Comments on: What Really Grinds My Gears: Genwunners

By: Matthew Watts

Matthew Watts — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 18:00:00 +0000

Genwunners really suck ass.

By: Coco Ninja B

Coco Ninja B — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 04:42:00 +0000

In reply to Unfezant. Why not? :/

By: MrElephant

MrElephant — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 05:58:00 +0000

Play the game how you want to play it. Personally I like to use pokemon from all generations of games, but if I thought that gen1 pokemon were better for any reason I would use them.

This discussion has been around forever. You have to understand that some of us have been playing the game since generation one. And the generation one people, such as myself, also have to give respect to the new pokemon players and creations. If you don’t like the new games, don’t play it. You don’t have an obligation to buy the next game in the series.

A lot of people take this game very seriously. Too seriously in fact. There have always been fights abouts dvs and evs in generation 1. Then in generation III the fight switched over to ivs and evs. Question about how we should breed our pokemon, if ivs perfect spreads were legit. If it was fair to use those pokemon in competitions….But really we are missing the whole point.

Pokemon was originally a child’s game meant for kids to have fun. As a kid, I played the game. However, I got older and I still played the game. The graphics changed and the creators created new types such as the fairy and steel/dark types, but I still played the game. The point is we have lost focus on what pokemon really is.

I have collected every pokemon game from the main series, even the green version from Japan. I know I am addicted to the pokemon series, but I have reached a point in my life where I respect everyone’s opinion on what they think is the best pokemon. If a person wants to use all level 100s from gen1 in a tournament let them. Yeah, stealth rock the charizard and moltres. Show blastoise who is boss by using Groudon with Drought/solar beam. The point is that let’s have fun either way.

Yeah muk might look like a blob, garbadoar might look like a pile of garbage, and rotom might just look like a lawn mower in grass form. Genwunners, just take a quick laugh at rotom, and try to defeat it as best as you can. New pokemon guys, just laugh and smile at muk, and just respect the genwunners as much as possible. Truly, there not too many of them out there. And it is cool to meet someone who has played since gen1, but it is also cool to meet someone who hasn’t played the game until now.

All in all lets just be friends, settle our differences, have a quick match at pokemon, laugh about it, and move on. 🙂

By: KillerLeprechaun

KillerLeprechaun — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:34:00 +0000

With all honest, genwunners are the people that pretty much the people that are saying that all of the hard work put into the new games, (which are much better the the gen 1 games), are meaningless because it wasn’t for there precious gen 1 games. To be honest all you genwunners are being pathetic and selfish. Want to know why they make the new games, they do it to impress the fans that held there console back in the day and to the new comers that have only just started the game, that is what every game developer wants, they want the game to be popular so the fans can enjoy it. If you cant except that the games are moving on to people who want new content and that want the game to get better, then you are NOT true pokemon fans! End of.

By: KingGallade

KingGallade — Mon, 30 Dec 2013 06:35:00 +0000

In all honesty, there will never be anything that pleases everyone ever. You have too many people that are all diverse and have different tastes. While it may sound pessimistic, no one can please everyone, it’s not possible.
Regardless, Game Freak is outdoing itself every time they make a new Pokémon game. Some people don’t believe that, they have a right to. But I do.
However, there is no way you can say that Generation 1 had the best games unless the decision has been affected in some way by nostalgia. They were the worst Pokémon games, and that’s not even an opinion. They were bugged beyond comprehension, the Pokémon were often just animals with bells and whistles tacked on, and the quality of the games were just BAD. Generation 1 doesn’t even BEGIN to challenge the polished mechanics, content, and regions that the newer Generations brought to the table. You can like them the most, sure, but favorite == best.
No Generation is incoherently awful, they have their merits. But think about it, how does Generation 1 really compare?

By: KillJoy

KillJoy — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 04:06:00 +0000

You, my friend, just explained to me how to change my genwunner friend.

By: Saga Meow Meow

Saga Meow Meow — Sat, 02 Nov 2013 04:44:00 +0000

Some of us get called “Genwunners” for no reason though.

I personally loved Gen 1 and Gen 2, but then disliked gen 3 and 4.

This means that from 2003 to 2011 i was considered a “hater” or a “Genwunner” simply because i disliked the “feeling” those 2 generations had.

And so, i was hated and down-voted pretty much every time i commented something and nailed to the cross with the rest of “Genwunners” for all those years.

Yet, i have so far loved Gen 5 and Gen 6 which proves my problem was not nostalgia or being a “gen 1” fanboy as many labeled me for so many years.

By: Unfezant

Unfezant — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:17:00 +0000

In reply to Guest. No bronies allowed, buddy.

By: Mechanical Shark

Mechanical Shark — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 22:42:00 +0000

I think the tendency to grouse about things being better at some arbitrary point in the past and then having gone all downhill from there is awful, and people that invoke that logical fallacy are idiots. Besides, seldom does anyone that says “THINGS WERE BETTER IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS” make any attempt to prove it.

By: Strawberry_Pocky_Moose

Strawberry_Pocky_Moose — Thu, 19 Sep 2013 09:53:00 +0000

In reply to TheRece25. What a lovely way of explaining Vanillite! ^-^