Hey a lo lo!
The name's Son Gopaul, and I've been an on-and-off Pokemon player since Generation 1. I skipped Generation 2 and 3 of the video games, but got back into Pokemon at Gen 4 and haven't stopped since.
In the video games, I love to immerse myself in the story, then create teams of my favourite Pokemon of new and old. Thanks to Sinnoh's Battle Frontier, I learned how to make competitive teams, but I prefer to play Nuzlocke runs of the games as a real challenge. I'm currently at the Elite Four on my Pokemon X Nuzlocke, and when that's done I'm gonna try my first Wonderlocke.
As for the TCG, I played a little bit of the base set and played competitively during the Platinum and HGSS sets (Stormfront Gyarados was a beast back then). During the Black and White sets, I played a bit of the first set then got competitive at the end. I entered my first (and only) major tournament with a Mewtwo EX/Blastoise deck... with Gyarados thrown in for good measure.
I've recently got back into the TCG thanks to my favourite Pokemon being the posterboy of the BREAKpoint set. And through that I've discovered PTCGO and have got addicted to building decks on that too. Unfortunately Gyarados EX isn't fast enough for the meta, but I love the versatility that water decks have so I'm playing Palkia EX instead. My main deck is Garchomp/Medicham, but with rotation and Steam Siege on the way I'm looking into giving Xerneas BREAK a go.
Speaking of Steam Siege, that leads me onto how I'm here. Since getting into the TCG again, I've been told Pokebeach is the place for looking for what's coming soon in the world of the Pokemon TCG. After browsing around the site a little, I thought I could do with signing up and posting around the forums for deck ideas and whatnot. It's been a while since I've been on forums though.
In case you ever meet me in game, I go by Son-Gopaul on PTCGO and usually by the name Ren or Karihime (Kari for short) in the video games. Hope to see you around sometime!
EDIT: Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I also love collecting Pokemon merchandise! Especially the plushies and figurines. My favourite being the Pikachu in my avatar - he's wearing a Gyarados hood like me!