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Free win this week for NORE I guess

Did RmW get their spot in this tournament through make a wish? idgi   =^_^= uwu

@Lvkee has decided to sub out iJulianFNT for @Rendiagainst @Kepzal.

my favourite anime character is that little sister from that one show who is unusually close to her brother despite the fact that she may or may not be blood related 

same bro

full lockdown is boring

Just get better at signing up lol

Just get better at signing up lol

Just get better at signing up lol

Just get better at signing up lol

We have previously discussed trying to do something fun and to make the tournament a bit more challenging for us by having multiple people line up for each tier and letting the opponent pick who they want to play against. Would this still be allowed and not result in any penalty? 

@kiwi when he finally fuckin wakes up

 
 

quick claw rng is something impossible to learn because it is entirely uncontrollable.

The amount of players using quick claw is entirely irrelevant to the discussion and doesn't make the item any more or less healthy competitively. Idk why I'm even replying to you when you have already proven you are completely out of your depth on a topic like this.
 
Onto the real issues with the item:
For the most part the item is just mathematically bad and anyone with a brain can realise that. The issue is that if a bad player vs a good player realises they are doomed and only have a 10% chance to win the match anyway then what is stopping them from just throwing a random quick claw on an offensive mon and hoping they get there 20% chance at a victory? They haven't learned anything from this experience, they didn't win because they improved at the game all they did is realise that they are bad and try to fuck over someone else's day.
 
Imagine being in a situation where you wait months for a tournament with a prize you really want just to get rnged out by some random using a quick claw, they didn't win that battle by being more skilled and they sure as fuck won't win the entire tournament doing that. All they did is skew the result of the tournament in a less competitive way by removing one potential competitor.
 
There is absolutely no positive aspect to these items being in the game. When you compare it to other aspects of the game with rng elements such as moves with secondary effects, these are often tied to moves which are already strong (tbolt and ice beam being 90bp for example), this gives a reason for the move to be used even outside of the rng element. Quick claw has no beneficial aspect and no merit to it outside of strictly making the game more rng based than it already is.
 
From a game design perspective I see no reason for this to still be in the game. We have set the precedent for things like this with evasion clause being a thing and the recent removal of the weather evasion abilities. Please can we continue in the direction of working towards healthy game design and see things like this banned from pvp.

Hasn't Kyu himself said he doesn't even enjoy playing Pokemon? I don't remember what his exact words were, but something in regards to the turn-based combat boring him? If the lead dev of the game has zero interest or understanding of the competitive side of the game, why are we surprised that he doesn't value any of the time/effort/money that goes into it?
 
The only thing that surprises me more than LC being removed, is that people still take this game seriously and expect these people to make good decisions. We have years of evidence that they do not care about this side of their game and that will never change. 
 
As long as China continues to feed their wallets, nothing we say or want will ever matter, and the game has been dead since we were invaded in 2018

Yes I agree, please remake the WHOLE tournament. Could be a week from now and let new teams form ;)

Team Name: NoRematch
Team Tag: NORE
Registered Players: LeJovi iMat Axoa LifeStyle xLuneth Luke iJulianFNT DocPBC Lotus xLaz Frags kiwikidd
xSparkie YettoDie NikhilR Pablobacas Rendi QuinnW UmbraMol Zymogen
Team Captain: LeJovi

As for the main subject, the user was not left unbanned because of some friendship, nepotism, pity, or any other reason.
 
To better understand, here is some context. We have had an internal amnesty policy where users can voluntarily admit to attempting to or successfully purchasing items via RMT. If a user reports their purchase in a reasonable time frame, before it is noticed, we will simply confiscate the item and let them off with a warning. Sellers do not get any leniency.
 
As a slight extension to this policy, this also extends to RMT scammers. If you attempt to buy an item via RMT never receive the item, you can report it to us and the scammer will still be punished. Extending this policy this way prevents an abusable situation where a user is able to scam other users with impunity. If we have an environment where we ban the victim, then nobody will ever come out to report the scam.
 
As you may have guessed by now, the user in question attempted to make an RMT purchase an item and was scammed. They never received the item they attempted to purchase. Admittedly we did not do the best at explaining this reasoning to the user.
 
