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I need /adv/, guys
>Be me
>enjoy the fuck out of the Pokemon games
>want to treat them like typical games, get everything there is to get, catch em all, maybe do some battles and trading
>then there's my friends
>both of my closest friends are also huge Pokemon fans, but are insanely competitive
>now, I understand fully well everything about EV's and IV's and natures and all that, I just didn't want to "optimize" my team like that because I found it tedious and unnecessary
>they won't even bother battling me anymore, we all know I'll be six-0'ed every time
What do? Should I suck it up and train like a man? Should I tell them to fuck off and let me be autistic about my games if I want to? Should I get new friends?
