{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Jordan Cameron (tenmihara)'s status on Saturday, 03-Sep-11 06:15:45 UTC","author_name":"Jordan Cameron (tenmihara)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/tenmihara","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/464264","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/218\" class=\"url\" title=\"Guess\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">abigpony<\/span><\/a><\/span> Okay. In summation, EV is short for Effort Value. EVs are a hidden stat in Pokemon games that affect the growth of a Pokemon's combat stats. A pokemon can have up to 255 EVs in any stat, but no more than 510 in total. For each 4 EVs put into a stat, it will be raised by one point."}