one of my favourite things about pokemon has always been the ability to turn the game into a multiplayer, and it's amazed me to see how easy it's become over the years. not just the console games but the trading card game too. i have my irl decks online in the game too which is great because i don't really know anyone nearby who plays. the player search system in the gen 6 games also makes it really easy to battle people from all around the world, and usually it's pretty good fun.

until you meet someone who hates to lose.

it's frustrating. you're winning, it's going great and then they disconnect so they don't have to lose. so you're stuck with a temporarily frozen game and you don't get to end something that you've been enjoying just because the other person can't stand losing at a video game. then the more it happens the less you can be bothered and it sucks the joy out of the versus aspect of the game for you.

i just spent 20 minutes in a versus match on the tcg online. they played an yveltal, which i'm assuming is their trump card, but by sheer luck i had a frogadier with a move that had the ability to paralyse. but even more luck i got a heads every single time i did a coin flip, meaning that their yveltal couldn't attack and within a few turns i beat it. so what do they do? they disconnect. which froze the entire game for me, meant i didn't get my daily achievement and meant the game was a complete waste of time.

don't be that guy. if you're going to lose then lose and move on. it's just a video game.