>>48952905i nickname everything except mons that are caught/hatched with the specific intention of being traded away. the mons dont feel like theyre "mine" unless i name them.
i try to avoid giving any 2 mons the same name, which has gotten increasingly difficult in the 20+ years that ive been playing. these days, ive resorted to "phrase" names (ex. "Fast Cash" the whiscash) or keyboard smashing and then adding vowels until the name's pronounceable (ex. PSLDRN --> "Psylindryn" the gyarados).
im sure im not the only one who thought of this one, but my favorite name so far was "Pupcake" for my first competitive slurpuff back in xy.