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How did you find Smogon?
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My friend told me to see something a few years ago on PE2k, and I noticed a link to Netbattle. Soon, I became a regular on NB, and always went to Smogon's server, but back then I had no idea what Smogon was, until I was curious enough to google it. I never joined until last month, because I was extremely bored during the fires. So there. =/
*same as 7up*
pokemon : My mom went to a yard sale when i was 8 and bought me a yellow gameboy color with red version on it,plus i enjoyed the show to some odd years later still like it.
smogon: Havent battled on line yet i downloaded net battle but yet to play,I found smogon on serebii they posted a link to good move sets and i was aw'ed at the effort they put into their posts plus i can say fuck and not get banned.
smogon: Havent battled on line yet i downloaded net battle but yet to play,I found smogon on serebii they posted a link to good move sets and i was aw'ed at the effort they put into their posts plus i can say fuck and not get banned.
How I found out about Smogon
It is actually a funny thing. I found out about Smogon through Youtube and all of the competitive battling and all that stuff. Then I saw the word smogon so I went and googled that S@#$ and what do you know? it was an actual website so I decided to join. I joined today as a new member. Hello to all!!
How I discovered pokemon:
I found out about pokemon through someone playing pokemon blue at recess back in Kindagarden. So I have been playing pokemon ever since Red version, Blue version, and Yellow version. Still up till now I play it. I have played up to 445 hours and have seen 401 pokemon.
It is actually a funny thing. I found out about Smogon through Youtube and all of the competitive battling and all that stuff. Then I saw the word smogon so I went and googled that S@#$ and what do you know? it was an actual website so I decided to join. I joined today as a new member. Hello to all!!
How I discovered pokemon:
I found out about pokemon through someone playing pokemon blue at recess back in Kindagarden. So I have been playing pokemon ever since Red version, Blue version, and Yellow version. Still up till now I play it. I have played up to 445 hours and have seen 401 pokemon.
Actually, that's a lie. I had forgotton about this, but I registered at Smogon in 2005, when I was trying to get into 3rd gen competitive gameplay. After I figured out that Netbattle didn't work on Macs, though, I gave up on 3rd gen and forgot about Smogon for the time being. Fast forward 1.5 years, DP was out and I tried to join Smogon, but found that the username I usually use (Fishin4pigeon) was taken by myself, so I just stuck with Fishin. Some time later, I got auto-logged out and tried to log back in, entering Fishin4pigeon out of habit (still using the same password). After logging in, I quickly realized that I wasn't using my normal account, and figured out what happened.
Now, I'm not sure whether or not I want to use my older account or stick with this one.
How I discovered Pokemon
I was 8 and liked the TV show so I went immature on my parents and urged them to buy me the games.
How I discovered Smogon
I always thought there should be an online Pokemon game somewhere on the huge internet ocean, so I went on Google and surfed to find an online Pokemon game! It was netbattle and I loved it =). The first community I discovered was PokeRealm, even though it was second to smogon in population, I thought the name was better... Visited the pokerealm website which looked awesome and saw a smogon link there, after I was banned from PokeRealm I settled with smogon.
I was 8 and liked the TV show so I went immature on my parents and urged them to buy me the games.
How I discovered Smogon
I always thought there should be an online Pokemon game somewhere on the huge internet ocean, so I went on Google and surfed to find an online Pokemon game! It was netbattle and I loved it =). The first community I discovered was PokeRealm, even though it was second to smogon in population, I thought the name was better... Visited the pokerealm website which looked awesome and saw a smogon link there, after I was banned from PokeRealm I settled with smogon.
