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'''Smogon University''', commonly shortened to '''Smogon''', is a website whose content encompasses competitive [[Pokémon]] [[Pokémon battle|battling]]. It offers guides on battling strategies for people of different Pokémon knowledge backgrounds. The website was founded by 'chaos' (one of the developers of {{pkmn|NetBattle}}) and is a considerably well-known website, visited by competitive Pokémon battling enthusiasts.
'''Smogon University''', commonly shortened to '''Smogon''', is a website whose content encompasses competitive [[Pokémon]] [[Pokémon battle|battling]]. It offers guides on battling strategies for people of different Pokémon knowledge backgrounds. The website was founded by 'chaos' (one of the developers of {{pkmn|NetBattle}}) and is a considerably well-known website, visited by competitive Pokémon battling enthusiasts.


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The official website contains various articles and information about competitive Pokémon battling.
The official website contains various articles and information about competitive Pokémon battling.
===Forums===
===Forums===
The forum has over 166,000 members and several sections. During [[Generation IV]], Smogon was affiliated with [[Shoddy Battle]], and the official support and discussion forum of Shoddy Battle was a section on the Smogon forums. Residents of the Smogon forums are referred to as "Smogoners" or "Smogonites".
As of 25 May 2014, the forum has over 192,000 members and 89,000 open discussions. During [[Generation IV]], Smogon was affiliated with [[Shoddy Battle]], and the official support and discussion forum of Shoddy Battle was a section on the Smogon forums. Residents of the Smogon forums are referred to as "Smogoners" or "Smogonites".


===IRC===
===IRC===
Smogon operates several IRC channels on irc.synirc.net, the most important being #pokemon for Pokémon centric discussion. Others include #othermetas, #ubers, #genvuu, #neverused, #littlecup, #adv, #vgc, #tcg, #smogonwifi, #mentor, #insidescoop, #cap,  #grotto, #c&c, #grammar, #ratemyteam, #rarelyused, #ruinsofalph, #orangeislands, #smeargle, #circus, #warau, #fluodome, #doubles, #capasb, #tf2, and #showdown. These are all run by community leaders of Smogon.
Smogon operates several IRC channels on irc.synirc.net, the most important being #pokemon for Pokémon centric discussion. Others include #othermetas, #ubers, #genvuu, #neverused, #littlecup, #adv, #vgc, #tcg, #smogonwifi, #mentor, #insidescoop, #cap,  #grotto, #c&c, #grammar, #ratemyteam, #rarelyused, #ruinsofalph, #orangeislands, #smeargle, #circus, #warau, #fluodome, #doubles, #capasb, #tf2, and #showdown. These are all run by community leaders of Smogon.
===Spriting===
To accommodate their site and Pokemon Showdown, Smogon created the XY Sprite Project that make sprites in the style of the 5th generation sprites. To date the project has front and back sprites for every new Pokemon that has been released. This project has been borrowed by other community sites, fan-games and Pokemon Online. Smogon has also been an area of ripping sprite icons from the 3DS games which have been distributed to other sites such as Veekun and r/pokemon.


==Competitive Battling==
==Competitive Battling==
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===Pokémon Showdown!===
===Pokémon Showdown!===
<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.pokemonshowdown.com Pokémon Showdown!]<span> is Smogon's official battle simulator created by one of the site's super moderators: Zarel. As of July 2, 2012, it was adopted by Smogon and became one of the first battle simulators to support the changes brought about by <span class="plainlinks">{{2v2|Black|White|2}}<span>. The simulator also includes a downloadable application that can be run on the web browser <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.www.google.com/chrome Google Chrome]<span>. <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.pokemonshowdown.com Pokémon Showdown!]<span> also includes unique features such as the emerging tiers "Hackmons" and "Balanced Hackmons", which encompass Pokémon of normally illegal movesets and abilities.
<span class="plainlinks">[http://www.pokemonshowdown.com Pokémon Showdown!]<span> is Smogon's official battle simulator created by one of the site's administrators: Zarel. As of July 2, 2012, it was adopted by Smogon and became one of the first battle simulators to support the changes brought about by <span class="plainlinks">{{2v2|Black|White|2}}<span>. The simulator also includes a downloadable application that can be run on the web browser <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.www.google.com/chrome Google Chrome]<span>. <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.pokemonshowdown.com Pokémon Showdown!]<span> also includes unique features such as the emerging tiers "Hackmons" and "Balanced Hackmons", which encompass Pokémon of normally illegal movesets and abilities.


