Pokeschool Life: My Story

[Lugiasian]

Well, what with a revival attempt underway I've decided to jump on the bandwagon. And what better way than to start a memories topic.

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First time I ever heard of Pokeschool was during a summer phone call with my now-worst enemy. He mentioned something about an Ash-and-Misty fic on a site called www.pokeschool.com. Having nothing to do at the time, I naturally went to check it out. At the time I was also a major forum maniac, so again I joined the forum community under the name Tamer of Lugias.

Actually, my login name was Lugiasian. x.o I kinda got confused during the sign-up and put my displayed name as Tamer of Lugias. Anyway, at the time I was signed up to several Yugioh forums(yes. I was an 11-year-old fool at the time), one of them having an RP section. Now, their RP was different than the much more sophisticated Pokeschool RP, and I was still a bit of a n00b to the net, so my first post in the RP was VERY crappy and even included chatspeak. Argh. The Omega Project serves as a guideline to RP n00bs to show them exactly what not to do. Other than the RP I didn't post much. Oh, and I was also a major Ozzy & Drix fanatic. x.x Topics of that took up some of my post space. >.o

So, not long after I posted, we made the switch to the Snitz forum, changing the mascot of Pokeschool from Groudon to Psyduck. The change brought upon a few name changes, including mine from ToL to Lugiasian. The Snitz was a vast improvement upon the old forums, with the exception of the loss of avatars. But it was still an awesome change. I had a blast there, and it was there that I learned exactly how to properly RP. Also, I began to post on other forums. I think PRP's birthplace was the Snitz forum, correct me if I'm wrong. I really established myself among the Pokeschoolers in the Snitz, and I still drop by to read very old posts there.

I made lots of friends in the Snitz. Before that, my only friends were Hotaru_Tomoe and mawile321. Later on I met so many people, among them Moonlit_Angel, stephanitis, Albatross, DPT, Coco, Pikachu/Damien, Prof. Cinders, UltraCow, and even the great LeeTupper. Sorry if I forgot anyone BTW. It took a long while to gain Nemesis' and Gary's respect(Nem repeatedly bashed me x.x), but eventually I did. I even began to sprite, and if you ask me nicely I can show you my very first sprites. ^^

On December 6, 2003, the biggest influence as to who I am was born: Hector Cruz. Yes, the crazy little blue-haired, shades-wearing kid who was named and vaguely modeled after a wimp on my favorite show. He wasn't much in Stars of Destiny, one of the longest RPs and possibly the longest RP in Snitz Pokeschool, but later on he broke apart from his comrades and became his own guy. It wasn't until later that Hector gained several names, half a race, and even a backstory(gasp!). However, the biggest possible influence on Hector's story may have been Tiamat and Bahamut, which marked the first major meeting between Hector and Yoshimitsu.

Elliot, fka Trainer_Yoshimitsu, now known as Yoshimitsu27, came up with Yoshimitsu(Yoshi Leonharth at the time, no clue why Ell removed that bit), the blue-spiky-haired guy that held the counterpart to the Tiamat Blade, the Bahamut Blade. Snitz Pokeschool then saw many topics with their names plastered all over it: most of them summon-, power- and weapon-obtaining topics which Elliot and I somewhat regret to this day. Hector was all power; Yoshimitsu was more speed. Together, however, they were one mighty pair. They weren't a pair for long though; Ivan and Alex of the Golden Sun series soon joined them.

Oh, wait. I never mentioned how Elliot and I met. ^^; One day he randomly decided to AIM me, and it all just snowballed from there. I got MSN and talked to even more people. Then came the return of the pictures topic. I sort of liked Elliot before it, and his picture topped it off. I had a major crush on Elliot. I told him, and for once in my life, a guy I liked actually liked me back. We dated, he got a mic, we talked over audio, we sent each other emoticon hearts, kisses, and roses, and.....yeah. It didn't last long though; I think it lasted 2 or 3 weeks. =/ I still remember those sweet weeks, and the endless nights I spent dreaming about Elliot.

The day he split up with me, I remembered I cried. The following weeks were full of verbal fights. This of course heavily damaged the Hector-Yoshi/Yisimentsu relationship. Later on I finally accepted reality and became best friends with Elliot, but very reluctantly. Hector and Yisi became friends again, but not for very long. As for our love lives, Elliot ended up getting another girlfriend, I think named Amy. But I could care less about Whats-her-face. This really didn't help my already-inferior self-esteem. He split up with her later on, but meh, I could care less.

And THEN, after several months of Magmar's absence, came the infernal forum switch. At first we were all pretty excited, but upon coming into the TCGForums Pokeschool we were all disgusted. Even Gary felt that the TCG switch was a disgrace. We lost our individual status. We were just a sub-board. Ignorant people from the other boards plagued us. And on top of that, WE LOST OUR IMG TAGS. Supposedly the fact that we gained custom avatars was supposed to help us, but it didn't.

The forum switch induced fluctuating RP activity. This was pushed along by the leaving of many disgruntled forum members and just plain forum members, among them M_A, Kimishiro, several mods, and Mawile321. Even Hotaru can be classified as almost dead. I barely see her around anymore. Anyway, back to RP. Yisi became Yoshi thanks to a little plot thing, and Hector and Yoshi became best friends again.

