Either way... this is also my 1500th post on the forums. I'm generally indifferent towards milestone posts and honestly think a 1,5k is a little silly, but since I've been having some trouble at Smogon paradise recently, there's a couple people I feel I have to say thank you :< So I have been looking for an excuse to do shoutouts, and given the circumstances I believe a little hypocrisy is acceptable >__>
If you feel your name should be here but isn't then you're probably right lol because I didn't want to make too much of a big deal out of this and therefore tried to limit myself to the most important ones :< will do a more comprehensive list when / if I reach 2k.
P Squared Honestly... when we first started talking, I would never have expected that'd continue for this long. Usually when I get in touch with someone, what happens is that we discuss the thing we were looking to discuss and the conversation dies down quickly afterwards... but suddenly, we were talking about literally everything (except Pokemon I guess lol), and then about everything and nothing, and I cannot say I'm getting bored of that just yet :) Even aside from how much we have in common and the emotional support, let's be real, being to ramble about One Piece trivia or the numerous parallels between language and math or rage about the incompatibility of split infinitive rules with parallelism isn't too shabby either haha. Thanks for making me feel not alone when I found out about that one thing we have in common, for introducing me to Electric Light Orchestra, Ace Attorney, and One Piece, for friendship, and for, indeed, just existing... Stay awesome forever :)
anto I'm happy I was made SFP staff... because working with friends is cool. I'm still not really sure just how we got in touch, but at some point between receiving crisp HTMLs on Battle Maison guides and somehow implementing QC checks on other people's CAP articles, it turned out that you're actually very much fun to talk to, both about the less serious and the seerious topics, and that you're one of the most friendly and non-judgmental people I know, and those people are rarer than I would like. Thanks for being down to earth and knocking sense into me when I'm overthinking things, because god knows I need it at times lol, thanks for making me feel not like a piece of shit, and thanks for being a great friend.
Spy Sometimes I cannot help but wonder if you're fully aware just what an amazing human being you are lol. I don't think I've ever thanked you properly for this, but man, you were on the lookout for me even before we had ever talked and without me even knowing, and I'm still completely clueless what I did to actually deserve that. Just... wow.. Also, you may not actually be a cool old white dude, but you sure have his wisdom, and you're just fun to talk to or watch you trying to troll the hell out of other SFP staff lmao. If there are more people like you, then the world maybe isn't so bad after all.
Tikitik you're funny :) I know we don't talk a lot, but you're super reliable and easy to work with, and with your friendliness and wit, the staff channel is just a much cooler place when you're around. Also, gotta say, you have an excellent taste in avatars, almost rivaling P Squared. If only you were a little more consistent, because exotically coloured foxes >> anime girls for sure :p
GatoDelFuego Thanks for remaining chill pretty much whatever happens and finding the time to drop dumb VMs and discuss GP leader banners between all your school work haha. Obviously we all get stressed out, but thanks for letting me be carefree when we do talk :)
cant say turskain,
VaporeonIce NoCheese Cannot leave out you guys :0 thanks for still being just as amazing as 500 posts ago and teaching me how to make GP stamps and being there to watch me beat up AIs for quite a while longer than those 1024 battles hehe. I'm not only on this site to put commas in the right places, and the other half wouldn't be the same without you guys.
Jellicent you expressed interest in this list, so here you go. I just want to say that I'm happy for having such a chill boss and that it pains me to see life throw you one monkey wrench after another when you want to be here with us. Thanks for the rock history lessons, maybe you'll find something nice in my list too :)