Nice poll (I've said that a lot tonight):

I originally joined TPM because I was simply looking for information about pokémon and in a Yahoo! search I saw a site called 'The PokéMasters'. Just like any other I clicked on it and after browsing for about half a day, lol, I joined!

The thing that influenced me was simply the quality of the site, it was great! And the board I saw was like no other, with loads of forums, plenty of discussion and many members! The first topic I read, I think, was about Slowpoke and Shellder in GD!

Since, I have stayed simply because TPM has been the first board I joined - related to pokémon - and I also think it is still the best! 99.9% of my online mates are from here and I find it simply enjoyable - the discussions, debates, polls, art and basically the general way of like. And Zak is right, it's like a big soap, lol, since everyone has their own personal character, clearly!

TPM owns!