If you knew what PC would be like today...

Started by Gary, the Magic Fairy August 13th, 2007 5:11 AM
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Would you still have joined PC if you knew what it was going to be like today?

Age 30
Male
Your Mother
Seen June 29th, 2010
Posted May 29th, 2010
2,796 posts
17.3 Years
...would you still have joined when you did? Would you want to make the same friends again, knowing how your relationships would eventually end up? Would you want to join anyway, knowing that certain people wouldn't like you?

*This is more aimed at people who have been here a while. Not really people who joined just two or three months ago.
**Lets assume that you couldn't change what happened, other than you joining or not joining. You would make the same friends, meet the same people, etc.

To be honest, I probably wouldn't. None of my old friends talk to me anymore, there are alot of people I don't particularly like... I won't go into too much detail.
Seen December 18th, 2010
Posted April 14th, 2010
1,430 posts
16.1 Years
I probably still would've... except, I would've enjoyed the people I knew while they were still there. This is meaning only one person, well, a few others too, but mainly one. But that's the thing, I still don't know what's ahead in the future of PC so I can't make a complete judgement, until PC closes down in a hundred or so years. XD

Memory

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Age 28
Rawr.
Seen December 9th, 2015
Posted June 26th, 2009
1,324 posts
17.6 Years
I definitely would have. If I hadn't... then I wouldn't have half my friends, I may have committed suicide already, and I'd be an emo n00b. My friends I've made on PC have made an impact on my life |D So, in the end, I'm really glad I joined.
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Age 36
Male
Argentina
Seen March 15th, 2011
Posted December 24th, 2010
1,955 posts
17 Years
Yes, I'd join once again. Because I've met a lot of people and it made me a bit more known around the world :)

If I knew everything was going to be the same, I'd join, even when I know some people may not like me (what can I do? It's impossible to please everyone, no matter the place)


Cherrim

Age 34
she / her
Toronto
Seen 20 Hours Ago
Posted 20 Hours Ago
33,052 posts
20.4 Years
I'd join in a heartbeat and I'd try to talk to the people I met sooner. I have met so many people through PC, and most of them are my best friends now. No matter if we end up not talking anymore or something, I'd do it all over again; I don't know what I would've done without them a lot of times.


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Désordre, Empire of Canada
Seen November 8th, 2021
Posted May 12th, 2020
2,955 posts
17.9 Years
My decision to come back really says it all. PC really doesn't mean as much to me as it did 2 years ago. If I didn't join 2 years ago and did not know what I was missing, then I would join this time. It's not an easy question to answer.

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Over the Rainbow
Seen December 13th, 2014
Posted December 3rd, 2014
10,026 posts
18.1 Years
YES YES YES YES ;0;

The time I joined PC was the perfect time for me to join I think; there were just so many nice people! There still are today actually! It's just how you go about to meet them and who you meet that time will only change. Back when rep was all 'oooh' and 'ahhh' and all that other stuff that PC did XD. PC was really so much fun when I first joined! PC president campaigns and such! ^O^ PC's gotten less of a real community IMO since then, but still it's a great place to be because of those bonds I made when I joined. I'm glad I joined at the time I did!


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Age 31
MA
Seen July 26th, 2008
Posted July 26th, 2008
1,123 posts
16.3 Years
Um..Maybe?

I don't know if I would still want to just hang out with the same people allover again; being a newb, you still have the opportunity to go on a PMing spree asking every other person you see to be friends.

I don't really have that opportunity anymore xD

But yeah, I would have still joined..
I've left PC.

Why? I'm tired of all the people here who think they're cooler than they actually are, I'm tired of the way certain people get away with things, just because they're friends with the staff here, I'm tired of all the raging teen-angst contained within these forums I'm tired of the way no one knows how to take a joke anymore, I'm tired of how I've been treated by the people I've thought to be my "friends" here, and I'm tired of all the unwanted drama PC has caused in my life over the past several months.

Plus, Pokemon just sucks anyways.

If you want to reach me for any reason, contact me at "[email protected]"

Cookie luvs Green

I am not a Trainer. I am Ash.

Age 15
FROM PALLET TOWN MEGAMANSSSSSSSSSSSZZZ
Seen February 11th, 2011
Posted February 11th, 2011
425 posts
17.9 Years
The main reason I joined was because of my search for that Pokemon Adventures manga. AHEMAHEMAHEMSORRYIJUSTDROPPEDMYCHEWINGGUMAHEM

I'd still join, but I would probably post.. and post, "myaw hi gauyz ahm swo ttyl nue n kewl " thing, lurk, disappear, and go back where I normally came from.

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The people back then held a lot of interest to me, strange activities happened around, and I chatted with some people in here that no longer exist right now. For some reason.
And I was young too, so I got pulled in and thus why I'm still here.

If I'm new and look at PC today, I would think it's too strict/astringent, and I would be deathly afraid to join and create threads, PM, etc, and take a look-around-a.
Sure, I'll read the rules, but being a paranoid android I am...

And by now, my slots for comfort and the way I think eh-- so on would be different than about two years ago. (Well, actually, umm...)

