The thing about the Pokemon franchise is it revamps itself. It creates different experiences to keep the players hooked. Those who have been playing this game from when it started have held Pokemon battle competitions and seek to be the Pokemon master.
Cause you know, this is serious business.
I have found an article by Kat Bailey and it talked about the Inside of the Twisted World of Competitive Battling. Pokemon nowadays are far from journeying from town to town, collecting badges on a bicycle with all of the freedom you can get. Pokemon are meant for battling, and they do it like that. The article talks about how all the game players thought they were masters. They all battled with their favorite companion and they thought that would beat all of the other Pokemons. There were a little more than that though. Pokemon had hidden stats and numbers. It also involved different abilities that you can use to take advantage of a situation in a game.
This was considered fun.
These findings gave rise to the Pokemon battling community. With these kinds of information, the trainers wanted to know the ins and outs of Pokemon battling. It have surely improved itself from the original games. Many local tournaments have sprouted and different practice arenas have shown up. In 2004, according to the article, IRC gave way to the first battle simulator - Netbattle. It provided a lot of text and caused inconvenience for the users though, and then came Smogon. It was the perfect battle simulator. In 2009, Pokemon have announced the first ever Video Game Championships, formalizing all tournaments and holding different matches for professional players. With all of that, Pokemon battling gained recognition.
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I watched the stream online!
\With the modern era, the calculations were easily computed and a perfectly calculated Pokemon can be made in minutes with the use of Smogon. These Pokemon were clear off tournaments and can be used for battle. These made competing less effort and a lot more competitors rose up for the challenge.
These sprouted tantalizing possibilites that were hidden under a layer of sweetness. But how could you be addicted with these kinds of mathematical equations and why would you go through all these effort for a mere game?
An article about an interview with a Pokemon champion was written by Colleen O' Neil entitled The Adult World of Competitive Pokemon Players. It was an interview with Charles Hornstein, a competitive Pokemon battler. He plays around nearly all of the time when he was in college, because he used the prize money to pay for his college books. Now he plays seldom, just to be in tract of what's happening.
Mhmm.
He started playing competitively when he was 16. He decided he was too old for the game, but went on and tried the game for a spin. He then proceeded to win his matches and qualified for several competitions worldwide. The thing was, Nintendo payed his hotel room and gave him pocket money and food so he didn't mind playing the game for a longer time. He said he was amazed he had met people that shared their lives and talked with him outside of the matches.
He talked about how 40-year olds played mind games with you. At first, you'd see him as someone's dad but after seeing him battle, your mind would definitely be full of amazement. They try to hide their private life as discreetly as possible but once you get to know them you'd know you would be touched.
He saw Pokemon as a sense of personal growth. It taught him to do amazing things if he set his mind to focus. He thought about life in different perspectives and never to take things too seriously. He also met his significant other during a tournament.
Pokemon affects lives more than you could ever imagine. It makes us think that the leap was worth. It makes us happy and hooked. If it makes us happy, and we're not hurting anyone, why not enjoy it at the very least?
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