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What do you really do on PC?

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    Simply put :) when you log on, what do you spend your time doing in our forums? Browse? Check out hacks? Write plenty of posts? Etc.

    Personally, I look over my two sections and clubs and make posts in other places like GC if I'm bored 8) I also read fics or RPs from time to time and can spend way too much time trying to find/make the perfect avatar and sig and usertitle.

    I'm most often online on my phone though, and on it I don't really bother with avatar and sigs :p
     
    Lately not much. I usually just browse the forums idly and look for interest thread and then usually end up just lurking. I now mostly post in the "What are you listening to?" thread and Forum Games. It bothers me how much I don't use this forum anymore, but then I don't make an effort in changing that. Gahhh.
     
    Most of the time I just browse, but if I find a topic I feel like posting in then I will. Most particularly Pokémon gaming related stuff.
     
    go to pc
    see who's online
    scroll up
    glance at official forums
    scroll down all the way to the entertainment forums
    glance at that
    glance at off topic forums
    scroll back up
    open cq&f
    nothing new there
    go back to index
    go to general entertainment
    nothing new there
    go back to index
    go to general chat
    nothing new there
    go to index
    stare at index for a while
    get bored
    complain about how boring pc is
    close tab
    open new tab
    go to pc
    wtf why am i on pc i just closed it
     
    First thing is check my profile to check any visitor messages I had gotten while I was gone, and then I check whatever sections I'm an active poster in and then post when there's a thread that catches my eye.

    I also try to find a time to get on the battle server although since the latest DDOS attack on Showdown I have been a bit inactive there lately. Hopefully my activity can pick up again after it gets fixed.

    And sometimes I'm usually busy perfecting codes for my usertitle if I want to customize it, and that depends on what avatars/sigs I'm using.
     
    I check my User CP dozens of times during my stay to see any trending subscribed threads. Otherwise I view trade, anime, video games, clubs, Pokemon, and staff sections.

    Lately I've been on my phone and tablet so I'm limited to making shorter posts and putting a significant up. I always was behind on visitor messages
     
    I spend the majority of my time in VG, or working on stuff for VG. I enjoy the other sections, but tend to find my time mostly devoted to my area. I always check Culture, sometimes General (but less so lately), the staff areas, CQ&F, and then blogs and my profile/other profiles. If there's nothing to do, I try to close the tab and stay off for awhile to make sure I don't just sit there hitting refresh for no reason. :P
     
    I usually type up a few posts when I first log on. If I feel I've been abandoning a certain forum for a while, I'll check that one first.

    Next, I check any VMs or PMs that I may have. :) And after that, just see if there's any redesigning that I feel my profile could use. Or, edit a post if I need to.
     
    Most of the time PC is just a nice way to pass the time when you're bored. It's a fun place to talk about anime and upcoming Pokemon Games. I do enjoy the Hacking Forums where I can check out the creativity and unique games the minds of the members put together. It's enjoyable making friends here and creating small chat's or conversations with them. In all PC is just a small way to pass time.
     
    I'll always glance at notifications/messages first. If I have an assortment of both I'll check my messages first and most likely reply right away. Notifications come second and if it's a post somebody 'liked' I'll always re-read it to get some self-indulgence. Sometimes more than once.

    I'll do a sweep of General Chat. Usually new topics I don't have interest in posting in, but occasionally something good. I'll peek in at DCC and if I can't immediately contribute to convo I won't.

    Then move on to ORAS, where the discussion is so fast paced I can never keep up and end up clicking out soon after. I'll check out VG quick to see if there's anything I want to talk about. Usually the DCC there is pretty happening so I can't contribute much as I don't play a wide variety of games.

    That's pretty much it. There are few times where I post to a topic in a forum I never visit, either because somebody mentioned it in a DCC or I saw it in the Last Post column. Like I think you mentioned Interstellar in DCC and so I went to post in your thread about it after I saw it. Or this thread right now, pretty sure I've never posted in the VIP forum before.
     
    Lurk, mostly. If there's a new welcome thread I'll immediately hop to it, and I browse around Culture & Media, Anime & Manga, Video Games and General Chat for interesting threads, but otherwise I just...lurk. xD
     
    I usually frequent the General Chat forums. If I can't find anything there, I'll usually go to the Culture & Media forum or the Computers & Technology forum after. It just depends on what sort of threads get my interest. I actually idle on PC, so I don't technically log on.
     
    Uhh... usually I scroll down a bit to check the higher staff forums, then dig through the moderator lounge to see if anything new has cropped up. Once that's done I hop over to the welcomes forum to reply to some threads and then lurk around other areas of the site depending on my mood. 8] My first step is usually higher staff forum then either The Welcome Lounge or moderator areas (order tends to be random).

    oh and can't forget checking forum birthdays hahaha, I try to wish everyone a happy birthday if they're still active here. ;P Though if I have VMs or PMs those take priority above everything else.
     
    A more detailed version of how my usual day on PC goes:

    • First, check any new messages I have gotten or quotes in a thread
    • Next, it's looking around the VIP Forum to see if anything new has happened in the supporters' world
    • Then I tend to look and post in The Welcome Lounge, most Pokemon boards and also check on the activity of my Fairy-type club
    • Also, if someone is having a birthday I leave them a birthday message when possible
     
    Haven't seen this forum in a while.

    I just observe and look around when I am on PokeCommunity. Comment a few times, and then wait. I do get curious at some of the topics, while others throw me off. Eh, I don't know. Sometimes, I get ideas for my writings from just reading on these forums.
     
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