2. i disagree to Orange that new pokemons should be captured by older ones. not only would this have a huge snowball effect, but also capturing your first pokemon could stop your career immediatly, for example your first pokemon could be not that intrested in capturing other pokemons for you (the trainers motivation should be what counts, not the pokemons motivation) or it may just be an awful player and never win a 1v1.
Caruso, i'm not sure if you did read all of my previous post.
1. A huge snowball effect is not possible when a trainer can have only 6 pokemon.
2. If your 1e pokemon is "not that interested" or "an awful player" then a trainer can set him free(start over), and can capture a new 1e pokemon. (or he can try to trade or train him)
But i totally agree with point 3, capturing Pokemons seems kind of useless by now.