Not for long though.

One fateful day Yoshi goes and commits suicide, completely screwing over Hector. Hector, being the emotional ***** he is, commits "mental" suicide(originally he was to commit physical suicide, but Elliot got pissed and I had to change it. Stupid Elliot. >.>) by completely blanking out his memory. From then on he became a troubadour knight, and the whole yin-yang bond thing died. I think that's what may have induced some of the ORP death, along with vet disappearance and us scaring away the n00bs.

I made more friends, but that quickly stopped once people stopped caring about Pokeschool. Most P-Skoolers today still think the forum switch was a big mistake on the administration's part. I mean, look. There's no life in the place. People don't post anymore. The PRP is completely DEAD. The other forums are dead as well. Pokemon Fan Fiction is dead as well, and the Books and Writing forum is a barren wasteland with the exception of a few short stories, poems, In A Moment, and just recently, Welcome to Aurora.

There was a time when the ORP was a place of happiness, a place of battle, a place of grief, a place of humor, a place of raw emotion. Over time, its quality has slowly deteriorated. The vets left, the newbies are too scared to venture within, and the regulars lost interest. Now there is nothing except for a few topics, a handful of them somewhat possessing potential. I ask all of my fellow ORPers, what happened? Why have we suddenly lost interest? Is it because we're too lazy? Is it because we just don't have time anymore? Or is it because there is nothing left to write about anymore?

I leave Pokeschool with the same question: What exactly happened that we are now a graveyard? What happened to the forum that always had something to talk about?

Well, as for me, I still sometimes browse around the Snitz, and even the old old forum, back when I was Tamer of Lugias. The old boards and the Snitz were priceless memories. It would be a shame if those memories fail to live on today.

And now friends, I conclude my little anecdote to let you all post your own stories of hardship, friendship, and other such things. Go on now, don't be shy.

Because in Pokeschool, you're always among friends. :)

[Linkachu]

I wish I could say as much as you about the place but *points to join date* not much to say after only 8 months. I'll try anyways, tho.

I first heard about Pokeschool ages ago from Gary. After me, him, and another Pokecharmer nicknamed StellarWind started up the "Pokemon RP: Hoenn Edition" at Nintendo-Gamer me and Gary started talking over AIM more. Throughout our various conversations he brought up the legendary PRP and ORP forums of Pokeschool, praising 'em repeatedly and whatnot. I just shrugged it off at first - wasn't like I was a newbie to the whole RPing scene - but as time went by I became more and more interested. Come mid October I just had to see if this place was as great as Gary and Nem claimed, so I joined.

It didn't take long for Pokeschool to grow on me. I was very reluctant to jump into any RPs because everyone seemed so tight but I could tell the place had potential. It resembled another forum community I'd been apart of around '99/00, a place were everyone was like one big family. That's how I saw Pokeschool. It's still how I see the place, even though much of the family has left.

I owe my initial PRPing involvement to Gary (for the encouragement to join in) and Yoshi. I forget when Yoshi and Prae joined the Pokecharms staff (whether it was before or after I joined Pskl) but as I started to get to know Yoshi on the Charms forums I decided to check out one of his PRPs at Pokeschool - "A Mirage Mystery". It was my first and longest PRP here. After that I started joining other RPs and talking with Pskl members over instant messangers. It was around that time either Anti or Sillymence PM'd me about joining one of their PRPs, and while I didn't end up joining it resulted in me getting to know Anti over AIM. Much lots glad for that.

At some point the forum switch happened but, truthfully, it didn't really affect me much. I was just as pissed off as others at first due to the changes but I quickly got over it. Now I don't really mind either way. It probably wasn't until after the switch that I started getting to know various Pskl members over AIM and MSN. Some of the ones I talk to now barely even post here anymore. Gotta love the irony.

I agree with what Lee said in another topic. Using the switch as excuse not to post anymore isn't good enough. Either people are just being stubborn or they were always on the verge of leaving. Just think about it. What made Pokeschool special: the style of forum, or the members? I've been here 8 months now and I don't plan to go anywhere anytime soon.

[RLRL]

Well, i haven't been at the forums long, okay longer than Linkachu but not as long as most other people... I shall review my story anyway...

I first heard of Pokéschool from my friend mark at school who I had been friends with since year 7 mostly due to a liking for pokémon... I looked at the site at around january last year, and browsed the forums, I read a topic in which a certain Gary Oak was flaming someone and decided I didn't want to sign up...

At this point I was already friends with Bradley ever since I had returned to my trampolining after breaking my rib, one day I was talking to him over MSN when he asked me about Pokémon and info on it in general, I sent him to Pokéschool as I knew very little in the way of sites... He told me to join the forums, and I didn't at first, but after about 2 weeks I had signed up and was posting... I originally signed up to aid brad on Pokémon Pair ups which remains one of my favourite games (go porygon X!)...

For my first few weeks i was mostly posting in the Forum Games and Misc polls section, and occasionally in the general videogames topic... Brad was very into RPing which I was avoiding...

After about 2 months people started making Clans and teams in RP, Brad asked me to join Team Chronic, so I did, with my only ever RP character Purest (named after my nickname) I RPed with that character for about 2 weeks, after that Team Chronic was destroyed, and I had missed posting in a topic with brad and Aurora and couldn't be bothered to post anymore...

