Where did you come from?

[RBYGSCRSFRLGEPD]

Forgive me if this has already been done--but I haven't seen it here yet.

How did you come here, to Bulbagarden?

I heard about it, vaguely, on other forums. But I actually went there when Mr. Chris Fritz announced Bulbapedia on the then-online Pokémon Forever site.

...And I found this site while poking around Bulbapedia and seeing where in the world it came from. The site, its colors, and its Erika art didn't really interest me at first--I know, stupid--and I wouldn't come back until more than half a year later, when I was feeling bored with the forums I frequented. I didn't regret it, no sir!

Where did you come from?

 

[1234567]

I came over here because of SOVA. I had heard about it the situation on LJ, was given a link to the SOVA page, and eventually found my way over here and joined. Haven't really left since. XD

 

[Illidan]

Random Yahoo search for 'Pokémon' sometime round '98-'99?

I honestly don't remember HOW I found the place, just that it was my first forum ;

 

[YumeHeart]

It was so long ago that I really can't remember. It was sometime in 1999, and I think I must have just searched for Pokemon sites.

 

[ugobama]

I was looking through pokemon sites and stumbled upon bulbagarden. I looked at bulbapediia and recently started posting on the forums.

 

[Joey]

I'd always been vaguely aware of this place. But I blame Zeta. Awhile ago he advertised the Bulbapedia on another forum I hang around, and that get me lurking. Blackjack convinced me to start posting though.

 

[Ratochu]

I first heard about Bulbagarden in 2005, in Smogon. Then I registered and started to enter here frequently.

 

[PDUTogepi]

Was a member back in about 2001 I think, I used to search for Pokémon sites a lot back then and Bulbagarden was fairly popular so I found myself coming across it a lot and then eventually joined the forums.

The forums eventually died and I wandered off, then realized the place was back up about a year or so ago? Something like that, after lurking a bit, I decided to rejoin

 

[Kthleen]

Argy, Blackjack Gabbiani, and some others were talking a lot about it in a "this board (TRHQ2) is dying" discussion at TRHQ2. That's where I came from.

 

[Blackjack Gabbiani]

Revolutionary Girl (Latonya) told me about this new site she was modding at, and I decided to sign up.

 

[Jukain]

I had heard about BMG from Serebii's site, and I originally came here with others that were once loyal members of the site when it returned. I left the internet for a relatively short amount of time, and I was only on Serebii when I came back to forum life. I left them because of differences of opinion, and defected to here. I have been here since, although I still use Serebii for information purposes.

 

[Scrye-Maple]

My brother was itching for other forums to join, and he just luckily came upon the BF. So, after hovering, looking at this forum, (while my brother was, too) I decided to join. (My brother wasn't too happy about the hovering part.)

 

[Habunake]

I forgot really, I think I saw someone post a link to here from Serebii causing Joe to get mad and say not to direct link, but I checked it out before he deleted it.

Ku ku ku?

 

[Argy]

I don't remember, but it was back in "the day" when Chris ran it. Then I left for a couple years and came back.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

I think I found the original Bulbagarden by accident. Never posted, though. Never posted anywhere at that time. But, for the current incarnation, I found out about it on Serebii's forums. I want to say it was in someone's sig. But who knows. That was...however long ago it was.

 

[Kasumi]

Came here in 2003 after Zak told me about the forums reoppening.

 

[Barb]

I found the original site back in 2001-02, I think. I don't think I posted much, if at all. I found this site shortly after I discovered the Pit of Voles (Fanfiction.Net), the OPS site, and TPM.

 

[Rayne]

I found this way back in 99-00. I can't remember exactly how I found it, but I happened to come across it by another major pokemon fansite medium or other. Back then there were countless communities and were affiliated with everyone.

BMG went down and I didn't come across it until I went looking for it 3 years ago out of curiosity. I joined after one year of lurking and realizing what BMG had been condensed too. But I'm glad I'm around now!

 

[DGE]

I was talkin' fanfic with Blackjack via FFN back in 2003, and she mentioned RPing here. So I signed up, even though I never RPed, heh.

Then I left, and then I came back last spring. I think. I still have that bad lurking habit.

 

[Alabaster.j.cat]

Came here in like 99 just searching for Pokemon sites, but I've been under a few different Usernames sooo!