Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[30+GameOvers]

Except steroids allow you gains that you would never be able to achieve otherwise, and training in running is actually running.

Correct, glad we're in agreement that you think that cheating should be allowed within competitions, that includes those with tangible prizes.
Why stop there? If it's all about "the gains", why shouldn't men enter Women's competition if they put their pronouns as "ma'am" on the signup sheets? Sure, they will win pretty much every event automatically, but hey, that's not their problem! If the rest of the competitors wanted to win that badly, they would juice up!(which would allow them to stand toe to toe with the trannies, at least in theory)

You're also missing what I said earlier: This is a slippery slope. Today, we allow fake Pokemon with perfect stats caught in balls that shouldn't be possible, tomorrow we will allow illegal movesets or unreleased Hidden Abilities because we already agreed that cheating is "not a big deal". All of this ignoring how bitch-made you are for genning in Pokemon in the first place when raising one shouldn't even take a fraction of the time these supposed "experts" should spend training in simulations and mock-competitions. Even Pokemon nerds have to actually prepare for battles, there is no skipping that part.
Genning is a litmus test for a Pokemon player: If they fail it, they are simply not ready for the big leagues, period. If you're so lazy and incompetent a simple breeding process filters you out, you aren't getting anywhere in the competitive scene unless you have dumb luck on your side. This is just the fraction of autism that goes into these competitions, and you failed at the first hurdle. You are not worthy, simple as that!

 

[Archeops]

Oh lord, we're actually discussing the grey area that is genning Pokémon.

This always turns into an absolute fuck-jamboree for multiple reasons (wanting to stick it to Nintendo, not having enough time to create the "perfect" Pokémon, not wanting to spend extra cash on other games and/or DLC, etc.) and it always annoys me to see it go this way.

My basic rules for using genned Pokémon is this: Don't gen Pokémon that can be easily obtained using the methods that the game gives you (breeding, Nature Mints, Bottle Caps, Mirror Herbs, etc). Genning Legendaries is fine to an extent, just make sure that the data is completely indistinguishable from one naturally generated in-game since TPCi has ways of seeing that data and can ban you for not getting your Psyducks in a row. I'm 100% serious about this, remember that people were DQ'd for running Home-required Legendaries that lacked a Home flag and I was laughing my ass off when people tried to find excuses for failing that one check.

>B-b-but I have a job and other priorities! If I don't gen my entire team I'll lose valuable time that I use for testi-
Then fuck you, you've reached a point in your life where you'll need to make a decision to find other hobbies that are less time-consuming.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Oh lord, we're actually discussing the grey area that is genning Pokémon.

I don't think genning ever has any excuse in a proper game environment. As you said, you get all the tools you need to make a perfect Pokemon naturally and then raise it quickly, past a certain point it's just laziness. The one exception I could make is genning one-per-playthru Pokemon like Legendaries, which are incredibly hard to get a good IV/Nature combo in just one encounter without resetting and you cannot breed them(Phione doesn't count, nobody ever uses Phione).

Genning should only be used in any serious amount within simulators where you play against other people(not any different than using rental Pokemon in Stadium, except they're actually good Pokemon this time) or if you've completed the game already and just want to get a good Battle Tower/Frontier team. In the latter case, you should still raise a good team yourself but I can at least see how some people want to skip that pain in the ass, when there is enough RNG autism involved with the later battles as is(if I remember correctly, some gens have the AI straight up cheat or forcibly give you the worst matchups if you play long enough).

In an actual competitive environment or if you're playing the game normally? It's just pathetic behavior, and you should just find a different hobby at that point, like you said. EV training/breeding for a perfect Pokemon is just one of many mechanics the game has, and if you don't engage with it or can't be bothered to, you're playing the wrong game. Even then, I still say that trading genned Pokemon or creating them for people is immoral, it's one thing if you do it but if you're wiping ass of someone who's too stupid/incompetent to even inject a Pokemon themselves? That's beyond pathetic. Flooding the market with fake, perfect Pokemon is also obviously bad, and it just makes normal shinies or perfect Pokemon that are properly raised not only less special but suspect to most people when they've done nothing wrong. Bad all around.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

Many of the cheaters love using the Dream Ball

Imagine being a dude pokemon "pro" player and using a fucking girly pink ball for your pokemon.

I would have gone for the easy "tranny" remark, but there's no light blue.

