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>train for years to become the best trainer you can be
>finally get promoted to an official pokemon league gym leader
>you're only allowed to use 2-3 unevolved and very weak pokemon with the shittest moves available
>if you were just 1-2 gyms later you'd be able to use something like starmie or miltank and have a chance
>they make a living jobbing to kids who have been pokemon battling for less than a week using random shit they caught within walking distance of your own gym
>and if that's not sad enough, there are actually other trainers in the gym that are studying and learning from this gym leader, like someone taking fighting lessons from a guy who has a career record of 4W-293L
Being the first gym leader must be pure suffering. How do they cope with this reality?