Haha, well Red is the manga version of Ash XD Also, Red in the G/S/C games is veeeery alike Red in the manga. Thus: Red > Ash XD
Well, when me and my friends were younger and Pokémon was only just coming to here, it was the original 151 it was all about so yeah... I'm one of those old-pokés preferrers ^^;;
I know a couple of people from Finland on PC :3 They're cool, because I can talk Swedish with them, muwahaa. Oh, you're studying at uni? I'm maybe going there next autumn, but I'm not sure.