When bradley lost the internet I lost my main friend on the Borads, meaning i floated around for a while, still mostly posting in the forum games and misc polls, and pokémon polls which was pretty much the same thing at the time...

After a short amount of time I began venturing to other parts of the forums including the teams and strategy section, originally only posting to find out what I should start to train, it was there I learnt about movesets... From there I began to use Netbattle through which i began to fix the movesets I use in my actual games...

TCG was never my area meaning I never participated in that part of the forums which is ironic as we're part of a group of forums which is based around TCG... oh well!

I sorta began RPing a little while ago when I saw the safari zone was open and thought "what the heck, im bored" and posted in there, I began the RP "The Laboratory" with Brad, who gave up on it after Blaziking posted, and realised he would rather play Runescape...

When we moved I initially couldn't access my account so decided to join Lugiasians forum "The Movie Theatre" which died a horrible death when I could post on here again... However through that I have made a friendship with her which is very, eventful, and will be tested alot in the future as Hurt and Heal 2 comes to an end...

Overall since I joined this forum I have made a few good friends, a couple of enemies, and its an enjoyable community, I really like coming on here... Really you guys are like my family, Brad is like my brother, Gary is my Strict step father, and L00gs is like that cousin u have wierd feelings for =P...

[Pikachu]

Ah memories....I have none...stupid..whatever did this to me...probably TV.

I found Pokeschool a while before G/S/C was released, I was just looking for news and random crap. After a few months I joined the forum as Damien, I was a noob and people shouted at me. I cried. I didn't really. *shifty eyes*

The forums switched and I registered under the name Pikachu, for months and months I didn't speak to anyone from p-school on or off the forum. I dunno who I spoke to first but eventually I ended up chatting with loads of other p-schoolers over MSN. I started RPing last year (I think), I sucked....Ok I still suck but not as much. Mostly I just shuffle from place to place grunting and drinking dark liquid from a hip flask. I'm that drunken uncle who shakes your hand a bit to vigorously and looks at you in that forbidding way. Hmmm You should probably pretend I didn't say that last bit. Anywho my memories of how I begun my pokeschool journey are stuck in my brain somewhere behind the instructions for the TV remote if I ever manage to access them I'll give you all a better account of how Uncle Pikachu came to be.

[Coco]

Ah kids, the peaceful Pokeschool forums you post in now were not always so peaceful.

Many many years ago (5 years, 4 months actually) I was reading the local newspaper, Pokemon was at its hight in Australia and i was reading the internet section. In a little box down the bottom there was an article about Pokeschool. I decided to have a look so i could get someone to rate my Red teams, since i didn't have the internet I would log on every afternoon at my mothers work before she took me home. Back then there was no such thing as the Pokeschool family, this place was a thriving metropolis of flaming and spam (anyone remember the "HOW MANY POSTS CAN WE GET IN ONE TOPIC" post?) Then there were the wars, I do not remember to much but i do remember a massive flame war where a certain Parasect got bannored, afterwards there was a petition to bring him back, but i do not know if it was successful.

As time went on I lost my interest in Pokemon but stayed at these boards because as someone said we are family here and probley one of the older communities out there. I had a 6 month break when i did not have the internet and im not one to post overly much thats why my total count from all 3 forums would be nearly 2000 from 5 years.

I do not see it as a graveyard, more like an old car that needs fixing and everyone comes in and puts in an effort to help out.

[Prof. Cinders]

My story's short and sweet, due to my internet deprivation.

I first found pokeschool on a random search I did at school, that being the only place I really went on computers at all. This was last year, and I was nearly 14 years old. I didn't have my own computer, the home computer was hogged by my parents and I most certainly did not have my own e-mail address. I wasn't allowed on chatrooms, and I'd never heard of forums before. Then I saw the little word: Pokeschool. I've always been interested in anything that has the words pokemon and school associated with it, so I looked at the main site. Being me, I went straight to the fanfics and finished them within the hour. For the next week I was on the forum at home trying to dodge my parents, having not joined properly yet. Then, after prae's fanfic inspired me, I joined up and quickly got to the activation e-mail before my parents could see it.

After that I've made the best of friends on the site, and discovered so many things. First off I was interested in the fanfics alone, then ventured into the unknown territory of the misc. board. Moving through the boards, I stood at the sidelines to a few battles and plotlines until I participated in PRP and eventually ORP with Rachel Psychodik, my first and only character at the time. Looking up at everyone who came before me, and thinking they were all older than me, I was in for a surprise when I installed msn and discovered a certain "yoshimitsu" had added me already. Naturally, remembering he was someone I looked up to as an excellent RPer, I accepted, and to my shock he was two years younger than me, and Lugiasian was a girl! How naive I was, how young... I got my first boyfriend, known as PMJ on the site at the time, on New Year's Eve, and was with Josh for three months until we split up. Steph and El argued a lot, and I was always the middlewoman. I added over 20 psklers to my msn list. I got two new e-mail accounts to go with upgrades and changes of character. I developed four new main characters, both on pskl and on msn.

