Do you think it's wrong?

Is is wrong to hack a Pokémon which WILL NOT have an unfair advantage against legits?

  • Yes.

    Votes: 87 45.1%

  • No.

    Votes: 106 54.9%
  • Total voters
    193
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Cheating and hacking has always been a rather touchy subject in the fandom of Pokémon, there are some people who are against it completely, even if the Pokémon has realistic stats and attacks, some people are against only things like WonderGuard Spiritomb, and some people just accept it in every form.

So, I want to know, lets say someone had something like the PokéSav, and they made a:

Bulbasaur level 1. It has the stats it would have been born with if it had been hatched and not hacked, it doesn't have any moves Bulbasaur can't hatch with, it's not a shiny, nor does it have PokéRus or any ribbons, it is male.

Do you think thats wrong, even though the Pokémon could be gotten in normal gameplay? Lets just say, this person hacks the Bulbasaur because they cannot use the GTS, nor do any of their friends have a Bulbasaur, and all they have is Pokémon Diamond (no Ruby/Sapphire/FireRed/LeafGreen/Emerald/Colosseum/XD:Gale of Darkness), so capturing/seeing every Pokémon is hard.

Is it wrong, in your opinion, to hack a Pokémon, if it has no unfair advantage?

And by unfair advantage I mean hacked to know moves it cannot learn normally, or hacked to be shiny, or hacked to have PokéRus, or hacked to have many Ribbons.

I'm asking is it wrong to hack a Pokémon which has no unfair advantage, or is it still wrong? And if so, why is it wrong in your opinion?

Don't whine about how the poll only has two options. Your answer is ether "Yes" or "No". I don't care if you "Don't know/Don't care", because I don't want to know. All I want to know is what the majority of people prefer in this situation.

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I don't really understand why it is a problem to some people... I don't think it is.

if you're trying to complete your Pokedex the hard way, then you probably won't feel as accomplished than if you had found some other way, but that doesn't make it wrong...

I'm aware some people think that Pokemon is serious business, but I don't agree... it's just a game.
 
I'm fine with it seeing as it could pass off as an un-hacked pokemon.
 
I probably wouldn't do it myself because I love the satisfaction of completing the dex under my own power, but other people don't have to feel that way. If it's no different then a pokemon you could theoretically catch, then I have no problem with it. My policy is that it's your game and you can play however you want, as long as you don't screw with other people's playing experience.
 
Not at all. People overreact.

But, if it's hackd, keep in mind there will be people who still think it's wrong.
 
I don't really like hacking, because I worked my ass off to get all my shiny and lovely pokemon legit, but if there is no real threat to it being extremly strong or whatever, I can tolerate it...I guess.
 
Ideally, I prefer it if all of my Pokemon are Legit, simply because so many people piss and moan over hacked Pokemon in the Trading Station, but from a moral standpoint, I really have no problem with hacking, so long as the hacked Pokemon would be the same as any Pokemon I could catch in the wild or breed normally. WonderTombs and such are obviosly a no-no.
 
Yes it's wrong.

Also, what may I ask would be the point of doing this when you can just as easily hatch a legit pokemon? It makes no sense at all.
 
Elf-Ambipom said:
I'll put it plain and simple: yes.
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In case you didn't real the whole of the post, I want to know why you think it's wrong. Saying just "yes" without a reason makes you look like ether an idiot or like you don't have a reason to hate them.
 
I don't think it's wrong if it's not ENTIRELY hacked as in stats,moves, and ribbons etc. But, if the location was hacked, I think it's ok since the criteria is not tampered with.(Except the location of course)

Thanks.
 
I think hacking a Pokémon is perfectly fine as long as it's legit in all areas. No moves it wouldn't normally know, no odd abilities, types or stats, just completely legit-looking Pokémon are fine with me.

I'm still debating on whether I agree with max IV's, since it IS something that can be received legit (although the odds for it are damn near impossible. You'd sooner win the lottery than get a legit Pokémon with max IV's) but most people who have Pokémon like that hacked to get them.


Hacking to get items and stuff like that is perfectly fine with me. I mean, it's pretty damn hard to be a good competitive battler if you don't have access to endless copies of all TM's or stuff like that. You'd have to trade for all the one-off TM's and loads of items and stuff.
 
Oh crap, I didn't read the wording carefully enough and voted NO, when I should have voted YES.
Even if the pokemon in question has no unfair advantage, the fact that you're cheating to obtain it still counts as CHEATING. I understand some people don't have the patience to hatch pokemon with the IVs they want, or don't have the patience to obtain all pokemon the legit way, but that's doesn't mean hacking for that one pokemon you can't get isn't cheating.

I've always been an anti-cheats kind of guy. When my cousins punched in cheats in GTA to get all the weapons and health they wanted, I did things the fair way, because in my opinion that should be the only way. So my point is ... hacking in any way is cheating, and I'm against it completely.
 
Mr Postman said:
Then go catch them or trade for them?
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Did you miss this bit?

Takoto said:
Lets just say, this person hacks the Bulbasaur because they cannot use the GTS, nor do any of their friends have a Bulbasaur, and all they have is Pokémon Diamond (no Ruby/Sapphire/FireRed/LeafGreen/Emerald/Colosseum/XD:Gale of Darkness), so capturing/seeing every Pokémon is hard.
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...make sure to read everything thoroughly. :]


I don't think that it's wrong or right, really. It's all down to personal choice, and even though I personally wouldn't do it (I just find that using cheats is a fast way to kill the excitement in a game) I can definitely see the perks in it. I'm in the same situation used in the example, in that I only own Diamond — Yellow through to R/S went in a clearout — and none of my friends play the games, so I can see why it would be so tempting just to cheat/hack to get a Bulbasaur (or whatever you're after) if you were that desperate for total completion of the game.

I'll say no, even though I wouldn't do it myself.
 
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