What was PokeCommunity like in the first year of launch?

Desmond J. Pichuzilla

Desmond J. Pichuzilla

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    I seek opinions and memories from the most grandest and sophisticated people of PokeCommunity. The catch is, you must be eloquent and vividly paint the details of your first years. I am inclined to read every words of your post. No matter how prolonged or dreary it is, I shall finish everyone's individual tales.
     
    13 year olds running the forums, I wasn't there but I'm sure it was magical
     
    Shenron said:
    i wasnt here so it was boring
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    That's quite a bold claim, insisting PokeCommunity was boring without you. If you don't mind, can you provide evidence for your statement?
     
    Bewear said:
    13 year olds running the forums, I wasn't there but I'm sure it was magical
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    Frankly, I refuse to believe 13 year olds were responsible for ensuring PokeCommunity remains stable.
     
    I can't write smart anymore.
    Shenron I was being sarcastic. You don't need evidence. This thread was a joke.
     
    I'm getting out of here before you guys tease tf out of me.

    Not to mention I'm not even here in the first place.

    And I'm not supposedly worth teasing....

    God, peace out.
     
    Aquacorde said:
    13yos in charge was real tbh lmao
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    I would love to see PC on its first year.

    I was on a looooot of Forum with 13 y/o when I was that age, all in French tho. And none did well like this one.
     
    my first year was 2009. I think I came in at the tail end of a group of members who called themselves sweater. They didn't get along with another group on PC but I can't remember if the other group had a name. I just remember PC as a whole being very cliquey and not too welcoming lol.

    There were also member groups then and i joined a few but they were largely dead. PC families were really popular same as having a pair. Also everyone seemed to have matching avatars and sigs or at least took a lot more care and effort into making some kind of theme. I thought there were more impressionable members then. Being apart of staff seemed like a bigger deal then or I guess it was just more select/smaller??

    I think the biggest change now is that the community has become more open and welcoming to new members
     
    Tzultacaj said:
    my first year was 2009. I think I came in at the tail end of a group of members who called themselves sweater. They didn't get along with another group on PC but I can't remember if the other group had a name. I just remember PC as a whole being very cliquey and not too welcoming lol.
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    as the only surviving member of sweater i can confirm that we were mostly high school-age cunts living out petulant high school attitudes online

    but it was always interesting to me that we always got the most shit bc we admitted that we were a cringey clique long before other cliquey users were like 'you know what? maybe we are also assholes too and should reflect on that.'
     
    Frieza said:
    as the only surviving member of sweater i can confirm that we were mostly high school-age cunts living out petulant high school attitudes online

    but it was always interesting to me that we always got the most shit bc we admitted that we were a cringey clique long before other cliquey users were like 'you know what? maybe we are also assholes too and should reflect on that.'
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    i was a part of the other group and we're friends now!!!!
     
    #clique
     
    Tzultacaj said:
    my first year was 2009. I think I came in at the tail end of a group of members who called themselves sweater. They didn't get along with another group on PC but I can't remember if the other group had a name. I just remember PC as a whole being very cliquey and not too welcoming lol.

    There were also member groups then and i joined a few but they were largely dead. PC families were really popular same as having a pair. Also everyone seemed to have matching avatars and sigs or at least took a lot more care and effort into making some kind of theme. I thought there were more impressionable members then. Being apart of staff seemed like a bigger deal then or I guess it was just more select/smaller??

    I think the biggest change now is that the community has become more open and welcoming to new members
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    Can definitely validate that statement. It was a lot bigger of a deal back then than it is now, and I think that's a terrific thing. Staff was always put on some pedestal. It was like they were looked upon as these celebrities and everyone wanted to be part of that group of people or please them or befriend them just because they were part of that group. I remember back when I was a moderator, people would agree with me just because I was a moderator. That happened even more after I became a super moderator. And it wasn't because of my points or anything like that. It was simply because I was a staff member. I saw that a lot back then. Even if it's an opinion on something arbitrary or not even related to the forums, members would often "have my back" so to speak on nearly all matters. It was ridiculous, in retrospect. Hell, even at the time, I thought it was pretty daft. Maybe it's because I'm not on here as much as I used to be, but I don't see that happening all that often anymore.
     
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