>>18231149Let's take football (or soccer, for Amerifags) then.
Eleven people a side plus substitutes, all of whom can and will be affected by injury, emotional state, how much training their significant other has let them do, a huge number of factors.
You don't know what the weather will be like before the match, and during the match the condition of the pitch will change in unpredictable ways.
You don't know who on your team will get injured, who will get offended by another player on either team, the mood of the referee, the effect of wind if the stadium is not fully enclosed, how the results of plays will affect each player.
All pokemon has is a few very preset rolls from the RNG in predetermined situations that are clearly available to both players if they bother looking up the game rules. The psychological states of only two players affects the game, not 22+. If there is an equipment failure, the game does not go ahead rather than the billion and one possible football cockups going on to affect the score.
Pokemon is in a different league to professional sport when it comes to luck. It's not even close to the same level.
