User:Pkmn veteran

About Me

	This user identifies as male.

en	This user is a native speaker of English.

ja-1	This user cannot speak 日本語 and relies on Google Translate and Babel Fish, as well as proper grammar to get a basic understanding.

EST	This user uses Eastern Standard Time, which is UTC-5.

EDT	During the northern Hemisphere summer, daylight saving time is in effect, which is UTC-4.

	This user doesn't get enough sleep.

	This user is frequently on patrol.

	This user can't see Bulbapedia being complete someday due to the flood of new information.

File:DP Young Couple.png	This user is a bit of a shipper (AshxInsert Current Girl Here).

File:DP Young Couple.png	This user hates shippers who put false evidence on shipping pages.

File:OriginalSeries.png	This user LOVES the Original series of the Pokémon anime except anything between Johto League Champions and Master Quest.

	This user has watched Computer Soldier Porygon.

File:AdvancedGeneration.png	This user needs to watch the Advanced Generation series of the Pokémon anime in its entirety.

	This user likes Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Yellow Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Silver Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Crystal Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Ruby Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Emerald Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Diamond Version.

	This user has completed the National Pokédex.

	This user has a five star Trainer Card!

Introduction

Pkmn veteran is a male of college student age living in the Great White Nation of Canada. He has been on Bulbapedia since September 2007 but has been a fan of Pokémon since it landed in North America. He is currently seen lurking around random pages but occasionally edits character and shipping pages and has provided the Japanese characters for names. He might be considered to be a bit of a shipper of AshxInsert Current Girl (Whoever it is now). He is known as Pkmn_veteran on the Bulbagarden Forums as well as the Serebii forums, although he is more active on BMGf as a self-proclaimed episode/movie reviewer and usually the is first to post screen caps of recently aired episodes and previews.

Background:

The Beginning

He had shown interest in the franchise when he saw the premiere episode of Pokémon in Canada back in the September of 1998. In December of that same year, he was able to see the Japanese version of the first Pokémon movie and spoiled the ending to his friends. However he did not own a Pokémon game until September 1999 when he bought the limited edition Pokémon Game Boy Color with Pokémon Yellow. He did not own any Pokémon cards until he bought a Team Rocket booster pack where his first rare card was Dark Muk. He became one of the first people in his neighborhood to own Pokémon Silver as he bought it as part of a Nintendo Power promotion that gave away other neat things such as Pokémon pins of Pikachu, Bellossom, and Lugia as well as the holofoil edition of the Official Pokemon Gold and Silver Player's Guide. But in 2002, he lost interest in the Pokémon anime near the beginning of Master Quest since he felt the show had became garbage. Around the same time, he lost many of his treasured holofoil Pokémon Cards as his brother had traded them for cards that were just plain crap. Thus causing the end of his Pokémon card collecting. For the years following, the only exposure he had to Pokémon was Pokémon Ruby and Emerald and one episode of the Advanced season (Sharpedo Attack!) for which he had shown some interest as Ash had a new outfit, Brock came back, he was traveling with a girl who was actually prettier than Misty and a nerdy schoolboy looking kid was along as well. But he did not continue to watch the series, instead focusing on Yu-Gi-Oh (not GX) and watching RAW episodes of Naruto which he couldn't understand, yet he liked the animation. In 2006, he was able to see the Legend of Thunder special and thought that the anime replaced Ash but the special was only for three episodes. In early 2007, Since Pokémon was on in the mornings before school, he started watching the Battle Frontier series of the anime (though not chronologically, blame the network) and had to take time to get used to the new voices. He also finished watching the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and tried to watch Deathnote but couldn't find the time.

Return to Pokemon

May 2007 was a big turnaround for Pkmn veteran. He obtained a copy of Pokémon Diamond for the DS and though school was pressing him for time, he started watching the Diamond & Pearl series of the anime and instantly became hooked on it as it was a big improvement from Johto. Since he couldn't wait for the new English episodes, he started watching the RAWs as well as the RAWs of episodes he saw in English. Then in September of that year, he joined BMGf and Serebii, which he had lurked the latter during Generation II. At the same time he joined Bulbapedia. 90% of the time he is able to watch the RAWS or live broadcast (through a SlingBox in Japan which as of August 2008 is now fixed (somewhat) before most people can get their hands on it. More stuff will be put here and better organization will be done when time permits.

Some Other Junk

Current Anime Series

• Pokémon
• Soul Eater
• Bōnen no Xamdou
• Kyōran Kazoku Nikki

Finished Anime Series

(In watching order, laugh at how many just aired in the last 2 years)

• Digimon Adventure
• Digimon Adventure 02
• Digimon Tamers
• Love Hina
• Haruhi Suzumiya no Yuutsu
• Code Geass
• Myself; Yourself
• Kimikiss: Pure Rouge *facepalm*
• Clannad
• Lucky Star
• True Tears
• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
• Sayonara Zetsubō Sensei
• Ef: A Tale of Memories
• Shakugan no Shana
• Minami-ke
• Minami-ke: Okawari
• Shakugan no Shana Second
• Nodame Cantabile
• Special A
• Macross Frontier
• Nogizaga Haruka no Himitsu
• Code Geass R2