[NEW MEMBER] Shiny Breeder!

[Zhakien]

Hello everyone! I'm new here as should be obvious by the thread, so I would like to introduce myself.

I've been active on many pokemon trading boards and just recently discovered this awesome looking community and thought I would come to share the love.  :D

My username is Zhakien as you can all see, but I also go by Zhak for shot, or even Prof. Z.

I'm a fanatical UT shiny hunter and breeder, but that also leads me to my next question.

What is the stance here regarding TSV/ESV egg hatching? I've seen that Powersaves were stated to be against the rules, yet it looked like Pokegenning was allowed? Perhaps I just misread it, but in any case, I don't intend to gen any pokemon anyway. I only ask because checking a players TSV or an eggs ESV requires a way to back up a games save or some form of homebrew in order to read the save data. Would this be considered against the rules? 

Also, I was curious about the stance on cloning as well.

I'd prefer to find an answer to these questions before starting a thread in the Trading/Breeding board.

And with that said, I'll be ending my rant here.

I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone!

Edit: Just combed over the rules again and looks like I did misread. Powersaves ARE allowed. That makes more sense. LOL Still curious about everyone's opinion on cloning tho.