Pokémon Perfect: Difference between revisions

Pokémon Perfect launched a tiering project for [[Pokémon Red and Blue]], continuing the tiering used by [[RBY 2k10]], aiming to produce a metagame that is diverse instead of centralized. They saw the most development from around 2013 until 2018. At the time, many in the community argued that [[Smogon]]'s Generation I tiers were antiquated—they had not been updated since 2006; additionally, RBY 2k10's re-tiering project was unfinished, so Pokémon Perfect was able to continue that process. For its tiering, instead of the usual Smogon nomenclature, it used its own naming conventions, those being 1U, 2U, 3U, and so on, aiming to be more neutral and straightforward. It utilized viability-based, democratic tiering, with qualified voters sending Pokemon up and down tiers after tournaments concluded until they were properly established, wherein the community would move down to the next one. The aim was to tier every fully-evolved Pokémon, which led to tiers being created down to 7U. While these were designed for Generation I, the same system was used for Generation II to VI tiers on the site, but not to the same success.  

Pokémon Perfect has run a variety of tournament series, including seasonal tournaments with a variety of systems employed, such as peaking on the [[Pokémon Showdown]] ladder, a battle royale where one picks their opponents, and Round Robin. These tournaments were categorized under a hierarchy, and players would earn points to participate in larger tournaments later.<ref>[https://www.pokemonperfect.com/forums/index.php?threads/hierarchy-of-rby-ou-tournaments.3303/ RBY 1U Tournament Hierarchy]</ref> Tournaments on Pokémon Perfect would also earn points to be seeded higher in "Master Tournaments," which used a Best of 5 Single Elimination format. While this system has declined to regular "Open" tournaments in modern times, Pokémon Perfect's competitive tournament system fostered numerous notable Generation I players, such as marcoasd, Heroic Troller, and Peasounay, all of whom ended up becoming notable competitors on Smogon.<ref>[https://www.pokemonperfect.com/forums/index.php?threads/the-history-of-rby-ou-on-pokemon-perfect-from-2013-to-2019.5799/ The History of Pokémon Perfect, covered by Lusch]</ref> It has since become notable in competitive Generation III battling for the CALLOUS Invitational, a tournament series inviting the premier players of the advanced generation, old and new, to compete for a cash prize. This tournament has since become a qualification standard for Generation III OverUsed suspect tests on Smogon.

 

Years after they were decommissioned, Pokémon Perfect's Generation I tiers inspired the development of a new lowest tier in 7U, which has seen coverage by YouTube content creators.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzNcHJiOBik 7U Video]</ref> This tier has seen some competitive experimentation on Smogon,<ref>[https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/rby-7u-tournament-won-by-chuva-de-perereca.3701866/ 7U Elimination Tournament], [https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/rby-7u-swiss-tournament-1-won-by-tree69420.3717381/ 7U Swiss Tournament]</ref> and has developed a small cult following.

During a suspect test regarding {{m|Counter}} in [[Generation I]] OverUsed, due to Smogon only recognizing Smogon tournaments when determining who is eligible to vote in suspect ests, numerous frequent Pokémon Perfect competitors were not permitted to vote.<ref>[https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/rby-counter.3659041/post-8499014 RBY Counter Suspect Test Incident]</ref> This resulted in controversy due to a lack of tournaments on Smogon limiting the ability to adequately conduct the suspect test, with Generation I competitors arguing that the vote was not adequately representative. Regardless, the vote went forward, leading to Counter's ban and the instating of "Desync Clause Mod," which changes instances that would lead to [[Link Battle]]s desynchronising on a real cartridge to instead fail on [[Pokémon Showdown]].