Agreed. People need to realize that every trainer, every rival in Unova, appears weaker than the trainers in DP.
Which means that we have a DP Grand festival type situation, where there was no uber powerful trainers that prevented the main characters from reaching the finals.
Just like the Unova League. Trip is coming off as the most powerful trainer, and he's going to go far, I won't say they will reach the finals but I have a feeling nothing would prevent. One powerful uber trainer, amongst other mediocre trainers, is going to make it impossible for Ash or Trip to get knocked out early.
Yeah and Ash getting knocked out in the Top 16 or Top 8 in the anime AT THIS POINT, after all this time is like regressing to 1998 or 2002, what kinda disaster?
Ash is not so bright or mature as he was in DP but he's still capable and I believe (with his Unova pokes) he could reach Top 4. I'd like him to use his reserves so he perphaps make it to the finals but I do want Unova 'mons time to shine at the Unova League just like it was at the Hoenn League but this time a little more interesting because he has more pokes to choose from.
Also people justifying he should get Top 16 just because they feel is cheap by whatever reasons (hell someone said Top 32 LOL) want a really short league like a Don Tournament? DX it would be a HUGE backlash for BW...