Ho-Oh

used Sacred Fire!

Age 31
Female
QLD, Australia
Seen June 5th, 2022
Posted April 23rd, 2022
35,988 posts
17.5 Years
Although there's a thread on how you found PC, there's not a thread in whether you'd still have joined if you knew what your PC life would turn out like! Just think, if you knew everything that would happen up until now in your PC life, would you still want to be here? Would you still want to go through the bad times? Are the friendships you've made strong enough to have kept you here?

Aaaand... if you had the choice: would've you joined earlier, due to missing PC's "Golden Days" as some say, or something like that? Or are you fine with your PC experience and if you could, you'd do it all over again?

Personally, I would. Even though I've experienced a lot of negative things, I wouldn't consider not joining, because overall, it has made my PC life worthwhile to me. I would remove the bad things if I could, but hey we all learn things from our mistakes!

Signomi

Age 32
Female
Britland (United Kingdom)
Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted October 10th, 2022
7,480 posts
17.8 Years
I'd probably still join. Been to many places on the internet and even before PC I had my fair share of personal attachments to communities and numerous friends I made there, PC itself was an experience and one of my most enjoyable ones. I felt I joined around the period where it was more 'at its peak' and therefore managed to experience the best of both member and moderator life in that fashion.

Although if I were to have known what life would be like at this very moment from joining PC until now, I probably would have acted differently in certain respects, otherwise...sure, why not? Doubt too much would change and although there are some aspects I'm not particularly well off with, I'd accept that knowing this has been the outcome of numerous actions undertaken by members of the community.

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Aizuke

long sword style

Age 33
Male
Canberra, Australia
Seen November 6th, 2015
Posted November 6th, 2015
3,025 posts
15.3 Years
I would've still joined, PC's made a huge difference in my life. Well kinda, I guess more on the who've I've met department, since I've pretty much met some really amazing people here that I'm glad I've met, and I wouldn't trade all my friendships for anything else in the world.

I'm pretty much satisfied of how my PC life's turned out. Yeah there might be a few things I would have liked to experienced waaay back in the day, but I'm content with the knowledge I have of PC right now.
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Seen December 27th, 2014
Posted November 12th, 2014
979 posts
15.1 Years
Yes, maybe. Although it was a huge waste of time, when I could have done something useful or real in my life, I nonetheless enjoyed my time here. If it were like when I first joined, I would do it over again, since, IDK, I think back then, PokéCommunity was more lively(?) and the like. However, now, although I kind of returned after more than 8 months of absence, I doubt something will keep me here. But you never know.

I can't say I made any decent friendships, since most people I was friends with either left PC (most of them) or completely changed and do not remember me, much. I never really cared about friendships when I first joined; I wanted to hack only. But it would have be nice to have some friends you can remember if you ever decide to revisit this place. Oh, well.

I do not have any nice nor bad memories here, since I did not talk to anyone outside the hacking section, but I hope I will soon enough, as long as I am around.

Cold Fusion

When you laugh, you gain luck.

Age 27
Earth, England
Seen March 19th, 2012
Posted March 19th, 2012
1,180 posts
14.3 Years
I would have still joined, I believe, maybe earlier if I had known what the website had been like. When I joined I thought I was never going to stick with PC, I just wanted to join a website because I could, but now I have this little section where I seem to just stick to and have fun. Also, if I hadn't joined PC I would have more spare time on my hand to be bored in, whilst PC fills it up, so it helps rid of my boredom, too.

The friendships I've made on PC have kept me coming back too unlike any other website I've joined, and they've continued to bring me back even after multiple times of no activity which is quite something in my book. Honestly, my MSN would be quite boring without some people from PC. Mostly that's why I come to PC, just to talk to people and maybe even make new friends in the process which is always a bonus.

If I had joined PC today for instance, I would have probably acted different than from what I had the day I joined, but I think even though I really don't like the thought of my beginners days, I'd never want to change them. Ever.

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Age 26
Male
England
Seen April 30th, 2011
Posted February 2nd, 2011
149 posts
13 Years
Pokebeach's community was horrible and the staff just abused being a moderator and banned a whole lot of people for pathetic reasons. So I came here about 5 months ago, not knowing what to expect, but I have made a whole bunch of friends and met really nice people.

I've never known a community to be this big yet so friendly and nice. So yes, I would of joined. n_n

Missingno.7-4468

The Kazuka Party is for curry!

Male
Nowhere and everywhere at the same time
Seen May 18th, 2014
Posted July 14th, 2011
513 posts
14.1 Years
Yes, I would have still joined if I knew what it was like now. Not that it's changed all that much since I've joined, but my active places have changed...

And I would have loved to join earlier, but I didn't, so there's no changing that =P

^ This one is 500 px long for sure >_>

Eucliffe

E N T E R T A I N E R

Age 29
Female
Natsu's Bed
Seen June 10th, 2016
Posted July 14th, 2014
6,486 posts
14.8 Years
I probably would've joined today~ After all, other than the occasional spam that pops up, there's nothing wrong with this forum.

