>>30717455Better argument would be not having the time to practice for baseball, and instead either 'roid up but to a believable level that "is indistinguishable from an adult at peak fitness" which would otherwise require the same time and effort spent by the people that actually put in the time and effort. Or...having a friend "work out" for you and then steal their gains like some kind of gym rat vampire?
Genning is always inexcusable, but at least getting something legally from a friend who put in the time would require leveraging a personal connection which itself took time and effort to cultivate, so there was at least a trade-off of some sort there.
A lot of the distaste for cheating with "legitimate" Pokemon is the something-for-nothing aspect. "B-b-but then people wouldn't have time to git good for VGCs! We should want to see the best battles possible from the best players possible, which can only happen if pros can get every perfect Pokemon instantly!"
Yeah, VGC [Year] sure is exciting, what, with seeing the same teams use the same strategies against each other for every Finals ever. Why stop there, though? We only deserve to see those very same teams non-stop in online battles against every child and basement warrior that wants to be Mr. VGC Pro?
Justifying cheating on the grounds of "it makes competitive battling better" is kidding themselves into sweet oblivion. The only thing that would ever save comp would be any amount of balancing savvy on Game Freak's part, but we know that's a distant dream.
