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Whether it compromises the value of the website as a whole. And how hard do you really think it is to access the 'darker parts' of the internet? Someone earlier cited WPM trying to aim for the 12+ crowd. Unfortunately, it would more accurately be the 12-16 crowd, because anyone else has likely...

Again, that's not why I think the art should be removed (please note think the art should be removed; thinking, wanting, and getting are three entirely different concepts) the art should be removed. Please read my posts, I would do the same if the situation were reversed. Why on earth am I now...

The perception of quality has a heightened level of sensitivity. When I wish to discuss various Pokémon events on forums, blogs, etc. I've been linking to Pokébeach because I feel it's a credible site whose profile is worth being heightened. However, with the new banner a few people have already...

I agree with you, but why do you feel the banner of a website known for providing people with scans of Pokémon cards is an appropriate venue for the matter?

I disagree with you overall in that the fanart is somewhat amateurish for the purposes of a news website, and I think it's not quite as well-defined a visual identity as some other sites. But you apparently have no interest in doing away with fanart entirely, which on some level is...

I didn't realize constructive criticism entitled you to an ad hominem attack. I think your website is wonderful and you're an effective site administrator and I recommend Pokébeach over all other Pokémon sites when the discussion comes up, so don't take me for some common troll or pointless...

Note that if you were to find, say, 10 fanart images of a Pokémon using Vine Whip against a female character, about 8 of them would be sexually explicit, one would be heavily implied as sexual, and the last would be the one WPM has on his site right now. Context is everything, and putting up...

WPM provided a link to http://pokebeach.com/images/header/hgss-girl-ow-blood-swing.png, which basically proves the undertone of bondage is a bit more strongly implied than you're suggesting. EDIT: Actually he's now switched the two. If you're oblivious to the connotation of a 10 year old...

If I am reading a manga for the point of visual entertainment and story meant why would I object to something like that that basically goes hand-in-hand with said visual entertainment and story? If I am checking a Pokémon news site for Pokémon news, I will not necessarily want fanart...

I obviously wasn't suggesting that you were disturbed, but the artwork in itself has connotations of being disturbing. It gives too much credit to the idea of fanart that you could draw something critical of a new character rather than something positive or neutral, and post it up on your banner...

I'm not offended, but I'm slightly weirded out by it. I don't really care how the administrator of a Pokémon website feels about a new playable character, especially if he's going to display it in such a weird manner with overtones of bondage and abuse. It's approaching the line between simple...

You're forgetting EX Unseen Forces, which was a wonderful set to collect.

South America? Not Canada? Boo :P

This is a pretty interesting thread, and I think I might fall under the hypothetical group of people that has been discussed in this thread that would be discouraged from playing if there was an entry fee. I played my first Organized Play anything for the first time during the SPTs, because I...

I have found the best card game ever. Thanks so much everyone, I am so looking forward to tomorrow!

Alright, I got those dice. Woo. One more question, because a pack of cards I bought off someone didn't arrive in time for today after all. What are the chances I'll be able to trade for the cards I need during the 8:30-11:00 registration period? I find myself in urgent need of a Dialga G...

It is amazing how helpful everyone is on this forum. Thank you so much! Will I be allowed to have a bag under my seat? all of those were covered in the rules and stuff that I read up online, I'm more or less fully prepped in this regards. Dice? Also oh no I was almost hoping it wouldn't be...

I thought I'd just go ahead and ask directly in here; This is my going to be my first anything event as far as TCG playing goes and I've been busily making a deck and reading over the rules and so on and so forth, but I was wondering what happens aside from the tournament. More specifically...

I'm in Canada and probably went to some of the worst high schools in my province and then went to maybe the hardest university in Ontario, and I had a really rough first year and still haven't really recovered, but at the core, everything high school kids hear about college/university is really...

It's not really standardization, since there's still a massive variety of artists working on each set and they have very diverse styles from each other. Standization would be the people who don't like Yukiko Baba (monsters!!) hoping all the art from now on is done by Kouki Saitou. In this case...