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I was incredibly obsessed with Pokemon in 1st-2nd grade. Like, having-a-Pokemon-counterpart-during-recess obsessed.* This game was my lifeblood- my first real fandom. All thanks to this game. My obsession ended quite suddenly when the first movie came out, but I can still fondly remember those early days of geekhood. Especially Pokemon Snap. Dang, that game was awesome.Speaking of it, this is one of my favorite Channukkah memories. Is that sad? Don't answer that.
Happy holidays, everyone!
*It was Charmander.
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Charmander is my fave of all the Kanto(Red and Blue games) starters
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Oh, the nostalgia that this wrought upon me.
And the laughter. That too.
"Thank you, oh benevolent Lord!" XD
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Ah Pokemon, I blame it for all my OCD attention to detail. (All because I was young, tried to use a potion on Giovanni's Gym battle...and threw the Master Ball by mistake, losing it forever)
Hmm, 1998...1st Grade, that would make you....18-19?
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I had a Pokemon counterpart during recess, too. I think it's clear we were the cooler kids in school, mhmm.
And holy crap, Pokemon Snap was the besssttt. Did they ever remake it? D:
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Pokemon was my first fandom too. xD And when I finally learned how to surf the internet, I looked up all the geeky stats and variables and probability things and I learned maths. Which I normally hate. But I was so into pokemons.
I still remember my first pidgey named Pete. When I picked up pokemon Yellow for the first time I didn't know what to do to beat Brock, so I just trained this pidgey until it could win by brute force. xD And after that I ignored all my other pokemon and just trained Pete. He'd be about twice the level of his opponents....lol.
(I like the subtext that says, "based on an unreliable memory". xDD)
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Aw, man, I did the same thing with my Charizard! I didn't believe in giving them nicknames, though. Their names must be au natural. :3 Aaaanyway, yeah, I pretty much just trained him, to the point where he was level 100 and all my other pets were level 20 or something. xDD
UGH BROCK WAS SO HARD. But I was so excited when I finally beat him! My eyes welled up with pride. *_*
Oh yeah, that subtext is totally needed. My sister saw this comic, and was like, "None of this is true" and I was like "READ THE DISCLAIMER, BEEYOTCH" XD
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...I nicknamed every Pokemon I ever used in my party. xD Even if the nickname was the same as the pokemon's name, I just rewrote it in lower case (with an initial capital).
Yeah, Brock was the hardest gym leader I ever fought! There were like, five kinds of wild pokemon in the area you could catch before facing him, and almost none of them were strong against him. D= And I loved charmander too much to get myself a squirtle or bulbasaur when I played pokemon Blue. Then someone at school told me I had to use a butterfree, but the metapod I caught took so darn bloody long to train because it couldn't attack. XDD
Oh, when I caught my first legendary (a Zapdos), I was so. So. Proud. 
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Oh yeah, brute force was the only way to go with Brock. I mean, strategy? Got you nowhere. Especially considering Charmander was- by far- the coolest of the starters. I didn't know butterfree would be effective! That would've saved me a ton of grief. However, I remember that, after beating Brock, my Charmander evolved into a Charmeleon. Proudest moment of my life.
Also- you caught Zapdos? AWESOME. I never could get him. I think I just kept resetting till I finally catched him. But then I never used him. xDD Articuno was just a total beast, I guess.
I never did catch them all, though. Never did. ;_;
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xD I actually did use my Zapdos. In my pokemon yellow party, I think I had like three electric pokemon when I battled the Elite Four; Zapdos, Jolteon and Pikachu, because they were all too awesome-looking to leave behind in the PC.
Oh. The "catch'm-all" goal. I completed it on one game, my most precious game, pokemon crystal, and my overall playing time was at like 200 hours or something. *had no life* But it's so unfair that you have to trade with other games to get the rest of the pokemon you can't find in your version or which evolve only by trading. I was lucky that my little cousin had her own pokemon phase around the same time as I did, or I would never have caught them all.
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Electric pokemon are awesome looking, but for some reason I was never drawn to them. I was always a fire and flying kind a gal. Burn, baby, burn! 8D
Yeah, the trading thing was what really did me in. Me and my sister traded for a while, but when she grew out of it I was left alone. Could never get a Alakazam. 
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Hehe... yeah that is cool. I still love those games.. and yeah Snap <3
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Chanukkah? Wussat?
Haha, I was born given a PS1 when I was 3, I can read but I cant speak english yet! No, I dont even have christmas XC
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Chanukkah is a kinda like the Jewish equivalent of Christmas. It goes on for 8 days and 8 nights, and traditionally children receive presents (some bigger, some smaller) on each night. You can read more about it here:[link]
Well, a PS3's still good. Do you guys celebrate any winter holidays in Indonesia? (By the way, you write English very well!)
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I see
I sadly do NOT have a PS3, Im muslim... So I dont celebrate christmas, but I think the do celebrate winter holidays even though there is no winter XDD
And thanks! :3 I have been practicing since when I was 4...
If you do not know, I won 3rd in a regional spelling bee, and I lost in the nationals tho.. XC
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I remember my first pokemon game. It was a used yellow. :'D
Pokemon mania was awesome at my school. Sooo awesome.
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Niiice. Yeah, the whole first grade went cray-cray for Pokemon. Including me.
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Fun time
I remember that once, I was so jealous that my brother got Pokemon blue, I would sneak into his room while he was sleeping and I would play it for hours XD
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AHAHAHA that's so sneaky! You were a kid ninja!!
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D'aw, the newer ones are good too. I mean, more pokemon! New graphics! Improved gameplay!
....Pokemon Red was still awesome, though. xD What was your first Pokemon game?
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Ha, cool~
Pokemon is the reason my brother learnt to read! XD
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It wasn't the reason, but it was a definite incentive. Especially for my jealous younger sister. xDDD
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I got my mom's Pokemon blue game before I could read.
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But however did you play? =o
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I masked random buttons and got all the way to Sabrina before I had to think strategically.
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That is an achievement. Seriously fine work there pal.
...First time I played pokemon, I also had no strategy, and I used the same pidgey/pidgeotto/pidgeot (it evolved) for every single battle. Even the rock gym. xD I failed at the elite four though.
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Hehehe thanks~ 
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LOL
When I was younger I used to play Pokemon with my friends.
I was always Mew or Celebi. C:
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An excellent choice! Celebi wasn't around when I was obsessed (I was strictly 1st season), but I would've killed to be Mew. Unfortunately, our recess pokemon club did not allow legendaries. It was a very strict club for first graders. =\
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Yeah, I was obsessed with Mew and Celebi...I still kinda am. xD They're so adorable...
Our game didn't have rules lol...we just ran around avoiding capture from Team Rocket. 
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I remember those games!
I loved them
But personally I played yellow more
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Man, I would've loved to play yellow, but it came out too late. I'm an oldie.
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Same here.
I half don't want to get a DS to play the new ones because I'm afraid it won't be as good.
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There's a new one for the DS?
...why? =\
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Black, White, Heart, and Gold
I don't even try to memorize them all.
Marketing my dear, gotta keep up with the times sadly.
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