Welcome to Smogon! There's definitely a lot to learn about Pokémon, both competitively and non-competitively.Greetings Everyone
I got here on this website while I was looking for some pokemon breeding tips! But let me start form the beginning.. :D
It all started almost 15 years ago when I bought pokemon red for my gameboy! I was 12 ish and I was a really good on fighting with other people that I even started to carry around my system link cable so that I can challenge kids wherever I want!
Meanwhile something new happened to me, I found out that the world was filled with girls! so I never bought the second generation games and I did'nt played pokemon anymore until almost a year ago when I get to have a deal where I could buy a nintendo2ds for a few bucks! So I had the console but no games and choice was pretty obvious.. I wanted to give a shot to the second generation that I missed so many years before..I bought pokemon Heartgold!
I get so involved in the game that my last girlfriend decided to stop dating me, but hey! you know what? I have tiny monsters to catch and the realtionship was going anywhere! (yes I'm joking)
Anyway! Here I am, playing on pokemon Y right now and still deciding what to do with ORAS, should I buy it immediately or finish this kalos game first? (I am hunting down legendaries..so it's almost done unless I decide to complete all pokedexs).
Actually I have so many questions to ask but before I do that I want to get some time to read dozens of topic here on smogon to get my mind clear on what to do as a pokemon trainer!
Meanwhile I'd like to add friends for the safari friends thing and also for trading the one that I couldn't get on Y!
I play when I have time but I work 8 hours a day, you can pm me if you want more details on trades, also I'll start looking for players here on the forum!
p.s. here's my friendcode 0877 2195 8187
There are two big ways you can learn: the first being our Mentorship Program and the second being our Tutoring Program. Our mentors give 1 on 1 help, whereas our tutors give 1 on multiple "lessons". But you can also just look and lurk around yourself for stuff you're looking for, of course. Have a great time and good luck!
Oh, and maybe it's handy to put your friendcode in your signature, so you don't have to mention it manually.