Author's Note: The Global Trade System was another one of those things that's absolutely amazing in theory, but was absolutely terrible in practice. (At least in generation 4; they might have fixed up the gen 5 version, but I haven't actually used the gen 5 GTS at all yet.)
Inconvenient
"This thing is going to be awesome!"
Orangen grinned as she entered the GTS. Maybe now it would be much easier to get a Pokémon she wanted; someone out there in the world had to have a spare Piplup they could part with…
Turning on the monitor with the search function, Orangen requested a female Piplup at any level. She felt her jaw drop when the results came back.
"You're offering a level one female Piplup, and you want a level one hundred Dialga in return? And this person wants a level one hundred Heatran? And that person wants a level twenty Dragonite?"
Orangen glared at the search monitor for a few moments before sighing and shaking her head, and she decided to alter her request slightly. Maybe if she asked for a male Piplup instead, she'd get some more reasonable trades, as the males were more common…
Upon seeing a request for a level nine or under Garchomp, Orangen threw her hands up in defeat, stormed out of the Global Terminal, and decided to just go get her next badge with the team she already had.