"People make fun of me for playing the games in my special way. what do you think?"

So, here's the backstory: i first played pokemon at 6 y/o, it was pokemon yellow, and i couldnt read. Now, yellow was a bit unfair, as the starter is Pikachu, and the first gym is rock-types. So it happened that lil old me ( who didnt know how how to catch other pokemon) went out and trained for days, until around lvl 30(-ish) the pikachu finally learned an effective move against rock types.since then, i always play my games the same way: - starter gets leveled up till its last evolution before seeting a foot into the first gym -starter is the only used pokemon for fighting -i am allowed to have a secondary, less strong pokemon (for double-fights only) -the rest are only used and caught for hm-moves/as time buffer to revive the starter (if things go reall south)this requires a lot(!) of grinding on the early routes, and my friends call me stupid for wasting 10+ ours on the game without ever leaving the first city or two.what do you people think? via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/2SFS3oy