learn, Displays if and how a Pokémon can learn the given moves, if it can at all. intro Provides an introduction to competitive Pokémon. Replace with a different command, subject, or 'all' (no quotes). help OR /h Gives information on a given subject. rules Provides a link to the rules page. faq Provides a link to the Frequently Asked Questions page. These are commands that provide information on a variety of topics. A short description of each command is provided. The list of commands is divided into sections by category. For more information, see the Community section. These ranks will be explained in depth later on. For instance, only Voice users (+) can broadcast commands to others (!dt for example), and only Administrators (&) can promote users globally. A wide variety of these commands exist, with some only available to certain users. Within any of the chats it is possible to type in commands (messages beginning with /) in order to perform a particular action. If you have additional questions, check out the Help room on Showdown. Most should be pretty self-explanatory, but feel free to play around and see what you prefer. There are many options and preferences you can change through the menu.

In order to change those settings, one should navigate their cursor to the top right of the main menu when logged in and hit on the gear/cog button to open up the settings menu. Pokémon Showdown allows users to customize their settings to their own preference. This guide may also contain sections that help veterans of the site understand aspects of the program as well. The aim of this guide is to explain to new users to the way in which Pokémon Showdown operates and integrate said users into the community as a whole. Pokémon Showdown was designed to simulate the conditions of Wi-Fi Pokémon games in a more stable environment, which creates a more efficient method in which to be involved in the competitive Pokémon setting. Pokémon Showdown is a web-based project available on all major browsers.

It was created by Zarel and opened in October of 2011, but it was not until July 2, 2012, that it was adopted as Smogon's official battle simulator. Pokémon Showdown, often formatted as Pokémon Showdown!, is a popular competitive Pokémon simulator.

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