My Friend Blade told me about it, since one time he played me and wipped out my entire team with 2 Ev trained pokemon. I then came here and i just resently decided to register. cause blade told me "Don`t, only hardcore players sign up, they rip you to bits if you do" But then i saw it was just a fun place to be, so here I am
How I first began playing Pokemon:
I think I was in the fifth grade when the trading card game became popular at my school, and although I could never come across any worthwhile cards, I got into the anime somewhat and my interest was piqued in regards to the Game Boy games at about that time. For my birthday, I received a Game Boy Colour and Pokemon Yellow, which I played to death. My friends and I got into Pokemon Stadium for N64 when it came out, and transferred our hard-won Pokemon to duke it out. At that time, it was about the fun of battling (our most competitive battler used a Venusaur with Razor Leaf / Solar Beam / Vine Whip / Sleep Powder, go figure).
While the majority of them grew tired of playing in the coming months and years, I never really did, and so when Gold and Silver came out, I (secretly) got hours of enjoyment by playing through the storyline and raising up a team of my very own. This soon passed, but with the release of Ruby and Sapphire, old interests were once again sparked as I stumbled across a "competitive battling" guide on GameFAQs, and started training my Pokemon accordingly. I was surprised to discover that my Sceptile didn't have to use Solar Beam / Sunny Day / Leaf Blade / Bullet Seed to be effective, but could utilise other ingame moves like Dragon Claw!
How I got into online battling and found Smogon:
Ruby and Sapphire eventually got old, I didn't really have anyone to battle with outside of my nextdoor neighbour, who succeeded in getting a team of Level 100s before I did, while I got bored raising my team when they were only about Level 80. I decided to search for an online Pokemon experience; lo and behold, I found ... TPPC RPG! Ugh. The novelty was pretty cool for a while, but places like that can really only hold you for so long (or not at all, either one really!).
Still reeling from the possibility of "competitive battling", and hoping the humble Internet could provide me with the ability to play with people around the world, I came across a program called Netbattle, to which I immediately downloaded and informed my neighbour of. We hung out and battled at "the server with the most people", which coincidentally was Smogon. Like many Netbattlers (or maybe not so many, but whatever), I went through a period of anti-Smogon sentiment. You know the concept of "sticking it to the man", right? Well, Smogon was "the man", and gosh darn it I was going to stick it to him! I created my own clan server with my neighbour, which was awesome for a while, but then we were cruelly botted down by the likes of kaiba (who we now refer to as Shiv). It was this experience that forced me to learn how to script, so I could stop these spambots from spamming BOAH down my beautiful clan server!
As time progressed, I did become a better scripter, and abandoned the concept of clans. Still wishing to be independent of the community I now find myself posting in more frequently, I started and ran several more successful servers (by comparison to my first effort), such as Epsilon Battle Arena and the more recently successful Kirby's Casino, under which my ability to battle increased to a small degree. You may wonder why I even bothered mentioned previous servers, but it was through Kirby's Casino that I was reintroduced to the Smogon site, as you'll soon see.
When Diamond / Pearl came out, things proceeded as normal for me - I'd run my server on a daily basis. However, when I got a copy, I couldn't stop playing, and I still can't. I pretty much rushed through the storyline and immediately began breeding for my newfound favourite Pokemon, Bronzong. At about that time, I was alerted to the fact that Smogon would be releasing a new site soon (lol) and came to see things for myself. While the site wasn't up yet, the forums I had previously been oblivious to were, and I quickly set up a trade thread with my new Bronzor, and was pleased that I was able to get a few trades (and still do) out of it. Initially restricted to the WiFi subforum in Stark Mountain, it quickly became apparent that Smogon wasn't just that server with a lot of people that needed to be brought down, but rather quite a cool community!
... Well, that turned out a lot longer than expected, but there you have it; the story of how I first started playing Pokemon and how I first became interested in online battling, and consequently (eventually) the Smogon community.
I think I was in the fifth grade when the trading card game became popular at my school, and although I could never come across any worthwhile cards, I got into the anime somewhat and my interest was piqued in regards to the Game Boy games at about that time. For my birthday, I received a Game Boy Colour and Pokemon Yellow, which I played to death. My friends and I got into Pokemon Stadium for N64 when it came out, and transferred our hard-won Pokemon to duke it out. At that time, it was about the fun of battling (our most competitive battler used a Venusaur with Razor Leaf / Solar Beam / Vine Whip / Sleep Powder, go figure).
