Card Slinger J said:How is it crippling? They could've banned the use of Weather Teams by getting rid of Kyogre and Groudon and the format would've been fine the way it was but PUSA and TPCi had to take it one step further and ban all the old Pokemon in Generation V for VGC 2011. Unless changes are made for VGC 2012, this could be the final nail in the coffin for Pokemon Video Game Competitive Play.
You're kidding right? Rain Dance was used WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY before Kyogre was even THOUGHT of being introduced to the VGC. Also, they did not just ban these pokemon to get rid of weather. The meta was fine with weather in it- Rain Dance didn't even make the finals in worlds. It was won by Trick Rom, which again, was waaaaaaay before Kyogre/Groudon's time. And it's still a legit strat with Reuniclus in play now.
I personally think it will cause more people to play. For one, it will cause lots of people to buy B/W. It's a way to make more money. And B, for players who have been thinking about joining, the banning of 493 pokemon makes the format easier to figure out. You now only have to make sure you cover the B/W threats, as opposed to covering B/W threats as well as 493 additional pokemon. It will cause an easier metagame, and you will have to work harder to find the split between Good and Great players. It's a good move iirc, and it definitely won't kill VGC participation.
EDIT: To answer Darkvoid's question, yes. At level 50, 8 EV's equal one point as opposed to level 100, where 4 equal one point. Therefore, if you wish to max out stats, your spread would be 248/248/8 as oppposed to 252/252/4. You also have to make sure your non-maxed EVs are reduced or increased accordingly to numbers divisible by 8.