Shout-out to Kurona for the idea.
The observant readers of Orange Islands have probably noticed the in-game tier list threads. This is where we rank the relative merits of the different Pokémon available in each of the various main series Pokémon games (plus Colosseum and XD, whose exclusion the main series is mostly a matter of nitpicky definition). Like the viability tier lists for the various Pokémon Showdown tiers, Pokémon are graded on a scale from A (good) to F (horrible), with an additional S tier reserved for the cream of the crop. The goal is to determine how well each and every Pokémon will perform in an "efficient" playthrough of the game(s) in question.
However, in these threads, discussion often takes a detour to the matters of policy. On exactly what grounds are Pokémon tiered? Which conditions and circumstances are we counting/not counting? It's broadly agreed that we don't tier for speedrunning purposes, but the definition of "efficiency" in this context may still be open for interpretation. These arguments, and others like them, have filled several pages in nearly every in-game tier list thread created in these forums. It's not like the threads are derailed by these discussions per se, it's just that trying to follow the discussion has become rather tricky over time, especially for new users.
So instead of having this discussion over and over again - or worse, in parallel tracks across several different threads, we have decided to create a separate thread for the discussion of policy. That should leave the in-game tier list threads free to the discussion of how good the various Pokémon do in the relevant game. More focus on the performance, less on the grading. From now on, we have this thread for those discussions.
Tagging the leaders of the active in-game tier list threads. After the initial tagging, this list also links to the threads in question:
GSC - Colonel M
RSE - Merritt
Colosseum - Karxrida
DPPt - sin(pi)
HGSS - Diana
B2W2 - Its_A_Random
XY - Its_A_Random
ORAS - Colonel M
SM - Colonel M
USUM - To Be Announced
The above people are tagged mostly to notify them of the policy change in their threads (that is, policy discussion should now be directed to this thread), this is not to say that they're the only ones allowed to post here. Of course everybody is allowed to post in this thread, since the point is to put all policy discussion in one thread rather than spread out across 9+ threads.
The observant readers of Orange Islands have probably noticed the in-game tier list threads. This is where we rank the relative merits of the different Pokémon available in each of the various main series Pokémon games (plus Colosseum and XD, whose exclusion the main series is mostly a matter of nitpicky definition). Like the viability tier lists for the various Pokémon Showdown tiers, Pokémon are graded on a scale from A (good) to F (horrible), with an additional S tier reserved for the cream of the crop. The goal is to determine how well each and every Pokémon will perform in an "efficient" playthrough of the game(s) in question.
However, in these threads, discussion often takes a detour to the matters of policy. On exactly what grounds are Pokémon tiered? Which conditions and circumstances are we counting/not counting? It's broadly agreed that we don't tier for speedrunning purposes, but the definition of "efficiency" in this context may still be open for interpretation. These arguments, and others like them, have filled several pages in nearly every in-game tier list thread created in these forums. It's not like the threads are derailed by these discussions per se, it's just that trying to follow the discussion has become rather tricky over time, especially for new users.
So instead of having this discussion over and over again - or worse, in parallel tracks across several different threads, we have decided to create a separate thread for the discussion of policy. That should leave the in-game tier list threads free to the discussion of how good the various Pokémon do in the relevant game. More focus on the performance, less on the grading. From now on, we have this thread for those discussions.
Tagging the leaders of the active in-game tier list threads. After the initial tagging, this list also links to the threads in question:
GSC - Colonel M
RSE - Merritt
Colosseum - Karxrida
DPPt - sin(pi)
HGSS - Diana
B2W2 - Its_A_Random
XY - Its_A_Random
ORAS - Colonel M
SM - Colonel M
USUM - To Be Announced
The above people are tagged mostly to notify them of the policy change in their threads (that is, policy discussion should now be directed to this thread), this is not to say that they're the only ones allowed to post here. Of course everybody is allowed to post in this thread, since the point is to put all policy discussion in one thread rather than spread out across 9+ threads.
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