So I've played competitive pokemon for over 3 months now. Things I've learned so far is VGC is everything goes except for event mons, and Smogon is a carefully curated Tier listing which provides "fair" pokemon battles.

I'd like to get /vp/'s Thoughts on Smogon and VGC, why Smogon is hated by a crowd of VGC players and generally what started this hate for smogon?

PS, I'm a competitive Magic: The Gathering player clocking at close to 10 years worth of experience, and I have to say, the way smogon determines their banlist is rather exceptional.