A big hello to everyone on the site. I'm an acquaintance of Ritchie from another forum, and a long time fan of Pokemon. I've been playing the games for some 12 years at this point, which while it may not be from the beginning, I'm only 15 at the moment, the same age as the franchise. I'm pretty big into the series, and not too bad at role playing, so I figured I may as well combine the two interests and join up here.
Most of what I do with Pokemon is competitive battling, and I've been doing that for just shy of three years now. I've gone to a few regional tournaments, albeit I've never had the opportunity to enter since it's a random drawing. It's pretty tough, considering the fact that I'm considered a part of the adult division, and a lot of my competitor are into their twenties and thirties. If you need some advice on a team, I'm probably the one you'll want come to.
I'm going to post up my join profile pretty soon, and interestingly enough, while I'm a girl, my player character is going to be male. It's been a good while since I role played as a boy, so I'm looking forward to it from that perspective. One of the things I love about role playing with Pokemon is giving the 'mons personalities and traits of their own, which gives a good bit of characterization I feel the games never give. I'm looking forward to role playing here on this site, and I hope to see the lot of you in-game. ^_~