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Celebration: PC Turns 22!

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    [PokeCommunity.com] PC Turns 22!

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    Hey everyone!

    Today is PokéCommunity's birthday! PC has been around for quite a while now - a whole 22 years! It's seen lots of people come and go and definitely been on a whole lot of ups and downs for sure!

    Thanks to all the staff who keep the community running and for all of you for, well, being the community you are!

    Feel free to post anything you wanna add, be it any particular nice memories/moments on PC you've had etc!
     
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    YAYYYY 22 YEARS WOWWW!!!!! still crazy that a site can still be running after such a long time, but it is all thanks to the amazing staff here, so thank you a ton amazing PC keeper runners!!! <333333

    I'm really glad I found this site as well, because I never really had friends, no one ever wanted to really do stuff with me, and all the friends I did make always abandon me after like a year or so, whether that be them just not wanting to be my friend for whatever reason or due to me constantly moving, i could just never keep friends ever. I never wanted to go online ever because I have paranoia, and thought the internet would be nothing but people who were out to get me, But I was just tired of not having friends, going so long without them even just made me scared to talk to anyone irl at all, paranoia also playing a big part in that, but regardless i figured i'd give it a shot and join a pokemon forum online because I really wanted to have friends again especially before I become an adult, because being a teenager with no friends just hurts, especially when you see a ton of people your age have a ton of fun hanging out with their pals. Well I can say that this was was the outcome i was hoping with every inch of my being for, friends yipeee!!! and talking to yall really helped my strength to talk to people irl, because i can say now that I now talk to random people irl too much XDD. you guys really helped some of my paranoia too, you showed me that there can be good people on the internet and it is possible for people to want to be your friend, my paranoia still exists, but only in episodes now and not constant! and I love talking about funny pocket monster game with all of you guys too, because funny pocket monster game is and will always be the best franchise ever, so thank you pokemon as well for helping me meet these amazing people! So thank you so so so so much to everyone here, thank you for being awesome, and thank you for changing my life!!!

    Here's to many more years of cool pokemon discussions and random topics to come <3333333

    (ps. my favorite memory here is all of them, i cherish every second being here with my friends, so thanks again buddy pals ;DDDD) and thank you again, i really mean it, you guys really helped me a ton, I always wanted to talk to people being the super upbeat crazy person I was, you guys helped me put aside my worries to do what i love most, talk to people and put smiles on faces <33
     
    Happy birthday PokeCommunity! ^^

    My story is similar in nature to Lav's, in that I pretty much had no one left in my life I could call a friend. One of the only two I had needed to move away, and the other... Well that's not important. What is, is that I got tired of being alone, so I went out of my comfort zone to look online for a place where I could be useful to people, and decided the best way I could do that was get back into helping people out with Pokemon trades like I did years ago in Gen 6. After I looked through a few other sites like this and gave their rules a check, this one's seemed by far the least psycho about how trading was handled, so I took a leap and joined. One of the best decisions I've ever made. I've enjoyed these last 2-ish years more than most of the other 26 years I've been alive combined, and I thank all of the wonderful friends I've made here for that. I hope the site continues for years to come, not so much for me, but for all the other people like me who have no one, who get to find such lovely friends here. Thank you all for being so kind to me, even during the moments where I don't deserve it. ^^
     
    Happy birthday, PC!

    I'm another one that's grateful for the existence of this forum, and for the existence of the members that make this an actual community. That was the main reason why I wanted to join PC in my rush of joining forums. PC just seemed like the coziest, where all the members appeared to care about one another. It didn't feel like there was any big divide between groups of members. We were all just Pokémon fans that came together to talk about the franchise or other parts of our lives. Excuse me for saying so, but there's definite good vibes here.

    It's a little
    [PokeCommunity.com] PC Turns 22!
    about how much of PC's life I've been here. Or how much of my life has been spent being a member here (even if I did take a few breaks). Still, I can't imagine what my life would have been like without PC as a forum, and without all the friends that I made throughout the years being here.
    [PokeCommunity.com] PC Turns 22!
     
    there are people here younger than pc

    anyone feel old yet?
     
