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Post by Jirachu MilleniumPika on Nov 14, 2022 0:56:43 GMT
Write about 2004 and become a legend xD I remember the day I started the first tsph. And it was February 23rd, 2004. And I made some weird insane posts and then dark butterfree and Blazepert joined the next day xD later on we had surfingpichu and surskitty and Kyogre. And even later, chikorita (Melanie) joined. We even had an epic thread where we listed every member tsph ever had xD I remember so much wanting ash to be a Pokémon master too xD now he IS one And I got mad when ash said “shut up” in one ep xD I ate ice cream nearly everyday in 2004 xD kinda like how I eat chocolate daily now I went to a homeschool co-op too and one time, we even learned how to make chocolate xD I am not kidding, that was actually a part of 2004  And early 2004, I went to New York City and the Pokémon center that is no longer there xD that was epic, they even had a pop quiz party for the Pokémon heroes movie there. And the I wanna see you gameboys thing at the museum of natural history was sooo funny and we watched a planetarium there too! I ended up crushing on ash in February xD that was my very first animated crush and pretty much crush in general. I was only 13 years old in 2004. I was so very into cute Pokémon, Hamtaro, Sanrio and yugioh xD I played lots of fun video games with Francis/pichuoxys, too! Like heart quest, Mac do, several PlayStation titles, and lots of Pokémon games. I still miss 2004 time to time but it will always live on in my heart  Especially today |
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Post by My-Chikorita on Nov 16, 2022 12:36:50 GMT
In July 2004, I joined my first forum. It was called Aqua Teen Hunger Force Central, and I joined because I was super hyperfocused on ATHF at the time. Through using that forum, I learned how forums worked through trial-and-error. A bit later, in August, my dad was going back to Missouri - recently my family had moved from Missouri, where I was born, to Illinois - to visit some friends. I begged him to buy me a GBA and Pokémon Crystal from GameStop while he was there (I didn't yet understand that GameStop stores were everywhere). When he came home, I rushed outside to the car and he handed me what I had asked for; a purple Game Boy Advance with a light blue cartridge sticking out of the top. I started my game and chose Chikorita, thinking I'd never evolve it. Later that same day, I remembered a forum I had come across and had planned to join once I got back into Pokémon. It was called The Evil Side, also known as Mew's Hangout Forums. I joined and created an intro thread. Jirachu MilleniumPika was the second person to reply, I PMed her, she invited me to TsPH, and the rest was history. I was a bit of a latecomer, and definitely the youngest of the group (I turned eleven in October 2004), but we all had a great time! |
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Post by Jirachu MilleniumPika on Nov 24, 2022 12:43:21 GMT
I didn’t hyper focus on girl power as much in 2004 from what I recall as I do now but I remember being a pretty tough leader girl overall that year and I just really admire how I did running tsph at only age 13 overall. I did a really good job👍 Although, most years other than 2004 and some of my teen years, girl power stuff has generally been a hyper focus of mine (and being girly). It was cool when I got Jirachi wishmaker for my birthday in 2004 I would rewatch that vhs tape a lot xD Pokémon gotta dance was a great short, too, and I remember I would even sometimes sing along to it. I still love the make a wish song, too, and should listen to it again sometime for nostalgia :3 2004 was an epic year. I hope I can get back to my writing project on it again sometime xD Also, the insanity thing was pretty funny and strange xD that was great, I hope to bring that back on here sometime too. And I even made a picture inspired by 2004 and this forum in a complete the drawing book I own earlier today I laughed so hard at it xD haha Edit: it’s weird, but making this post brought a 2004 feeling for this forum for me overall :3 we gotta keep this thread active if possible xD heh |
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Post by My-Chikorita on Dec 1, 2022 21:47:36 GMT
In 2004, I spent far more time chatting through PM than I did actually posting on forums. I preferred being able to talk to people directly, and maybe I was a bit shy when it came to making public posts. On TES and TsPH, I'd sit - on TES, I'd be on my PM inbox, on TsPH I'd be on the main page, scrolled to the bottom so I could see who was online - and I'd refresh over and over and over again. When I got a new PM, I'd excitedly open it, read, and reply. Then the refreshing would continue.
Looking back, maybe I was lonely. I didn't have very many real life friends, especially since I had just moved to a new state. I was super shy at school. One person I chatted with on TES even said, "No offense, but are you refreshing your PM inbox?" I had been called out. I felt embarrassed.
A couple years later, when I turned thirteen, I was allowed to use AIM (my parents didn't allow me to use IM or chatrooms when I was younger), and I didn't refresh my inboxes anymore since I had a much faster way of DMing my friends.
