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SBaneN, the Pokémon Trainer of Frozen Lightning

Shane Neumann

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I am a new member. My name... Shane. That would be my forum name, but apparently it's already been taken, so I had to use SBaneN (as both 'Wayne Jakobus Michael' and 'Shane "Bane" Neumann' would be too long and I already have the latter username elsewhere).

I decided to join because... well, I guess I joined because I joined. I don't really know, so I guess that's because I have a terrible memory.

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This is (likely) the 15th forum I have ever joined. I just hope I won't get banned for just existing. :sweatlol:

I live in Gansbaai, South Africa, I have 29 fears (still in counting as well as very perplexing), and my favourite colours (always in this order) are green, red, blue, yellow, orange, pink, black and white. I have a cat named Simba. I remember random things, such as the day I got my first detention, the day that my first cat Raichu got killed by a car, the day that my computer first started getting blue screens of death whenever I play certain video games, the worst thing anyone has said to me, and who knows what else. I also memorized 756 in June 2010, because I was bored in Maths class. According to most people in my hometown, I am "weird, crazy and random" - which, in my opinion, is kind-of true. And according to myself, I'm insane. It's hard to tell what I'm thinking sometimes. I also think that I'm a horrible joker, but that's just me.

These days, I'm a high-school dropout, because I refuse to get detention for something that only five other students did (the entire class got one and it's a long story). I also mod Cave Story, and I work on two Pokémon fan fictions at the moment. I'm also working on an Role-Playing Game. Sometimes I make random poems - I think said poems are horrible, but opinions differ for each person. I guess I have "attention deficit creator disorder" - I'm working on about nine or ten things. :eek:

I also take everything seriously. If anyone tells me "you can say that again"... well, I say it again. I'll try not to take things literal here, though. I used to get easily depressed, but since it's 2013, I'm trying to change that. I'm also a very honest person, so if you want my honest opinion, feel free to ask. Although you may not get the answer you was hoping for...

I am also easy to anger, but I'm trying my best to not get angry. I only respond to "Shane" and "Bane". Any other names, I ignore. That as a result of a horrible past.

For some reason, I like Pikachu with Ice-type attacks, actually going so far as to making the protagonist of one of my fanfics have a Pikachu with the ability to use Ice-type attacks (even if it is supposed to be impossible). The reason I placed in the fanfic is "because a villainous team did experiments on the Pikachu" or something like that. One of the regions in that fanfic actually has 625 Pokémon - but with Generation VI, I think it's going to skyrocket to 700+ Pokémon in the fanfic. :eek:

My favourite types are Ice and Electric. My favourite six Pokémon are Pikachu, Glaceon, Gardevoir, Lilligant, Yamask and Emolga. My favourite starters are Squirtle, Chikorita, Treecko, Turtwig, Oshawott and (from what I've seen) Chespin. Guess if I were a Gym Leader who had only Starter Pokémon, I'd specialize in the Grass-type. :p

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I also like respriting things - keeps me from getting bored, and gives me ideas for Pokémon for my fanfics.

I like saying "better safe than sorry" sometimes, and I also make up random words (combining two different words), which sounds weird.

Don't know what else to say, I've said so much that I can barely keep track. Sorry for this large wall of text. And sorry if I seem annoying. And sorry if I keep apologizing for stupid things like posting.

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This has to be literally the longest welcome-post I have ever seen EVER.

Regardless, welcome to forum.
 
Hey SBaneN, welcome to BMGf. Wow that is a long post but that's alright it helps people know more about you :) I hope you have a lovely time on this forum, and it seems like you really like forums haha. Sometimes I take everything seriously too, it's an oversight usually but I try not to. Im a lover of Ice type Pokemon and sometimes will use them. I too think we will get over 700 Pokemon in Gen 6 which is a lot. I wonder if I can get them all. I too am fans of Glaceon and Emolga, two great Pokemon IMO. No need to apologize for the long post, it has alot of info about you in it, so people will get to know you better here, and find things in common with you :)

If you need any help feel free to ask any questions you have and I'll try to help you the best I can.
 
