Smartest Shark
Trainer in Training
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- 12
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- Age 31
- Houston, TX
- Seen Sep 3, 2011
Well, the story goes something like this; I played Pokemon Blue, Yellow, and Silver, all throughout my childhood, and in that order. I was so young, though, that I didn't really know what was going on. I mean... I'd watched the cartoon, and I definitely understood the concept of catching/training Pokemon, defeating Gym Leaders, Elite Four, and eventually become the Master. However... The past few days, I've been reading about the games, now that I'm a fair bit older, and admittedly, smarter.
And there's just so much that I wasn't aware of before! Like, ya know... Building a team of pokemon that doesn't suck! I now understand why my Pikachu lost to Brock's Onix every time!
SO, several epiphany-like revelations later, I've bough a glacier-blue colored Gameboy Advance and Pokemon blue on eBay, and expect them by the first of September. I went with the Advance because it's what I have the most memories with, although I'd been playing since the Gamboy Pocket. Eventually, I want to play my way through all the games/systems (hopefully change to a back-lit system after blue), up to a 3DS, although that's just an inkling at this point.
Anyway, I figured I'd be smart to get myself involved with a huge group of people who are immensely in the know about the world of Pokemon, and so, now I'm here. And honestly, I'm excited! I'm also very open to suggestions as a new Trainer, such as which is best of the starters, what pokemon to staff my team with early on, and things like that. I'm leaning toward starting with Charmander, as he has had an extremely soft spot in my heart ever since the episode of the cartoon where he was abandoned. Not to mention, he seems to be more friendly than Bulbasaur and Squirtle, if I remember the cartoon correctly.
If you made it this far, thanks for reading my several paragraphs, and I'm looking forward to really getting to know you folks!
And there's just so much that I wasn't aware of before! Like, ya know... Building a team of pokemon that doesn't suck! I now understand why my Pikachu lost to Brock's Onix every time!
SO, several epiphany-like revelations later, I've bough a glacier-blue colored Gameboy Advance and Pokemon blue on eBay, and expect them by the first of September. I went with the Advance because it's what I have the most memories with, although I'd been playing since the Gamboy Pocket. Eventually, I want to play my way through all the games/systems (hopefully change to a back-lit system after blue), up to a 3DS, although that's just an inkling at this point.
Anyway, I figured I'd be smart to get myself involved with a huge group of people who are immensely in the know about the world of Pokemon, and so, now I'm here. And honestly, I'm excited! I'm also very open to suggestions as a new Trainer, such as which is best of the starters, what pokemon to staff my team with early on, and things like that. I'm leaning toward starting with Charmander, as he has had an extremely soft spot in my heart ever since the episode of the cartoon where he was abandoned. Not to mention, he seems to be more friendly than Bulbasaur and Squirtle, if I remember the cartoon correctly.
If you made it this far, thanks for reading my several paragraphs, and I'm looking forward to really getting to know you folks!