what were you up to 7 years ago?

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has it really been 7 years since the new Smogon site launched wtf. pokemon is serious business, didn't know it'd be that serious however! it's cool to think about how big this site has become.

so, seven years ago I:
--joined this site from the stopgap TAFOP forum
--dreamed of getting laid, could not understand women
--just landed my first ever job as a busboy
--was a sophomore in high school
--would have listed Madvillain and Porcupine Tree as my favorite music groups
--had bad skin and some acne
--played a lot of baseball and basketball
--had no idea about what I wanted to do with my life
--wrote the entire GSC section of the site because GSC is the best generation and all you bogues will never come around argh
--played pokemon a lot

currently I:
--don't visit much anymore but have mad love for the site regardless
--can get laid, still don't understand women
--work as a bartender to pay the bills as I look at graduate scools/career opportunities
--have a high school diploma and bachelor's in math, probably will be in grad school soon!
--would probably list Spoon, Minus the Bear, and Burial as my favorite music groups
--have much better skin--not great, but not bad either!
--play a moderate amount of Ultimate Frisbee and work out a lot! I like healthy living.
--have a bit more ambition and a general plan for life (don't ever plan too much :))
--still keep in touch with a few people I've met through the site, particularly Mr. Bojangles
--don't play pokemon anymore. Ice Punch is a PHYSICAL attack now? un-fucking-real.

so what were YOU up to then and now? were you even alive back then? am I too old for this shit?
 
7 years ago:

-joined this site after hearing about it on tafop, not knowing what to expect really
-it was ok, ended up going to pokerealm when that came out lol but was always lurking the forums
-moved cities so had few friends and was on netbattle constantly
-sophomore in high school
-got into system of a down and nofx pretty hardcore
-never been kissed, girls were very confusing
-played a lot of smash bros with friends
-had no idea what career I wanted

currently:

-still go on the site regularly after taking a 3 year break from 06-09
-no longer a virgin, single though
-saving money for school
-trying to find an apartment to live with a friend in toronto
-don't have a favorite band anymore, there's too many
-been playing guitar for 4 years now
-lost some weight, look a lot better
-still play a lot pokemon
-still have no idea what career I want to have
 
7 years ago

- Finishing off junior school year
- Successfully went to formal with the girl I liked (who liked me back at the time)
- Too stupid to get into selective school (Live in Australia), so went to close public school as all my major friends made it to Sefton
- No idea what to do with my life as well, but understandable as I was barely 12
- Played a lot of video games (GC, GBA etc) Pokemon included

Currently
- Finished from my crappy highschool, now studying Civil Engineering @ UTS a pretty well university for technology.
- Made quite a bit of new friends/kept my best ones from highschool who I constantly engage with on Skype. 3 chatrooms averaging 10-20+ people (Y) however wished I was more popular with the ladies :(
- Saving money to pay off car and uni fees
- started going to gym to bulk up
- sometimes feel down as I really don't know what to do with my life
 
I was 11 and what was this?

Back then:
-I think I was in like 6th grade so awkward transition to middle school was awkward
-read a shitton of books instead of just playing video games all the time (100 exactly during the school year what a NERD)
-started playing tennis more than baseball
-all I remember is doing stupid shit with friends at one of my friends houses but idk if that was a couple years later or not
-fuck middle school seriously, kids can go eat a dick

Now:
-college motherfuckerrrrrr
-not as awkward, still a NERD
-joined a frat
-got laid
-did big things
-continue to do big things
-finally stopped playing tennis a year ago =(
-moderate you fuckers for fun

edit: eagerly awaiting all of the 18 year olds posting
 
This is pretty interesting; it's always fun to hear about the very roots of this site, and about people's backgrounds. Seven years are a considerable portion of a decade and people grow so much in seven years. Don't know what it's like going from 43 to 50, but as a teenager seven years mean a lot of turmoil.

