What if...you didn't join PC?

Started by Sirfetch’d September 13th, 2013 3:15 PM
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This isn't a thread about whether or not you regret joining PC, but rather for you to say where you think you would be if it weren't for PC. What if you had not clicked the "register" button when you discovered PC? How different do you think your life would be? Would your life be like it was before you joined? Knowing that you did in fact join PC, what would you miss the most if you had decided not to join?

Aeroblast

Male
Basement
Seen February 25th, 2017
Posted February 25th, 2017
4,173 posts
9.8 Years
As "heartless" as I'm probably going to sound, Pokecommunity has changed nothing in my life so far, I haven't been around for a long time and there aren't much life changing experiences (unless something drastic happens to the life of one of my closer online acquaintances) to be had over an internet forum. It's a good time killer when I have nothing to do, though.

I'm sure some others feel different about this topic, though.

Tsutarja

Age 28
he / him
Florida
Seen 4 Hours Ago
Posted 13 Hours Ago
27,327 posts
13.2 Years
I'm not really sure to be honest.. I mean, it wasn't until this year that PC became my default website to visit (I'm on PC more than Youtube these days), and I probably would have been very bored this summer if I didn't have an account here on PC xD

Back between 2010-2012, I was pretty much active at another forum with PC being a place I only lurked on and seldom posted at.

Sweets Witch

I just love ham jerky.

Age 30
Male
Old People Community, USA
Seen December 10th, 2014
Posted December 10th, 2014
1,388 posts
10.4 Years
If I didn't join PC back in the day, I probably would have never developed an internet addiction in the first place. Chances are I'd have ended up being more physically and socially active, and I wouldn't have stuck with Pokemon for so long.

I have mixed feelings about all this "What if" talk, but what's done is done and I'm content.

Sweets Witch

I just love ham jerky.

Age 30
Male
Old People Community, USA
Seen December 10th, 2014
Posted December 10th, 2014
1,388 posts
10.4 Years
If I didn't join PC back in the day, I probably would have never developed an internet addiction in the first place. Chances are I'd have ended up being more physically and socially active, and I wouldn't have stuck with Pokemon for so long.

I have mixed feelings about all this "What if" talk, but what's done is done and I'm content.

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
If I didn't join PC, I would not have learned new things about Pokemon or even make friends with so many awesome people. Also, I'd imagine how bored I was if I was a Pokemon fan who didn't join Pokemon forums, it would be boring wouldn't it?
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starseed galaxy auticorn

PC's Resident Auticorn

Age 34
she/he/they
the land of magical unicorns
Seen 1 Day Ago
Posted 1 Week Ago
6,648 posts
18.9 Years
I'm pretty sure I'd still be a n00b in some way. XD I feel like it would alter how I lived my life as well. I don't really know what would have happened if I didn't join PC. O_o

Nolafus

Aspiring something

Age 27
Male
Lost in thought... again
Seen March 3rd, 2018
Posted March 11th, 2017
5,722 posts
10.9 Years
I wouldn't be into writing one bit. It was at PC where I learned I actually liked to write, and I wouldn't be attempting to help others either. I'd still be into pokemon, battling, and the like, but I wouldn't have anybody to share my experiences with. I'd still be a pokemon addict, but a lonely pokemon addict at best.

I also would be bored a heck of a lot more. This site is probably second in my list of most frequently visited. Right behind another pokemon forum. If it weren't for PC, I'd probably spend a lot more time on Memecenter and Facebook.
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Nick

Seen 4 Weeks Ago
Posted July 28th, 2021
17,572 posts
18.6 Years
I spent a lot of time here procrastinating, and that had a negative impact on a lot of things in my life. My life would probably have been a lot better if I hadn't joined here, but something tells me I would have ended up joining another forum that would have had the same affect on my life PokéCommunity has. Even though PokéCommunity means a lot to me because of the friendships I've formed here, I could have done better without it.

Broken_Arrow

Paper Plane

Female
The Land of Amun
Seen August 28th, 2021
Posted January 5th, 2019
1,209 posts
11.7 Years
Um,PC is a place i log into to spend sometime..my life without it is pretty much the same..after AN i don't think i'll love any other places the same way i loved that place...though,it's nice to spend sometime around from time to time.
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Personally I think I'd be a bit more productive in school, but other than that my life would be flat out boring without PC. I wouldn't have made so many friendships and that is what is the most important to me. I also enjoy having a place to discuss Pokemon because no one that I associate with irl even remotely likes Pokemon. In the end, had I not joined I would definitely miss the people here the most.

Guy

just a guy

Age 31
Male
Florida
Seen March 26th, 2016
Posted January 22nd, 2014
7,127 posts
14.7 Years
Had I not joined PC on that one fateful day, I probably wouldn't have the internet addiction I do today and I'd likely be spending my time doing something else. What that something else may be, I'm not entirely sure. Probably something more productive, haha. However, had I not joined I wouldn't have met the people I know today and consider my friends which is the one thing I appreciate the most being here.

Sandshrew4

Also known as Sandwich

Age 24
Male
Illinois, USA
Seen November 18th, 2013
Posted November 18th, 2013
304 posts
10.6 Years
No offence, but PC makes up only a very small portion of my life. I hardly go on anyway, so I would hardly be affected, if at all, had I not joined.
Don't get me wrong, everyone's awesome and the forums great, it's just I'm quite disinterested in Pokemon at the moment, plus I just don't spend much time on here.
I like Sandshrews. A lot. I am Sandshrews number 1 fan. And don't you deny it.
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Sableye~

Back to PC~

Male
Seen January 4th, 2018
Posted October 11th, 2015
4,016 posts
10.5 Years
I still would potentially still be stuck in a dangerous habit that a friend here pulled me out of.

I'd have more free time, but would be even less social than I am now. I never would've learned how to RNG. And, of course, never would have met my friends here.

Definitely worth the loss of free time and slight internet addiction...or maybe more than slight.
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Synerjee

Atra du evarinya ono varda.

Everywhere and anywhere.
Seen May 28th, 2016
Posted February 25th, 2016
2,901 posts
10.6 Years
I wouldn't have met so many of you awesome guys from various countries and backgrounds, for one! <3 I also wouldn't be as in touch with Pokemon as before and wouldn't have learnt all there is to know about Pokemon right now. Also, I wouldn't have come across the battle server and gotten to know you all better as friends. It didn't really change my life as a whole (except from a slight increase of my Internet addiction), but I really am glad I found and joined PC.