>>17632822Pokemon has changed.
It's not about fighting with the pokemon you like the most, or bonding.
It's not even about recreation, laughter, or having fun.
It's an endless series of proxy battles,
fought with calculations and preset teams.
Pokemon, and its vast consumption of human life,
has become a rational, well-oiled business transaction.
Pokemon has changed.
Smogon-approved trainers carry Smogon-approved pokemon,
use Smogon-approved moves.
Strategies written down on the site enhance and regulate their actions.
Item.. Sleep control..
Evasion control.. Tier control.
Everything is monitored, and kept under control.
Pokemon has changed.
The age of fun is now the age of control, averting catastrophe from legendary pokemon.
And he who controls the strategies, controls history.
Pokemon has changed.
When the strategies are under total control,
Pokemon becomes routine.
