Which formats do you guys prefer - Singles or Doubles? Regular ranked battles or Smogon formats?
I'm most at home in in-game VGC Doubles myself. I find double battling to be at the right balance of complexity and fun, and I like how it allows great opportunities for tons of historically not-so-used Pokémon. I dislike playing with super-meta picks you see on every team, finding them boring, and rather use ordinarily popular or even unexpected Pokémon (my current project is figuring our how to make Dusknoir work).
I prefer VGC to Smogon formats because it feels... I don't know, less cutthroat? Smogon is a bit too serious about it all for me, and feels more susceptible to the "everyone uses the most meta things or gets utterly crushed" mindset (that's at least how I remember it).
I did like Monotype in gen 6 very much, and it was in a way a replacement drug for me back then since I didn't have the new games and could only play on Showdown.
I'm most at home in in-game VGC Doubles myself. I find double battling to be at the right balance of complexity and fun, and I like how it allows great opportunities for tons of historically not-so-used Pokémon. I dislike playing with super-meta picks you see on every team, finding them boring, and rather use ordinarily popular or even unexpected Pokémon (my current project is figuring our how to make Dusknoir work).
I prefer VGC to Smogon formats because it feels... I don't know, less cutthroat? Smogon is a bit too serious about it all for me, and feels more susceptible to the "everyone uses the most meta things or gets utterly crushed" mindset (that's at least how I remember it).
I did like Monotype in gen 6 very much, and it was in a way a replacement drug for me back then since I didn't have the new games and could only play on Showdown.