Smogon

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Smogon
"Pokémon on the Internet: Let's make it happen"
Smogon logo.png
Language English
Status Active
Run December 2004 - Present
Date opened December 2004
Creator chaos
Current owner {{{owner}}}
Number of Articles 58 (Not including analysis for each Pokemon)
Forum Smogon University
Mascot Koffing
Website Main Page

Smogon is a website whose content encompass 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

The forums consists of over 30,000 members and several sections. It also contains a section for Shoddy Battle discussion and support due to a recent affiliation with Shoddy Battle itself. Residents of the Smogon forums are referred to as "Smogoneers" or "Smogonites".

IRC

The IRC channel is a public chatroom for trainers located at #stark on irc.synirc.net

Competitive Battling

The term 'competitive battling' within Pokémon refers to battling against other human players using either Wifi Battling via the Nintendo DS, the downloadable programs Shoddy Battle and NetBattle 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.

Shoddy Battle

Shoddy Battle is a application for competitive Pokémon battling. Due to its increasing popularity, Smogon runs a dedicated Shoddy Battle server, and in recent times, have affiliated with Shoddy Battle itself.

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

Administrators

  • chaos (Site Owner)
  • Aeolus
  • Blue Kirby
  • ColinJF
  • DougJustDoug
  • Jumpman16
  • Mekkah
  • Misty
  • X-Act

Super Mods

  • Carl
  • darkie
  • Great Sage
  • Hipmonlee
  • Jackal
  • Max
  • obi
  • RB Golbat
  • Steelicks
  • TAY

External links


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