Greetings, fellow Trainers from all across the world!
My introduction may be a long one, but it's how I began, and started over once again.
My love for the games goes back to the original Red/Blue/Yellow titles, more likely known here as 'Generation I'.
Back in that time, it was the Silver Age of Pokemon websites. A lot of the Pokemon websites I remember back
in the day, are sadly today shells of their former selves, or lost to the annals of the internet.
It was in such places where I began my journey, so to speak. I remember it was a website at the time dedicated to the up-and-coming 'Generation II' games in the late nineties. I don't know if many remember it now, but said site was named Pokémon Forever. It was somewhat before the release of Generation III that everything fell into disarray, and like most of the people I knew back then, we scattered to the four winds. In a way, I'm still trying to find a lot of these old faces, and hoping to see if like me, they still carry a flame for this series.
As for myself, I have played in every Pokemon Generation to date. There were times that my love for the game had died down, almost to a flicker... Oddly enough, the announcement of Pokemon X&Y in a way, brought me back again. I can't really say I'm much into the competitive aspect of the game, but more so for the overall enjoyment. I love the addition of Wonder Trade to X & Y, as it's like a gachapon every time! (I have also been known on occasion to have holiday specific Wonder Trades.)
I've grown older since those days, but I've still been part of Pokemon. I've never really left, but just hiding. Either way, I'm glad to be here!