Hey everyone. This is where you should post a description of yourself so everyone else at Smogon can get to know you better. This isn't just a drop in and say "hey what's up, I'm new..." To be quite honest, I'm not sure that new posters will benefit from posting here, because if you haven't established yourself in the community, people are just by nature less likely to read any lengthy diatribe you write in here.
Here's the OP from the previous thread, started by Bugsy. This sums up what this thread is all about:
Just to give two more examples of what you should be posting in here, here are the first two replies in that thread:
So, go ahead. Who are you... really?
Here's the OP from the previous thread, started by Bugsy. This sums up what this thread is all about:
I've been wondering what everyone's background is here since I haven't gotten into many personal conversations with anyone about it, and I'm sure that some of you feel the same way. I dunno about you guys, but I'd like to know who the hell I'm talking to, or can at least picture them talking. I would also like to know what plans some of you guys have for the future, like career paths and such.
Since I don't know how much anybody knows about me, I am a 16 year old guy from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and I am indeed Black. No internet gimmicks here. I love the city life here, it's pretty cool, and I can get along with basically everybody because my personality translates from the internet to real life. I have a passion for sports, specifically Basketball (stereotype) because I am actually good at it. I am almost 6 feet tall, which is cool because I here girls like tall guys. In my spare time I like hanging out with friends and going to the movies, since the movies around here are kinda a popular hangout place for everyone.
To be honest, I don't know what the hell attracts me to Pokemon. Maybe it's the strategy and skill it takes to be good at it, and I am very competitive in everything I do. I am just the normal, cool city kid.
As for the future, I plan on going to college after my senior year of high school, earning a business degree and real estate license, and trying to own everything i can.
Just to give two more examples of what you should be posting in here, here are the first two replies in that thread:
I talk to a bunch of people about personal shit, so whatever. I live on Long Island in New York, a very multicultural place that's not too far from the city or too close to the country. I live a 5 minute walk from the beach, I love to surf and shit during the summer. I am in love with music and sports, Volleyball and Football are my life. On the side I like to play Pokemon. :D I enjoy keeping my body in shape, weightlifting and going on runs. I am in love with music, you'll never see me without my ipod... I got into pokemon when I stole my sister's ruby version and played it while on a road trip to Florida, lol.
Future, haha. I hope to go to a big college and either play Volleyball or Football there, if not I'll go wherever life takes me. If I can't even get into a college I'll probably end up joining the US Navy. If I don't play sports in college I want to be a bodybuilder..
In real life I'm sort of a quiet guy, I only really open up and talk to my closest friends and relatives. I like to keep to myself and I hate attention.
Well, I'm a 15 year old Dutch kid, born in Columbia, Maryland, who is currently living in Suffolk of England. It's pretty cool here, although there really isn't much to do outside since I live in one of those 'dead suburbs' where you never see another human outside unless they're going to work.
At my school, I get frequently annoyed since everyone there is either an idiot, or a dumb steryotype. Not being racist or anything, but every single black person at my school seems to want to play up the whole "yo yo yo, want to shoot up some b-ball while i eat chicken?" Everyone else is either really unfunny (save for a couple people), or just an overall idiot because they try too hard (again, save for a couple of people).
For sports, soccer is one of my favorites, although ping-pong is another cool thing that I'm pretty good at. I'm somewhat good at basketball since I'm somewhat tall (5 feet 10 inches), but it's not my favorite.
In my spare time, I'm on the computer basically twenty-four/seven since, as mentioned before, there is almost nothing to do here. It's cool though, since through that I got on the internet, and through the internet I met some awesome people.
I don't exactly know how I stumbled across netbattle, or why I enjoy it. I think it was just when I got leafgreen and was looking for some tips 'n stuff, when I came across smogon or some other website first. I probably enjoy it because the games were always cool, and netbattle is basically the games with all the tedious shit taken out.
For the future, I'm going to go to Leigh University (most likely) in Pennsylvania. Probably going to get an engineering degree, maybe something in CAD as well (Which is what I'm currently learning). I don't know what I'd do for a living, but it's definatly something that requires an engineering degree, and if that fails, I can always fall back on the gaming industry. That'd be cool.
So, go ahead. Who are you... really?