My Friends are making fun of me? o-o

ThatIceman

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    uhhh.... WEll ... the problem is .. My Friends are making fun of me because i watch/play pokemon infact i do not watch pokemon i just play the games like Pokemon diamond/pearl/platinum/HGSS/BW/BW2 but .. they think pokemon is for kids and i keep telling them its not but they just don't get it sooo how i make them get it and make them stop making fun of me about pokemon :S and no i did not tell them i know pokemon they just found out some how ..
     
    Uh, if your friends are making fun of you for the games you play, then maybe you shouldn't tell them you play it. You shouldn't even try to make them get it. You don't control their lives, and if they don't want to get it, they shouldn't get it.

    Of course, these are your friends, or are they? Shouldn't your friends be more accepting of your likes and dislikes? Just food for thought here.
     
    Ignore them. They are not your friends, friends support each other regardless. My suggestion find better friends.
     
    Geez, judgmental much you two? ThatIceMan didn't ask for advice on whether or not those people are real friends, but how they can be convinced that Pokemon isn't childish. Friends tease each other for things all the time, friends fall out and have fights, just because a friend doesn't agree with something you do doesn't mean you should immediately drop them as a friend.

    My suggestion would be to learn about competitive battling, and try to explain that to them. Show them the strategies, how people do it, the skills needed for it, and have them try their own battles (online of course, so they can use whatever Pokemon they want). Competitive battling is complicated and much deeper than the main story, and no one can argue that it's childish.
     
    Toujours said:
    Geez, judgmental much you two? ThatIceMan didn't ask for advice on whether or not those people are real friends, but how they can be convinced that Pokemon isn't childish. Friends tease each other for things all the time, friends fall out and have fights, just because a friend doesn't agree with something you do doesn't mean you should immediately drop them as a friend.
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    Fair enough. You definitely have a point there. I personally don't like being teased given my experiences with it, and that might be why I had such an attitude towards that. My apologies.

    Of course, it partially depends on how badly they're teasing you... but let's not go into that.

    I do agree that competitive battling is one thing. You don't need to tell them about IV/nature breeding or EVs, though. That takes all the fun out of it anyway. Keep it simple and they might actually like it.
     
    LividZephyr said:
    I do agree that competitive battling is one thing. You don't need to tell them about IV/nature breeding or EVs, though. That takes all the fun out of it anyway. Keep it simple and they might actually like it.
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    True, but IVs/Natures/EVs are the more complicated aspects of competitive play. Complicated stuff can convince them to believe it's not childish :p
     
    LividZephyr said:
    Uh, if your friends are making fun of you for the games you play, then maybe you shouldn't tell them you play it. You shouldn't even try to make them get it. You don't control their lives, and if they don't want to get it, they shouldn't get it.

    Of course, these are your friends, or are they? Shouldn't your friends be more accepting of your likes and dislikes? Just food for thought here.
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    These people are not your friends if they treat you like that. Friends treat you well no matter who you are or what you do. I suggest finding better friends that love you for who you are.
     
    Competitive battling won't make the situation any better, lol. If anything that would make it way worse.

    Just ignore them. They don't like Pokemon and they won't give two damns if you start telling them about EVs and IVs, they'll get more of a kick out of it as you're so invested.

    As suggested above, if they tease you in a friendly manner then ignore it, if they mean spite then ditch them.
     
    Yeah, I don't think that telling them about competitive battling would make the situation any better, especially if they are not into video games they will probably just see you as more of a 'nerd'. IMO you should just act casually e.g. "yeah, i play pokemon so what?"
     
    Some people will come to accept it if your not completely addicted and you explain it a little. Some people I've learned won't accept it. I have both kinds and those who don't, I just don't bring it up and they don't care either. Hope I helped.
     
    The question was "how to show that it's not childish to like Pokemon". Competitive battling is far from childish. It may not make them like Pokemon, but it certainly does a good job in explaining how parts of Pokemon are too complicated for some adults (I've seen plenty of adults not understand the IV/EV system).
     
    Toujours said:
    The question was "how to show that it's not childish to like Pokemon". Competitive battling is far from childish. It may not make them like Pokemon, but it certainly does a good job in explaining how parts of Pokemon are too complicated for some adults (I've seen plenty of adults not understand the IV/EV system).
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    And now people are saying that they still won't listen about the competitive battling thing. I don't know if they would, to be honest. It's a very valid argument, but there's no harm in trying. If they don't like it, they'll just tease some more, like they have been doing already, and prove that they're not people who listen, which probably means they might not be true friends.

    That just seems to be what I gather anyway. I don't know these people, so I really can't remark on how they'd react.
     
    It really depends how they're saying it.

    If they really are your friends, then they're probably just trying to have a laugh; in which case, you can either admit you like Pokemon and make them laugh some more, or take offense to it.

    If they're not really you're friends then that's just bullying and you should stay away from them.
     
    If my friends were making fun of me for playing, I'd probably go find new friends. Then again, I'm terrible with keeping friends and making them, so I don't have a lot to lose in the first place haha. Tell them you don't give a damn what they think and then throw Pokemon plushies in their face! :)
     
    If they're your closest/good friends that don't like what you like then keep your fetish/obsession/love of Pokemon in the closet, until you meet people irl that like Pokemon as well the same age as you. I did it for years and regret nothing! But yea just ignore them. fake a smile, imagine them getting the daylights beaten out of them by Pokemon (IN YOUR MIND) and move on, and above all, they're just jelly.
     
    your "friends" are just jealous cos you're having so much and they're not.
    Try getting into a group of friends who likes gaming. And they will understand.

    Im 26 years old, and my friends are also in the same age group, and we're about 5 who plays Pokemon. I also know other people on fb in my area who plays Pokemon.
    My other friends plays different types of games I am not interested in, but I understand it makes them happy and gives them pleasure and they understand my love for the Pokemon games.

    However, I get the same type of abuse from my mother, constantly telling me that Pokemon is nonsense and a waste of time. And she spends each and every night on FB playing those farm/build FB games......so it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
     
    Easy,teach them how to level up a pokemon....that's right,give them one of those exp pace keeper things,put them on a treadmill,and stand behind them screaming "RUN CUPCAKE RUN!! xD

    No seriously though,Toujours knows what she's talking about. :p
     
    (a) Your friends are just playfully teasing you, don't take it too seriously.
    (b) Your friends are being jerks to you, get new friends.
    (c) Your friends are right, stop playing Pokemon.

    Pick which ever one you think is more likely for this situation.

    Or if you just wanted moral support:

    (d) Yeah, I know what that feels like. I've been teased for liking Pokemon too in the past. It's like, they don't understand. They say we're just playing games. That it isn't real but it's what we feel. And they say it doesn't make sense. That we're just wasting time and they wonder why.
    You know we got our own special language, that only we can speak. And parents never know just what it means. They don't understand how we communicate or so many things that we do and say. They don't really get what it's all about. No, they can never understand Pokemon.
     
    Eh, they'll get over it.

    If they're like, in middle school, they'll eventually get back into Pokémon or just realize the people who play it don't really give a damn that they're childish.

    If they're in like high school then those people really can't be changed. Just be like a brony and just ignore them cus there's no way in hell they'll care. They're just looking to get you butthurt, so just be like "anyways the weather" and move on. They'll eventually understand.
     
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