 

[Anonitolia]

something something the absolute state of /vp/ something something

might get a kick out of this if you enjoyed JustinRPG at least

 

[30+GameOvers]

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Imagine being a dude pokemon "pro" player and using a fucking girly pink ball for your pokemon.

I would have gone for the easy "tranny" remark, but there's no light blue.

It's about the exclusivity, guaranteed Hidden Abilities(whole point of Dream Forest in Gen 5) and the pink dream puff that you get when you send out a Pokemon. I like the ball too, but there is a reason why it's so rare, cheating it in just removes the whole point of it. There is a good feeling in using a ball that's rare, exclusive to events or one that fits your Pokemon the most(ie ball autism).

something something the absolute state of /vp/ something something

I dunno, seems innocent. Better than yet another pokegirl/boy coomer thread or vore spam.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

It's about the exclusivity

O.K., but so is the Beast Ball, and that looks 10x cooler.

 

[30+GameOvers]

O.K., but so is the Beast Ball, and that looks 10x cooler.

Yup, but the Dream Ball controversy started in Gen 6, I believe(before the Beast Ball)
I like the Beast Ball not only because of how it looks but also because you have a whopping 0.1% chance to catch a non-UB Pokemon with it compared to a Pokeball. Good luck catching a Legendary with it, now THAT is prestige if you can pull it off. Shame you only get 40 of them in SM, you can only buy them in USUM.
Then there is the Apriball autism, where you can only get one of each per playthru regardless of the game, and now we have cut content from the Terraleak that suggests they would play a larger role in the game than just being a glorified easter egg hunt to find them all. This made Apriball Mon much more accessible too, before that only HGSS Pokemon transferred all the way to the bank were legal.

 

[anliteralidiot]

There is a good feeling in using a ball that's rare, exclusive to events or one that fits your Pokemon the most(ie ball autism).

I like the Beast Ball not only because of how it looks but also because you have a whopping 0.1% chance to catch a non-UB Pokemon with it compared to a Pokeball.

I have a shiny dreepy in a beast ball, from SwSh, and it looks so good... I love getting cool balls + shiny combos. Even if most of mine end up being premiere balls, having those few in cool ones is worth it.

Then there is the Apriball autism, where you can only get one of each per playthru regardless of the game

I'm always appreciative of people who trade over pokemon in apricorn balls, because the scarcity is dumb! But at least you can (potentially) breed up to something better.

I try to send out themed balls pokemon every Christmas, like heavy ball baxcaliber, beast ball dreepy, love ball galar ponyta, etc. But, hatching in SV is such a ass...
Why did they have to change egg collection in SV? It's the one game where you can't hatch, while still generating more eggs. I know it's because there's no daycare, buuuuuut it's a pain in the ass.

 

[30+GameOvers]

I have a shiny dreepy in a beast ball, from SwSh, and it looks so good... I love getting cool balls + shiny combos. Even if most of mine end up being premiere balls, having those few in cool ones is worth it.

Over the last few years I've gone full balltism mode and I am trying to catch as many Pokemon in fitting balls as possible. In my ongoing(and nearly finished) Revelation Emerald playthru I did my best to catch all legendaries in fitting balls. I think my only real loss was having to capture Rayquaza in an Ultra Ball since I ran out of Nest Balls, but everything else(aside from early game Pokemon) is in appropriate balls. Looking forward to how this will work in later games.

 

[Anonitolia]

I dunno, seems innocent. Better than yet another pokegirl/boy coomer thread or vore spam.

I'd agree if the OP hadn't spent almost 3 hours straight spamming that one thread with those pictures. How and why does he have so many. Where does he find them.

 

[30+GameOvers]

I'd agree if the OP hadn't spent almost 3 hours straight spamming that one thread with those pictures. How and why does he have so many. Where does he find them.

/vp/ is such a dead board that you can usually take it over if you really want to. I wouldn't ask too many questions, I am just happy this didn't devolve into more porn spam or yawnfag/vorefag spam.

 

[Dysnomia]

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Imagine being a dude pokemon "pro" player and using a fucking girly pink ball for your pokemon.

I would have gone for the easy "tranny" remark, but there's no light blue.

I hope they never make a tranny flag ball. It's bad enough poor Sylveon is tranny colored.

My favorites in terms of aesthetics are the luxury ball and the premier ball.

 

[I_Lurk_Here]

Are we talking about our favourite balls? Mine is the Dive Ball.

 

[Peanut Butter Trails]

Are we talking about our favourite balls? Mine is the Dive Ball.

