Hello everyone! I've been lurking here the past couple months gathering TCG information and recently joined.
I've played the pokemon games as a casual player ever since they came out after getting Pokemon Blue for Christmas, 1998. Many good memories staying up late with the GameBoy light attached, wandering through Mt. Moon and running into about a million Zubats. My preferred types of Pokemon in the games are fighting, fire, and flying (even better if some combination of those).
I started collecting the cards shortly after their release, but stopped a few sets in as it became overwhelming and expensive for a child with no income. I started collecting again when I felt the urge to pick up some XY boosters after having some kids show me all the new Pokemon cards, and now my collection has grown exponentially. It's also nice having the resources to fill in the missing cards from sets, as finding cards you needed back in the day was difficult.
A little about me; I'm 27, from LA, love hiking, my bird, photography, grammar, technology, music, and video games, I work with kids (my only connection to what's "in"), and my favorite Pokemon is Cubone.