Smogon Simple Questions Thread

[a fairy]

hi. i’m really unsure as to where i should report this, but i encountered a bot on ladder. i thought they were supposed to be registered and not registering them is a bannable offense, so i’m hoping something can be done about this. replay below.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2699463445

Please use PS tickets (/report or /help) for this. You are unlikely to get the right eyes on this here.

 

[DrThop]

hi. i’m really unsure as to where i should report this, but i encountered a bot on ladder. i thought they were supposed to be registered and not registering them is a bannable offense, so i’m hoping something can be done about this. replay below.
https://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen9ou-2699463445

There is a grace period where bots and owners won't be punished for not being on the register (we're still there).The register is not public in the first place so you're just assuming that they're breaking the rules.
There will be an option to not match with bots on ladder but it's still not implemented, you'll have to be patient.

 

[Demon Queen]

Will I gain or lose COIL for a suspect if I fight against a registered bot?

 

[DerpySuX]

Will I gain or lose COIL for a suspect if I fight against a registered bot?

to my knowledge bots are not able to match with players who are participating in a suspect test, however according to this post “bots will not affect ratings” implies that all rating metrics are completely unaffected by playing against a bot, including COIL.

 

[raffe]

to my knowledge bots are not able to match with players who are participating in a suspect test, however according to this post “bots will not affect ratings” implies that all rating metrics are completely unaffected by playing against a bot, including COIL.

so your saying i CANT farm bots for elo? they hate to see us win

 

[HisuiHeat]

to my knowledge bots are not able to match with players who are participating in a suspect test, however according to this post “bots will not affect ratings” implies that all rating metrics are completely unaffected by playing against a bot, including COIL.

interesting, fighting bots gains nothing for us and only gets them training data to surpass us, why would anyone choose to play them?

 

[DrPumpkinz]

interesting, fighting bots gains nothing for us and only gets them training data to surpass us, why would anyone choose to play them?

Some people just like playing Pokemon.

 

[HisuiHeat]

Some people just like playing Pokemon.

thankfully theres a little button you can click to play pokemon without supporting the bot agenda

 

[a fairy]

This is straying far beyond the purpose of this thread. Please take this conversation somewhere else appropriate if you wish to continue it, but do not continue it here.

 

[Ivanpmd]

Okay so I have two questions:
1: How do I build BO around Dragonite? I've tried doing so many times but all the teams I build end up getting shredded by fairies and ice types.
2: Why the [cungadero] does Grass Knot make contact.

 

[DerpySuX]

Okay so I have two questions:
1: How do I build BO around Dragonite? I've tried doing so many times but all the teams I build end up getting shredded by fairies and ice types.
2: Why the [cungadero] does Grass Knot make contact.

For teambuilding advice I would recommend finding the subforum or some other chat about the format you are building for as they will be able to give you better advice than just nebulously asking for general Dragonite partners. You can find the discord servers for all of smogons main formats here.

Grass knot is coded as a contact move ingame, if you’re asking for the logic behind it I’m not too sure, but it’s not the only special attack to make contact, other notable examples are Draining Kiss and Electro Drift

 

[Ivanpmd]

Wait elecro drift does contact too?
Okay just added rocky helmet ferrothorn to my Miraidon check lis-
Miraidon used Overheat!