More than a year later, I'm an established RPer with my own site and a great bunch of friends. Now 15 years old, I've talked to and made friends with people from all over the world, become blatently obsessed with manga and anime as well as pokemon, and been in the "potential vet list" of both Steph and El. I've achieved so much in so little time, and I'm thanking you all for it. What a great February it was when I discovered pskl.

[leaf blade treecko]

Well I don't have much to tell. A friend told me about this website. So I excitedly went to the website and finally after begging my parents for me to join they finally said yes. I quickly happily joined the forums. In the beginning I was a nOOb. I didn't spell right, I made a fool of myself countless times, started flame wars and not to mention didn't post good.

Actually it took me a while to figure out how all the things worked on this website. Then I got depressed after getting yelled at Gary Oak the first few times I was here, I decided I was going to leave Pokeschool soon very soon.
So a few days later or in the same day I finally was ready to give up and leave when Persian PMed me and I then felt that I just might be able to fit in here. So then I had lots of fun and things were great till Gary Oak left which I thought was a rather good thing but it caused tons of members to leave. So then I thought Pokeschool was dead forever because it was weird because I didn't know anybody there all the members I knew left. So I figured I should leave but I didn't. the big move to TCG player.com in a way saved Pokeschool. Because it caused a lot of members to come back.

I hated it at first but then it was really great. Until tons of members left then came back. And now it just might be over but come on Pokeschoolers! We've been in worse spots then this!

[Blastoise]

*Drum Rolls please…
“Listen to my story; because this, maybe our last chance…” (Final Fantasy X intro)

Oh, how could’ve I have been that naïve and arrogant back at November 20003? I am not quite too sure if I am mature just yet, although joining PokeSchool Forum sure did help the process.

In the year of 2003, I started to pick up everything there is to know about Pokemon Trading Card game, and with the help of my friends, I quickly climbed the ladders of the ‘Pokemon-road-to-be-a-champion’. I finally reached my success in May 2003, when I took home the 14-and-under trophy for a Modified Tournament of Pokemon TCG.

With a renew sense of energy, I decided to try to improve further, since I would turn 15, and will play with the ‘big boys’ in the 15+ division. I was extremely enthusiastic about refining my deck, and decided to seek the general publics’ opinion. PokeSchool have always been my site of Pokemon related news, and if it wasn’t for Baboon, who never failed to advertise about the PokeSchool Forum at the end of his posts, I would not have been here. (Thanks Baboon!)

So, in the beginning, I belonged exclusively in the Pokemon TCG section, and I posted and helped others with deck building and strategy. However, what I noticed in the Pokemon TCG sections were people that general posted extremely short posts (one-liners), and people often flamed on others’ opinions. At the mean time, I slowly visited the Pokemon GameBoy section, as well as here and there.

Slowly I began to lose some interest in Pokemon TCG, due to the lack of different players I encountered. However, at the mean time, I still picked up second place in the California Tournament (not official name). Sooner or later, a member from the Pokemon TCG section drove me away with his blunt one-liners, and the lack of simple reasoning skills. I only scarcely visit the Pokemon TCG sections, as I have no played the card game for quite a while. I was introduced to Pokemon Role Playing when I was aiming for Pokemon Anime, and clicked two slots lower (I know ^^.)

Then I was hooked. Everything started rolling from there. I started reading the rules instantly, and quickly memorized them (I have this ‘almost-photographic’ memorization,) and mind you, I found ways around some of them ^^. Anyways, I started with my PRP character as Rainer, as I am devoted to Water Pokemon and their versatility. I soon found out that PRP requires its own set of strategy, when every Pokemon had equivalent chance of excelling in there.

In the beginning, however, my writing skills weren’t too great (and I am still dubious about it today,) since English is my second language. Thankfully, I never got into trouble with Gary Oak, who whacked newbies around like crazy. I stayed made many new friends from the PRP section, and added many of them to my AIM. Antisuperheroguy is my toughest opponent in PRP, and probably always will be with his creative writing techniques.

Time passed slowly, and with my writing skills slowly improving (mind you, my English teacher was shocked that I improved so much, she thought I took some expensive classes. I just told her, “I wrote a lot about the things I like,”) the PRP section seemed to be less and less populated. The annual championship sure sparked a lot of interests in members’ hearts, however, the interest was quickly lost when the 5-day rule was never reinforced.

Yes, old times… now Linkachu and I, along with fellow loyal PRP members, are trying what we can to jumpstart a new era of Pokemon Role Playing. I agree with what Coco mentioned. “PRP is not dead, just an old car that needs fixing.” Pokemon Role Playing once is my family, and it still is – no matter what.

[Dragon_Psychic Trainer]

In the beginning, however, my writing skills weren’t too great (and I am still dubious about it today,) since English is my second language. Thankfully, I never got into trouble with Gary Oak, who whacked newbies around like crazy.


Damn you (j/k), you were lucky with Gary, XD.

Ah, old times. Sometimes I wish they could come back somehow; there are so many feelings I want to live again, really.