Seven years ago (age 11):
- I was too afraid of contamination and germs to leave the house very often and had constant panic attacks and depression
- I was also going through a phase of writing bad emo poetry and wishing I were dead
- Couldn't swim but wanted to be a marine biologist or an advertising executive
- I didn't listen to much music at all
- I was spending too much time online to compensate for not leaving the house
- I had a brain tumour but I didn't know it had just begun growing
- I was about to finish primary school and move onto high school
- I was a really huge fan of Pokémon
- I wanted to live in England
- I hated cats because when I was aged 3 someone told me if a cat scratched me I'd have a horrible disease so then I was scared of them (not to mention my babysitter as a toddler had the feline spawn of Satan)
- I really loved candy and was an obscenely fussy eater
- I cried a lot over everything, particularly being half-blind, because I had a sort of crisis and feared I would never be able to see and perceive the world's beauty like everyone else
- I was struggling to work out what I thought about the world and my belief system (spiritually, politically, etc.)
- I really could not stand myself and spent a lot of time contemplating it
- I had a crush on somebody that lasted from first grade to sixth and around the time I turned 11 I got over it. I kept a lot of handwritten diaries and carried them around school to write in. One time a page fell out; this page was about the person I liked. That person found it and brought it to me, telling me to be more careful. However after my panic attack I realised they probably knew anyway and either way the page didn't contain any identifying characteristics

Currently (age 18):
- One of my interests is virology and while I don't leave the house much due to illness and reclusiveness, I'm happy and not as stressy
- I don't write bad emo poetry and I'm very grateful to be alive in this world
- Still can't swim but want to be a web developer
- I listen to music all during my waking hours where viable
- I spend too much time online still
- I no longer have a brain tumour and my six month post-operation MRIs came up clear :)
- I'm no longer in high school, in uni instead though it's gone sort of roughly due to health problems
- I'm a really huge fan of Pokémon...
- I have no idea where I want to live eventually but probably mainland Europe or Canada, and Sydney for the short-term
- I have two cats and am pretty much destined to be a crazy cat lady
- I really love candy and am obscenely fussy eater! Some things never change
- I'm still sensitive and easily moved but cry far less. I lost a lot of hearing but was able to cope because I'd learned to deal with my vision problems. I don't even notice unless somebody is standing at a bad angle
- My worldview develops as I grow and I mature, but I'm a lot more confident about my ideas and understand myself a lot better
- I still have self-confidence issues occasionally but I'm less shy and more comfortable with who I am
- I don't keep diaries!
 
Seven years ago:

I started at a new school, was excited.
I was pretty whiny about kids who picked on me at school.
I didn't have many friends.
I loved to read, didn't go on the internet that much.
I watched sports matches whenever I could.
I thought girls were gross.
I played console games for the most part.
I wanted to test games when I grew up.
I didn't have fast food that much, but absolutely loved it when I had it.

Now:

Just left high school, so glad I've left that hellhole. Excited for uni.
I don't give a fuck if people pick on me.
I'm good bros with most people.
On the internet for most of the time. What's a book?
I don't like watching sport at all.
Girls are hot.
I barely play console games, I'm on my DS for the most part.
I want to get into the computing industry when I grow up.
I have a much less healthy diet, fast food tastes less good.
 
Before:
- I was 8.
- I thought I was the best at everything.
- At my school I was the best at everything. :P
- I was in Year 4.
- I thought Pokemon was gay.
- I wanted to be an astronaut.
- I listened to my first ever Black Sabbath song: my music tastes were so different to everyone else's.
- I'd been to 5 different schools.
- I'd been to over 20 different countries.
- We used to play kiss chase in the school field xD

Now:
- I am 15.
- I think I'm good at most things.
- In my school in Asia I'm ranked top for my year level at Maths and came 70th in South East Asia in a competition. I'm not the best at anything else academically, though, but still pretty good at most things I think.
- I am in Year 11, and beginning my exam preparation. (It's finally coming!!!)
- I think Pokemon is pretty darn cool, although I have to admit it's kinda getting slightly boring now...
- I want to be an economist or follow a career closely related to Mathematics.
- I still have different music tastes, and I mostly listen to heavy rock. Recently, though, my girlfriend's music tastes have been growing on me so I guess I'm becoming slightly more... "normalised" in that respect.
- I've been to 7 different schools, and I just got offered a place at a cool boarding school in the UK. Can't wait to go there! :D
- I've been to around 35 different countries, and I'm heading over to NZ for a short Christmas holiday soon.
- I have a girlfriend of just over two months, and it's going really well :)

Yeah I think age has done pretty good for me so far :D Life's good.
 
