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Does PC have like a rival or something?
Well, there's the Bulbagarden Forums, which is pretty famous although I really didn't consider joining 'em. And there's also Serebii, which I think came earlier than this forums. And PokeBoard too. So, I was wondering, are they PC's "rivals" or are they partners with PC?
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I've always thought we were rather independent from other forums. I don't think we have a rival, though I'm sure many would argue that Serebii is PC's rival, I disagree.
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From what I've seen, they're neither. They're separate forums with (mostly) separate people and separate goals in mind. PC doesn't actively compete with other Pokemon forums, but they generally don't actively work together for anything in particular either.
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Besides, the only rivalry I've seen between the mentioned forums are during the Pokemon competitive battling competitions. But in terms of the forum itself, I don't really think PC has, nor does it need, a rival.
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Bulbagarden has the Wiki, Serebii has the News/information stuff. PE2K has the game information and sprites. PokeCommunity is just the forums. So no rival.
In terms of numbers, PokeCommunity is the largest member wise, but not post wise. In my experience with the first two, PC is more friendly, and the staff is much easier to talk to. (not to mention the themes here rock) So why would you want to be anywhere else? |
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Bulbapedia is the go-to site for Pokemon-related anything, and the place where all the game research goes, so Bulbagarden focuses a lot on their Bulbawiki forum; they have some side threads, but their forum is very heavily based on discussing edits for their other site. Serebii seems to be very heavily Pokemon-related like their main site, with each Generation split into a whole different super-forum with smaller forums within it. Still, all the forums get posted in frequently, so I guess they're doing something right there. Obviously, Smogon is for competitive battling, etc. And so on. It just so happens that PokeCommunity doesn't have a master site to draw from--so, instead, it embodies everything. Rather than focusing on one aspect of Pokemon, it's gone off an incorporated a variety of topics such that half the board isn't even Pokemon-related. imho, it's nice--I'll never be bored with that :) Though, apparently, PokeCommunity does have the largest community of ROM-hackers on the web, so I guess that does say something. |
PokéCommunity, from my experience, is an independent site, yes.
However, if you're looking at rivalry, from my experiences, Bulbagarden and Serebii have some sort of unsaid feud against each other. Although for all I know, it could be just in jest. But Bulbagarden and PC? No way. Quote:
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I just made a pokecommunity account 4 days ago so I could download some stuff from the hacks showcase. But I'm starting to prefer pokecommunity. Bulbagarden's staff are kind of intimidating. Besides that, they banned me because my signature had too many pixels in it. Serebii is alright, i guess. But it was kind of boring for me. But I don't really see a rivalry between the different websites. It would be awesome if there was one big tournament between all of them, though.
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The websites are for different purposes but this is the nicest one out of the 3 :D
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We like to point out that PC is a forum based community for Pokemon fans more so than a Pokemon forum.
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Just remember that a difference in rules doesn't necessarily mean one community is harder to get along in than another. It all depends on the mods enforcing them, really. |
I think PC's rivals definitely used to be PE2K (especially after we merged and split up again) and then Serebii, but I agree that we've just sort of gone our own way these days. If there is one though, it's Serebii. But I think both forums have just learnt to ignore each other. :P
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Other similar forums are for any people to talk about pokémon, maybe :> |
Rivals? What would PC be competing for/against exactly?
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(And I really hope that didn't come off to anyone else as assy as it just did to me, but you get the point, right?) In any case, I have to agree with what's already been said. I've never really thought of PC as having a rival, really, precisely because it's just a community. I mean, I can understand why Serebii and Bulbagarden (and whoever else is getting tangled in that love-hate relationship there) go at each other now and then: because they're trying to compete for who's got the biggest monopoly the best information site/community. PC just sort of hangs out on the outlier with pretty much every other forum because, just like there's no real other forum that's competing with Smogon to be the best competitive battling site or with PE2K/TCoD to be the best creative site (on a serious level, anyway), PC is just pretty much PC. |
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If that were to happen to anyone on BGMf or SPPf then they'd be banhammer'd without even a hearing. So PC is friendly. It can't be disputed. The rivalry is not much of one. It's just jaded folks who land here from BGMf or SPPf, both of those are pretty rough. Smogon and PE2k can be relatively unfriendly as well. I still despise Smogon personally, they're like all competitive battlers who typically are not too friendly about it when you just want to have FUN and find their rules too stiff and dull. |
I do find PC one of the more friendlier forums I've known, the communication between members, and the staff as well is very good, which creates a very friendly environment. I also didn't have the feeling that there were expectations of me when I first joined here, while on other forums, most of the time, I get the feeling that I have to accomplish something, or some kind of status, to mean something (this is probably just how I perceive it, but that also says something about the atmosphere that might be intimidating), but on PC I felt very welcome and in place.
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As has been stated before, Pokecommunity is more of a general Pokemon forum. PokeBeach is mostly trading cards, Smogon is competitive battling, PE2K is inactivity and Serebii is being a (I don't want to get into trouble).
Why would PC need a rival exactly? Lol. |
Just need to point out. BMGf still has the Conflict Review Board for all complaints. o3o
That aside, each Pokemon fansite has it's on thing going for it.That's why the fandom is so diffuse lol. |
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Obviously everyone here prefers PC or likes it enough to want to be here. I don't really see other forums as 'rivals' because there's really nothing to compete over... |
Well, Smogon does use exactly the same forum layout as PC, you can tell from looking at it, but it also has Pokemon reviews and a move database and all that stuff. On the other hand, Smogon seems to be more about the aspects of the game than the members actually interacting with each other, which is a bad thing from my point of view. I still much prefer PC, but sometimes I'll look at a Smogon analysis for a moveset. Smogon is like the strict, no-nonsense teacher, where PC is more the happy-go-lucky, fun-loving child.
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Not really. PC seems sort of isolated from other pokemon forums.
Btw, the whole *****y rivalry between Serebii and Bulbagarden began around 2003, with Serebii's servers going down and a whole argument about it with Archaic. |
We don't have one, since PC's too good to have a rival. XD
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Closing this before this continues to have members who feel the need to repeat something that's been stated 20+ times.
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