I found Pokeschool by coincidence (yeah, those coincidences of fate, or...I should call them Google's coincidences XD). I had like several weeks checking the site becuase I thought it was good. One day I checked the forums and I was eager to join them, but I was quite uneasy about it (some reasons like time, shyness, my poor English skills, an even fear to meet people different than me). Finally, I decided to join (after one week of planning it), and to be honest, it has been one of the greatest experiences in my life. I have met many nice and cool people such as Moonlit_Angel (one of my bestest friends), Lugiasian (it's good to know that someone can understand Spanish too, XD), Salamence-trainer 221 (where's Papa? :p), Mawile (someone who helped me a lot when I had problems with my Pokémon teams), praetoritevong (a very funny guy, especially when he attempts to do laugh like Mandark XD) and much more people who had crossed my way.

[Vulpix101]

Hm, when I was 12, in June 2000, I was like way into Pokemon! So I was on some Pokemon chat and Bub@ was there and he was like HEY CHECK OUT DIS SYTE IT BE CALLED PSKOO or something along those lines. And I was all OKAY! So I did and registered and it was like HEY SWIFT. I began the cool topic TR! and stuff. Um, it was fun.

After D-Web I guess I left. So now I make random irregular appearances! WHOOHOO.

[Hydro Typhoon]

I got Sapphire for Christmas 2003 and started playing it. By April I had started going on the Internet for advice. On the 3rd April 2004 I joined Pokeschool to ask how to catch the Regi trio...
I was a COMPLETE n00b (see my sig)
My RPing was TERRIBLE, my posts were about as n00bish as you can get EXAMPLES:
http://www.pokeschool.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=108390
http://www.pokeschool.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=108175
http://www.pokeschool.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=108104
http://www.pokeschool.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=108171

Ahem, so I went on to write my first "fanfic" (which was also utter crap) in which I put Prof. Cinders (as a male prof, of course- >< N00B!)
Then it kinda escalated and I'm still here. I got banned from these new forums for actually HAVING a backbone, and not backing down, like some people who rolled over for Chedy as soon as the words "promotion" and "more power" were uttered...
Then I came back, having lost 645 posts, as "Hydro Typhoon", the name of my favourite RP character. I made some great friends, and a girlfriend (Rachel) as well as discovering the delights of the WONDERFUL Kyak Islands!
So, Pokeschool has really done a lot for me in the last year-and-a-bit, and I hope to stay here as long as possible (and to get IMG tags, and to get my 645 posts back, but they aren't going to happen anytime soon!)

[Linkachu]

(and to get IMG tags, and to get my 645 posts back, but they aren't going to happen anytime soon!)

IMG tags is doubtful, but have you PM'd Chedy about getting your posts back? He changed other members account names, so I don't see why he couldn't edit in them, too.

Unless you've already tried and it failed. Then there's probably no hope :p

[ImJessieTR]

I had read about DBZ fanfics in one of its magazines. I became enamoured of a title called "Soul Under" a DBZ fic set in the future (disregarding GT) that I think was never finished. It was hard to read because the author used the Japanese names and I was totally confused, but it was a gorgeous story once you got into it.

Being a TR fan (I root for underdogs, sorry), I started looking for TR fanfics. I found a nice little story called Team Rocket Strikes Back (an AAML story if I recall). That, too, was a great story that was sadly never completed due to problems in the author's life. Anyway, that story was on Pokeschool, and although I wanted to quit after the board switch, I chickened out and stayed. I don't know why. I don't get RP's and I don't play the cards -- and I had to sell my gameboys for extra cash, so other than Misc and FanFics I really have nothing else to say. However, I still visit this site, because coming here helped me get through some bad places in my life, and I am eternally grateful. Oh, yeah: and if it hadn't been for Gary, Michael Corleone, Persian/Nyaa-Neko, Prae and others, I wouldn't have improved my writing so much in such short time.

[Lugiasian]

For anyone who cares, I might just leave the boards. It's one of three things:

A) Someone pisses me off a LOT here
B) Hector loses H&H:ME
or
C) Hector wins but the boards die

And for all of those who think I'm not serious, ask Lee or Al. They know I'm as serious as a gun to the head.

So Sal and his mindless sheep pals.....stop because if you don't you'll set off a chain reaction that will result in many disappointed people.

[Yoshimitsu27]

Maybe you shouldn't take it as seriously as you do. Yoshi's in it and I'm not taking it that seriously. ^^

[Lugiasian]

Yeah well, maybe people will learn to appreciate when I'm gone.

Oh, and I'm taking Hector with me in case anyone's interested.

[Linkachu]

I agree with El here. It's just a bloody game! It'd be pretty sad if you left because of something like that >.>

If that's how you're going to react to it maybe a mod should just lock the topic =/

[RLRL]

Its safe to say, Hurt and Heal has affected the pokéschool life for most of our members...

[Coco]

If Hector wins, I WILL leave the boards forever! I'm not kidding!

[RLRL]

Personally, I'd like to see Flaming Furby vs Gary Oak as a final battle on H+H ME.... Just for the Irony...

[Pikachu]

Steph if you leave for those retarded reasons delete me from MSN. You always claim to be mature for your age and I really thought you were. Don't prove me wrong.

[Lugiasian]

Well, Hector is basically a part of me. I created him long ago, and he's very dear to me. So what if he's made up? M_A, I'm 99% sure you're only hurting Hector because Suckamence told you to. If that's the case then I think you're a sheep who lacks any sense of independence. And I really despise sheep who can't think for themselves.

