IRL Rivals

Started by Nearsighted king of Ice October 14th, 2012 4:00 AM
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Nearsighted king of Ice

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Age 26
Male
Manehattan, Equestria
Seen May 4th, 2014
Posted May 4th, 2014
991 posts
14.2 Years
Have you ever named your rival after a friend of yours, or someone you know in real life? A friend of mine named his rival in Black 2 after me.... and vice versa

Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?

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Male
Florida
Seen November 22nd, 2019
Posted January 3rd, 2018
503 posts
10.9 Years
Of course! I've only named my rival something random once or twice (if at all)

Mostly because when I play Pokemon, I usually do it with a friend so we name our rivals after each other!

But it is hard to do when I only have a male rival and I'm playing with a girl =\

I also name a lot of my Pokemon after my friends, cuz I'm just that cool 8D

Meganium

memento mori

she/her
Houston, TX
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 1st, 2023
Always have! Since I have more guy friends, I end up naming the rival after a friend of mines. xD I'm playing Soulsilver for a challenge and I named my rival Rudy, after my friend from English class. xD He knows about it, yes...haha

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
Back in one of my playthroughs of Pearl, I did name my rival Matthew after a friend I had at school.

However I don't do it anymore. In every game since, I always used the rival's default name.
Gone forever for personal reasons.
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Rivvon

Age 30
Female
USA
Seen 1 Day Ago
Posted January 30th, 2023
2,770 posts
16.1 Years
I don't name the in-game characters after people I know (excluding myself) because I feel it might make the game a bit awkward for me, since there isn't anyone I dislike enough to consider them a "rival." I do know numerous people who do, however, and it can make for some amusing matches!


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C Payne

Hoenn in 3D!

Male
Va
Seen August 22nd, 2014
Posted October 10th, 2013
454 posts
11.7 Years
I always use the names of close friends as rivals because I guess it makes it feel more personal.
Don't you think Hoenn deserves to be at least this beautiful?

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