Mmm, welcome, welcome! <3 I pretty much love Ghost and Dragon pokemon myself, but, Fire type pokemon are also really great! I think my top favs would have to be Nintetales, Rapidash, Flareon, annnd so much more, but, can't think of them right now!
And yeah, a lot of us played Gen 1 too! It's so much fun on our first time playing pokemon, y'know? Ah, at any rate, try out some of the pokemon generation boards sometime! From each board there, you can see the discussions that relate to each generation, like the Advance Generation board tales care of the Gen 3 games! :3
But those are few boards out of many, so, have fun being active in the boards that interest you the most! <3 Haaave fun, and have a great stay! And have yourself a great weekend. <33