Seven years ago

I was eight
I joined the Australian Boys Choir
Was a massive nerd
Not into Pokemon
Had a good group of friends but they weren't that nerdy
Went well at school (best in year level)
Really sensitive
Didn't really listen to music
Weak
Bad at sport

Now

I am 15
Still in the Australian Boys Choir (in most senior position)
Still a massive nerd
Massively into Pokemon and Minecraft
Have lots of nerdy friends
Still in touch with not as nerdy friends
Second best in year level (at private school in Australia, better competition)
Still really sensitive
Still don't really listen to music
Still weak
Pretty good at soccer and table tennis
Not as socially awkward

Also pluff your post made me smile
 
7 years ago I:
Was 12(nearly 13)
Was in intermediate school
Joined serebiiforums and was relatively active
Used to do sprites and stuff
Was more shy
Played Pokemon A LOT
Used to use the internet WAY less
Used to watch TV more
Religious
Was a pretty much straight "A" student
Had less friends/social life
Used to be a very picky eater
Had relatively low confidence

Now I:
Am 19(nearly 20)
Third year in college studying Medical Laboratory Sciences
Use internet almost most of my free time
Very rarely watch TV (but do watch stuff on laptop)
Have more friends/kinda better social life
Don't go to serebiiforums
Less active on this site (compared to 2 years ago)
Waaay less picky eater
My latest grades range from C to B
Less into Pokemon
Less shy than before
Not so religious due to my relatively recent skepticism about religion
Have a relatively good confidence
 
Seven years ago I:
-Was 13
-Liked Math and Biology, wanted to be a Marine Biologist
-Was sad because my parents had just divorced
-Didn't have many friends
-Didn't have broadband internet
-Was bad at sports (but starting to get better on soccer)
-Played Pokémon a lot, but didn't have access to GameCube or GBA games
-Was small and a bit fat
-Didn't listen to music much

Now I:
-Am 20
-Am graduating on University, becoming a Mathematician (final exam was yesterday)
-My parents went back together
-Made many more friends
-Play soccer considerably better (but I still am not great)
-Am much taller and fit than before
-Am an avid collector of Mario and Pokemon figures
-Restarted collecting Star Wars Lego, recently got Slave I and Millennium Falcon
-Still suck at soccer and fighting video games
-Became more confident when talking to a girl I like
-Use glasses
 
7 years ago:
- I just turned 11
- I played a fuckton of soccer and baseball
- Listened to pretty much anything on the radio
- Watched cartoons that were 25 years + older than me
- I got Burnout 3 for my birthday
- I lived in my hometown for 3 years at this point
- I wasn't really into racing, but I played with matchbox cars a lot
- I went to Disney World for the second time in my life
- I wasn't really interested in what I do now (outside of pokemon)

Now:
- I just turned 18
- I can't play baseball anymore due to a shoulder injury
- I never listen to the radio anymore, and my music vernacular is much larger than what it once was
- I still played Burnout 3 until my Xbox broke
- It's been six months since I moved away from my hometown
- I still watch those same cartoons whenever I can
- I am a die hard racing fan and collect matchbox cars
- I went to Disney World for the fourth time and have been a coaster enthusiast for over a year now
- I've been to 23 different theme parks in the United States (hopefully going international soon), inlcuding 116 different coasters
- I've been a competitive battler for almost a year
- Had three jobs in the last two years
- I am stressed out about college apps.
 
7 years ago...

i was 12
went to a catholic middle school
couldn't get a girlfriend
didn't know about smogon or competitive battling
barely had friends
no job
master at basketball

now

im 18
now a freshmen in college and I don't care about religion
have a girl friend for a year and a half now
now a mod and a tutor
have tons of friends
work as a dishwasher
still good but a fucked up knee doesn't help
 
Everything you ever wanted to know about user Zracknel...

