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I completely agree with you. Ever since Gary and Silver, the rivals are always your next door neighbors or they are friendly to you. I miss those rivals that could have given two shits less whether you lived or died.
On a Platinum ROM, I named everyone Dawn. Both myself (male) and my rival. And of course, Dawn was Dawn too. So three people who were named Dawn were running around Sinnoh.
I named myself Ellie because it's my name :P. I forgot what I named my rival but it was probably the name of someone I don't like. That's what I usually do for my rivals.