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As you probably know, I've been working on improving the movesets of Gen 1 Random Battles not very long ago, and the changes finally went through last week. Now it's time to move on to Gen 2, which is in an even worse state! Even though this tier is not in the ladder, tournaments are played in...

Even though randbats aims to be as close to competitive as possible, it still leaves a lot to be desired. Some of the possible movesets and move combinations are very suboptimal, to the point that some Pokemon such as Fire-types or Water-types often come without a STAB move, and a few Pokemon...

This is a compilation of all Pokemon Red/Blue UE errors, bugs, and glitches (whichever term you prefer to use, but I believe error is the more generic one to describe all of them) that I know of. This list does not cover all the possible side effects or exploits of a given glitch, just the...

As you probably know, I'm into the weird side of Pokemon and I like to investigate about old generation glitches and obscure mechanics. So the other day I was browsing information about the Mew glitch just for curiosity and it baffled me that despite being one of the most infamous glitches I...

The goal behind this thread is that things like this do not happen again. The point is that you can link this in the OP of a RBY tournament thread so that people that have been away for a while or don't frequent RoA can notice the new changes in RBY mechanics. Major changes Paralysis...

I was considering that maybe a smog article could be made out of this article that I posted last month in Orange Islands: http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/missingno-explained-for-real.3533921/ It would be ready for the QC revisions already. I'm just not sure if it's allowed/advised to...

EDIT: Skip to my last post to see this done in real hardware and for a detailed explanation of how it was done! - http://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/i-programmed-snake-into-pokemon-silver-using-only-glitches.3540050/#post-7159217 Sort of, it was done in an emulator. You'll see in the video...

You probably won't know me, but if you do, you'd probably know me as the guy who discovered that Body Slam can't paralyze Normal-types in RBY along with a few other RBY in-battle glitches by tracking down the source code of Pokemon Red and Blue. Now, this is something I've been wanting to put...

The mechanics involving stat modifications in RBY are really weird, with a lot of glitches involved. Thankfully, it becomes simpler when we take badge boosts out of the picture. At this point we all know agility and sd/sharpen will ignore paralysis and burn stat drops respectively, but there's a...

This is related to the famous Focus Energy glitch. I think it's interesting at the very least considering how much Critical Hits shape the RBY metagame. According to Bulbapedia (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Focus_Energy_(move)), Focus Energy was intended to multiply the crit ratio by...

I do have something in mind... possibly for Issue 28, since in 27 im gonna work in the second part of the rby underdog article. This is a completely different thing though, definitely won't suit people looking for an "easy read", but I think it can be potentially very interesting. I don't know...

In the recent Smog issues Jellicent has written some cool articles regarding RBY, and although the idea I have in mind is relatively similar to these, I think it would be entertanining and interesting to see the comparisons between RBY and the newer gens and read about it from another...

This is my first warstory! Enjoy :) Battle between Crystal_ and Dre. started! Tier: RBY LC Mode: Singles Rule: Unrated Rule: Sleep Clause Rule: Freeze Clause Rule: Species Clause Rule: Self-KO Clause Crystal_ sent out Drowzee! Dre. sent out Exeggcute! Both of us start with a sleeper...

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Basically I started writing this around a month ago when Jellicent PM'd me and other old gen players to let us know about the C&C letters project. And I can finally show it here! This article covers some important parts of the RBY OU metagame that have to do the sleep game, leads, early plays...

This is a GSC team I made around STCurseHeracross. It's got me varying results so far, which, on part, is to be expected due to the nature and speed of the team and its "unusual" explosion targets, but I'm open to suggestions and comments to improve the team...

[Overview] <p>Access to Recover and a Psychic typing are both often synonyms of success in RBY. Starmie is no exception, shining in the oldest generation as one of the best defensive Pokemon, while still posing a threat offensively when Chansey is gone. Still, Starmie has even more things...

I'm really new to GSC (around 2008), but since I actually started to get more into it (late 2009-early 2010), I don't remember facing a lone Pokemon with a trap and a sleep move in the same moveset, nor from better nor from worse players. Pretty much every time I've played GSC, SleepTrap was...

[Overview] <p>Amnesia Slowbro has gone down in history as one of the most famous and well-known sets in the world of competitive Pokemon. Generally known as Tobybro, Amnesia Slowbro is a moveset that combines both simplicity and efficiency. The RBY version of Amnesia is arguably the best...

[Overview] <p>Blissey is without a doubt the direct descendant of alien monsters from low budget 1950s sci-fi horror films. The evidence: A.) Blissey is a gigantic pink blob, B.) it is impervious to most assaults, and C.) it has an easily exploitable weakness waiting to be taken...