For all the sheep....Aeris, Mr.Lonely, M_A. You have NO CLUE as to how much work I put in to his whole image. He's gone through so much revamping over the year and a half he's existed. So stop hurting what you know NADA about. Karma gets everyone in the end so I suggest you stop now.

By hurting Hector you basically say I suck. The only exception to this is Coco because I know he wanted sweet revenge for the rock. :p

[Salamence-trainer221]

I think I've told you once before to stop flaming.

Anyways, I bet Yoshimitsu's character was modeled after himself and you don't see him going psycho. Hurting Yoshimitsu is pretty much saying he sucks, too. I also think your forgetting that not everyone has to love Hector to death. I have opinions and just because you love him doesn't mean I have to.

[Lugiasian]

I think your friends are sheep and you can't stop me from thinking that way. It's called opinion.

Not liking Hector is one thing and that's also called opinion, not RESPECTING how much work I put into him is another. Your friends are doing the latter and I suggest they stop because they have no particular reason to hurt Hec.

I really need my shotgun. *reaches for imaginary weapon*

>_>

<_<

Now let's get back on topic or I'll shoot you with my imaginary shotgun. x_x

[Yoshimitsu27]

Steph.

They're hurting Hector. Salamence got it right when he said what he said - Yoshi's in it, and Yoshi's my best character. You don't see me getting angry about it. It's a GAME. The fact that they're hurting him doesn't say that they don't respect him, it says that they don't like him. If what your saying is true, people like PMJ and M_L would be dead in H&H:ME already.

Ramble ramble waffle waffle.

[Lugiasian]

Whatever.

I'm out of this place anyway. *grabs shotgun and aims at the haters*

Don't be hatin' next time ;) Karma gets everyone in the end.

[Coco]

No one is "hatin" anything, can we please drop this pre-school drama. I can understand people arguing over religious or politcal beleifs but this has got to be the dumbest thing I've seen in my 5 years at this place.

I think everyone should abandon that game or even better if we can get it locked.

Lugiasian grow up, your better then this.

[Lugiasian]

I'm a good liar too :)

Don't worry I'm staying. But not without annoying the hell out of every hater on this board.

Everyone who wants to help can put in Hector banners and avatars. ^_^

They can destroy his name, stomp it flat and spit on it, but they can't destroy his spirit! :D


Now.....BACK ONTO THE FREAKIN' TOPIC!!!

[Moonlit_Angel]

It's funny how it's been forever since I have even glanced at these boards, yet this is the first topic I decide to post on. It was just some random impulse to visit these old boards again, and now, reading posts of some old-time friends, seeing new members sprout, and hearing about members leaving and going forever, I sit back and remanesce. Those were good days I had, when I would visit these forums every day and just have a blast chatting with people who had one of my main interests. I gained so many friends that are now barely thought about, but once in a while, I look back and smile. Now, reading some posts about how much I am actually missed, I felt something warm dribble down my eyelid. It was a shock to notice this. I guess nostalgia is one of my weaknesses.

Some people that come to mind whenever I think about Pokeschool is Salamence-trainer221, DPT, Prof. Cinders, Lugiasian, Coco, prae, Whicker, Gary Oak, Persian, Nemisis, and Yoshimitsu. Guys, you're all awesome, and I do miss those times when I was an active member. Don't think I've forgotten. Perhaps I drifted away because P-School was no longer fun. Perhaps I was too busy catching up on schoolwork, which, BTW I am better at (not gonna call myself stupid anymore! This is a straight A and B student! ;)). Maybe it's because my love for Pokemon had slowly diminished, and I had just no more interest in the critters anymore like I used to. Or, most likely, it was because of all these things.

I guess I could try to retell my story. A while back ago, at least four years, I had been searching the web for Pokefics, which I was having a fetish for. I can't quite remember the title, but the author was really descriptive and always had an interesting plot twist. Sadly, I can't remember her username, either, but I swear it had Jolteon in the name. Anyway, this was only the beginning. I had wanted to join these forums, thinking, "Hey, this looks like fun! Why don't I try sending in a comment on my way!" I was only 12 at the time. However, my overprotective mother wouldn;t hear of it, so I gave up. A year later, for some reason or another, I had remembered this place in my math class. I thought about that fanfic, but most of all, I remembered the message boards. I decided that I would try to get a username soon. In class, I was formulating the perfect one from the back of my mind. All of the teacher's lesson plans flew into one ear, then out the other. SOmething sparkly? Nah, that sounded stupid. What if it included my favorite color? I could be more creative than that! What if it had a hidden meaning? Ooooh, sounds good. One of my favorite Pokemon was Clefable. I thought it would sound pretty to use the name Moonlit_Angel, with a nice fat underscore in the middle. And so it became.

