Is this Considered a Hack or not?
Yes, I've decided to make this thread to inform everyone of my opinion on the matter. I've seen the question above pop up a lot. I've seen bunches of people asking "does hacking this make this hacked" etc, and I've decided to put up my view-point of the situation, as well as give good reasons why.
I have no clue where this would belong, so decided to post it here.
I would also like to see your own opinions up. Well, here goes:
Using Hacked Parents: This, IMO is just as bad as hacking the Pokemon itself. You may argue that "I still went through the process of breeding the Pokemon", but that argument just won't be registered as valid. You have an unfair advantage over someone who does it fairly. Having a godly parent highly effects how the offspring will turn out. So hacking yourself a godly parent IMO would be considered an illegit Pokemon in my view. It is just an attempt at being clever at getting around the fact that you didn't hack the Pokemon itself.
Hacking Events/Re-triggering Events: An example of hacking an event, is for example, the Lugia island event. If you didn't attend the live event itself, you have no other way of obtaining the ticket (and getting to Lugia) except by hacking the ticket into your game. I think that this is completely legit. You might argue "Oh, but he hacked the item", but he still has the same chance of getting a good or bad one, unlike hacking a parent. Hacking a parent is increasing your chance, while hacking an event is just giving you a chance. By hacking the event, you're just giving yourself access to the event, not giving yourself a higher chance of getting godly IV's. Therefore, I think hacking/re-triggering events still allows the Pokemon to be 100% legitimate.
Quick hatch trick/step reduction: This trick basically cuts down the number of steps you have to take to hatch an egg from thousands to almost nothing (6, IIRC). This, in my opinion, does not ruin legitimacy. Yes, you are speeding up a process that would otherwise take much, much longer, but you are doing nothing more than speeding up the inevitable. You're going to get those eggs, whether you get them fast or slow. Yes, this indeed does give you an advantage over others. Though I don't think using this trick ruins legitimacy, I still think you should inform anyone you're trading with that you used this method to hatch your egg. Due to such repetitive controversy about this issue, let me clarify this in bold. This is ok IF the person you're trading with approves. I would personally not take a Pokemon quick hatched, just saying this for others sake.
Putting weird/not normal moves on a Pokemon: An example of this would be putting WonderGuard, an ability only available to Shedinja, to Spiritomb, for example. Giving that ability to a Spiritomb would make it practically invincible, as no attack can hit it super-effectively. Therefore, the only way to take something like this down is via status inflicter's, like Toxic, or Will-O-Wisp. Therefore, I don't think its alright to hack moves onto Pokemon that would normally be unable of learning them.
Hacking moves onto a Pokemon period: Forgot to give your Bold Feebas Hypnosis as an Egg Move? No worries, lets just hack it onto it using our trusty AR! I don't think thats right. I personally think that hacking moves onto Pokemon is very lame. I mean, why not breed it onto it yourself? Personally, I don't think that hacking moves onto Pokemon (even if they can learn them) is alright.
Well, those are all the common hacks I could think of. If theres anything else, remind me of it people, and I will write down what I personally think about it. Remember, this is just my opinion!
