Paul

preach brother

sorry pal, aren't you rich? your opinion doesn't matter

This is very good bait

Red/Black Reaper Hoods, GDM, and Plague Masks have more than doubled in price this year. Rich players are not struggling whatsoever to make profit. again, this is more about the people who don't have those items and now don't have anything to invest in until February.

I try to base my opinions on what would benefit the overall player base, but rich players are a large part of that and if that upsets you, I don't know what to tell you. The entire post you're quoting is me explaining why in my opinion, not having a limited-time item does hurt the everyday 'poor' player. If that comes off as me arguing in favor of rich players getting richer, then you either aren't very smart or my ability to sense sarcasm is at an all time low. 'poor' players will never close the gap between them and the wealthy players if they have nothing to invest money into. By having another 4~ month gap between limited items (Halloween/October-CNY/February) you're ensuring 'poor' players have no chance of investing, while the old items continue to rise in price and the rich get richer.

kyu kills christmas again smh

The event/seasonal items along with the xmas presents/goodie bags have always been cheap & accessible items for newer players to make a profit from, while limited-time items have been what the wealthier players invest in. If you don't add any new limited-time item, those wealthy players will just dump their cash into the event/seasonal items making it more expensive for those newer players, especially when it's an item as desirable as this one is. You're not owning the rich by decreasing the value of your best items. If anything, they will still horde this item and sell it in 8 months at prices that poorer players still can't afford. All this accomplishes is hurting the potential of your item and making it more difficult for newer players to invest in anything.

Seeing such a good item have it's potential wasted is unfortunate given how many limited-time items are disappointing. The overall quality of vanity items seem to be fine but they hinder their own value by giving their items the wrong seasonal/event/limited tag every time. I felt the same way about the Mage Hat/Staff and even if a slim chance, hope they switch this to limited.

the guy offering a shiny sandslash on Christmas Eve to a new player must have a lot of friends. Glad you decided to ask elsewhere, because unfortunately a lot of new players don't do the same.

sir it's christmas

The largest mistake I see newer PvP players have is understanding what they're trying to accomplish when they're playing. Adding on to what others have said, PvP is not about taking 6 strong pokemon and trying to power your way through the tier, each pokemon on your team is there to fill a specific role, counter a specific threat in the tier, or support the pokemon you built your team around. For me, I like to take 1 Pokemon that I want to win with and use the other 5 slots as ways to open opportunities for that Pokemon. For example, if I want to win using a Swords Dance Scizor, I need to build the rest of my team to account for what Scizor struggles to deal with in OU. To answer some of your questions, I'll use SD Scizor as my example and explain why some of your questions are so important. -- This is not a team I've actually used, just an example of how to build around one Pokemon. This team has flaws and Is something I just came up with while writing this. For starters, besides just breaking focus sash and punishing switches as others correctly mentioned, entry hazards are extremely useful for giving your 'win condition' the opportunity to sweep. For example, I know a +2 Scizor deals 65-75% damage to Garchomp with Bullet Punch. This means in order for my plan to work, I need to guarantee Garchomp is below 75% before I can safely setup with Scizor, and entry hazards can help with that immensely. Scizor also has a near impossible matchup against Skarmory and Cofagrigus depending on your moveset, so I need to take that into account while building my team. I could add a Magnezone to trap Skarmory/Scizor/Ferrothorn, a Pelipper+Kingdra to guarantee I have options against Scizor's 4x weakness to fire, a Hydreigon to force Cofagrigus to switch out and prevent other defensive threats from healing using Taunt, etc. Those other slots are all built to give Scizor the best possible chance of winning with Sword Dance, and every move I make during a game will be me calculating how I can make Scizor's sweep easier. Addressing your question about what to lead with, if you have a clear goal (in this case it's SD Scizor) you should (with experience) be able to identify what threatens your strategy the most & what you need to keep healthy during the course of the game and what you need to kill. Hypothetically, if my opponent has a Skarmory and Volcarona, I know I need to keep my Magnezone/Pelipper/Kingdra healthy in order to support Scizor, so I'll have to lead with whatever I chose as my last 2 Pokemon. (This does vary game-to-game, as Pelipper is a great lead in some matchups but struggles if there's a Rotom or certain other threats) Building around 1 Pokemon isn't the only way to play, as this is close to the 'balance' playstyle. Hyper offense, bulky offense, stall, and others can be built in different ways giving you multiple different ways to win. However that requires you to identify what your win condition is based on your opponent's team, and that's rather difficult for a new player. I'd choose one Pokemon you like and try to build a team using the other 5 slots to support it, and look through the usage stats along with matchmaking/tournament games to get a better understanding of what that Pokemon needs help dealing with. On top of this, I personally have never built a team that never needed adjustments. Whether it's changing an item, a move, or an entire Pokemon, you should be adjusting your team multiple times before it's 'perfect' so don't feel down on yourself if you build something that doesn't seem to work. The first rain team I built on PokeMMO only has 3/6 of the same Pokemon as my current rain team has. I tried to cover most of the basics but 2 other things I forgot to mention; EVs and IVs. A lot of Pokemon are fine with 252/252/6 EVs, but you should always ask yourself if there are unneeded EVs in one place, or missing EVs in another. Continuing with the Scizor example, my first SD Scizor had very little speed, and I quickly found out that Milotic's Scald burn killed any chance I had of setting up if I played against one, so I tried a Scizor with 116 HP/252 Attack/140 Speed to guarantee I outspeed uninvested Milotic, among other things, and found more success. (I don't recall if 140 was the exact speed but you get the point) With IVs, I highly recommend against going full 4/5x31 to start. As I mentioned, you should be adjusting your team and switching out Pokemon numerous times. This can become very pricey if you don't have the funds to breed 20+ perfect Pokemon, so I recommend going for 2x31 3x25+, putting the 2 31's in the most important stats. A Kingdra with 27/0/27/31/27/31 will be nearly identical to a 5x31 while saving you hundreds of thousands of dollars. Once you know what Pokemon work well, you can sell the current variant and upgrade to perfect breeds from there. I hope you read this and came out a little bit smarter but there really is a lot to cover and I tried to fit in everything I could without writing you a book.

