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Juuzou next. Do not wait till someone else comments! I have seen you look at this.

This is why in my last comment, I tried to explain why focusing the discussion on the agenda is pointless. Simply put, the agenda is (supposedly) made according to the current needs of the people, combined with the ideas that serve as the foundation of each party. If you remember, I have started a similar thread in the Nightclub which ended up about the agenda without tackling the issue per se. What I'm trying to say is that discussing around the problem and not in its core, we achieve no actual benefit. All the while, one can understand where someone belongs based on his views on the matter. Which party uses which demagogic techniques to support either opinion, while not a different topic, is of little significance, because as you said, most people here have little power to actually change the current state of the matter. Everyone here, including you Hunter, has answered by providing their own opinions, which in turn are based on their political affiliations (<-- although that may not be the best word), but if we just wanted to gather info on each country's representatives and their governments' views on each matter, a poll would suffice. As seen with the current American presidential campaigns, all candidates sway left and right, capitalizing on certain problems/situations based on what the previous dominant party was, all to gather voters, proving (as ironic as it may seem) that their agenda and personal opinions often don't overlap and even in some cases contradict each other. This is a logical inconsistency on its own. I believe it's more constructive to discuss the issues at hand, rather than who can get the most benefit by supporting each side, but that may be just me. If nothing else, the topics in both pictures are more interesting and through the debate they stir, you will get the information you seek without it being strictly limited to it.

It may need to be explicitly stated but the political spectrum differs among countries, and even if you regarded as most posts not answering the question (which is really what's off topic) I mentioned how USA is an innate conservative country. Many parties that define themselves as Right-wing in Europe may be considered to be leaning towards the Left in US. This is a prologue to state that the questions set have no business with where an individual stands; left, right or center. You will see people from all present arguments that support either case: strict gun control --- no gun control. The same applies for the bathroom (nonexistant) issue. Having said that, in scenarios like the above there are two parts that need to be discussed: 1. Defining the existence of the problem and its parameters 2. Providing solutions to it, and debating on the correct and incorrect ones. I thought that all of the above was obvious enough. We do not need to mask the thread as a debate on left-right political agenda, because that has hardly any basis. As Hunter said, both Conservatives and Liberals (in America) have voiced opinions that support both ways. So it's a matter of personal opinion, and not restricting certain opinions to certain political sides. In the end of the day, targeting the core of the discussion (here gun control) is more important, as solutions do not necessarily belong to one side of the political spectrum or to another. This should not evolve into a shame exhange, but basic respect dictates that when you call something 'nonesense' you take the time to quote it and answer in full detail why your opinion on the matter is different.

Since nobody is holding back in this thread, I might as well follow. Mega Skarmory Type: Steel / Flying Ability: Rock Head HP: 65 Atk: 80 --> 115 (+35) Def: 140 --> 165 (+25) SpA: 40 --> 55 (+15) SpD: 70 --> 85 (+15) Spe: 70 --> 80 (+10) Here it is, the Mega Bird you've all been waiting for! M-Skarmory enters the realms of men and pokemon to satiate its enormous hunger. It feeds upon the flesh of the innocent, and cares little about recoil, as its physical characteristics allow it to sustain no damage. Increased defenses so it can laugh louder when you try to damage it, and a slight boost in speed just to mock slower pokemon and their inability to stop him. Skarmory may reprise his role as a hazard lead, or a defensive tank able to take and dish damage back, all while abusing roost to the maximum. Angry Birds representative? Check.

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It won't see the light of OU, but being a sunflower, its face will always be turned to the only place it's never going to reach... Overall good mon. I would go as far as to decrease Atk to 65 and give the extra 10 to Speed, since everything that gets Speed EVs is over 65 base speed.

Your two posts are 10 minutes apart from each other.

