Pokemon Will you admit to playing Pokemon?
- Thread starter Storminn
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I kinda am over telling people that I dont because now Ill definitely tell people, because lots of people at school play pokemon (not cards) videogames and we all bring in our ds's and battle with our hacked pokemon. People really dont care in High School if you play or not. Everyone just minds there own business.
I can't really be open about playing pokemon with anyone but my close friends, because most people (read: the popular kids) at our school find pokemon to be childish and immature. However, I am free to talk about MTG at school seeing as a majority of the popular guys play it. So it's not so bad.
Haha, maybe I am exaggerating, but almost the whole wrestling team, half of the xc team, and some of the football players play. And the head wrestling coach manages the league. So it is a weird little school, emphasis on little. About 50 kids in the senior class (my class).
To be honest, I wouldn't. Not with most people anyway.
From what I've seen and experienced, this is usually a problem with people in middle school. People are cruel in middle school, mostly because they're all insecure and have to put down others to compensate. Even I was a jerk without realizing it. As for now, I'm in high school and I don't necessarily advertise all the nerdy things in my life, but I don't freak out about hiding them either.If pokemon comes up in conversation between people I actually care for and they're not talking nonsense (or if they are talking total nonsense...) then yes I'll probably talk about it. I've noticed that if anyone actually makes fun of pokemon then they probably really liked it at some point in their life and they were stupid enough to "grow out of it" despite liking it. If they've never experienced it then they probably won't judge it, and the rest who have played before tend to think positively of it. But for tcg specifically, hardly anyone seems to realize how it's a very legitimate competitive game that's actually still played. 
Mayer said:
I wish I could find girls like that.
Sure I'm 22 and still act like a kid. Of course I know when to act mature but I would hate to be a person who turns 18 and just gives up everything they liked as a kid. If people bash me for liking a kid thing Pokemon well oh well. I'll live my life doing what I enjoy.
I know plenty of college students who like pokemon, and normally I hang around college students anyways, despite being in High School, so yeah I'm in a pokemon friendly environment most of the time
I don't, only to my Pokemon friends
When i first got into pokemon in 99' . I was beaten up for liking it and I still like pokemon. Im opened to tell ppl that I play even if it kills me
I never hide it. I was always a very shy kid growing up, so I was easily embarrassed by things people commonly mock. Being 25 now, I've come to realize there are certain things in your life that you'll never outgrow, because they make you happy, excited, very similar to how they made you feel as a kid. In high school, I was concerned about what people thought of me, but I'm so glad I've outgrown that because you'll start doing the things you like and enjoy them that much more.
