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Hi quality, my name is Phil, I hope you like me!
I thought I'd write about pokemon to you!
Hey you! Haven’t heard about Pokemon? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? Sorry, if you seriously haven’t heard about Pokemon then you are such a lucky person – I envy you so much! I very much doubt it though, as the little Japanese craze has taken over the world and has become Nintendo’s biggest acquisition, and the whole franchise is said to be worth around $7billion or something obscenely high like that. Ok, so I hate Pokemon, it’s become too big, and don’t think that the craze is over – at least the madness has eased, but still the Pokemon Gameboy games sell out whenever they’re released.
Why is it that you ‘gotta catch ‘em all!’? Surely if they’re so great, one would be enough! But no, you have to collect a silly amount like 149 or something. That’s going to be quite expensive…
I’m not against kids having fun, but when you have children who can’t stop telling you about how they completed Pokemon Gold, Silver or Blue, whatever the colour, you may get a bit agitated! Blame the Japanese! They started it! But is Pokemon actually damaging to children? It’s become an unhealthy obsession, among a few, and I suppose in moderation the cartoons aren’t too bad, but it’s as though Pokemon is a drug – a freely available, and yet incredibly expensive when you think about all the merchandise out there, and in your homes, what else can children, and some adults, spend their cash on?
The cartoon is a load of rubbish from my point of view – awful animations, and really boring, but then I’m not a target audience so I suppose you kiddies like it! Pokemon’s most infamous character is the omnipresent Pikachu – it’s everywhere!! I don’t particularly care if it can transform or evolve - it’s all a load of nonsense to me! I have heard that the video games are actually quite good, although each colour is said to be a clone of the previous one. It’s insanity.
Anyway, that’s my complaint over I’m going to get my son to play football again…
I thought I'd write about pokemon to you!
Hey you! Haven’t heard about Pokemon? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? Sorry, if you seriously haven’t heard about Pokemon then you are such a lucky person – I envy you so much! I very much doubt it though, as the little Japanese craze has taken over the world and has become Nintendo’s biggest acquisition, and the whole franchise is said to be worth around $7billion or something obscenely high like that. Ok, so I hate Pokemon, it’s become too big, and don’t think that the craze is over – at least the madness has eased, but still the Pokemon Gameboy games sell out whenever they’re released.
Why is it that you ‘gotta catch ‘em all!’? Surely if they’re so great, one would be enough! But no, you have to collect a silly amount like 149 or something. That’s going to be quite expensive…
I’m not against kids having fun, but when you have children who can’t stop telling you about how they completed Pokemon Gold, Silver or Blue, whatever the colour, you may get a bit agitated! Blame the Japanese! They started it! But is Pokemon actually damaging to children? It’s become an unhealthy obsession, among a few, and I suppose in moderation the cartoons aren’t too bad, but it’s as though Pokemon is a drug – a freely available, and yet incredibly expensive when you think about all the merchandise out there, and in your homes, what else can children, and some adults, spend their cash on?
The cartoon is a load of rubbish from my point of view – awful animations, and really boring, but then I’m not a target audience so I suppose you kiddies like it! Pokemon’s most infamous character is the omnipresent Pikachu – it’s everywhere!! I don’t particularly care if it can transform or evolve - it’s all a load of nonsense to me! I have heard that the video games are actually quite good, although each colour is said to be a clone of the previous one. It’s insanity.
Anyway, that’s my complaint over I’m going to get my son to play football again…
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*Yawn* not Pokémon again!
Play pokemon as a GAME without thinknig your a kid.
Turbonutter, I know what you meant when you used the word 'fomual' however learn to spell before trying to call anyone thick!
When it was only in Japan, I actually didn't mind the merchandising. I had a Japanese friend who sent me bits to do with it and i looked at it as a little novelty side hobby. I was looking forward to playing the game.
In Japan, it was a thing even a good number of adults were getting into. But then it finally reached the U.S and our shores and with the difference in attitude at things like this, it was immediately labelled as "kids only" with all the toys and stuff coming out.
After a couple of months of that, the appeal of Pokemon started to wear off on me cause I felt I was too old to really be enjoying it. If it were just the game on the shelves, then a wider range of age groups may have ended up playing it. But because of the relentless merchandising of toys, stickers, cards, cartoons on kids afternoon tv, etc, it just all ended up feeling like I was restricted from really being able to get into it.
I actually became a damn good player on it, but I would never dream of entering a tournament because of what I've just stated. Overall, games like Mario and Zelda are no different level wise to Pokemon, but because they're not milked as big crazes, various age groups are able to sit down and enjoy them without feeling like a small kid.
In Japan, it was a thing even a good number of adults were getting into. But then it finally reached the U.S and our shores and with the difference in attitude at things like this, it was immediately labelled as "kids only" with all the toys and stuff coming out.
After a couple of months of that, the appeal of Pokemon started to wear off on me cause I felt I was too old to really be enjoying it. If it were just the game on the shelves, then a wider range of age groups may have ended up playing it. But because of the relentless merchandising of toys, stickers, cards, cartoons on kids afternoon tv, etc, it just all ended up feeling like I was restricted from really being able to get into it.
I actually became a damn good player on it, but I would never dream of entering a tournament because of what I've just stated. Overall, games like Mario and Zelda are no different level wise to Pokemon, but because they're not milked as big crazes, various age groups are able to sit down and enjoy them without feeling like a small kid.
It happens..they tend to get kickbanned within seconds, then complain at me in whisper for the next half hour. Think that's the only reaosn I wanted an oper again, /kill'ing lame java kiddies..
Edgy wrote:
> I'm 15 and 2 of my 16yr old friends like Pokémon!
Ask them how to find the formual of a parabola given 3 points on the line.
If they can't answer, then that explains it then
> I'm 15 and 2 of my 16yr old friends like Pokémon!
Ask them how to find the formual of a parabola given 3 points on the line.
If they can't answer, then that explains it then
lol..I pity you guys. I can just imagine a lone java Kiddie stumbling in, I really can..
Venom: the names list should be working now too, the chat link has been updated, the direct one is http://uk.centralchat.net/cgi-bin/chatw.cgi?channel=specialreserve if it doesn't respond.
I'm 15 and 2 of my 16yr old friends like Pokémon!
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