Wow everyone, thank you for being so friendly. I started my journey into Pokemon age at the young age of 3 with the anime. When I was four, I got my first introduction into the games with Pokemon Silver. At the time, I didn't know how to read, so I was really just playing to look at the cool sprites of all the Pokemon. When I turned 6, I got Fire Red for my birthday, and boy, did I put a lot of hours into that game. At age 7, I decided to revisit my old Silver game and start anew, mastering both gen 1 (well a remake anyways) and gen 2. Unfortunately, my parents weren't very financially stable, so I didn't get my next game until I was 12, Pokemon Diamond. I got Platinum the next year. I put A LOT of hours into those games as well. I didn't get my first taste of generation 3 until about 13, when a friend of mine sold me his Emerald for around five dollars. It didn't matter too much though, because when I was 14, I learned about emulators and got heavy into it. About 15, I got into hacking, now I've worked on hacking from time to time and consider myself to be decently experienced. What a wonderful community this is, and with that said, thank you all!