    Happy Birthday PC! I initially found this site because I was looking for an online community to join outside Reddit, and after trying NewGrounds and not liking it, I went searching for a Pokemon forum since I've been a fan of the franchise for a very long time, and decided to give PC a try since it was the only reasonably active one I could find. It turned out to be a good decision because this has been one of the best communities I've been a part of! Everyone is so nice and I've made a bunch of friends in only a year! Hoping to stick around for many more years to come and get to know people better / hopefully make even more friends!
     
    Congrats! I feel like both PC and I had the occasional ups and downs together over the years. And only in the more recent ones have I gotten to a more positive "place", mostly thanks to some really awesome people in the community. People here are definitely of a different kind than you see in other places. And I definitely mean that in a good way.

    I do hope this community sticks around for a lot longer. If not for a hopelessly lost and lonely type like myself then at least for everybody else!
     
    Happy Birthday PokèCommunity! :love:

    Only like *checks notes* 271 days on PC still feel like i struck gold finding PC started lurking 'bout October 2023 before big update

    Not many happy forums left (old forum i did before PC was... rotten to say least) only fan of PMD games not main games much still joined 'cause PC passed vibe check in flying colors.

    im gonna sound dumb i get big special feeling 'bout logging on to forum daily to play and chat to same members daily i really miss old old forum (shut down 1 day no warning lost contact to all my online friends :sadwick:) PC closest forum i find with same vibe and wonderful community. No forum i be on ever did big community stuff like GT really liked getting to do GT this year on PC too.

    Very grateful PC exist today wish for PC to exist for many more! :love:
     
    Oh, PC.

    I love you. HAPPY FREAKIN BIRTHDAY.

    Thank you for the sense of community you have given me. From making friends all over the world over our shared love for Pokemon to bringing the hype over things that are not even Pokemon. I've been through so many changes throughout. PC got me through countless happy, sad, and dark moments, and so much more. When I made the return a few months ago, I did not regret one bit. I think fate brought me back because I needed that sense of community back. So thank you, PC for not only reminding me that I am MOTHER FLIPPIN' old, but also welcoming me back with open arms.
     
    I am just a relatively member here, but still I feel comfortable here, and came into contact with many amazing people living in various parts of the world.

    How amazing this is.

    Being able to know varied experience from everyone here had gave me some new perspective which are not commonly found locally around my place.

    Apart from some random chilled discussions and fun, we all get into some serious, as well as informative talks. All that sums up into very positive vibes.

    The best part which I felt is that everyone are very friendly here, and due to which a dull person like me managed to survive in here, without troubles.

    As English is not the primary language for me, hence having some presence in Forum helped me to do some work on my understanding of the language. I am still far from decent, but at least it's going in right direction, I suppose 😅.



    Since we are asked to share best memories here, so considering my short journey so far, the best which I could remember was my introduction topic, as I was fearful of posting anything. So thanks to everyone who made my on-boarding very comfy and easy.

    And among the fun memory, I guess it was with @ReKoil , and that too when I was new. At that time I didn't knew how to play all the twisted forum games, hence in all of those topics, I made the cold-hearted replies to him, as I was not aware of the concept !! At that time, I was not aware of Forum Games ideas and regulations, hence used to post very frequently, for which I was warned by @Starlight due to that. Though I still managed to work around the limitations.


    And as a concluding remark, congrats and thanks to all the members and staffs here who made this forum a great place on the internet, which do not have negativities at all, so that people of every age can enjoy, actively participate, and learn many things apart from Pokémon.

    Plus apologies to everyone, if anyone got hurt due to my replies, because I had never wanted to that, and it happened solely due to lack of my presentation skills in the prescribed language on the forum.
     
    Wow—time sure does fly! O___o

    I joined PC 16 years ago—although I didn't post much and mostly spent time lurking in the shadows. I recently came back and now I'm more active than ever. It's honestly amazing to see how strong the community still is, especially when so many forums haven't been as fortunate (like Animesuki, which I've been a part of since 2005).

    Anyway, I'm super happy to see PC thriving after all these years. Happy birthday, and here's to many more!

    ♡°˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜ ✧˖°٩(◕‿◕｡)۶（〜^∇^ )〜
     
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