7(ish) years ago:

- discovered competitive pokemon with google search
- followed user: Mekkah to this site from IGN
- laughed at firebot, thought it was the greatest
- had never joined a smogon tournament
- read the site every day
- started college, went for graphic design with big dreams
- met my girlfriend
- thought "man it would be cool to help this site someday"
- lurked for a year before joining, did not post anywhere, would have never dreamed about posting in this thread

Now:

- achieved pro status in graphic design, several years of steady employment in design industry
- have contributed 20-30 professional logos to the site
- have never joined a smogon tournament
- read the site every day
- met chaos in person
- dragging feet on getting engaged to girlfriend
- still think "man it would be really cool to help this site more someday"
- do not post anywhere, barely had the courage to post in this thread

I will probably be a wall flower forever, sorry
 
Seven years ago...
- I was 10, in grade 5
- Had no interest in girls due to the fuckton of asians in my school (gr 3 was a different story)
- Played Pokemon. A lot. Logged sooo many hours back then. Didnt know about competetive beyond the Frontier though.
- Complete loner, didnt mind
- Read books a fuckton, almost as much as Pokemon
- Played soccer a lot, was pretty good
- Was shortish and really skinny
- Did not know what to do with my life
- Got heavily into hockey and the Toronto Maple Leafs
- Lived in Toronto

Nowadays:
- I am 17, working through my grade 12 year
- Have had a couple girlfriends, still haven't got laid due to some really shitty timing :/ (How do you have sex with a girl who's on their period?)
- Still play Pokemon, but not that much anymore. Did Scrambling religiously a year ago, now I just run thorugh nuzlockes once in a while. Play competitively very often, 4-5 days out of the week minimum usually
- Still a loner, dgaf about other peoples opinions, its a great lifestyle if you can handle it.
- Dont read books as much sad to say, I reread all the ones I own (I own a lot too many times I gues :/
- Don't play soccer as much but I'm now really good, play goalie for my school and defense for recreation
- Am now 6 foot....and still really skinny xD (8% body fat wtf)
- Still not certain what I want to do with my life but i've narrowed it down to business, I'm enjoying Finance so that's my current focus for the uni applications I just sent
- Still a Maple Leafs nut xD
- Still live in Toronto, although I may move to ottawa or hamilton next year for uni
 
7 years ago:

I was 13 and in 7th grade.
I loved playing baseball
I was enjoying Ruby and Sapphire
Had no idea of what Smogon was or that there were competitive Pokemon battlers
Didn't have a girlfriend
Had never been kissed
Wasn't really that into music strangely
Was in student council for the only year of my life

Now

I'm 20 and a sophomore in college
Have had a wonderful girlfriend for almost 2 years
Enjoying Black, White, HeartGold, SoulSilver and Platinum
Can't play baseball anymore because I'm too old
Am really into music
I'm actually making money, something I hadn't even thought about when I was 13
 
7 years ago:

>was 13
>incredibly social
>closet pkmn player
>ran cross country and track
>hung out with friends all the time and said retarded 13 year old shit

now i am:

>20 years old
>terribly shy
>still a closet pkmn player
>don't do any sports of any kind
>only have a few friends but spend most of my time to myself

i feel like i went backwards. :(
 
7 years ago:
-i was 6 (almost 7) years old
-i don't really know anything else to put here i guess, :/
 
7 years ago I:
--Was 17/18 in grades 11/12
--Went to a private Christian high school with 80% (and dwindling) Dutch rich wannabe "rednecks" (serious) hence...
--Got picked on for my Jewish heritage.
--Sported a huge jewfro.
--Was 130 lbs. and 5'10", so I looked like a rail yet had a gut and embarrassing man boobs.
--Picky eater.
--Got led on by a girl who claimed she loved me yet dated this moron who treated her like shit.
--Got a real girlfriend who meant it when she said she loved me.
--Cried at a good Smashing Pumpkins song.
--Swam in the nostalgia of the belated 90s, listening to such bands as Tool, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Radiohead, and Incubus.
--Played bass to the Rush song "YYZ" with 2 friends at the talent show and got second place. These two idiotic DDR players who hugged the bar the whole time instead of coming up with a routine that didn't make me fall asleep edged us out.
--I could take them on any day.
--Loved Pokemon since 6th grade.
--Turned 18 and picked up FireRed, and Ruby soon after.
--Didn't play competitive Pokemon but heard whispers of "Smogon", not really knowing what it was though.