===Pokémon Online===
===Pokémon Online===
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==Staff==
==Staff==
This is a list of Smogon's senior staff.
===Administrators===
===Administrators===
* Bloo (Battling 101, Rate My Team, Tournaments)
* chaos (Site Founder)
* bojangles (Contributions and Corrections, Smogon IRC, Ubers)
* chaos
* DougJustDoug (Create-A-Pokémon Project)
* DougJustDoug (Create-A-Pokémon Project)
* Haunter (OverUsed, Rate My Team, World Cup of Pokemon)
* Joim (Pokémon Showdown!)
* Jumpman16
* Zebraiken (Tournaments)
* Joim (Other Metagames, Pokémon Showdown!)
* tennisace (Contributions & Corrections, Social Media)
* Mekkah (Circus Maximus, Orange Islands, TCG)
* mingot
* Misty
* Setsuna (Battling 101, The Smog)
 
===Super Moderators===
* Aldaron (OverUsed, Pokémon Showdown!, Smogon IRC, The Policy Review, Tournaments)
* Antar (Pokémon Showdown!)
* Birkal (Create-A-Pokémon Project, Orange Islands, Other Metagames, OverUsed, The Smog, The Suggestion Box)
* Delko (Rate My Team, World Cup of Pokemon)
* Iconic (Contributions & Corrections, OverUsed, The Policy Review, Tournaments)
* JabbaTheGriffin (OverUsed, World Cup of Pokemon)
* Jellicent (Contributions & Corrections, Orange Islands, RarelyUsed, Ruins of Alph)
* jumpluff (Smogon IRC, The Smog)
* kokoloko (Contributions & Corrections, UnderUsed)
* Oglemi (Contributions & Corrections, RarelyUsed)
* RBG
* Solace (Battling 101, Contributions & Corrections, Global Battle Union, Orange Islands, VGC)
* Tobes (Contributions and Corrections, OverUsed, Pokémon Showdown!, Ubers)
* Vader (a forum, LC Analyses, Little Cup)
* Wild Eep (Wi-Fi)
* Zarel (Pokémon Showdown!)
* Zarel (Pokémon Showdown!)
* Zebraiken (Contributions & Corrections, NeverUsed)
* Zracknel (Smeargle's Studio)
===Moderators===
* ΩDonut (Global Battle Union, VGC, Wi-Fi)
* AccidentalGreed (Contributions and Corrections, OU Analyses)
* Ace Emerald (UnderUsed)
* Aeroblacktyl (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* Arcticblast (Other Metagames)
* Athenodoros (ASB)  (Project)
* billymills (Circus Maximus)
* blarajan (Contributions and Corrections, LC Analyses, Little Cup)
* bmelts (Pokémon Showdown!)
* Bummer (The Smog)
* capefeather (Create-A-Pokémon Project)
* Conflict (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* cookie (a forum)
* Crux (Circus Maximus)
* Deck Knight (ASB, Create-A-Pokémon Project)
* Ditto (Tournaments, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Tournaments)
* DittoCrow (Contributions and Corrections, RarelyUsed, RU Analyses)
* DM (a forum)
* Dogfish44 (ASB) (Project)
* dragonuser (Rate My Team)
* Eiganjo (Wi-Fi)
* elcheeso (Smeargle's Studio)
* Elevator Music (ASB, Create-A-Pokémon Project, Contributions & Corrections, Little Cup)
* Engineer Pikachu (ASB)  (Project)
* Eo Ut Mortus (Tournaments) 
* Expert Evan (Wi-Fi)
* Fatecrashers (Contributions & Corrections, Orange Islands, Smeargle's Studio, The Suggestion Box)
* FLCL (NeverUsed)
* Furai (Blind Voting, Ubers)
* gene (Ruins of Alph)
* ginganinja (OverUsed)
* Glen (a forum)
* Hantsuki (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* Harsha (Rate My Team)
* Hugendugen (Pokémon Showdown!)
* iss (Little Cup) 
* Its_A_Random (ASB)  (Project)
* jas61292 (Create-A-Pokémon Project)
* Jirachi (Rate My Team)
* kd24 (OverUsed, RBY / GSC / ADV, Warstory Archive)
* Korski (Create-A-Pokémon Project)
* Layell (Orange Islands)
* LightWolf (Circus Maximus)
* Limitless (Battling 101)
* locopoke (Smogon Social Media)
* LonelyNess (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* Maaf  (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* macle (Contributions & Corrections)
* Malekith (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* Mario with Lasers (Orange Islands)
* Marty D (Pokémon Showdown!)
* McMeghan (Tournaments, Ubers) 
* M Dragon (Tournaments)
* MikeDecIsHere (Smogon Social Media)  (Project)   
* MK Ultra (ASB)  (Project)
* Molk (RarelyUsed)
