I came to Smogon because I heard many pokemon experts and fanatics come here to have fun playing competitively, team rating, and just generally talking about pokemon related things.
But short story long,
Long time ago I had an old pokemon yellow game, a hand me down from my dad. My friend had old versions too, so we played on those old systems for fun. I was the expert, having the best pokemon with the best moves. Soon, we got bored, so we stopped playing for a while. We played pokemon gold, silver, and crystal instead. Again, best amongst my friends. I won almost every battle. Then, I think 2001-2003 ish, Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire came out. Amongst my friends, I was the best STILL. My friends soon started not wanting to battle me because, well, I was too strong. After that Diamond and Pearl came out. I waited a while and got Platinum. I battled them, and yet again won almost everyone. Black & White came out, and they still liked pokemon, just like I did. I started thinking: am I a pro? Then, there was online battling. (There was online battling in Platinum, but in that everybody were trolls and used Poison Heal Toxic Orb Gliscor all the time.) I began competing, and soon I wasn't doing too hot in Pokemon. So, I trained even harder, and then I did good in the game again. My friends noticed this and said I might go to the VGC. Well, that may happen one day, but after Black I stopped playing for a while... I missed Black 2, X/Y, and now I just started back in 2014. I might be good again, but I'm still rusty as crap.
That's probably why my LC tier teams are terrible, but that's just me.
I came here because I was tired of losing in the Battle Spot, wanted to learn some of the stuff people were using against me, and I want to make a difference in the Metagame, or the entire game itself.
What a coincidence. Same here about battle spot.