How much of a Community is Pokecommunity?

[Melody]

I have to say that if it weren't for the fact that there really is a sense of community here, that I wouldn't keep coming back. I know I keep trying to leave every time I feel like the drama level exceeds my tolerances, but despite all the ridiculous drama and past poor experiences, I keep coming back.

There's definitely still a lot of cliquey-ness that happens around on PC; just not as much on the forum proper. At the end of the day we really all are human, and that as much drives the few things one might complain about on the community as the way we came up, grew and prospered does.

I do have a few friends still left who I can trust to at least be fair and open minded here on PC though...and I do pick up a few new ones as I shed the old throughout my itinerary of coming and going. Not that I plan any of that, but it does happen, and it is really a cycle that I think only works largely because despite things repelling me; the net pull of the community here on PC still feels a lot more close, a lot more welcoming and overall a lot more accepting than most places.

Coming from reddit, I can assert to the fact that you really don't often find nearly the warm and welcoming communities as often. Even places like /r/Dogecoin and /r/mylittlepony don't even begin to compare to PC. Nostalgia also plays a part in this; but that same nostalgia also has a dark side, at least for me. If it wasn't already blindingly apparent, I tend to be rather tough on myself when it comes to PC. Not to mention that it's extremely difficult to maintain my new self, when there's so much of my past invested here. It's definitely something I struggle with, my dark side to all the nostalgia and good feelings I have about PC. x3

 

[Foxrally]

There's definitely still a lot of cliquey-ness that happens around on PC.

Ooh, ooh, let me try! *goes all movie-style-college-student-introducing-the-cliques-of-the-college mode*

There's the mods group (*silently curses their authority*);
The the Forum Games weirdos group;
The poetic roleplayers and writers;
The secretive debate society guys;
The uh - artistic -artists;
The nerdy tech-savvy guys;
The professional pokemon battlers/card players;
The Spanish ROM creators/mapmakers/etc;
The jocks - ahem - battle server people;

and then there's the newcomers who still don't know which house to choose.

 

[gimmepie]

and the roleplaying

THE ROLEPLAYING

8)

That's more about something fun and awesome than community-ness... then again I always say that the RPC is kind of like a community within a community.

 

[Belldandy]

There's the mods group (*silently curses their authority*);
The the Forum Games weirdos group;
The poetic roleplayers and writers;
The secretive debate society guys;
The uh - artistic -artists;
The nerdy tech-savvy guys;
The professional pokemon battlers/card players;
The Spanish ROM creators/mapmakers/etc;
The jocks - ahem - battle server people;

Not sure where I fit in that. Have been here since 2009 lol :pink_tongue: Hmm...

Not a mod, not a battler, not artistic, not in the Tech Forum ever, not into TGC, not a ROM player or hacker, not a roleplayer, haven't touched Fan Fiction in forever, visit Forum Games once a year, not fluent in Spanish.

:pink_tongue:

 

[moon]

Not sure where I fit in that. Have been here since 2009 lol :pink_tongue: Hmm...

Not a mod, not a battler, not artistic, not in the Tech Forum ever, not into TGC, not a ROM player or hacker, not a roleplayer, haven't touched Fan Fiction in forever, visit Forum Games once a year, not fluent in Spanish.

:pink_tongue:

There's also the GC mafia.

 

[Belldandy]

There's also the GC mafia.

Yeah, I guess there are a lot of people who are here mainly for GC. I kinda float, though. It seems to be my next-best forum after my Trade Shop, though :pink_nod: but even then I have sporadic activity here. Probably the best fit, though ♥

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

There's also the GC mafia.

By GC mafia, do you perchance mean the patrons of General Chat? :D

I'm way too active here, probably not for my own good. I should be developing right now, and I'm reading threads instead. Do I look obsessive at all? :?

I dunno everyone who would be in, so I apologize if I leave anyone out, but there's maccrash, luck hax, adorbzfangirl, castform, dipu, gimmepie, foxrally, melody, patchy, mochi, archer99, belldandy, sonata, ayselipera (or w/e srry), ofc harlequin, spiffy, kura, and... yeah. Those are the most active folks I see anyway. sorry if I forgot someone.

