So... I had fun with this game for a while, but my motivation to keep playing has pretty much vanished, for a couple reasons:
On several occasions, the game has crashed or reset itself for no reason. Most recently, I had three consecutive sessions over a 12-hour span end because the game reset itself after I initiated a trainer battle on Route 117 (twice with Pokémon Breeder Isaac and once with Triathlete Dylan). And the session before that (before a weeks-long hiatus and at least a couple updates ago), the game crashed after I exited a room in the Abandoned Ship. I've had other crashes before this, but those are the ones that are freshest in my mind. And before anyone asks, I always patch a clean Emerald Trashman rom, I use the mGBA emulator, and I was on the most recent version.
Also, in my opinion, the Battle Frontier is an unpolished mess:
-Megas and legendaries/mythicals are appearing within the first 7 battles
-The AI is allowed to use mythicals and ubers while they're still banned from being used by the player
---I brought up these previous couple points on Discord months ago, but the only response I got was something along the lines of, "but Celebi's been an OU Pokémon". Well, screw that! I shouldn't have to face Pokémon that I'm not allowed to use, and even if they were unbanned, and even if there are Megas around, I shouldn't be facing stuff like Celebi, Mega Altaria, and Mega Steelix within the first 7 battles of a Frontier streak! And in the Battle Factory, these can appear in the same round as Pokémon like Plusle, Volbeat, and Kadabra that still have their vanilla movesets. (Never mind that I still got 1 win away from the gold symbol in that run, but that was partially due to luck and the AI's stupidity within the first few rounds)
-I've seen several Pokémon that are holding incorrect items (Scyther, Dusclops, and Doublade with Black Sludge, physical Azumarill with Choice Specs, Kanto Ninetales with Metagrossite and a moveset meant for Alolan Ninetales, etc.)
Basically, I'm tired of doing everything right and still getting screwed out of progress, and I'm not going to bother with post-game battle facilities that had zero research put into them. So, until these problems are fixed, I'm done with this game for the foreseeable future. I'm sorry if I came across as rude or whiny at any point, but this is just how I legitimately feel right now...