>>44089905>forgetting about all the underleveled normal trainers in the game>forgetting about all their shitty teams and movesets>grinding for lance and redOf course you didn't post Silver/e4, if you managed to be level 51 at Lance, then there was a big difference of levels between you and them...
And your Tangrowth is level 51, which show you that grinded a fuckton because you can only catch at it level 23 before the last gym.
Stop denying that Johto is a fucking mess already, HGSS is especially a letwdown after how balanced Platinum was