Serious question, are hoennbabies the worst of this fandom? Even worse than genwunners.

With genwunnersI find even those that only attach themselves to the series excusable because of how massive Pokémon was at the time. There are a lot of us who started with the first gen that are tired of Kanto as well.

With Gen 2 the series was still very "hot", and even though these games at the time were seen as going to be the last iteration they were very well done. A lot of interesting mechanics were introduced including breeding/nightday cycles/friendship/berries/etc(I could go on but I won't), the region was designed as a nice contrast to the first as it pulled from more of the actual Japanese culture and history than Kanto did, and the story felt like a genuine continuation of the world previously established.