Ok well...

Pokémon is loved by many people around the world, Especially Japan since that is where it originates, But for most people don't exactly care about this thread/post by yourself Jodogg since we love what we love and nothing can really change that. I have been a Pokémon fan myself since I was 7 and I haven't stopped ever since i just seemed to love it more I played and watched the anime and nothing by now is going to change my mind to think differently about it. Now me and my cousin have had this kind of conversation, He used to love Pokémon just as me until his mother said he was a little too old for it and just like that he agreed. All I could think is that if you really did like Pokémon or anything else then no one can change your mind about it, but how he was able to adjust to the subject of not like Pokémon anymore was interesting. May I also add that he had said that people made fun of him because he liked Pokémon and that people told him to stop. Now sure if I just started playing Pokémon then I would possibly stop because I would think that it isn't worth getting bullied or picked on just because you do something different... actually that has happened to me, but I never did stop doing what I do just because of it. Did I feel sad/depressed at the time? Yes I did. Do I regret not letting it go? Not at all. Don't let someone else say something you like is wrong, all that maters is that you like it and made you what you are today in a way.

A reason why people love Pokémon so much is that it isn't really a game you can lose at. Yea sure you can get beaten by a trainer/gym leader/or really any Pokémon but you get brought to the Pokémon Center and get healed up and you go about your way training like you were before or to start training. That is a aspect of the game that I like since I don't feel, what you could say, pressured? To say that I won't have to go all the way back to the beginning after being so high in the game

And just because you may hate/dislike Pokémon doesn't give you the right to call people who do like it gay.

I'm not as much angry as this has just sparked my interest in this post. Everyone has their own opinions but it is not right to express the opinions about Pokémon in that kind of way on these kind of forums/board. I wouldn't go out all like that if I hated Mario (I love Mario but giving an example) I would keep my thoughts to myself and if I disagreed on something a person said about Mario I would say that I disagree and for what reason so. Not so much that I think all Mario lovers are gay and need a life.

I hate flamers just as much as I hate hackers and spammers on MC in which I don't at all because they get a whole lot of people started up because they said something and the fact it is not fair for the other people

I don't understand the reason why you did this quite honestly, it will just anger a lot of people and will get you banned either for a short or long period of time.