Suggestion: Staff's #Pokemon20 story.

Question

Many sites have done this, wouldn't it be fun if, mods and staff could post their stories of how they got into Pokemon and what was the most memorable thing. Since the Pokemon Anniversary is tomorrow (26th 12 am for me atm) it would be nice to celebrate it with some staff stories of how Pokemon got 'em.

(If a staff likes this idea they can post their story as an answer)

Comments

some of the DB stories tell about how people got into pokemon originally
http://pokemondb.net/pokebase/meta/42870/pokemon-database-stories-whats-yours?show=42870#q42870

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I bought Diamond because Dialga looked cool as hell.

That's my story. I am not staff.

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I got into Pokemon because of peer pressure and ended up liking it.

That's my story. I am not staff.

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I got into Pokemon because someone gifted me a game and I found the db while searching for info on it.

That's my story. I am not staff.

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I got into Pokemon because I liked Aegislash.

That's my story. I am not staff.

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I got into Pokemon when a cartridge and a GBA fell from the sky.

That's my story. I am not staff.

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omg this chain of comments.

That's not my story and I'm not staff.

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I got into Pokémon when somebody randomly bought me PMD:EOS.

That's my story. I am not staff.

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I got into Pokemon when I saw Ash riding a Lapras. I was thrilled by the look of Lapras. I was four years old and found everything amazing.

That's my story. I am not staff.

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Saw the adverts for Diamond and that it could link with Battle Revolution for the Wii. Thought it was cool, got it for Xmas.

I'm not going to be subdued with your ridiculous memes. I am the lord of terrible 2012 memes.

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I found my friends pokemon ultimate handbook (yep the one with all the errors) which I got permission to keep. And it escalated from there.

That's my story. I am not staff.

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My DS had Diamond. And I played. And played.

That's my story. I am not staff. Duh.

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My cousin introduced me to pokemon one day and gave me a tattoo. I wore it on my forehead and went to school with it.

That's my story. I am a shovel, not a staff.

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I always liked Pokemon because my siblings had a ton of merch and absolutely loved it, so i learned it from them. Then I started watching the whole anime in 2011, and played Ruby in 2011/2012 (idr),  I've been playing it and getting the games ever since.

That's my story. I am not staff

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More! Keep it coming!

Answer 1

I got into Pokemon when I stole it from my older brother.

That's my story. I am staff.

Comments

This deserves at least a hundred upvotes

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An innocent question has turned into a 'meme'

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Best. Story. Ever.
Has your older brother ever heard of this site?

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I despise when an answer has more upvotes than the actual question lol XD :D?

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I got a game. It turned out to be Platinum.

That is my story. I am not staff

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@Keromatsu it happens.

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#bestStoryEver2016

Answer 2

I got into Pokemon when I bought a GBA + Emerald for like $15.

My first wild encounter was a shiny Poochyena and I thought I was special. I couldn't catch it because I had no Pokeballs. But I thought that they would be common.

Then I found out that shinies were 1/8192 chance of appearing and I threw my GBA across the room, and I couldn't play Emerald for another month ;~;

Comments

if I say "lol sucks for you", will you ban me?

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Like the time I found a shiny Raticate in White but I didn't know that you could catch Pokemon in double battles...

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Like the first time that I found a Shiny (as in Emerald too) I found a Shiny Geodude in Granite Cave, I thought it was a glitch and... TURNED OFF THE POWER OF THE CONSOLE (I was stupid)

   And I only cried for 15 minutes.   (Liek if u cri everytiem)
   **********I'm not a staff**********

Answer 3

I had the original Gameboy as a young child but all I ever played on it was Kirby's Dreamland. My mum threw it away because I was pretty much addicted to it, and that was the end of that.

I then ROM'd a few Pokemon games during my later school years and the first physical copy I owned was White 2.

Now I own almost every DS & 3DS game. I also just bought Yellow on the eshop.

R.I.P.

Comments

I'm being shown console after console today; earlier in the day Ross and now you :s

Answer 4

Started with Gold version which I got from my cousin. Owned every main series game ever since and standard junk, yea not that interesting of a origin story but meh.

I guess the most memorable experience I had was the cliche picking my very first starter. Since Gold version was my first game I had the choice between Chikorita, Totodile, and Cyndaquil. Of course being young I had to get the coolest one so that automatically tossed Chikorita out of the mix (sorry fans). So for the longest time I sat and decided between the last two and finally decided on Totodile. Thus, Toronto the Totodile was born. Not the best nickname but give me a break I was so young. Anyways I'm more of a Cyndaquil/Typhlosion guy now but that's besides the point. Regardless these guys will always have a special place in my heart. Except you Chikorita, I've haven't came to love you yet.

Answer 5

I first played Pokemon way before I became a staff memeber here. My very first Pokemon game was Leaf Green. I played some other Pokemon games, discovered this place and then became the best staff memeber around. Then my 3rd cousin's ex girlfriend's dog died. I became super depressed because we were super close and playing games just seemed pointless. I eventually refound my love for Pokemon and became an active memeber of this site again. Today, I still love the Pokemons and enjoy being a gr8 staff memeber and an all around fantastic memeber of this community.

That's my story. I am staff.

Comments

"Active member"

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"Staff memeber"

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"memeber"

Typo? Or parapraxis?

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I believe that was intentional...

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He likes to meme, hence memeber.

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lol staff. Staff don't ask people like Ray for tcg codes.