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I'll post this here and on the meta discussion.
Alright so yesterday there was a shitstorm on the thread regarding the “cancer killing showderp” and a whole discussion accusing people of being “oldfags” or “newfags”. This shitstorm paralyzed the thread and until an anon decided to take charge and become champ there was no battling going on. Just shitposting. This was not the purpose the thread was created for. We all just want to have fun and relax while watching champ overcome the odds beating OU the Team.
I may be wrong but I have attributed these problems to the growing popularity of showderp. I mean let’s face it, it’s a pretty interesting thread, with an appealing topic. Many of the people browsing /vp/ will get their attention caught and visit the thread. There’s nothing wrong with new friends. This isn’t a secret club. However it is commonly known that the same people that frequent /vp/ along, traders, battlers, breeders, and people like us, are also people new to the site that are familiar with pokemon, crossboarders from /b/ or /v/, shitposters, and finally trolls. I may be leaving some out. These people also come to the thread and may affect the “quality” of the thread with ceaseless spamming, overused jokes, and outright being obnoxious. The discussion yesterday was about these people killing showderp but instead of looking for a solution they decided to also shitpost about it and that gets us no where.
