Pokémon lover in a sea of dudes

Started by moon October 29th, 2013 2:04 PM
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moon

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Posted 22 Hours Ago
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15.5 Years
Do you generally have a lot of people around you who also like pokémon? Hanging around as a regular on a pokémon forum like PC isn't the most common thing to do, maybe. But are you enjoying pokémon mostly alone or online, or do you have friends who enjoy pokémon in some form as well? Be it the games, anime or even something like fellow forum-goers.

I for one know some people who could probably name most pokémon today, but it's not like I discuss X/Y with them or anything like that. Those friends and me, we mostly just nod appreciatively and understandingly when something about pokémon is referenced and we both get it :p The reason I once came to PC was pretty much because I didn't have anyone IRL to discuss with.

Hiatus

Seen 1 Day Ago
Posted July 24th, 2021
12,283 posts
10.8 Years
I'm friends with a few people who are Pokémon fans, but they just aren't as knowledgeable on it as most people here on PC, since they don't stay up-to-date. The last Pokémon game that they've ever played was, I believe, Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, which were released approximately five years ago. Some haven't even played since Gold, Silver, and Crystal. As for the anime… they used to watch it when they were kids, but now, not anymore. d: They just aren't a big of a Pokémon fan as I am, and due to that, I prefer not to discuss anything Pokémon with them.

When I was younger, I used to have a cousin who I played Pokémon games and watched anime episodes with, but unfortunately, she's no longer around. She's moved to Los Angeles when I was about eight or ten. Even if she was around, I don't think it'd totally matter, as she's lost her interest in Pokémon. xD" Maybe I could've persuaded her and brought her back into it, but I'm not sure if it would work or not.

Hikamaru

Age 30
Female
Australia
Seen January 24th, 2019
Posted September 4th, 2018
50,214 posts
12.2 Years
Let's face it, I'm a person who has literally no-one she knows in real life who plays Pokemon. I constantly get mocked for still being a Pokemon fan in my 20's, and my brother did play for a while but then we lost him to the realm of FPS games like Call of Duty.

And ever since I left school I have still failed to find a single person in real life who plays Pokemon.
Gone forever for personal reasons.
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Sinjuda

Newbie Breeder

Male
Marlyand,USA
Seen January 29th, 2014
Posted November 19th, 2013
33 posts
9.5 Years
Being a person who enjoys anime, gaming I found alot of real people who play pokemon/3ds also. Being 22 it's something people either relate or hate. Surprisingly when i went to gamestop with a friend to pick our copies up everyone was 18+ getting it lol.

Although its harder to find guys who enjoy them.


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Firox

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Age 37
Male
Seattle, WA
Seen September 15th, 2021
Posted July 17th, 2020
2,585 posts
11 Years
I wouldn't mind hanging out with other people that enjoy Pokemon, I can't seem to find any in Seattle, so for now I just like Pokemon by myself.
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Age 31
Male
Argama
Seen June 14th, 2022
Posted October 9th, 2016
580 posts
10.8 Years
I only know one person (real life) who plays Pokemon once in a while (on emulators though). Most people stopped playing after Gen 2, and the remaining crowd after Gen 3. Thanks to the internet, I can discuss Pokemon with a lot of people, so I know a lot of Pokemon players outside of Pokemon forums.

I wanted to introduce my girlfriend to the games once, but one of her friend is a moron and kept blabbing about Pokemon 24/7 so she hates Pokemon because of him.

