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The argument for Zama is that ID+BD is a linear gameplan that can be mitigated by a Ghost or a Status Spreader, even Roar/Whirlwind can work albeit not for last mon Zama. It doesn't make it any less obtuse and frustrating to deal with, however. If only we had a Poison/Flying type with access to...

Where else are we gonna make sweeping generalizations and fail to reconcile differences in our peers? Give the poor man a break lmao, quadrants are supposed to create discussion because of their granularity. Not as litmus for determining the next suspect or anything else akin to that. I...

Easy echo above, Volcarona is just unbelievably hard to account for in the team builder. You are accounting for damn near 14 viable sets: a combination of coverage and Tera makes even the most reliable checks second guess themselves because of "is it bug buzz? tera dragon? psychic? is it running...

Could it be possible to make a timeline of council actions moving forward? Nothing specific or definitive, even a vague “Survey by Late January” would do wonders for pointing users towards. You can’t schedule Suspects obv, but being able to see that “tournament begins end of month, survey to be...

Finchinator cannot prevent people from conflating his personal media channels and their posts to his work and rhetoric as Council Leader. That is what I am intending to communicate. This has no need to be this emotional and I know you are aware of that. People felt ambiguous towards the list...

You are missing the forest for the trees. It is something that DOES affect discussion, can lead people to create false narratives, and altogether would be best to avoid. But to avoid that? No social media, no public presence, no conflicts of interest created. You are asking tantamount to...

You are acting like this is the Supreme Court. It's a fucking competitive Pokemon group, can Finch not have an opinion and articulate it? We are educated enough to recognize where and if it crosses the line. The impetus is on the users, not council to vet EVERY action and word they say.

Thank you for taking the time to explain and explore, I appreciate your perspective on this and I’ll sit on it some more while and take some more time to play. I wasn’t personally struggling, and apologize for reading your message as patronizing when the intention is to inform others as well...

Thank you for the non-post. I specifically stated that because I am potentially wrong, and would like to be challenged and have my perspective changed. Even if it’s patiently false through discussion, at least it leads to constructive and efficacious output. Not thanks for being brave???? why...

My man, you can‘t just assume someone doesn’t understand or is incapable of recognizing solutions to a problem, that is absurdly patronizing. I know people go to the forums and parrot rhetoric because they didn’t understand something on the ladder, you can’t always assume that. I am speaking...

What would everyone’s thoughts be on a Hazards Clause? Wherein only a single unit, of a single hazard can be up at a time. So, a choice between Rocks, a layer of Spikes, a layer of Toxic Spikes, or Webs. This would be implemented within the team builder, so outright preventing a team from...

I am extremely confused at the dialogue surround Tera Blast, and would appreciate any information or clarification. I am aware of the policy review thread. As it stands, we have pushed as a community to not pick and choose options for banning, i.e. Speed Boost Blaziken vs. Blaze Blaziken. In...

My issue with Kokoloko as a whole, is the shifting from determining if a given Pokémon is uncompetitive, broken, etc., while within its given tier to instead if a given Pokémon is uncompetitive, broken, etc., by being introduced to the tier. Kokoloko is a extremist approach to tiering, and fails...

Power Creep has pushed forward enough where something like Darkrai isn’t that much of a stretch to drop. Sleep is mitigated through Clause and all Spore users being too slow/frail to establish much momentum, Darkrai is no exception. Perfect scenario, you still are 4MSS’d because you want STAB...

Most people here do not build their own teams, it is a wholly different skill set and often doesn't translate as one-to-one between battling as it might seem. Having the schematic breadth to recognize all viable sets, of all viable pokemon, in all viable team compositions in a given tier is an...

For Houndstone, the problem is the combination of an ability, a move, and a Pokemon with enough viability to make that combination effective. Banning a pokémon is the best option and continues to be given how most, if not all, complex bans ended up being patchwork that didn’t fully address the...