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The term 'competitive battling' within Pokémon refers to battling against other human players using either the downloadable program NetBattle [http://www.netbattle.net] or any of a number of battle simulating bots, usually found on [[wp:IRC|IRC]]. Both of these are online simulations of the Pokémon games, where one may build a team of Pokémon with relative ease. Experienced players, 24-hour servers, diverse communities and an oppurtunity 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. | The term 'competitive battling' within Pokémon refers to battling against other human players using either the downloadable program NetBattle [http://www.netbattle.net] or any of a number of battle simulating bots, usually found on [[wp:IRC|IRC]]. Both of these are online simulations of the Pokémon games, where one may build a team of Pokémon with relative ease. Experienced players, 24-hour servers, diverse communities and an oppurtunity 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. | ||
Smogon has three primary faces through which it operates: the Smogon website and forums, #smogon on | Smogon has three primary faces through which it operates: the Smogon website and forums, #smogon on dejatoons.net, and the Smogon NetBattle server. | ||
Smogon has attracted a great deal of negative attention due to their position as being one of the fastest, and certainly the most popular NetBattle server on the registry: many lesser entities have taken to "Smogon-hating" due to Smogon's apparently monolithic dominance over smaller servers. Many of these Smogon-haters have taken to trolling or spamming the Smogon server and forums, often by use of floodbots and other scripts. | Smogon has attracted a great deal of negative attention due to their position as being one of the fastest, and certainly the most popular NetBattle server on the registry: many lesser entities have taken to "Smogon-hating" due to Smogon's apparently monolithic dominance over smaller servers. Many of these Smogon-haters have taken to trolling or spamming the Smogon server and forums, often by use of floodbots and other scripts. | ||