2011:
--Still with the same girlfriend.
--Still 5'10" but at a steady 148 lbs.
--Still grow the Jew fro but cut it every once in a while.
--I run 5ks frequently to make me feel healthy.
--Slightly less picky eater.
--Vegimitarian for 2 years yet (I could have never pulled this shit off in high school lol).
--I haven't had an ounce of protein for 2 years because vegetarians don't eat protein DUHH.
--Started writing articles and checking grammar for my favorite website.
--Moderate a Pokemon forum on my favorite website even though I suck at Pokemon.
--By some stroke of luck, placed 7th at my very first VGC and had my first encounter with Smogon people. Had an orgy with OmegaDonut, Huy, makiri, and a legion of sweaty nerds in Long Beach.
--Listen to a wider range of music and discovered the deliciously overproduced music of Devin Townsend.
--Read all of the above posts.
 
oh boy, seven years ago? time to feel old.

Seven years ago:

-I was 14.
-I had dyed my hair red for the first time a year prior.
-Just starting high school, leaving a graduating 8th grade class of 14 kids I knew since 1st grade (catholic school) into a high school of at least 2000. Talk about new environment!
-Kissed a boy. It was sort of bad.
-Realized that I didn't enjoy sports as much as I did in middle school, or it just wasn't something I wanted to put my time into anymore.
-Started taking Japanese - life as a slight weeaboo was inevitable.
-Had a lot of fun in Japanese since I could talk about Pokemon with other kids.
-Had a baller room in Habbo Hotel.
-Going back and forth between being a kid still and taking care of my then-4 yo brother, and younger sister.
-Succumbed to the world of tampons one day before swimming in Gym class. :kongler:
-Wore too many band shirts from Hot Topic.
-Thought I was terribly 'scene' and always attended my favorite local bands at the favorite local venues.
-Had an addiction to chocolate milk.
-Wasn't sure that I wanted to go to college, but I kept an open mind.
-I wrote on anything that would absorb ink.
-I asked for fruit-by-the-foot for Christmas, and got 5 boxes from my grandmother.
-My other grandmother was alive, and attended all of my orchestra concerts.
-Life seemed very bright ahead.

NOW HERE TODAY ON THIS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2011:

-I am 21.
-I recently dyed my hair from dark brown to red again, but am still extremely fickle about what the hell I want my hair to look like.
-I would be in my junior year, but I moved away from home and am experiencing life as an 'adult' with an apartment and bills. and my own fridge!
-Kissing a boy that I've been kissing for about 5 months now - he shares my fridge.
-Wish I had more time to play sports, like soccer! I miss indoor soccer, where off-sides was a mere fantasy.
-I've been to Japan! My Japanese is rusty. Some day I will return, during any season that isn't summer. I don't miss Japanese humidity.
-Still madly in love with Pokemon, but competitively it makes me want to throw things sometimes.
-I made like 3497235 accounts on Habbo Hotel and nearly all of them were lost in the account purge when they re-did the site. It's not cool anymore.
-My sister travels the country for ballroom dancing competitions, and my brother breaks bones but gets back up to continue roller blading. I'll always need my siblings, and I hope they feel the same.
-Being a girl still sucks especially once a month.
-Now I would rather buy white t-shirts from Wal-mart and scribble my personal adoration for bands, or just play them relentlessly on iTunes.
-I guess they call it 'hipster' now.
-Still addicted to chocolate milk.
-I'll return to college when I have the time and my own money, probably for Japanese. I don't want to waste my high school years and experience in Japan to laziness.
-I compulsively buy new notebooks before I fill old ones, just to have more places to write in.
-My grandmom (as we call her) has settled for cash in cards, but she'll never forget my simple pleasures.
-I don't play my violin often enough, and tell myself that my grandmother would love it if I did.
-Life seems even brighter now with the people I've met and prospects for the future!

brb getting some chocolate milk
 
7 years ago...
-I was 11, turning 12 in under a month
-I played Yu-Gi-Oh obsessively and put together a shitty chaos deck since I pulled a CED and beat my friends with it
-I played the DBZ TCG obsessively and played as Kid Buu from Majinn Buu
-I drew a single comic about a screaming guy and his dog in dozens of different locales
-I wrote prolifically and have dozens of pages of Naruto role-playing stuff and probably twentyish novel starts and poems
-I talked to doorknobs and power outlets
-I had exactly two friends
-I Role-Played Naruto on the NeoPets boards as Vader and went through RPs with poor grammar or improper characterization and harassed the RPers until they stopped
-I was googling Halle Berry's sex scene in Monster's Ball
-In fact, my google search history could probably have been summed up in three searches: "Naruto," "Halle Berry sex scene," and "hot chicks."
-I was in junior high level math and english and wanted to be a genetic engineer.
-My favorite Pokemon was Porygon

