Explain Yourself (NOT for new folks).

[CALF]

I am Calf. I just joined the forums, but have been on the site a few times before. I'm 21 years of age and live in Orlando, FL. I attend college there as well as work as an accountant for an advertising company there. It's boring sometimes and pretty far from where I live, but the pay is good, so I stick with it. College is a pretty good time, plus the semester is almost over. Between going to school full time and working about 33 hours a week I have very little free time, but I try to invest that into things I enjoy. Those things are mostly concerts, video games, and sleeping.

I played the original red and blue pokémon hardcore. However, I had a major drop off in playing them until diamond and pearl came out. I've breed and raised quite a few pokémon, and some I am really satisfied with. I like to battle when I have the chance, so pm me for a match sometime.

Aside from pokémon I play a lot of rhythm games. I'm a pretty good Pop'n Music player and play some beatmaniaIIDX on occasion. I also play other RPGs and am a big fan of the Castlevania series.

 

[Roen]

Well, I'm a 20 year old dude, born and living in Belgium. It's a dull country, I know. I really hate it here, and I hope I'll get to move out in 1 or 2 years time.

I like sports (if you can call it that), mostly just cycling and fitness stuff. But that's only when I'm in the mood for it. I also like to play ping-pong, but it's been a while since I last played it.

Currently I'm also searching for a good job, which is seemingly harder to find in this city then in others in my country. But I'll find something, just you wait!

Then in my free time I'm someone who lurks on the computer or plays videogames, you know how it goes. I'm also busy sometime with my aquarium because my fish deserve a good life. And I also like to cook, yeah laugh at it, but I like it.

I've been watching these forums and this site for a lot of months now, I don't know for how long, but it's long enough. So I finally signed up so you can hear my voice in a matter of speech.

I'm quite a veteran player if it comes to Pokémon, since I began playing when Red and Blue came out. And I've been playing ever since, although I enjoyed other games along the way. The Golden Sun series is one of them, hence why my Pokes are named after some characters and summons of that game. Tales of Symphonia is another one of those games I'm still hooked on, and I don't care what you'll say about it because it's just a very good game.

Well, that's me in a nutshell. And if anyone wants to ask something, just ask. I'll answer if I have the time for it (which I'll probably have).

 

[yoshi!]

I'm a 15 year old called Alex who lives in London, and I am fairly quiet and timid most of the time, but if I'm in my circle of friends, I'm loud and adventrous.

At school, I like the sciences and languages (i know...what an odd choice). So, I am currently taking : English lit and language, science, statistics, german and games (obligatory :(. I HATE ENGLISH!) I also learn Spanish, Geography and Music (i play 2 instruments. Piano and trumpet). At A-level (high school in the USA? 16-18's) I want to do Physics, Maths and German, and eventually go onto to university, to do Physics.

My nickname. I chose this when I was on a nintendo forum. Seeing that "yoshi" was taken, I went for "YOSHI!" which was OK. The capitals, however, were not. Now that most of thr fourms I now go on have "yoshi!" free, I use that instead.

(seeing that this is a pokemon site, the rest of thie post will be about pokemon)

I got into Pokemon with the release of R/B at the ripe old age of 7. I always forgot how exit houses, god I was dumb then. :P

I got into competitive battling on a Nintendo Magazine Forum (ONM) with a Netbattle thread about 1 year and a half ago. I got inot the tourney, and then I got into other forums and sutff like that. While looking for stuff, I went on serebii, and then got to smogon when I was searching for movesets to put onto my NB teams.

With the release of D/P in the USA, I decided to import it, as there hadn't been a release date yet for Europe, which was in July. Not a good move. ¬_¬

By this time, I hadn't sorted out a wifi connection, so I got a USB connector form Nintendo. What a waste of £30 (about $60). After trying and re-trying to get it to work, I gave up on it, and then decided to move onto wireless routers. After much talks and yes, it was going to work with AOL (i know... its so shit. You pay $30 a month for an e-mail address. How poor). I did some research, and found what router AOL distribute for wireless. I then went to EBay to see if we could get one. After some last minute-bidding, I managed to get one, for about $60 (the same price as the USB xD).

Seeing that I had paid for it and was waiting delivery, I decided to join the smogon forums after realising that the site hadn't been set up yet for the D/P analyses and saw that there were analyses here. The day after I joined, on my birthday, the router was delivered! I set it up and it worked, yadda yadda yadda, and god I was excited after playing MKDS online that night!

So thats me in a nutshell.

 

[Discord]

Hello, I'm Nicholas, a thirteen year old Senior in my Junior High School. I'm 5'9", so I'm a bit tall for my age, or at least taller than everyone I know. I'm a bit over average weight for my height however. I live in the big city, in the hustle and bustle of New York City, in New York. More specifically, I live in Brooklyn.

Personality wise, I can be very outgoing. I am also kind of a clown. I can be a wise guy to everyone, parents, teachers, friends, random people. It's just what I do. Although I can only assume that my parents and my school teachers aren't exactly a fan of it.

Let's see. In Elementary school, I was a fucking nice guy, and I was desperately struggling to fit in but to no avail. I was valedictorian of my school, but it could be probably attributed to the fact that the people who attended my Elementary School were utter idiots. Anyway, now that I loook back at it, I was pathetic. I was always trying to fit in and go with fad and shit.

I'm quite different now, actually I'm almost the opposite. I don't go with the flow too much, I do different things, and I certainly as fuck don't care what others say. I've also been pushy, and as Surgo put it, "an asshole" as of late, but hey, I like it. I create my own fads and heh, some of them have gotten quite the approval, people like them.

In terms of my academic career, I'm an A- to A+ student. I have sustained a 4.0 GPA for two years straight. My school is pretty advanced, however the students in it aren't that bright. For any New Yorkers here, they can relate to having to take the dumb Regents Exams in addition to the other state mandated exams. I have Biology, Algebra I(both High School courses by the way), and the Earth Science Regents at the end of the year and I am definitely dreading it, but hey, less to do in High School and I am passing all three classes with grades between 92-98. Right now, I'm second in my grade. Despite my need to not be bored in school by making wise cracks towards teachers, not paying attention, and have awful study and homework habits, I have been able to do well in everything I do.

