Aoki

Wow, those are pretty awesome. I actually like Whiscash better as a Pokemon; it's too bad I don't sell my cards online.

I saw her userbar, too. I'd like to contribute to the Writer's Corner (I forgot what it was called again xD)

It's not just the userbar. I have a little more communication with mods, but then again I rarely report anything... -_-;

How are you doing?

*Lugicrona charges his energy in the case of a battle.*

Choice = Using a Choice Item (Band, Specs, or Scarf). In Terrakion's case it's usually the Scarf, but Band is a possible.

RestTalk is a set with Rest + Sleep Talk + 2 other moves.

You might want to look at this.

From that tier and below, actually.

In OU (Overused), you can use anything from any tier (except Ubers).
In UU (Underused), you can use anything from any tier, except for BL (Borderline), OU, and Ubers. (BL isn't actually a tier; it's just a UU banlist.)
In RU (Rarely used), you can use anything from the RU and NU tiers. (BL2 is also not actually a tier; it's an RU banlist.)
And finally, in NU (Never used) you can only use things in the NU tier.

NFE is like a tier below NU; those can be used anywhere, but it's generally not a good idea.

I don't know what the RU meta is like; I haven't played in any metas below OU unfortunately. I'm sure someone here knows...

I think it's possible to be rogue, but not possible to be too weird out there. You need to at least be able to take what's being thrown at you.

I dunno; there might be. But I don't think it's possible to go too far outside the box with species.
Rogue movesets, though? Those definitely exist.

Base Stat Total of 680. Pretty much all the box cover legends from RSE and up have a BSt of 680. (Well, Kyogre and Groudon have 670, but close enough.)

OU = Overused. The tiers from Smogon are based on usage. Overused contains the Pokemon that are used the most - generally because they tend to be the best in that meta.

Ubers is not really a tier per se - it's a banlist for OU. Some people do play Ubers fights (in which basically most anything goes), but Ubers mainly serves as a banlist. Those Pokemon deemed too strong for the OU meta are sent there. (Notice that all of the BST 680s are in Ubers.)

Correct.

The metagame for VG is mainly weather. With the advent of BW2, however, most of the weather nowadays is rain, but honestly it's all just weather war.

Here's a list of what is top of the usage list nowadays; it may give you a general idea of what people are running these days.

It doesn't list the new forms of Pokemon from BW2 yet, but the new forms are all OU, with the exception of Kyurem-White and Kyurem-Black (which are Uber). I'm not sure where Landorus-T is but I'm pretty sure it's OU.

Technically, IVs are not connected to EVs, but both IVs and EVs are connected to the stats. When EV training a Pokemon, you are making sure that Pokemon is gaining only that specific stat as you train it - for example, what good would Special Attack be for a Staraptor? This would involve training against specific species of Pokemon repeatedly. (In fact, as I type this, I'm EV training one of my many Regigigas - specifically, I am training it in Attack and Speed.)

IVs (Individual Values) are values that a Pokemon has, and IVs don't ever change. It's like a Pokemon's innate ability. Each stat's assigned an IV from 0 to 31 the moment it appears (wild) or the egg is received (day-care), and from there they don't change.

When breeding for IVs, you can give one of the parents a Power Item (Bracer, Belt, Lens, Band, Anklet, or Weight), and the resulting egg will always have that corresponding IV from the parent. For example, if you know your Starmie has a 31 Speed IV, you would give it the Power Anklet if you wanted to breed more; all your eggs would then be guaranteed a 31 Speed IV. A total of 3 IVs are passed down from the parents, so if you wanted to pass down multiple 31s you'd have to get a bit lucky (the Power Item gives one, and the other two would be random).

Another basic building block of team building that I'd also like to point out is that you can easily cover your weaknesses - i.e. have safe switch-ins to cover your weaknesses. For example, if your Pokemon is weak to Thunderbolt or Earthquake, a Gliscor or Claydol can safely switch into both, and - hopefully - threaten the Pokemon who fired it off.

...I sound so long-winded...

Where would you like to start?

But on the plus side, you'll always be able to win tourneys! Better than never winning them. (I'm never gonna top-cut. I came close in Spring Regs 2010 but I misplayed. Only four of the 5-3s made cut; I was not one of them.)

The tricky part about wanting to play VG on DS is that most people nowadays use battle simulators. Yeah, it's fun, but it leaves those of us with a DS (like myself) kinda out in the dark.
Hasn't ever stopped me, though - I play competitive VG and VGC on my DS, and one day I'd like to find some practice partners. If you'd like, I could try to help you get started in VG, but I'm not the best player so I'm not sure how far I can help.

You could have the opposite problem.

In my area, they're too competitive.

VG singles (like the Smogon tier system) or VGC (like what's used in tournaments)?

Also I don't blame you for giving up on TCG. It kinda sucks right now.

Dark Giratina, No, it has to be Pokemon related stuff. If you want some ideas, PM me.

Dark Giratina, Oyea you also have to make a lot of quality posts. Like, long and filled with content.

Dark Giratina, u no stalk ma ferretz.

Make lots of positive forum changes and lots of articles (2+), then you will be asked to become one. Also, if you're in contributors, you have to keep making quality articles so that you keep contributing.