On January 14th, 2004, I signed up to the forums. I was a freakish n00b at first, and I'm sorry for annoying the crap out of everyone with my "obnoxious Pokemon team." Though, I admit, when I found some printed proof of what I did in my bedroom drawers while remodeling my room, I laughed. They were pretty comical. Anyway, the n00bish affect wore off the more I participated. I enjoyed listening to upcoming news, making polls, talking about the Pokemon games, role playing, and attempting to write. I haven't role played anywhere in such a long time, but I do remember it was enjoyable to make as if I were really there with my favorite Pokemon and interacting with events and other people as the story progressed. Writing is now one of my biggest talents. I wasn't so good when I was 13, but now I am a pretty well-recognized author across the internet. I love writing fanfiction. I have improved so much, so Prae, you better watch out. ;) These were such good times. I also recall something about being the queen of evil or something. MWAHAHAHA! *cough* I've lost my touch. But seriously, I wonder what kind of illegal substances we were on when we created the Evil Empire? Oh well, it was fun, that's all that matters. XP I shared that title with SapphireVaporeon, and it sort of became a little inside joke, I guess. DPT and I had so much fun with that. You're still my slave, though. I want a bagel.

Over time, this place had many cherished memories. One of the most special was this long-distance relationship I had with Salamence-trainer221. We talked nonstop for at least 4 hours straight, even bended some rules a bit so I could call him, and I can remember actually plotting the day I would meet him. Me, him, and DPT would be cracking up talking about nothing or everything for the longest time. Those were the best. I really think we should chat together sometime. But, for a while, Sally started getting a little aloof and distant. He seemed to be in a bad mood all the time, and he just wasn't acting like himself. I was a little concerned. On September 22nd, 2004, he broke up with me. I was crushed, and cried a lot that night, remembering old times and how it would never be the same. We tried to continue being friends, and I say we still are. But over the past months we have drifted, and we decided to change that.

It's hard to remember all the exact details about my stay at P-school. I don't have to. It's all summed up into something I can't explain, but it's such a wonderful wave of nostalgia and good times. When I came back and realized that some people missed me, I was shaken. Oh, and thanks for wishing me happy birthday even though I was gone, everyone, and especially remembering it. Your 1:100 ratio has come true. :) I read that message, RLRL.

[Nyaa-Neko]

Eh, once I read the post dates on this, I was a little weirded out about posting on an old board...but then M_A posted...eh, it's only been what, two, three weeks since that post? Nyau, whatever, I SHALL POST ANYWAY! X3

Hm...where to start...where to start...

Ah, what the heck, I'll start at the beginning. The VERY beginning.

Ah, I think it was...March. March of...2003...yeah, that sounds about right. It was, if I recall correctly, about a week before Ruby and Sapphire were scheduled to come out in the USA (which is, if you haven't already guessed it, where I live). I was in sixth grade at the time (wow, paranoid Persian is ACTUALLY posting her age! @.@), so I was pretty...immature? I dunno. But I went on Google, and looked for a list of the new Pokemon. One of the best lists was on this site, so I spent a long time with my friend looking at them and giggling over the names and pictures (if I recall correctly, Nuzleaf was her favorite name. Can't remember mine).

Then, after I impatiently waited until Thursday to buy my darling Sapphire version, I checked out this site again, finding the fanfic section on the site (not the forum). There were some good ones, but my favorite was...eh...I'm pretty sure M_A and I are thinking of the same one...because the author had "Jolteon" in her name. I think it was called "Amy's Journey" or something along those lines. Well, I was in awe, and since I was so inspired, I checked out the other stuff in the forums.

It wasn't until the 23rd of December (of that same year) that I actually joined. I remember, it was in the evening, and I didn't ask my parents about it. I just did it. I was in seventh grade, so maybe it wasn't the most mature decision, but I made it. I chose the name "Persian," since Persian was my all-time favorite Pokemon. Then, I made over 25 posts that first night, one of them being the first chapter of Teleporter.

Teleporter was, and will always be, a huge part of my life. It was the first story I seriously started writing, and it was the first story people read. I had really never written fanfiction before that, so it wasn't that great. I remember I got a lot of response, but none of it that great...but they told me what to do to get better, and I became a slave to reviews. Well, not really, but I listened to what they had to say. I remember the rating system...and how one of my chapters got a 10/10 from Prae.

I read that chapter again, recently. It's horrible. I can SO beat that now, heheheh. X3

Now then, Pokemon had been a tide-like thing in the past. I'd be really into it, then I'd forget about it, then it would come back. After I joined Pokeschool, there was less forgetting. Because it introduced me to fanfiction, and then later RPing, I started getting an author's brain. I began to think about a select fanfic for hours on end, even at school, sometimes acting out scenes in my mind. Bah, I'm still the same way. I really need to stop going over battles during math...-_-;;

Anyways, I made a lot of friends during the time I was super active. I got like, 2000 posts in less than a year, or something like that. There are some people I really clicked with, and I consider them as important as friends I've made in person. Names that I remember as my friends now are Praetoritevong (one of the best critics I've ever had), Prof. Cinders, Trainer-Yoshimitsu/Yoshimitsu27, leaf blade treecko, Moonlit_Angel, Lugiasian, Nemesis, Gary Oak, LeeTupper, ImJessieTR, Salamence-trainer221, Dragon-Psychic-Trainer...eh...yeah...did I forget anyone? These people are the ones I remembered without checking the lists...although, my memory might be kinda biased by the ones who posted in this topic. Sorry if I forgot anyone! And thank you SO MUCH LBT, ImJessieTR (did I ever give ya a nickname? ^.^;;;), and M_A for mentioning me in your posts. Because of my inactiveness, I'm amazed (and happy) people who I considered my friends remember me. Thankies! *huggles*

