bacon, Would you say that a theory that yields an infinite answer is not correct? Is that what happens when trying to combine Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity?
About Pokemon Showdown, I made it onto the VGC 2013 ladder on Smogon; 93rd. I don't have any intention to ladder, but I just wanted to see my name and I did. ^.^ It's probably not there anymore.
But even greater news than me seeing my name on a ladder board for the first time ever.
Smogon's server now supports standard doubles(!). 6v6, all the competitive clauses, and an initial ban list that is reasonable. It looks like a group of Smogoners are trying to drum up support for standard doubles. Good luck to them. However, for the last few days the amount of standard double battlers has been reliable.
I feel the current state of the game could yield the best doubles since gen 3. Team preview helps team building and battling so much. I have found all of my battles to be satisfying, even the ones where I lose from stupid crap. There's been a lot of switching, a lot of prediction, and even when it is clear you are going to lose, it's still fun. I haven't felt like there has been a battle yet I could not have won.
Hopefully enough people play standard doubles. There's a thread about it on Smogon: http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3476469
I am not going to get my hopes up, but I think the few of us could have fun with this.