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Hello. My name is '''Nick15''' and I've been a part of Bulbapedia since the beginning. I used to run the website [[Pokémon Aaah!]]... I mean, I still run it, but I also ''used to'' run it as well.


==Quick History==
* Started playing the Pokémon TCG upon release after starting Magic
* Played the TCG until EX:FRLG
* Returned to the TCG with the release of Black/White
* Love of TCG encouraged the creation of my website, ''Pokémon Aaah!'', in 1999
* Worked on PA! until 2004, includes a period when PA! was hosted on Bulbapedia in early-2002
* When PA! ended, a lot of its TCG information formed the basis of Bulbapedia's TCG articles
* Returned to regular PA! updates in late-2019
* Played the Pokémon video game, starting with a Japanese Yellow ROM, then to own my own copy of Yellow upon release
* Played the Japanese Gold ROM and helped hype up the info with Meowth346 at [[Pokémon Forever]]
* Continued playing every game from every Gen, with varying degrees of hype (peaking at Gen 5, dipping at Gen 6, then peaking again with Gen 8)
* Can't stop, won't stop!


Howdy. I'm Philippe Van Lieu, aka Nick15. I'm something of an old tymer here with Bulbapedia as well as Bulbagarden... so pay your respects you young whippersnapper! And don't you forget it! ... I only just wish people remembered it to be able to forget it. :(
==Goals at Bulbapedia==
* Maintaining accurate information about [[Pokémon in South Korea]]
:* Current main goal: replacing TCPI-coined romanized name with RR versions, unless actual examples of romanized names on Korean products exist
::* NOTE: the TCPI-coined romanizarions of Korean names were done without the help or association with Pokémon Korea, Inc, and therefore have romanized names which don't make sense (like "Fairit" for Charmander, even though there is no "t"-like sound in its Korean name).
::* Examples of Romanized Korean names do exist, such as the ones used on products at the [https://m.blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=rnalay&logNo=221005743454 2017 Pokémon World Festival] event.
::* Romanized names appear more on modern products, less so on older products. Romanization is still generally rare, definitely relative to its use on Japanese products, so many Korean Pokémon names have yet to actually use romanizations.
::* Of the modern products that do employ romanized names, they tend to be on popular Pokémon, like Pikachu, the Kanto starters, Eevee and the Eeveelutions, Ditto, etc.
:* Adding any remaining information about Korean Pokémon name etymology
:* Add Korean TCG set icons wherever possible (they are similar to, but not exactly the same as, the Japanese set icons)


But seriously, I've been a name within the online Pokemon community at large for a good ten years now. Lesse...
* Maintaining [[Pokémon TCG]] articles, namely those during the Wizards of the Coast-era
* I used to run my own Pokémon site, ''[[Pokémon Aaah!]]'' for five years between April 10th, 1999 and May 10th, 2004.
:* scans of events and items which don't yet appear
* I played the [[Pokémon TCG]] from ''{{TCG|Base Set}}'' and ending with ''{{TCG|EX FireRed & LeafGreen}}''.
:* articles for WOTC-era [[World Championships|events]]
* I've been a part of the Pojo, UPN, the PokeGym (Psylum, WizPoG AND its current incarnation), PokeMasters, Pokemon Abode AND Bulbagarden since just about the beginning of those sites.
::* Super Trainer Showdowns - 2000 West, 2000 East, 2001 East, 2001 West
* One version of my site was temporarily hosted at Bulbagarden back in 2001, by personal invite by [[Anenga]], at ''http://pa.bulbagarden.com/''
::* Worlds - 2002 West Coast Qualifiers (San Diego), 2002 East Coast Qualifiers, 2002 Seattle, 2003 Indianapolis (GenCon)
* I laid the foundation for a good portion of the TCG articles at Bulbapedia, as well as contributed a lot of info to those articles. A lot of the images about those early TCG sets (like set logos and icons) were images I scanned for my own site but later used here. Heck, you might consider me the Meowth346 of the TCG. ''(Or maybe Meowth346 is the Nick15 of the video games? :P)''
:*  
* I'm also the first major Pokémon TCG graphical fake card maker (at least the first to popularize the concept), developing the first system of instructions and blanks that has evolved into what you know of today. Every other graphical fake card maker can pretty much trace the the lineage of influences back to me. Not to toot my own horn or anything. :)


I still love Pokémon, but not enough to dedicate my time and life to it like I used to back in the day. I still desire to leave *A* mark upon the Pokémon community at large, so I try my best to keep Bulbapedia up-to-date. Thus, I'm here.
*


Eventually I'm gonna trick out this profile, like how people have their team info, awards and other junk on their pages. :D
==Related Links==
*[http://www.pokemonaaah.net/ Pokémon Aaah! The Website] - now back in regular updating condition!