Carnivine --> Cannibroot Type: Grass / Ground Ability: Levitate HP: 74 Atk: 112 Def: 87 SpA: 105 SpD: 92 Spe: 66 BST: 536 I admit this wasn't one of my best creations, but Carnivine is one of the most forgotten pokemon around, having nothing going for it. So I gave it a nice evolution that brings it up a notch and allows it to be used more. 536 is a nice BST for a final evolution, and the typing is a mockery of its ability, since it currently learns no Ground moves. Nevertheless, our new Cannibal Groot is an interesting fella with good bulk to take hits and the option to hit on both sides, while its movepool seems to be designed for a stallbreaker with Leech Seed, Knock off, Bullet Seed for those pesy substitutes and others. On the special side it has to rely on Giga Drain, Sludge Wave and HP of your choice, while having a filler slot, so it's viable this way also, if you don't mind the predictability.

Not sure whether it is appropriate to use the phraze "shots fired" here... Personally, I wouldn't care less about the weapons industry or the rifle association. Your funds are better spent otherwise, and your taxes collected by different forms of industry than guns for 'civilian use'. It is shocking to read people admit that police is insufficient in its role, in a country where the criteria to join the force are just a step lower than becoming an MMA fighter. Go all economics on me, and then repeat the same procedure on your country. Obviously, without free healthcare, the issue of funding hospitals to deal with the victims of gun violence is nonexistent. Ask yourselves what those businesses provide for your country besides increasing bullet victims. You may come up with arguments about civilians protecting themselves, but if you intend to focus your preventive measures on vigilante initiatives, you might as well introduce your people to a crime preventing system that countries like Somalia or Yemen have established. As Ame has already mentioned, people dismiss tangible evidence because they are used to operate in an inherently flawed system that prefers the absense of laws to their enforcement. In other fields, prevention solves more problems than 'tackling the problem after its appearance' does. The concept is similar to immunization; you establish a frame in which the [problem] may enter, will be tackled by your preventive measures, will be punished by your 'police force' before the results appear on a big scale, and it will be discouraged from trying to enter again. If you still do not accept the comparison, you may want to look at some statistics that explain how a big percentage of gun violence stems from accidents or civilians who snapped and started shooting around, with high-school shootings becoming No.1 news in international TV. Obviously, you cannot take a single measure and expect the problem to simply vanish. Your whole approach towards gun should be altered if you wish to have less victims in the future. I understand that those businesses back your politicians and so they fail to be unbiased towards them, but you are not even considering what the results will be in either case. Currently the problem is increasing and you hold firm to your established system, which apparently does not work to prevent anything, rather increases the cases of murders within families, accidents due to lackluster children's care and so on. If the message you are trying to convey is that your police force is also incompetent, then there you have a 2nd field you need to work on. Demonizing gun control because your preventive measures are nonexistent is similar to cursing the rain because you didn't plan ahead and take an umbrella with you. Criminals definitely won't obey the laws, but with gun free legislation, you are turning any civilian into a potent criminal, as you provide them with unlimited access to guns. Sure, you won't collect data from gun dealerships, but you wouldn't in the case of black market, since most resort to illegal guns anyway. For a country famous for being conservative, this is a weird model of anarchy that you inspire there. Less access immediately equals fewer incidents, but it also leads to better surveilance of such transactions. Registered gun owners are much less threatening than non-registered ones, and further restrictions can be applied. Examples include forbidding having guns in public, being forced to keep them at designated spots in your house, being allowed to carry a gun only under very specific circumstances like being part of a shooting club or with tangible evidence that your life has been threatened etc. Take a moment to observe the situation in European countries, which have strict gun control laws and minimal cases of gun violence. Take note that I am speaking of a continent that had two world wars fought almost exclusively on its ground, which could hint that people would be more lenient towards gun ownership around here. On the contrary, it appears that people do not have such problems. Law enforcement and constant observation of gun movement can prevent more crimes than a vigilante mentality ever could, for the simple reason that you do not provide the criminals with a front, rather you take everything that could help them away from them. At least here I can walk down the street, even in gheto neighborhoods, without the fear that at any moment I might get shot, but even if that (cthulhu forbid) may happen, I'll know that the shooter, his family and all his friends would be apprehended, all guns confiscated, and they would spend a significant part of their lives in prison.

