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IF YOU TRULY BELIEVE,
The concept of "research weeks" was something that Theorymon, Jibaku, and I came up with. I'm going get straight to the point. The research week is trying to bolster activity in the subforum and on the ladder, while also exploring every possibility as far as viable sets go, possibly bringing new life to the metagame. The way we see this working is such:
This thread has 6 choices for voting. You may only vote for 1. On this Sunday (GMT-4), this thread will close and a new research week will begin on that topic.
The concept of the topic is what we will be basing our research on. For example, one of the above choices is Mew. If that wins, we will explore different possible sets for Mew. If Sun wins, we will explore new builds for sun-based teams, as well as good sun-based sweepers.
Participants need not sign up. This will be fairly informal; all the research will take place on the Ubers Ladder on the Smogon University server. Simply ladder with the team you are testing and test it in the current metagame. Don't be surprised if you find fellow researchers!
The topic with the most votes will be next week's research week. Then, the next research week will be the next most votes. If there is a tie for second, or only 1 topic gets a majority of votes, a new poll will then go up with the remaining topics. New topics can be added periodically.
During the week with testing a thread will be open to discuss the sets or builds you are testing or are planning to test. Think of it sort of like a suspect thread, only nothing is going to be banned. That is the kind of discussion we want. After the week is finished, the thread will become a "reflection thread," discussing the most successful sets and how they can affect the metagame, among other possible topics of discussion. The best sets may even get a chance to be written up in C&C. Therefore, each topic will get 2 weeks; 1 for testing/discussion, and 1 for mainly discussion.
As of now, there is no incentive other than a possible set in C&C and recognition among battlers. If you feel that you have a good idea for this that moderators could do (this means no CTs, no badges, no moderatorships), please PM Theorymon, Jibaku, or myself. Until Sunday, this thread will serve as discussion for the process itself. Are you interested in doing this? Do you have revisions for the process? Do you feel strongly about doing a certain Pokemon? Thank you, and please do not make this thread pc++; it will be heavily moderated.
This thread has 6 choices for voting. You may only vote for 1. On this Sunday (GMT-4), this thread will close and a new research week will begin on that topic.
The concept of the topic is what we will be basing our research on. For example, one of the above choices is Mew. If that wins, we will explore different possible sets for Mew. If Sun wins, we will explore new builds for sun-based teams, as well as good sun-based sweepers.
Participants need not sign up. This will be fairly informal; all the research will take place on the Ubers Ladder on the Smogon University server. Simply ladder with the team you are testing and test it in the current metagame. Don't be surprised if you find fellow researchers!
The topic with the most votes will be next week's research week. Then, the next research week will be the next most votes. If there is a tie for second, or only 1 topic gets a majority of votes, a new poll will then go up with the remaining topics. New topics can be added periodically.
During the week with testing a thread will be open to discuss the sets or builds you are testing or are planning to test. Think of it sort of like a suspect thread, only nothing is going to be banned. That is the kind of discussion we want. After the week is finished, the thread will become a "reflection thread," discussing the most successful sets and how they can affect the metagame, among other possible topics of discussion. The best sets may even get a chance to be written up in C&C. Therefore, each topic will get 2 weeks; 1 for testing/discussion, and 1 for mainly discussion.
As of now, there is no incentive other than a possible set in C&C and recognition among battlers. If you feel that you have a good idea for this that moderators could do (this means no CTs, no badges, no moderatorships), please PM Theorymon, Jibaku, or myself. Until Sunday, this thread will serve as discussion for the process itself. Are you interested in doing this? Do you have revisions for the process? Do you feel strongly about doing a certain Pokemon? Thank you, and please do not make this thread pc++; it will be heavily moderated.