* Nachos (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* Nexus (Contributions & Corrections, Wi-Fi)
* Ninahaza (a forum)
* NixHex (OverUsed)
* Objection (ASB)  (Project)
* Ojama (Battling 101)
* paintseagull (Create-A-Pokémon Project)
* Philip7086 (Tournaments)  (Project)
* PK Gaming (Contributions & Corrections, OverUsed)
* Pocket (OverUsed)
* Raseri (Contributions and Corrections, NeverUsed, NU Analyses)
* religiousjedi (Wi-Fi)
* remlabmez (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* reyscarface (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* R Inanimate (VGC 2013 Analyses)
* RitterCat (Smeargle's Studio)
* RT. (Contributions and Corrections, UnderUsed, UU Analyses)
* R_N (Orange Islands)
* sandman (Global Battle Union, VGC)
* sandshrewz (The Smog)
* Seven Deadly Sins (ASB, Contributions & Corrections)
* shade (a forum)
* Shii (Wi-Fi)
* Stellar (Orange Islands)
* Stone_Cold (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* symphonyx64 (Smogon Premier League)  (Project)
* tab (Rate My Team)
* Taylor (OverUsed, Rate My Team)
* test
* Texas Cloverleaf (ASB)  (Project)
* The Great Mighty Doom (World Cup Of Pokemon)  (Project)
* The Immortal (Pokémon Showdown!)
* TheMantyke (Wi-Fi)
* Theorymon (Contributions & Corrections, Smogon IRC, Ubers)
* Toast++ (The Smog, Wi-Fi)
* trickroom (Contributions & Corrections)
* V4Victini (Pokémon Showdown) 
* verbatim (Pokemon Showdown!) 
* Vinc2612 (Tournaments)
* voodoo pimp (Global Battle Union, VGC)
* WaterBomb (Sports Arena)
* Woodchuck (Pokémon Showdown!)
* zarator (ASB)  (Project)
===Badge Leaders===
* Bloo (Tournament Director, Tutors)
* bojangles (Community Contributor, Contributor, Pre-Contributor, Smogon IRC AOp/SOp, Tiering Contributor)
* Delko (Team Rater)
* DougJustDoug (Programmer)
* Elevator Music (Tiering Contributor)
* Haunter (Team Rater, Battle Server Administrator, Battle Server Moderator)
* Iconic (Tiering Contributor)
* JabbaTheGriffin (Tiering Contributor)
* mingot (Researcher, Programmer)
* Oglemi (Tiering Contributor)
* Setsuna (Site Staff, Smogon Media Contributor, Tutors)
* Zracknel (Artist)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Contrary to popular belief, Smogon was not the first website to focus on competitive battling. In the past, websites such as [http://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/ Azure Heights] and [http://www.zero.eclipse.co.uk/mp/index.shtml Marble Palace] catered to competitive players.  
* Contrary to popular belief, Smogon was not the first website to focus on competitive battling. In the past, websites such as [http://www.math.miami.edu/~jam/azure/ Azure Heights] and [http://www.zero.eclipse.co.uk/mp/index.shtml Marble Palace] catered to competitive players.  
* The badges used on the Smogon forums are based on the [[Badge#List of Badges|in-game badges]].
* Smogon discovered the '[[Masuda_method|Masuda Method]]', a way to increase the chance of breeding a shiny Pokémon in Generation IV onwards.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.smogon.com Smogon]
*[http://www.smogon.com Smogon]
*[http://pokemon-online.eu Pokémon Online]
*[http://pokemon-online.eu Pokémon Online]
 
*[http://pokemonshowdown.com Pokémon Showdown]
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Revision as of 22:25, 22 July 2016

This article is about the fansite. For the Pokémon named "Smogon" in German, see Koffing.
Smogon
"Pokémon on the Internet: Let's make it happen"
Smogon logo.png
Language English
Status Active
Run 2004 - Present
Date opened December 18, 2004
Creator chaos
Current owner {{{owner}}}
Number of Articles 148*
Forum Smogon University
Mascot Koffing
Website Main Page

Smogon University, commonly shortened to Smogon, is a website whose content encompasses competitive Pokémon battling. It offers guides on battling strategies for people of different Pokémon knowledge backgrounds. The website was founded by 'chaos' (one of the developers of NetBattle) and is a considerably well-known website, visited by competitive Pokémon battling enthusiasts.

