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by ElspethFTW, Old School Duelist  When I was in sixth grade, a couple of kids in my class had brought their Game Boys to school playing a game that had just come out. One of my best friends at the time was starting a new game. He was trying to figure out what "starter" he wanted to choose. I had never heard of this Pokemon thing before and was very fascinated by it. As a gamer, I couldn't help myself.
I looked at the three different options that you could start the game with as your companion. I liked the guy with the bulb on his back, and the turtle was cute. But my favorite was the orange salamander one with the little flame on his tail. Immediately, I thought that the game was sort of psycho, so I named the Charmander Psycho. For the longest time, Charmander was my favorite Pokemon. Strangely enough, the very first Pokemon episode I ever saw was the one where Ash Ketchum sent his Charmander after a Primeape. Upon defeating it, Charmander turned into Charmeleon. So I liked Charmeleon, too. After that, I started watching the series religiously and was so excited when Charmeleon evolved into Charizard. I didn't blame Charizard for not following Ash because he was obviously too cool for school! To this day, the Charmander evolution line is still among my favorite Pokemon. But considering how popular they are, over time I decided I wanted something a bit more obscure to be my favorite. As it is, though, I will always depend on my fire types to get me where I need to go, all because Charmander and the fire-type was my introduction to the game in the first place! And, pretty much every time I have a Charmander, I name him Psycho. Even if he's a girl... That's why! Photo Credit: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Charmander
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by ElspethFTW, Old School Duelist  While a lot of people may prefer Tepig and Oshawott to Snivy to start Pokemon Black and White and its sequels, I've always liked Snivy. I think the Grass Snake Pokemon's design just really caught my eye when I first saw it spoiled. I just really like Snivy as a Pokemon.
Snivy isn't the best of the starters, but it's arguably the most balanced. It was an integral part of my team in my first play-through of Pokemon Black. I also found a shiny Snivy on the online trade system and evolved it into a Serperior! It's a beautiful shiny Pokemon, too! I also enjoy collecting the various trading cards of Snivy. I had many copies of the league promo version of Snivy, as well as a few other promo cards. As with any Pokemon that I collect (Raichu, Misdreavus/Mismagius, and Snivy). I'd collect multiple copies of each version of card, as long as they are holographic or reverse foil. I only collected single copies of "normal" cards unless they are not from a regular set (like Black and White, etc.) I just really like Snivy cards. They just look cool to me. Which is your favorite Black and White starter? Photo credit: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Snivy by ElspethFTW, Old School Duelist  When Pokemon Diamond and Pearl was first released, I actually went out and bought a Nintendo DS for the sole purpose of playing these fourth-generation Pokemon games. One of my biggest reasons for wanting the game was that one of my all-time favorite Pokemon, Misdreavus, now had a stone evolution called Mismagius.
Fairly early in the game, it was possible to catch Misdreavus, and the Dusk Stone was fairly easy to get in that game, as well. So I caught a Misdreavus and named her Missy and as soon as I got the Dusk Stone and got Misdreavus to a level where she wouldn't learn anything more useful as a Misdreavus, I evolved her into this new, witchy form of hers. I wouldn't say that I like Mismagius' design more than Misdreavus. In fact, I like the un-evolved Misdreavus better. The only reason I like Mismagius is because she is a more powerful version, and I like more power. While I love cute Pokemon, I want my Pokemon to be strong, and any way to make them stronger, I take. To be fair, if Pokemon battles were not the basis of the game, I probably would've just forever kept her a Misdreavus forever! But Pokemon is all about having strong Pokemon, so I relented and went with the stronger version, even if it isn't nearly as cute. Photo credit: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mismagius by ElspethFTW, Old School Duelist  As someone who often buys and sells Magic the Gathering cards on EBay, it’s fair to say that I've probably sold more on EBay than I've bought. Most of my trading card game purchases came from packs I bought at Walmart, Target, or at local game stores. I've always used EBay to find deals, some of which I can then immediately flip for a profit.
The problem with EBay is actually having things sell. I've run into that problem from time to time, where things simply sit there. Even if you have them listed at the lowest prices, they just go without bids or sales and you have to go and re-list them again. I actually don't do bids anymore. I only do Buy it Now since they started letting you list Buy It Now auctions for free. Still, after awhile, you end up with all of these Magic cards you could never sell unless you listed them for $1 or $2 with free shipping. Unless you're selling ridiculous volumes of these cards, the shipping and packaging costs alone - even for a simple white envelope, top loader, and stamp - end up far outweighing the actual profits. You actually put out more money than you make, which unless you sell 100's of cards daily, it's simply not worth it. I've never bothered becoming an eBay Power Seller because I simply can't be bothered with making .25-.50 a listing. Take into account also that PayPal takes about 40 cents off of any payment you receive as a seller, not including the EBay 10% final value fee. So, I get stuck with hundreds of Magic the Gathering rares that I simply take to a local game store and sell them as bulk. I'll only get about 8 cents a piece cash for most of them if I sell them to a vendor. But, why go and buy all those envelopes, stamps, and top-loaders? Usually, selling Magic cards to vendors isn’t worth it to me unless I have enough bulk cards to get some pocket money in return. Overall, though, it's much, much better to sell cards on EBay than it is to sell them to vendors. The payoff from selling cards on EBay (as long as you can sell them for about $3-4 or more) is far greater than dumping those cards for a quarter or so a piece. For all of EBay's faults - and it has many - it's still the best place to get rid of extra cards you don't need anymore. Have any of you ever made successful sales on EBay? Do you know anyone that practically makes a living off of it? I'd love to know. I'd love to make a living off of selling cards on EBay, but it just seems like such a hassle! Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons |
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