(also being a minority of people with a DS/3DS who plays Pokemon at my place is suffering. So many features I can't use because of the wireless thingies)
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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
So far as I know, no one in my circle of friends is into Pokemon. I've got a couple of gamer friends, but all of them think it's unnatural that anyone over the age of 10 should be able to list off more than three pokemon species off the top of their head, let alone the over three-hundred that I was able to do one night when drunk out of my skull. XD

alisaie

they/them
Seen March 14th, 2023
Posted February 3rd, 2022
13,598 posts
14.8 Years
I have a few friends that still play Pokemon. There is also a group of people who chills at the college cafeteria who plays Pokemon so when one of my friends are there I just chill with him and his group of friends. Yay for knowing people who have no lives I guess.
Female
Seen September 14th, 2017
Posted June 28th, 2017
284 posts
9.7 Years
There are a few people at my school who play the GBA Pokemon games on Emulators on their iPads/iPhones, but I don't talk to them because they're annoying >.> My friend loves Pokemon though, and that's kind of how we became such good friends LOL. It's fun because I know stuff that she doesn't, like how to breed Pokemon or how to get Shiny Pokemon, and I teach her how to do that.

mgalles18

Snootchie Bootchies!!!

Age 33
Male
Hawthorne, California
Seen December 3rd, 2019
Posted August 13th, 2016
29 posts
9.6 Years
It is relatively rare to find people my age that still enjoy playing Pokemon. A lot of people do see it as childish, but I've learned to not care about it, I'm comfortable in my own skin and refuse to be molded by outside forces. I do enjoy things that people would consider "macho" like mixed martial arts, football, first-person shooters like Call of Duty, etc. But I also love playing Pokemon--I just like what I like and do what I love and no one can convince me to do it any other way :)
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Male
Tennessee
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13 Years
I know a lot of people my age who live around me who still like pokemon, but most of the time, I am usually the only one who has WiFi to trade and things. I usually also never really talk about pokemon with them. Well, my Soph. year, a lot of us would bring out Poke Walkers and things to school. That was probably the most I have ever talked about pokemon in a long time with others.

LindseyTNamez

Wataru's Dragon Protege

Age 26
Female
Pennsylvania
Seen August 9th, 2014
Posted August 6th, 2014
64 posts
9.6 Years
I know literally NO ONE besides maybe a friend or two on twitter and a handful on tumblr that are into pokemon. I play the games (emulators mainly cause I have no gaming systems, I plan to get a 2DS though) and read the manga. My parents like the stuff from when I was little but that's pretty much it.
I came to PC to meet people that love it as much as I do, I have the VHS tapes, the mangas, plushies, even the burger king gold plated pokeballs and key chains still! I also have my pikachu N64 somewhere haha!

I even plan to cosplay as Yellow at Wizard World but can't find anyone to cosplay as Blue or Lance to go with me so that makes me sad. The struggles of being a long time pokemon fan I suppose!


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Brendino

The Ruins of Alph
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted April 6th, 2023
8,567 posts
13.4 Years
There aren't too many people I know that really care about Pokemon, in fact I could probably count them on one hand (a couple of cousins and two of my co-workers). Not that I go around asking people if they still like it or anything- I'm perfectly content just playing the games and following along with the series myself, while discussing it on a place like PC.

Starry Windy

Everything will be Daijoubu.

Male
Liberty Garden
Seen April 28th, 2020
Posted April 28th, 2020
9,307 posts
10.4 Years
Even though I don't know anyone on my friends in real life that know Pokémon right now, I have a cousin that loves to watch and play Pokémon games that sometimes I find myself talking about Pokémon stuff with him, even though I don't see him often because he's usually in another country.
Seen January 21st, 2017
Posted September 2nd, 2015
108 posts
9.6 Years
No, I don't really at all. I joined Pokécommunity as I just wanted to talk and discuss the games with people who liked them. Also, I joined in the start of secondary school aka that time where everything is uncool if it isn't a fad and you get picked on for being even slightly different.
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Patrick

Ya'll Are Weird

Florida
Seen May 1st, 2015
Posted September 11th, 2014
543 posts
10.4 Years
Group me with the college age+ people who know a lot of cool people with Pokémon. In fact, almost everyone got X or Y in my school when it was released (that's what happens when you go to a school for entertainment media). I don't think anyone isn't some sort of geek here.

