I have noticed on Showdown in particular, people get very upset if you use roundabout/goofy strategies. There is this ongoing rhetoric that long battles aren't "fun" and doing anything outside of the typical sweep or check/counter/revenge kill gameplay is toxic and anti-fun to the point where Smogon straight up bans certain strategies and moves to "prevent drawn out battles" while making claims that Stealth Rock is healthy for the game because it quickens the pace at which battles conclude. I'm pretty low-ranked because I only really play with goofy teams but even then I run into it.

This same retarded rhetoric is spouted in defense of the animations in Sword and Shield when compared to Battle Revolution, claiming that high quality, expressive animations "take too long."
If you don't want to spend your time battling, why put so much time into battling?

Anyway here's funni replay.