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By which I mean, I meant to upload this here sooner! Anyway:


(Huh, I guess the site I uploaded to resized it? No complaints, it looks alright!)

I'd like to say more about these characters, but just know I wish you all a happy 2026! It's not so much a "New Year's Resolution" as something I'm always constantly trying to do, but I really wanna try and improve my art, specifically focusing on more original projects (as opposed to fan stuff). I have several stories I wanna tell, ideas I want to see to fruition... but one thing at a time, eh?

Maybe for the next anniversary of this site, I'll do something more PKMN dot net-relevant, but I'm rusty on the lore and/or whoever is even around anymore, eheh. On that note, here's hoping 2026 is a good year for the site, too! I definitely want to post more than I have been!

merry christmas, drampardon! and get well soon!

Thank you! You'll be happy to know I got over it, like, two days ago? Yeah, it really lingered for some reason, haha. And yeah, it feels like Christmas ever sneaks up on me anymore, but I didn't really have much to do but rest for it this... oh wait, LAST year. It's 2026 now, wow...

I got another musical instrument to add to my forever expanding collection. I've been telling myself for a few months now that I should start making Youtube videos with them in the new year. With so many songs that I can potentially cover, I don't know where to start.

Which ones do you have the most experience with? Probably couldn't hurt to start there and work your way up! I have almost no experience with actual, physical musical instruments, so if you're able to learn more than one and make a band's worth of sound, that's cool in my book!

^THREE Shiny Scream Tails? Any reason for that number, specifically? Either way, good luck!

Speaking of shiny luck, has anyone been playing Legends: Z-A? It's not like I've been playing it day in and day out (Lately, anyway. I'm not even halfway through the DLC yet, but yeah the main game's more or less beat, lol) but I have yet to see a wild shiny anything! Well, there was that freebie, so of course I caught THAT, but freebies don't count!

Not so much complaining (since it's not like I've been hunting for any specific shiny, either) as much as a bit surprised. Did they go back to like, pre-3D games' odds or something, or is my luck just that bad this time around? Haven't really been grinding for the Shiny Charm, either; I'm mostly just playing for leisure while trying to advance the DLC's plot as I'm able, at this point.

EDIT: Just wandering through a wild zone when I ran across a shiny Houndour! Which I then caught!!

Anyone got any good plans for the season? I realize it's Christmas Eve at time of post*, but I meant to ask this much sooner. It's just been a busy last few months for me in general, and I'm in the middle of... a coarse throat, whatever's going on! I think it's just a cold, lol

As for me, didn't really set up any plans in advance, so even if I wasn't sick, I doubt I'd do much this year, anyway. For what it's worth, I started a silly parody of A Christmas Carol, but I doubt it'll be done in time for Christmas...

Anyway, I hope December has treated you all well! And, uh, here's to 2026 hopefully being cool, too!

*so I don't seriously expect any replies until after Christmas Day, but hey, not gonna complain if someone responds sooner!

[find the things you enjoy, and make it your own.]

Ah, shoot. I would have replied to this topic a lot sooner, but I wasn't sure what to say to it, whoops!

i work from home, so i make money on the computer. i wake up in the morning, and i sit at my desk and do work on the computer. i've made friends on the computer—when i'm done with work, i talk to my friends on discord and hang out and play games. i share things i've made on the internet, i see things others have made on the internet, i learn about what's happening on the internet, i wouldn't be who i am if not for the internet!

I suppose if it's out of necessity, I can see it, but I could never work from home! Most of my down time is, admittedly, in front of a computer. Making that my job would muddy things too much, haha. And yeah, I'm not against "having friends on the Internet" by any means, but in recent years, I've made more in person, and some of them really have my back. So, it could just be my own bias/experience talking here!

so the internet couldn't possibly be fatiguing for me! for me, the internet is the same thing as the outside world—to be tired of that would be to be tired of life! but my life's only just started!

if anything, i think the length of time that the internet has been around has given us plenty more to discover these days. i'd never have discovered this place if it wasn't for the internet guiding me here. a youtube video showing up on the recommended page of someone who lives on the other side of the country, who sent that video to me, and it just happened to be a video of someone reading off old name rater reviews...