Dusk Ball has been my go-to for a long, long time. Superior catch rates for when I'd play my games at night. It helps that the color scheme fits well with most mons!

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

Are we talking about our favourite balls? Mine is the Dive Ball.

Premier Ball is best ball. White ball master race.

 

[Computer God Autism]

No thanks, I don't need a glorified Battle Tower clone from some whiny leftie when literally every game in Gen 3 and onwards(until Gen 9) has one integrated in the main game.

I'll be honest, as a kid the Battle Tower was the facility I always liked the least in the Battle Frontier. All the other ones had something that either involved the overworld or played with the mechanics of the battles to make them more interesting, but the Tower is just a strait gauntlet with an axe to grind. I still remember thinking myself particularly clever by Pal Parking in a Shedninja and using Skill Swap on Spiritomb to blow through the double battles only to encounter the unblockable Fire Fang.

 

[VargReallyDidNothingWrong]

Thinking of getting back into Pokémon Go.

 

[Anonitolia]

Alright lads, 2024 is on its deathbed and we've heard jack squat about the future of the franchise unless you count those 2026 world championship leaks, I guess, and the Gaia/ K & N discussion that came with it. It's prediction time!

What do you think 2025 will look like for the franchise? Personally, I think:

Spoiler: vidya predictions

• Z-A trailer on Pokémon Day, release in either Q1 or Q2 of 2025. Gen 10 will be announced simultaneously because Legends will be forever shafted.
• Z-A will come out for Switch 1 and not be as good as PLA, mostly criticized for its SV-tier graphics and lack of scope. Won't be as buggy a mess as SV but it'll still get backlash from normal people or hardcores for having enough bugs to be noticeable. Still going to be better than the main series, but there won't be much evolution of the PLA formula and the story being dogshit will really start getting annoying. Mainstream reviews will bemoan the lack of Switch 2 enhancements and complain that it isn't cross-platform, similarly to how they reacted to BW2.
• Z-A will get more time to shine than PLA did, purely due to GF panicking because of leaks and needing to fix shit behind the scenes before giving more Gaia info. Speculation will continue on until a little before the holiday season, at which point Gen 10 will get some more information on it and continue being marketed somewhat consistently until release (in 2026. It's not gonna be released in 2025. No fucking way they do that again when '26 is an anniversary year.)
• obligatory mobile game spin-off section (mobile games will continue getting top billing), with GO now being quietly sidelined for Masters and TCG Pocket after GO's nonstop controversies

Spoiler: anime predictions

• Anime will probably wrap up an arc or two and start shilling Gaia quietly after the Paldea trio reach their final evolutions. Z-A will get a mini-arc at best unless they need more filler between Z-A release and Gaia's marketing campaign. I have an inkling it'll get a little more spotlight in the anime than PLA did, but that's such a low bar that I feel like it's a safe bet.
• A new movie will be announced for 2026 to spotlight the series' anniversary, but little info will be given. Might star Ash, might star Liko, might star both? Depends on how much they want to pander I think.
• At least one web series revolving around Z-A, like Hisuian Snow but with more episodes and worse-quality animation.
• this isn't anime but probably a few bits of news around Pokémon x Aardman, like leaked screenshots or a basic premise as it enters production

Spoiler: TCG predictions

• the game will continue being horribly scalped

will happen, but I'm curious to hear if anyone else has some more rational thoughts lol. I seriously have no clue what GF is going to do about the leaks. It took them 2 months to scrub the most obvious sources of that info, even when one of them was fucking Google, so it's like a 50/50 chance they either never acknowledge them and go ahead with their plans like nothing ever happened or completely scrap everything, panic, and put out worse products at completely different times solely to make the leaks useless.

EDIT: sent too early due to keybinds

 

[30+GameOvers]

What do you think 2025 will look like for the franchise?

Don't give two fucks. Romhacks and fan content are the bloodline of this franchise, as they always were, new generations just serve to bring more new Pokemon and new underage characters for the fanbase to make porn of. ZA is going to be mediocre and people will kiss it's ass for merely doing something, ANYTHING different than the mainline games, just like they did with Arceus, Gen 10 is going to be even more broken and unfinished and people will buy it anyways(I think the main reason the leaker didn't want to show anything off from the new games is because they're already looking rough) and mobile gacha garbage will continue to overtake the actual console games in popularity. I hope we can get some actual mods for newer games and proper romhacks that give us a 1-1 recreation of what the older games were originally going to look like, we have both the tools and design documents to make it happen now just like with Supergold97.