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"A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Tuesday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer." The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down, "Why not on Tuesday?" A...
hello everybody!!! my name is teh and i saw this cool thread so im starting a new roleplay set in smogon high school!! there will be classes and pokemon battles and NO MATH HOMEWORK (dont worry everyone) i will need active peopel to roleplay with me to make this the best roleplay ever! please...
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Hey everyone! With the release of the first official RBY PU viability rankings, ZU is now (kind of) a real tier! Magmar, Scyther, and Vileplume have all been granted PU status, and Abra has been shoved down the Pit of Despair and ended up in ZU. There's no better way to...
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Welcome to the RBY ZU! After a relatively long period of inactivity, this tier is back and ready to be explored! Feel free to discuss anything ZU-related in this thread, whether that be sets you find to be underrated, viability rankings, or anything inbetween!
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we're bringing this back
keep in mind:
- you will have 3 days to tag ONE user you want to see thrown into the well
- you will have 4 days to vote, after which i shall decide the winner by doing a full audit of their taxes.
- you will have 7 days to interrogate the winner on whatever topic of...
we all know internet friendships are fake and meaningless. the Data points to this being correct too.
however, internet rivalries are a very tangible thing. use this thread to mention people you would actually fight irl. also fight here for the amusement of others
Kanto Expansion Pak OU Open III
(More info on the tier can be found here)
Welcome to the third edition of the Kanto Expansion Pak OU Open! (ignore that the first two tournaments don't share the same name.) With the release of KEP 1.4, the meta has shifted drastically. With new names, sprites...
we need to be honest with ourselves and others. we need to allow ourselves to be vulnerable. what we need is... love.
post anything in this thread, whether it's a movie, game, or fictional character. it can even be other people! say how amazing or awesome it is, or even why you love it if you...
(Approved by Sabelette)
RBY Random Battles Open I
Welcome to the first ever RBY Random Battles Open! RBY RandBats has always been one of the most competitive versions of RandBats, with a large and dedicated community. With the advent of the massive moveset overhaul earlier today, this...
Did you know deer can jump higher than the average house? It’s because of their strong hind legs and the fact that the average house can’t jump.
What did one eye say to the other? Just between you and me, something smells.
phoopes I did it again
very minor edit to pvk's initial post. should be completely fine now
[OVERVIEW]
Tauros stampedes into Tradebacks OU with some nifty new tricks, gaining new moves like Headbutt and Surf to lay devastation upon Kanto. It's still your usual rampaging bull, though, acting as the tier's central...
sorry if my sentences are go on for too long, still trying to practice being concise.
[OVERVIEW]
Jynx's role remains virtually unchanged from it's job in standard OU play- using Lovely Kiss on Psychic-type leads, absorb or block sleep for its own team, and fish for a freeze if given the chance...
i hate fishflies so much i hope they stop existing forever starting today. theyre like 3 inches long and theyre fucking EVERYWHERE
look at these fuckers. when i woke up there were like 20 of them (not an exaggeration) on my window and they were swarming the outside of my house. our backyard...
[OVERVIEW]
Persian benefits immensely from the introduction of Tradebacks moves, gaining two incredibly powerful options in Hypnosis and Amnesia. With Hypnosis, Persian is one of the few physical attackers with a sleep-inducing move, allowing its team to spread paralysis liberally without having...