I have taken the time to note down the results and actions taking from each survey below more so as a reference than anything else and is not meant to draw ire to the decisions of the council. While the vast majority of instances have been community driven, i've highlighted some in red to back up my point of some decisions being discretionary:
Survey results Dec10 - 2022
- Annihilape received a qualified score of 3.5 (resulted in quickban action @ 8th Jan)
- Chi-Yu received a qualified score of 3.5 (resulted in quickban action @ 8th Jan)
- Cyclizar received a qualified score of 3.3 (resulted in quickban action @ 8th Jan)
- Espathra received a qualified score of 3.0 (resulted in no action)
- Gholdengo received a qualified score of 3.0 (resulted in no action)
Survey results Jan28 - 2023
- Chien-Pao received a qualified score of 4.105 (resulted in suspect test @ 8th Feb)
- Garganacl received a qualified score of 3.059 (resulted in no action)
- Espathra received a qualified score of 2.980 (resulted in no action)
Survey results Feb16 - 2023
- Espathra received a qualified score of 4.25 (resulted in quickban action @ 11th Feb)
- Garganacl received a qualified score of 3.44 (resulted in no action)
- Gholdengo received a qualified score of 2.09 (resulted in no action)
Survey results Feb26 - 2023
- Garganacl received a qualified score of 3.29 (resulted in no action)
- Volcarona received a qualified score of 2.97 (resulted in no action)
- Shed Tail received a qualified score of 3.10 (resulted in no action)
Survey results Apr22 - 2023
- Shed Tail received a qualified score of 4.30 (resulted in quickban action @ 15th May)
- Volcarona received a qualified score of 3.05 (resulted in no action)
- Kingambit received a qualified score of 2.92 (resulted in no action)
- Garganacl received a qualified score of 2.41 (resulted in no action)
Survey results Jun22 - 2023
- Chien-Pao received a qualified score of 4.63 (resulted in quickban action @ 7th Jun after no action decided
4th Jun)
- Zamazenta-Crowned received a qualified score of 4.4 (resulted in quickban action @ 7th Jun after no action decided
4th Jun)
- Urshifu-R received a qualified score of 3 (resulted in quickban action @ 11th Jun after no action decided @ 4th Jun)
- Volcarona received a qualified score of NULL (resulted in quickban action @ 11th Jun after no action decided @ 4th Jun)
- Zamazenta-Hero received a qualified score of ~3.7 (resulted in suspect test @ 11th Jun)
- Sneasler received a qualified score of 3.15 (resulted in no action)
- Ursaluna received a qualified score of 2.68 (resulted in no action)
Survey results Jul22 - 2023
- Volcarona received a qualified score of 2.89 (No action taken to reinstate)
- Kingambit received a qualified score of 3.46 (resulted in suspect test @ 26th Jul)
- Garganacl received a qualified score of 2.98 (resulted in no action)
- Iron Valiant received a qualified score of 2.42 (resulted in no action)
- Sneasler received a qualified score of 3.05 (resulted in no action)
- Baxcalbur received a qualified score of 1.86 (resulted in no action)
- Samurott-Hisui received a qualified score of 1.77 (resulted in no action)
Survey results Sep12 - 2023
- Volcarona received a qualified score of 3.51 (higher score indicating more desire to drop) (Vote to be held
to reinstate but I can't find it so don't know if happened or not or what the results were)
- Urshifu-R received a qualified score of 2.49 (higher score indicating more desire to drop) (no action taken)
Survey results Sep20 - 2023
- Baxcalibur received a qualified score of 4.64 (resulted in quickban action @ 17th Sep)
- Manapahy received a qualified score of 3.34 (resulted in no action)
- Ogerpon-Hearthflame received a qualified score of 3.69 (resulted in no action)
Survey results Nov1 - 2023 Part 1
- Ogerpon-Hearthflame received a qualified score of 4.02 (resulted in quickban action @ 23rd Sep)
- Gliscor received a qualified score of 2.21 (resulted in no action)
- UrsalunaB received a qualified score of 2.79 (resulted in suspect test @ 7th Oct)
- Manapahy received a qualified score of 3.3 (resulted in no action) (marked red)
While I agree with the outcome, suspecting UrsalunaB instead of Manapahy was not data driven based on the survey results.
