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Has being on PC changed you as a person?

champagnepapi

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    First thread in the VIP Forum, woo.

    Have your experiences on PC shaped who you've become?

    If yes, how so?

    If not, why not and do you think you may change, due to PC, in the future?
     
    Have your experiences on PC shaped who you've become? Yes, of course. It's probably one of the biggest things that have helped me change.

    If yes, how so? More or less it's been easier to be myself online, and once I gradually got comfortable with doing such a thing with people online I started allowing myself to do it offline, too. I've always been a closed-up guy who never really had too much in the way of friends and being here has honestly helped change that. I owe a lot to PC, despite how much I sound like I'm in an infomercial right now. :(

    I just hope I can make that back up to the great community and forum we have. :D;

    If not, why not and do you think you may change, due to PC, in the future?

    edit: I concur with Patchisou, too. I wish stuff on PC felt less dominating than it does.
     
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    I find that when I spend so much time here, without really bothering to do much of anything else, things that should be important become less important, and often become overpowered by the petty events that take place on the forums.

    I have to say, that isn't anything I'm fond of in the least.
     
    Have your experiences on PC shaped who you've become?
     Definitely.

    If yes, how so?
    I have less of a social life Honestly I think I've gradually been maturing since I joined. Not just on the interwebz, but irl I feel extremely different, and more aware of my actions. I've also gained a lot of confidence too, and made a lot of friends I would never have made otherwise. PC has really changed my life, and made me a better person.
     
    Have your experiences on PC shaped who you've become?

    I've only been here for a month, so maybe it's premature for me to say. For now though, I'd say no. It's fun, but I don't take it seriously.

    If not, why not and do you think you may change, due to PC, in the future?

    I have no idea. I'm not a very impressionable person online, idk. I don't think I'd change as a person just because I found a place to talk about Pokemon-related stuff and to fellow Pokemon fans. I'm already fairly confident and sociable, so it hasn't changed me in those regards. I guess there's just a little something to look forward to everyday.
     
    Patchisou Yutohru said:
    I find that when I spend so much time here, without really bothering to do much of anything else, things that should be important become less important, and often become overpowered by the petty events that take place on the forums.

    I have to say, that isn't anything I'm fond of in the least.
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    I suppose I can see how that could happen. Something similar happened to me my freshman year in college, but on a comic forum I frequent. Eventually I got better at keeping my priorities straight.

    That said, I haven't changed as a person due to being on here. I'd like to dedicate a significant chunk of my time to this forum to get a wifi competitive scene going (following the Starcraft 2 model), but I'm not sure when I'll be able to start doing that. If and when that happens, then I imagine I'll be a bit different just due to the amount of time spent on it.
     
    PC indeed changed me. Being active in a large forum makes me want to come back, because a lot of things can happen. I come here for 3-4...probably more times a day while I'm visiting other forums less and less these days. Though I do put other things such as school and independent life first, I always try to fit PC on my schedule. In terms of who I am, I've become sociable to many people, but still I remain mysterious to others. I've met some amazing people whom I've never thought of meeting (and have things in common with), which is awesome.
     
    As I start to feel more like a part of the community, it's beginning to change me. It's a fantastic place and it's great to have a place where you belong, even if online. It's making me happier, if nothing else.
     
    For sure! When i joined the pokecommunity i was in a crisis. I had no friends because they all swore so badly i couldn't take it, I had nobody to play with, every day i was bored out of my mind. When i joined and met my good friends Amore (fellow PC Supporter) and tkallab on the Dragon's Den in the Groups section, i felt the happiest i had in years. I finally had a bunch of friends who respected me. The pokecommunity changed me as a person in the sense that it gave me a taste of sociability, it made me more social and nice is a person. And everyday i would chat endlessely with my buds. I feel i may as well have commited suicide if not for this site. That's why i donated, to show my appreciation. Thanks PC.
     
    Have your experiences on PC shaped who you've become?
    Not really. I've only been here for 4 months. XD

    If yes, how so?

    If not, why not and do you think you may change, due to PC, in the future?
    Dunnoooooo~
     
    Have your experiences on PC shaped who you've become?
    I guess they have yea.
    If yes, how so?
    I guess since it being online i was less self concious so i was myself a bit more, which changed me online and irl.
    If not, why not and do you think you may change, due to PC, in the future?
     
    I don't believe I've been here on PC long enough to warrant any significant changes in temperament. Suffice to say, I'm not on here every single day nor do I spend countless hours on the days I am on. So, if such changes, steaming from PC, were to occur in the future, I'd probably have to increase the time I spend on here. x3
     
    PC was the first forum I ever joined. Ever.
    I think it has changed me as a person.

    I've learned so much, I've rebelled against PC before, when they closed down sprite shops and such. PC gave me the courage to start my own website, and taught me to be patient when it comes to asking for things(I was bad, like that person who thinks everyone hates him because they didn't respond in 0.5 seconds). PC is the only website I've donated to, and will be the only one. PC is, and will always be, my family.

    And that, is why I think PC has changed me as a person.
     
    Have your experiences on PC shaped who you've become?
    Yeah, it has. xD;

    If yes, how so?
    I'm not sure. I just know I've changed. xDD;;
    Might sound stupid, but yeah.
    Matured, maybe? I don't know. But I can tell.
     
    Have your experiences on PC shaped who you've become?
    Of course!

    If yes, how so?
    Ehhh, I believed I have matured some, I have become more open to people (most of it because of TheSmartOne), and other than that I don't really know
     
    Have your experiences on PC shaped who you've become?

    Yup, tbh, it kind of made me more social somehow.

    If yes, how so?

    Knowing that I can make friends here easily made me want to try again to make some new friends.
     
    Have your experiences on PC shaped who you've become?
    Yes, it made me more social.

    If yes, how so?
    I've become more open and I now find myself chatting with loads of users, especially those new to the forum.
     
    I don't know if it's because of PC but I have become very reclusive over the time I've been here.
    So if PC has had an effect on me it is, curiously, opposite to the one it tends to have on people.
     
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