Is originality gone? Sometimes I wonder, especially when it comes methods of going into competition for games. It seems like most people these days want the fast and easy way, even though it may not be the legit way. I see it all the time, mainly in role-playing games. People look for specific builds, use third party programs to generate what they want, pretty much anything that is faster than figuring it out themselves or doing the hard work.
I understand that the meta-game can sometimes be a fierce competitive battleground, and that most players will do what they think they have to in order to get ahead, but I look at it the way most people would look at sports, there's the easy way of doing things, and the way it should be done. It's a concept that starts disputes among gamers, because it is often one not delved into enough so that the rules are set. Instead, they remain phased enough that many feel that, as long as it's within the "legal limitations" of the game, like the maximum distribution of stats, that the method of getting to that point does not matter.
I seek to change that. I have talked about it among friends of mine, and I'm using my Penny's Worth this week as a public declaration. I'm currently working on teams on Pokemon Black with the goal to challenge a site called Smogon University. My teams will be trained the way I have always trained my pokemon: through the process of breeding, effort training, and leveling within the game. Once they are done, I will go to the Smogon site and climb whatever ladder that they deem to challenge me with. Win or lose, my goal is simply to show that just because a player choose to be unique in their ideas and use methods without third party programs doesn't mean that they can't still have a place in the meta-game. Sure, my guys probably won't have the maximum possible stats, or potentially the best movesets. But, I truly believe that for every weakness, there is a strength.
Just a penny's worth of thoughts, for anyone who wishes to read it.
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