>>21471530It's because the people on this site can't view Ash as anything other than a retard who loses all the time and don't know that the games =/= the anime.
Ash was all pissed off because Paul abandoned Chimchar when it lost, and that was pretty scummy.
Ash taught Paul that his training is good but instead of seeing your Pokémon as things he should treat them like friends, and what do you know. Character development. Too bad the company threw it all away for the next installment and smugleef kid.