, Ubers Discord, or join tours with them throughout the year.
evrey 1st of the month
I think I Got my mobile ip banned from showdown for some reason I can't understand. I use It to test teams. The only things I said today that could had gotten me banned were: "does that work at bo3 or is it bo1 slop?". And: "lol you got the 2% sleep powder miss, so Lucky". Did I really get my IP banned for that?
Lol same
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You don't have permission to access this resource.Apache/2.4.52 (Ubuntu) Server at play.pokemonshowdown.com Port 80
HELP when I load showdown this pops up not sure where to post this so I decided here. I don’t know what to do I’m on iOS so I’m not sure if I can access files. PLEASE HELP ME I really want to get back on showdown.
Same as the 3 above
I think many people are experiencing this, probably a showdown issue. Im sure itll be back soon
Its showdown server
Wowza, I can't believe Nintendo would shut down showdown like that. (This is, hopefully, a joke).
i was eating chip when I got a call "showdown is died."
prob just a server update for the new monthly metas n stuff
We're so back.
what is the easiest way to get smogon badge
How come the localized Smogon StratDex entries opt to use English names for the things they correspond to instead of whatever that element would be called in that language? I would assume the database it pulls from/link to only supports English, perhaps?
what are points?
for smogon points are badges that you can collect by helping the mods and the pokmeon showdown, for other tingh, IDK