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SUBPLANAR:
Here lately I've been playing pkmn again and noticed that I've been playing the games a lot differently than I did ten years ago. Back in the day, whenever Pokemon was just getting popular, I was 9, and therefore just plowed through the game with the same team. I'd build my char-volutions to annihilate (because I always pick charmander in the beginning!) and not give much thought to the other Pokemon in the game. I'd also glitch my rare candies and masterballs by using our favorite #000

But now I've grown up. I'll spend two days (real world days nontheless) in between towns training, swapping out pokemon from the pc and just hunting. It's weird how a single cartridge can evolve with your age and go from a simple game to a complex, statistic counting, mathematical puzzle.

Who else has grown up with this game and realized that it's a completely different game then when you started?

DarK_SouL:

--- Quote from: SUBPLANAR on July 31, 2010, 06:19:03 AM ---Here lately I've been playing pkmn again and noticed that I've been playing the games a lot differently than I did ten years ago. Back in the day, whenever Pokemon was just getting popular, I was 9, and therefore just plowed through the game with the same team. I'd build my char-volutions to annihilate (because I always pick charmander in the beginning!) and not give much thought to the other Pokemon in the game. I'd also glitch my rare candies and masterballs by using our favorite #000

But now I've grown up. I'll spend two days (real world days nontheless) in between towns training, swapping out pokemon from the pc and just hunting. It's weird how a single cartridge can evolve with your age and go from a simple game to a complex, statistic counting, mathematical puzzle.

Who else has grown up with this game and realized that it's a completely different game then when you started?

--- End quote ---

I'm probably one of the coolest and Smartest kids ever and so I already noticed that, at about 10 or so. Also kind of Stereotypical.

Mr Pokemon:
I've noticed. I played Pokemon when I was about 4 or so, and it helped me learn to read. But I normally just overtrained one Pokemon and beat everything with it. Now that I know about EVs, IVs, Natures, and so much more, Pokemon is one of the most complicated games out there.

SUBPLANAR:
I may have done this wrong, but I actually joined the IRC first. I was looking for pokemon chat when
I stumbled onto PU in a directory last night. I joined the forum because I liked the atmosphere there (even though it was only LucarioX and Monzta in there at the time) and one can't be registered to too many online forums. The MMO is really only an after thought for me, so don't worry about me asking too many questions  :P

And I guess we weren't all boy geniuses, LucarioX. I don't get the stereotypical part either :/

Mikey:
I never really thought of pokemon as mathematical and complex. I like to enjoy the game and try not to over think it.

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