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Much of the battle simulator information is available on other pages; replaced with more relevant information to Smogon itself. I've also given much of the other sections a sprucing up.
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==Site== | ==Site== | ||
===Website=== | ===Website & Forums=== | ||
The official website contains various articles and information about competitive Pokémon battling. | The official website contains various articles and information about competitive Pokémon battling, including a "Strategy Pokédex" with competitive movesets and analyses, occasional news articles under "The Flying Press", in-game guides, and more. It's also a hub to access the Smogon Forums; as of August 12th, 2022, it has over 421,000 members and 219,000 open discussions. It features discussion points for the Smogon metagame, [[VGC]] metagame, and any past generation metagame. It also has numerous workshop forums for making competitive documents and discussing tiering policies. It is also the central hub for tournaments, with its tournament subforum being where the premier [[Single Battle]]s event, Smogon Premier League, is held. | ||
During [[Generation IV]], Smogon was affiliated with [[Shoddy Battle]], and the official support and discussion forum of Shoddy Battle was a section on the Smogon forums. During [[Generation V]], however, Smogon instead affiliated with [[Pokémon Showdown]], the most up-to-date Pokemon simulator available. Members of the Smogon forum typically identify themselves as "Smogonites" or "Smogoners." | |||
===IRC and Discord=== | ===IRC and Discord=== | ||
Smogon historically operated several IRC channels on irc.synirc.net, the most important being #pokemon for Pokémon centric discussion. Others included #othermetas, #ubers, #genvuu, #neverused, #littlecup, #adv, #vgc, #tcg, #smogonwifi, #mentor, #insidescoop, #cap, #grotto, #c&c, #grammar, #ratemyteam, #rarelyused, #ruinsofalph, #orangeislands, #smeargle, #circus, #warau, #fluodome, #doubles, #capasb, #tf2, and #showdown. | Smogon historically operated several IRC channels on irc.synirc.net, the most important being #pokemon for Pokémon centric discussion. Others included #othermetas, #ubers, #genvuu, #neverused, #littlecup, #adv, #vgc, #tcg, #smogonwifi, #mentor, #insidescoop, #cap, #grotto, #c&c, #grammar, #ratemyteam, #rarelyused, #ruinsofalph, #orangeislands, #smeargle, #circus, #warau, #fluodome, #doubles, #capasb, #tf2, and #showdown. | ||
As of late 2016, Smogon's official central discussion happens on [https://discord.gg/smogon their Discord server], which maintains over 38,000 members as of April 2023. | |||
===Spriting=== | ===Spriting=== | ||
To accommodate their site and Pokemon Showdown, Smogon created the XY Sprite Project | To accommodate their site and Pokemon Showdown, Smogon created the XY Sprite Project, which makes sprites in the style of [[Generation V]], and has since continued for later titles. To date, the projects have front and back sprites for almost every new Pokemon released since [[Generation VI]], and have animated sprites for a significant portion. This project has been borrowed by other community sites, fan games, and Pokemon Online. | ||
Smogon has also been an area of ripping sprite icons from the 3DS games, | Smogon has also been an area of ripping sprite icons from the 3DS games, distributed to other sites such as Veekun and r/pokemon. | ||
==Competitive Battling== | ==Competitive Battling== | ||
The term 'competitive battling' within Pokémon refers to battling against other human players using either Wi-Fi Battling via the Nintendo DS, | The term 'competitive battling' within Pokémon refers to battling against other human players using either Wi-Fi Battling via the Nintendo DS or online battle simulators. Smogon tiering has historically been used on a variety of online battle simulators, including [[NetBattle]], [[Shoddy Battle]], [[Pokémon Online]], and as of July 2012, [[Pokémon Showdown!]]. Pokémon Online formed the basis of its usage-based tiering since [[Generation IV]]. Experienced players, 24-hour servers, diverse communities and an opportunity to test out strategies are just a few advantages of online battling, but perhaps the most vital advantage is battling against sentient players rather than {{wp|artificial intelligence|AI}} - which requires a significant amount more intelligence and strategy to succeed. | ||
==Staff== | ==Staff== | ||