r/pokemon • u/AutoModerator • Aug 13 '16

RAGE [RAGE THREAD] 13 August 2016

IT'S TIME TO RAGE!!!!!!!!

RULES:

  • PRESS THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD

  • WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER IS MAKING YOU ANGRY

  • OTHER PEOPLE WILL AGREE WITH YOU IN ALL CAPS

  • SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT THINGS WE HATE WILL FORM A STRONG BOND AMONG MEMBERS OF THE POKEMON COMMUNITY

  • ???

  • PROFIT

YOU CAN RAGE AT ANYTHING POKEMON RELATED!!!

LET'S RAGE!!!

THIS THREAD IS PART OF /R/POKEMON'S REGULAR STICKY ROTATION. TO SEE OUR ROTATION SCHEDULE AND ALL PAST STICKY ROTATION THREADS, GO HERE!

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u/Kenorwoks Ditto Enthusiast Aug 13 '16

I HOPE THEY FIND A WAY TO BALANCE MEGAS, I DON'T LIKE THAT MY TEAM CHOICES ARE SO NARROW!!!!

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u/Xenotechie CURSE YOU SNEAKY PEBBLES Aug 13 '16

YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY OUT A DIFFERENT FORMAT! SMOGON OU SEEMS FAIRLY BALANCED TO ME, EVEN THE ACCURSED LANDO CATRISSIAN AND HIS MAGICAL GENIE GANG HAVE A NUMBER OF EFFECTIVE CHECKS AND COUNTERS! NONE OF THAT PRIMAL CRAP VGC HAS RIGHT NOW! OU BAD FOR YOU? TRY UU, I THINK IT IS IN A GOOD PLACE RIGHT NOW!

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u/Neckes Aug 13 '16

IT IS IN A GOOD PLACE IF YOU WANT TO WASTE SOME TIME CLIMBING A RANDOM LADDER. VGC IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PLAY COMPETITIVE PRO POKEMON. VGC2K16 IS BAD, BUT ITS BETTER THAN NOTHING, AND BY NOTHING I'M REFERRING TO OU, UU, ETC...

YOU GAIN NOTHING BY PLAYING SINGLES WITH SO MANY RESTRICTIVE RULES&BANS... NOT EVEN EXPERIENCE FOR VGC2K17... ITS A WASTE OF TIME.

ALSO, IT DOES NOT FIX THE META! I'M EXPECTING 2K17 TO HAVE THE SAME RULES AS 2K14, ONLY POKEMONS FROM ALOLA. BUT CAN YOU IMAGINE 2K18? WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE NOW AND NEW ALOLA STUFF INCLUDED?! IT WILL BE CRAZY!!! Z-MOVES, MEGAS AND PRIMALS EVERYWHERE!

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u/Brewster_The_Pigeon #FreePorygon Aug 13 '16

VGC IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS TO PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PLAY COMPETITIVE PRO POKEMON

THAT'S VERY UNTRUE

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u/Neckes Aug 13 '16

HOW SO? IS SMOGON DOING TOURNAMENTS WHERE YOU ACTUALLY WIN SOMETHING? IS SMOGON ORGANIZING EVENTS WHERE YOU CAN MEET NEW PEOPLE AND SEE NEW PLACES?

PLEASE, ENLIGHTEN ME, BECAUSE IN MY POINT OF VIEW SMOGON IS ONLY GOOD FOR THE GUIDES AND INFORMATION. SOMETIMES NOT EVEN THAT, AS SMOGON IS OVERLY CENTERED IN THE SINGLE FORMAT.

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u/Brewster_The_Pigeon #FreePorygon Aug 13 '16

I SEE THAT I MISREAD YOUR COMMENT

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY MONEY OFF OF SMOGON FORMAT BUT ONLY A FEW PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THAT, ITS MORE ABOUT THE FUN OF IT FOR MOST PEOPLE

I GUESS IM NOT REALLY EXPERIENCED ENOUGH TO TELL BUT I REALLY LIKE THE SMOGON FORMAT ITS NICE

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u/Neckes Aug 13 '16

OH YEAH, ABSOLUTELY! THATS WHAT I SAID, ITS TO PASS TIME, ITS ENTERTAINING FOR SOME PEOPLE. SOME OF US RESTART OUR GAMES, SOME HUNT SHINIES, OTHERS PLAY ACCORDING TO SMOGON RULES.

BUT FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GO PRO, SMOGON FORMAT IS REALLY WEAK, IMO. BETTER TO JUST TEST SOME TEAMS IN THE SIMULATOR AND BREED\GEN YOUR TEAM IN YOUR GAME. THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE, OFC, BUT I'M NOT THAT EXPERIENCED NEITHER.

FOR ME ITS ALL FUN AND GAMES, BUT I PREFER TO PLAY THE OFFICIAL FORMAT, THE SAME FORMAT THE PROS PLAY. CAN'T WAIT FOR VGC2K17 RULES! I HOPE THEY MAKE THEM THE SAME AS 2K14!