bdt2002
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs superfan
(It's been over four months and this thread still doesn't have a picture. What ever happened to picture files cooperating?)
Hey, guys. It's me again. I don't usually come out and make serious posts like this anywhere, let alone on a Pokémon community website. I've been going through a lot of unusually negative thinking lately, and perhaps the most painful part of this is that I felt like while there are people around me I could talk to in real life, those people may not or have not been able to understand where I'm coming from.
Allow me to cut to the chase, since I'd rather not be making this into a personal speech post. Besides, aren't you curious about why I would choose to post something so out of the ordinary like this on the Smogon Forums of all places? Well actually, I do have a reason for this. You see, as luck would have it, one of the things that's been bothering me the most over the past few months has been the sharp decline in interest I've had in Pokémon and its current brand products. I've considered myself a Pokémon fan for around 11 years now, going all the way back to my introduction to the games and the TCG in 2010 as a third grade school student. Not once in those 11 years since have I felt so... just sad about the franchise as I do now. I can't quite wrap my head around why, but I think it comes from a combination of factors. Not only am I a sophomore in college at the time of typing this, with my entire childhood basically behind me, but the things we have access to now just don't feel the same.
This opinion of mine is especially true when we look into the countless Pokémon video games, and how the quality of these products only seems to be diminishing as the years go by. This isn't a particularly unpopular opinion, either. Heck, just look at how much everyone hated Sword & Shield and went on to be incredibly fearful that their precious Sinnoh region remakes would be ruined afterwards. Personally I didn't really have a preference for any of the games I'm talking about right now, but it did get me thinking about something.
I've been looking for a better place to talk about this on the Forums the past day or two, only to find no such thread anywhere I searched. That's why I decided to be the one to try and provide the outlet that I myself still need. I've designed this thread as more of a general discussion thread about any of the things in Pokémon, maybe your memories about the franchise even, that are just positive by nature more than anything. Stories about how Pokémon helped you overcome adversity, or maybe stories about how we've enjoyed something Pokémon-related while the people around us haven't. Things like that are what I'm looking for.
Who knows? Maybe you'll find someone in this discussion who needs that extra dose of happiness in life, and you'll be the lucky winner who can make that happen for them. I'd like to double-check with any of the moderators of OI before this thread goes too far, just to be sure that I'm not breaking any rules with making this thread. I went over their list again and I think we're safe here, but maybe I missed a detail or something. Other than that, there's nothing for me to say, really. I hope this thread can be of use to anyone who, much like myself, is in need of happiness regarding one of their favorite media franchises ever created.
Hey, guys. It's me again. I don't usually come out and make serious posts like this anywhere, let alone on a Pokémon community website. I've been going through a lot of unusually negative thinking lately, and perhaps the most painful part of this is that I felt like while there are people around me I could talk to in real life, those people may not or have not been able to understand where I'm coming from.
Allow me to cut to the chase, since I'd rather not be making this into a personal speech post. Besides, aren't you curious about why I would choose to post something so out of the ordinary like this on the Smogon Forums of all places? Well actually, I do have a reason for this. You see, as luck would have it, one of the things that's been bothering me the most over the past few months has been the sharp decline in interest I've had in Pokémon and its current brand products. I've considered myself a Pokémon fan for around 11 years now, going all the way back to my introduction to the games and the TCG in 2010 as a third grade school student. Not once in those 11 years since have I felt so... just sad about the franchise as I do now. I can't quite wrap my head around why, but I think it comes from a combination of factors. Not only am I a sophomore in college at the time of typing this, with my entire childhood basically behind me, but the things we have access to now just don't feel the same.
This opinion of mine is especially true when we look into the countless Pokémon video games, and how the quality of these products only seems to be diminishing as the years go by. This isn't a particularly unpopular opinion, either. Heck, just look at how much everyone hated Sword & Shield and went on to be incredibly fearful that their precious Sinnoh region remakes would be ruined afterwards. Personally I didn't really have a preference for any of the games I'm talking about right now, but it did get me thinking about something.
I've been looking for a better place to talk about this on the Forums the past day or two, only to find no such thread anywhere I searched. That's why I decided to be the one to try and provide the outlet that I myself still need. I've designed this thread as more of a general discussion thread about any of the things in Pokémon, maybe your memories about the franchise even, that are just positive by nature more than anything. Stories about how Pokémon helped you overcome adversity, or maybe stories about how we've enjoyed something Pokémon-related while the people around us haven't. Things like that are what I'm looking for.
Who knows? Maybe you'll find someone in this discussion who needs that extra dose of happiness in life, and you'll be the lucky winner who can make that happen for them. I'd like to double-check with any of the moderators of OI before this thread goes too far, just to be sure that I'm not breaking any rules with making this thread. I went over their list again and I think we're safe here, but maybe I missed a detail or something. Other than that, there's nothing for me to say, really. I hope this thread can be of use to anyone who, much like myself, is in need of happiness regarding one of their favorite media franchises ever created.
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