ahhh this is so precious!
i have met soo many people off of smogon dot com, it's truly remarkable, and somewhat mystifying to consider what my life might look like were it not for both pokemon, and smogon
i am pretty pleased that when i was more active on this forum i managed to meet all my "favorites," most of whom only the OG users here will recognize (i assume???? i am old now), like
Jumpman16,
Articuno64, even
EeveeTrainer .......................
users i have not yet met but would still meet:
shade and
monkfish. probably not together though, they'd just roast me, shade is a tosser etc