Water-types are awesome! That's why I was sad when people thought Froakie looked bad when he was first revealed. The first evolutions changed that though. But I still think Froakie is cute :). I always use the Water-type starters first and it's a bit of a tradition to me now.
This is a random question, but by any chance, do you know anyone named Cid (here in PC, of course)? xD