>>23461057Well I've very mixed feelings, honestly. This convention will be the last time I'll be able to go with friends before they move to distances too impossibly far for me to visit and vis versa. Additionally, it'll be the biggest convention I've ever gone to. I need the money and the deadline's coming up, and I figure that someone else who is just as passionate about Pokemon might be able to get more use out of enjoying them than I; ideally it's sort of paying it forward I guess.
>>23461070Oh God, I was a terrible fanatic over Pokemon as a kid. Every tournament I went to, I dressed up as Ash Ketchum, official hat and everything, including the Pokedex toy, would lay down this knit pokemon mat that had every single badge I'd earned pinned to it and carrying around that Burgerking pokeball with me. I don't think I ever actually lost very many games at all officially except when other kids would cheat. I wouldn't call them out on it since I was still having fun. It was a blast.
I really wish I had the full set of Southern Islands. I've a Vileplum too I think, but it's too bent and crinkled to really sell for much, sadly. I had a Prerelease Gyarados and Prerelease Aerodactyl, but I think someone stole it from me when I wasn't looking recently.
