I am a little late to the party, but to describe it in limited words it is a community of people who believe that Pokemon are real. No, I'm not kidding.
It is just one example in a long-line of secular beliefs and opinions that we would never stumble upon while in our communities, no matter how closed or broad. People who believe in Pokemon will have no one else to talk to about their beliefs without being ridiculed (socially of course, I don't think they'll be a witch hunt over it), and this forum is (or was, it closed in 2008) their only outlet. It introduces one to a whole knew world of stupid logic and it is amazing.
The majority of the members, as expected, are somewhat delusional, as I illustrate below:
I was out with some "friends" of mine today, and we were in the library. Well out of boredom, I decided to check this website to see if there had been any development or information on real life Pokemon and other things.
Well, my friends with their keen eyes saw the banner "Pokeclipse: Real Pokemon Believers". They proceeded with laughing at it and saying "Who the hell believes in Pokemon? Seriously, where did you find this website".
I turned around and said "I believe in Pokemon, we have bare facts which prove they exist and we have almost found a way itno their world or atleast found a way to know they are real!". They paused, and then started laughing at me, calling me gay and told me to stop joking.
I bought up some threads and explained it to them, and told them that they are idiots for laughing. I grabbed my bag and left as they looked at eachother in silence.
Did I own them? I'm also nervous to see them tommorow, so I'm wondering what I should say to them. Seriously, these people annoy me when they laugh at our beliefs when we have the truth infront of us.
Yes, you sure PWN'd them. I think they are the ones that need to worry about school tomorrow. Oh wait, NO! PLEASE! DON'T PWN ME AS WELL WITH YOUR TRUTH!
The majority of you who come in here and try to refute us, your only argument is "Pokemon aren't real because I can't see them, I've never seen them, and probably never will see them."
Sorry to say this, but you are only one out of over 16 billion people on this planet, and just because you haven't experienced something, doesn't mean that's how it is. You can't see love, you can't see hate, and you can't see evil or good. You probably will never see them in your entire life, but do they exist? In my experiences as a human being, they do, and they are very real.
According to you, we're all childish and are chasing imaginative figures that can never be. At the same time, I can reverse those claims onto you.
How can you justify that what *you* belief to be true is real? Anything you believe in at all, how can you prove to a person who has never seen a car that it exists? Show them pictures? Easily forged.
Bring others who also share the experience? Opinions can be easily tampered with.
It's something you have to experience, it's impossible to simply explain to others. I could sit here for years, and you can reject our ideas for years. But in the end, there's no denying the real truth.
For us, Pokemon are very real. More real than you can ever imagine. We KNOW they are out there, and they know that we are here. There have been signs, but they can only be seen by those who look for them. We're not doing you any harm in seeking, so why go out of your way to question us? We don't question your inane beliefs.Okay, I won't question your beliefs, but what proof do you have really?
For me the similarity of the Pokemon regions to regions of Japan is undeniable proof that the Pokemon world is one parallel to our own.Damn, I spoke too soon.
I can't help but feel we are ruining it for these guys. In one thread, one guy rightly questions our scientists with something we've all been thinking but have never had the guys to say.
why are govermant scientists wasting resourses on incurable things like cancer when we need pokeball technology???A true human rights issue right here. The Government may as well be culling our Pokemon when they aren't even trying to introduce a medium we, the people, can utilise to catch and train the creatures. Elsewhere, more small time Pokemon activists comes forward with his dilemma, and this time it is WE that are ruining his Pokemon journey.
I'm trying to find a Sandshrew in the local park. It kind of sucks trying to do it because the only net I have is this old fishing net and I don't think i'm fast enough to catch one even if I find it. Plus, the park closes at like 9 every night (so STUPID, what if there are nocturnal Sandshrews around???) and there are too many people around the park, so they're scaring Sandshrew and any other pokemon that might be in the park away.We are such bastards. Everyone out of the park RIGHT NOW!
Two threads really stick out to me as beyond amazing. Take a look for yourself:
Is Jesus a Pokemon?
Will you marry your Pokemon?
Read both of them. I promise you that you won't be disappointed.
If you read and come across a post saying the forum was a joke, that could possibly be true. However, take note that in the couple of weeks they had so much attention from GameFAQs (who hacked in) and other sites they had disabled and enabled registration over and over again, they banned guys who spoke against their beliefs, and there are various mentions of previous communities. Seems like way too much effort for a joke.
I will leave you with a few gems.
During a discussion about Super Smash Bros Melee/Brawl:
I actually main as Snake. I had never heard about him before, but he was Snake and Steelix is a snake sort of so he was the first one I picked. I guess he was in a bunch of other games but I never played them.No one tell him Pikachu is available on those games.
They hate Wikipedia:
I gathered the courage to go to school yesterday, I can't run away forever. All was going well until third period, the class with the two moronic non-believers.
I walked into the class and.. AURGH, NO OTHER SEATS OTHER THAN THE ONES NEXT TO THEM TWO. I walked over and sat with them and it was pretty much silence for atleast 5 minutes.
One of them suddenly gathered the courage to say "I can't believe you ACTUALLY believe in Pokemon.. You're gay". GRRRR.. THEY HAVE NOT LEARNED!! My response: "I'm quite sure about my sexuality to know that I am not gay, thank you very much. And as for my beliefs, I feel it's none of your business with what I should feel is the truth and what isn't".
The other one stepped in "Well, we have proof Pokemon isn't real". I was shocked! They decided to research this! My response: "Haha, we at the Pokeclipse community have proven many people like you wrong, so come on, try to sound smart and say Pokemon isn't real with your 'research'".
He got some paper out and started reading from it:
"Pokémon is a media franchise owned by video game giant Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri around 1995. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video game-based media franchise in the world, behind only Nintendo's Mario series".
HOLD ON A MINUTE! WHAT THE ****?!!!
I stood up and slammed my hands on the desk "YOU GOT THAT FROM WIKIPEDIA.. YOU IDIOT". The idiot was in shock for a second and then responded: "Yeah.. So?". "Well WHAT PROOF IS THAT? YOU'VE COPIED SOMETHING FROM A WEBSITE, I FAIL TO SEE HOW THIS PROVES US AT POKECLIPSE WRONG" I shouted.. The class went quiet. He responded "I'm proving to you that Pokemon is made by Nintendo and was made by someone. Therefore it cannot be real".
Oh dear.. Oh dear... My anger was rising and I really wanted to punch this non-believer in the face. I had to keep my cool to look good, so I said
"Oh you silly boy.. For a start, you copied that from Wikipedia, one of the most unreliable sources on the internet. And, Nintendo has a portal of some sorts to get into the Pokemon universe, meaning they could have got the idea from that universe and marketed it to younger audiences. You're blinded by stupidity".
His response:"...Yeah, but it's not real". I rest my case. I sat down, and here's where it all starts to get bad. Everyone had heard us, and I suddenly became the laughing stock of the class. People were calling me gay and now the WHOLE school knows I believe in Pokemon. I can't believe this is happening... Why are people so stupid. Pokemon are real, if only they would open their eyes..And finally, something that makes me ashamed to be an Atheist:
Hard to say, I'm an atheist. I only believe in realistic things with good proof (like pokemon !)
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