The Smogon motto is "Pokémon on the Internet: Let's make it happen" and their mascot is the Pokémon Koffing, the name Smogon itself being the German moniker for this Pokémon.

Site

Website

The official website contains various articles and information about competitive Pokémon battling.

Forums

As of 25 May 2014, the forum has over 192,000 members and 89,000 open discussions. During Generation IV, Smogon was affiliated with Shoddy Battle, and the official support and discussion forum of Shoddy Battle was a section on the Smogon forums. Residents of the Smogon forums are referred to as "Smogoners" or "Smogonites".

IRC

Smogon operates several IRC channels on irc.synirc.net, the most important being #pokemon for Pokémon centric discussion. Others include #othermetas, #ubers, #genvuu, #neverused, #littlecup, #adv, #vgc, #tcg, #smogonwifi, #mentor, #insidescoop, #cap, #grotto, #c&c, #grammar, #ratemyteam, #rarelyused, #ruinsofalph, #orangeislands, #smeargle, #circus, #warau, #fluodome, #doubles, #capasb, #tf2, and #showdown. These are all run by community leaders of Smogon.

Spriting

To accommodate their site and Pokemon Showdown, Smogon created the XY Sprite Project that make sprites in the style of the 5th generation sprites. To date the project has front and back sprites for every new Pokemon that has been released. This project has been borrowed by other community sites, fan-games and Pokemon Online. Smogon has also been an area of ripping sprite icons from the 3DS games which have been distributed to other sites such as Veekun and r/pokemon.

Competitive Battling

The term 'competitive battling' within Pokémon refers to battling against other human players using either Wi-Fi Battling via the Nintendo DS, the downloadable programs Pokémon Online, Shoddy Battle, NetBattle, and Pokémon Showdown!, or any of a number of battle simulating bots, usually found on IRC. Both of these are online simulations of Pokémon games, where one may build a team of Pokémon with relative ease. Experienced players, 24-hour servers, diverse communities and an opportunity to test out strategies are just a few advantages of online battling, but perhaps the most vital advantage is battling against sentient players rather than AI - which requires a significant amount more intelligence and strategy to succeed.

Pokémon Showdown!

Pokémon Showdown! is Smogon's official battle simulator created by one of the site's administrators: Zarel. As of July 2, 2012, it was adopted by Smogon and became one of the first battle simulators to support the changes brought about by Black 2 and White 2. The simulator also includes a downloadable application that can be run on the web browser Google Chrome. Pokémon Showdown! also includes unique features such as the emerging tiers "Hackmons" and "Balanced Hackmons", which encompass Pokémon of normally illegal movesets and abilities.

Pokémon Online

Pokémon Online is an application for competitive Pokémon battling, compatible with Generations II, III, IV, and V. On November 21, 2010, Smogon released its official Pokémon Online server, which is usually the second most occupied server, only behind the Pokémon Online test server. On July 2, 2012, Smogon made its transition to Pokémon Showdown!, but retained a Pokémon Online server; this was later phased out due to a severe lack of userbase.

Shoddy Battle

Shoddy Battle is an application for Generation IV competitive Pokémon battling. Due to its increasing popularity during Generation IV, Smogon once ran a dedicated Shoddy Battle server, and later had affiliated with Shoddy Battle itself. Due to Shoddy Battle's incompatibility with Generation V, it was shut down. Smogon planned to host a server on Pokémon Lab, Shoddy Battle's successor. However, Pokémon Online reached completion while Pokémon Lab was still in its beta stages, so this plan was scrapped.

NetBattle

NetBattle used to be one of the most popular competitive Pokémon battle simulators on the Internet. Smogon used to have a server on NetBattle, but due to the decreasing popularity of the program, it was shut down.

Staff

This is a list of Smogon's senior staff.

Administrators

  • chaos (Site Founder)
  • DougJustDoug (Create-A-Pokémon Project)
  • Joim (Pokémon Showdown!)
  • Zebraiken (Tournaments)
  • tennisace (Contributions & Corrections, Social Media)
  • Zarel (Pokémon Showdown!)

Trivia

  • Contrary to popular belief, Smogon was not the first website to focus on competitive battling. In the past, websites such as Azure Heights and Marble Palace catered to competitive players.
  • The badges used on the Smogon forums are based on the in-game badges.
  • Smogon discovered the 'Masuda Method', a way to increase the chance of breeding a shiny Pokémon in Generation IV onwards.

External links


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