"For a game that suppose to make me feel like a real life pokemon trainer, I can't help but feel the opposite"

#PokemonGO: So today I went on a long walk to take full advantage of the event before it leaves. While I was on my way back I began transferring almost all the pokemon I had caught and a thought popped into my head;"Oh my god, I'm literally Silver (Giovanni's Son)"While this might be an over-exaggeration, I couldn't help but feel that way after feeding 100+ pokemon into a blender. Then I started thinking to 10 year old me and how he first began his pokemon journey.While there were many reasons as to why I originally fell in love with pokemon, the main one has to be the pokemon themselves. Nothing compared to finding, catching and training pokemon in those original games. The best part was that it didn't really matter what pokemon you wanted to use because if you trained long and hard enough you could make any team work. On top of this, each pokemon would be given its time to shine with the various gyms, trainers and wild areas. For example, I remember thinking my Cyndaquil was the coolest pokemon ever since it was able to take down the Bell Tower in Silver like it was nothing. I would quickly become attached to these pokemon and to this day I refuse to restart some of my game carts with some of my beloved pokemon.Cut to today and I spend my time catching LOTS of pokemon only to transfer them all unless they have IV's I like or are shiny. I don't use any of the cool pokemon I used to love in the original games because a lot of them are unusable, and the ones that I am able to use mean nothing to me. I mean it's hard to be attached to your Machamp if you have 5 identical ones waiting right behind it in your battle party. On top of this, using the same pokemon against the usual raid/gym types really doesn't help. Of course, there are some exceptions, I personally have a couple of pokemon I really care about in this game, but it's not the same at all.Let me end this by saying that Pokemon Go is easily in my top 3 favorite pokemon games, I absolutely love this game and I plan on playing it as long as I possibly can. Plus I was very excited about the game since the very start, I couldn't wait to be the real-life trainer I've always wanted to be! But as it turns out, my dreams for that are just gonna have to wait. In the end, it's just interesting to see how my philosophy regarding pokemon has changed due to my love for this game.Let's just hope I don't spend hours grinding for a perfect nature shiny Grookey in Sword and Shield! via /r/pokemongo https://ift.tt/2NFigNR