I actually play a lot of Pokemon. I should add that to the games I play. I have a lot of issues with SwSh as a game but Showdown eases out my hate for a lot of it. I really enjoyed playing through the story though. Having the gym battles have large crowds made it feel like you were actually competing in a sport.
My favourite gen is tied between gen 2 and 3, but my favourite gen for competitive was gen 4. I was quite high elo in gen 4 on shoddy/showdown. I haven't put that much effort into competitive Pokemon since then though. I play casually on Showdown still.
I can't compete with Hina.