Vulpix03
RUPL Champion
This should probably be its own thread, however I want to put it our there. 6+ tier slam is apparently off the table, so here is another idea.
Nuke Slam, Nuke DOST, Nuke Classic. Now, what should we do instead of these tours? Revamp the current circuit system and make circuit playoffs for each individual Official Tier a trophy tournament, doing away with individual ribbons. This does a few things:
The main argument against this would be "but our trophies and their prestige!". This argument is nothing more than an elitist way of trying to glorify 10x10 pixels in an attempt to justify time spent on this site. In the end, no matter how hard we try, smogon and Pokemon is ultimately for fun, and will never be anything more than a hobby. We are not League of Legends, we are not CS:GO. We do not have sponsors nor do we get paid. We do this for fun. All people want is to be able to compete in their tier at the highest level possible, and with how smogon is conditioned to think trophies are all that matters, then trophies will be the highest level possible.
Edit: the new system doesn't Have to be all trophies, however I think most people can agree that the current tour system is a shit show. You can make every non current gen ou / team tour a ribbon tour. Discussed here https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...i-tier-discussion.3694630/page-2#post-9052469
Nuke Slam, Nuke DOST, Nuke Classic. Now, what should we do instead of these tours? Revamp the current circuit system and make circuit playoffs for each individual Official Tier a trophy tournament, doing away with individual ribbons. This does a few things:
- It promotes forum activity for individual tiers, hopefully growing the community as a whole.
- It ends the ORAS vs RBY shitstorm before that even starts.
- It allows you to pick and choose what you want to play so you don't suffer from burnout playing 5 bo3s a week.
The main argument against this would be "but our trophies and their prestige!". This argument is nothing more than an elitist way of trying to glorify 10x10 pixels in an attempt to justify time spent on this site. In the end, no matter how hard we try, smogon and Pokemon is ultimately for fun, and will never be anything more than a hobby. We are not League of Legends, we are not CS:GO. We do not have sponsors nor do we get paid. We do this for fun. All people want is to be able to compete in their tier at the highest level possible, and with how smogon is conditioned to think trophies are all that matters, then trophies will be the highest level possible.
Edit: the new system doesn't Have to be all trophies, however I think most people can agree that the current tour system is a shit show. You can make every non current gen ou / team tour a ribbon tour. Discussed here https://www.smogon.com/forums/threa...i-tier-discussion.3694630/page-2#post-9052469
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