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'''Pokémon Abode''' is a now defunct [[Pokémon]] site. It was started in 1997 by Ryan Dumlao, who ran the site under the alias "PokeAbode Man". It began in earnest as a small information-only site on Tripod.com, but once a UBB-based forum was established on a third-party message board network, the site began to flourish. By 1999, the site expanded to its own domain with a dedicated server and full UBB-based forum with several subforums. The community around it grew to a large size, with upwards of a million pageviews per day. Upon expansion, PokeAbode Man brought on his only other collaborator on the site, Raichupacabra, as the Staff Artist and daily contributor.
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'''Pokémon Abode''' is a now defunct [[Pokémon]] site.
 
Together with [[Universal Pokémon Network]], [[The PokéMasters]] and [[Bulbagarden]], Pokémon Abode formed a partnership known as the Anti-Spammer Alliance from 1999-2000. After the dissolution of these websites' original communities, the group became retroactively known as the Big Four, as they were generally considered to be the largest, most active, and best ran Pokémon forums of their day.
 
==History==
It was started in 1997 by Ryan Dumlao, who ran the site under the alias "PokeAbode Man". It began in earnest as a small information-only site on Tripod.com, but once a UBB-based forum was established on a third-party message board network, the site began to flourish. By 1999, the site expanded to its own domain with a dedicated server and full UBB-based forum with several subforums. The community around it grew to a large size, with upwards of a million pageviews per day. Upon expansion, PokeAbode Man brought on his only other collaborator on the site, Raichupacabra, as the Staff Artist and daily contributor.


At this time, the site was incorporated into the IGN.com network as an IGN Affiliate. Due to its large size and competition with other large Pokémon sites, a budding rivalry with the [[Universal Pokémon Network]] grew between the respective sites' message board communities. While sometimes volatile, the sites demonstrated the strong following of both the Pokémon franchise and the Pokémon web communities.
At this time, the site was incorporated into the IGN.com network as an IGN Affiliate. Due to its large size and competition with other large Pokémon sites, a budding rivalry with the [[Universal Pokémon Network]] grew between the respective sites' message board communities. While sometimes volatile, the sites demonstrated the strong following of both the Pokémon franchise and the Pokémon web communities.
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By the middle of the dot-com-bomb of 2000/2001, ad revenue from IGN's affiliate network dropped sharply to the point that costs for the servers exceeded income for the site, and PokeAbode Man was forced to shutter the site around the end of 2001.
By the middle of the dot-com-bomb of 2000/2001, ad revenue from IGN's affiliate network dropped sharply to the point that costs for the servers exceeded income for the site, and PokeAbode Man was forced to shutter the site around the end of 2001.


Together with [[Universal Pokémon Network]], [[The PokéMasters]] and [[Bulbagarden]], Pokémon Abode formed a partnership known as the Anti-Spammer Alliance from 1999-2000. After the dissolution of these websites' original communities, the group became retroactively known as the Big Four, as they were generally considered to be the largest, most active, and best ran Pokémon forums of their day.
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