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Sports room simply because everyone in the room are similar in so many ways and we learn to see other sports from others perspectives that we never would of saw or gave a chance. The room is also more mature because most athletes are held to a certain conduct by coaches. Also Pikachu as a mascot...
I always thought that there was something that made Raichu the perfect looking pokemon.
Kinda like a badass bigger brother to Pikachu but also has a cuteness to him.
And electric types were always interesting to me so yerp.