General the great experience (a short memoir about a game that somewhat changed my life)

[Alonzothegreat]

        when i was around 11 or 12 (to be frank it's quite a blur), nonetheless i was rather fond of flash games, and i didn't really see why i would easily "detach" to games by crazy monkey, Kawaii, e.tc. my brother and i found crater, a game that would change me specifically since he was about 18 at that time and didn't really attach himself to games similar to this. now for a year crater (i assume with little knowledge) discontinued their brand, so i swiftly moved to a wayyyyyyyyyy different pokemon game yet similar in a certain fashion. pokemon battle arena. 

       

        now, i was bitter in this site, as the community grew bitter, pokemons were harder to obtain, legendaries were scarce, so many more flaws that made my experience crap frankly speaking. till the 23rd of July in early 2016, i moved to vortex with little expectations. back then i lost hope to regain my affection for the simplicity of these games, by now i would limitlessly play in a 3ds, a PS4, netflix and stuff, i assumed vortex would be the end of a well lived bitter-sweet career. i would play the game to little than 3 times a week to weekend, i would spend about an hour or less than an hour catching and boasting my profile. my brother and i would sometimes treat vortex as a competition. "who would catch a Kyogre first" he said, being the die hard hunter i was i would beat him in all his requests regardless. HAHAHAHAHA. now the fun part came to play near the end of 2016, i didn't expect, i didn't want to, i didn't loaf in how will this go on, but to my surprise, and to my heart, i found that love i felt when i played crater. well frankly speaking, i played on and on eventually reaching top 100 in my local area, earning about 11 Mil in my bank, yet catching pokemons were not my thing (i would catch only legendaries or "cool" pokemons which was a distasteful habit), the run was fun, i enjoyed every single drip of sweat, every mouse clicking, crack typing action i put to this game, but deep in me i had to leave. 

       

        in late 2017, school took a heavy toll in my overall gaming life, parents became more strict gradually, grades were the "big cheese", i knew i had to set some crap to the side, and i honestly thought this was where my pokemon vortex career ends, as i laughed thinking as the exact same reaction i did once i created my account. i said goodbye, and with full honesty i wouldn't think i would see the bright pokemon vortex logo, the log in, the shambolic dashboard, i said to hell with life yk lol. i got a switch soon, enjoyed sun and moon, literally forgot about vortex, and lived life as a 13 year old thoroughly. i never grew out of it, deep down i knew i still needed it, yearned for it, perhaps loved it, but when i turned 13 on December, a gritty and toxic mentality grew within the teen community, so growing with that, vortex was just another "cheap" way to play pokemon, as quirky alternative, yet i lied to myself. on mid 2018 i returned, i actually returned. yk the usual i forgot what happened played away, spent all my money on pokeballs that costed about a whopping MILLION, i was able to return to the subtlety of vortex's messy and silly community, i got a gyaradosite for my shiny gyarados, caught more pokemons (tbhit's all a blur on who i caught back then) felt stress, i knew i was back. yet i took another long 4ss break. i continued life, buying the new Borderlands, crapping on Fortnite, beasting in the craft, normie stuff. and guess what? I RETURNED!!! but that excitement was short-lived. i was hacked. not just "hacked" but "hacked hacked" most of my pokemons were oddly released, a proportion was sold on the pokebay (i know this due to the sold, purchased, and unsold features in pokebay, when checking the pokemon you can check who owned and owns it. WOW :3) anyways, he or she spent a boat tone of my money, left feeble mon's, that's practically it, i lost year of hard work (except for quests, gyms, leagues, you know) i actually froze, i thought maybe this was a glitch, but it wasn't i was just forcing myself to believe that. i messaged patrick but he turned off his messages, since i wasn't fond of discord and didn't even bother downloading it, i gave up trying to reclaim them. i started fresh, as a new trainer, i would spend some time here regaining my pokemons. i got a shiny darkrown which stunned me, i got my dream team accidentally, went from broke to ehh, to broke, to rich. realized how hard it was to get stones, realised how some items were rare now which disappointed me tbh HAHAHA.

 

        alas, today i'm living a decent pokemon career, just a Pinoy trying to reach top 100 while mixing it in with my daily life yk, not trying to complete da dex LMFAO, finally buying a pokeball worth millions again, just to name the few. but i realised something more detrimental, something i forgot for the past 4 months of regaining my account, i returned genuinely, the "love" was still there, i felt 13 again, and i wish to keep it that way.