Hell, I have very few hobbies. Only on the weekends, am I moderately active. I go to friends houses, and vice versa. I go out with friends to places such as the movies and everything. On weekdays, I usually hang out with my friends after school and grab a pizza or something. After that, I barely get online on weekdays due to homework. I just downloaded NB almost two weeks ago so I have become obsessed with ADV, and I'm getting back into DP. Shortly going into my pokemon life, I started out in Neoseeker(ADV era), then went to GameFaqs(adv era cont'), then Smogon in mid 2006. I joined shortly before I joined sppf. Now I'm an avid competitive battler who makes teams that no one would ever use(i.e: 4 anti-metagame sweepers with kamikaze sets, bliss and cress). So that's really the main shit about me that you guys will know.

 

[chaos]

I don't think you guys understand. This isn't a "I'm new here, I like Pokemon" thread. Its purpose is for established members to gain a greater understanding of the people they've encountered here. Nobody cares what Pokemon sites you are coming from and how many shinies you've caught, in fact if you mention Pokemon for more than a few lines here you've misunderstood the purpose of this thread. If your post isn't at least two, full paragraphs, you haven't satisfied the prereqs for posting in this thread.

 

[Phiddlesticks]

I'm Geoff Hamilton. I was born in Montreal, Quebec, but I moved here to Hamilton, Ontario, when I was 3. I'm 16 years old (1990 with December birthday), white, around 6' with glasses and medium-length dirty blond hair (it's getting kinda long now actually I need a hair cut :x). My favourite sports are hockey, dodgeball (lol) and basketball. I've been playing hockey since I was like 5, and I'm now in my final eligible year of HUB hockey =( Dodgeball is another favourite, mainly because it's really fun. Our gym class plays it every Friday, and we get really intense :s Basketball is another sport I like, which is kinda weird, because if I were writing this 2 years ago, I would have said basketball is my least favourite sport. I just started playing basketball at lunch with my friends last year (mainly because I really sucked at it and wanted to get better), and I started to like the sport better once I learned the rules and some strategies.

Schoolwise, I get marks around 80-85%. I could probably get higher if I wanted, but like most people, I'm far too lazy. I'm gonna be heading somewhere into maths. Who knows, I was kinda thinking of trying to become a math teacher. Socially, I get along with most people, excluding the people I've never spoken to like those random emos and crack addicts I see sometimes in the hallways. Most people I socialize with know I play Pokemon too, actually, but nobody really cares about it anymore. Hell, I play it in class sometimes if I have some spare time :x

My hobbies are mainly sports and video games, the latter of the two including Pokemon, SSBM, Guitar Hero, and Tetris Attack/Pokemon Puzzle League. Uh, the only video game I can really elaborate on there is SSBM, so uh, I main Bowser. Yes, I know about advanced techniques and use them well. Yes, I know Bowser is very low on the tier list. I play as him because he is comfortable to play with. I also personally think I am a very good Bowser player, but unfortunately (and for some people, conveniently) I have no way of recording videos or attending any decent tournaments (since I haven't bothered getting my license and there's no way my parents are driving me). I also watch anime. I'm currently watching Naruto and Avatar, and I have finished watching Digimon Savers (as well as seasons 1-3 I guess since I watched them when I was younger) and FMA. I also play KoL, which is an awesome game :x My account name is Phiddlesticks, so feel free to add me.

My music taste is pretty broad, and most people who know me can confirm that. Classic rock, alternative rock, rap, hip-hop, emo, metal, techno, trance, video game music, you name it, and I probably like something from that genre. That's all I really have to say about music, since I listen to anything and everything.

There, finished.

 

[Ceielo]

Hello, my name is Brandon Sumi, but I like to be called Ceielo. I was born in Anchorage, Alaska, and live in Nunapitchuk Alaska. I am 5'6 Full Native Alaskan. A Yup'ik Eskimo. I have lived in Nunapitchuk all of my life and in the villages all over my area(big area), people still hunt and fish for food. Not saying we can't buy stuff, I still love burgers and steak(YES STEAK), but still a lot of the food we get are Fish and Moose and Caribou and Ducks and a lot of others.

My hobbies include Skateboarding, Snowmobile riding, Boat riding, playing video games, watching TV, Biking with friends, throwing around a football and a lot of others. I also like listening to music. I mainly listen to VH1's You Oughtta Know: Artists On The Rise featured singers. Especially Feist, Bradi Carlisle, and A Fine Frenzy. That's all I'm going to say for now, I'll edit to add more once I realize how to fix this thing.

I am back after fixing this. More useless info.

I am a completionist. I play video games like San Andreas and finish everything possible BEFORE doing a single Storyline Mission, and when the rest of the stuff are unlocked, I finish them too.

I am a huge wrestling fan. I love WWE and hated the competition ever since I first heard of WCW. I don't hate TNA, but I don't enjoy watching it.
Favorite all time wrestler: The Undertaker and Bret Hart in a tie.
Runner ups: Chris Benoit(before the murder-suicide), Kurt Angle(before TNA), Finlay, John Morrison, EDGE! and Jamie Noble.

In video games, I love Nintendo the most. Ever since the NES era. I grew up on Nintendo, and always will stick to Nintendo. I have an NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii, GameBoy Color Pokemon Gold and Silver Edition(Pikachu/Pichu), GameBoy Advance, Nintendo DS and a few extra GB and GBAs.

I also love playing Multiplayer games like Halo 2, WWE SmackDown! vs. RAW 2006, Smash Bros series, Wii Sports, Unreal Tournament, and quite a few others.

I am basically quiet and always keep to myself, unless I am in a group of my friends. Then I start getting loud and everyone is laughing. I hardly get out anymore since most of my friends moved on to better places. Not dead, just out of the village.

I used to write a lot, but I stopped after stuff happened with my ex..., but I am starting it up again, slowly. I love writing and gon try to not let anything stop it again. I am not going to post any of the stuff on here, but I'd imagine you could find them online somewhere.

That's all I am going to write. All I can think of right now anyways and it's getting too long.

 

[metalScyther]

Sup guys, I'm Metalscyther and yes I did think this name was creative/cool 7 years ago or something

I'm 6'4", 220lbs, have shaggy blond hair, and have phenomenal blue eyes. I'm currently a freshmen at The Ohio State University. In fact, I just finished my first quarter there. I'm having a lot of fun and the diversity is very refreshing.

