Pkmn veteran

About Me

	This user identifies as male.

en	This user is a native speaker of English.

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ja-1	This user can no longer speak 日本語 and relies on Google Translate and Babel Fish, his degraded Japanese proficiency as well as proper grammar to get a basic understanding.

EST	This user uses Eastern Standard Time, which is UTC-5.

EDT	During the northern Hemisphere summer, daylight saving time is in effect, which is UTC-4.

	This user doesn't get enough sleep.

	This user is frequently on patrol.

	This user can't see Bulbapedia being complete someday due to the flood of new information.

	This user is a member of Project Shipping.

File:DP Young Couple.png	This user is a bit of a shipper (AshxInsert Current Girl Here).

	This user hates shippers who put false evidence on shipping pages.

	This user pities individuals who add stupidity to hints (And not even check their grammar facepalm).

	This user watches the Pokémon anime on TV Tokyo.

File:OriginalSeries.png	This user LOVES the Original series of the Pokémon anime except anything between Johto League Champions and Master Quest.

	This user has watched Computer Soldier Porygon.

File:AdvancedGeneration.png	This user needs to watch the Advanced Generation series of the Pokémon anime in its entirety.

	This user likes Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.

	This user has Pokémon games from every generation.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Yellow Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Silver Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Crystal Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Ruby Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Emerald Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Diamond Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Battle Revolution.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Platinum Version.

	This user has completed the National Pokédex.

This user has a five star Trainer Card!

Introduction:

Pkmn veteran is a male of university student age living in the Great White Nation of Canada in its most populous city, Toronto. He has been on Bulbapedia since September 2007 but has been a fan of Pokémon since it landed in North America. He is currently seen lurking around random pages but occasionally edits character and shipping pages and has provided the Japanese characters for names. He might be considered to be a bit of a shipper of AshxInsert Current Girl (Whoever it is now). He is known as PKMN_veteran on the Bulbagarden Forums as well as the Serebii forums, although he is more active on BMGf as a self-proclaimed episode/movie reviewer/blogger and usually the is first to post screen caps of recently aired episodes and previews. He is usually able to watch and capture screenshots when the show airs unless his internet starts to hate him.

Some contributions to Bulbapedia:

Initiated OP text of the Japanese anime openings in English and Japanese (No Romaji) since their appearance in OP 4 Aim to Be a Pokémon Master (Whiteberry version).
Plethora of corrections to some shipping pages in regards to hints and other small details.
Put the initial image and synopsis of Message of the Wind.
Noted Together was a playable song in Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon!.
Japanese characters for ContestShipping and Miyamoto.

Background:

The Beginning:

He had shown interest in the franchise when he saw the premiere episode of Pokémon in Canada back in the September of 1998. In December of that same year, he was able to see the Japanese version of the first Pokémon movie and spoiled the ending to his friends. However he did not own a Pokémon game until September 1999 when he bought the limited edition Pokémon Game Boy Color with Pokémon Yellow. He did not own any Pokémon cards until he bought a Team Rocket booster pack where his first rare card was Dark Muk. He became one of the first people in his neighborhood to own Pokémon Silver as he bought it as part of a Nintendo Power promotion that gave away other neat things such as Pokémon pins of Pikachu, Bellossom, and Lugia as well as the holofoil edition of the Official Pokemon Gold and Silver Player's Guide. But in 2002, he lost interest in the Pokémon anime near the beginning of Master Quest since he felt the show had became garbage. Around the same time, he lost many of his treasured holofoil Pokémon Cards as his brother had traded them for cards that were just plain crap. Thus causing the end of his Pokémon card collecting. For the years following, the only exposure he had to Pokémon was Pokémon Ruby and Emerald and one episode of the Advanced season (Sharpedo Attack!) for which he had shown some interest as Ash had a new outfit, Brock came back, he was traveling with a girl who was actually prettier than Misty and a nerdy schoolboy looking kid was along as well. But he did not continue to watch the series, instead focusing on Yu-Gi-Oh (not GX) and watching RAW episodes of Naruto which he couldn't understand, yet he liked the animation. In 2006, he was able to see the Legend of Thunder special and thought that the anime replaced Ash but the special was only for three episodes. In early 2007, Since Pokémon was on in the mornings before school, he started watching the Battle Frontier series of the anime (though not chronologically, blame the network) and had to take time to get used to the new voices. He also finished watching the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and tried to watch Deathnote but couldn't find the time.

Return to Pokemon:

May 2007 was a big turnaround for Pkmn veteran. He obtained a copy of Pokémon Diamond for the DS and though school was pressing him for time, he started watching the Diamond & Pearl series of the anime and instantly became hooked on it as it was a big improvement from Johto. Since he couldn't wait for the new English episodes, he started watching the RAWs as well as the RAWs of episodes he saw in English. Then in September of that year, he joined BMGf and Serebii, which he had lurked the latter during Generation II. At the same time he joined Bulbapedia. He is usually able to watch the show at the time it airs.

Some Other Junk:

Current Anime Series

Pokémon
Soul Eater
Bōnen no Xamdou
Toradora
HYAKKO
To Aru Majutsu no Index
Kyou no go ni
Clannad: After Story
Akikan!
Maria†Holic

Finished Anime Series

(In watching order, laugh at how many just aired in the last 2 years)

Digimon Adventure
Digimon Adventure 02
Digimon Tamers
Love Hina
Haruhi Suzumiya no Yuutsu
Code Geass
Myself; Yourself
Kimikiss: Pure Rouge
Clannad
Lucky Star
True Tears
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
Ef: A Tale of Memories
Shakugan no Shana
Minami-ke
Minami-ke: Okawari
Shakugan no Shana Second
Nodame Cantabile
Special A
Macross Frontier
Nogizaga Haruka no Himitsu
Code Geass R2
Kyōran Kazoku Nikki
Ef: A Tale of Melodies
Nodame Cantabile: Paris-hen
Kannagi
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka