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psychup2034 said:
Hindsight bias:

Hindsight bias, also known as the knew-it-all-along effect or creeping determinism, is the inclination to see events that have already occurred as being more predictable than they were before they took place. ... A basic example of the hindsight bias is when, after viewing the outcome of a potentially unforeseeable event, a person believes he or she "knew it all along." Such examples are present in the writings of historians describing outcomes of battles, physicians recalling clinical trials, and in judicial systems trying to attribute responsibility and predictability of accidents.

Apparently it applies to predicting Pokemon rotations as well.
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Where's that picture of that owl?

My claim is just as much speculation as yours.

Where's that bias where because the person you are arguing against is wrong, automatically makes you right?
 
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rcxd999 said:
Just before this topic gets too far, where is the idea of rotation of certain sets coming from? No ones oficially said they're rotating anything at all yet and still people are going mad as to which sets they think will be switched out. I doubt the thought even occurs to people who think a rotation is coming, that there's a 95% chance that they're even close to right. I really hate people you think Pokemon are going to rotate ANYTHING without anything official to back it up. Just watch Japan's Pokemon TCG series and if anything over in Japan does rotate anything out, then you can come to everyone else and whine about it like a dying cat. In summary, what happened in the past thats making people think Pokemon is going to rotate anything?

P.S. Those people who think Pokemon is going to do DRX-on, They really need to go to a mental hospital to get checked for brain and mental damage.
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Thats a horrible and disgusting thing to call people crazy for having an opinion that doesnt agree with you. You need to seriously think before you post EVER again. My mother has brain damage and I think the things she says make more sense than some of the ridiculous stuff you post on here. People here are just trying to make their own predictions, you should be a bit more considerate to people instead of just being rude and saying their wrong when 9/10 the stuff you post on here is completely wrong.

Realistically, ANYTHING can happen. Rotation has never been set in stone. In 2008 to 2010, there wasnt a rotation. Sometimes its whatever the current gen is - on. Sometimes its in the middle, there is no specific pattern or standard to it at all.

I dont see any rotation happening since the game has had power creep and maybe TPCi will try to fix it in XY. So it wouldnt make sense to keep sets in rotation that arent helping this situation. But maybe they make the XY sets that keep up with the current rotation. Only the people working at TPCi really know what the future looks like.
 
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Rotation is VERY important to younger/more money tight (me) players as it helps them make important "financial decisions". Like if we knew DEX-on was the next format an I had a Mewtwo FA and was not interested in collecting, don't you think I'd want to get rid of it for something that will probably stay in rotation before the value drop?
 
Alann said:
Rotation is VERY important to younger/more money tight (me) players as it helps them make important "financial decisions". Like if we knew DEX-on was the next format an I had a Mewtwo FA and was not interested in collecting, don't you think I'd want to get rid of it for something that will probably stay in rotation before the value drop?
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It's why I think they should just rotate a set number of sets every year, say, 4, and keep it that way, so we always know which sets are going to be gone. Design sets with this in mind and make it a little more organized.
 
Swordfish1989 said:
It's why I think they should just rotate a set number of sets every year, say, 4, and keep it that way, so we always know which sets are going to be gone. Design sets with this in mind and make it a little more organized.
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Block structure. Works every time. Unfortunately, Japan designs the sets, and we have no control over what they do. Even their rotation is erratic.
 
Due to all the reprints we've had the only meaningful rotation is DRX-ON, but it won't ever happen. I'm gonna take a punt that we'll get no rotation this year.
 
I hope there isn't a rotation this year to be honest. There are some decks still in the format that I would like to build/play still since I'm a newer player. (started playing in March)
 
Shogun said:
I hope there isn't a rotation this year to be honest. There are some decks still in the format that I would like to build/play still since I'm a newer player. (started playing in March)
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How many cards from currently-legal-but-older sets have you purchased? How many of those do you use, and have they been reprinted?

You can still use older cards for casual play (and usually Pokémon League) so this mostly affects competitive players.
 
yoshi1001 said:
Basic energies are always legal, even if no set in modified has them (it's happened before, I believe).
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Has it happened before?
I'm not really sure of that. I think there were at least promo basic energy cards in the format.
 
Its really hard to say how the format should be. I want a DRX-on format but that means Blastiose/Keldeo would go unchecked and would be BDIF. I also like the idea of a Catcherless format but Blastiose/Keldeo. If they dont rotate, I feel it would be better off for the game because a game full of broken cards is better then a format where the only BDIF is far superior to everything else.

I have mixed feelings about a rotation right now. The game is just at a point to where trying to fix something will mess it up even more. Maybe DRX-On with a ban list. I dont know.
 
vaporeon said:
Its really hard to say how the format should be. I want a DRX-on format but that means Blastiose/Keldeo would go unchecked and would be BDIF. I also like the idea of a Catcherless format but Blastiose/Keldeo. If they dont rotate, I feel it would be better off for the game because a game full of broken cards is better then a format where the only BDIF is far superior to everything else.

I have mixed feelings about a rotation right now. The game is just at a point to where trying to fix something will mess it up even more. Maybe DRX-On with a ban list. I dont know.
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Blastoise/Keldeo would hardly be BDIF. You can't forget that Genesect EX is going to be released. Rayquaza EX with Chandelure would probably also be very good in a Catcherless format, and would be a deck that would give Blastoise trouble.
 
Raen said:
Blastoise/Keldeo would hardly be BDIF. You can't forget that Genesect EX is going to be released. Rayquaza EX with Chandelure would probably also be very good in a Catcherless format, and would be a deck that would give Blastoise trouble.
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Blastoise had Black Kyurem. They just wont play Keldeo in the matchup and KO every attacker you have in 1 hit. Ray would be a bit different but its strength is with catcher. It also suffers if it can put energy back into the deck.
 
PokePop said:
Has it happened before?
I'm not really sure of that. I think there were at least promo basic energy cards in the format.
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Actually there's been a set in rotation with basic energy in every format since as far back as 2004 (I don't know about the WoC), so this would be a first if they rotated to a set with no basic energy.
 
A good move on their part would be DRX-ON for 2 reasons

1) These sets before DRX came out have already existed for 2 years now

2) By eliminating those sets, cards like Klinklang BW, Darkrai, Mewtwo, Tornadus, Sableye, Eeletrik variants will all disappear.

Therefore, the decks I could see that would be playable for the fall season are Blastiose/Keldeo, Chandleure/Rayquaza ex, Garbodor/Landorus, Virizion/Genesect, Weavile/Eggs, and Thunderus/Deoxys.

Decks that would be nerfed the most would be Big Basics and Garbodor/Landorus because they don't have Mewtwo ex and Tornadus ex. We don't need a format with all the ex Pokemon doing all the work.

WE NEED DIVERSITY

3) More stage 2 decks could come into play, assuming if the company makes the X and Y Pokemon playable for the future sets.


Hopefully, everything will all balance out one way or the other.
 
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