"Smogon is so stupid xD!!! They ban everything and every team is just Lando-T, Rotom-W, and Talonflame! Play VGC, having no bans means that there's a lot more freedom and diversity!!!!!"
Competitiveness > variety
Smogon's best meta is 3rd gen where there are like 15 viable Pokemon
>>29520117
>Smash's best meta was Brawl where only meta knight was usable.
>>29520167
>smash
>ever having a good meta
Competitive Pokemon is inherently unbalanced.
>>29520074
VGC seems no different from Smogon.
http://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/worlds/2016/teams/masters/
>>29520599
>most centralized format in VGC history
>30 pokemon with >4% usage
>only ~14 less than smogon
actually, in 2015 nationals, you had 45 pokemon above 4% usage
>>29520599
the OP pic is comparing VGC15 and OU in 2015, this one is from VGC16 and OU in 2016.
>>29520454
Remember Gen. 1 Mewtwo.