Every CAP project is a bit of a roller coaster ride, and CAP 11 was no exception. On the downside, this one had a bit of poll drama (short polls, questionable slates, and possible cheated votes) and the TL quit midway through the CAP. But every CAP project has snags, so all-in-all the downsides weren't too terrible. Deck Knight was very active as ATL in the beginning, and the project didn't miss a beat when he stepped into the lead. Great job keeping us on track, Deck Knight. I agree with tennisace that I'd love to see you run a CAP from start to finish. On the upside, we had some great discussions and I think as a whole, this community learned a lot about team cores, offensive synergy, and possible uses of Togekiss in the current metagame. We also made a big leap forward in the movepool step, which has been a perennial CAP hell-hole. Overall, I'd say this is a win. I look forward to seeing playtesting results.
For those of you that were new to CAP this time around, I hope you now have a better understanding of the
CAP Mission Statement. This CAP really exemplified why we intentionally structure the project to be a discovery process, not just following a rigid blueprint for a specific pokemon. With every step of the CAP process, we have the opportunity to learn and debate and discover more about the pokemon we are building and the metagame in general. Each step is interesting, frustrating, exciting, and maddening as hell -- all at the same time. But, if you get in the middle of the fray and you stay involved -- I think you'll find that it's a heck of a lot of fun!
Anyway, thanks to everyone that contributed positively. To everyone reading this -- take a moment and look back on your involvement in CAP 11. Did you spent most of your time bitching and complaining? Or did you spend more time participating by adding and contributing? I think you'll find that CAP is a lot more fun and rewarding when you contribute and discuss the things you like, and spend less time expressing negativity, and talking about the things you don't like. Just a little protip for future involvement...
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Edit -- FYI, that protip was not directed at anyone specifically, and was written long before any of the recent posts in this thread. It's just a general word of advice that negativity adds very little to the CAP project, and almost never changes anything anyway. It's just public venting and complaining. So, if you don't like things, then get involved in a positive manner and change things. Sitting back and "playing devils advocate" or mentioning that "you don't like the direction we are headed", is pretty worthless from a contribution standpoint. Even when I HATE the decisions we make on a CAP, I still LOVE the process of making those decisions. That's why every CAP is a success in my eyes!