1) Because the potential for lots of unnecessary spam is higher. Spam is a HUGE credibility problem for this project. Noobs post a ton of dumb shit in CAP threads and the entire project looks like it is full of noobs. Noobs need to lurk more, post less.
2) This thread comes on the heels of several discussion and voting threads. People making submissions need to have been following along closely. If they haven't been following along, I don't want them shitting up the thread with bad movepools.
3) This isn't any different than the stat spread thread. The stat spread thread had lots of standards. Not the least of which, submitters had to use X-Act's spread calculator and force their spread within certain of limits. Not much different here. In fact, it's MORE liberal here, since there aren't any hard rules, just guidelines.
I did NOT say people would be infracted for not following the guide. Those are your words, not mine. I said you would be infracted "If it is apparent that you do not understand that guide". There is a difference between following a guide and understanding the guide.
I want people to read the guide and understand its content. I did not say you had to follow it. In fact, I explicitly said that you don't have to follow it. All I asked, is that you explain your reasons for deviating from the guide. In fact, you don't even have to explain yourself if you don't want to. However, if you don't explain yourself, I may assume you didn't even read it. In which case, you will be infracted. But, the reason for the infraction, is for not researching the project guides before posting movepools.
Yes, this is for quality control. If people aren't going to adhere to certain minimum standards, then it is not worth the community's time to evaluate their submission. This is done all over Smogon.
If you don't believe me, here's a little test. Go over to the RMT forum and post a team of six Magikarps with Splash and ask for some quality rates by the team raters there. Go do that, and tell me how the mods react. They'll infract your ass so fast, it will make your head spin. Why? Because a post like that demonstrates that you have not met the minimum standard of team building by using the information available elsewhere on the site. A team of six Magikarps is OBVIOUS that you haven't done much research. Same thing here. Read the guide, and demonstrate that you have done a certain minimum of research. If not, you are wasting all of our time with your shitty movepool.
Contrary to what some people may believe, the CAP project is not an open forum for any random noob to drive-by and post any random idea that pops into their head based on their interpretation of the title of CAP thread. We have a process and a set of standards. Anyone is welcome to participate. The information I am referring to is freely available to everyone. No one is being excluded here. I think it is perfectly reasonable that people invest a modicum of effort to read and understand our standards prior to making a submission. If you are not going to do that, then don't make submissions. You can still participate in the project by voting.