2011...
-I'm 18, turning 19 in a few weeks
-I play MTG obsessively and built a shitty Infect deck and beat my friends with it
-I draw comics about literally anything that comes to mind
-I still write but I can't stop my stories from turning into east coast cowboy battles space angels from the future
-I talk to myself now, not inanimate objects
-I don't know how many friends I have, but it is a lot more than 2
-I haven't jerked it to Halle Berry in years
-My google search history is dominated by school-related searches, Statistics in particular
-I am done with math forever after tomorrow and want to be a writer
-My favorite Pokemon is Porygon
 
Alan said:
7 years ago:

>was 13
>incredibly social
>closet pkmn player
>ran cross country and track
>hung out with friends all the time and said retarded 13 year old shit

now i am:

>20 years old
>terribly shy
>still a closet pkmn player
>don't do any sports of any kind
>only have a few friends but spend most of my time to myself

i feel like i went backwards. :(
Click to expand...

Is it better to have gone backwards or stayed largely the same?

What the fuck, since when am I older than a lot of people on this site?

Seven years ago:
> I was 12 and a half
> In 7th grade
> I played competitive Pokemon on RSBot (wooo pinch berries at 50%)
> Socially awkward, never had a girlfriend
> Got good grades in school (though lol middle school), got in trouble in class often
> Played a shitton of video games (Pokemon, Starcraft, Strategy games, RPG games, multiplayer games with friends)
> Played Pokemon TCG competitively (or at least a few years prior)
> Never exercised outside of playing sports with friends but was still relatively in shape

Today:
> 19.5 years old
> Sophomore in college
> Play competitive Pokemon on PO (wooo super OP Pokemon/abilities/etc.)
> Still socially awkward
> Get shitty grades in school (for my standards), barely say anything in class
> Play a shitton of video games (literally just update the series that I played previously with the most recent editions)
> Play Magic: the Gathering competitively
> Still don't exercise outside of playing sports with friends, metabolism has caught up to me and I am now fat


Probably some other stuff I could mention but I have class in a few minutes that I am procrastinating leaving for >_>
 
7 yrs ago:
- skinny & short azn
- sophomore year in high school
- pleasantly surprised that my locker was next to a girl I had a crush on since freshman year
- started worrying about my appearance half a year prior, began exercising, buying clothes, lol.
- AIM was the thing
- played cello, but sucked at it
- was really into music; downloaded a lot of music and crashed my comp. plenty of times
- was thinking of becoming a doctor
- moved from Netbattle's tvsian forum to Smogon
- played lots of Netbattle; I think ADV just came out
- heavily participated smogon tours, posted a lot on the forums
- met FinneousPJ at irc; he got me into metal and Dungeons & Dragons novels (esp. the Dark Elf chronicles by R.A. Salvatore), and oriented me towards team-building
- met AJC468 I dunno how; we became great online friends and he often consulted me about life-issues, such as time management and love, lol
- told my crush my feelings during the end of third trimester; she said we could start as friends, but I lost confidence and didn't follow through
- virgin

currently:
- still skinny & short azn
- I can drive now (well since 4 yrs ago)!!!
- facebook is the thing
- graduated from college with bachelor's in Biochemistry this summer
- currently applying to med schools, but the prospect seems grim :/
- still play cello, still suck at it; I am being tutored, though
- not as much into music; I only listen music on Pandora / youtube nowadays
- started watching lots of anime 4 yrs ago
- haven't gotten over my crush / haven't met anyone to really replace her
- still a virgin, but it's okay
- lost contact with FinneousPJ and AJC468 - hope you guys are doing well, net buddies ;_;
- was going on-and-off visiting Smogon / playing competitively while I was in college
- more active now, but haven't gotten back to Smogon Tours :d
- would like to think that I've gotten a lot more social while I was in college, but I still need improvement
- currently bumming around / must find a job soon
 
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