Granted, I've been into Pokemon since the summer of '99, I only got seriously interested in the games last year. I can tend to get severely stuck on "This is how it should be done" mentality. A year ago, in order to complete my Platinum National Dex, I bought 2 GBAs, a GameCube, Colosseum, R/S/E and D/P to do it mostly on my own.
Before anyone responds with, "well, you're just too casual or not hardcore enough," that's not true. I've paid too much attention to the intricate details of this game, not as much as Serebii or some others, but I'm always constantly scanning through the attackdex/itemdex/pokedex/game pages on this site or others.
With that, I find I'm having an issue in regards to ethics. I've found I've held back in respect to:
- IV Breeding
- RNG Abuse
- Masterball Glitch abuse
- Changing DS clock for events
To me, IV breeding is just a matter of how much I think I should put into perfecting a Pokemon. I just won't do that. I hatch 6 of the right nature, IV battle and pick the one I like the most.
RNG usage to me just seems like the opposite of playing an actual game. It's getting down to the game's coding and showing that you can achieve something by abusing it. I just won't do it. I'd rather chalk what happens to randomness.
With the master ball glitch, it's just that, a glitch. It's unintended gameplay. We know we don't know if the master ball in a trade was cloned, but if I can help it, I will.
Changing the DS clock for me, is something small to others, but I just feel uneasy doing it. I know it sounds stupid to wait a week for an event, but I also feel uneasy at the same time resetting my DS just to change the clock for something that's supposed to be more naturally occurring.
I know I'll likely get some flak about this. This was just meant to air my opinion and see how others feel. I'm not looking to start some movement to say, "OMG STOP ALL THE TOO HARDCORE POKEMON PLAYER" Just...no. People can do what they want.
Anyway, that's it.
Before anyone responds with, "well, you're just too casual or not hardcore enough," that's not true. I've paid too much attention to the intricate details of this game, not as much as Serebii or some others, but I'm always constantly scanning through the attackdex/itemdex/pokedex/game pages on this site or others.
With that, I find I'm having an issue in regards to ethics. I've found I've held back in respect to:
- IV Breeding
- RNG Abuse
- Masterball Glitch abuse
- Changing DS clock for events
To me, IV breeding is just a matter of how much I think I should put into perfecting a Pokemon. I just won't do that. I hatch 6 of the right nature, IV battle and pick the one I like the most.
RNG usage to me just seems like the opposite of playing an actual game. It's getting down to the game's coding and showing that you can achieve something by abusing it. I just won't do it. I'd rather chalk what happens to randomness.
With the master ball glitch, it's just that, a glitch. It's unintended gameplay. We know we don't know if the master ball in a trade was cloned, but if I can help it, I will.
Changing the DS clock for me, is something small to others, but I just feel uneasy doing it. I know it sounds stupid to wait a week for an event, but I also feel uneasy at the same time resetting my DS just to change the clock for something that's supposed to be more naturally occurring.
I know I'll likely get some flak about this. This was just meant to air my opinion and see how others feel. I'm not looking to start some movement to say, "OMG STOP ALL THE TOO HARDCORE POKEMON PLAYER" Just...no. People can do what they want.
Anyway, that's it.