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Just read the news that Gouging Fire stays in OU. I had a feeling the result would end up like Walking Wake similar to its release where it did seem banworthy at first but wasn’t worth banning at all as people began to play it more. Didn’t mind the outcome but just wanted to post that here.
Aside from my comment I left previously, which I just normally brush off nowadays, this is probably the most genuine post I’ve received from you. I appreciate you mentioning this last bit that I missed. I’ll look into it. Thank you.
My guy, I was reading through your post and the amount of work you have submitted is definitely above and beyond. Being your professor, I want to congratulate you with a diploma for passing your science project. <3
No, I agree with you. If something is broken then yes it needs to go. I’m just afraid to see a repeat of banning something that didn’t deserve to go but went anyways but it’s possible it could happen again. I’m not saying GF is a mistake to ban but I meant afterwards. However, I apologize for...
While I respect whether GF goes or not because it should be based on a healthier meta, banning something out of the tier to preemptively know that another ban is around the corner seems incorrect.
If GF gets banned, people should have an enjoyable meta correct? People will stop complaining...
If Tera blast gets the boot, I’d expect regieleki to come back to OU. However, it won’t have much coverage without Tera blast and would play a similar role to gen 8. Also, serperior and enamorus will probably fall off the OU tier most likely.