I would quit if people I battle started abusing this.
Why research it if it's going to turn Pokemon into a game of abusing a random number generator? If it is researched and the methods are released, then there is a very good chance that, if it's relatively easy to do, people will abuse it even if it is banned.
As a few people have said, I could see this used for a "hax free" game, but even then, once it's discovered, people will abuse it regardless of any ruling against it (if that occurred). Even though we've all said "no hacks" before, that still happens. The same thing would happen here, wouldn't it? You can't really ban this. If it is researched, keep the information private and put it in Shoddy.
I don't see how or why this would create anything truly desirable for the Pokemon metagame, but the metagame would certainly change. I'm not really sure of the implications, but yes, lots of protect/substitute.
Why research it if it's going to turn Pokemon into a game of abusing a random number generator? If it is researched and the methods are released, then there is a very good chance that, if it's relatively easy to do, people will abuse it even if it is banned.
As a few people have said, I could see this used for a "hax free" game, but even then, once it's discovered, people will abuse it regardless of any ruling against it (if that occurred). Even though we've all said "no hacks" before, that still happens. The same thing would happen here, wouldn't it? You can't really ban this. If it is researched, keep the information private and put it in Shoddy.
I don't see how or why this would create anything truly desirable for the Pokemon metagame, but the metagame would certainly change. I'm not really sure of the implications, but yes, lots of protect/substitute.