XxMaster

Hey, whoever ends up reading this. I've only seen two other actual articles by people who came back looking to still talk about their Pokédox experience. It's been a long time since I've heard from anyone except for one person that I'm still friends with...

Anyways, I doubt any of the members who end up reading this would remember me but Pokédox gave me a lot of good memories that have unfortunately withered away; I can no longer recall them save for a select few. I had a few topics that I always posted in though (I started a lot of them too), and I know that the people I exchanged replies with would remember me (staryufan13, marcello, westerminster, svetlana73 to name a few.)

For those who didn't know me I was actually one of the first 100 people to even make an account (I think the 63rd?)...so I saw Pokédox evolve. At the same time, I was very young (about 8) and that was my first experience with an online community. I never really got involved in spriting or understood role-playing etc. and, in the beginning, just posted in the game forum. I remember the counting game where a mod's post would reset the count in particular :).

When Pokédox started to reach it's height around 2009 I slowly moved to the discussion and informational topics, where there were a bunch of people who I met, but never friend requested them; it was as though all those discussions were so common that there was no need to friend someone cause I saw them all the time. [But that was probably due to the “your friends” box only showing the first 7 or something and I'd have to go to my settings to find the 8th friend since my profile page got messed up from one of my first seven friends being banned (couldn't click the “view all” option).]

It wasn't until mid-2011 'til I moved to the general discussion forum where I just had fun answering simple topics like “What was the last thing you ate?” or “What are you currently wearing?”. This was where I found the few people who stayed until the website's end, and it was were I had the most fun. I guess it kinda sounds corny that I even had an online life considering what I could've been doing, but my experiences made on this measly website have definitely changed me and helped me grow as a person. I learned a lot of things from Pokédox but I guess, and I say this for everyone, that the most important thing learned was that nothing is really lost to us as long as we remember it, and I wish the best for all of the people who shared a part of their life with mine.

Thanks again...

~Robert