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I got into Pokemon around summer of 99 after hearing a lot of other kids getting into it. I happen to catch a rerun of the first anime ep. I remember renting the shit out of Pokemon Snap and whenever I played Smash Bros, I always played Saffron City with Pokemon characters/Pokeballs only. That Christmas, I wanted a Game Boy and my grandma got me an atomic purple GBC and Blue. Didn't complete the dex, but I would beat the elite four every morning before school. I had an alright TCG collection, went to league religiously at Books-A-Million every Saturday until 6th grade when I grew tired of the TCG.
Enjoyed Gen II, ended up getting all 3 versions. I enjoyed Sapphire, but that's when I took a break during high school. It was a closet interest though. Some of the douchy "popular" kids would yell "POKEMON" at me even though I haven't liked it in 2 years at that point. A few weeks before high school graduation was when Diamond was released and I enjoyed it, but wasn't really hardcore into it.
But when HG/SS was released, I was sucked back in, been posting on /vp/ since it opened, occasionally watch the anime. Still need to fill out that living Pokedex though.
