Gen 8 Random Battle on Pokémon Showdown had 4,887,452 ladder battles in January! That is astounding.

Check out March's Other Metagames of the Month and the Leader's Choice, Inheritance and Scalemons! Inheritance: smogon.com/forums/threads… Scalemons: smogon.com/forums/threads…

What happens when you mashup two OMs? Sign up for the STABmons + Almost Any Ability tournament Smogon University! smogon.com/forums/threads…

#SaveDynamax

Sign up for the 8th annual Other Metagames Premier League, a team tournament featuring the most popular OMs! Art by AmirAlexander: smogon.com/forums/threads…

Last chance to signup for OM Spring Seasonals Smogon University! AAA: smogon.com/forums/threads… BH: smogon.com/forums/threads… M&M: smogon.com/forums/threads…

With a large voter pool of 254 voters and a close voting process right to the end, the Random Battle Dynamax suspect failed to reach the 60% supermajority needed for the mechanic to leave, which means that Dynamax will remain legal! Results here: smogon.com/forums/threads…

Some new quality of life improvements to Pokémon Showdown are now live: you can now easily start every battle with no spectators allowed + persistent settings to ignore spectators/nicknames, auto start the battle timer, and block PMs and challenges!

The third iteration of the OM Snake Draft, one of the biggest OM tournaments on Smogon, has posted signups. If interested, sign up here: smogon.com/forums/threads…

Here's an educational video tackling the Camomons metagame, produced by yours truly! youtu.be/_9txi-h6K0I

Almost Any Ability is suspect testing Magearna: smogon.com/forums/threads…

Series 6 is live on Showdown as "Battle Stadium Doubles". VGC 2020 was kept series 5 to be able to update instantly once Crown Tundra DLC drops. In any case, I expect that when we play 2020 as a previous format, we'll be playing S5, not S6, since that's what Player's Cup was.

Mix and Mega, Almost Any Ability, and Balanced Hackmons have officially opened signups for their Fall Seasonal! More information and rules here: MnM: smogon.com/forums/threads… AAA: smogon.com/forums/threads… BH: smogon.com/forums/threads… Art by lyd smogon.com/forums/threads…

Crown Tundra has finally been released and together with the new Pokemon additions, we also have all the returning Pokemon, all with their new minisprites and available on Pokemon Showdown right now! Which ones are you most excited to try out in competitive?

Be sure to sign-up and join other players around the world in the World Cup of Other Metagames! More information here: smogon.com/forums/threads… Art by Ticken: smogon.com/forums/threads…

Welcome Gloria RT Rally! 1. Follow us. 2. RT this tweet. Rally ends 12/2 at 9:59 p.m. PST. If the rally tweets from 【公式】ポケマスEXだいすきクラブ and Pokémon Masters EX reach 10,000 combined RT, everyone will receive 3,000 gems. Details: bit.ly/372MYuk #PokemonMasters

Congrats to xavgb (aka stresh) for winning the Smogon University 2020 Other Metagames Tournament Circuit! See the replays of the finals: smogon.com/forums/threads…

Sign up for the Mix and Mega Open, the second tournament in the OM Grand Slam! smogon.com/forums/threads… Art by MiniArchitect: smogon.com/forums/members…

Fan of Other Metagames? Good news for you! Signups for the Balanced Hackmons Open are officially live! More information here: smogon.com/forums/threads… Art by MiniArchitect smogon.com/forums/threads…

Signups for Almost Any Ability Open are officially live! Check out the thread and how to join here: smogon.com/forums/threads… Art by MiniArchitect smogon.com/forums/threads…