A terrible misunderstanding of my previous points.
Ravecat, cool down a bit. I was saying that the argument is going in circles, listing what people on one side say and the way the people on the other side react to it. It is not the definitive solution to the problem; it is a way of saying "let's stop saying the same things and move on." You'll notice I did this a bit for people on both sides, though I've made my stance pretty clear.
Other than that, you contradict yourself in saying "Game Freak knows better than us", followed by "the average Smogon user could do it."
....not really a contradiction. The average Smogon user
could create a balanced new type, and Game Freak is even
better than they are when it comes to their own product.
- Regarding religious controversy, yes it's called Evil Type in Japan, not here. Have you perhaps ever wondered why it was changed to 'Dark' in English?
- Steel was made for no reason? I guess that's why it isn't resistant to psychic among other things. Oh wait, it is.
- You go on to say that people are only arguing against a Light Type because they don't want one. This is ridiculous and some sort of weird psychoanalysis that you've come up with to make yourself look right that doesn't actually make any sense.
I bring up the Evil/Dark correlation to show that they could put in the concept as long as they didn't
call it Holy. I think that is very relevant to the conversation.
Steel was not made for no reason, but it is definitely a departure from any other types. 11 resistances and 1 immunity?! I find it hard to believe it was given
11 resistances in order to counter
Psychic. I think it is an example of Game Freak's willingness to be creative with their types. Dark can be argued as a let's-balance-psychic-type addition, but I don't think you can say the same for Steel simply because it was added at the same time.
As for me arguing that "people are only arguing against a Light Type because they don't want one," I would be the first to argue that
people are only arguing for a Light Type because they want one. I want a Light Type, hence I argue about why it would be a good addition. When people bring up reasons why it shouldn't be included that go beyond a pathos-based argument into a logos-based argument, I counter with logos-based rebuttals, to show why unbalancing types and redundancy are not as big of issues as people make them out to be. But the core of what I hope I'm saying is that I want to see new types because it would add creativity and freshness to a franchise that is often criticized for releasing the exact same game over and over again.