Admittedly, it took a lot for me to get fatigued from it, and like I said, it's more of an "on-and-off" thing for me, but just the same, glad you get a lot of positive out of it. I wouldn't take that from anyone.

being young enough to only be able to chase the tail-end of the forum times, the difference between the culture then and now is beyond drastic, and i find myself missing all the opportunities and good times that had been presented then (even if i was never there!), as opposed to the monoculture of social media.

Ah, yeah. In all fairness, I don't think I discovered forums properly until maybe GameFAQs. Theirs was probably the first I ever posted on, haha. I joined PKMN dot net in... 2005 or so, only two years after it was made (I think?), but didn't REALLY use it until a year later. I much prefer forums to chatrooms and the like, but then I guess there's only so much difference between "Type something before someone says something else (live)" and "Type something before someone says something else (turn-based)", haha.

But yeah, the difference between forums in their heyday and whatever constitutes "Social Media" these days is like night and day!

anyway, it's true that i feel internet fatigued sometimes, it's natural, but the way out of it should be simple in theory!... find the things you enjoy, and make it your own.

I think we're all on the same page with how to fix it, at least! Although, I think some of that is easier said than done. Depends on what you like to do, really. For example, fandoms are pretty easy to connect over (I mean, we're posting on a Pokemon Forum ) but original content will always be an uphill battle to get people to care. I say that from experience, but I also say that knowing I need to work better on actually MAKING my original stuff, eheh. I know you can't make everyone care about everything you make, but I think about this stuff on and off, eheh.

Ah, hope I didn't derail my own topic too much. Thanks for the perspectives, both of you!

Nice work on both! Regarding the first: considering what you were going for, I'd have suggested maybe giving its true eye a glowing outline so it pops a bit more, but no problems with it, besides! I definitely like the second version!

Jirachi is definitely a cool event legendary, but somehow I went all this time not only not realizing Jirachi had an eye on its stomach, but that its Gen III sprites show its eye open, but... not in the rest? Reminds me how one of the Pokedex entries says Weezing churns gas between its two heads, but we never actually see that happen, even though that'd be super cool and/or freaky. (Neither here nor there, though, haha)

^Thank you! Yeah, I'm trying to get better at 'em, but I think hands are hard for most people to draw, even on a good day, haha.

So, since today is apparently the release date for Pokemon Gold and Pokemon Silver in the US, I figured I'd make a thread celebrating it, and Gen 2 in general! What better way than to share some memories of our experiences with it? I guess we can include Crystal, too, even if it came out later.

What I remember the most is catching my first non-Gyarados shiny-- a purple Drowzee, on Route 35! I evolved it into a Hypno, obviously. They were both my favorite Psychic-types at the time, so it was that much more special to me. Then I goofed up the save file

I also think it was neat you could catch one of the Electrodes during that one part where you're supposed to make them faint to turn off some power generator. I always make sure to nickname that one "ROCKET", because, well, it was being used by Team Rocket. Other than the basic beats of the plot, I don't recall much, but it HAS been years since I played (Not counting their remakes, which as far as I'm concerned were "Most Improved", despite some weird character design choices...) so I may be forgetting some ancient memories I used to hold dear...

Anyway, who else is big on Gen 2 and remembers their Gold and Silver playthrough(s)?

In all fairness, I don't need it to be October for me to draw Shauntal, but anyway, here you go:

Also in all fairness, I've only drawn her a few times before. I wanted to work in her book and pen, but I wasn't up to it, so I hid her hands 
 
At any rate, I threw this together kinda quickly, so pardon if anything's wonky. Otherwise, lemme know what you think!

Mostly replying because you mentioned the Utack & Swampy comics, and I kind of regret not internalizing them a bit more. I remember liking them, but that's about it. Something about him mixing berries or something in one of them for a Berry Goop Trap or something? I miss Utack himself, too. He was a swell guy from what I remember.

The other reason I'm commenting on this is, on the topic of 2000s Internet nostalgia: I remember even outside of PUK, sprite comics were Really Big (believe it or not), and I used to dream of making one but with like, sprites made from the ground up. Unfortunately, sprite comics are even more frowned upon than they were back then (I... think? I don't see many new ones anymore, but then I hardly look, lol) so I just kind of got in the habit of trying to DRAW-draw. I need to find a newer tool for making sprites, though... and if I'm gonna do that, I might as well make this game I have in mind... but neither here nor there, I suppose!

