"Has competitive knowledge kinda ruined Pokémon for anyone?"

So I'm sat here endlessly resetting Heart Gold trying to get a certain nature Chikorita, it's been about 2 or so hours and still nothing. I caught a glimpse of my original copy of Pokèmon Gold up on the shelf and it made me think to myself; these games were so much simpler back before Nature's and the knowledge of IVs, EVs were so common place. Part of me wishes I could almost go back to that time period. Genuinely curious if anyone else out there feels similar.(Also I know a lot of people will ask why not just breed the Chikorita? I'm doing a Nuzlocke and the starter generator thing I used told me I have to get a docile female Chikorita) via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3sQ2dk6