I grew up in a small town named Delphos, in northwestern Ohio. You've probably never heard of it before, but let's just say it's a town with a population of about 8,000, and is(according to wikipedia), 98% white. I've played music all of my life. I'm a reasonably accomplished violist, having played for ~13 years, and am getting better at electric guitar, which I've played for ~3 years, every day. Music is a pretty big part of my life, I spent a lot of time playing it, discussing it, and of course, listening to it. The Hidden Treasures I have on my iPod would be enough to make most men weep.

I also love playing and watching sports. I'm not really that athletic, but due to not being small by any means, I can hold my own in football and basketball. These two sports are also pretty much exclusively the only sports I watch. I'm a big fan of anything that comes out of Cleveland: the Cavs, Tribe, Brownies, drugs, and black peophaha my bad. The Cavs are pretty much fucking sweet, and you could say I nearly devote my life to the Browns. I really don't give too much of a shit about baseball, but hey, cleveland fucking rocks, so go tribe or something.

Besides that, or at least according to my facebook, my interests are women, ohio state, partying, and chilling. It'd be a fairly accurate statement to say there's a good chance I can out drink you. I've also been known to smoke a lot of weed...every day. If you knew my well enough, you'd also know that I also very much enjoy the occasional drug bender.

haha, its like a biography

 

[monkfish]

hi guys

I think by making this post I'm going to straighten out a few things to myself, hopefully by writing everything down I will understand myself more.

I'm Alex, I'm a 19 year old middle class white male from Somerset, England. I study Computer Science at the University of York. So far, so unexciting. I would like to think that I'm of above-average intelligence; I have quite a logical mind and although I might take longer to think about problems, I usually come out of it with the right answer. That said, my mind seems to be 'empty' a lot of the time. I'm not sure how to explain it properly, but when someone asks me "What are you thinking about?" I usually can't tell them, since I don't know myself. I think partially for this reason I have quite poor conversational skills. I can answer questions and 'be cool' but I find that I rarely have anything to actually contribute, whether it be in the form of an interesting question or an anecdote or just general chit-chat. I'm working on it.

I'm realising that I am quite hung up on my ex-girlfriend, which is a great shame. I've had other girls since her, but they don't seem to be enough for me. I hope I can address this issue with her in the upcoming Christmas holidays.

Speaking of Christmas, I am really looking forward to relinquishing all (most) of my responsibility for a few weeks and just relaxing with my family at home. Uni life is proving to be quite stressful! One of my best friends has already left for his gap year and I won't see him for half a year, it's quite distressing since home won't be quite the same without him (not to mention he provides me with... essential substances).

In the future I want to be involved in programming. I think I should use my logical mind to my own advantage and pursue a career in such things. I already have a job lined up for next year at an international computer security company, and it pays quite well. However, it's another big move for me (the first being the one from home to university a year ago). I'll have disposable income though, so I expect to be able to see more of my old friends by travelling around the country. That'll be ace.

Music... Music was a massive part of my life when I was around 13-17. I discovered that pop wasn't the only type of music in the world and started to explore other genres. For a while I was quite anti-pop, anti-rap, anti-hiphop, anti-dance, but now I feel that dismissing a whole category of music was naive and immature. All part of growing up. Nowadays for the most part I listen to my old CD collection along with a lot of dance music and various other things here and there - I am by no means as 'fussy' as I was.

I like to ski, I like to drink and smoke, I like to learn (sometimes), I like to socialise even if I'm not that good at it. I think we live in exciting times and that we should make the most of our lives. I plan to travel a lot, and do the things I love before it is too late to do them.

Overall I think it is important to be thankful for the things you have, and I have a lot to be thankful for. I have no major health problems; I am pretty attractive (heh); I am intelligent; I have family; I have friends; I have a future, and I have a past. And I have YOU, smogon!

 

[Suica]

Hi. I'm Chelsea and I'm 16. I live in the Denver metro area and I love it here. Snowboarding is the best but the weather is a bit bipolar for me. I've been on this site for over a year. (I think) I just haven't really used this account. I don't really play pkmn anymore so that's probably why.

One distinct thing about me is that I'm short. Like 5'4" short. I play Varsity basketball for my school tho. It's my jr year and we're 6-3 so far. I also played JV soccer last year. We were ok. It's not soccer season yet so I don't know where I'm playing this year. But we have a good team with lots of talent and I think we'll do well.

Speaking of school. I'm an okay student. I try my best and I'm good at some stuff. But I'm not in all advanced classes or anything. I think the only thing I really enjoy about school is seeing my friends and all. It's really not worth it to wake up at 6 AM so you can slog through the day.

I recently got my driver's license. I drive a crappy car tho. 1990 Accord if you really wanna know lol. But my parents said they would get me a new one depending on how good my SAT scores and shit turns out. Anyways. I've found that driving is actually a really good stress reliever for me. I also get that feeling of freedom.

There's a lot more I could say about myself but it feels too self-absorbing. Plus I'd have to be real boring if a few paragraphs could describe me. I guess if you're actually reading this then you at least know a little something about me now.

 

[Aniki]

Hello, my name is Aaron. I live in Sydney, NSW, located in Australia for those who don't know. I am 14 years old living in a pretty big suburb which is getting over crowded. I do not like this suburb, for those who are from Sydney that place is Hurstville. I don't really like the area I live in and I wish I could move with my house, but I can't for obvious reasons. You can say I am an average at school, I am not the highest nor the lowest in grades. I enjoy playing games (not all but some), hanging out with some friends (again some but not heaps). I don't like having a big group of friends and I don't like hanging out like heaps as in hanging out all the time. Well apart from that life here is alright. I hate waking up early to go to school, when I don't find any purpose of going to school. At school I only like maths and english and probably commerce. When I grow up I would want to work in Hong Kong, probably the best place I've ever been to. I also have relatives there. I've got pretty cool friends I must say, as they are all unique. Okay now sporting teams.. I go for the following teams.. BPL: Chelsea! Chelsea > Man U. NBA: Cleveland Cavaliers! LeBron James > Kobe Bryant. Thats about it for the sports teams.

Likes: Gaming, friends, eating rice(yes I am an asian), learning certain things(probably things related to skill eg. rubiks cube which I fail at), tennis, and many more.

