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>bring DS to school with W2
>play it in my bullshit government class because you get an A for just showing up
>huge black kid football player next to me leans over to see what I'm playing
>"you like pokemons? dayum, i thought no one played that no more"
>feel embarrassed for some reason
>"y-yeah"
>mexican dude in front of me hears our convo and quickly turns around with wide eyes
>"YOU'RE PLAYING POKEMON I FUCKING LOVE POKEMON WE SHOULD BATTLE RIGHT NOW"
>suddenly everyone's looking at us
>sink down in my chair
>huge black kid is like "whoop his ass with yo pokemons"
>am apprehensive because i assume mexican kid is a casual player and i have teams of carefully bred and trained 'mons
>don't want to reveal my power level so i pick a team of cute, stereotypically girly pokemon and let him win with his team of OU pokegen'd shinies
>he laughs at me and calls me a "casual" and goes on to say i'm not a true fan and that he knew he'd win because girls just play pokemon for attention
>fight back tears
>huge black kid shakes his head at me in disdain
>i let him down
>haven't played pokemon in public since