Welcome to the forums. We're glad that you chose to join BMGf and hope you enjoy your time here.
 
Spoiler'd because without it, this post would be even longer than me. I guess.
This has to be the longest reply I have ever made on these forums :lol:
This has to be literally the longest welcome-post I have ever seen EVER.
Heh heh, yeah, I am a bit verbose sometimes. ^_^"

Regardless, welcome to forum.
Thanks!

Hey SBaneN, welcome to BMGf. Wow that is a long post but that's alright it helps people know more about you :)
Thanks, and yeah. A long post helps a lot of people to know about someone, I guess! :D

I hope you have a lovely time on this forum, and it seems like you really like forums haha.
I do, but I don't think my Internet does :sweatlol:
The first two forums I ever joined, I can no longer access, even though other people can.

Sometimes I take everything seriously too, it's an oversight usually but I try not to.
Taking everything seriously does have its advantages though, just rarely. Very rarely.

Im a lover of Ice type Pokemon and sometimes will use them. I too think we will get over 700 Pokemon in Gen 6 which is a lot. I wonder if I can get them all.
Catching them all...
Looks like that'll take forever and a half, considering the massive amount of Pokémon now.
Oh well, some people like challenges :D

I too am fans of Glaceon and Emolga, two great Pokemon IMO. No need to apologize for the long post, it has alot of info about you in it, so people will get to know you better here, and find things in common with you :)
Indeed, that's true.

If you need any help feel free to ask any questions you have and I'll try to help you the best I can.
I will.

Welcome to the forums man!
Welcome. I hope you have an enjoyable time here.
Welcome to the Forums Shane! :)
Thanks!

Make sure to read up on the Rules, FAQs, and Stickies of each section.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask.
Reading the rules is important. After all, it's always better to be safe than sorry.
And I promise I won't ask stupid questions.

Now I know a good amount about you :). Welcome, hope you have fun!
I know a great deal about you now, and you seem like a very nice person~ Welcome to the forums~ ^^
Welcome to the forums. We're glad that you chose to join BMGf and hope you enjoy your time here.
Thanks!

I hope nobody minds that I add even more information about myself, I was in a bit of a hurry when I posted my first post (as it was 10 PM in my time zone and I spent about twenty minutes writing that post). Also in a spoiler, so I just hope that nobody minds.

As I have mentioned, I live in South Africa - I actually dislike the television channels because most of them hate Pokémon, and a fourth is a bit weird (in that it aired the first season of Pokémon on Saturdays, and Diamond and Pearl seasons in Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, before they decided to air the first season episodes on all four days just as soon as Team Galactic was stopped/defeated/whatever the correct word is, and then three weeks later, stopped airing it altogether. And because of similar "chaos" I never saw any of the Hoenn episodes, other than the first few episodes in which Ash arrived at Hoenn.

My home language is Afrikaans, and my second language is English - so if I make mistakes or phrase things incorrectly, sorry about that. I'm also a very oblivious person, not even knowing what a sled was until four or five days ago. I am also trying to learn German (failing horribly because I keep forgetting).

My favourite anime are Pokémon, Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Naruto. Any other anime, I have never heard of due to South African television channels being... annoying. My favourite video games are Cave Story, La-Mulana, Iji, Pokémon, TrackMania Nations Forever, and more than 21 other video games.

The only Pokémon games I remember playing was Pearl, White and White 2... until 20 December 2012, which a horrible event happened that I don't want to talk about because it'll probably go against my New Year resolution of not becoming depressed.

I never got any Fire-type Pokémon, as I have a fear of fire in real life. So when I have to go against a type that's weak against Fire, I usually find a way around it, somehow. Probably by training a lot, or capturing so many Pokémon that I can't keep track of them.

My favourite songs are... none. I don't really like music because it reminds me of a horrible day on 21 September 2003, on which my first cat (named "Raichu" - at the time, all the cats that there was were named after Pokémon, except for one) was killed by a car. This is probably why I always call my Pikachu (in the games) on the name "Raichu". Even then, however, I have favourite music from video games. Mostly from Pokémon, Cave Story and La-Mulana.

