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Started by Oryx October 15th, 2011 1:10 AM
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Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
I only breed to fill the Pokedex, and that's if something can't be caught in the wild but its evo can like some cases in X/Y.
Gone forever for personal reasons.
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Puddle

Mission Complete✔

Age 27
Male
Jacksonville, Florida
Seen November 17th, 2019
Posted September 5th, 2014
1,458 posts
9.4 Years
I've never really done breeding at all. Not even to fill the PokeDex. I think it's crazy how people have like 30 boxes of all breeded Pokemon and stuff. Seems like a lot of work, but I guess certain people are passionate about certain parts of Pokemon.

moon

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As for Pokemon crossovers, this might not be quite a true crossover, but I loved this series where an artist crossed all of the National Hockey League logos with Pokemon. Some are really well done, while others are a bit weird, but I've got to commend him for the overall great effort.
Haha those are awesome!

There's many reasons to breed pokémon. Overall I think the creators of the games have developed really interesting mechanics and battle rules and whole dynamics to the pokémon genre by now. And it's probably not going to stop changing and evolving soon.

Doubt there'll be another new type though, unless Fairy or some new pokémon in gen VII (or Pokémon Z) manage to break the balance.
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moon

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Yeah, I've heard that suggestion before :3 Would be nice, since quite a few pokémon would fit there. They are placed as "psychic" now. Elgyem and Starmie could almost count towards it too, as I think the reason Starmie got psychic/water dual typing is because it resembles a star which is space-related. No? :3
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Blake Belladonna

*insert fancy usertitle here*

Non-binary
Vale
Seen June 10th, 2019
Posted June 16th, 2015
870 posts
9.5 Years
Prior to X/Y when there were unconfirmed details of the Fairy type, there were speculation of a "Sound" and "Light" type.

I would say Light would seem rather expected, because we have Dark and it could be like the Psychic type except with the type advantage against Dark, and probably contain healing moves (and all currently existing ones will be Light e.g. Recover, etc). Sound type seems to fit those sound-based pokemon like Whismur, Noibat, etc.

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
I remember when I was following X/Y news in the lead up to the games' eventual release and I heard rumors of a new type getting introduced (which eventually got known as Fairy) I had the names "Sound", "Light" and "Fairy" in my mind, and I guess my third pick was spot on.

And then came the part where I was speculating Fairy-type's advantages, and it turned out I got every resistance and weakness spot on except for Fairy-type Pokemon resisting Bug-type attacks. That was the one resistance/weakness I didn't see coming, but I do feel sorry that Bug now has the most types resisting its attacks, makes more sense to use ones that have useful secondary types.

I was never a fan of most Bug-types, but that didn't stop me using a Vivillon (one of the few Bugs I actually love) in the early part of X. The one thing I was excited was to use a Fairy-type on my team and I did just that by using Sylveon. First time I even used an Eeveelution on my main team as well so yeah it's weird. My final verdict was that Fairy-types do seem useful in the main story due to me seeing a lot of Fighting and Dark-types in some parts.
Gone forever for personal reasons.
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TheKantoKid

Let's go, Pikachu!

Age 35
Male
Next to the farm
Seen March 20th, 2020
Posted March 20th, 2020
193 posts
11 Years
Ive only been breeding to give things to my friends. I've also only breed for moves. Never EVs,IVs, or shinys. My first breeding experience was getting a Skarmory with Drill Peck back in Pokemon Silver.

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Hiatus

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Posted July 24th, 2021
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10.8 Years
My first breeding experience was with Machop. I was trying to maximize its Attack and Speed IVs. Took me a while, but I got it done eventually. As for my first EV training experience, that would have to be with Chansey. It's honestly not that hard to train for EVs though, in my opinion. All you have to do is battle against a few wild Pokémon, and you're good to go... well, it's actually not that simple, but you get the point. :]

Blake Belladonna

*insert fancy usertitle here*

Non-binary
Vale
Seen June 10th, 2019
Posted June 16th, 2015
870 posts
9.5 Years
My first breeding experience was with Machop. I was trying to maximize its Attack and Speed IVs. Took me a while, but I got it done eventually. As for my first EV training experience, that would have to be with Chansey. It's honestly not that hard to train for EVs though, in my opinion. All you have to do is battle against a few wild Pokémon, and you're good to go... well, it's actually not that simple, but you get the point. :]
Agreed. You can also speed up the process with those Power items, or if you're lucky, a Pokerus. Also the wings introduced in BW helped me a lot. (I get a lot of them xD)

moon

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Okay, to someone who never bothered knowing before: what's the difference between IVs and EVs again? O.o do you train for both? And do they really matter as much as people say? Trading someone a pokemon that isn't as EVd as you promised in the Trade Corner can get you banned, from what I've seen.
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Brendino

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I'm probably not the right person to explain it, but IVs are set when the Pokemon is first generated and they determine the initial stats of a Pokemon, whereas EVs are earned through battling with your Pokemon or giving it vitamins like Iron, Calcium, etc. I don't battle competitively though, so I've never paid much mind to them.

