Texas Cloverleaf
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There have been several ideas floating around Dragonspiral Tower about the creation of a suspect ladder to test the metagame without Pokemon people believe are broken. While I think that that will lead to particular discourse on which Pokemon should be removed from the ladder I do think the idea has merit.
Option 1: A suspect ladder is created when a pokemon is voted Uber a single time by a simple majority. This allows users to test the metagame with both the suspect pokemon present and without.
This would be a case similar to what is going on currently, with Thunderus. A suspect ladder would be created where Thunderus is banned, allowing users to see if particular metagame shifts occur due to the lack of Thunderus, thereby seeing if it is overpowered.
Due to the significance of weather in the metagame, if any weather was voted to a simple majority a suspect ladder would then be implemented to allow voters the oppurtunity to confirm their opinion by playing a metagame both with and without the nominated weather.
Pokemon banned by a supermajority would not be eligible for a suspect test.
Option 2: A suspect ladder will be created when a Pokemon is nominated for re-entry to the OU metagame. After being put to a vote and being successfully supported for re-entry into the OU metagame, a suspect ladder will be created where the user base can test the OU metagame with the nominated Pokemon present, to see if it is indeed broken.
This process would allow for cases such as Manaphy if Drizzle were banned. The suspect ladder will allow a controlled test where it can be seen if Manaphy is indeed broken of its own merit.
NOTE: Pokemon banned by a supermajority will not be reintroduced unless a significant factor in their banning is altered.
This is more of a contingency plan in case something happened for example, if Reuniclus was banned in Round 2.
Given all the apparent support for suspect ladders that has been thrown around i am interested in hearing people's thoughts and opinions on whether a suspect ladder is a good idea, limited to the options above.
If you believe you have an alternative suspect ladder procedure feel free to post your idea here.
On a final note, if one becomes concerned with a dilution of playerbase, one must remember that a player will be playing both ladders to confirm their metagame decision. Worst case scenario we remove Dream World or Challenge Cup :P
Option 1: A suspect ladder is created when a pokemon is voted Uber a single time by a simple majority. This allows users to test the metagame with both the suspect pokemon present and without.
This would be a case similar to what is going on currently, with Thunderus. A suspect ladder would be created where Thunderus is banned, allowing users to see if particular metagame shifts occur due to the lack of Thunderus, thereby seeing if it is overpowered.
Due to the significance of weather in the metagame, if any weather was voted to a simple majority a suspect ladder would then be implemented to allow voters the oppurtunity to confirm their opinion by playing a metagame both with and without the nominated weather.
Pokemon banned by a supermajority would not be eligible for a suspect test.
Option 2: A suspect ladder will be created when a Pokemon is nominated for re-entry to the OU metagame. After being put to a vote and being successfully supported for re-entry into the OU metagame, a suspect ladder will be created where the user base can test the OU metagame with the nominated Pokemon present, to see if it is indeed broken.
This process would allow for cases such as Manaphy if Drizzle were banned. The suspect ladder will allow a controlled test where it can be seen if Manaphy is indeed broken of its own merit.
NOTE: Pokemon banned by a supermajority will not be reintroduced unless a significant factor in their banning is altered.
This is more of a contingency plan in case something happened for example, if Reuniclus was banned in Round 2.
Given all the apparent support for suspect ladders that has been thrown around i am interested in hearing people's thoughts and opinions on whether a suspect ladder is a good idea, limited to the options above.
If you believe you have an alternative suspect ladder procedure feel free to post your idea here.
On a final note, if one becomes concerned with a dilution of playerbase, one must remember that a player will be playing both ladders to confirm their metagame decision. Worst case scenario we remove Dream World or Challenge Cup :P