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Pokemon Fan Riot

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"For fucking serious, stop acknowledging GSC as the "best", when it's down as worst as RBY are! That is all"

"purplekecleon is the smartest Pokemon fan on dA"

"Pikachu is overrated"

"There are other pokemon besides <insert popular pokemon name>"

"I'm tired of seeing Pokemon on the front page! Even though I like pokemon"

Sound familiar? Well, if you're into pokemon and you scout the fandom at ANY point in time, you'll find these at large. In fact, go to the search bar, and type in "Pokemon overrated" and you'll get a slew of stamps, deviations, and literature that'll tell you why Pokemon is overrated or why a certain pokemon, usually a pretty popular one, is overrated.

Go to Bulbapedia's facebook page, and post a team, any team, and post movesets and natures, and you'll get a ton of people who'll tell you how to fix your terribly planned team. They'll either call you a "n00b" or tell you swap one pokemon for another, or fix your team entirely. Somehow they feel self entitled to tell you that you're not playing pokemon right, when we're free to play as we choose.

You know, Fans are overrated, it's not the games, or the anime, it's the fans that make Pokemon a total drag for the rest of us. Fan's whine and complain about how this pokemon is overrated and how GSC is overrated because so many fans have nostalgia attached to them.

What people fail to realize is their attitudes are not without company, they're aversion to pokemon or a certain pokemon in general. They're just as plentiful, and just as overrated as the thing they're claiming is overrated. They'll try to be unique and bitch about something "new", like the quote above that goes on about how Gold, Silver and Crystal are overrated because people still love them today.

What they do not realize is that affection for one generation does not necessarily label them as nostalgia whores. I'm sure there are favorites in your life that you loved as a kid and love still but you have other, new things you love too. The same goes for GSC and RSE, as kids, we grew up with these, despite their graphics they're still GOOD games. That doesn't mean that we don't like the new ones. I'm quite fond of Black and White myself, I play them often, HG and SS? Loved them as well.

I can't sit there and say there was any GREATEST game, in fact, if pressed to choose one I couldn't because lets face it, they all had their perks! That goes for even Pikachu, who I desperately hate...and when I say desperately, I mean it. Yet I recognize one thing, Pikachu is pretty good in battle, I've trained one in Yellow before, and I was quite pleased.

Equally so, I like to test my boundaries, setting aside my prejudice and planning a team with all pokemon in mind. I leave none out, this makes me a more informed player, rather than a close minded bigot. Instead of screaming about what you HATE about the game, why not talk about what you LOVE about the game? I hate listening to all the little bastards whining and complaining because their opinion is right and no one is paying attention, cry me a river styx please. That way I can drown you in it and be done with you entirely.

I love the games, I love everything about them, I love the old games that got me my start, I love the tacky and terrible graphics. I love the new games that show me that progress is a beautiful and wonderful thing. I love the new systems that keep on blowing my mind, and showing me that there are wonders still undiscovered. I love that Pokemon has continued into a new generation and a new era and has done so much with its self.

I love Pokemon, and I will continue to love it into my old age I'm sure. What I don't love, and what I have no affections for is the fans who bitch and complain. The fans who damn and bludgeon everything that isn't what they like until there is nothing but ashes and bones. The fans who cry and whine about how nostalgia is stupid and how we need to "Get over it".

Well I got something to tell you, and you know who are are, get over yourselves. Pokemon is meant to be enjoyed, it's the fans, these fans, that make Pokemon less enjoyable. It's no wonder I don't bother with them, because lets face it, even if there are 100 fans who feel as I do, there are 2000 fans who are just assholes.
I finally said it, and I feel so much better.
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