"A stranger is being shown around a village that he has just become part of. He is shown a well and his guide says "On any day except Sunday, you can shout any question down that well and you'll be told the answer." The man seems pretty impressed, and so he shouts down, "Why not on Sunday?" A voice from in the well shouts back, "Because on Sunday, it's your day in the well."
Posting this because:
<&aldaron> if you know me at all you'd know me posting a well is laughable
<&aldaron> at best
Hi, I’m whistle. I found Smogon quite by accident. Early in high school I was looking for a good type chart and list of level-up moves for nostalgic runs of Pokemon Yellow and I stumbled across Azure Heights; from there I pieced together clues about the competitive scene and came across Smogon. At first I actually had no interest in battling other people… but I got pretty bored one winter break and decided to sign up. So here I am.
I guess you could call me a child of Pokemon Platinum since I joined the site around the time it was released and lost interest in the competitive scene when Black and White came out. I’ve been mostly inactive on the site for about a year and a half, so I’m a bit surprised to find myself down in this well. Back when I was active, I hung around IRC as one of the leaders of #stark (the fourth generation #pokemon) and worked in Contributions & Corrections as an indentured servant in the UU subforum and co-founder of the Grammar/Prose team. As for actual competitive battling, I liked trying out concepts on ladder and I still play with friends for fun, but I never saw the appeal in tournaments.
In real life I’m a twenty year old thoroughly white-washed Chinese-American. I’m going into my fourth year at the University of Chicago where I’m studying chemistry & mathematics with a specialization in economics. I don’t know why.
For fun, I play StarCraft 2, volleyball, and the violin; I also did debate in high school but sadly not in college. For me SC2 is much more rewarding than Pokemon since there is always clear room for improvement & creativity, and I feel that luck and coinflips are essentially non-factors for everyone but the top professional players. However, the community here is really awesome, and it’s the reason I keep coming back to IRC and team tournaments like SPL (as manager, assistant manager, and most recently head cheerleader). It’s pretty crazy that some people who I used to play against or stalk on Shoddy are the same people whom I now consider good friends, three years later.
Ask away!
Posting this because:
<&aldaron> if you know me at all you'd know me posting a well is laughable
<&aldaron> at best
Hi, I’m whistle. I found Smogon quite by accident. Early in high school I was looking for a good type chart and list of level-up moves for nostalgic runs of Pokemon Yellow and I stumbled across Azure Heights; from there I pieced together clues about the competitive scene and came across Smogon. At first I actually had no interest in battling other people… but I got pretty bored one winter break and decided to sign up. So here I am.
I guess you could call me a child of Pokemon Platinum since I joined the site around the time it was released and lost interest in the competitive scene when Black and White came out. I’ve been mostly inactive on the site for about a year and a half, so I’m a bit surprised to find myself down in this well. Back when I was active, I hung around IRC as one of the leaders of #stark (the fourth generation #pokemon) and worked in Contributions & Corrections as an indentured servant in the UU subforum and co-founder of the Grammar/Prose team. As for actual competitive battling, I liked trying out concepts on ladder and I still play with friends for fun, but I never saw the appeal in tournaments.
In real life I’m a twenty year old thoroughly white-washed Chinese-American. I’m going into my fourth year at the University of Chicago where I’m studying chemistry & mathematics with a specialization in economics. I don’t know why.
For fun, I play StarCraft 2, volleyball, and the violin; I also did debate in high school but sadly not in college. For me SC2 is much more rewarding than Pokemon since there is always clear room for improvement & creativity, and I feel that luck and coinflips are essentially non-factors for everyone but the top professional players. However, the community here is really awesome, and it’s the reason I keep coming back to IRC and team tournaments like SPL (as manager, assistant manager, and most recently head cheerleader). It’s pretty crazy that some people who I used to play against or stalk on Shoddy are the same people whom I now consider good friends, three years later.
Ask away!
How could I not?