The only thing I do know is that a Level 100 Blissey with 0 IVs and EVs will have an HP of 620, but with maxed out IVs and EVs, that number goes up to 714. I only used HP since it's a tangible stat, but I can see why they'd be important if they can have that big an impact on a Pokemon.

Wobbu

bunger bunger bunger bunger

he/him
Snaktooth Island
Seen January 22nd, 2023
Posted August 28th, 2016
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11.2 Years
Has your interest in Pokémon increased or decreased over the past few years?

My interest has increased fo sho. I'm always listening to Pokémon music and I spend a good amount of time on this website (compared to when I first joined). I rarely watched the anime but now I watch it on the daily. I don't play the games as often as I used to and I rarely buy cards (blame it on my frugality) but I enjoyed X more than any other game and I really like the designs of the new cards and the inclusion of the Dragon and Fairy types.

Hiatus

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My interest's slightly decreased, unfortunately. Used to watch the anime regularly couple of years ago, but now, I rarely do. It's been about three months since I'd last seen an episode. I also used to collect Pokémon cards, but not anymore. Only thing I keep up with nowadays are the games. :p Not sure if I'll be growing out of them, but I hope not.
Seen February 26th, 2015
Posted February 8th, 2015
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10.3 Years
Mmm, not much of a difference actually. You see, I started out with much enthusiasm which died down as I got the more action-related video games out for the more intense platforms. But I kept a close watch on new games and as they came in, I found myself playing a bit more than what I started for. So it's almost a cycle really. Since the games I've collected is amounting to more and more, I'd say there's a steady increase in my interest, and that's not going to come down unless they stop releasing spinoffs.
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moon

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Slightly decreased :( I used to keep track of every species and game but I've yet to play gen 5 and 6 now so I feel like I'm falling behind. Also I haven't been up to date with the anime in many years and it's been quite a while since I felt my dear TCG cards between my hands.

I used to love the TCG! Card games overall are pretty ingenious.

But o course there's PC and especially PGen to make sure I always have pokemon stuff to talk about :) I'll likely never stop having pokemon as my no 1 fandom.
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Brendino

The Ruins of Alph
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It all depends on how long you define the last few years to be. If we're just going from 5 years ago, I'd say my interest has gone up quite a bit, as I only had minor interest in the series then, but now I've gotten back into the games, and coming to a place like PC everyday always keeps me interested in what's happening.

Compared to the late 90's-early 2000's though, my interest has declined as a whole. Sure, I didn't get into the games until a bit later on, but I was a massive TCG collector and Pokemon anime watcher back then, while neither of those interest me near as much now.

Whether my interest is declining or increasing though, I can't see myself becoming detached from Pokemon completely any time soon.

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
I'm still interested, but more in the games these days. The anime got a bit boring during the BW era probably because I was disappointed in some of Ash's Unova Pokemon going too long without screentime (looking at you Palpitoad) and also Iris and Cilan having very small, disappointing teams. In Cilan's case, he never caught anything new after Stunfisk.
Gone forever for personal reasons.
Visit my Tumblr page if you wish to contact me.

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TheFattestSnorlax

New year, new possibilities

Age 25
Male
Australia
Seen January 19th, 2017
Posted January 15th, 2017
2,382 posts
12.2 Years
There is little or no difference in my interest of Pokémon over the years, very much like going on here in PC. The games are still cool, and with the 3DS is also cool, but the Wii U needs some attention. The anime seems boring, so it needs to do something different than usual. What I say the difference will be will make the anime even better. though if they listen to ideas.
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Blake Belladonna

*insert fancy usertitle here*

Non-binary
Vale
Seen June 10th, 2019
Posted June 16th, 2015
870 posts
9.5 Years
I'd say my interest in Pokemon has been stagnating over the past two or three years, ever since BW. There's really nothing much that Game Freak did to surprise or impress me. It definitely doesn't mean I'll lose complete interest, I still use Pokemon as a creative outlet.

I agree with Snorlax. The anime totally has no appeal to me, and I personally found it to be always bland.

moon

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I still use Pokemon as a creative outlet.
This, definitely. Mainly, actually. RPing :3

Idk, I think I'd enjoy a new, well made hack based on Gen II just as much as the new 3D games. Graphics were never a problem for me in games. Story, characters and complexity is what matters.
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