(01-25-2016, 03:05 PM)Alderique Wrote:(01-25-2016, 02:53 PM)Shoshopu Wrote: I dunno if my post conveyed this at all but I'm much more interested in double battles/VGC than the Smogon meta. oAo Not to excuse all of the Pokemon team's mistakes (letting primal Kyogre/Groudon/Rayquaza into VGC? really?), but a lot of the things that are found to be overly centralizing and powerful in singles are much more balanced in doubles. Kangaskhan included.
I don't get into competitive games anymore, usually because of meta. When I have to pick certain good characters over certain bad characters, I lose interest. Hence, I just kinda breed pokemon just to pop out things with good stats, but then they go sit in the box.
I like to follow the meta and battle occasionally, but I do find breeding to be a lot more fun. I'd often breed stuff for friends and trade away the extra, slightly imperfect ones. I have some very special shiny babies... uwu I'm kinda the same way in MTG. I like the brewing and building process a lot more than playing, usually, but I'll play a little bit to get the satisfaction of my build being successful.
The most fun I had in a semi-competitive environment was a Pokemon league hosted on tumblr in which I was a normal type gym leader, and I enforced VGC-esque rules in my gym- Item Clause (each Pokemon has to be holding something different) and double battles. I named all my Pokemon after A Song of Ice and Fire characters. I actually rarely used my mega Kangaskhan, my Braviary was my MVP.
Unfortunately that league went inactive after a season or two. I really miss it!
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