What kind of Pokemon trainer would you be?

Started by Azureth November 24th, 2014 12:13 AM
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Age 37
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Oklahoma
Seen August 27th, 2022
Posted May 4th, 2019
215 posts
12.7 Years
If you lived in the Pokeverse what would your goal as a trainer be? To catch them all or as many as you could? To catch ones to use in fashion contests? Just try to get powerful pokemon to battle with? Or something else? And how tough would you be on them when training?

For me I would try to get the strongest ones. Though I would be nice and caring I would be tough on them, not as easy as Ash but not as tough as some like Gary initially.
Seen January 1st, 2023
Posted March 23rd, 2022
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9.2 Years
I'll be honest I'd probably just have them as pets and nothing more. To actually be a Pokemon trainer in the real world, to travel, to lead a team, and to face people would mean you'd have to be someone that has strong leadership skills, confident, outgoing, or maybe just something who is more of an a type personality. I just know I'm not really that kind of person and on top of that I can be extremely hard on myself. So I feel like being a trainer would just cause me a lot of stress and anxiety. I'm good at just being caring and nice so having lots of Pokemon pets would be ideal for myself and them. I'd maybe want to study them too so something like a professor or scientist would be good.

Brendino

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13.4 Years
I've always figured that if I were a Pokemon trainer, I wouldn't necessarily try to earn all the gym badges, beat the Elite Four, etc., but I'd keep two or three Pokemon that I'd occasionally battle with. If there was a local gym, I might try and get the badge, but I'd prefer to keep Pokemon more like pets than I would as battling companions.

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I would probably be a scientist of some kind. Possibly researching what gives pokémon their elemental powers, or power to evolve! But I would certainly have some pokémon as pets and might battle in my free-time. I'd have a Sneasel and an Octillery for sure, and possibly an Elekid and Cryogonal and Flareon :3
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Hiatus

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10.8 Years
I'd likely be one of those computer nerds (I can't exactly put my finger on their trainer class at the moment, unfortunately) that work with certain Pokémon—Porygon and Voltorb, for example—to develop new applications, software, web-designs, and other form virtual technological things. They tend to intrigue me quite a lot, and definitely wouldn't mind doing such work for a living in Pokémon world (or real one, for that matter). Alongside, being a regular trainer wouldn't be so bad, either; I'd likely enjoy travelling from place to place, collecting gym badges, defeating Elite Four members, and so forth.
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Northern Ireland
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Posted September 4th, 2015
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13.9 Years
I think I'd like to be a researcher of some sort, most likely along the lines of fossils as that's something that's always intrigued me about Pokémon :) I'd still have a full team of Pokémon and battle and do contests when I wasn't working though (basically I want to do it all lol) xD
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Charizerd

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Washington
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Posted December 20th, 2014
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8.5 Years
Honestly, I wouldn't be all that different than Ash is in the anime, other than a couple differences. If I was in the pokemon world I would love to catch my favorite pokemon and go on a journey with friends while traveling throughout the regions. Also, I would of course train my pokemon hard, but at the same time treat them with love and care as you would any close friend or member of your family. Either that, or be a pokemon ranger. If I had to choose an actual "job" to do as a career or something, being a pokemon ranger would be pretty cool.
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Warspirit

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Age 28
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Seen November 23rd, 2015
Posted November 2nd, 2015
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8.5 Years
Hmm honestly I think I would just catch all of my favorites, train them to be exceptional fighters and love them while competing with friends and meeting new people. My team and I would try to reach our way to the Elite 4 and beat the Champ if we could. If we did beat the Champ then we'd just battle other trainers for fun but we'd always stay sharp with our moves. When we get tired of that though my Pokemon would become more 'pet' like.
I don't ever want to give up the travel aspect though to different regions to meet and battle more trainers or just for fun. Traveling in the Pokemon games is my second favorite thing.

Lucky#13

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somewhere
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Posted March 5th, 2015
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8.8 Years
I'd catch 6 of my favorite Pokémon. (Ludicolo, Lucario, Weavile, Chatot, Golurk, And Gardevoir most likely. I'd obviously not start with their final evolutions.) I'd be a performer, self promoting, and my Pokémon would be a part of my shows. I'd script them and make small scale sets and costumes that could be transported easily. As I travel from town to town I'd challenge a contest or gym for fun, experience, and advertising.
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I'd use my Pokemon as tools for making money, intimidating adversaries, and crushing all opposition. They would serve me as master as I launch my campaign to conquer the planet.

I would not be especially abusive or neglectful toward any of them (tools must be properly maintained in order to achieve peak performance levels, after all), but I would be quick to release any that fail me or do not live up to my expectations.

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I would capture a team of only the strongest pokemon I could and then be a legend hunter. I'd hunt them down, capture them, and then do absolutely nothing with them except for use them to exert my dominance over other people. I might even take a team of legends to the poke league and just mop the floor with everyone year after year. I'd train my pokemon hard, but not without love or care. And then I'd capture all the humanoid pokemon and open up a restaurant where the female ones are waitresses and just make a ton of money.

Astraea

The Storm of Friendship

Age 24
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Posted November 11th, 2019
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9.6 Years
I would try to keep a balanced team or whatever pokemon i get, i wont be like looking around for just favourite mons, i would train them hard so that they can beat gym leaders in first try and i would make sure the are happy with me, i would go hard on them only for there good, i wont do anything so that they hate me.
Age 31
Male
Seen January 1st, 2016
Posted March 27th, 2015
270 posts
9 Years
If we're talking Trainer Class, I'll go with Gentleman. They're always dressed nicely and their Pokemon are more of the companion sort than strong ones, such as Growlithe, Manectric, Chatot, etc. They also pay nicely upon defeat, so whenever I'm playing Pokemon, no matter how quickly I'm trying to beat the game, I'll always give a doff of the hat to a fellow Gentleman and have a battle :)
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Posted December 18th, 2016
63 posts
8.5 Years
I can totally see myself attending a Trainer School where I would hone my battling skills. In real life, battling would definitely be much more variant and dynamic, with lots of elements our turn-based game simply can't account for. I'd learn as much as I could about battling as an art and I'd raise two or three partners before venturing off.

If it turns out I have a knack for it, I'd definitely attempt the gym and Elite Four challenges. If not, I'd still probably battle and bond with my Pokemon, taking in great sights and getting to know other trainers. Having a few friends with similar free-roaming goals would be super fun!

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Kaehl_Valkyrie

Gemini

Age 23
Male
Seen December 18th, 2014
Posted December 18th, 2014
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8.4 Years
I would probably do something like trying to be the strongest, despite how generic of a response that might be. Either that or it'd be to see and capture all the pokemon out there. One of the two, plausibly both. At that point I wouldn't see a reason to try out the League. This just sounds more generic the more I type...

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Tirion

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In my house
Seen July 26th, 2016
Posted May 22nd, 2016
58 posts
8.7 Years
I'd probably just get close with a few of my favorite Pokemon and travel. I'd probably battle casually, maybe challenge a gym every once and a while just for the heck of it, but I'd be pretty casual and laid back.

I'm assuming employment isn't necessary for whatever inexplicable reason it's not in the games/anime.
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