Though that's just my guess. PC is still entertaining for me to look around, and people are still very friendly.
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Essex, England
Seen November 9th, 2008
Posted October 1st, 2008
498 posts
15.8 Years
I've only been here a week so I voted yes.
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chelia.blendy

Age 32
The capital of Canada (not Toronto)
Seen May 11th, 2015
Posted May 20th, 2013
14,627 posts
19.3 Years
Well, what people for some reason fail to comprehend, is that forum growth almost guarantees a stricter environment. It's easy to let people do almost anything they please when you only have a small group to look after, but as the group grows in numbers, it's only natural to lay down more rules to accommodate for everyone. Some people have no problem accepting this, but there are quite a few people who can't seem to accept it. Would I like PC to go back to the way it was when I joined three years ago? Most certainly. Is it possible? Ahh... I sincerely doubt it. Perhaps if we didn't have so many idiots running a mock that like to break even the simplest of rules. What I'm saying is, if more people would take the five minutes out of their day to read the rules, and then actually follow them, we could probably loosen up somewhat.

But on topic, I'd still join, yeah. As pathetic as it may sound, I've gained a lot of confidence as an individual from being staff. XD;

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Age 32
Male
not here... over at courtrecords
Seen December 28th, 2020
Posted August 23rd, 2014
624 posts
17.7 Years
Yes, i would, and even though i couldn't change anything, I would've tried to stop the Admins do that horrible April fool's joke and prevent the diaster that hapened afterwards, and some old members would still be here today.

you all remember the one i'm talkinng about right?

Cookie luvs Green

I am not a Trainer. I am Ash.

Age 15
FROM PALLET TOWN MEGAMANSSSSSSSSSSSZZZ
Seen February 11th, 2011
Posted February 11th, 2011
425 posts
17.9 Years
I recognized already that it's the members transforming PC into a stricter environment. Since I'm still here, people who are reinforcing the rules are pretty much doing a good job by.. yes.

But if I first join at some place, I wouldn't really think about what I'm saddening things. Unless I have some sort of goal such as making friends or getting magical powers so I can finally become a wizard, online. HAHAHAHAHHAHAAAehh...err...ehhhrr..

My head will be too busy with something like, "I wonder if I'm free to do this... or that..." I don't think I'm alone with this. |D;
And something like, "GEEBLEZ, THIS IS MAH CHANCE TO RECEIVE... EXEHTUHRAH.." if I'm interested in Polgamans DP GLOBALLY TUBULAR TRADARING WRRRRRYYY etc.

Mostly, wishful/hopeful thinking.

Well... I feel grateful and lucky at the time I joined, I shortly met really awesome people that changed me. OH, BOO HOOOO~~~~!! And all these mini-adventures I had in here went by really smoothly.

I wouldn't like to miss that. +pet pet Mr. Awdseeinkles+
And I don't think I'll meet them if I sign-up this day... Who knows (???) +chicken neck scruffle+

Though.. I just remembered that I found PC long before I actually joined..

Who knows +brick'd+ what I would be doing back then!
Making kazillions of trainer cards with pretty sparkles and such at day.. and pawning the n00bs with my "wonderful" skillz at night. Obviously.

...horrible April fool's joke...
..... :\ 8/ :\ 8/ :| :\ +snortgiggle+ ...... 8|........ |D~~

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Age 31
Male
New Zealand
Seen July 8th, 2010
Posted June 16th, 2010
8,399 posts
16.9 Years
Yes. I think I still would have for the same reasons that I joined in the first place.

PC has changed in the past year, at least IMO, but I don't think it would have made any difference to me joining.

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I'm currently studying at university and so
I have more or less left PC and probably
won't be back much if ever at all.

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Age 28
Male
Somewhere over the rainbow
Seen February 24th, 2016
Posted February 24th, 2016
3,252 posts
16.3 Years
Well, If My Old friends are still here then yes,
A lot of things had happened and I didn't notice a thing about the change of PC
that's what In My mind anyways, I think I will start a fresh start of a new name and um, try to befriend people that I have met in the past and um...make some new friends
It's not like it's the end of the world if I befriend right? O.o
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Sammi

Age 33
she/her
The States
Seen 5 Days Ago
Posted November 8th, 2021
14,085 posts
18.3 Years
Yes, and not just because I'm a s-mod, mind you. D< To say my position wouldn't be a factor is a lie, but to say that the power is the only reason I'd come is a lie too.

I met a lot of friends here (a lot compared to how many friends I make, anyway), and I wouldn't want to lose any of them. PC has changed quite a bit, but I like it back then and right now. I'd enjoy the place if I was a member right now, I'm pretty sure of that. I might not post as often as I do now, but I'd still be posting here. :D

I'll make a proper signature when Pokecommunity gets a proper slogan

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Guide of Darkness

Age 33
Male
Temple of Light
Seen November 25th, 2017
Posted October 21st, 2016
8,122 posts
19.1 Years
Before PC I was at Hyrule Town Square (not advertising since it's closed now! XD). I like PC and have had some good times but...does not compare for me. PC was a lot more fun for me in the begin. Now, I visit infrequently and rarely post. I mostly read. But, that said...without PC I have no idea which forum I would be at right now. No idea at all. I joined here because I had a friend here. Never heard of PC before.

So...I have no idea how to answer this. :x