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Rules Directory
— [alink id="basic"]The Basics (Ground Rules)[/alink id]— [alink id="posting"]Posting Teams[/alink id]
— [alink id="rating"]Rating Teams[/alink id]
— [alink id="log"]Battle Logs[/alink id]
Pokémon Strategies & Movesets Rules
Welcome to Strategies and Movesets! The purpose of this forum is to post competitive Pokémon teams to be helped and improved by team raters. There are also battle logs, discussions, and other varieties of threads pertaining to competitive battling. We hope that you enjoy the forum and make plenty of friends. In order for that to happen, you will have to be familiar with our rules. If you have any questions, contact Dark Azelf, Aurafire or Luke[a id]basic[/a id]
The Basics
— Follow all PokéCommunity Rules.
— Teams must be competitive teams, not in-game teams. In-game teams can be posted in the In-Game Team Help sub-forum. Who knew!
— Due to S&M's turbulent history, there is a special emphasis on respect here. Insulting, flaming, or generally being disrespectful or rude to another member will NOT be tolerated.
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Posting Teams
— Teams must include six Pokémon, each including its with item, EV spread, nature, and four moves. Please use something resembling the following format when listing each Pokémon:
Pokémon @ Item
Trait (If required)
EVs
Nature
- Move 1
- Move 2
- Move 3
- Move 4
— If you are not willing to change anything or take constructive criticism, don't waste your time or ours by posting a team. The purpose of this forum is for people that are seeking help with competitive Pokémon to get help. If you only want to here positive comments, do not post. Shooting down all advice will likely result in an infraction.
— Descriptions are not required, but they are strongly recommended. If raters do not have any insight about how your team works, their rates will likely not have your team's synergy and strategy in mind. For that reason it is in your best interest to post descriptions, but they will not be required.
— If you are having trouble building a team or constructing a RMT, these guides can help you. If you want to see examples of excellent teams and RMTs or you just need inspiration for your own team, Smogon's RMT Archive is a very good resource.
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Rating Teams
— Do not rate without proper knowledge. If you are not an experienced competitive player, it is strongly recommended that you lurk the forum for a few days before posting. Rates that do not meet S&M standards will not be infracted immediately, but infractions will be handed out more willingly to repeat offenders.
— When making suggestions, explain them thoroughly, and try to consider the synergy and strategy of the team while giving advice. It is important to note that while pointing out weaknesses in a team is an important aspect of team building, you need to try to help fix the problems that you have pointed out. Telling someone how bad their team is doesn't do a lot of good.
— This forum is for rating teams, not rating rates. If you have a disagreement with something that someone posted, you can state it, but if something is simply ridiculous, just report the post instead of mini-modding.
— Posts that complain about a team's lack of originality will be deleted and possibly infracted. The point of competitive Pokémon is to win matches, and pointing out how unoriginal a team is will not do anyone any good. Likewise, "NYCE TEEM DOOD 3/20" doesn't help either, no number rates.
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Battle Logs
— For useful tips on how to make an entertaining battle log, this thread is very useful, especially for beginners.
— If a battle log is deemed good enough by the S&M staff, it will be moved to the Battle Log Archive, which displays the best battle logs of the past.
(Small note: Once Beachy has finished the Battle Log revamp, we'll be able to expand on this more thoroughly.)
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