Dislikes: Going to school(waking up early, catching bus then train), Hot days, going out alot which is why going to school 5 times a week is gay. And some more.

Admires: Frank Lampard.

And that is all for now.

 

[DM]

For the last fucking time, read the original post in this thread before posting in it. No one gives a flying fuck what kind of pokemon you like or what you like about Smogon. ESPECIALLY if you've been here less than a month; if your name isn't immediately recognizable, don't even bother posting here.

 

[giga]

Just read my first post and I guess I've kinda changed. I'm not really so hot on the football or volleyball thing anymore, I keep getting calls from division Ia and II schools about playing football; my heart isn't really in it anymore.

I'm placed in this dilemma now, should I play sports or go to college and focus on academics? I have the grades to get into some pretty good schools, I hope to hear back from U of Maryland and Buffalo soon. hehe dm buffalo do you still live there?

Anyway I've changed a lot since that last post and I'm more of a party animal now, I don't really go to the gym anymore even though I'm always telling myself to. My physical appearance hasn't really changed...I just look a lot less in shape I guess ahahaha. Drugs are actually a big part of my life now and it's sad to say that..I am fucking enamored by mushrooms it's just the sickest shit ever. I'm a lot more outgoing now, and it's my last year of high school so I just have a cliche fuck it attitude, ya know, I want to get outta here already..

 

[CLegacyM]

Aight

Alright, here it comes! I figure I can do one of these pretty comfortably now.

I'm 20 years old and I live with my cousins in an apartment in Ottawa, Ontario. Woo. I'm going to college right now, taking Law, and aspiring to be a lawyer eventually (maybe).

I'm avery outgoing and opinionated person. I've always kind of had a problem with authority (as you can plainly see), and I've never been the type to take shit from anyone. I've got a big mouth and a lot of attitude. However, if you get to know me you'll find out I'm one of the nicest guys you can ever meet. I'm very reliable as a friend and I'm always there to back you up. I'm trustworthy and very open. I don't hold grudges, either, despite being quick to anger. Now, that quick to anger thing is something I have controlled and I have a high tolerance level to keep it chained.

I started playing competitive pokemon last year because of a league that happened on GameFAQs. At first I did terribly, but after a couple whoopings from people like Sir Chris, Skarm and goofball, I started to improve vastly. What kept me in the game despite being constantly demoralized? Well, for one, I love adversity. The other reason is because I am extremely competitive and if I enjoy something I always set out to be the best in it.

Now, the reason that I said "maybe" for becoming a lawyer is because I am in boxing right now and training to fight competitively. I'm 5'10, 147ish lbs. So I'd be starting out at Welterweight, but I could see myself moving up in weight as I go along. My picture is up in the picture thread (page 109 and 111 I think?).

I'm also dating a wonderful girl that I've been with for just over a year now and I'm fully intent on marrying her, despite our fights and differences. I'll post her picture too.

Well, I don't know what else to put, so yeah.

 

[Mikal Ebok]

My name is Ted. I am 30 years old and I currently live in Mount Laurel, NJ. I work for a company called CA doing computer architecture for several of their Software lines. I started out programming when I was 12, but in college I studied History. Around the time of my senior year I realized that I did not want to do anything with my degree so I got an Internship programming for the US Army. Around three years ago I decided to take a job with CA and now I travel everywhere for clients. Last year alone I was in New York, Kansas, Basildon (UK), Nebraska, Texas, Florida, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Maine, Qubec (Canada), and Missouri.

Because I travel so much my DS and my video Ipod are my best friends. They help keep me sane when I am flying and out of the pubs when I am stuck in a hotel. I started gaming when I was younger, which included pokemon, and I still enjoy it to this day obviously. I am a big fan of MMOs and I have played alot of them, but currently I am waiting to se what the next generation MMOs have to offer.

I actually just got married this past October. My wife is the most amazing woman in the world. (I'll post a picture of us in the photo post.) She is a teacher for the American Boy's Choir in Princeton, NJ. She doesn't like games and has no idea why I am addicted to pokemon, but thats ok because she loves to knit and I have no idea why she likes to knit. Even though I travel so much we still enjoy traveling and seeing amazing new places. This summer we are planning on going on our honeymoon to Germany. If you are a beer lover like my wife and I its the perfect place to go.

Beer happens to be one of my favorte things in the world. I'm Irish so its in my blood. My brothers and I do home brewing everyonce in a while, which is great because we are trying to build up a beer recipe list so we can start our own brewery. It everything works out some day in the next few years I will be able to get out of the computer industry and just brew beer for a living.

In our free time my wife and I rock-climb, hike, camp, and I am slowly getting her into Ocean kayaking. I like to surf and bodyboard which I have been doing since I was 10. My wife saddly does not have the ability to keep herself standing on a board so ocean kayaking is a great way to get her out in the water.

Well that is about it in a nutshell. If you have any questions just let me know. Cheers.

 

[Chill Murray]

Who am I really?

I'm a 19-year-old kid from Long Island named Pat who's currently going to Muhlenberg College in Allentown, PA. Talking to me, however, you wouldn't know I'm LI born and raised. I only have a trace of the accent.

I like music, but only until recently I've been a spectator. I mean, I played violin from 4th grade until my senior year in high school, with a 3-year break in between, but that wasn't all that serious. I started out listening to country while I was very young, then moved on to pop until my uncle introduced me to AC/DC when I was 13 or so. From there, I started to discover the stuff my parents used to listen to before I was born and while I was very young: Led Zep, Hendrix, Boston. Your average "I'm 14 and I rock!" bands. Even now, as my musical tastes have expanded a bit, I'm amazed at my parent's music collection, with a lot of stuff I'd never expect them to listen to: Smashing Pumpkins, Violent Femmes, Stevie Ray Vaughan. Until recently I hated the Beatles, but the first love of my life really showed me them for the first time, so now I'm a fan. However, my favorite band is still Rush.

As for not being a spectator, I dabbled with guitar a few years before I realized I couldn't play chords for shit. So, I moved over to bass, where I'm quite happy. I'm in a band called The Fix. We're trying to find our sound; at the moment I think we're doing a kind of "Blind Melon with Bob Dylan on vocals" thing. It's nice, and it feels good creating music like that.