Although, come to think of it, I only joined because of ShinyGold, and now that HG and SS have been out for over a year... XD; Ah, I'd probably have found some other hack (like Prism) that I wanted to download and thus would join in order to do so.
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Timbjerr

T-o-X-i-C

Age 36
Female
Texas
Seen May 30th, 2022
Posted January 28th, 2016
7,415 posts
19.7 Years
My only PC regret is disappearing altogether for four years in the "golden age". XD

It would be nearly impossible for me to join PC any earlier than I initially did because PC was only made like six months or so before I found it, but I wouldn't have minded making this account a year earlier. XD

Mario The World Champion

Tepig!

Age 41
Male
Western Massachusetts
Seen April 17th, 2017
Posted March 15th, 2017
3,299 posts
18.4 Years
I honestly would have liked to join PC during its golden days, but those days are probably when I had no internet at my house for 2 years. ><

I still would join PC if I knew the stuff nowadays. I think.
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Nick

Seen 4 Weeks Ago
Posted July 28th, 2021
17,572 posts
18.6 Years
If I stumbled across PC in it's golden years, I would have definitely joined.

But if I had stumbled across PC today for the first time, I wouldn't join. Not because of what it's like, but the original reasons why I joined to begin with. I joined on another account before this, simply to download ShinyGold. Since HeartGold and SoulSilver's out, I wouldn't have needed to create my original account. The second time I registered was because of developing a close friendship with someone, but since then our friendship has deteriorated and I don't see it growing back. Therefore, I wouldn't have joined with this account.

I long for returning to the days back in Summer of 2008, though. That was the golden year of PC for me. I had more enjoyment in PC in that year alone than I have since, which is unfortunate.

alisaie

they/them
Seen March 14th, 2023
Posted February 3rd, 2022
13,598 posts
14.8 Years
Lesse... This would have to be the third forum that I have been able to stick around for other a few months (despite my LoA end of 2008 to mid 2009). Obviously it must be doing something right, so I would have probably joined today regardless. I mean, my reason for originally joining this place was because I wanted a place to speak of Pokemon Special, and while I haven't gone to the fanclub or the section to speak about it in so long, I'm sure I would have found some other reason to join it. :]
Male
Désordre, Empire of Canada
Seen November 8th, 2021
Posted May 12th, 2020
2,955 posts
17.9 Years
Well, a bit of stuff to answer here. If I knew everything that would happen in my time at PC and had a choice of whether to do it again or to relinquish it, I'd probably choose the former. I had a lot of fun here and the past, met some pretty cool people, some whom are still here, some whom left, and some whom joined recently. Are there things I would like to change in the past? Well, sure, most people probably would, but there has never been anything that would make me dislike this experience as a whole. Besides, it's still a great place to kill some time when I'm bored.

If I never knew of PC before and just discovered it today, would I join it? Unfortunately, probably not. Not for the original reason, anyhow. I joined back in 2005 when I still loved everything Pokemon, and for me and a few older fans, this has changed a bit since then. It's not that I no longer like Pokemon - I still play the games everything now and then - but rather I wouldn't find it of enough importance in my life to join an online community about it.

Would I join it earlier if I had the chance? Err, maybe not. I was quite young when I first joined and did/said quite a few things on here I regret due to my immaturity. I can't imagine joining earlier would help with anything.
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Circuit

Wiring your Circuits

Age 27
Male
Berlin
Seen January 6th, 2021
Posted July 29th, 2020
4,815 posts
15.2 Years
If I had known exactly how my life were to turn out during my time here, I would have joined loads earlier. If I could do my life over, I would make sure to join here around 2003 (when PC first came around), even if I was only 7. I would have loved to be a part of this since the beginning, and I would have loved to be a part of PC all throught its bad and good days. Even only after two years, it has had a significant impact on my life, and something about this place makes me want to come here as much as I can and, in a sense, watch over it xD Sounds funny, but I want to know whats happening here at all times, so I know whats going to happen to it (like updates, down times etc). There you go, my statement xD

Kura

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Age 33
Female
London, UK (orig. Toronto, Canada)
Seen August 30th, 2021
Posted August 24th, 2021
10,993 posts
18.7 Years
Yes, I would've joined because I made some good friends on here.

I STILL disprove about this whole donation turd going on, though. It's such a freaking exploit. I added up all the amounts.


YOU WOULD THINK $6628.80 WOULD GET THEM A BETTER SERVER THAT DOESN'T HAVE DATABASE ERRORS.

It's so laughable.
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Zebeedoo

Always remember to smile. ~

Age 28
Female
Northern Ireland
Seen March 7th, 2023
Posted December 3rd, 2014
989 posts
14.4 Years
I would've joined PC sooner or later, seeing it's so big and popular. I love PKMN forums, so yeah. I would still join it today if I did know what it was like. I'd say this year has been the golden year for me, seeing I've made a lot of good (and bad, but lets not go there) friendships, that I can honestly say has changed how I act and feel. It's changed me for the better.