Conversation with Birkal about BAM

Piexplode: lol let's take this to pm just because

Piexplode: there's a lot to talk about

Birkal: I see that

Piexplode: okay so

Piexplode: where would you

Piexplode: like to start?

Piexplode: You appreciate that it is

Piexplode: in essence a bit of a fanboy process

Birkal: I don't understand which parts of the process dictate precedent over the other

Piexplode: well

Birkal: yes, I mean, it is very blatantly a fanboy project

Piexplode: there wasn't really much

Piexplode: but at the moment

Piexplode: I've called

Piexplode: a hiatus on pokemon making

Piexplode: we're going to have 60

Piexplode: we currently have 40

Piexplode: this is so

Piexplode: we can review

Piexplode: what pokemon we have

Piexplode: which look the best and such

Piexplode: what roles we're lacking

Piexplode: viable pokemon to perform

Piexplode: we're ending the hiatus

Piexplode: once we've got

Birkal: it's an interesting concept, but I don't think you'll get much a competitive metagame from it

Piexplode: a virtually complete list of moves

Piexplode: well I've also

Piexplode: been inspired from playing XY Ubers

Birkal: seeing as how it is almost entirely based on non-competitive factors

Piexplode: and been very dissatisfied with that

Piexplode: what do you mean?

Birkal: at the moment, almost all discussion is based on flavor at your forums

Birkal: and I wanted to participate in a competitive discussion, but there is literally no way to do so

Piexplode: The Discussion Thread under

Piexplode: BAM Extra

Piexplode: and a couple of others under there

Piexplode: as well as

Piexplode: BAM Ethos

Piexplode: are probably the best places to start

Birkal: there are no moves, so how can one talk about the competitive viability of a bug / dragon

Piexplode: the competitive discussion

Piexplode: there are moes

Piexplode: *moves

Piexplode: there's like 3 pages worth

Piexplode: there's an overview by type in alphabetical order

Piexplode: you can search easily in the subforum

Piexplode: move by move

Piexplode: you can also understand

Piexplode: that there'll be

Piexplode: physical and special stabs for each type

Piexplode: there's also a thread

Piexplode: under BAM Pokemon

Piexplode: called

Piexplode: Overivew of roles

Piexplode: which gives a summary for

Piexplode: most if not all of the pokemon we currently have

Piexplode: and how we expect it to be played in the metagame

Piexplode: it's a little out of date admittedly but there's still a lot there

Piexplode: to get you started

Birkal: mmmk

Birkal: well thanks for giving me a brief tour

Birkal: best of luck!

Piexplode: thanks

Piexplode: are you

Piexplode: going to try and

Piexplode: continue with us?

Piexplode: You understand that

Birkal: probably not, to be frank

Piexplode: trying to get this lot into

Piexplode: a competitive discussion

Piexplode: is a game of herding cats

Piexplode: I don't even totally know how I ended up

Piexplode: having this room

Piexplode: seriously though I would

Piexplode: actually love to have you

Piexplode: what you're saying is more competitively minded than

Piexplode: what anyone else has said

Birkal: unfortunately, my plate is full

Piexplode: and trying to get more focus on competitive discusison

Piexplode: okay

Piexplode: well

Piexplode: if it empties a bit

Piexplode: we'll be here

Birkal: as the head moderator of CAP, I am pretty much booked full

Birkal: but I will follow with interest