The only person that knew I existed on there was a member named Osiris that ran popular tournaments, and I beat him often enough for him to recognize me, and whenever signups closed for a tournament, but I still wanted in, he would include me as a fill-in for anyone that quit.
The only other person who knew I existed was someone I considered my rival. We would run into each other constantly in monotype tournaments where he would have his dragon team, and I would have my grass team. We went up against each other often, sometimes in the final round, and he always beat me. Every match was very close, but I just couldn't do it. He said that he really liked my grass team and how it was better every time he saw it, so it was pretty neat having a rival.
I have a few shinies, so maybe I can trade those off for some competitive pokemon. But I don't really want to lose them, haha.