Hm...I've considered online forums like schools. Pokeschool was my school, and I made a lot of friends there. We took "classes" (AKA topics) together, talked together, and hung out together. Then, one could say, I moved far away, and transfered to a different school where I had no friends. But then, lo and behold, I made some friends. I doubt anybody here knows of my new friends. Their names are Digital Skitty, AvalonKitten, Hoppy-chan, Fate's Dice Kyre-JMK, and Matt-kun of FF.net. Then, AvalonKitten, who I call Oosu-chan/Tattsu-chan, told me about her boards, Delmara. I joined, and it was like another Pokeschool. Different, maybe not as good, but I had friends there, and made more. I didn't completely forget about Pokeschool, but like an old school miles away, I didn't go back.

Well, then it kinda died, and Digital Skitty (who I call Eneko-chan or Ninja-chan depending on the forum) made a new forum, called Jenta, and we all went there. Then I recently got an email from Mori-chan (MF the Effie-kun on Delmara), one of the mods from Delmara, saying she wanted people to reincarnate Delmara. So I checked it out...

And found a very familiar name as the newest member. I kind of made a face like this: O.O and did a member bio check. The email matched, so I threw a little party in my head. It was as if I suddenly spotted one of my old friends from my old school at the mall, or something. So I came back, saw this thread, and was all, "you know, I should rant about this for a little."

But then I had to go move things around my house (my room and bathroom are under construction), and forgot all that I was going to say. I did PM that person on Delmara, though, just in case they ever check it out there.

Nya, I can't say anything like I promise to start posting a lot again. It's not the same...it would be like trying to compete with memories. You can't do it. That, and I'm in honors math, English, and science, and I have a TON of homework. And my fans and friends on FF.net and Delmara are poking me with a bajillion sporks to get me to update...they're so pokey...>_<...

But thanks, everybody, for being here. Pokeschool was special to me. I may not have been in the AIM/other instant message circles of the time, nor did I have any long-distance relationships with anybody (it made me go like this O.O again when I read about all the drama in this thread...I had no idea...*is so out-of-the-loop*), but I had some great friends and memories. Eh, that's how I am at school, too (my real school, not the metaphorical schools I was talking about earlier), I never have had a boyfriend, but I'm friends with a lot of people. I'm shy, easygoing (most of the time), and pretty dependable in a crunch. I don't think I have any huge enemies (or I'm just super ignorant ^.^;;;)...or at least that's what people tell me.

I'm in high school now, though, and I'm a freshman (I wonder if this surprises anyone). When I recently saw the newest three Pokemon, I felt as though I was seeing that list of RS Pokemon again, or was playing Gold or Sapphire for the first time. Pokemon has established itself as something too big in my life to go away...and I predict myself forking out the big (for me) money to buy a DS and Diamond or Pearl when they come out in the US next year. So, this might mean that Pokeschool might see more of me, it might not.

Eh, I dunno if this is the right kind of post. When I was moving stuff around my house, I had this all planned out...then I forgot...so meh.

But nya. What can ya do?

In a nutshell, thanks, Pokeschool. You made my middle school experience awesome. Maybe, if I have the time, my high school experience will be just as awesome.

But that might not happen. I have an evil English teacher who assigns stupid work, and I get a ton of math homework. CURSE YOU, EVIL HOMEWORK! *kicks homework* X3

[pokemaster]

I just searched Pokemon Fourms on internet and then this came up...

[Salamence-trainer221]

BAHA! I always knew you we're my age, Persian! :p

[Nyaa-Neko]

Eheheh...uh...yeah...^.^;;

I actually expected a lot of people here to be around my age, not freaky stalker people, but oh well. -_-;;

[praetoritevong]

"Amy's Pokemon Journey", by Jolteon13, for the record. I loved that story too.

[TimeKaiser]

you guys talk to much

[Gibby]

you guys talk to much

Well TimeKaiser, maybe it’s because we don’t see the point or value in simply posting a word or two here and there, expecting it to be a post. I am not saying that is what you do, but I’ve seen it happen on other forums, where people will only say one word, in every single thread, over and over again, and only care about racking up in posts.

When I join a forum, its to expand my knowledge of the topic that is the main subject of that forum, and expressing your opinion isn’t as easy as posting a single sentence. It takes some time to flesh out that idea so others who read it can understand and see where you may be coming from.

But that could just be my point of view on this matter, which is typically the case. But I don’t care. I joined to grow in my understanding and to become active with fellow players and appreciators. I’m not going to waste their time by posting a single sentence that doesn’t really offer much to the conversation at hand, or give any insight to the overall theme.

[Nemesis]

Time Kaiser, Pokemaster, stop posting pointless messages. One warning each.

[SquintKid]

Wanna see an oldschool look at pokeschool that I designed way back when... here's one I found. Amazing its still on the server.

http://pokemon.tcgplayer.com//decks/article_DGwinningdeck.html

Anyway, I'm looking for Chedy.

Glenn... FKA DoctorGlenn

More: http://pokemon.tcgplayer.com/decks.html check out those cool decks!