>>28517835They mean well. However trying to make a children's rpg a competitive game is never going to work as they intend to. There are too many variables to consider including, but not limited to: power creep every generation, rng/luck/chance that cannot be controlled, etc.
Again they mean well, but they are not without bias.
>>28517963this anon brings a good point in that when they vote to ban stuff, only a select few people are allowed to vote. Those few people vote the same because of their social standing. The moderators have a close knit group that doesn't let outsiders in. I remember one such vote for Mega-Mawile or something. One person's reasoning was that they didn't want to change their team to beat Mega-Mawile not that they considered it too strong or centralizing.
Remember that literal pedophile that they defended and refused to report to authorities? He was a mod in smogon. Someone will post the details.
That being said. Smogon is the go to standard for competitive Pokemon. NuggetBridge is the vgc standard, but they are all the same in the end.
