Doubles OM formats tend to be less active than Singles formats, and we don't want too many variants of the same format around since they draw attention away from the base OM format used in our forum tours. BH Doubles roomtours can be hosted and played in https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/ommashups whenever there is a high enough demand, but from experience, this sort of demand is rare for the metagame.
will there ever be a way to see this like in the om of the month? also how do i vote for an om of the month ive been looking ahah
Because of their lowered player base, OM Mashups like doubles OMs have never been eligible for OMOTM voting. Just recently some of the most popular OM Mashups have been selected as Leader’s Choice metas, but that is only because of their importance and popularity in the Mashups community.
Generally, ideas like that would get hard rejected because they're extremely restrictive without really adding anything to gameplay. It's not particularly interesting to have an OM that's just standard play but with a very small amount of usable Pokemon.
OMs from previous generations (other than flagship/permaladder metagames) returning depends largely on if somebody chooses to try and resuscitate them and submit them (see: Metagame Workshop and OM Submissions. Anyone is free to submit a metagame, but approval largely depends on a user's activity and dedication.
Custom Game is not an OM.
But aren't OMs, as a concept, based off what the server is capable of, and not anything ingame?
OMs are based on what in-game would look like if there was a single easily-defined change.
If we were to give it a label, Custom Game is a Pet Mod since it includes mechanics from every generation, in addition to removing any in-game legalities as well as limitations like EVs, team size, and move slots.
Monotype has its own forum and is not included in Other Metas- you can check that out here: https://www.smogon.com/forums/forums/monotype.530/
Okay, thank you and i apologize, e.e I just cant seem to get this recommendation in front of the right eyes. *fingers crossed*
Would a mod such as this one fall into this category? The description for "I Know my egg groups!" makes it sound like a very specific case where Pokémon have access to all the egg moves of Pokémon in the same egg group, rather than a more inclusive one, such as "anything that allows Pokémon to learn more moves from other Pokémon in the same Egg Group".
There's no specific time; it depends largely on when the devs are able to implement the changes on the server. Your second thought is correct though, it will always be no earlier than the 1st day of a given month.
Hey, your question was perfectly clear! Most of the OMs stayed in Sw/Sh as the main metagame. The only exception is Pure Hackmons, because several game breaking bugs were discovered that made Sw/Sh Pure Hackmons unplayable.
We have no plans to adapt a PLA-esque OM. It's already enough that PLA doesn't have online battling, but all of the mechanical changes to things like the battle system and moves would make a PLA-esque meta more of a Pet Mod than anything. To quote directly from our rules here:
Almost completely rewiring the way the game works in the way PLA does is far too big a change to qualify as an OM. Maybe at some later date if these mechanics become part of the mainline games, but as of right now it's a pretty clear no. I hope that answers your question!
I know someone did that for four Gen 7 formats two years ago (AAA, Camomons, Mix and Mega and STABmons), so it's definitely feasible, but it depends on someone willing to generate the sets. (Battle Factory doesn't even exist for Gen 8 yet.)
Yeah, all ??? Type would get hard rejected as well. I'm not sure if it's even possible to make everything ??? Type, but I hope that clears things up regardless :]
