Tour Guide from the Underworld says sup?
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Maybe you should get your facts right, they play hgss-on and the rules are always bad in any format.
Can you clarify the "rules" comment? Just trying to figure out if you think the rules of Pokemon are flawed, if you just think the current first turn rules are the problem, or something that didn't occur to me.
For the record, if you think the current first turn rules are bad with any format, I'd love to hear about your testing to confirm this, as well as how various formats have fared with the other first turn rules we've had. I imagine early Unlimited a.k.a. "Base Set through latest set pre-Modified Format existing" would be broken with just about any rules set, the difference being no Trainers first turn just makes going first bad. :lol:
What would be most enlightening is if we could somehow retroactively classify all cards according to modern mechanics, so that we knew what the appropriate power level was for them. Trainers are most obvious: one assumes that if TPC had figured out the current system of power balance that
Professor Oak would have been a Supporter (just as
Bill has become). What if, for the sake of argument, we treat
Pokemon Breeder as "old-text"
Rare Candy, to better simulate "old rule sets" and their impact?
Ah well, main point is that I think people are wrong about the current rules "breaking" things. It is the rules and card interactions, as well as certain card combos that result in the less desirable aspects of this format.
I don't mind going first being a slight advantage, but it shouldn't be a serious one. I think decks build around just Basic, just Stage 1, or even just Stage 2 Pokemon (with relevant lower Stages) should be tournament viable, but so should various combinations, with perhaps the quintessential deck design using a Basic "line", Stage 1 line, and Stage 2 line in various roles (though the exact role for each Stage is determined by the exact Pokemon being used). We've never actually succeeded with this, but we've come close so I believe it can happen. It is just most difficult to fine tune that balance, and I don't know if we should count the "special" cases like Pokemon-ex or themed Basic Pokemon that get extra "goodies".