>>46976961>>46972049>>46971703Gen 6 UU was the first one where banning Scald was proposed- Slowking, Empoleon, Swampert, Seismitoad, Tentacruel, Milotic, Pelipper, Quagsire, and even weird shit like Mew when it was allowed was all spamming the move freely, and it pushed the meta towards unbearably safe fat balance where you couldn't use non-Guts physical attackers without risking a loss every turn. This is where moves should be considered to be banned- it was having an obvious, centralizing effect on the metagame, it was fucking EVERYWHERE, it was freely spammed with no real opportunity cost, it was easy to replace if it got banned, and it was uncompetitive to have entire games decided off whoops 30%!!! hahaha your metagross doesn't work now!!!!!
By comparison, Kings Rock is
>never used>extremely detrimental TO use- you have to use extremely specific and unviable pokemon, NOT GIVE THEM AN OTHERWISE IMPORTANT ITEM (Focus Sash to garunteee setup, White Herb to restore stats, etc), and THEN hope that you get that lucky roll>easy to play around for every team archtype (not just in "durr inner focus ways)>not overcentralizing or meta defining in the slightest>I'm all for hating smogon, retarded power tripping mods, stupid ruling decisions, the lack of response to serious problems etc. But you should probably actually play the game if you're going to complain this muchI fucking hate this sentiment- the idea that anyone who can call out blatant bias or doesn't go with smogon groupthink is should just "play the game". You're the same cunts that say "hurr post elo" then throw a fit when it's actually higher than expected. It's the same..
>holds two massively contradicting viewpoints and doesn't notice how fucking insane that is when it's pointed out>assumes anyone who doesn't think like him is just an idiot..mentality that the Smogon system encourages, promotes, and supports within it's users.
