>>46415107Reading comprehension. My words were meant to imply multiple formats, including those without said banlists. There's also the option of players linking together and making their own rules.
You can fit multiple metas into the same game, everyone wins.
>>46415121Gen IV was where I cut my teeth in competitive, actually. I was a little miffed that I couldn't use Garchomp in OU, but I just played metas that allowed it. See the earlier point in my post: You can have multiple metas in the same game. It's perfectly feasible. In fact, it already exists by virtue of ranked and unranked battle spot being in the game.
