Jeremy Badeaux
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Counter plume, not Slowking. I can't think of a counter there was to Slowking back then...
Just popping in to mention that the Muk from the fossil set completely shut it down, neo genesis Magby was somewhat used, and neo genesis Pichu was pretty widely used, most common was probably neo discovery Igglybuff though (Slowking decks would often run the Pichu as a kamikaze way to get rid of Igglybuffs).
Slowking was the backbone of dang near every deck that topcut at worlds that year.
After worlds, fossil Muk was reprinted in Legendary Collection and Slowking was still banned.
A one-time showing comparable to what SP has been doing was enough to get Slowking banned and there were already some serious counters to Slowking.
If you view bannings according to how they have been implemented in the past, it really isn't that crazy for somebody to muse about banning cards that have controlled the format for multiple years.
When you consider that the format pretty much rotates around cards that have been out of print for how long, it kind of reminds me of the original reason given for the modified format coming into existence.
My personal view on the matter is that pokemon has had a singular BDIF for much longer than what is healthy for any game.