 

i love the community, i love you all, and just damn play.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Alonzothegreat]

3 hours ago, Alonzothegreat said:

        when i was around 11 or 12 (to be frank it's quite a blur), nonetheless i was rather fond of flash games, and i didn't really see why i would easily "detach" to games by crazy monkey, Kawaii, e.tc. my brother and i found crater, a game that would change me specifically since he was about 18 at that time and didn't really attach himself to games similar to this. now for a year crater (i assume with little knowledge) discontinued their brand, so i swiftly moved to a wayyyyyyyyyy different pokemon game yet similar in a certain fashion. pokemon battle arena. 

       

        now, i was bitter in this site, as the community grew bitter, pokemons were harder to obtain, legendaries were scarce, so many more flaws that made my experience crap frankly speaking. till the 23rd of July in early 2016, i moved to vortex with little expectations. back then i lost hope to regain my affection for the simplicity of these games, by now i would limitlessly play in a 3ds, a PS4, netflix and stuff, i assumed vortex would be the end of a well lived bitter-sweet career. i would play the game to little than 3 times a week to weekend, i would spend about an hour or less than an hour catching and boasting my profile. my brother and i would sometimes treat vortex as a competition. "who would catch a Kyogre first" he said, being the die hard hunter i was i would beat him in all his requests regardless. HAHAHAHAHA. now the fun part came to play near the end of 2016, i didn't expect, i didn't want to, i didn't loaf in how will this go on, but to my surprise, and to my heart, i found that love i felt when i played crater. well frankly speaking, i played on and on eventually reaching top 100 in my local area, earning about 11 Mil in my bank, yet catching pokemons were not my thing (i would catch only legendaries or "cool" pokemons which was a distasteful habit), the run was fun, i enjoyed every single drip of sweat, every mouse clicking, crack typing action i put to this game, but deep in me i had to leave. 

       

        in late 2017, school took a heavy toll in my overall gaming life, parents became more strict gradually, grades were the "big cheese", i knew i had to set some crap to the side, and i honestly thought this was where my pokemon vortex career ends, as i laughed thinking as the exact same reaction i did once i created my account. i said goodbye, and with full honesty i wouldn't think i would see the bright pokemon vortex logo, the log in, the shambolic dashboard, i said to hell with life yk lol. i got a switch soon, enjoyed sun and moon, literally forgot about vortex, and lived life as a 13 year old thoroughly. i never grew out of it, deep down i knew i still needed it, yearned for it, perhaps loved it, but when i turned 13 on December, a gritty and toxic mentality grew within the teen community, so growing with that, vortex was just another "cheap" way to play pokemon, as quirky alternative, yet i lied to myself. on mid 2018 i returned, i actually returned. yk the usual i forgot what happened played away, spent all my money on pokeballs that costed about a whopping MILLION, i was able to return to the subtlety of vortex's messy and silly community, i got a gyaradosite for my shiny gyarados, caught more pokemons (tbhit's all a blur on who i caught back then) felt stress, i knew i was back. yet i took another long 4ss break. i continued life, buying the new Borderlands, crapping on Fortnite, beasting in the craft, normie stuff. and guess what? I RETURNED!!! but that excitement was short-lived. i was hacked. not just "hacked" but "hacked hacked" most of my pokemons were oddly released, a proportion was sold on the pokebay (i know this due to the sold, purchased, and unsold features in pokebay, when checking the pokemon you can check who owned and owns it. WOW :3) anyways, he or she spent a boat tone of my money, left feeble mon's, that's practically it, i lost year of hard work (except for quests, gyms, leagues, you know) i actually froze, i thought maybe this was a glitch, but it wasn't i was just forcing myself to believe that. i messaged patrick but he turned off his messages, since i wasn't fond of discord and didn't even bother downloading it, i gave up trying to reclaim them. i started fresh, as a new trainer, i would spend some time here regaining my pokemons. i got a shiny darkrown which stunned me, i got my dream team accidentally, went from broke to ehh, to broke, to rich. realized how hard it was to get stones, realised how some items were rare now which disappointed me tbh HAHAHA.

 

        alas, today i'm living a decent pokemon career, just a Pinoy trying to reach top 100 while mixing it in with my daily life yk, not trying to complete da dex LMFAO, finally buying a pokeball worth millions again, just to name the few. but i realised something more detrimental, something i forgot for the past 4 months of regaining my account, i returned genuinely, the "love" was still there, i felt 13 again, and i wish to keep it that way.

 

i love the community, i love you all, and just damn play.

 

 

foreword: to hell with the hacker

if those of you who are wondering, i stopped playing in 2007 i started battle arena in 2014 above 10 yrs old

 

3 hours ago, Alonzothegreat said:

 

 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2020 by Alonzothegreat