Bringing back old threads to see the hardest part of the meta-game for them to understand.
My own hardest part to learn was finding out what Pocket Monsters did and how to use them.
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Hardest part of the meta-game for you to understand!
- Thread starter Legend of Elune
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My own hardest part to learn was finding out what Pocket Monsters did and how to use them.
Haha, gotta love the Gen threads.
EV's were without a doubt the hardest for me to understand, now I get them and quite a bit of all the Metagames (except that blasted NuU). Yeah, just distributing EV's that allowed for the max sweeping potential / defense potential.
EV's were without a doubt the hardest for me to understand, now I get them and quite a bit of all the Metagames (except that blasted NuU). Yeah, just distributing EV's that allowed for the max sweeping potential / defense potential.
I believe EV comprehension is bane for all until the latter stages of your experiences...
I always thought that keeping up with what was the biggest threat was the most anoyying part. then again, I had a big hiateas in battling on shoddy just around when platinum came out and winning was impossible for the first few matches
Actually battling, I mean, executing strategy and stuff. I may be able to make some okay teams, but man, battling-wise I have barely progressed at all since I started playing competitive D/P over a year ago and can't consistently win due to skill to the point where I've given up on trying to just make rating on suspect ladder. Thought that'd just be something that came with time, but...
This would be exactly me, LOL!
I always thought the metagame and the actual game were different. Things like EV's and IV's are part of the actual game. The metagame is more like "what are the current trends, what is the most popular kind of team, what pokemon are useful/not useful in the games current competitive state." The metagame is more like the competitive aspect of the game (meta- meaning
"going beyond or higher, transcending; used to from terms designating an area of study whose purpose is to examine the nature, assumptions, structure, etc. of a specific field).
If we're are talking about the actual game, EV's are easy, IV's are difficult to grasp at first, and they make life hell if you want pokemon that are exceptional. I get the whole genes of a pokemon thing, just determining them and breeding so the parents pass down the rights ones are things that made me sell my Leaf Green/Ruby/Diamond back.
For the metagame, team synergy is and always will be the most difficult part of building a team. And what Starman said.
"going beyond or higher, transcending; used to from terms designating an area of study whose purpose is to examine the nature, assumptions, structure, etc. of a specific field).
If we're are talking about the actual game, EV's are easy, IV's are difficult to grasp at first, and they make life hell if you want pokemon that are exceptional. I get the whole genes of a pokemon thing, just determining them and breeding so the parents pass down the rights ones are things that made me sell my Leaf Green/Ruby/Diamond back.
For the metagame, team synergy is and always will be the most difficult part of building a team. And what Starman said.
This is very interesting everybody!
We all struggle'd with different stuff.
We all struggle'd with different stuff.
There's is some kind of quirky equivalent exchange with this game...
The expertise does little for me when I actually enter the battlefield...
I am one that has a slow experience gain if you know what I mean.
The expertise does little for me when I actually enter the battlefield...
I am one that has a slow experience gain if you know what I mean.
Seeing the difference between theorymon and actual battling.
EVs were quite difficult for me to get for a while
This. So lets cut it out with "EVs" and other stuff and kick off some actual discussion
What pokemon were "good" and what pokemon were "bad"
I remember starting my advance career using shit like reversalcham and max sp. attack vaporeon and rain dance rain dish ludicolo. It took me a bit to grasp exactly what pokemon and strategies a good player should be using. When tutoring I find this to be the biggest problem that most players have and actually a fairly easy one to fix. And once a player can differentiate between a bad and a good pokemon the rest just seems to come in stride.
I remember starting my advance career using shit like reversalcham and max sp. attack vaporeon and rain dance rain dish ludicolo. It took me a bit to grasp exactly what pokemon and strategies a good player should be using. When tutoring I find this to be the biggest problem that most players have and actually a fairly easy one to fix. And once a player can differentiate between a bad and a good pokemon the rest just seems to come in stride.