While the majority of them grew tired of playing in the coming months and years, I never really did, and so when Gold and Silver came out, I (secretly) got hours of enjoyment by playing through the storyline and raising up a team of my very own. This soon passed, but with the release of Ruby and Sapphire, old interests were once again sparked as I stumbled across a "competitive battling" guide on GameFAQs, and started training my Pokemon accordingly. I was surprised to discover that my Sceptile didn't have to use Solar Beam / Sunny Day / Leaf Blade / Bullet Seed to be effective, but could utilise other ingame moves like Dragon Claw!
How I got into online battling and found Smogon:
Ruby and Sapphire eventually got old, I didn't really have anyone to battle with outside of my nextdoor neighbour, who succeeded in getting a team of Level 100s before I did, while I got bored raising my team when they were only about Level 80. I decided to search for an online Pokemon experience; lo and behold, I found ... TPPC RPG! Ugh. The novelty was pretty cool for a while, but places like that can really only hold you for so long (or not at all, either one really!).
Still reeling from the possibility of "competitive battling", and hoping the humble Internet could provide me with the ability to play with people around the world, I came across a program called Netbattle, to which I immediately downloaded and informed my neighbour of. We hung out and battled at "the server with the most people", which coincidentally was Smogon. Like many Netbattlers (or maybe not so many, but whatever), I went through a period of anti-Smogon sentiment. You know the concept of "sticking it to the man", right? Well, Smogon was "the man", and gosh darn it I was going to stick it to him! I created my own clan server with my neighbour, which was awesome for a while, but then we were cruelly botted down by the likes of kaiba (who we now refer to as Shiv). It was this experience that forced me to learn how to script, so I could stop these spambots from spamming BOAH down my beautiful clan server!
As time progressed, I did become a better scripter, and abandoned the concept of clans. Still wishing to be independent of the community I now find myself posting in more frequently, I started and ran several more successful servers (by comparison to my first effort), such as Epsilon Battle Arena and the more recently successful Kirby's Casino, under which my ability to battle increased to a small degree. You may wonder why I even bothered mentioned previous servers, but it was through Kirby's Casino that I was reintroduced to the Smogon site, as you'll soon see.
When Diamond / Pearl came out, things proceeded as normal for me - I'd run my server on a daily basis. However, when I got a copy, I couldn't stop playing, and I still can't. I pretty much rushed through the storyline and immediately began breeding for my newfound favourite Pokemon, Bronzong. At about that time, I was alerted to the fact that Smogon would be releasing a new site soon (lol) and came to see things for myself. While the site wasn't up yet, the forums I had previously been oblivious to were, and I quickly set up a trade thread with my new Bronzor, and was pleased that I was able to get a few trades (and still do) out of it. Initially restricted to the WiFi subforum in Stark Mountain, it quickly became apparent that Smogon wasn't just that server with a lot of people that needed to be brought down, but rather quite a cool community!
... Well, that turned out a lot longer than expected, but there you have it; the story of how I first started playing Pokemon and how I first became interested in online battling, and consequently (eventually) the Smogon community.
HOW I FOUND SMOGON AND ONLINE GAMING
well, i found online gaming with diamond and pearl but was pissed that they had "friendcodes" so i searced the web for a site that allowed you to exchange friendcodes with other people. i found a site, ironically named friendcodes.com. i stayed there for a few months and became almost a pro pokemon player. just recently i quit the site because i was bored and i heard that smogon was better from a few buddies.
well, i found online gaming with diamond and pearl but was pissed that they had "friendcodes" so i searced the web for a site that allowed you to exchange friendcodes with other people. i found a site, ironically named friendcodes.com. i stayed there for a few months and became almost a pro pokemon player. just recently i quit the site because i was bored and i heard that smogon was better from a few buddies.
How I first got involved with pokemon? Helping my son with original Red version many many years ago, got hooked ever since.
