| Committee Member | Pokemon Online Name |
| Drake_XIV | Drake_XIV |
| killsdazombies | Killsdazombies |
| Gym Leader | Pokemon Online Name | Type |
| Tyranim | Nheslhaws | Grass |
| Drake_XIV | Drake_XIV | Flying |
| killsdazombies | Killsdazombies | Dark |
| twitchyfb | Twitchy | Ghost |
| einherjar145 | einherjar145 | Psychic |
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Username: tyranim
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IGN: Nheslhaws
Legendaries are banned from the League, no matter what the tier. Competitive battlers will understand what I mean.No, we won't. Legendaries are just like normal pokemon. Their differences are that they are generally stronger than the average pokemon and they are more difficult to get the right natures and IVs for in-game. The first point is negligible because the overpowered legendaries are banned, just like other overpowered pokemon. The non overpowered legendaries are certainly allowed. Honestly, are you going to ban Articuno and Regigigas while allowing Tyranitar and Dragonite? Seriously? The second point isn't even relevant because playing through PO, or another simulator, is simply better. It's more accessible to players (I haven't even bothered to beat all the gyms in my copy of White, which probably doesn't even have Wifi set up) and takes far less time. Just because some people spent hours training in-game doesn't mean everyone has to. The only places that can pull off such a large Wifi league are forums even larger than this one focused purely on pokemon.
I think the size is too big. By the time you have 8 gym leaders and 4 E4 members, you'll barely have any challengers left. I think it should be halved to 4 gyms and an E2.Alternate solution to the underpopulation problem: have the Gym Leaders and E4 be NPCs, and the players controlling them can have a Challenger character of their own.
Lastly, I don't think it's good to force players to challenge gym leaders and elite members in order. The first few gym leaders will be overwhelmed, while the further gym leaders will rarely have games. I think practicality takes priority over closely following the games.
@ Pokémon selection banningsthis. but idk what the banlist is. only reason i would say ban all legendaries is because i personally prefer to never use them due to most of them being op
I think it's just easier to use the banlists provided by some of the larger-scale competitive Pokémon communities (like Smogon).I think the size is too big. By the time you have 8 gym leaders and 4 E4 members, you'll barely have any challengers left. I think it should be halved to 4 gyms and an E2.Alternate solution to the underpopulation problem: have the Gym Leaders and E4 be NPCs, and the players controlling them can have a Challenger character of their own.
Lastly, I don't think it's good to force players to challenge gym leaders and elite members in order. The first few gym leaders will be overwhelmed, while the further gym leaders will rarely have games. I think practicality takes priority over closely following the games.
Seconding the suggestion of "challenge leaders and E4 in any order," especially since Gen V's E4 can be challenged in any order.
I'm going to join this later but its too late, so i'm posting to avoid forgetting about it ^^
Amongst these are Heatran, Deoxys [all formes], and Jirachi. Keep in mind that this list will be amended according to out own "metagame."On websites like Smogon, the tiers are determined by a tested and successful voting system involving opinions from the very best of the game, and only the best players.
As RR said, Garchomp is definitely overpowered in OU, and pretty much every major site has agreed on this.
Amongst these are Heatran, Deoxys [all formes], and Jirachi. Keep in mind that this list will be amended according to out own "metagame."On websites like Smogon, the tiers are determined by a tested and successful voting system involving opinions from the very best of the game, and only the best players.
Your ban list is determined by 1 person's opinion.
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I like Legendaries out for thematic reasons- how about we just use lower tiers where Legendaries aren't so important as checks? I started playing Friday and I have to say I like the RU and UU metagames a lot more than the OU metagame.
If people don't want to miss out on their favourite pokemon we could make it like 1 OU max. I would definitely miss my Vaporeon otherwise.
Also, I'm not quite clear on the rules, but isn't this Mono? In either case I didn't know it was so hardcore serious. Are people going to scour Smogon forums for 1337 teams and do 30 hours of calculations to get the EVs at perfect benchmarks and stuff?
I didn't know it was so hardcore serious. Are people going to scour Smogon forums for 1337 teams and do 30 hours of calculations to get the EVs at perfect benchmarks and stuff?
I mean calculating to put exactly 26 Spec Def and 3 HP so you can take exactly two Uxie Psychics and come out with exactly 1 HP or some BS like that. What I was trying to say is people will probably just pick their favourite pokes and have at it, right? But now that I look at this chat, the people here some pretty knowledgeable so I retract my point. I'm pretty new to this game so I hadn't realized how delicate the Meta is- I thought that Pokes from the lower tiers would be able to fulfill higher tier niches in a sufficient way as checks, but that might not be the case.
Honestly, 252, 252, 6 EVs make all the difference (or whatever EV spread you're using, so long as it benefits your pokemon). Imo it's necessary for playing competitively.
Also i can be a air gym leader/elite 4 since on my server only 1-2 out of about 100 make it through
This is an interesting concept. Have downloaded the program, and will definitely look more into it when my schedule frees up...I've tried it without the stupid university proxy restriction...68 different servers in an instant...642 players in the first server at this moment...I think the number is even higher during 6a.m. GMT+8 this morning...