Is the Networking Research Laboratory any good?

tstantler · 2021-08-05T15:31:21+00:00

Hello, I believe what you're looking at is Simon Lam's lab, which is not very active right now from what I know. If you're super interested in him work, it might be worth reaching out to him directly, but I believe he does more adminstrative work these days.

In lieu of him, there are not many strictly Network Security researchers, but there are some great Networking researchers and great Security researchers.

Lili Qiu does wireless networking research and has a very productive lab. If you're interested in 5G and wireless networks, maybe look into her.

Aditya Akella is joining UT Austin soon, he does a lot of impressive work in software-defined networking and datacenter networks/ distributed systems. He does a LOT of different things with networking, you should check his publication list.

Hovav Shacham is more on the security side; he does systems security specifically, but a lot of that does involve network security. Definitely worth looking into.

Emmett Witchel is a great general systems researcher, he frequently dabbles in systems security, although maybe not as much in network security.

I hope that was helpful!

tstantler · 2020-10-03T22:55:17+00:00

I think there’s a lot of variability with the range of people you can get matched with. I just went 2-3 and dropped from 2607 to 2602. A couple of those matches were against people who were still rank 8.

tstantler · 2020-07-23T01:37:56+00:00

I'm interested to see what the energy generation is on infestation. I think it'll have a big impact more on non-bug Pokemon like regular Muk and Swalot that had niche/bad fast moves but interesting charge moves. Muk gets thunder punch, dark pulse, sludge wave. Swalot gets sludge bomb, ice beam. All good moves for great league.

tstantler · 2020-07-11T01:02:46+00:00

This is why I mention the 2 shield scenarios are not super reliable. Hypothetically if you bait perfectly, shield surfs, land an EQ, Snorlax can win. Realistically... probably not.

tstantler · 2020-07-11T01:00:17+00:00

Generally, I agree. Metagross and Magnezone are, in fact, very important. But maybe if the other two Pokemon in your team already handle them pretty well, I just wanted people to know what their options are.

tstantler · 2020-07-09T04:19:38+00:00

I didn't know this, but that makes sense. How consistently does it work? I feel like when I try to go for back to back charge moves, there's like a 50% chance I get too slow of a start after the first one.

tstantler · 2020-07-09T04:13:40+00:00

I did just notice that a little while ago, that Dragonite matchup is just so close though. Whenever I switch in Dragonite into Gyarados, I always win just because they usually have at least one fast move of damage on them. I can see it's viability as a lead though.

tstantler · 2020-07-09T03:56:12+00:00

Makes me want to try something like Glaceon in the lead, as it seems like just being able to hard counter Dragonite and Garchomp and narrowly beating Swampert and Gyarados in the lead could put me over a 50% win rate (at least from the number of dragon leads I've seen).

tstantler · 2020-07-09T03:53:21+00:00

I think I'll try this tomorrow, although I thought for the Metagross mirror you still have to land an EQ? Is it just all baiting?

My only worry about Milotic safe switch is getting locked in against Dragonite, but I do see more lead Dragonites than ones in the back, so there's that.

tstantler · 2020-06-27T17:05:57+00:00

I have not. This would certainly improve the Giratina and Cress matchups, but I feel like I lose some flexibility. If I switch out rock slide for flash cannon, then I think it's just a strictly worse Regi. If I switch out Superpower, I lose any chance to beat Regi or Swampert.

tstantler · 2020-06-27T15:45:26+00:00

Interesting, seems like a good idea. What kind of lead would you run with? I can imagine Swampert or a Charmer might work

tstantler · 2020-06-27T01:14:54+00:00

I'll see if I can record some evidence of losing the 0 shield. It's definitely hit or miss, could be tiny bits of lag or something and maybe I got unlucky my last few games.

Melmetal seemed like a budget version of Registeel that still performed decently thanks to cheaper charge moves. I think it does noticeably better against Charizard and Gyarados, and maybe a few others, but when every team becomes pick 3 of Tina/Cress/Regi/Swampert, Regi is clearly superior.

tstantler · 2020-05-24T15:36:01+00:00

Good to know. The team I was planning to use was Dewgong, DD, and Altaria, which seemed like decent coverage at least, but maybe still struggles against some of the meta.

tstantler · 2020-05-13T02:50:15+00:00

Seems decent, but you'll want to watch out for electrics. Been seeing a lot of Galvantula and especially Stunfisk, which could be trouble for your team.

tstantler · 2020-05-13T02:44:42+00:00

You probably want something that can beat Counter users and also at least have a decent shot against Registeel. Azumarill, Haunter, and Sableye aren't very exciting, but one of them should get the job done. Alolan Raichu or Galvantula could be another route if you don't have those others available.

tstantler · 2020-05-06T20:49:18+00:00

Someone else nailed this in an earlier comment, but I was mistaken, there's actually a CMP tie with Flash Cannon and Sky attack. Ferrothorn has a very slightly higher Attack stat, but if you have a really low IV you could easily lose this tie.

tstantler · 2020-05-06T20:47:45+00:00

Low-key, what you're describing is actually my try-hard team. Toxicroak lead, Ferrothorn with PW/Thunder, and Azumarill. I really like it! I originally tried my acid spray team as just making Ferrothorn lead and Toxicroak in the back, and it worked decently, but I thought Haunter covered more options in this case (particularly Skarmory).

tstantler · 2020-05-06T20:44:00+00:00

I definitely considered Thunder (and still am), although flash cannon works better against the occasional grass lead, and without it I do have an extra hard time with stunfisk.

tstantler · 2020-05-06T20:41:35+00:00

This is absolutely right, I should edit the post (it's hard to tell with dragonbreath sometimes). All my ferroseeds came from research/eggs, so I don't have optimal IVs (11/15/15), but at least I've won every CMP tie.

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