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Post by Jirachu MilleniumPika on Dec 10, 2022 10:24:28 GMT
I did a lot of drawings on my computer in 2004. I think I made a website about them, too In general I drew a ton as a teenager. Sometimes, after 2004, I would just literally lock myself in my room and draw all day some days xD I guess, in that sense, I was a pretty typical teen haha. For the most part, though, I was actually a really happy teenager. There were some struggles I had like when I was into that peta stuff for around six months…*shutters*, but in general, I remember my teens a lot more fondly than the cringe years (which toke place in my 20s. Although I relize they weren’t completely bad, they were still traumatizing years for me…). Some fun stuff I did after 2004 was watch adult swim, play dance dance revolution at the game room with my brother and some teenager friends we made those years (one of the friends I even had a crush on xD), played sonic the hedgehog games (those were super fun :3) and of course draw tons of pictures, which I had a whole box of like thousands of them all from my teen years pretty much after awhile. It’s nostalgic to remember those years time to time xD I also remember being very into gothic fashion for a little while post 2004 as a teenager. I was obviously more of a perky goth, cos I saw goth as more of a fun fashion statement rather than an expression of being depressed (the later which, imo, is pretty unhealthy but I guess I don’t really understand the idea of a depressed goth so who I am to judge. I do think that it’s great I was pretty much more into having fun with the whole idea of a fashion, though. :3) That said, with my optimism goal I have now and my love for gothic metal music, I somewhat am a perky goth in some ways now too. I kinda wonder, though, if nowadays I do understand the depressed goth side a….little. Since I did go through a lot of upsetting stuff as a younger adult, and I do feel a lot of why metal draws me now could be related to some of my pent up anger from the cringe years. It’s possible. |
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Post by My-Chikorita on Dec 19, 2022 18:10:37 GMT
I was super excited for Christmas in 2004. I put a countdown in my TsPH forum sig, diligently updating it every day. I listened to my favourite Christmas CD, Neil Diamond's The Christmas Album. I looked forward to my family's Christmas Eve tradition of deep frying finger food. Most of all, though, I was excited to get a copy of Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal as my main present. I made perfectly sure my parents knew what to get, even though they knew nothing about video games.
I was deep in a Ratchet & Clank hyperfocus, one of my few non-Pokémon 2004 interests. I joined the Insomniac Games forums, which sadly no longer exist, and chatted with one of the developers of the game. I frequented Kyzil Plateau, an old fansite. I even made my own site and forum around this time, which I named Veldin Base, after a level in the series.
Finally, Christmas Eve arrived, and I had a plan for making my one present opened on Christmas Eve being Ratchet & Clank 3. I imagined that the biggest box had the game at the bottom, but decided instead to open one of the smaller ones. I did it - I opened the Ratchet & Clank game! I stayed up late on Christmas Eve playing it. To this day, it's my favourite out of the original R&C trilogy, mainly because of the nostalgia.
I opened several presents on Christmas Day, but none left as much of an impression as the R&C game, which I now have a HD version of on PS3 all these years later.
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Post by Jirachu MilleniumPika on Dec 31, 2022 17:09:34 GMT
My forum glitching up when I try changing my avatar the day before the new year? VERY 2004. Literally missingno. stuff xD I love it. We were all so into missingno. And glitches. In 2004 cos they were so InSaNe xD This is just so nostalgic to think about Everyone say hello kitty cos missingno said so xD lol |
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Post by Professor Glitch on Feb 5, 2023 2:23:37 GMT
Not strictly a 2004 memory I suppose, but I remember in November 2003 starting on my journey to become a Pokemon glitches researcher. I'm going to count it as such though because it led me to establish Professor Glitch's Laboratory in February 2004, from where I became active in several other forums including the original TSPH and the Team Rocket's Rockin forums. Professor Glitch's Laboratory itself closed in November 2004 but evolved into numerous other websites over the following decade and a half, ultimately closing in September 2020.
I consider the Prof Glitch's forums to be sort of a brother forum to TSPH, they were both started in February 2004 and had many of the same members.
Many of the people I met on those forums I still talk to today. |
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Post by Jirachu MilleniumPika on Feb 11, 2023 19:30:25 GMT
All those Pokémon battles i had in 2004? I am sure they helped me learn to be strong in the future Cos I want to be a brave and happy person Even if I have some trauma Which I should be stronger than Because sometimes art therapy means I have to….toughen up. Like those who encourage my goal. In ALL forms. Because life is secretly one big Pokémon battle. 😎👍 |
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