Survey results Nov1 - 2023 Part 2
- Roaring Moon received a qualified score of 3.68 (resulted in suspect test @ 28th Oct)
- Manapahy received a qualified score of 3.37 (resulted in no action)
- Ogerpon-Wellspring received a qualified score of 3.22 (resulted in no action)
- Kingambit received a qualified score of 3.28 (resulted in no action)
- Gholdengo received a qualified score of 3.11 (resulted in no action)
- Gliscor received a qualified score of 3.39 (resulted in no action)
Survey results Nov1 - 2023 Part 3
- Manapahy received a qualified score of 3.19 (resulted in no action)
- Ogerpon-Wellspring received a qualified score of 3.18 (resulted in no action)
- Kingambit received a qualified score of 3.62 (resulted in no action)
- Gholdengo received a qualified score of 3.72 (resulted in no action)
- Gliscor received a qualified score of 3.99 (resulted in suspect test @ 11th Nov)
Survey results Nov23 - 2023
- Sneasler received a qualified score of 4.39 (resulted in quickban action @ 18th Nov)
- Gholdengo received a qualified score of 3.85 (resulted in no action)
- Kingambit received a qualified score of 3.29 (resulted in no action)
- Manaphy received a qualified score of 3.26 (resulted in no action)
- Ogerpon-Wellspring received a qualified score of 3.10 (resulted in no action)
Survey results Dec12 - 2023
For this survey, lower scores favored staying uber and higher scores favored going into OU
- Annihilape received a qualified score of 2.29 (resulted in staying uber)
- Baxcalibur received a qualified score of 2.71 (resulted in staying uber)
- Ogerpon-Hearthflame received a qualified score of 2.14 (resulted in staying uber)
- Landorus received a qualified score of 2.28 (resulted in staying uber)
- Palafin received a qualified score of 2.28 (resulted in staying uber)
- Sneasler received a qualified score of 2.62 (resulted in staying uber)
- Ursaluna-B received a qualified score of 1.87 (resulted in staying uber)
- Urshifu-S received a qualified score of 2.14 (resulted in staying uber)
- Urshifu-R received a qualified score of 2.58 (resulted in staying uber)
- Zamazenta-Crowned received a qualified score of 2.66 (resulted in staying uber)
- Gliscor received a qualified score of 3.15 (resulted in going to OU)
- Roaring Moon received a qualified score of 3.19 (resulted in going to OU)
- Volcarona received a qualified score of 3.66 (resulted in going to OU)
- Darkrai received a qualified score of 3.37 (resulted in going to OU)
Survey results Jan2 - 2024
No action taken with the highest suspected mon being roaring moon with 3.24
Bracing myself for the angry response
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Below is from Finch from the first survey:
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I don't think i've used this forum based survey you're mentioning but I'll reserve by judgement on it until I try it out. There are ways I could think of to manipulate survey responses but I will refrain from saying those publicly for obvious reasons. If you want to discuss those privately, feel free to dm me.
I am open to being swayed that sleep, in its current state, has reached a critical threshold for uncompetitiveness - I would disagree with you because I think the issue is with the top 3 abusers (in particular Darkrai) and not the moves themselves but I am open to being persuaded.
To pivot onto something we both agree on (I think), we both in our personal opinion find tera to be uncompetitive and I think we can also agree this exacerbates the problem with sleep. Why are we focusing our attention on sleep and not tera when we have already banned multiple mons for their tera capabilities? Many users inside and outside of this thread have highlighted how the intense scrutiny on sleep has seemingly come out from thin air (or from Darkrai being released). If we as a community are collectively unsure of sleep and tera as healthy mechanics, why are we pursuing sleep first when there is more precedent for tera being more unhealthy than sleep by looking at the list of banned mons? Weren't we also promised a re-evaluation of the tera mechanic? Wouldn't it make more sense to tackle the matter that has historically caused more problematic issues first?
This is what I meant when I mentioned that some decisions by the council could be seen as autocratic though I appreciate it's a difficult position to be in.