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From this thread: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/why-havent-we-seriously-considered-banning-protean-instead-of-greninja.3526563/
>I've been an OU mod for quite some time now, well before BW2 came out. Ever since Blaziken was banned to ubers, I have had to put up with literally thousands of posts saying that we should unban Blaze Blaziken, pretending to disagree, deleting them under the guise of "I'm a Smogon OU moderator therefore I agree with all of the council's decisions and have to scold people who suggest this." I've had to explain to new users time after time that we don't do complex bans (except for Aldaron's proposal but that was a one time thing and somehow that makes sense!!!). Yet for some reason we treat our hypothetical new player-base like idiots and presume they can't comprehend "Greninja + Protean" or "Blaziken + Speed Boost" when these are the players clamoring to use those very Pokemon in the first place.
>I've been an OU mod for quite some time now, well before BW2 came out. Ever since Blaziken was banned to ubers, I have had to put up with literally thousands of posts saying that we should unban Blaze Blaziken, pretending to disagree, deleting them under the guise of "I'm a Smogon OU moderator therefore I agree with all of the council's decisions and have to scold people who suggest this." I've had to explain to new users time after time that we don't do complex bans (except for Aldaron's proposal but that was a one time thing and somehow that makes sense!!!). Yet for some reason we treat our hypothetical new player-base like idiots and presume they can't comprehend "Greninja + Protean" or "Blaziken + Speed Boost" when these are the players clamoring to use those very Pokemon in the first place.
