Hi,
Sorry if it's not here to post my question.. I'm not English and it's really hard to find my answer in the forum..
So who choose the other metagame? The list between we choose in voting stage of the month? Maybe I'm not clear sorry...
Because. There are always the sames choice.. 350cup godly gift etc..
Is it because they re the only om code by the leaders? Because I really like FORTEMON or POKEBILITIES in Gen7 om and since gen8 we can not Choice one of them for the om of the month
Ty
Welcome to smogon! Sorry about the wait, I was going to let this go to people who are currently more active in the OM community than I am.
If I recall correctly, there are two rotating ladders for OMs, leader’s choice and Other Metagame of The Month (OMOTM). Leader’s choice is chosen by the OM staff (usually The Immortal, although other OM leaders may also have input), which is usually used to spotlight interesting metagames that are less popular than the ones chosen for OMOTM. The list you’re talking about is used to determine OMOTM, which is determined by OM players and takes place in two parts.
The nomination stage comes first. In this stage, users can narrow down the candidates by nominating OMs that they would like. The most recent OMOTM can’t be chosen for another 4 months.
The voting stage happens second. Users who have at least 5 forum posts and an account that is at least one week old will go to the appropriate thread in the sub forum and like the posts of OMs that they would like to win. The OM with the most likes wins and becomes OM of the Month.
I believe the issue with fortemons and pokebilities is popularity and activity, not the code we have. Both of those OMs, while fun, are less popular in Gen 8 and neither are currently listed on the OM index (bc/ they don’t currently have a leader.) I’m not familiar with their mechanics, but if they are able to be played in Gen 8, you can apply to lead them in the OM submissions sub forum. The second post in this thread outlines how to do that.
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/other-metagames-rules-general-information.3656519/
If you’d like more information, please read the below threads, or join our discord, where you’ll most likely get a better response time.
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/other-metagames-index-ask-questions-here.3656451/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/om-of-the-month-archive.3657180/