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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 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".
The forums has over 30,000 members and several sections, one of which is 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 ===
=== IRC ===
The IRC channel is a public chatroom for trainers located at #stark on irc.synirc.net. A more general channel for discussing anything else with Smogoners is on the same network in the room #smogon.
Smogon operates several IRC channels on irc.synirc.net, the most important being #stark for Pokemon centric discussion and #smogon as the more general channel.


== Competitive Battling ==
== Competitive Battling ==

Revision as of 23:41, 14 November 2009

This article is about the fansite. If you were Pokémon named "Smogon" in German, see Koffing.


Smogon
"Pokémon on the Internet: Let's make it happen"

Language English
Status Active
Run 2004 - Present
Date opened December 18,2004
Creator chaos
Current owner {{{owner}}}
Number of Articles 77 (Not including an analysis for each Pokémon in each generation)
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 has over 30,000 members and several sections, one of which is 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

Smogon operates several IRC channels on irc.synirc.net, the most important being #stark for Pokemon centric discussion and #smogon as the more general channel.

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
  • Colin
  • DougJustDoug
  • Jumpman16
  • Mekkah
  • Misty
  • X-Act

Super Mods

  • darkie
  • Great Sage
  • Hipmonlee
  • Jackal
  • Jimbo
  • Max
  • mingot
  • obi
  • RB Golbat
  • TAY

External links


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