>>58999670
The EV reducing berries didn't gain that effect until Emerald. A search engine could have saved you from having to make this thread.

>>58999670
Same reason you can't change Abilities in SM/USUM

>>58999670
YJK

>>58999670
Who fucking cares? It's gen 3 and only local trading/battles are allowed. Literally no reason to EV train, if you need to EV train to beat FRLG Elite 4 you're retarded.
If it really bothers you that much just breed a new mon and EV train that (its IVs are gonna be shit because gen 3 breeding is a fucking joke).
Also remember that in gen 3 EVs can go up to 255, it isn't capped at 252 so... Have fun with that!

>>58999670
Are you gonna play comp or the nonexistant battle facilities in FRLG? No you won’t, so who cares really?

>>58999727
I grinded with charmander up until 3rd gym which means the only EVs I got based on the Pokémon in the beginning of the game is attack and speed, which is not what you want at all.

>>58999670
Because it's 2004 and no one cares about competitive yet. EVs are a hidden mechanic to silently reward you for grinding.

>>58999742
Why are you putting this much thought into a children's game?

>>58999823
Bruh, as a casual I first learned about EVs and IVs in gen 3. Just because you weren't even born yet back then doesn't mean they were some fucking arcane secret.

>>58999742
EV’s doesn’t matter when your level is high enough

>>58999670
EVs (and IVs) have always been a nothingburger for both the story and the battle facilities. Stop worrying so much.
Also Emerald is coming anyway, so just move them over once you can.

>>58999823
Serebii existed back then and the "EV factor, IV factor, etc" and their respective calculators existed already, it was well known at the tine but the breeding mechanics were a pain in the ass in gen 3 so most people didn't care to get 5 IV mons, at best you'll max out 2 (Attacking stat, speed) and maybe 3 if you tryharded to get max HP IVs.
Anyone REALLY into competitive just used a gameshark to gen mons.

>>58999715
kek.
the tattoo for confirmation

>>58999670
The same reason why breeding in those games is absolutely terrible, there are no guaranteed perfect IV encounters and you can't control the values you can pass down in breeding- you're genuinely not supposed to be able to interact with that side of the game and the battles that are offered were supposed to also be under that context. Even multiplayer battles.
The most that was ever disclosed about EVs officially was via a guide that said that if you go against certain types of Pokemon, you can raise a specific stat but they never told you about the cap involved in that for the overall stat totals and the per-stat cap.
They didn't start giving a fuck about that stuff until Emerald where the Battle Frontier was such a process to beat that they allowed you to check individual values with the judge, pass on natures half of the time with the Everstone, and of course allow you to reset the EVs for your Pokemon with the berries.

Players will optimize fun out of the game.

>>59000367
>>59000392
Retards. The games obviously weren't designed for you to optimize EVs and IVs for competitive. You even said yourself it was a PITA. Why are you even debating this?

>>58999670
wait til lil bro finds out power items didn't even exist yet and good luck getting pokerus

>>59000575
Because the competitive scene DID exist, but everyone just played on Shoddy, net battle or pokemon online, not really on cart.

>>58999670
Why does that look like SFM porn?

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>>58999670
did they do it on purpose?

>>59000622
>Because the competitive scene DID exist
Yes I'm sure all 5 of you had a lot of fun. But it wasn't nearly as big as it was today, or even just by Gen 4 when true online multiplayer was introduced.

>>58999670
This game looks like shit

>>59000631
ITS A FARMER, THEY TEND TO LIVESTOCK. THE FACT YOU CAN'T LOOK AT A WOMAN NEXT TO AN ANIMAL WITHOUT IMAGINING THEM HAVING SEX IS A PERSONAL PROBLEM.

>>59000640
To be fair, men really like it when they do that.

>>58999670
Would you fuck her tho? Or she only does it with wild tauros?

Why do some men like to imagine women being fucked by animals? Where is this degeneracy stem from? Who wants to see nasty animal cock, let alone nasty animal cock going in a human woman?

>>59000792
Women, apparently. Today I woke up to a very loud banging noise. It took me a few minutes to find my bearings, I walked upstairs to our bedroom, to the source of that sound, and when I threw open the door I was in utter shock. My wife was there in our marital bed, having sex with two wild dogs.
I was so angry, I was livid, how could she do this to me? Fuck two prime animals without me prepping them first.

>>59000792
>some

I hate to break it to you, but it is most if not all. At least for horses, I think a decent amount of people are at least disgusted by dogs. But it's a shared preoccupation for the majority of both men and women.

>>59000792
Porn addiction, normal things don't do it anymore

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EVs literally do not matter in FRLG because there isn't a Battle Tower. The only place where you'd want a well-thought out tactical advantage is Seven Island's Trainer Tower, and even then you can just cheese the shit out of Trainer Tower by catching a level 3 Pikachu, evolving it to Raichu, trading it with the bitch in Cinnabar offering an Electrode, and then use the subsequent level 3 Electrode to Sonic Boom and Thunderbolt spam your way to victory.
And EVEN THEN, Trainer Tower offers nothing to the player except items for trade evolutions, and since you literally can't complete the National Pokedex in this version of FRLG, they have absolutely zero inherent value.

>>59000792
I think it's something something the jews

>>59000792
that's white people's culture you bigot

>>59000622
>netbattle
Holy shit, it’s been over 20 years.

>>59000631
Arcanine should replace one of the horses

>>59000792
>Why do some men like to imagine women being fucked by animals?
Animals are like a blank slate so you can easily imagine yourself as the horse, dog, etc. You cant do the same with a person

>>59000828
Does Level 3 Electrode still work in FRLG? I wanted to get it to transfer into HOME.

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>>59000455
>Tattoo looks like a cattle brand
L-lewd. . .

>>59000863
Yes

>>59000770
>>59000792
holy gaslight

>>58999727
>>58999741
People are probably preparing for Emerald's Battle Frontier. No idea why you're so negative about it.

>>59001114
>Battle Frontier
>Kanto Pokemon
Lmao.
Latios, Swampert, and Metagross are the only way to get anywhere.

>>59001126
>No idea why you're so negative about it.

>>58999727
EVs were never capped at 252, they always go to 255 but they only count as full stat points up until 252 because EVs are basically quarter stats so if you max it to 255 then you're wasting 3 of your potential 510. To properly minmax you have to raise your 2 desired stats to 252, drop 4 into another stat, and the last 2 are completely wasted and don't effect your stats.

>>59001139
XY made them cap at 252.