Actually, Pokémon is considered a rather simple game. However, in tournaments, it involves tactics, breeding, and the perfect team composition. This requires an enormous amount of time in preparation. Therefore, many players seek support from third-party programs. The Pokémon Company is now taking action against it.
Apart from playing through the games, there are side activities that some players engage in within the Pokémon games. Besides shiny hunting or challenges, breeding and the so-called competitive play are popular pastimes for many players.
However, this involves a lot of grind. Building a perfect team and designing a moveset takes a long time by itself, but breeding and obtaining the perfect Pokémon can take days to weeks and consume a lot of in-game resources. Many Pokémon also need to be traded or drawn from other editions.
If one wants to change something at short notice or use a different Pokémon, it can be a difficult undertaking. That’s why many use a cheat program to quickly acquire the desired Pokémon.
I should have obtained my Mons myself
These cheat programs are not comparable to things like aimbots
in shooters, but rather a time-saver. You simply create the desired Pokémon with the desired values. However, the values are always reachable; you cannot create an overpowered Pokémon that would be impossible within the games themselves.
As professional player Brady Smith says in an interview with gameland.gg, it’s said that 80 to 90% of top players modify or hack their Pokémon
. It’s an open secret in the scene. And this has been the case for a long time.
This method has been around for longer than just Scarlet and Violet. However, it seems that the Pokémon World Championship is now taking the method more seriously and disqualified many professionals in this year’s tournament for cheated
Pokémon. This includes Brady Smith.
Smith stated on Twitter that he was unable to obtain many Pokémon because he did not have the necessary games with him at the time and the trading did not work. However, he shows remorse and says he should have bred and obtained the Pokémon himself.
What do you think about this topic? Do you think it’s cheating, and that everyone should use the tedious and grind-heavy method, or does it not matter how one obtains the Pokémon as long as they are legitimate? Let us know in the comments.
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