What do/did you think of generation 7 from a competitive standpoint, and if you could've changed one thing about it what would it be?
Keep up the good work, all of you
I have no thoughts, i usually just play w/o thinking about what i like and don't like about the mechanics I can't do anything about. Fuck this game tho
If you had to use any team in the Team Showcase or RMT Archive, what would it be and why?
One of mine probably, otherwise
Amane Misa's screens,
Adaam's mmq offense, and for a tier I don't main.. anything made by
Persephone.
Main reasons being that I'm a fan of the above users and trust their builds, and b/c I love offense.
What's your guys' favorite songs at the moment?
Also, thoughts on cargo shorts?
No opinion on cargo shorts, surely at least 1 or 2 people exist that look good in them. As for favorite songs at the moment I have a bunch and I will plug my spotify acc w/ playlists if you ask me for it. But to pick a few songs,
Maybach Music VI,
Building A Ladder,
Lilly,
Black Balloons Reprise, and
The Climb.
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1. For any of you, what made you get into and want to be active in the RMT section of smogon.
2. Will you let me use my MS paint skills to create a new RMT logo for gen 8
3. Is RMT moderator
vivalospride actually going to rate a team before the gen ends
1. I started rating in the rmt room on PS and I started out pretty trash, but
Surgeon held my hand long enough until I was good enough for voice in the room. Then I learned from
danger zone and
Sun about the UU rating competition on the forums. I entered it and lost r1 even tho I gave a like 1k word long rate in which I was very proud of upon submitting. I rated one or two teams just on a whim afterwards but then I eventually started enjoying it and decided to dedicate most of my Smogon time towards the section > UU subforum b/c lol fuck uu subforum. I thought I was a fuckin BEAST with every single rate I did, but honestly looking back on a few of them sometimes makes me feel like a retard for doing so lmao.
2. TPP is the boss, so whatever he said is also my answer.
3. who?
The world may never know
What are some of the most helpful resources that you would recommend for people wanting to get into rating teams? Also, several rates I've seen changes like 2-3+ mons to something completely different before; is it difficult to keep the "premise of a team" intact sometimes?
1. Honestly, I'm not so sure about like on-paper resources that help you with rating too much. A lot of it is just building and rating experience, rating helps your building prowess w/o question and vise versa. Taking rating seriously will lead to you thinking about things you wouldn't normally think about while trying to optimize the team however you can, you'll start to peel back more and more layers of teambuilding. The best "resource" is just an experienced rater, probably. Doesn't have to be someone w/ the tr badge, anyone that rates consistently should be able to help you get into it. Another is just experience itself, like most everything else... the more you rate the more you'll learn and improve from each rate.
2. Yes, generally with rating you wanna keep the core that was built around in tact, and if you do change it then it needs to still be p much the exact same idea... maybe for example np nape -> np lucario, or whatever. If a team is pretty much unsalvageable without tearing it apart you are usually encouraged to just not rate it. 3 is generally the max amount of changes tho ye.