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[Weekly Poll #4] I don't like it anymore... wait maybe I do!

Have you ever drifted away from Pokemon?

  • Yes, but I came back.

    Votes: 23 62.2%

  • No, and I never will!

    Votes: 10 27.0%

  • Yes. I haven't been into it for a while.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Not yet, but anything can happen.

    Votes: 4 10.8%
  • Total voters
    37
  • Poll closed .

Ayselipera

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    Has there ever been a time where you simply drifted away from Pokemon only to come back to it soon after? What made you drift away and what brought you back? If you're still not into Pokemon anymore, do you ever see yourself coming back to it? If you've never drifted away from Pokemon, do you ever see yourself drifting away from it?
     
    If someone wasn't interested in pokemon I'd have to wonder why they're here...

    No I haven't ever drifted away and I never will. When I was a bit smaller I used to think there would come a point where I'd feel too old and "mature" for pokemon......but I realized that it doesn't matter what other people might think. If it's something you enjoy you should stick with it.
     
    I used to watch the anime 7 years ago, but then I stopped caring about Pokemon. 2 years later however, I got my hands on a gameboy advance, and I've been hooked with Pokemon again ever since.
     
    Sabrewulf238 said:
    If someone wasn't interested in pokemon I'd have to wonder why they're here...
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    Well I've noticed some members say they don't like Pokemon, but they stay here for the people and the off topic sections. I've even seen those same people browse around Pokemon General so I figured why not ask! :D
     
    I was really into it back when I had the original Pokemon Blue. Then I forgot about it and only since joining PC have I started to get back into it.

    I hadn't really paid any attention to the fandom and all of that so once I'd done all I could do with my game I sort let it sit collecting dust while I went on to other things. Then, when I was feeling nostalgic I looked into pokemon again and found that they'd gone up to 400+ pokemon from the original games and that caught my interest again.
     
    I have lost interest in certain aspects of pokemon like TCG a long long time ago. Then I became disinterest in trading for collecting purposes. Then became re-interested with the Anime. I have never lost interest in the gaming side of things though. I cannot see me losing interest in pokemon in the near future. There might be new games and new anime that may interest me more, but that still does not detract from my interest in pokemon.
     
    Not really, but there were times in middle school where I was ashamed of my love for pokemon and lied that I didnt like it. But Im a pokemon trainer and Im proud! xDD

    I dont think I will ever grow out of it :D
     
    I never got tired of the games but the anime I got tired of for a while and then came back. The TGC I have never gone back to however (I'm not made of money).

    I don't ever thing I'll drift away from Pokemon (the games at least).
     
    When I was younger, I drifted out of Pokemon in favor of Yu-Gi-Oh!. I came back to the franchise after seeing some of my peers playing the trading card game during recess breaks.
     
    I drift in and out of Pokemon quite a bit depending on what I'm into at the moment. Usually I end up drifting out of it during those times when I can't think of anything to do in the games. With that said, I'm concerned about my interest in Pokemon continuing because I am not paticularly excited about B/W. As for the anime, I've ditched that and won't look back until (the highly unlikely event that) Ash and Pikachu are discontinued.

    But as far as looking for fanart of Leaf from FR/LG, I've never drifted out of doing that, lol
     
    I drifted away from it in like, second grade, but i came back 2 years from then.
     
    I drifted away from it when I was in 5th grade, but only because I never bought Ruby or Sapphire (though I'm not sure why). I got one of them for Christmas a few years later and became completely obsessed all over again :3
     
    This is pretty much what I do every Generation of Pokemon. At first, it started out with Pokemon Pearl Version. Once I beat the game, I got bored of it and drifted out of Pokemon for some time before coming back about 2 months later for Diamond Version due to losing Pearl. After beating the game a second time, I played quite a bit more than my 1st time but eventually drifted away once again. Eventually, I found the older games and started playing them, refueling my interest in Pokemon once again. Once I heard about the release of Pokemon Platinum, I went out and got it and beat it again. Thankfully though, this time there was a Battle Frontier, which was one thing I missed from Emerald. This time, I stayed with Pokemon for a good 2 years at least before drifting away AGAIN. Finally, Pokemon SoulSilver was released, and I was back again, pleased with the new refinments in the game like the GB Sounds. I played with this game for about 4 months before drifting away from Pokemon once more and expanding my gaming horizons beyond it.

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    Currently, I have drifted away from the Pokemon games but plan on coming back to get White Version. I just can't wait!:D
     
    I drifted off pokemon after I lost Pearl and I sold Emerald, but I returned after Platimun.
     
    I drifted away for quite a few years in my early teens. It was during this really strange paranoia phase I was going through, and Pokemon totally left my mind. But, after awhile, I started to come out of my shell again and realized that I wanted to stop following the crowd. They were all trying to grow up so fast and, well, I wanted to slow it down! So, I got really into Pokemon again a couple of years ago (it helped that I met someone with whom I could discuss it with; unfortunately, he's now grown out of it and prefers parties) and now I'm as hooked as ever! I don't think I ever want to let it slip away from me again. I'm too experienced with it to just give it up like that. It's like an old friend.
     
    It was my obsession as a child, I watched the anime, played the card games, played the gameboy games and then unsurprisingly I grew out of it. I probably started playing/gaining an interest in Pokemon again when I was about fourteen when I started playing Blue and Yellow (for the nostalgia more than anything) and from then I've kinda just remained involved in the fandom.
     
    Yeah, about a year or two ago I decided Pokemon was "for kids" and I needed to grow up.

    Then HG/SS were announced (first video game I ever beat was Crystal), and I bought them for nostalgia reasons... And was hooked, yet again.
     
    I was really into it back in RBY days and even in GSC days. But, after that I had a really long drift where I felt I was too old for it. Although I kept all my pokemon things since they were nostalgic to me and reminded me of when I was a kid, I still missed it to some degree but didn't really care for the newer games. About a year ago I bought a DS and gave Pearl a shot and regained my love for pokemon though it's years later. XD I even started collecting cards again since HGSS and I never really got any GSC cards back in the day. Of course there are times I play other video games more, but I love the games again. I don't see that changing soon!
     
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