If your initial target was to create a HO team, you'd better have Earthquake on Latios instead of HP-fire. This way you deal with Heatran and Bisharp much better than you'd do with HP-fire, since there are people like me who enjoy using an AV set. Then I'd change your Metagross with T-Tar holding either lefties or smooth rock and a set of SR, Stone Edge, Pursuit, Ice Beam Now you can change your Landorus set to a scarf one with EQ, U-turn, Superpower, Knock off And last, you may want to throw that Terrakion away and work with Excadrill, who can use Rapid Spin to throw hazards that bother Zard away, while function as a nice late-game cleaner assisted by T-Tar which holds Iron Head, Rock slide and EQ. Sure, some sets overlap with each other, but you wanted a fast and strong HO team, so having common checks and being able to weaken them faster, as they'll have to enter more frequently, is the focus of this build. Then you may sweep undisturbed. You opt for a quick-paced game, so pokemon like Ferrothorn or slow Metagross only stop your momentum.

So in general, which pokemon from UU do you people believe are worth using in OU? Obvious answers include Empoleon, Chestnaut, Alakazam, M-Aerodactyl, M-Sceptile, Azelf, and Mamoswine. Do you believe pokemon like the unique Bug/Electric Galvantula could find a position in the offensive presense of OU?

I was going to have a nice game, certain of my victory, since Dragons have no chance against Bugs. Then I got a forfeit. Hodor hates forfeits. http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/monotype-368972236 I know it's not much, but this is my excuse to find a way to use Galvantula in OU. Web is something OU is not prepared for, but the general frailty of the pokemon disencourages me. If we could continue this conversation in the other thread, I would be much obliged.

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I believe Encore should be standing side-by-side it's first cousin, Taunt. Both moves obliterate stall, Taunt stops all support moves, while Encore may stop sweepers and wallbreakers at their tracks, since it also stops momentum from the enemy team. A pink fat blob forced on Taunt or Encore is equally worthless. The difference is that with Taunt the opponent may lose a turn, while with Encore, they may keep on wasting their recovery moves or be forced to attack something they cannot damage, effectively giving away free turns.

Please include an introductory paragraph that gives us insight for what your team wants to do. Right now the only readable part is the Importable. Please rework on your topic and write under each member which roles you want them to fill in your team. Give us an in-depth explanation of what you want to do, so we can provide the most suitable suggestions that don't change the whole focus of the team, or just what you had in mind while building it. #remove-eRMT Step1: Reconsider your mega. Audino is far from viable in OU, since it's outclassed by many other pokemon, most notably Clefable, which is a Fairy type with a better ability, not as good defensive stats, but much wider movepool. Usually you'd want to build around your mega of choice, so I'll leave that for now, since it wont be the focus of the team. Take note that effectively we might only keep half the team. If you disagree with that, do not read beyond this point. Step2: Ok, first of all I see you want to build a more stall-ish team, so we will keep some pokemon, while alter others in order to fit the archetype more. In fact, we will have 1 or 2 (not sure yet) sweepers that will work late-game to clean what your walls have weakened. So I came up with specially defensive Skarmory in this set: I needed to pair it with a physically defensive partner that has good synergy, and you didn't have a mega at this point so say hello to your new partner in crime, Mega Charizard X, in a DDD set Step3: Zard does not appreciate hazards, especially when he comes first time into the field, but since our Skarm is supposed to be a hard counter for special sweepers, we will keep your Starmie as a spinner, albeit with the option to use Reflect Type. When surrounded by Dark types, Ferrothorn, Landorus-T or Scizor, you'll love this change. It helps keep Starmie alive a little longer, while turning weaknesses into resistances. Sure, you'll need to pivot some more, but it's ok. Just change the last move on the set you already have and you are ready. Step4: Speaking of pivots, SpD Raikou is not a bad option so keep it. Just tweak the EVs a bit. Had your team inspired more offense, I would choose a choice specs set. Now, make sure you have 244+ minimum Spe EVs and 252 SpA. If there's anything left drop it to SpD. Step5: Since we got bulky Raikou in there, why not create a volt/turn core with Scizor? This little fellow will fill a lot of roles for your team, but fear not, your team-mates can cover up his weaknesses. To further increase his damage potential, while still keeping the premise of the team, we let Scizor join our local Band. Step6: We have one last spot left. Let's take a look at our weaknesses and find the most suitable glue. Ok so far we have a nice defensive core, a volt/turn support team that has good enough synergy with the defense core, providing chances for Skarm to set its spikes and Zard to start dancing to victory, and we also have Starmie that can spam Scald for burns and spin hazards away, as Zard really hates those. So what you need in your sixth slot is mainly a pokemon that can set up SR and either pass status or support with constant chip damage. I was thinking Hippo, T-Tar, Celebi, but ended up suggesting Clefable, because it doesn't care about enemy hazards and/or status, and I felt like I owed you a Fairy as compensation for Audino. Comments: Raikou and Scizor form a nice offensive core that deals with a multitude of threats that would otherwise bring Zard and Skarm low on health fast. Remember that the current meta doesn't have hard counters to everything, so use the duo to scout enemy moves, sets, and playstyle. Once you've got that figured out, move on with your plan to chip away damage with your defensive pokemon and random move spam, while setting up your hazards. You may need to time your attacks well, especially since this will be a team that focuses on pivoting and switching around like mad men. It's a balanced leaning towards defense team, with no member being a pure sweeper (apart from Zard X in occasions). On paper it looks good, but you'll have to watch out for certain Wallbreakers that roam the fields. Examples include Hoopa-U, Kyurem-B, Zard-Y, and Specs Keldeo.

