Traffic on the server has slowed a bit during the week, but weekend traffic still gets pretty insane (1200-1300 battles a day). As expected, the initial interest in Syclant has waned considerably. I talk to users on the server and ask them why they connect and the answer is almost always one of the following:
1) I wanted to see the new pokemon
2) Official server is down
3) I'm banned from Official (we're the leper colony of Shoddy servers, lol)
4) I like the people on this server more than the others
5) The mods are cooler over here (good job, Blue Team)
6) These new pokes have made the metagame more interesting
The last one doesn't come up too often, but I'm surprised that people would notice a difference from just one pokemon. Amongst new users, they think Syclant is a Garchomp counter. I don't think so. But, perhaps the perception of a Garchomp counter is enough to shift the metagame slightly. I dunno. But, it's interesting feedback nonetheless.
I haven't made much new progress on the statistics reporting, but I hope to get into that more next week. I've got some other stuff cooking that I think everyone will be very excited about. But, I won't say any more about it until I get a little further.
I will be deploying the latest enhancements to the server that enable Bibarel's abilities - Simple and Unaware. If any of you followed Bologo's thread on Tauntarel, you know why Bibarel has suddenly gained a modicum of relevance in the metagame. If any of you have been waiting to play it on the CAP server, you'll get your chance tomorrow. I plan to upgrade the server tonight.