I believe it's common for people to create their own sets, but if you wanted to get advice on what to use you could ask the discord

there aren't any major changes, sleep until the christmas event

L + ratio + you fell off + dead thread + didn't ask

this must be a mistake

I wasn't aware the rules were optional. I guarantee if I refused at that moment, you would have the same reaction of accusing me of looking for a way out. You must be down pretty bad if you think 30m is that much money.

so you're allowed to ban me based on an assumption, but I can't pull out based off my own assumption? I've never heard a scammer use this argument before.. you should call Riga and put him on your council, he's a former staff member so there's no way he could do any wrong..

I think it speaks volumes when I agree more with the person who I was bidding money to ban than the actual host of the event, but gb will type 3 paragraphs on what I'm thinking and what my true evil intentions are to justify this

At what point do you give up your assumptions and look at what information we actually have? I have a track record of making donations, with legitimate reasons as to why I don't think this auction is fair, but you gloss over those reasons because of this made-up perception that I was never going to pay to begin with.

previously banned players have to pay money to play despite already serving their bans; gb says he won't allow JJ to lose his auction, so the highest bidder on JJ takes back their bid because it's now pointless if the host already made a decision. Host bans that player and everyone argues for 12 hours on why this system never should have existed to begin with; host doubles down 7 times because he's never wrong and it's a perfect system

bro u is so good and smart gb choose good council i understand good yes thank you

Your only argument against me is something opinionated & wrong. I pray to God you never have any power in the real world if this is how you judge things.

- Makes people pay money for bans they already served - Changes the rules mid-auction - Publicly tells everyone he won't allow JJ to lose but yes, question me and my intentions instead of your own. I'm arguing with a rock

I don't understand half of the things you say, but I do understand gb made you his cheerleader for this PSL so I'll repeat what I said 20 minutes ago for you; I have no interest in donating to this season or it's host, so I don't care how much the money is or where it's going.

Here's your own example in the way I view it Bill Gates is running an auction, and the moment the person Bill wants to win is no longer outbidding the person he wants to lose, he threatens to use his power as host of the auction to insure he gets the outcome he desires. He states publicly that he will use his own money to get the result he, as host, wants. Going so far as not giving anyone an end date, and stating that he can place a last-minute bid before deciding the end of his own auction. Prior to making my bids, I was not aware that: a) The host can change rules mid-auction b) The host will participate in his own auction c) The host has already determined who he wants to win d) The host has no end date to the auction, and could now win his own auction whenever he chooses due to the reasons above These are valid reasons for me to change my opinion on wanting to give money to your event, and if you can't see why these factors would change someone's interest in an auction, you should not be hosting this season of PSL.