Welcome cookdoo2!Hey There! Of course, like every heavy security-minded person, I refuse to state my name (You can just call me "Cook."), DoB, my location (hackers I will prosecute against the full extent of the law), and of course, obviously not my SSN.
I've been playing pokemon ever since Gen I, but had to let go of it for school. I have compete knowledge of everything (at least I had) up until Gen V. Because I haven't played pokemon in around two years and only started back up about two weeks ago, I'm a bit rusty and run into a lot of problems when it comes to fighting Gen VI's. If you have any tips for me, I'll gladly take them.
My favorite Games I would say were Diamond and Platinum, and a bit of Black and OR.
Favorite Pokemon?
Well, I don't like to stick to just one, but I would say probably between Gengar, scizor, Sharpedo (all of mine are named Sharknado), not to mention others like aggron.
I find Mcharziard X a bit overhyped, even though he's pretty good. The only problem I see in X is that his stats pretty much get rid of point of charziard, resulting in a necessary change of moveset which ruins a normal chairzard.
Thanks for having me here on Smogon!
-"Cook"
I'm not heavily security-minded but I do agree that stating information like location and name is not a good idea. Smogon does not ask you anywhere, ever, for your SSN. If someone here is asking you for your SSN, contact a moderator, as Smogon does not endorse such behavior. I've been playing since Generation 3, but since I didn't have my own Pokemon games until I bought Y a while back, I never really understood the game mechanics until I joined Showdown. Needless to say, both Smogon and Showdown helped me to get a much better feel for how the game works, and I've improved a lot thanks to both. My two favorite Pokemon games are Y and Emerald. My favorite starter is Torchic (brings back memories from the days when I played Emerald), but my overall favorite Pokemon is Bisharp. I like Garchomp a lot, too, and all of my Garchomps are named Sharknado. ;) I like Charizard Mega Y the most out of all the mega evolutions, and I agree, Charizard Mega X is overhyped.
Well, what tiers are you currently interested in? For example, if you like OU, I would recommend joining the OU chatroom in Showdown and starting to get involved with the OverUsed competitive discussions. The same goes for other tiers. If you have any questions during your stay here at Smogon, check out our Simple Questions threads or PM Chesty, Fluke, or me. Have fun exploring the forums! :)