>>56195154I've wondered about this too. I don't really mind however people play these games, but I do notice a trend of people who play like this, but are extremely aggressive and hostile to discussions about ways to improve the games, so I have a theory.
By acknowledging that the games contain a variety of mechanics and tools to easily trivialize it, it's an admission of the game's low quality.
Through enough handicaps and self-sabotage, the main game experience can be reduced to the point where the battles do end up being boring stat checks and the type chart becomes much more important in that case
I think the mindset is a combination of severe brand loyalty / sunk-cost of defending their favorite generation, as well as a form of "casual elitism" to try to create an experience that can make them feel like a "smart gamer" while still protecting their self-esteem from their fears about competitive
