>>50432263No payoff to the GS Ball because of executive meddling, fuckload of filler and shit episodes because of it, the formula was getting stretched incredibly thin because they only had 100 Pokemon compared to 151 to work their way through, and they hadn't yet figured out how to deal with Ash still having his old Pokemon, so the spotlight balancing act was awkward until they shelved his Kanto and Orange Island Pokemon until the Silver Conference.