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I really hate the fact there are show offs who just hack shinies or make their Pokemon powerful. Really breaks the game. Honestly, I'm already in the ranks of 1300 something and last night I fought someone at 1800! The heck?
I thought I remember having an account here under the name Jirachi_the_Wishmaker years ago, but that doesn't matter. Man oh man, I've been having a ball battling. Though I did meet some worthy opponents here and there and matches were completely suspenseful!