Approved by Raseri
Firstly I don't know whether this is gonna be of use or interesting to anyone but I thought it would be nice to see some different "innovation" - in the form of (probably terrible) gimmicks.
The idea of this thread is to weekly take a new gimmick, build a team round said gimmick, battle with it and then post feedback, ultimately labelling the gimmick a Success or Failure. At the same time as investigating the current gimmick, people can suggest and vote on new ones for successive weeks. I will keep a strawpoll updated in this post for voting, and a new gimmick will be selected every Sunday (in the unlikely event that this thread is successful).
So, what is a gimmick?
Wikipedia sums if up pretty nicely: "a gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature that makes something "stand out" from its contemporaries. However, the special feature is typically thought to be of little relevance or use."
I would add to that saying that, in Pokemon, a gimmick is a moveset or set of movesets that have a clear goal in mind, albeit a goal that is reliant on certain factors and may be missed more often than not. These are not gimmicks, these are Good Sets™.
In order to take part on any given week, build a team around the current gimmick and post it on this thread. Then complete a good number of battles (say 20, but nobody's counting) and update your post with your win/loss ratio (if you know it), any interesting replays and your final verdict about whether the gimmick is a Success or Failure. Everyone's verdicts will be tallied, and then the gimmick will be filed below.
Thank you for your consideration.
Firstly I don't know whether this is gonna be of use or interesting to anyone but I thought it would be nice to see some different "innovation" - in the form of (probably terrible) gimmicks.
The idea of this thread is to weekly take a new gimmick, build a team round said gimmick, battle with it and then post feedback, ultimately labelling the gimmick a Success or Failure. At the same time as investigating the current gimmick, people can suggest and vote on new ones for successive weeks. I will keep a strawpoll updated in this post for voting, and a new gimmick will be selected every Sunday (in the unlikely event that this thread is successful).
So, what is a gimmick?
Wikipedia sums if up pretty nicely: "a gimmick is a unique or quirky special feature that makes something "stand out" from its contemporaries. However, the special feature is typically thought to be of little relevance or use."
I would add to that saying that, in Pokemon, a gimmick is a moveset or set of movesets that have a clear goal in mind, albeit a goal that is reliant on certain factors and may be missed more often than not. These are not gimmicks, these are Good Sets™.
In order to take part on any given week, build a team around the current gimmick and post it on this thread. Then complete a good number of battles (say 20, but nobody's counting) and update your post with your win/loss ratio (if you know it), any interesting replays and your final verdict about whether the gimmick is a Success or Failure. Everyone's verdicts will be tallied, and then the gimmick will be filed below.
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disjunction u a ded man
Thank you for your consideration.
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