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  1. Varna
    Whatever wins, right?
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    Not bad for a sketch! You've got some raw talent in you. Practice and I'm sure you'll mold it into perfect form.
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    Useless post much? I quite enjoy the HG style, and I was offering up an idea to make it better.
  4. Varna
    It'd be cool if those things were links instead of just blurbs with pretty pictures that take up space.
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    Dream Theater - A Nightmare to Remember
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    You need to make sure that the background of the picture is transparent. If you used paint, I'm not sure how to do that, but it's really easy to do in something like Photoshop.
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    Pretty sure SCV said he didn't want to bother mucking around with Shoddy when 2 is almost out.
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    Fabricated, not plagiarized. It means he lied in it, not that he stole the post from somewhere else.
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    Taunt?
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    I'd have to agree with this. My big problem with the design is the hat, though I don't particularly like the rest of the design either. Oh well. They had a lot of pressure to make something as good as the 3rd/4th gen designs imo, so I can forgive it.
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    Off roading on the ocean?
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    I'd like to nominate Gyarados for consideration in that list. I find him to be extremely hard to deal with, barring a lucky spatk lightning hit, and that becomes really hard to do when facing a Bounce set. He might not be as bad as some of the ones on there, but I figured I'd say what comes to mind.
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    Tier Names

    Varna posted a topic in Tier Discussion

    Branching this from the "main thread" so we can all argue and debate about the best names here. I'm assuming (hopefully not incorrectly) that we'll be going down the 4 tier path that has been mostly agreed upon so far. So, here is a smattering of ideas to hopefully get you guys going: Overpowered / High Class / Low Class / Underpowered Overpowered / High Class / Middle Class / Low Class Unlimited / Standard / Limited / Restricted S / A / B / C ranks Mythic / Normal / Medium / Low
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    A lot, from what I'm seeing. I'm with randomspot on this one; seems like a lot of work sped through really fast for only having 3 people doing it... Oh, and while we're on the topic of new clauses; how about a No Rocks clause? :B If you're looking for things that have had a ridiculously large impact on how battles are fought, there it is.
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    Why not just post them? I don't see the point in secrecy. I like the clause idea. It follows with the idea of keeping it simple.
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    The two goals I have in mind, for the tier system structure at least, are thus: 1. KISS. Keep it simple, stupid. It's annoying and convoluted to have a ton of tiers for marginal differences in power. If we're going that route, why not just rank all the Pokémon by numbers? Three to five seems to be fine, though the fewer the better imo. 2. Get away from Smogon's naming conventions. That's really all a matter of preference, but I think it'd distinguish us from them a lot more if we didn't use the same names for anything. Example: Overpowered = Deoxys High Class = Metagross Standard = Swampert Low Class = Espeon Underpowered = Dustox I definitely enjoy the idea of a tier between the concepts of "ubers" and "ou". It would make cases such as Wobuffet and (especially) Garchomp much less of a headache to deal with.
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    The intention is to make the tier itself essentially a ban list for High Class, so yes, strictly "ubers". What it contains would be up for debate. I wish I could come up with a more graceful naming convention for the 4 tiers, but it's 5:30 AM where I am and I lack the mental capacities to do so at the moment.
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    We're in complete agreement, then. Ditto your last paragraph.
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    A streamlining of the tiers was part of the plan Bob was talking about, Illithian. I don't see why we can't test things on our own after that is accomplished, though. What is this stuff about "falling behind"? I wasn't aware we were on some sort of strict schedule. This is a hobby, not a job. - Overpowered - High Class - Low Class - Underpowered Just a suggestion.
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    Suggestion: No plz. But seriously, if you do add something like this, make some strict rules about it (no one liner posts, no "script style" roleplaying, etc). Definitely disable post count increases in there, too.
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    Yes, it will take the most time among any method, but it is the most accurate way of doing things imo. Remember that this won't stop us from HAVING a tier list in the mean time, it only means that our changes will happen slower as we find problems that we originally overlooked. Also, what do you mean "us 3"? I'm sure there are more people here willing to test than that.
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    If we are eliminating usage as a factor, then all we are left with is the game data and test battles. Testing it in that situation is the most important step. Testing sets it apart from simply being theorymon. We draw up a list of what we "think" will be accurate, test the living hell out of it, and make changes according to what was discovered. In that way, we won't have a tier list that fluctuates based on usage, which is essentially what everyone here wants to get away from. I like the idea of a "condensed" list. High/Middle/Low. Maybe not those specific names (though they are simplistic enough), but the overzealous amount of tiers has always been one thing that I've hated about Smogon's. As far as a test method goes, it's really just about dumping time into it. Make a ton of teams, battle with them. Notice a trend that seems too powerful? Point it out and then we can specifically look into it. Usage may not be a factor for the actual list, but it does help bring to light issues that need to be fixed.
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    Crossposted: If Pokemon were real, we would all be long dead. Are you forgetting that these things have all sorts of ridiculous super powers and a large portion of them, if brought to life in a real setting, would be carnivorous? If by some act of God we survived, it would be in small militaristic camps scattered across the globe, trying to tame the small and less dangerous ones for protection and hoping that a roaming group of Charizard don't find and lay waste to us all. Some of us might be lucky enough to be mind-slaved and kept as pets by organizations of Psychic types ala Mindflayers (AD&D), but otherwise, you can bet the rest of these things would love a free meal.
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    Well, I guess I don't need to do them now, because the guy is apparently doing more. http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d10/teh_jamez/HGSSPrites1.png Though it kind of fails since he watermarked them.
  25. Varna
    LET THE BIDOOFICATION BEGIN More later. Maybe.
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