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Childhood TCG Memories 2017-07-13 02:29:50 Post No. 33016321
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>be a kid during the GS era of Pokemon
>everyone was trading cards in the playground
>no one knew how to play the game
>we just liked collecting them
>pulled a holo Beedrill, which I thought was pretty neat
>but my true dream was to have a holo Ampharos from the new Neo Genesis boosters
>Ampharos was my favourite pokemon, caught him as a mareep and he pretty much carried me through my Pokemon Silver game
>never managed to pull Ampharos from the boosters I bought from doing odd jobs like mowing neighbour's lawns
>regardless I was still determined to get an Ampharos
>one day, suddenly notice someone on the playground with a holo Ampharos
>instantly offer my holo Beedrill and a bunch of other random cards for it
>he accepts
>best moment of my childhood
>super excited throughout the rest of the school day
>kept the card safely in my pants pocket and couldn't wait to get home to keep the card safe
>finally get home, place my holo Ampharos on the coffee table and head up to my home to change out of my school clothes
>mum dragged me away to go grocery shopping with her
>I just wanted to stay home to appreciate my holo Ampharos but fair enough
>come home and check the coffee table
>holo Ampharos isn't there
>ask dad if he moved it or something
>he said he had no idea what I was talking about
>no other people in the house
>what the fuck
>searched the whole house, I was sure I placed it on the coffee table but apparently not
>never found the card, it's probably been 17 years
>I will never know what happened to my holo Ampharos
Anyway, childhood Pokemon card memories or stories?
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>be a kid JUST prior to the peak of popularity
>cards weren't banned at school yet
>buddy brings me a base set booster for my birthday
>open it
>Nidoking holo
>gets stolen before the end of the day
It was shadowless too. Fuck you, kid in my 4th grade class.
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>>33016321
I won't be able to sleep now, thank you.
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>playing with paper
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>Join an official PTCG club back in the day
>Everyone gets a special Clefable promo card
>Guy running it tells everyone to not loose it or give it away because you need it when you show up to show that your part of the club
>announcements are over and everyone goes around showing their cards
>see my friend has a holo Gyarados
>immediately trade the promo Clefable for it
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>christmas time
>stocking stuffers have booster packs in them, like 3 base set
>My sister pulls a blastoise
>trade her a shitty uncommon for it
I still feel bad to this day.
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>Be in 3rd or 4th grade when Pokémon launched
>4th grade is when cards take off
>Battle with friends
>Friends parents have more money them my family = they have more cards
>Come up with ebin stradegy
>Max energy removals
>Max Pokémon that know Hyper Beam
>Discard my opponents energy cards and laugh
Stall is cancer
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>>33016321
>>come home and check the coffee table
>>holo Ampharos isn't there
>>ask dad if he moved it or something
>>he said he had no idea what I was talking about
>>no other people in the house
>>what the fuck
I remember when I was playing with the power coin from power rangers, was doing some retarded shit like "losing power" and throwing coin in the air, at one time it just gone, literally, nono of parents ever found it
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>>33019206
none* and it was small room
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>>33018618
>not finding brief seconds of joy in this depressing world from bits of paper
What are you, a fag?
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Got the gbc tcg for my birthday when i was like 12. Came with this and I loved it.
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>>33018898
to be fair that's a fucking awful way of checking membership
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