I hardly post on here, but I do lurk quite a bit, and I was wondering where does this almost omniscient knowledge of pokemon come from? I've played pokemon since the days of yellow, but it still seems to me that there's 1 level of knowledge that people have of pokemon and then there's the smogon understanding of pokemon which far exceeds the other level, and I'm somewhere in between, because I'm pretty comprehensible of how the game works, but not on the same understanding as the members here are. If that doesn't make any sense, let me give you an example, I'm for the most part what you'd call active over at marriland, I read the content of the topics over there and it's like ok, a lot of them still have a lot to learn about the game, then I come over here and I read topics, for example the tier list debate, and I'm amazed at how the members on this forum apprehend pokemon.
Let me go ahead and say, by me posting this, I'm not a n00b to this game, I'm only stating that, just in case someone sees a window to try and presume this as a n00b question. I'd just like to know in depth, is it experienced based or research based, or something else.
Let me go ahead and say, by me posting this, I'm not a n00b to this game, I'm only stating that, just in case someone sees a window to try and presume this as a n00b question. I'd just like to know in depth, is it experienced based or research based, or something else.