moon

they/them
Seen 13 Hours Ago
Posted 2 Days Ago
37,443 posts
15.5 Years
If no, why not?
If yes, how?
paired with Ivysaur

Nihilego

[color=#95b4d4]ユービーゼロイチ パラサイト[/color]

Male
scotland
Seen September 28th, 2018
Posted March 16th, 2018
8,874 posts
12.1 Years
yes, but only if we capitalise on our one single strength over any other forum of this nature: rom hacks.

if 90% of our efforts continue to go to 10% of our purpose (i.e., we focus on everything but rom hacks) we're gonna die fast. hacks have been almost self-supporting on pc for over a decade while everything else has been constantly held up by efforts from the community and the staff, but the undeniably largest draw to pc cannot stay unattended any longer.

it's not nice to hear but pc is not and, for a long time has not been, a major pokémon discussion forum. to the world outside of our little community we're a hack website and we must make sure that we don't lose that any more than we already have.

serebii is a game information resource with a forum. smogon is a competitive battling centre with a forum (admittedly, a forum which synergises exceptionally well with the main site). bulba is an encyclopaedia with a forum. pc needs to stop acting like it's a forum with some rom hacks tacked onto it and embrace its real strength.
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Alex

what will it be next?

Seen December 30th, 2022
Posted December 26th, 2022
6,407 posts
16.4 Years
As long as Gamefreak/Nintendo keep producing Pokemon content - be it handheld titles, console titles, the anime, or whatever - topics will be endless and the community will keep growing. And, we have so much original content for users to consume and contribute to beyond the topics, such as roleplays, visual art & design and hacks and games. Our community is already vibrant enough where it's relatively easy to make connections and build friendships and relationships. So long as Nintendo keeps producing content, our slice of the Pokemon fanbase will keep these forums alive & well.

Sothis

Will this hand destroy you?

She/her
Firene
Seen 10 Hours Ago
Posted 14 Hours Ago
17,837 posts
9.9 Years
I'm sure, there's many members after all and lots of content to talk about.

you cannot hope to win
so bound in flesh


Megan

She/Her, It/Its
Online now
Posted 9 Minutes Ago
17,751 posts
10.3 Years
As long as it stays in your heart, my dear; as long as it stays in your heart. ;)
Moderator of Previous Generations, Forum Games and VPP
You got a thing!

pastelspectre

Memento Mori

Age 25
he/him
The Pacific Northwest
Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted 1 Week Ago
2,156 posts
13.1 Years
i'm sure it will be. it has great members and a strong community with good discussions. as long as pokemon is still a thing i'm sure this forum will still be around.

Somewhere_

i don't know where

Age 23
Male
somewhere (duh)
Seen June 5th, 2019
Posted March 17th, 2019
I really hope PC lasts a long time, even when I've moved on. As for strategies to keep PC afloat, I am not sure. Other members (namely @Nihilego) are demonstrating that ROM hacks are the bread and butter of PC, and personally, I have had little interest in those sections of the forums; however, if this is true, PC should focus its efforts on that section because without that section, the rest of the forum that we love and enjoy may fall to pieces.

Personally, I think it also really comes down to how much longer the Pokemon franchise and Gamefreak will continue to produce Pokemon games. The Pokemon discussion forums are significantly more active than the past generation forums from my experience.

Crizzle

Legend

Age 28
Male
USA
Seen February 3rd, 2023
Posted April 11th, 2020
943 posts
8.1 Years
I'll give it 5 years tops.

Just kiddin, PC will last as long of Pokemon lasts, though it will probably shrink but it won't really die.
Pokemon Savage Silver
Check out the crappy hacks that I made:

Credit to Corazon(or whatever he calls himself now) for banner.
Pokemon CAWPS
Pokemon Outlaw

Lunar

Age 24
Male
England
Seen September 16th, 2020
Posted September 15th, 2020
I mean I see Game Freak making Pokemon games for a long time, so there will always be fans of the series and new users for the forum.

Radiating

Male
United States
Seen March 7th, 2021
Posted December 21st, 2018
5,787 posts
6.3 Years
I hope so...

I'm a recent member, and I hope I can be part of this huge pokemon community for years to come.

moon

they/them
Seen 13 Hours Ago
Posted 2 Days Ago
37,443 posts
15.5 Years
I hope so...

I'm a recent member, and I hope I can be part of this huge pokemon community for years to come.
For your sake, we shall keep it alive. Fight on!
paired with Ivysaur

Aeroblast

Male
Basement
Seen February 25th, 2017
Posted February 25th, 2017
4,173 posts
9.8 Years
This community has been active ever since I started lurking 6-7 years ago when I used to play ROM hacks. I don't see why this can't continue, especially since Pokemon (and by extension ROM hacks) isn't something that's going to die out any time soon.

Nah

Age 30
she/her, they/them
Seen 10 Hours Ago
Posted 18 Hours Ago
15,643 posts
9.5 Years
A lot of you have been saying that PC will last for a long time either because Game Freak will probably keep making Pokemon games for a while, or because "PC's always been active". But why do you think that? Will that really be enough?

As long as they keep making new 12 year olds.
you should send your kids here when they turn 13 ;)
Nah ンン
“No, I... I have to be strong. Everyone expects me to."

OuterTsuchinoko

Age 31
Male
New Jersey
Seen November 19th, 2018
Posted July 13th, 2018
580 posts
7.2 Years
What I think will keep it here for a long time is if most people around here made friends with each other. It's one thing to just go ahead and post to something and look at conversation, but when you make friends with people and look forward to coming online that is when a forum becomes more active and stays active. I've yet to have that happen to me on here. I have one person that I talk to on here from time to time but with work and all it's hard to really stay connected. I have been trying to come back on here more often and do just that and the Fire Emblem Heroes thread has been helping me with that. I think the friendship thing to definitely be true because I've seen it before on a site called thewiiu.com which was a WiiU forum and that place was active as hell at some point because almost everyone were friends online or irl and constantly wanted to talk about anything and everything. If this forum increases that sort of social interaction and it continues then this place won't die for a while. Same for any forum.

Funny thing I remembered about the WiiU Forums was that another site before it was a 3dsforum made by the same person. Everyone who was already on and friends in that site migrated to the WiiU one and continued that constant activity. I see that as an even bigger point to what I was saying.

Mawa

The typo Queen

Age 30
Female
Canada
Seen August 13th, 2020
Posted March 1st, 2020
I mean, PC exist for alreayd a really long time... it seems still very active. I'm pretty sure we won't see the end of Pokecommunity soon :)
I miiiiight be back?
And why am I not a supporter anymore >.<