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=History with Pokémon= | =History with Pokémon= | ||
I was | The first time I had ever heard of Pokémon was when I was watching an episode of [[wp:Beast Wars|Beast Wars]]. One of the commercials I had seen was for the series, complete with the [[Gotta Catch 'em All!]] slogan. Initially, I didn't want to watch it, because I believed it to be childish. At that point, I had no idea that it was based on a Japanese video game of the same name. | ||
==Anime== | |||
That would change in July of 1999 when I was on vacation with my family. I wanted to watch TV, and the only thing remotely interesting that was on was Pokémon. I was apprehensive about watching the series at first, not just because I thought the series looked childish, but because I had read in a now-defunct magazine that the series caused seizures. | |||
I am also fairly active in the Pokémon online community. I was a member of the [[Serebii.net]] forums in 2001-2002, and I became a member of the [[PokéMasters forums]] in late 2002. I have also contributed to web sites such as Pojo.com and [[Dogasu's Backpack]]. I | Nevertheless, I decided to sit down and watch the series. This was not the first episode of Pokémon I had seen, though. Prior to this, I had seen the tail-end of ''[[EP025|Primeape Goes Bananas]]'' and ''[[EP026|Pokémon Scent-Sation!]]'', but I had never seen a full episode until that point. As luck would have it, the episode that happened to air was [[EP001|the first one]]. I was hooked from day one. I saw the first four episodes, and when I arrived home, I immediately went to my local video store to rent the videos of the series that had been released at that point. | ||
Although I stopped watching the series on a regular basis when it moved to [[Cartoon Network]], I still pay attention to the latest goings-on in order to remain up-to-date with the it. | |||
==Games== | |||
For Christmas 2000, I received [[Pokémon Gold and Silver|Pokémon Silver]], my very first Pokémon video game. For the longest time, I failed to get anywhere in the game, and after restarting my game several times, I finally moved foward and defeated the Elite Four in May of 2001. I still remember the night I defeated Lance, and then proceeded to defeat every Kanto gym leader within an hour of that event. Around the time that happened, I bought [[Pokémon Red and Blue|Pokémon Blue]]. However, I stopped playing that game after I caught [[Missingno.]] and it messed up my Elite Four statistics. | |||
In the subsequent years, I picked up [[Pokémon Crystal|Crystal]], [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire|Sapphire]] and [[Pokémon Emerald|Emerald]]. Crystal I stopped playing as well, because of some odd glitch that happened with an ID number that to this day, I can't figure out. I have defeated all gym leaders and Elite Four members in Sapphire, and am currently working on completing the [[Pokédex]]. For Emerald, I just recently defeated Tate and Liza, and when I get back home for break, I may try and get to Juan. | |||
==TCG== | |||
I began collecting the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game|Trading Cards]] around the same time I started watching the anime. However, after the year 2000, I stopped buying them for reasons that I am unsure about. As a result, the TCG is the one part of the Pokémon meta that I know the least about, which is unfortunate when it comes to TCG articles that need to be created for Bulbapedia. | |||
==Online== | |||
I am also fairly active in the Pokémon online community. I was a member of the [[Serebii.net]] forums in 2001-2002, and I became a member of the [[PokéMasters forums]] in late 2002. I have also contributed to web sites such as Pojo.com and [[Dogasu's Backpack]]. On the former web site, I contributed several character bios under my real-life nickname at the time. I rejoined the Serebii.net forums in May 2006. In late 2006, I joined the [[Bulbagarden forums]] for the first time, although I had visited there many times prior. I consider myself a semi-regular poster. I usually only post in a topic if I feel it is necessary. | |||
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=Other areas of interest= | =Other areas of interest= | ||
Although Pokémon is one of my main interests, it is not my only one. I am a HUGE [[wp:Legends of the Hidden Temple|Legends of the Hidden Temple]] fan, and I am a member of a well-known message board. Another interest of mine is writing, and I hope to become a journalist when I am older. I served as one of four news editors on my high school newspaper during my senior year, and I was also responsible for creating their new web site. I am currently a college freshman, and I am very excited to be writing for the newspaper. I also used to be a big part of the now-defunct [[wp:Animorphs|Animorphs]] community, contributing to several web sites there. | |||
=Personal= | |||
I try not to reveal too much personal information about myself online. However, I will say that I live somewhere in the Midwest. I am currently enrolled in a college which is about six hours away from my home, and so far I am enjoying it very much. | |||
Another item I will reveal is where my name comes from. The letters P.A.K. are my initials. I won't reveal what they stand for, but my aunt gave me this nickname when I was younger. I use this nickname for almost every online community that I am a member of, although I do use other ones which I don't feel like revealing at the moment. | |||