Nevertheless, more unpopular opinions, but I actually find the people I talk to that I also call friends much more entertaining than PC. People who I just know by association iRL who also play Pokemon are really no different than here, with conversations that petter out or don't go anywhere. '~' But those who I'm closer to I can depend on for trades (without "what's in it for me" dudes like you find online), I trade stuff freely to them, even if I found it on GTS, we talk about new Pokémon stuff like Pokémon the Origin, and even older stuff. I'm also pretty much the breeder in my circle of friends.

The only thing I'd say is that most of my friends, save for one, aren't nearly as tolerant of newer generations as I am, though I'm mostly just apathetic (I can't help but "what the heck" at some of the 4th/5th gen guys I've seen in Y, though). But when my best friends all "the guys in generation 3 were so dumb", I cry on the inside. I loved the 3rd generation. But it's all very playful so no hard feelings and all.

The only thing online has going for it is that it's easier to connect to the art fans and display art as well, which (again) is why I'm here... and yet haven't really participated in lately. What am I doing with my life

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classiccartoonsftw

Nintendo is for awesome people

Male
Seen January 18th, 2017
Posted January 17th, 2017
9,225 posts
11.9 Years
At every school I've went, there were at least one or two Pokemon fans besides me.

I go to college now, and there are four Pokemon fans there if you don't count me. There could be more, but I only know four :P

Blastin'Tyruntz

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Age 25
He/Him
Israel
Seen March 3rd, 2023
Posted February 18th, 2023
1,094 posts
13.1 Years
This was a great year for me. I started Highschool on the 27th of August, and i immediatly found 5 people around me who loved pokemon, 2 of them have 3DS (1 has X and 1 has Y), And we talk very often at school or hanging out. I really think we complete eachother:

I know about startegies, a couple of guys help us out with breeding, and some of them help us out because they "know it all"- you know, the guys who remember every pokemon ever+ typing+ complete movepool somehow.
~Made by Pebbles~

@mpharock

...Because Ampharos Rocks !

Age 38
Male
UK
Seen November 20th, 2013
Posted November 8th, 2013
30 posts
9.5 Years
Let's face it, I'm a person who has literally no-one she knows in real life who plays Pokemon. I constantly get mocked for still being a Pokemon fan in my 20's, and my brother did play for a while but then we lost him to the realm of FPS games like Call of Duty.

And ever since I left school I have still failed to find a single person in real life who plays Pokemon.
I sort of feel the same way i got into Pokemon when it first came out all those years ago and i use to hide my cards in my locker so no one saw them and teased me for having them because for some reason it was cool at the time to pick on those who liked it yeah i know kids can be mean.

There was a small band of students who used a dinner time club to play the card game but i couldn't afford many cards at the time just some and the card game didn't really appeal to me back then.

Now the only friend i have who likes Pokemon the whole thing is my older sister's partner we both collect the cards and play games we don't play by the TCG rules but we still use the card limits to make decks fair.

My younger brother has a on off interest in Pokemon and my younger sister's partner likes to play a game with me when they pop around for a visit i have plenty of decks to share with to play games my only wish is that i knew a few more friends who were into the card game as much as i am i have been trying to get my fix online but the Beta and lack of cards is frustrating at times.

There is a social club re-opening in my City but it's full of kids and i just feel awkward being there what being 28 myself i sometimes feel i should be doing something else but i know deep down i love Pokemon and always have and always will i just got to find ways to enjoy.

I tried getting my girlfriend into it but she is just closed mind on the topic so i gave up {XD}

NavyBlue

Hoenn Lover

Age 23
Male
Texas, USA
Seen November 26th, 2019
Posted August 15th, 2019
26 posts
9.6 Years
I know like one or two people that actually still play/like Pokemon, and I'm not even in high school yet. Sad peers, I have. I've been playing since Gen 3 and don't intend on stopping anytime soon. Hence, I come here to discuss all 'bout Pokemon. T:
I told myself I wouldn't put a bad pun here, but I don't see Wynaut.