So there have been a couple things which have been bothering me recently. I'll see if I can properly articulate them here. Please note that none of this is intended as criticism... or well if it is its supposed to be constructive criticism.
1) Do you guys remember that Eevee General guy? Used to be a Room Owner and co-head of OMs? Of course you do. He's kind of hard to forget
though I've tried. One of the things that I really liked about Eevee General and The Immortal as a team is that I thought they covered each others weaknesses pretty well. Namely, The Immortal, while present in the OM room, has never been the most outgoing member of it, while Eevee General was. Now obviously I don't expect Scpinion to BE Eevee General, except occasionally when I'm hallucinating from eating too many wild mushrooms, but I would appreciate it if the presence of the heads of the OM community was more felt in the room itself. By this I mean not just being on the userlist, but talking, discussing metas, whatever. I can't speak for anyone else, but it would make me feel more like my opinions and the opinions of the OM community were being heard on matters of policy, rather than you guys working off of what has been the dominant feeling in the past. Communities change and evolve, and policy should evolve with it, and if you're not an integral part of our community then how can you be properly equipped to deal with this change?
This isn't to say I don't think both of you are good leaders. I would just appreciate this little bit extra, if it's not too much trouble. If you have a reason why my concerns are being addressed in another way (through this thread perhaps, although my response there is perhaps more would still be nice) I would love to hear it.
2) Mix and Mega
So I'm still a little unclear (and have gotten conflicting answers) as to whose decision it was to not allow the unreleased mega stones in Mix and Mega, but I WILL speak for almost everyone and say that it's a bad decision. The stones are in the code, as seen by our ability to use them in BH. We know what they do. And not allowing them drives down interest in the metagame. I was speaking to a fairly new player today in the OM room, and they told me that they wanted to make a mnm team, but every time they found a "fun" stone it's banned, and they gave up (Proof:
http://imgur.com/a/pOkNF). The community wants the stones, and while I understand the reasoning behind you not wanting them released (for anyone who doesn't know it's apparently that it would set a precedent that would let other oms use unreleased stuff), no other metagame loses as much from the lack of released material. AAA and Sketchmons would be mostly unchanged by the addition of Liquid Voice or Spectral Thief, while Mix and Mega loses... what half? of the mega stones that give it its purpose and its playability. If you need an angle to allow them consider this: these mega stones have been released in the past. They exist in the Pokemon games legally obtainable, just not transferable to the present generation. They HAVE been released. It's a little different from unreleased moves and Hidden Abilities, partially because once released those can't ever be unobtainable through pokebank.
This is something I think a lot of people will take up the cry on. If this should go in the Mix and Mega thread let me know, but I feel it's more of a policy decision and anyways I don't want to clog that thread up.
3)
I think there was another thing that was bothering me but I don't remember what it was so I'll finish with my plain ol' suggestion that doesn't ask for modifications of current policy / behavior :P
We get a LOT of people coming into the OM room going "I've got a meta idea!" We also have a lot of rejected meta ideas. Or metas that get accepted but just never get many plays (I'm not even talking Sketchmons levels of dead here, I'm talking like a couple hundred EVER). I feel like an official format of some sort to workshop om ideas, complete with battling would be great. So: Here's my suggestion;
- The project takes place in 2 week cycles.
- People submit meta ideas.
- The project leader picks a couple, then the community votes on which idea they like most
- The winning idea gets a small, quick forum tour (I'm imagining max 16 people, 3 day rounds)
- At the end everybody gives feedback on the idea and the originator of the idea would have some evidence of it in practice to use if / when they submitted it.
I think it would also be cool to have OM mashups, or other weird variations of our standard oms as choices some weeks. But primarily I see it as something used to workshop new ideas.
The 2 main problems I see are
- Coding: Unless we found someone willing to code a new meta every 2 weeks (or multiple people) we would have to stick with metas that could be played on existing ladders.
- Playerbase: Would there be enough activity to sustain these tours? Would it take away from the possibility of other tours having enough people?
Hit me with your criticism.
Sorry this was long I've been putting off all of these for awhile.
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