My Pokemon story started back in '98 when my Parents bought me Red & Blue version, because they thought it would be a great tool to help me learn how to read... It did help a lot (even though I'm dyslexic) but little did they know that I would have beaten them both in 2 weeks, and when Yellow came out I got two copies and played the living crap out of them. And it was then that I knew that the hooks were set and I was going to be in it for the long haul. But as I got older, I began to appreciate them for being more then just a childish obsession with the wonderful little animals in the game but the story itself.
When Gold & Silver came out I really fell in love with the way the story played out, and how big they made the world feel. Its was the first time it really felt like an adventure, and this time it was in color. When the Crystal Version came out it was the beginning of a very long rough patch in my life, but no matter how rough it got I could always just sit down, flick my Gameboy on and get away from it all.
When I got my copy of Ruby & Sapphire (the whole 3rd Gen actually), Pokemon took on a whole new meaning in my life when I actually had made friends through Pokemon. It became a real social experience. From breading and trading to try and "Catch'em all" to Cable Linking, and Battling my friends to see who was the real Pokemon Masters of my group of friends. Even though this was still in the middle of that rough patch... Pokemon was the safe haven I could always go back to when I was down in the dumps.
And then came the DS which opened up Pokemon to the Internet, and thats when my super competitive nature took hold, I found my self pulling out my calculator and EV training Pokemon and really going all in on this new way of battling anyone around the world with the click of a button.
By this point most of my 3rd Gen. friends had gotten "too old" for Pokemon because its a "Stupid kids game" and that didn't sit well with me, and I almost quit playing Pokemon. But I had kind of matured a bit more by then and I came to conclusion that they can shove it... That I would keep doing what I enjoy no matter what anyone else thought about it, and that's what has kept me playing to this day... All the nostalgic memories of Pokemon, The friends I've made in person, and online because of Pokemon, and Because there is no reason you should have to stop doing something you love because someone might think less of you.
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