How did I find Smogon? Netbattle, was overwhelmed by the popularity and quality of the participants on that server. I originally joined back in January but didn't start actively posting until after D/P was released and had pending offers for pokemon I had posted on Surgo's trade thread. The D/P analysis was quite a warm welcome as it serves as a main resource. Many of you probably know me by same nickname from Serebii but I have since gotten fed up with the frequent downtimes and unreliable means of communication over there and the bullshit that goes on there as well. I am much more at home here even with all the swear words as I say them too all the time.
How did I find Smogon? Netbattle, was overwhelmed by the popularity and quality of the participants on that server. I originally joined back in January but didn't start actively posting until after D/P was released and had pending offers for pokemon I had posted on Surgo's trade thread. The D/P analysis was quite a warm welcome as it serves as a main resource. Many of you probably know me by same nickname from Serebii but I have since gotten fed up with the frequent downtimes and unreliable means of communication over there and the bullshit that goes on there as well. I am much more at home here even with all the swear words as I say them too all the time.
How did I find out about Smogon?
Actually, I found out about Smogon from a Lego-based forum. Odd, yes?
Well, in their off topic section, they had a thread devoted to Pokemon. People breifly mentioned the shit there, making the people here out to be harsh and just a bunch of asses. lol, glad they were proven wrong.
Actually, I found out about Smogon from a Lego-based forum. Odd, yes?
Well, in their off topic section, they had a thread devoted to Pokemon. People breifly mentioned the shit there, making the people here out to be harsh and just a bunch of asses. lol, glad they were proven wrong.
Pokemon: Heh, long story. My finding of Pokemon is tied in with the finding of one of my oldest friends. About 9 years ago, give or take, while waiting for a bus, i noticed a kid one year younger than me sitting down playing a gameboy. Now, I've been into video games as far back as my memory goes, so, I sat down and started talking to him. The game he was playing was Pokemon Red. After learning about it, I started going over to his house to check it out, and we became fast friends. The scariest part is, he has exactly the same first and last names as me. Back then we even looked similar, although now I'm over a foot taller than him. We ended up getting the nicknames "Mario and Luigi" after I started growing like a beanpole and he didn't. Anyways, I got Blue that christmas (3 weeks later) and my adventure began. I played Gold/Silver when it came out, then stopped and missed the 3rd generation entirely. I reluctantly joined the 4th, only to rediscover my passion. I've always had a knack at tactical games, so I fit right in here.
Smogon: Well, Thats a bit of a shorter story. I found the link to the Analysis Index somewhere in the stickies in the Serebii forums, and here I am. Suffice to say the Serebii forums are less than stable, and I enjoy the difference here.
Actually being able to get on is a plus. And I thoroughly enjoy the Analysis Index.
Smogon: Well, Thats a bit of a shorter story. I found the link to the Analysis Index somewhere in the stickies in the Serebii forums, and here I am. Suffice to say the Serebii forums are less than stable, and I enjoy the difference here.
Actually being able to get on is a plus. And I thoroughly enjoy the Analysis Index.
People on Shoddy were like, "Smogon this, Smogon that."
So I decided to check it out. Came a few times in the summer, didn't like the Hitmontop or Raticate analysis bits, pm'd possible sets to Mekkah and was ignored. I then said, "I quit this bitch!!!" and I left for a while.
Came back though because out of the communities I have visited...this is clearly the most intelligent...
EDIT: I found pokemon as an innocent fourth grader 11 years ago. Man, it's been a while. Everyone played back then. I was the one that got hooked, :/.
So I decided to check it out. Came a few times in the summer, didn't like the Hitmontop or Raticate analysis bits, pm'd possible sets to Mekkah and was ignored. I then said, "I quit this bitch!!!" and I left for a while.
Came back though because out of the communities I have visited...this is clearly the most intelligent...
EDIT: I found pokemon as an innocent fourth grader 11 years ago. Man, it's been a while. Everyone played back then. I was the one that got hooked, :/.
