>>53663272>Back then it was justified when all their bans forced to favor stall garbageThis really only started being true in gen 6. The further "back then" was pretty okay and the community was way better. BW is a very aggressive meta with few unnecessary bans, and prior to gen 4 there are basically no unnecessary bans
The beginning of the end was Aegislash, IMO. Aegi was the first mon I remember banned on sketchy-ass "competitiveness" arguments rather than because it was taking a fat stinky shit on your attempt to have a decent game, and it opened the door for all the
>noooooo my gay passive balance team can't safely switch into every set this thing has forever get rid of it noowwwwwbans that have become most of what they waste their time with nowadays