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#31

PKMN.NET / Re: Happy 20 years

Last post by Iceduck - June 29, 2026, 14:36

On a more serious note, it makes me wonder what all the founding fathers of the site are up to these days... but at any rate, let's all have a good one!

Oh, hello! Happy 23rd to the site. Nearly 23 and a half!

Site creator James O'Malley (Psythor) runs a substack about UK politics called Odds and Ends of History.

Second to join was Matt Ward (Pokedude) - and I haven't been able to hunt him down! He was such a brilliant coder, and in those early days PKMN.NET (or Pokemon UK as it was in those days!) really looked so far ahead of the pack as Matt applied his magic touch.

Then I joined! Steffan Alun/Iceduck. These days I'm a professional standup comedian. Last year I won a Pegasus Award at the Edinburgh Fringe for my solo comedy show, and I'm currently touring the new show ahead of THIS year's Edinburgh Festival. Details at www.steffanalun.com if you're interested!

Next, if memory serves, was Jeroen te Strake (Joeno) - a wonderful, diligent member of the forum who proved himself as a mod, became promoted to admin, and ended up being arguably the most significant member of the team, holding the fort as the rest of us got busy. He's still a Facebook friend - he's ten years married and living in London.

Was Mike Harper next? And was his name here Typhlosion? Mike's another Facebook friend, and I know he's maintained friendships with other PKMN.NET people. He's living his best life, with a great social group in Stockport.

Kay Dyson (whose username I forget!) is the last "major" admin I remember, even though I was drifting away when she arrived. She's embraced Pokemon more than any of us, travelling the world as events manager for The Pokemon Company, creating tournaments at which she's also been a brilliant commentator!

It's so nice to see people pop into this thread to connect with their memories. Joining this site was such a happy time for me, and it's been such a pleasure to see members of our community make their way through life.

(And apologies to all the staff I skipped to focus on the ones I remember most!)

#32

General Pokémon Discussion / Re: Which Pokemon Winds and Wa...

Last post by Iceduck - June 29, 2026, 12:55

I really like them all. Pombon seems especially fresh. I'll probably go Browt, though - that face!

#33

Your Art / Re: musharna, jolteon, ampharo...

Last post by DrampardonMe - June 21, 2026, 13:50

Not for nothing, but I'm not seeing any pictures here... Not just me, right?

Ampharos is one of my faves, though, so I'd like to see that one, at least!

#34

Your Art / musharna, jolteon, ampharos

Last post by wilbie - June 21, 2026, 02:07

3 quick pokemon from this june!!! i've been having a lot of fun experimenting with different styles and stuff

#35

Your Art / Re: Arena Tycoon Greta says Pe...

Last post by DrampardonMe - May 24, 2026, 21:20

^Thank you! Yeah, "cute" seems to be my default, for better or worse, haha. Would like to share "cool" stuff in the future, though!

And yeah, it does kinda lend itself to one of those! Glad you liked it!

#36

Your Art / Re: Arena Tycoon Greta says Pe...

Last post by wilbie - May 24, 2026, 12:10

your style is really cute!! this would be a nice profile picture

#37

Other Games / Re: How are we feeling about P...

Last post by Richard and Blaziken - April 16, 2026, 18:38

Not having 6v6 singles even in private lobbies makes it pretty worthless to me. I coached a friend to Master Ball tier in a day though, and that was fun.

#38

Gaming / It's 2026. Do you know where y...

Last post by DrampardonMe - April 11, 2026, 13:35

...No, but seriously, I was curious if anyone still collects them. I heard they doubled in price since the last time I checked, or was it just those Kirby Air Riders ones?

I feel kind of bad some of mine are gathering dust (literally or otherwise), but it's not like a lot of games use ALL of them for anything special. I mean, outside maybe Smash Bros. I don't regret buying the Shovel Knight one; that'd be cool for me to have even if it was just a regular figurine, haha. But yeah, in most cases, if your amiibo isn't from the Mario series or such, it's probably not getting a lot of special use. I got Ness out of obligation to Me Liking Earthbound, but I'm not under any impression it'll work outside of the Smash series, unless Mr. Itoi decides, "Yeah, you know what? Mother 4 and/or Earthbound Remake!!" Which probably won't happen any time soon!

Anyway, I thought of this in the first place because I was recalling the amiibo x One Piece collab. I know One Piece is a giga-popular anime/manga franchise, but think about it: that collaboration made history and it feels like hardly anyone cares. So much untapped potential for amiibo, that's all I'm saying... Or, well, I guess there's only so much "statues unlocking costumes, etc." can do in the first place. But still! Maybe they didn't do it for DBZ because then people would be all "GOKU FOR SMASH!!" harder than they already do, lol

So... Good, bad, or ugly, how's YOUR amiibo journey been, if you have one at all? I have more than I've admitted to having here, but I'm not really "Gotta Catch 'em All!" about it... Or, if at some point I was, not so much these days...

#39

Your Art / Arena Tycoon Greta says Peas

Last post by DrampardonMe - April 11, 2026, 13:13

I like how this came out, so I thought I'd share!

This was originally going to be a more full-body-ish drawing, but unfortunately, the rest of it didn't come out as well, so I had to scrap it. Next time, I suppose!

#40

Other Games / Re: How are we feeling about P...

Last post by Del - April 08, 2026, 21:26

yeah, very happy with how much VP you get at the start and by just playing, and also VERY happy that EVs do carry in, so if you do all your prep in another game, the cost is only 5 VP for 1 EV stat and then you're ready to go. much better than I'd been expecting!

been having fun using a fairly competitive team, just hit Great Ball. game is a lot of fun, think I'll play this a ton going forward.