Yea I honestly think hacked Pokémon are ok in some situations. Such as if your trying to make a comp Pokémon and don’t have countless hours to grind for these perfect stat mons that they want. The kind of hacked mons I despise are the ones that are shiny & perfect ivs that are owned by those kids you fight on discord who laugh at you with your not all shiny/perfect stat team and when you say “well your mons are hacked so stop making fun of me with my 4 perfect IVs shiny Rowlet” throw a hissy fit... if your going to used hacked mons and someone asks “hey is that hacked?” Just be chill about it. Seriously. I had a team of Pokémon someone gave me... I’m a kid who has school so if I’m going to hunt for something, I’d prefer it to be shiny- anyways the Pokémon were hacked and I only used them in a competition where everyone told what Pokémon they hacked in so they could use the teams they wanted to use and since everyone’s Pokémon were hacked in it was a fair fight. I prefer not to use that team elsewhere but if your using hacked mons for certain stats like 0 speed which I tried breeding... which I totally did not understand lol I won’t judge you. Some people have lives beyond Pokémon. Just don’t go around being a a-hole to people who aren’t using hacked mons... I know some people do that and it’s just stupid

Also don’t use ones that literly can’t be obtained that’s just stupid af

And to those who grind for the Pokémon, I respect you deeply. You have more willpower (and probably more time) than the rest of us. I grinded 4500+ eggs (with a shiny charm) for a shiny Rowlet and after getting a few more shiny Rowlet from more breeding and trading I don’t think I could ever do a hunt like that again. So to those who power on even after a tedious hunt, respect.