“At least for me it is...”

Games, by their very nature, are very personal experiences. You might be surprised at just how differently people play the same games, each justified because that’s what makes it most fun for them.

isn’t that the fun in Pokemon ? To level up your team and make them the best through effort, at least for me it is

It’s because the ‘meta’ strategies jump so far ahead of the average player experience that cheats feel almost necessary if you want to be hyper-efficient and/or competitive.

It happens with the Dark Souls community too, when they get banned from online for using save-editors it’s usually “how the heck am I supposed to…