i also looked hard and long and long and hard and vigorous for like 2 minutes for iconic's old deoxys s (revamp) analysis to show that it is still outdated. things change so i mean taunt sr spikes just isn't that great anymore. neither is the LO sweeper that used to be on the analysis (still might be on the main smogondex thingy). point is, things change so fast (in less than a year sash tentacruel went from lum to needing special bulk for random psycho boosts and psychics [ari stella way so far above the curve, unknowingly, for beating tentacruel with psychic mewtwo]).
I'm not sure what is to be done. on one hand, we get 1 real smogon verified dpp ubers tournament a year, on the other, people play that and say they have fun and want to pursue it (check my pm on showdown yesterday by a pink paint or someone like that). room tours don't count due to convenience and laziness. competitive discussion tours rarely count because it takes dedicated people (pohjis, as much as he is 'in' the smogon circle now) to try for those. In the farceus tour, i played my own teams for three rounds, one round of konzern 460 arceus es, and one round of Lord Outrage (innovator of all things besides omfuga i think) haxing me with my own mew team. so even adding random changes, tweaks, and twanks into the equation barely helps, if at all.
An entire overhaul takes a lot of work for no pay, no glory, one badge and a big workforce that we simply don't have. if someone brought snorlax to it, i mean, we would have to decline it immediately, and that is a slot taken, work taken, effort taken from a legitimate pokemon people will more identify with–same with dugtrio, typhlosion, infernape, and even my beloved flygon.
and then there is uml where only a few people try and the rest snicker because they think they are above it, and that to be a part of smogon and its many facets is some esoteric, higher learning, jim jones, kinda thing that seemingly happens overnight. last uml, pohjis asked me to prep, he then learns more metagames and intertwines himself with smogon's esoteric jokeforce that believe omfuga is a prophet, shake a god, etc. Next year, I actually play, make finals, ask him to return the favor, he says no and openly says UML is a waste of time despite asking for help last year. See how things change once smogon gets a hand on it? Once people envelop themselves into higher learning and take the oath of the cult? even if lower player tiers branch out, people see it only as a joke. it is disrespectful to competitors for once, and stunts the growth of any tier seeking play: in this case dpp ubers. You may be reading and saying this is a disrespect to pohjis, whom i still love. But no, it just so happens that our session of building for tomahawk and uml finals brought revelations still used in dpp ubers today: Those being Lum tentacruel (now standard) and Fire Fang Swords Dance Garchomp (less used, but also a viable way to get rid of skarm and zong without relying on a subpar zone. every competition brings about revelations like upl, which is the same as uml but with a smogon label. UPL has brought gliscor, and torment skarm, etc. which are now used commonly or seen by others than more than a fantasy idea. So, in essence, we need to try to have more competitions as they peak interest and thought, or 2 try to change mindsets that other sites aren't inferior, but another place for competition. smogon prides itself on diversity (we have a world cup of pokemon), but corrupts itself in bigotry at even the lowest levels.
Even a ladder tournament wouldn't hurt. man im sick of people using samples and saying "i don't play much" as an excuse, as, obviously, they've never tried (as can be proved by pms to one player i forget the name of). I guess I don't care if anything is done, I'll play my own teams, sample teams, hack teams, random absdaddy teams, some slurmz teams, and be content i'm playing something I enjoy, but it bothers me when people say they enjoy it and refuse to build themselves out of paralyzing fear of failing, which is the cornerstone of getting better. Do you think I was good when I started? DO you think I was plateauing thinking i can beat everyone (in dpp UU in this case) until I met stall master eo on the ladder? no but i tried, and watched, and built and repeated till i became top 1 on ladder, respected (like oh so many want to be, respected equals accepted in this ridiculous smogon community). I'm not a tier leader, barely an RO, but man, the chat is so divisive over how to be helpful and friendly, and how to be downright disgusting.