You guys missed my point completely, though I will agree, the example I made was not the best example.
So lets break down commonly used hacks:
• Fast egg hack.
o Does not change the parameters of the game.
o All this does is shave time off riding a bicycle for a few hours.
o Legit
• Shiny hack.
o Does not change the parameters of the game.
o The changes of finding one playing the game without hacking is 0.0122%.
o Having a legit Shiny Pokemon without hacking is like winning the lottery. You won, and now have bragging rights.
o Though a legit hack, it takes away from the prestige of finding one without hacking.
• IV point hack
o Does change the parameters of the game.
o IV points are determined when you breed a Pokemon based off a number generated between 0-31. This number is random, but is influenced by the IV points of the two parent Pokemon that made the egg. If you have two parent Pokemon with good IV points, the changes of breeding a Pokemon with great IV points is much higher.
o The changes of breeding a Pokemon with perfect IV points in all six stats is nearly impossible. When I say nearly impossible, the changes are 1 in 1,073,741,824.
o Even though it is possible to achieve perfect IV points within the parameters of the game, I highly doubt anyone has a Pokemon with perfect IV points, let alone their whole team of six.
o Not legit in the slightest.
• EV point hack
o Does not change the parameters of the game.
o EV points are manipulated based on the Pokemon you fight and are 100% determined by the actions you make.
o Legit.
You have to consider, once hacking for something "legit", what is to stop someone from taking the next step and using a illegal hack (Ex: IV point hacking)? Even though you guys consider some of these hacks legit, the reality of things are that you are still cheating by being becoming more efficient.