I was told by all the adults in my life that I was an intelligent kid all my life. I'm not sure if I agree with them or not, but I definitely think that's what led to my chronic laziness. As a kid I'd have a short fuse; I remember in 6th grade I punched a kid in the face because he called my mom an iguana. These days I'm a bit more laid back, and more likely to respond with words than with my fists, but I still get the urge to fight every now and again. I think I've still got a lot of anger in me from my years of being made fun of in school, but I'm likely to blow it off as "being emo". I've got kind of a weird sense of humor. It's black a lot of the time, but I also like silly puns. A typical joke you'd hear from me would go something like "I tried coke once, but I didn't like it too much. I got ice cubes stuck up my nose." I love to read, and my favorite author is Kurt Vonnegut.

I love my family. I used to hate living with them, and I picked a school that was reasonably far away so that I wouldn't have to be near them. However, now that I've gone away to school, I realized a couple of things. First, my parents actually did a pretty damn good job of raising me. I'm capable of making my own decisions, and acting on what I think is moral, and I suppose I have them to blame for that. I also realize that no matter what my brothers have my back. Growing up with 2 brothers close in age (and another one not too far removed) meant a lot of fighting, but the cliche of blood being thicker than water is true. I'm glad I grew up in a big family. I like the communal feel that everything has to it, I like the petty arguments that break out and get resolved within minutes, I like the chaos of a house with 7 people in it. It just feels nice to me. I think that's why I'm so tight with my group of friends, because here they're like my second family.

Pokemon.

I spend too much time on the computer. I masturbate too much. I've started to drink a little too much, but I think that's more a reflection of me being in college than a path that I've started to go down. I've tried cannabis, and while it's a good enough feeling I'm not a fan of the culture, and especially the people associated with it. I don't think I'm likely to try any other drugs, although I might try shrooms once. I'd like to try LSD but I'm afraid of the flashbacks.

As for my future, I have a somewhat set idea of what I want to do with my life. I'm a Spanish/Education major with an as yet undeclared minor in Russian studies, so there's a few paths I could walk down. The most immediate career I'm thinking of is working as a Spanish teacher in a secondary school setting. I'm not ruling out working for the government, though, perhaps picking up Arabic or Mandarin if I can. I don't think my mind works fast enough for me to be an interpreter, but I could definitely see myself doing translation work. Translating video games would be pretty damn cool.

Love is kind of a weird thing for me. I've been in love once, and it was the greatest feeling I've ever had. She got me to come out of my shell, to be more confident in myself. It was amazing. Unfortunately, distrust crept into both sides of the relationship, and it ended up killing itself. I still pine for her sometimes, but she's found Mr. Right so I've started trying to find someone else. Along the way, I've discovered that I'm bisexual; at least, I don't mind in the least getting a guy off instead of a girl. I will say that girls are a lot easier to get off, but I haven't had the balls to pursue a relationship with a guy and probably won't so I don't know which I would like better in a relationship setting.

I think I've more or less said everything important. If I had to sum myself up in a a paragraph, I'd say the following: I'm a confusing sort of chap, a boy with the mind of a cynic and the heart of a romantic. I'll laugh off life, all the while trying to appreciate it. I curse like a sailor. When I go to Taco Bell, I put all the coins from my change into the "Help the Children" canister. I'm a bit of an asshole, but at least a polite one. I don't give a shit what you think about me, but I want to be liked. Finally, I'm the most intelligent idiot you'll ever meet.

 

[Go2Sleep02]

Well I have been a long time lurker on Smogon and I made my account last month so let start this thing off. My name is Ivan D. M. I live Lawrencevile, Georgia A.K.A. the subburbs. So I'm age 15 and I'm a Mexician-American and I go to Collins Hill High School pretty cool school. My intrests are Pro Wrestling, Videogameing, and Life itself. My favorite wrestlers are Edge, CM Punk, Samoa Joe, and Matt Hardy. My favorite games are Poke'mon, Dragon Ball / Z / GT, and Fighting Games.

I have competed in the Nintendo Poke'mon 10 ANIV Tournament Event if anyone here remembers reading SKYUPPERCUT60 JAA Warstory I was that kid that played him in the semi-finals he was pretty good. Anyway I lost in the final round to some chick well at least I get an exclusive Game Boy Advance Micro from Ninteno along with a Skitty Pillow. Months later I got my my 10 ANIV JAA 2nd Place Medal.

Well the thing I want to do for my career is a pro wrestler I respect and love the biz. I would really like to wrestling on the indys / independants before wrestling in major promataions like WWE or TNA Wrestling.

On my school record I have 28 referrals a lot for fighting, slacking, and disrespecting teachers. I'm a lot more calm these days. Out of 28 referrals 1 of them are complete BS I got in trouble for someone elses spary paint on the wall. The asian / foreign janiotor wants to see whats in my pockets I pull out my expo marker yes expo marker how do I get a referral for that expo is dry eraseable spary paint is not. If I did vandilize the walls with an expo marker it would have been erasble without going through a whole cleaning process, but whatever.

So anyway few years ago I was a kid who did not give a dam what people said, care, or did. And today I'm calm and quiet. In the future expect more things from this kid from a subburb in the state of Georgia.

 

[Rhykune]

Hey. What is up everybody. I'm Jon, a 13 year old dude from Vancouver, Canada. I basically look like a blondie ghost... I currently attend my first year at Elgin Park Secondary in grade 8. What are my interests? PORN!!! NO SHIT BUT... I chill with my friends mainly, but I am also a gamer and play on my high school badminton team. I also have picked up drumming in the past couple of months. My first video game ever played was Mario Kart 64, ah, I remember that day so clearly.

My family was all old-fashioned before I came around, but once I brought video games into the family, my dad is now better than me at guitar hero, and my mom spends her days playing either Brain Age or New York Times Crosswords.

Probably the most interesting thing about me is that my older brother has autism. He can still talk and everything but the autism just makes him function like a younger child. Whenever my friends are talking about them killing their siblings, I can't think of what it be like to do anything to harm my brother... This has lead us to quite a different life, he also has epilepsy so we can not go on long plane rides with him. My parents are saints, and we have found a way around it, they take turns taking me all around the world. When I hear people make fun of disabled people, I get offended because I think of him, and would never laugh at that kind of joke. I love my brother... and my parents, but in my parents case, you could never tell. It's all friendly bashing.