Wait, is this topic more for PUK nostalgia? Either way, I try not to look back at my old posts (whichever ones still exist from before my rejoining) because it does make me cringe a bit to look at them. But then, I had my ups and downs with this site, too. I think we all did.

Gosh, I gushed more than I thought I would. Well, hope I've not been a nuisance myself, haha.

EDIT: I could type an entire RANT on Homestar Runner dot com, but five months ago, they were basically making a video about Internet nostalgia themselves, which reminded me of this thread. Just thought I'd mention that. We're not alone, haha.

^One of the Kamen Rider series is slated to make its official debut in some upcoming DLC for the newest game, and Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Gundam have some crossover video game history together themselves. Plus, Zyuranger DID appear in a spin-off (if that at all counts, being a phone game and all) so there may be some hope for the Sentai series! ...but don't quote me on that (Unless it happens, in which case, you heard it here first, lol)

And honestly, I get what you mean. I had to slog through a main chapter focusing on a series I wasn't keen on from what little I knew about it, and its presentation in-game didn't help my impression. Where we might differ is, I find new favorites in the context of Super Robot Wars, even if I've never seen the show(s) before. Although, that's not for not wanting to watch (some of) them (L-Gaim's opening theme had me curious about it long before I played a game with that series in it. I am not immune to propaganda) but it's cool to see how different characters might interact/the shows' plot points might converge. I guess it depends on if you care for the plot or the gameplay more...

I'm curious what other shows you might wanna see represented, though. Here's hoping you get your Dream Roster in some way, shape or form!

To whom it matters, it's the first console release of the series in Western territories which actually allows for the use of giant robot shows like Gundam, Getter Robo, and whoever else they shove into any given entry! (wasn't 30 for Steam? I don't count Steam as a "console", per se)

Anyone try the demo? I had a positive-enough impression to get the full game, but then I'm somewhat of a SRW fan myself, lol. I'm somewhere in Chapter 3, enjoying mostly side missions! Not in a hurry to advance the plot, when most of the main plot points don't involve series I like or am able to tolerate... At least, thus far. I wonder how much of what I do actually impacts anything, but I'd like to find out for myself...

More generally speaking, are there any giant robot shows you'd want to see in Super Robot Wars who haven't made it in? Or maybe you want them to handle your favorite(s) better in the next entry? I don't wanna go on another silly list of who I'd want in, but it's a shame Gurren Lagann has only appeared in the Z series and... X, I think? Might be fun to toss in Tank Police, especially after we got Cowboy Bebop, of all things. Other than that, just gimme a main-series debut for Sgt. Frog. I mean, if there's any DLC waves after the first two announced for Y, who knows what we'll get down the line. Personally, I'm wondering why Braiger and The Big O couldn't be in the same package as Jeeg...

Honestly, social media was never going to be a proper replacement for forums in their heyday, but I do think something happened in the late 2000s/early 2010s that caused people to be... more prickly, for lack of a better word? and I don't just mean here on PUK, I mean on the Internet as a whole. Well, maybe that's when social media started to bud, lol

I've been feeling like I wanna use this site more a lot lately, though. I know a made a lot of posts when I rejoined, but... eh, I don't wanna get negative here.

^Y'know, that actually makes sense, and I feel silly for not seeing it sooner. I try to take my time with (most) games, too...

[i think that hurts his character, honestly]

i never really considered my opinions using their teams—tierno i just remember as being the Big Guy Who Dances and have a very hard time remembering him for anything else. i think that hurts his character, honestly.

I was looking into some of his lines (because darn if my memory of X and Y isn't rusty, too...) and... yeah, it does seem to be the extent of his character. I guess I just filled in the blanks myself since then...

Since you like Shauna, I'm curious what kind of Pokemon players you think she represents, if any. I think me not being able to see that is what bothers me most about her character-- the best I can come up with is "Those With Enthusiasm for the Franchise", but other than what I said earlier, I just don't recall enough to say if that makes sense. I dunno, I'm probably overthinking this whole thing a smidge, haha.