Wooow you're having quite a conversation already! Glad to see that. ^~^ Just remember to take the discussions to profile messages soon since your thread is getting a little long, haha.
Anyways, yo Shue! Welcome to PC. :D
The TCG was my life as a kid. My 9th or 10th birthday present was a bunch of card packs and I still remember being in the store looking through all the awesome packs I was getting. Time sure flies, doesn't it? But yeah we have a handful of members who haven't been involved in the Pokemon fandom for a while so you're definitely not alone, but it's also true that PC will serve as a nice way to rekindle your interest for the series. It's pretty ideal for you to be here so let us know if you've been enjoying it so far! And pshaw, we may have an ice cream cone Pokemon but we've also had a pile of sludge way back when. They'll probably keep including new Pokemon based on objects till the series ends!
And we actually do have Red/Blue remakes! FireRed and LeafGreen are what they're called. :3 Pretty cool games since they added the seven islands for you to explore. Yellow would make for an amazing remake though, and I'd love to have Pikachu follow me around once again! Can't wait for the the day they do that.. hopefully it's soon.
Good luck with your channel too! That's a lot of money to put into equipment... I'm impressed. One of these days I want to start my own Let's Play channel or something (whenever I'm not too shy, uuurgh).
SO YEAH, have a great time on PC! I'm here if you ever need anything, as are the other staff!