Week 19 Meet & Greet - Come and Take a Seat!

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Welcome to the nineteenth edition of Pokemon Forever’s trying very hard to be weekly Meet & Greet thread! Come take a seat and relax! The goal of this post is to encourage discussion among not only the more seasoned members, but to also bring some of the lurkers out of the shadows and give them a place to break the ice. We will also be featuring some threads that you may have missed since the last installment. If you see any threads that you feel should be featured in next week's Meet & Greet or have ideas for fun questions, please PM them to @naitre, @ChaseInfinity, @Eckley, or @"squeab".

If you'd like to host a Meet & Greet in the future, please PM @naitre, @ChaseInfinity, @Eckley, or @"squeab" !

Community Thread Spotlight:

• We've got a few tournaments coming up in the next few weeks! We have the Mixed OU right over here. If that's not quite scary enough for you, we've got the Spoopy Cup as well!
  
• @Chawizawd is giving away Xtra$hine's Full Birdspam Team! Go find out exactly what that means there!
  
• Ok, there are a lot of giveaways going on right now. Make sure to hop on over to the Giveaway forums and see if anything interests you.
  
• Me, Elly, and Naitre put together some threads to discuss different Smogon tiers! There are too many to link individually, so here's a link to the Competitive forums!
  
• @Black117 wrote an EXCELLENT guide on Speed Control. If you've ever thought about getting into VGC, you should absolutely read this.
  
• @Marcusube posted a really good intro to competitive. Go share your tips if you have any!
  
• Do you think Tapu Koko and Alolan Raichu will be OP? Will Alolan Exeggutor define the meta game? Tell us why you think that here!
  
• The first two episodes of Pokemon Generations are out! Talk about them here!
  
  
  
  
  
  

For movesets, look here! Help us kick off the VGC 17 season by contributing your own today!

Be sure to stop by the Trading Forum. It's constantly active with new members and new requests! We also have a separate forum just for giveaways here! Please remember to +1/rate members for completing successful trades if you choose to participate!

Useful Resources:

• VGC 2016 Official Rules
  
• Teambuilding Guide
  
• EV Guide
  
• Pokemon Type Chart
  
• A Quick and Effective Way to Breed a Team
  
• Understanding Pokemon Synergy
  
• Understanding Items and Maximizing their capabilities
  
• Current PKHex guide
  

Share with us

• Clearly we all tolerate like Pokemon here, but what other games do you like to play?
  
• What's your favorite battle strategy? Do you like to use a lot of status, hazards, full out offense?
  
• School has started up again! How has your year been so far? Anything you're looking forward to?
  
• We've got some new moderators, ask them some questions so they have to be social. @Unit501 @"Elly" @Chawizawd @"squeab"
  
• Let's turn the tables - tag a forum user using @ and ask them a question!
  

Don't feel like answering any questions? Just stop by to say hello and introduce yourself! Feel free to chat and mingle with one another. Sometimes threads start somewhere and end somewhere completely different, but that's just part of the fun!