I may be a little bit of an internet bitch, but in real life I am quite a softie. Whenever any of my friends have an issue, they always take it straight to me because I am the only one who won't laugh at them for it. I do crack quite a few disses, but I am probably the calmest and quitest in my group.

What do I want to do with my future... I dunno... Something creative, I have always wanted to own a business but I never knew what. My live is not totally absorbed by video games, so I wouldn't make it there... I really don't know.

I have had one girlfriend so far, and that was a little bit of a sad relationship, and none of the girls seem to fit me anymore. I really do miss having one now...

That's about all, If you want to know anything else about me, then you are a stalker. Nah jk, but if you do want to, just ask me a question via PM. I am very open and would love to meet more friends.

 

[cornflake]

Might as well do one of these.

Hello everyone, for those of you who don't know who I am, I'm cornflake pk and I'm a proud member of the Smogon community. Despite some early mishaps (read: banned from Firebot), I think I've established myself well on these boards.

My name is Jason. I'm male, 14 years old, in 9th Grade in New Jersey. I was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, but moved to Jersey a few years ago. I live in the suburbs in a nice quiet place called Hamilton.

I'm 'white', that is, I'm 99% Irish. I'm a bit of a laid-back kind of guy, but I can be serious when the situation demands it. My hobbies include jigsaw puzzles, video games, working out, and hanging out with my friends.

I wouldn't describe myself as a 'nerd' but I'm sure many people would call me that. I graduated middle school at the top of my class (which is not a big deal, but whatever) and go to an elite private school. I get good marks often without trying. When I put my mind to something, I can usually accomplish the task with flying colors.

I'm 5'11, 125 pounds. I'm not very muscular, but I work out almost every day in an effort to gain a little muscle. I eat whatever I want, as much as I want, and I won't lose or gain a pound. My fast metabolism won't last forever, though, and because my family has a track record of diabetes, I watch what I eat more often these days.

I feel strongly about politics, which is unusual for people my age. I am against the war in Iraq and would love for a Democratic president, be it Obama or Hillary. Stem-cell research is okay with me, the same with abortions.

I am technically Catholic, but I have doubts about my faith. I'm not a full-fledged atheist, though; I'm more of an agnostic. Oh yeah- I'm a godfather to my baby cousin. That was very special for me, to feel like a role model for a child.

In the future I hope to have a job in Criminalistics, that is, Crime Scene Investigation. If I'm able to help serve justice through science (my forte), I believe my life will be complete.

While I tell myself I'm never going to smoke, use alcohol, or try drugs, I'm being naive to believe that I'll never give it a try. I don't know, I just don't believe how one could enjoy those vices, but then again, I've never tried them.

Well, that's a bunch about me. I'd usually never disclose information like this on the internet, but I trust Smogon. I truly do.

I'm glad I could give you guys some insight into me.

 

[Ouro]

Hey all. Let's give some basics, I'm 17 years old, hailing from Providence, RI. I am the youngest of 3, and I was lucky to be born here in America. My family comes from the agrarian island of the Dominican Republic and I would very much like it if you didn't not ask what the difference between a Puerto Rican and Dominican is. As mentioned earlier I was born in America unlike my two other brothers who came at the age of 13 and 9.

I find that I enjoy a lot of music, and hate only R&B. I've gone through many musical tastes but I have narrowed it down to: Modern Hardcore (The Fall of Troy), Hardcore (The Blood Brothers), IDM|DNB|Ambience|Techno (Aphex Twin, Venetian Snares, etc), and a shit load of Indie and Experimental rock. I do not share the taste of many Americans for classics like Bob Dylan or Pink Flyod, but I often find myself enjoying the guilty pleasure of one or two records by The Beatles and The Beach Boys.

In school I have gone through every possible circle of friends before I decided I hate everyone in my school. Now I just keep to the people I don't dislike as much as the others. I tend to have problems with pretentious snobs who think they are better than others because of their clothes, or because they dislike people for being smart. Oh I also dislike gangsters, being that I've seen as rough as it gets (extended visits to the Dominican Republic) I find that these hoodlums aren't as intimidating as what other people have to endure.

I am currently in my senior year of high school and plan on studying Economics in College. Right now my reach schools are Bates and Carleton (my brother attends the latter) and hope one of them accept me. Up until high school I was your typical straight A student but once I got into a College Prep. school I felt like I didn't have to do any of the work since I was learning. My parents always disliked this and questioned why I was getting promoted to AP classes with such shitty grades. I use to run the 400m race for my schools very successful track team but quit after my sophomore year after my knees were giving me a lot of pain.

I consider myself to be very fit but others consider me skinny. People cant decide whether I have good hair and they all love the features of my face (but they wont say I'm handsome!). Till this day no one has guessed my race correctly on their first try and because of this I can usually get away with telling people I am some sort of Russian or Muslim.

I don't have conservative, or liberal political views, and I sure as hell am not moderate. I am Pro-Liberation, which basically means China should stop picking on Tibet and Israel should be dissolved cause its a fucking rogue state. I guess that means I like to meddle in other peoples business too.

I strive to make the world a better place, idly.

edit: How could I forget Pokemon and trolling stuff?!

I first became acquainted with the internet when my brother introduced me to a game called Gunbound. My brother and I played against each other. When the game was in its early stages people would spam links to sites with hacks and one day I visited one. It was a forum where I met this kid who was nice to me. His forum name was Jijiin but he was a Dutch kid from Montana or something. At this site I learned a bit about hacking and pretty soon I was making hacks with them (although not as good; and hiding them from my brother as well). As time progressed I joined more forums and shit, and eventually saw sigs by this guy called TheCrazyMuffinMan and decided I wanted to try. I downloaded Photoshop and picked up signatures and eventually joined DeviantArt and Gamerenders. At Gamerenders I was known for being an ass hole and somewhat good at graphics (back when the ranking system from NationalSigLeague was considered an official rank I was considered SemiPro lol) and eventually stumbled upon this Canadian kid SeanyHolla and his E-friend Akira. SeanyHolla and I would flame people relentlessly for sucking and Akira and I were just chill e-buds. Akira was this guy flipn0tic's cousin who was the leader of the most popular graphics crew at Gamerenders. Soon SeanyHolla and I joined aspiring to be members waiting for our invitations but nothing ever happened and the crew dissolved. After the crew disappeared a lot of members hung out at the crews DeviantArt chat where we would do insane internet shit (we continued dominance of Gamerenders independently but in unison). As time passed and stuff I became chill with this kid from Singapore known as Phalis and he was into Pokemon. So I was like shit lets battle on netbattle and he agreed. We would have battles there and I would regularly come here to check analysis and stuff and I would dominate. Then I began playing Pokemon in real life once my cousin gave me his Gameboy Advance SP with Pokemon Emerald to beat. A year later I bought my own Nintendo DS and I find myself here registered as Ike and Tina. Tadah

edit 2:
P.S. Gaahchamp and Swaampuh are the shit.

