[03:53:03] <roxahrus> hmm
[03:53:08] <roxahrus> what's the point of banning pokemon
[03:53:38] <roxahrus> "this pokemon can kill other pokemon easily thereofre it must be banned"
[03:53:59] <roxahrus> heavings forbid actual skill is needed to play the game |
It's not really about that at all, heh. Being able to kill pokemon easily is a hallmark of a good pokemon. A pokemon like Garchomp is simply next to impossible to stop without using specific counters for it, that are generally bad against other things. When you're only trying to deal with a specific thing, and you need to explicitly be able to deal with that specific thing or else you lose, it stops becoming a game of Pokemon and starts becoming a game of Garchomp and Friends. There's a very obvious difference between the two. Winning with Garchomp actually takes significantly less skill than winning with pokemon that fulfill similar roles, such as Salamence or Scizor. It is just a matter of leading with Tyranitar or Hippowdon and, at one point, switching in Garchomp, using Swords Dance, and being obviously too strong. It's really about making it take more skill, not making it more friendly. Though, it does make it more friendly!
If you want to say "I don't want to play in an arbitrary environment," that's not really okay, because every competitive pokemon environment goes against the internal game logic on some level. Even Sleep Clause, a mainstay of competitive pokemon which is featured in all the Stadium-like games and all of Nintendo's official tournaments is not implemented in the handheld games themselves. Nintendo presents their own set of rules, including disallowed pokemon, for their tournaments. The list they use is actually significantly more restrictive than the one I presented. If you want everything to be allowed, that's cool, too - many people do in fact play at the 'uber metagame' and enjoy it, where every pokemon is allowed but stuff like Sleep Clause is still in effect.
And the uber metagame is far more centralized than the standard metagame, which is really what it's all about. Standard with Garchomp was Garchomp and Friends. Ubers is Kyogre and friends. If you like that, fine, you can play that game. there will be people who will play Kyogre and Friends with you. But most people will still want to play Standard, just because there's a lot more that's viable, and more viable combinations means a deeper game, means a game that interests me more.
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