 

[moon]

By GC mafia, do you perchance mean the patrons of General Chat? :D

I'm way too active here, probably not for my own good. I should be developing right now, and I'm reading threads instead. Do I look obsessive at all? :?

I dunno everyone who would be in, so I apologize if I leave anyone out, but there's maccrash, luck hax, adorbzfangirl, castform, dipu, gimmepie, foxrally, melody, patchy, mochi, archer99, belldandy, sonata, ayselipera (or w/e srry), ofc harlequin, spiffy, kura, and... yeah. Those are the most active folks I see anyway. sorry if I forgot someone.

*takes notes*
You just exposed your entire gang for the police. Thank you for your cooperation.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

*takes notes*
You just exposed your entire gang for the police. Thank you for your cooperation.

I swear, it was the, um, uh---! All you got us on is tax evasion! Look, my buddy has a really successful restaurant, you gotta believe me!

 

[Universe]

i've been on and around PC since about 2005, and i can say with certainty that the "community" factor is very high here.
the community is part of the reason i've been around as long as i have! it's generates this irreplaceable sense of belonging and comfort that i haven't found on another forum to date.

PC lives up to it's title pretty well.

 

[Nakala Pri]

Well, it's got everything a community needs! ;D

1. Sexists
2. Old ladies
3. Perverts
4. Do-gooders
5. Retired Ku Klux Klan members
6. Housewives.
7. Casanovas
8. Hussies
9. Trolls (le me)
10. Noobs

I guess it is pretty damn community-ish! -D Everyone knows each other and even if we do have the occasional murder/kidnapping/robbery/scandal/blackmail thing going on, it pulls us together, like... a cheese danish.

I'd say it's pretty communityish.

 

[Nolafus]

This remains the only forum I'm active in, and I think that's because of the people here. I've said it many times in the past, but if the people around here stopped being so friendly, then I would leave. I would pack up shop and head to some other far off land in search of what I lost here.

As far as staff centrism goes, it's only as big of a problem as people make it out to be, and it's dwindling every day.

Do I feel valued as a member here? Well... yes. I look over a section, so I do feel that I have a place here. Before I was modded I would have probably said no, simply because nobody seemed to have the time for me. When I got my name bolded, however, people all of a sudden had the time.

Although, the forums were different back then. I've noticed a change in where the staff isn't seen as flawless. When I first started out, it seemed people always agreed with what I said, and I could never give a bad review, or write a bad story. Nowadays, people aren't afraid to come forward and tell me I did something wrong, and I love it. It can get a little annoying at times, but the day people stop letting me know when I mess up is the day I worry about the community aspect we've worked so hard to achieve.

I just like the people here. There's a big variety of personalities that gives this place a big diversity of opinions and thoughts. It's interesting to click on a thread and see the varied responses, and I genuinely like interacting with people here. It's fun. Now if only people would start conversations with me because I only ever start them when I'm feeling strangely social about once a year.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

If there's anything that drives the community away, it's probably the thought of the staff-centrism. I think it's a distraction. I don't like how I'm treated differently at times, nor the "you should post like this" manner some people believe that I should post. I've never stopped being a person, a member of this fine forum, or anything like that.

When it comes to being valued, I like my contributions to be valued. I don't think they're the best representation of me.

When I joined, I'd never really questioned whether we were much of a community because I barely took the time to learn about everyone — an impossible task then, an even more impossible task now. Some of the people I did know seemed to be more tight-knit, but I came in an era where Facebook didn't exist and internet bulletin boards were more popular.

I think the biggest thing that leads to it to begin with is that those picked for staff are more easily likable/approachable/whathaveyou, so an illusion takes hold that's backwards of what it really is - people who are nice/liked become staff is really what it is, whereas the illusion details people being liked/seen as nice because of their status as staff.

 

[Alexander Nicholi]

People form friendships, groups form, amazing stuff happens.

I perhaps contradict that theory that having status makes me more liked, based on the fact that I don't attract them. Maybe it's because I actively repel them? :P And yes, we do handpick from the more approachable, capable people who show promise on how to further the community — some of us idealise that the people we take on are the ones who form great relations with all our members. As we move to make the community more accessible, I hope our staff can play a big hand in making the community even more of a community.

We're getting there!

It's not something I ever expected to happen, to be perfectly honest. It did, and now I'm not sure what to do XD;;