The PokéMasters

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The PokéMasters is a fan site run by Pokemaster Kevin, and hugely helped by Admins Little Pikachu and Chris. It has a strong team of Super Moderators and Moderators to keep the site running. It is one the most popular Pokémon fan sites as of 2005. A solid group of regulars keep the site going with continuous influxes of new members to keep the forums fresh.

History

The PokéMasters site was started in 1998, and the forums (powered by UBB 5) opened in March of 2000. The site was highly successful and the forums also incredibly active. Unfortunately, these ultimately led to ever-increasing bandwidth costs, which crippled the site in 2002. Having to switch registration on and off, asking for donations and such, TPM finally went down.

The forums were later restarted on ezboard, which was a heavy blow to the community. Coming back from that loss in late 2002, the forums and site were started again, but without as much of the bravado and sway that it once held.

The PokéMasters forums is now the site's main hub of activity, and although many members have become indifferent to Pokémon, they stay simply to socialize with each other.

Third Site

The second Pokémasters site eventually went down, however the possibility of a return has been a recurring discussion. In October of 2008, an effort to revive the Pokémasters main site began. The site was launched on June 19, 2009. The project to continue to improve the site is currently led by moderators mr_pikachu and Jeff, and has been helped by contributions from various forum members.

Staff

Current Staff

The following is a list of the staff of the Pokemasters. There may be a couple who's names need to be removed or added from the list due to either being elected by the moderators themselves or those who have resigned.

Administrators

Super Moderators

  • Andrew
  • Lady Vulpix
  • Zak

Moderators

  • Austrian Vicemaster Alex - General Discussion and Other Pokemon Games
  • Bulbasaur4 - FanArt, Role Playing Game, RPG Archive and RPG Lounge
  • classy_cat18 - FanFiction and The Completed FanFiction Archive
  • Dark-San - Other Anime and Manga
  • DarkestLight - Anime Style Battling
  • DragoKnight - Miscellaneous Stuff
  • Gavin Luper - FanFiction, The Completed FanFiction Archive and The Writers Lounge
  • Heald - Miscellaneous Stuff
  • Hypotenuse Man - Resigned but still on Forum Team
  • Jeff - Web Site Revival Project
  • kainashi - Forum Help and The Binary District
  • mistysakura - FanFiction, The Completed FanFiction Archive and The Writers Lounge
  • Mr.E - Classic Generation
  • mr_pikachu - Advanced Generation, FanFiction, The Completed FanFiction Archive and The Writers Lounge
  • Number1ChanseyFan - Advanced Generation
  • PNT510 - Video Games
  • RedStarWarrior - Miscellaneous Stuff
  • Roarkiller - Trading Card Game
  • Roy Karrde - Role Playing Game and RPG Archive
  • Saffire Persian - FanArt
  • SupremeChampion - Classic Generation
  • The_Missing_Link - Old Polls, Pokemon Anime and Manga and Polls, Clubs, Games
  • Weasel Overlord - Role Playing Game, RPG Archive and RPG Lounge

Members to be Promoted

  • Crystal Tears - RPG Area
  • MeLoVeGhOsTs - ASB Area

Former Staff

  • Damian Silverblade - Moderator
  • Gyro - Original Staff Member
  • Ledian X - Moderator
  • Murgatroyd - Moderator
  • Ninetales3001 - Report and Editorial Writer/Forum Moderator
  • ZMidnightZ - Original Staff Member

External links

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