Are you sure? I remember the Barbaracle line reused in the Fresh-Water video, and Shellos in both Sea-Water and lots of it in Ground. So they definitely reuse some pokemon. The celestial rocks did not fit with this Jurassic Park theme, but Aggron did, especially since Steel has lots of pokemon to use. Still, if they decide to stick to that rule every other video, in Dragon we may not see Kyurem, Flygon, but have a better glimpse at Garchomp (since it wasn't in Ground), the Kyurem fusions and... Zygarde forms (except for the dog).

Rock had so much more to use: Terrakion, Carbink, Aggron, Corsola, Lunatone and Solrock...

If they decide to base it around Religion, like I speculate, they could use the real-life counterparts of the Sun and Moon based calendar that different religious groups use. So, with the implementation of two cults fighting each other and seeking dominion, they could search for the corresponding pokemon. Black robes for the Sun, White robes for the Moon. That, or they are chemists fighting each other for dominion over the Periodic Table of Elements. The Star warshipers could use Sulfur, Uranium and Nitrus The Orbit Planet warshipers could use Molybdenum, Oxygen and... Nitrus. They created the... Quantum pokemon, which is Ice/Fire

Just a few notes: - Zam has Magic Guard, not Bounce. He doesn't take Hazard / Status / Weather damage, but does not send them back, which means a T-wave still cripples it. - Cobalion is a wonderful pokemon to use. I mainly have Volt Switch on mine (usually coupled with M-Beedrill, or M-Pidgeot) and you have a solid Fairy check - You no longer have Hazard control, but you shouldn't mind, because none of your pokemon are hurt by it. Absol may send some back, so it's a bonus. - Now you have 3 pokemon that can use Fighting type moves, so play around the movesets. You can even give Mamoswine Stone Edge instead of Superpower, or Knock off and have Absol with Night Slash. The possible scenarios are many, and you can't prepare for all. I will run your team and see what I get from it. I can't promise great results, but I'll see what I can do. Till then, experiment with the sets, but my personal favorite for Absol is: Knock Off, Play Rough, Fire Blast, Superpower/Swords Dance/Sucker Punch. Since you now have Cobalion, Superpower seems redundant, so you could opt for SD, since you'll force a lot of switches. SuckerPunch just deals with setup sweepers that you didn't manage to terminate early, and works only when your Regen-core is out. Happy to see all my suggestions got in, somehow