 

[Bourbon]

I'm a 17 year old guy named Robert who lives in Alberta. It's 40 below outside, and when it's cold or boring, I play pokemon : ) I have longish blonde hair and blue eyes. I'm five foot nothing, and only weigh like one hundred pounds, but I don't really care; I couldn't gain weight or muscle even if I tried (and I have)!

Anyways, I grew up in a small town called Grande Cache, and had a whole whack of friends because my school was so small. I was terrified of girls until grade 10, but for some reason they all liked me :P I hung out with guys from my church and from my classes mostly. We liked to hang out and watch movies, play paintball or nerf, and play video games. Some of my old friends actually played pokemon; this guy from my church let me borrow Sapphire. I had played Red and Blue a bit at my cousins, but my parents never got me a gameboy. Anyways, I tried it, and I had a really crappy team, but I had a blast. I still remeber my first Modest swampert, and I caught all the regis, and had Plusle too.

I got my brother hooked on pokemon, and some other friends, and when emerald came, I bought myself a copy. I still sucked at it, and got a bunch of cool pokemon like Salamence and Crawdaunt. Strangely enough, 90% of my pokemon were Lax nature... Anyways, I bought Diamond when it came out, and then I discovered Serebii... I accidentally stumbled upon Smogon recently, actually, because Serebii lagged so much. Other video games I like include Metroid (all of them) Halo (1 and 3) and Starcraft.

My life turned upside down when I moved. I went from small town to big city, and I had to leave all my friends (and girls :| ) behind. I spent a year in a catholic school, and it really sucked. I didn't make one friends all year, even though I was nice to people. I switched schools and went public, and now I have another circle of friends, smaller than my old one, but good nonetheless. I got a job at Mcdonalds (*shudder*, but it's not as bad as I thought it'd be) and I got an Xbox 360 and a Wii. My favourite foods are pizza and Subway... and I have an unhealthy Coca Cola addiction, I drink one can per day. If I don't, I get really tired. I'm taking all my 30 level courses in school, but I suck at math, and only got like 65% in math 20, so I hope I do better this time. I really like biking and rollerblading... if it has wheels, I like it. I can't drive standard yet, but I'm trying.

Another thing I really like is animals, especially fish. I find them interesting because they live in a world completely unlike ours. Dogs and cats, blah blah, there mammals, but if you stop and think about it, fish almost fly (albiet in water) and they have no legs, just flaps and a tail. My favourite fish is "Jimmy", he's an Oscar, and I keep him in a 70 gallon auqarium. It's near our front door and he waits for me there. In fact he's watching me type this right now, the computer is next to him. He's also in viewing range of the TV. I've never seen such a friendly fish... he's almost like a little puppy, he follows me as far as he can go, he loves attention and action movies (I've caught him watching TV before, he really likes explosions. They excite him) and he likes throwing rocks at me and eating. I thought fish were stupid animals, but then I met Jimmy. If he ever dies, I don't know what I'd do, he's irreplacable. I never thought I'd get attached to something I can't even touch or talk with. I taught him to chase my finger by offering him a food reward. Now if only he'd swim through that hoop <_<

So yeah, now you sorta know me as a person. I'll refrain from saying what town I live in now, but you get the picture. Thanks for reading this, and I hope your more comfortable talking to me now. See you around :D

 

[Yuri]

http://www.smogon.com/forums/showpost.php?p=181294&postcount=53
That was my post in the last thread. Man I was seventeen, time sure flyes. The main reason of this post I that I felt I could say more about me and share some shit I've been getting, WER's post was inspiring.


My life sucks at the moment. I wrote two paragraphs about it before realizing this is not the Sob Thread. So I'll make more generic and hopefully happy comments.

I am still studying Electrical Engineering(havent failed a class yet!). I don't know if I'll follow the career but my pride won't let me quit Uni. It was hard enough to get in too.

I am a pridefull prick. I am terrible at dealing with a loss/defeat. I have this sense of superiority over my brother which have made us fight over and over again. It has been toning down I hope. I always try to look strong and act as if everything is okay when sometimes that is a big fat lie. I had to lie a lot when my mother died :(

My musical taste is...weird. I think I was born in the wrong decade. I like stuff from the 60~80's, mainly disco. Yup, I listen to KC and the Sunchine Band, Village People, Kool and the Gang...but also more orthodox stuff such as Beatles. I've developed this liking for songs with no lyrics, maybe this help to explain why I listen to a lot of vgmusic and remixes. I also tend to like tracks with dedicated space for instruments, which is the case for Dream Theater, Santa Esmeralda and classic music(at this very moment I am downloading 3 GBs of Ludwig van Beethoven ). Last but not least, I like a bit of epic in my musics, kind of what DragonForce and Rhapsody do except they are too show off for me.

Next is videogames. They have made and ruined my life. I am completely addicted to them and I simply cannot help it. I won my first console when I was what five? Have not stoped to this day. VGs are my leisure, my timekiller, where I put my efforts. I can't possibly count the amount of times I was playing instead of whatever else I was supposed to do. Favorite genres include RPGs, ship shooters(Gradius, View Point, etc), fighting, platform(Mario, Sonic, etc) and FPS. Recently I've been in love with the Touhou series. Pokemon sucks but it brought me to Smogon so it can have its two cents I guess.

I am not going to try drugs, ever. If the only thing left for me is sniffing white dust I would probably kill myself.

It is strange that I am accepted at Smogon. I kinda like lolcats, I like hentai, I laught at 4chan. I don't know 99% of the music you listen. Some of the most praised threads of this community don't get a grin from me. I can be meanest than Hazerider and Justin...combined. Because they are mean out of their anger, when I say "I hope you die" I trully wish it.

