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Do you guys remember how you got into pokemon?
>be me
>6yrs old
>a year since parents' divorce
>am hanging out with dad
>he wants to buy me something
>go in Walgreens
>buy that old lucario tcg tin box
>had no idea what it was, but i recognized it from tv
>discover the card game
>get a vulpix and a vigaroth
>proceed to play with made up rules
>start saving money for cards
One year time jump
>by now im a huge pokemon fan, even have those pokemon handbooks
>as a mexican, im the only fan in my neighbourhood aside from my younger brother
>mom starts dating a new guy
>dont like him
>feel like she betrayed dad, whose visits are becoming less common
>try to commit suicide
>its a bluff, i was just being a little bitch
>mom calms me down by buying me a nintendo ds
>get my first pokemon game, pokemon ranger(the first one)
>eventually get all the ranger games, brother gets pmd:eod
>really like that game, so a year later i get eos while my brother gets hg
>i discover the main series and get one a year later on my birthday
>pokemon is my life
>its all i think about
>i get my first game: black
>i pick oshawott, dont understand abilities and move categories
>barely beat the e4 on my 11th try
>that was awsome
>since then ive bought W2, X, AS, and Sun
>I've also played crystal, Pt, and hg
>am currently 19
>havent seen dad in 5yrs
>mom and her bf had a son
>little bro moved on to Minecraft
>still a huge fan of pokemon
>looking forward to USM, hoping its better than SM
>and the dp remakes
>pick related is my favorite pokemon