General Intro/Leave of Absence Thread

[Scarlet Spider]

I've also been considering leaving the site as well. There's no reason for me to be here, since I don't get involved in Social anymore, I don't post my sprites/graphics here, and the roleplaying has really just died.
Though I've never been a core member, this community has been somewhat central to my internet life for the last five years. Being here has helped me to shape my online persona and etiquette, encouraged and influenced my interest in Pokemon Spriting, graphic design, Fakemon design, and storywriting. For that, I'm very grateful for this medium of expression.
I'll be checking in on you guys for the next week, but I've transitioning to PokeCommunity for the past week. If any of you would like to stay connected there, I'm open to it. There's a kind of "group" thing going on there and we could have a PPN/Ludicom/Evionet group. The roleplaying there is pretty great; there are two or three starting up right now and still open. The RP community seems pretty dedicated(and educated) as well.

~Signing off

bro you gotta get on skype so we can still talk

[Magoo]

bro you gotta get on skype so we can still talk

About Skype:
It doubled my PC's boot time...
So I shut it.

[Scarlet Spider]

About Skype:
It doubled my PC's boot time...
So I shut it.

just set it up so it doesn't auto log on when you start-up the computer and then manually go into it when you want to use it.

[RosimInc]

Maybe we could migrate to a new forum with new people and a bigger userbase? We don't have to be the owners of the site to be with each other you know. I don't want to lose everyone. I was fine with leaving lcom for as long as I did simply because I knew you guys would always be here when I needed someone to talk to but now that everyones leaving and no one wants to share contact info, maybe we need to think outside the box to save our friendship?

In theory that seems like a good idea, the only thing is that most of us only come here because we know the others are there. We're not discussing Pokemon enough, and I don't see myself joining another Pokemon website just to spam the social boards. And with that many other members, I would not feel comfortable talking about my life like I can do here.

[Sato]

Honestly, when suggested that we switch forums, PokeCommunity was my first thought. They have a pretty good setup going, always a conversation, and for the nerdier of us the Rom hacking sections are fantastic. I'm definitely considering it.

[Zohaib]

Maybe we could migrate to a new forum with new people and a bigger userbase? We don't have to be the owners of the site to be with each other you know. I don't want to lose everyone. I was fine with leaving lcom for as long as I did simply because I knew you guys would always be here when I needed someone to talk to but now that everyones leaving and no one wants to share contact info, maybe we need to think outside the box to save our friendship?

I agree, but Rosim has a point. Not all of us play pokemon.

[Scarlet Spider]

I've tried joining other forums but it never really worked out.  I became part of this community at the right time with the right amount of people and in the right frame of mind to join.  I haven't been able to replicate that.

[Kinfin]

I'm staying put. I have too much emotion here. Plain and simple.

[Magoo]

I'm staying put. I have too much emotion here. Plain and simple.

EMOTIONS! HNNNG-----!

[Coyote Starrk]

In theory that seems like a good idea, the only thing is that most of us only come here because we know the others are there. We're not discussing Pokemon enough, and I don't see myself joining another Pokemon website just to spam the social boards. And with that many other members, I would not feel comfortable talking about my life like I can do here.

You wouldnt need to go into such detail on the public board, maybe through PM or skype but you would still be able to talk. And maybe start playing ye olde pokemon games to get back into it? Plus, you would be making new friends too! :D

I agree, but Rosim has a point. Not all of us play pokemon.

But we still know a lot about it and can talk about it and stuff, even if we havent played it in a long time. And with all the new people, I think it would prolly be the jumpstart many of us need to get back into playing pokemon and doing pokemon related things.

I've tried joining other forums but it never really worked out.  I became part of this community at the right time with the right amount of people and in the right frame of mind to join.  I haven't been able to replicate that.

Just pretend all the people on the forum are joining our community :D

[RosimInc]

You wouldnt need to go into such detail on the public board, maybe through PM or skype but you would still be able to talk. And maybe start playing ye olde pokemon games to get back into it? Plus, you would be making new friends too! :D

Conversations on Skype are as volatile as they are on the ToT. And I don't see why I would join a forum just to say hi by PM.
I'm done with Pokemon. Haven't played since HeartGold, and don't plan to. I'm here because of you people.
And I am not looking for new Internet friends. It's an outdated concept. I spent too much time already trying to be far from real life people, I moved onto a newfound love for socialness.

[Coyote Starrk]

Conversations on Skype are as volatile as they are on the ToT. And I don't see why I would join a forum just to say hi by PM.
I'm done with Pokemon. Haven't played since HeartGold, and don't plan to. I'm here because of you people.
And I am not looking for new Internet friends. It's an outdated concept. I spent too much time already trying to be far from real life people, I moved onto a newfound love for socialness.

Well you dont have to have everyone in the same convo.

You could say by posting and telling errbody what its like working for EA and crushing some dreams at the same time.

Look for more french internet friends and maybe meet up and do stuff?

[RosimInc]

Well you dont have to have everyone in the same convo.

You could say by posting and telling errbody what its like working for EA and crushing some dreams at the same time.

Look for more french internet friends and maybe meet up and do stuff?

There's Facebook for that. And texting.
I can't tell much about EA really.
I'm not looking for French people at all really. As for meeting with people, it hasn't worked up to now, and I don't really want to search online while there are so many people out there that I already ignore.

[Coyote Starrk]

There's Facebook for that. And texting.
I can't tell much about EA really.
I'm not looking for French people at all really. As for meeting with people, it hasn't worked up to now, and I don't really want to search online while there are so many people out there that I already ignore.

But I dont have your number for texting :c

Why not? D:

But like, if you meet other french folk you can learn how to go out and do... french things. Like be all high and mighty when someone pronounces quebec wrong or eat french bread. You can socialize more :D

[RosimInc]

But I dont have your number for texting :c

Why not? D:

But like, if you meet other french folk you can learn how to go out and do... french things. Like be all high and mighty when someone pronounces quebec wrong or eat french bread. You can socialize more :D

I'll check if my plan has unlimited texts in US as well. I'll PM you my number if it does. EDIT: Nope. 40 cents/message.
NDA.
I'm trying to get away from Quebec as much as possible actually. I'd be handing with French people from France. Which are the most hated people in Europe for some weird reason.