I don't know what else to write so fuck it. Perhaps I edit this later. Or perhaps I am trying to fit too much in a single purpose. I it easy for me to get carried away.

 

[Amelia]

Well, i'm called Ming Han, with a nickname of Momo. I'm also sometimes known as Amelia, but it's a nickname i hardly use in my offline life.

I'm 18 currently, and i'm waiting for March to enter college. My school lifes were kinda pathetic, as i'm a shy person that hardly opens up to anyone. However, to those i did open up to, i will really talk a lot to them, about anything, which includes studies and relationships.

I'm known to be a bit crazy when it comes to love, and i even have a small reputation of being a stalker (which, despite the fact that i deny it, i know consciously that i can stalk if i wish). Currently, i'm trying to go after a girl, who if it is successful, will be my 3rd girlfriend.

I am ok at Chess, and quite good at my thinking skills. Whenever there's a problem, i can analyze it and think of a solution to solve it, except for cases where I'm too emotional to think. Unfortunately, my emotional side often appears, and it can cause me to get into a rage or even break down and cry. However, i try my best to hide it from others, and only a few of my close friends know my problem.

I'm a gamer. I'm addicted to games as much as a drug addict is addicted to drugs. I play games like 14 hours per day, if it's a free day for me. Games in my term can mean outdoor games or console games, but it's mostly console games for me. Despite that fact, i cannot touch any MMORPGs at all, as it takes me just a bit of repetitive gaming for me to get bored out of anything. I enjoy RPGs with a lot of sidequests and minigames, as that will keep me offtrack. However, i dislike grinding and training, and will always be at a lower level when reaching an area.

I like outdoor games like basketball and soccer, but my body is very frail and fragile. An accident when I was 13 sprained by ribcage, and I never got it fixed. Thus, i encounter breathing problems at times, especially after straining myself out at sports. However, it is not serious.

I am also a very good reader, and i can read something very fast. Despite coming from Malaysia, which is an Asia country, my English isn't bad. However, I'm not capable of speaking any other language apart from English or Malay despite me being a Chinese.

I don't smoke and i don't do drugs. I absolutely despise them. However, I can get along with smokers easily enough. I just won't touch the cigarettes.

I guess that's all i have to say about myself...

 

[jeps]

Hello there, my name is Justin and this face basically sums me up: :doom:


No, but really. I used to be a somewhat active member on this forum, but got bored. Because of the same circumstances (boredom yet again), I've found myself posting here once more. I'm a college student at Michigan State University. I spend most of my time studying, however, i have a giant pokemon trophy in my room from the JAA and every time someone new walks in my room i have to explain the whole story to them, hence i never forget this website.

I'll be doing a double major in poly-sci and japanese, then go to japan to teach english for about a year. After that i'll attend law or business school and hopefully make lots of money.

 

[Sanglunaria]

I've already done something similar to this before in another thread, but... doesn't stop me from going on another tangent about myself, haha.

My name is Ina, and as my username suggests, I am a girl. I'm almost 20 (in about 2 more months), and I'm a sophomore at Virginia Tech. My major is industrial and systems engineering, and if time allows, I may also minor in mathematics. I actually originally wanted to major in architecture or industrial design, but my parents persuaded me to do engineering because it's more secure than the former two. So basically I love being creative, drawing, and designing things... but I also love math and have a talent for being analytical and problem solving. A strange combination, in most people's opinion.

My family is of Taiwanese descent through and through, and I'm the first generation to be American. Mandarin Chinese was my first language, and I also went to Chinese School for a few years, so I'm fluent in that. My parents tend to speak in Taiwanese to our relatives and friends, so I've come to more or less fully understand Taiwanese. My grandparents on my dad's side also lived in Japan for a very long time, so I know a bit of Japanese (and collecting Pokemon cards, even the Japanese ones, encouraged me to learn a bit of it, too), and last but not least, I took 5 years of French between middle and high school. Despite all of this, I'm not particularly passionate about languages (if anything, I only kept up with French in high school because I was in the International Baccalaureate program and taking a language was mandatory), though I do think Latin sounds quite lovely.

Some things I'm really, really into are music, food, and art. My taste in music is a mix of metal (specifically gothic, industrial, and symphonic), alternative (bands like Three Doors Down and Evanescence), classical, electronica, and some video game soundtracks (Silent Hill, Zelda, and Okami are my favorites). I vehemently dislike rap and hip hop, which tends to put me at odds with most people my age. Classical is on the list because I've played violin since I was 5, and I still take lessons here at college with the music department. I LOVE FOOD. I pretty much am hungry/eat all the time. I love desserts, and Japanese, Chinese, Italian cuisine... and steaks. Not only do I enjoy eating food, but I also like to cook and bake things. Art... is really broad, for me. I can draw still life/realistically pretty well, but I just don't enjoy it as much as drawing in anime style. I like creating my own fantasy-themed characters and stories. I also enjoy crafts/making really random things... like turning a plastic lawn flamingo into a dragon.

Appearance-wise... I'm about 5'6", weigh about 117 lbs (although probably less atm because I'm deathly ill from the flu), and have long black hair (that was highlighted crimson for a while) and near-black eyes. I'm slender, not skinny (and frankly, I think people with eating disorders are rather stupid). I don't really care to put a large amount of effort into my looks (I hate makeup and think it's the devil), but at the same time, I like to look presentable (i.e., I don't like just running out in sweats, and the stuff I'm wearing has to match). If you had to forcibly put me into a clique, I'm probably some odd combination of straight edge (I don't smoke or do drugs just because I think they're rather disgusting, and I just prefer to do my best at school and generally stay in line), goth (black and red are my favorite colors, and I have a fascination for the macabre/Gothic Romanticism/dark humor), and nerd (I think nerdy jokes are hilarious, like video games, and well, I am an engineering student). I also tend to be very quiet/shy/introverted in real life, but I have to admit that might be partially due to my general disdain for people. And I hate sports, both watching and playing them (but swimming's ok, to a certain degree).

So, yeah. I'm not really new to smogon, nor I am a veteran. I suppose I try to establish myself as an artist here, and I just like the conversations/random hilarity that take place. I don't have a whole lot of time to play Pokemon/breed the ultimate party, but I like Pokemon nonetheless. :)