Buddy of mine referred me. Don't think he is on this site though...
My memory sucks...
All I know about getting into Pokemon was that I got Blue back in Elementary school and choose Bulbasaur. Kinda played Gold, but got kinda bored with it. Then randomly a few months ago, decided to buy Emerald and randomly a month ago bought Diamond.
I think I heard about this site from GameFAQs? Not too sure...
All I know about getting into Pokemon was that I got Blue back in Elementary school and choose Bulbasaur. Kinda played Gold, but got kinda bored with it. Then randomly a few months ago, decided to buy Emerald and randomly a month ago bought Diamond.
I think I heard about this site from GameFAQs? Not too sure...
Teh Beginning!
Before Pokemon became cool at my school, I saw Pokemon Blue in a catalog, and decided that I wanted it for my birthday. I got it, and at first didn't quite understand it (got stuck at Mt. Moon). I stopped playing for a bit, but a month or so later, I picked up the game again, and actually got out of Mt. Moon.
Skip to October 99, and I caught all 151 Pokemon. As far as battling went, I was a fucking noob, but could still beat my friends nonetheless. Basically I used a Blastoise with the same set as Justin described earlier and a Farfetch'd. 'Nuff said.
When I got G/S, I was a bit better in terms of teaching my Pokemon the right moves, but never even heard of GSBot or anything like that, so in a nutshell, I was still a noob.
Competitive Battling Days
When R/S were out, I was on some random Pokemon forum, and they were talking about Smogon, and I saw the Smogon server on Netbattle, which got me wondering what the hell it was. I went to Smogon, and found out that it was a Pokemon site where I could learn how to battle.
I improved in terms of battling, but it wasn't until just prior to the release of D/P where I truly learned how to battle. Now I can't call myself a noob at battling anymore. :p
Before Pokemon became cool at my school, I saw Pokemon Blue in a catalog, and decided that I wanted it for my birthday. I got it, and at first didn't quite understand it (got stuck at Mt. Moon). I stopped playing for a bit, but a month or so later, I picked up the game again, and actually got out of Mt. Moon.
Skip to October 99, and I caught all 151 Pokemon. As far as battling went, I was a fucking noob, but could still beat my friends nonetheless. Basically I used a Blastoise with the same set as Justin described earlier and a Farfetch'd. 'Nuff said.
When I got G/S, I was a bit better in terms of teaching my Pokemon the right moves, but never even heard of GSBot or anything like that, so in a nutshell, I was still a noob.
Competitive Battling Days
When R/S were out, I was on some random Pokemon forum, and they were talking about Smogon, and I saw the Smogon server on Netbattle, which got me wondering what the hell it was. I went to Smogon, and found out that it was a Pokemon site where I could learn how to battle.
I improved in terms of battling, but it wasn't until just prior to the release of D/P where I truly learned how to battle. Now I can't call myself a noob at battling anymore. :p
Basically, I heard about it on pe2k (pokemonelite2000 for those who don't know). I didn't think it was that good but I am here to give it a better try and see if I will stay.
Lets see gaming...
R/B/Y- massive fucking n00b. Can't even remember how bad.
G/S/C- super fucking n00b. Slightly better but still can't battle.
R/S- Not as big-a-n00b, but still a n00b none the less.
E- Not a n00b, learn't to EV and make competetive sets for pokemon. But can't do stategies well.
D/P- Advanced my game so far, started battling competetively nd owning mostly. Not the greatest battler but am no longer a n00b. W00t.
Lets see gaming...
R/B/Y- massive fucking n00b. Can't even remember how bad.
G/S/C- super fucking n00b. Slightly better but still can't battle.
R/S- Not as big-a-n00b, but still a n00b none the less.
E- Not a n00b, learn't to EV and make competetive sets for pokemon. But can't do stategies well.
D/P- Advanced my game so far, started battling competetively nd owning mostly. Not the greatest battler but am no longer a n00b. W00t.
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