This is (as far as I know) the first time we've applied this specific policy to a scam, but we've often applied it users who learn the rules after committing RMT. This was not a decision made at the behest of a single SGM, but something that was discussed.

I understand this point but I really do not understand then the name of the appeal if the innocence of a banned player is not allowed to be proven, then what actions should be taken to prove such innocence? I also think that at least the players should at least have the proof of what we did and not just answers like "we know he did it" or "we know he is guilty" without giving any proof or opportunity to give any that proves innocence then maybe also think about it and how to improve it since each player deserves the opportunity to defend themselves

I totally agree with you!
I got banned  for "RMT" and of course I didn't do that... Even Kudasai said on my ban appeal I got banned because my account was related to another involved in rmt.   
The other guy who got banned with me (he did rmt a couple times and I got proofs too) got unbanned because he was friends with an ex  sgm....
 
seems that being friends with a SGM you kinda get privileges 
 

I hope you'll check my appeal because I have solid proof that I only trade with people I know. But anyways, it's still your choice. After all, this is PokeMMO a game that is bs. A game where SGM just ban you and never even look/give attention to your appeal or give you a chance to defend. They just ban you because they are God.

Hello mmo community & staff members
 
First of all, I wish you are having an excellent day full of health and fun. I wanna clarify that this is not a Ban appeal & I'm not banned. This is a topic to talk about How SGM usually judge ban's and ban appeals 
 
I know that must be hard to make this game "Healthy" with the kind of people who usually join the game. But talking seriously lately I watched a wave of bans for "RMT" some are friends and other ones just randoms.
 
I took the work of investigating a bit about the situation and I found something interesting about this. I saw that many of the players banned were banned unfairly. Most of them got proof about they didn't make the RMT. Most of them just give money to their friends' other ones just kept the mons and money from players who quit the game and after a week or 2 weeks He returned to the game and He gave back their stuff. The players I'm talking about showed to the SGM the proofs about this misunderstanding but the SGM rejected to even show up the proofs about RMT to them which is weird cause If it's true SGM don't need to share to all the server the proofs of why They are banning someone but I think at least they must show the proofs to the players with the punishment and they didn't do that, They never showed up the proofs to them. 
 
I watched something curious about this situation too. A case of RMT happened last month in November. The player bought a valuable item with in real life money. The player who has done this wasn't banned and is playing free without any kind of punishment. This is not the issue at all. The real issue and is kinda a worrying situation is that one of the SGM knew about this situation via Discord and he just does what this guy asked for "I hoped in a sense you'd help me out a last time. Maybe turn an eye".
 
The SGM answer was the next one "cause You lost something you will not be banned". This is just a resumed answer which I think is enough. Having knowledge about RMT and not banning that for a SGM is kinda bad. So If I do RMT and lose something and confess to an SGM. I will have no punishment and will be able to play free even if I hurt the game and I broke the rules? 
 
The SGM suppose to act fair and square without any preference. They suppose to be fair judges under the ban situation and more in RMT situation. I wanna ask something directly to @Squirtle & @Kyu. RMT suppose to be an instant ban. Why this player wasn't banned and forced to do the ban appeal like any other player? Being a friend of an SGM is proof enough to not be banned? I'm showing up this situation cause is kinda unfair, is against the rules and hurts the game They suppose to apply the same judgment to all the players not only a few ones. 
 
In my opinion, the SGM must re-think how they judge the ban appeal. We have clearly innocent players with proofs and even witnesses who are permabanned just cause they are not SGM friend.
 
I know this may cost me a ban from forums or warning but This must be showed up to have a better ban appeal system. I know SGM are not gods and can make mistakes like happened in the past but Watching the mistake and refuse to change even having the proofs and witnesses about that is kinda bad. I suggest to before to reject a ban appeal read all the proofs the players send to you. Like a friend told me a long time ago "The really smart people use to recognize a mistake" I know you are smart enough and will rewatch the last cases of RMT where some players are innocent.
 
You guys are hurting the game just banning the players who have a lot of money for any silly reason and players who ADMIT in front of you the RMT are free without any kind of punishment. 
 
I hope for a reply about this situation or an explanation at least which is What am i looking for. Please take more serious the bans appeals. Avoid ban appeals from players who just wanna really know why that happen is bad.