[First Encounters]

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I finally got my first real copy of the game with a Gameboy Colour, and I had discovered the card game at K-Mart while skipping school. I got two packets, one had a shiny Mewtwo and it was the best thing. I convinced my parents that it was going to be huge (they ran a collectible store) so they started selling/trading the cards and would host weekly tournaments. Which meant I could build any decks I wanted and compete. At the age of 11-12 my best friend Mark and I were recruited into a team "Team Scyther" which was a group of 18-21 year olds who collected and played competitively. We learned so much and actually beat them quite often.

I sold my spare first set of cards to them for about $100 at that age and that was a lot of money to me. With that I got gold and silver.

 

 

That bit is honestly awesome. I remember when the TCG first came out here in the States, I saw a Charizard card selling for $25 in a trophy/hobbyist shop and I begged my mom to get it for me. She thought $25 was too much to pay for one card. Little did she know how much that card would come to cost later on :Crazy:

[First Encounters]

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After seeing how many old-timers like myself were in the 'how old are you' topic, I thought it might be interesting for everyone to share their first exposure to the world of Pokemon. I remember looking through a gaming magazine back in '98 and seeing a full page advertisement with Red and Blue in the foreground and a giant Charizard in the background. I was completely floored. I thought (and still think) that Charizard was the coolest thing ever. A few months later one of my friends at daycare pulled out his Game Boy Pocket and started playing Pokemon Blue. I asked him to let me play a bit and I was hooked as soon as I started wandering around the tall grass looking for Pokemon.

 

Anyone else remember the first time they saw and played Pokemon?

[How old are you?]

155657 27. Nice to see I'm not the only older player here.

 

Ditto. Although I just turned 27 a few days ago.