i was playing pokemon blue on stream earlier at 350% speed and i got to thinking
what if the reason nobody in the pokemon world has any good teams is because its considered a dick move to have a proper team comp
like culturally everyone is likeĀ āhaha pick the pokemon you want! if youāre happy with three geodudes, thats you and your life!ā and then youāre supposed to just have a friendly battle with any other pokemon trainers and whatever pokemon they just happen to have
like the average trainer is probably just walking around with a growlithe because thatās their pet, or a hiker has three geodudes because the geodudes help him with hiking. and if this pet owner and geodude hiker meet, youāre supposed to have a friendly battle but nothing too serious
now imagine the 10 year old kid that has six pokeballs on their belt comes up. youāre likeĀ āhaha, weāll have a friendly battle!ā and you throw out your geodudeĀ
and they throw out a fucking gyarados, and it one-shots your geodudeĀ
and then you throw out your pidgey you have because the pidgey helps you navigate mountains because youāre a hiker
and then electricity crackles around the gyarados and a thunderbolt flies off of this giant dragon and evaporates your pidgeyĀ
so youāre down to your last pokemon. you tell them youāre gonna send out your bulbasaur. the ten year old is likeĀ āoh okay in that case iām gonna pull out my vulpix.ā like not only is this kid walking around with an amped-up super dragon, but theyve also got multiple pokemon specifically for making type advantage counter-picks?
this kidās a fucking asshole! really, kid? what are you trying to prove here? this is a friendly match between strangers for fun! why are you composing real-ass competitive teams? what a fucker!Ā