If I do something stupid, I usually punish myself - not in ways one would think, however. I usually punish myself by writing - considering how many times I actually write every day, I'm surprised I still know how to write (as I don't really write a lot these days).

I'm also an administrator of three forums, two of them having Pokémon-related discussions even though they were meant for totally different things.

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If I had to make 3 wishes, my first one would be to have a Pikachu that can use Ice-type and Electric-type attacks. All of it. My second wish would be for a Glaceon that can use any move in existence. My third wish would be to have infinite wishes. Yeah, those are pretty much wishes that wouldn't really make sense in a way XD

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I guess that's just about everything - the only other things I can mention/talk about are my fan fics and Cave Story mods and this isn't the right place to do that. If I wasn't supposed to add more things in a new post, sorry, it's just that I'm very excited! :D

I'm probably just too excited at being able to be here, considering the past few days that has been torture.

If I disappear suddenly (like I did between my first post and now) then it's because of either no electricity, no food or me forgetting about these forums somehow.


== I'm curious: why are Pokémon names automatically linked to?

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Am I the only person insane enough to wish that there was a Pokémon based on pizza called Pizzachu?
 
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Well, hello there! Have fun!

Don't worry, long posts are A-OK!

I'm curious: why are Pokémon names automatically linked to?

A feature around these forums.
 
Well, hello there! Have fun!
Thanks, I will. If I remember to, that is, considering the massive amount of things on my mind every single nanosecond. :p

Don't worry, long posts are A-OK!
It's best to be safe than sorry, I actually got banned at another place just for making a long post.

@SBaneN; The Pokemon names automatically link to the Pokemon's Bulbapedia article, its a useful feature implemented some time ago.
Ah. Makes sense.
There probably is a way to disable that? I noticed several posts where the Pokémon names aren't automatically linked to.

... And apparently, switching to "WYSIWYG" mode and then back to Source mode turns the [ MENTION ] [ /MENTION ] tags into [ URL ] [ /URL ] tags. :eek:

Welcome to the forums. =]
Thanks!
 
Well, being weird, crazy, and random certainly isn't a bad thing. Makes you unique and is a lot more fun than being plain 'ol normal, wouldn't you say? :3 I don't see many people from South Africa around the forums so hearing that about you was a bit of a surprise. And by the way, your favorites types are awesome, so you get a cookie. <3; Ice and electrics are amazing, though I adore grass and ghost as well.

Welcome to Bulbagarden, though, and have a wonderful experience with all of our amazing members!
 
Well, hello there! Have fun!
Thanks, I will. Unless I forget, in which case my Pikachu will remind me.
(I always have a Pikachu on my desktop background, nicknamed Raichu.)

Don't worry, long posts are A-OK!
I got banned once for making a long post, at another forum.
It's better to be safe than sorry.

@SBaneN; The Pokemon names automatically link to the Pokemon's Bulbapedia article, its a useful feature implemented some time ago.
Ah, makes sense.

Welcome to the forums. =]
Thanks!

Well, being weird, crazy, and random certainly isn't a bad thing. Makes you unique and is a lot more fun than being plain 'ol normal, wouldn't you say? :3
It is a bad thing in my home town; at home I get blamed for just about everything bad happening in the world.

I don't see many people from South Africa around the forums so hearing that about you was a bit of a surprise.
Yeah, South Africans on forums are extremely rare. Probably just as rare as a Shiny Pokémon, I guess. :eek:

And by the way, your favorites types are awesome, so you get a cookie. <3;
A cookie. For some reason, it gave me an idea which is probably so insane that... well, it'd be insane. :p

Ice and electrics are amazing, though I adore grass and ghost as well.
Grass and Psychic are my third and fourth favourite types, seeing as the starters that I'd choose are mostly Grass-type, and because Psychic is the type of a few of my favourite Pokémon.

Welcome to Bulbagarden, though, and have a wonderful experience with all of our amazing members!
Thanks!


E: Funny, when I tried posting a reply yesterday, the reply wasn't posted, it was just deleted instantly. :eek:
That, or it was hidden from me, which is probably something to do with my Internet connection or something.
 
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