Hey guys,
I actually signed up for this site a while back, but this is my first post. I wasn't really sure where else I should introduce myself, so I figured this was probably the best place.
I'm pretty new to the whole world of Pokemon - at least as it is now. Back in my pre-teen days in the late 90s I used to be hopelessly obsessed with Pokemon, as was every other boy and girl around my age. It was a global phenomenon, and I definitely dished out loads of cash trying to keep up with some of my friends in our card collections. When the fad slowly died down, so did my interest - mainly because I felt kinda jipped when 100 new pokemon came out. That was the point when the business side of Pokemon really hit me, and it kinda turned me away from everything.
Early last summer, I was cleaning out my room and managed to stumble across my old card collection. There were about 700-800 cards from the first three sets - base, jungle and fossil. This feeling of nostalgia came over me and I just started to remember how much fun I used to have collecting those cards and playing the games and watching the anime. That was right about when Diamond and Pearl came out so I decided to go out and get Diamond, and from that point on I've been hooked once again.
I'm not so much into the anime (I feel I've definitely out-grown it somewhat), and I've decided to try to complete the first few sets of card collections I have (through ebay of course). I don't think I'll start collecting the new cards at any time. The games have really got me hooked though. I rarely ever thought about pokemon between around early 2000 and last summer (2007), so I've had a lot of catching up to do, and there are still a lot of pokemon I'm sure I'm not familiar with. I've beaten Diamond and I'm trying to collect some shinies and other tradeable assets in order to complete my national dex (I'll update with a "My Player" thread in the wi-fi section of this site at some point). I also went out and bought Fire Red (I was ecstatic when I found out they re-made the original! I only found this out a few months ago!) as well as Emerald just a few days ago.
All in all, I gotta say I'm hooked once again. I won't lie; there are times I feel a little childish - but really that's part of the reason why I love playing the games; they make me feel like a kid again. In these hectic days of 20-page university assignments and law-school applications, it's definitely fun to just sit down and lighten up sometimes while playing these incredibly fun and addicting games.
Sorry if a long intro like that isn't what you're used to! Just figured it was the best way to get started on these forums. Look for my first "real" post (an actual discussion topic) in the gaming discussion forum in a just a short little while!
lllwtflll
I actually signed up for this site a while back, but this is my first post. I wasn't really sure where else I should introduce myself, so I figured this was probably the best place.
I'm pretty new to the whole world of Pokemon - at least as it is now. Back in my pre-teen days in the late 90s I used to be hopelessly obsessed with Pokemon, as was every other boy and girl around my age. It was a global phenomenon, and I definitely dished out loads of cash trying to keep up with some of my friends in our card collections. When the fad slowly died down, so did my interest - mainly because I felt kinda jipped when 100 new pokemon came out. That was the point when the business side of Pokemon really hit me, and it kinda turned me away from everything.
Early last summer, I was cleaning out my room and managed to stumble across my old card collection. There were about 700-800 cards from the first three sets - base, jungle and fossil. This feeling of nostalgia came over me and I just started to remember how much fun I used to have collecting those cards and playing the games and watching the anime. That was right about when Diamond and Pearl came out so I decided to go out and get Diamond, and from that point on I've been hooked once again.
I'm not so much into the anime (I feel I've definitely out-grown it somewhat), and I've decided to try to complete the first few sets of card collections I have (through ebay of course). I don't think I'll start collecting the new cards at any time. The games have really got me hooked though. I rarely ever thought about pokemon between around early 2000 and last summer (2007), so I've had a lot of catching up to do, and there are still a lot of pokemon I'm sure I'm not familiar with. I've beaten Diamond and I'm trying to collect some shinies and other tradeable assets in order to complete my national dex (I'll update with a "My Player" thread in the wi-fi section of this site at some point). I also went out and bought Fire Red (I was ecstatic when I found out they re-made the original! I only found this out a few months ago!) as well as Emerald just a few days ago.
All in all, I gotta say I'm hooked once again. I won't lie; there are times I feel a little childish - but really that's part of the reason why I love playing the games; they make me feel like a kid again. In these hectic days of 20-page university assignments and law-school applications, it's definitely fun to just sit down and lighten up sometimes while playing these incredibly fun and addicting games.
Sorry if a long intro like that isn't what you're used to! Just figured it was the best way to get started on these forums. Look for my first "real" post (an actual discussion topic) in the gaming discussion forum in a just a short little while!
lllwtflll
). There's a problem though... Your username may be interpreted as offensive by the moderating staff. I'd PM one of the Moderators about it (the "wtf" part in your name). Other than that, you should be perfectly fine here.
