15 Years, too!

[shazza]

Today marks 15 years since I joined these forums on November 22, 2000. I was 11 years old with an obsession for the second generation, and would steal photos from this website to make fake Pokemon cards.

Now I am 26. 58% of my life has been spent on this forum. :eek:

Thanks for being my home forum, TPM! :)

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Congratulations Shazza, too!

[firepokemon]

Awww shazza has it really been 15 years. To think you were just 11 years old and not even in high school when you joined and now you're 26. Where do the years go. It doesn't seem that long ago that a young shazza was making his first posts on the forums. I think I may have been Flying Destiny or one of those incarnations at the time. I too remember you on the irc chat. Those were fun times. Before I knew it you were in high school and then university. Do you go on irc anymore or are those days over???

haha well way back just when you became an elite trainer you posted this: http://web.archive.org/web/20010420062030/http://www.pokemasters.net/ubb/NonCGI/Forum9/HTML/002231.html

haha and you posted this on TPM being 10 years: http://www.pokemasters.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20577&p=449676&viewfull=1#post449676

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

LOL I wasn't even a TPM member when pokemastershazza2000 posted that one.

[Lady Vulpix]

You were really that young when you joined? O_O That sort of explains why you've changed so much over the years.

[shazza]

Awww shazza has it really been 15 years. To think you were just 11 years old and not even in high school when you joined and now you're 26. Where do the years go. It doesn't seem that long ago that a young shazza was making his first posts on the forums. I think I may have been Flying Destiny or one of those incarnations at the time. I too remember you on the irc chat. Those were fun times. Before I knew it you were in high school and then university. Do you go on irc anymore or are those days over???

haha well way back just when you became an elite trainer you posted this: http://web.archive.org/web/20010420062030/http://www.pokemasters.net/ubb/NonCGI/Forum9/HTML/002231.html

haha and you posted this on TPM being 10 years: http://www.pokemasters.net/forums/showthread.php?t=20577&p=449676&viewfull=1#post449676

Oh, wow. I forgot all about posting that as a celebration of the 10 years. If I had attempted such a post today, I am positive I wouldn't be so successful recalling the intricate details. That sucks that my memory of this place has significantly dwindled in a mere five years. Fortunately, I can recall everything Iv

Yes, you were Flying Destiny. And my whole world was transformed when I realised you were also the AOp, firepokemon, from the chats. Did I write that in the history (I haven't read it all yet)? Okay, I did! Maybe my memory isn't as damaged as I fear.

I sometimes go into irc, but very occasionally.

Thank you for being a treasure of nostalgia.


You were really that young when you joined? O_O That sort of explains why you've changed so much over the years.

Somewhat, yes. TPM has always been an effortless outlet of creativity throughout the years. Especially between 2003-2006, before Mt. Moon became a more accepted outlet, this was often malicious humor that was understandably not shared between everybody. I have always felt particularly comfortable here, however, when in earlier years I was isolated. TPM is a cool social experiment in terms of recording growth and interaction of people that, I'd argue, even social media hasn't been able to examine to the same degree.

[Magmar]

Congratulations on your tenure here. We all have changed so much in 15 years. It's been a pleasure to grow with you.

[Blademaster]

I can't make one of these threads until October 2020. :(

[shazza]

In the interim, please do me the courtesy of congratulating me.

[Lady Vulpix]

I can't make one of these threads until October 2020. :(

I can never make it, because I missed my chance in October. I just didn't think of it.

[Dark-San]

The forum reset itself many times. I can't even remember when I first joined. :/

[Lady Vulpix]

The forum reset itself many times. I can't even remember when I first joined. :/

Your profile says April 2001. Did you join before that and lose your first account in one of the hacks?

[Blademaster]

In the interim, please do me the courtesy of congratulating me.

Oh, right. Sorry.

Congratulations, shazza. :)

[Austrian ViceMaster Alex]

Hi shazza, I didn't realize you were that young back then. Those were the days.

[Mr.E]

Lost a lot of posts with all the "resets," I'm pretty sure my join date is still correct.

COPPA gon arrest shazza doe

[Link]

Congrats shazza!! :) :) :)!!!!

[Drago]

Gratz bro. I'd drink a beer for you, but I'm fresh out. A glass of champers will have to do.

[Number1ChanseyFan]

I know I am really late but congrats on your 15 years too shazza! Funny to think that we have spent so much of our lives here at TPM!! Sometimes it just seems like yesterday though!!