The other moral of this story is: Don't treat me like a noob, or else it'll come back to bite you in the ass soon.
===Former/Archived Sites===
*[http://www.fakecard.com/ FakeCard.com] - archive of the last-most version of his faking site (2004)
*[http://old.pokemonaaah.net/ Pokémon Aaah! v8] - archive of the last-most version of "PA!" before switching to "FakeCard.com" (2003)
*[http://www.pokemonaaah.com/ Pokémon Aaah! v4.6] - archive of the version of PA! at its peak (2001)


=My History With Pokemon=
*[http://www.mooseriver.us/ Moose River] - former webcomic project
* 1998: Discovered it after classmates play it in school, then started playing it on my computer as a ROM.
*[http://www.nick15.com/ Nick15.com] - personal website
* March 1999: Started playing the Pokemon TCG
* April 1999: Started work on Pokemon Aaah!, made my first Pokemon TCG fake card (a [[Missingno.]])
* November 1999: Bought my very first [[Game Boy Color]] (in yellow) and [[Pokemon Yellow]] game pack.
* April 2000: Bought the [[Pokémon_Trading_Card_Game_(game)|Pokemon TCG for GBC]] game.
* July 2000: Went to the '''West Coast Super Trainer Showdown''' 2000 at the Queen Mary in Long Beach!
* October 2000: Bought [[Pokemon Silver]] for GBC.
* June 2001: Bought White [[GBA]]
* September 2001: Got my first (and still current) job, allowing me to use that money to buy all the Pokemon stuff I want!!
* December 2001: Went to the '''West Coast Super Trainer Showdown''' 2001 at the San Diego Convention Center!
* June 2002: Got first place during stage one of the Professor Draft at the San Diego Pokémon event, going 5-0. Got to play with THE '''William Hung''' too! :D
* August 2002: Later went to '''Worlds''' in Seattle and had plenty of good times.
* March 2003: Bought [[Pokemon Ruby]] for GBA.
* July 2003: Said goodbye to the [[Wizards of the Coast|Wizards]]-run version of Pokémon TCG at '''GenCon''' Indy, managed to score some awesome little tidbits and finally got to see THE [[Raichu_(Base_Set_14)#Prerelease_Raichu|Prerelease Raichu]]! :D
* May 2004: Permanently stopped regular, consistent work on [[Pokemon Aaah!]]
* June 2004: Made "Rocket's [[Articuno]]" fake card, last fake made on a regular basis
* September 2004: Bought [[Pokemon LeafGreen]], quit playing Pokemon TCG soon after
* October 2004: Bought XROM 512Mb GBA flash cart
* December 2004: Got NDS (Phat) for Christmas
* January 2005: Lost GBC, Pokemon Silver and Pokemon Ruby carts in a car accident in Elko, NV.
* 2005: Bought PSP-1000, hacked it to play GBA games, sold most other GBA games
* 2005: Started editing articles at Bulbapedia at a semi-regular basis. Pretty much all of the text in the [[Pokemon TCG]] articles was written by me
* April 2007: Bought [[Pokemon Diamond]] for NDS
* July 2007: Made the first fakes since Rocket's Articuno for "Pokémonathon"
* September 2007: Bought R4DS for NDS
* 2009: Bought NDSi
* September 2009: Downloaded [[Pokemon SoulSilver]] (Japanese)
* March 2010: Bought [[Pokemon SoulSilver]] (English)
* July 2010: Rebought [[Pokemon Silver]] and [[Game Boy Color]] (in Atomic Purple) for old skool fun
* August 2010: Made the first fakes since Pokémonathon for Worlds 2010 in Hawaii, "Nick15's [[Zekrom]]" and "Nick15's [[Reshiram]]"; the last Pokemon TCG fake cards made (so far, that is... I haven't quit making fakes just yet!)
* September 2010: Downloaded [[Pokemon Black]] (Japanese)
* October 2010: Got [[Pokemon HeartGold]] and [[Pokemon SoulSilver]] (Korean) carts.
* February 2011: My [[Fake cards]] article went live on Bulbapedia! Huzzah!!
* March 2011: Bought [[Pokemon White]] (English)
* 20XX: Pokémon? CAN'T STOP '''WON'T STOP'''.


=Old Bits=


'''Nick15''', otherwise known as '''Philippe Van Lieu''', is a mere footnote in the history of the online Pok&eacute;mon community. Mostly known for his <b>[[Pok&eacute;mon Aaah!]]</b> website, which was the first website that featured fan made fake [[Pok&eacute;mon TCG]] cards.
{{User:Nick15/Blah}}
 
Is currently a Senior at San Francisco State University. Is also a short filmmaker and comic artist, producing work through <i>P-Tip Productions</i>, his fledgling production company. In 2004, after ending regular updates on FakeCard.com, he started focusing on his comic work and has since been working on his webcomic series, ''Moose River''.
 
Has no clue why he's even posting at Bulbapedia.
 
==Related Links==
*[http://www.fakecard.com/ His old site, FakeCard.com]
*[http://www.mooseriver.us/ Moose River, his current project]
*[http://www.nick15.com/ Nick15.com, personal website]
*[http://www.ptip.us/ P-Tip Productions]

Latest revision as of 04:13, 27 December 2023

Hello. My name is Nick15 and I've been a part of Bulbapedia since the beginning. I used to run the website Pokémon Aaah!... I mean, I still run it, but I also used to run it as well.

Quick History

  • Started playing the Pokémon TCG upon release after starting Magic
  • Played the TCG until EX:FRLG
  • Returned to the TCG with the release of Black/White
  • Love of TCG encouraged the creation of my website, Pokémon Aaah!, in 1999
  • Worked on PA! until 2004, includes a period when PA! was hosted on Bulbapedia in early-2002
  • When PA! ended, a lot of its TCG information formed the basis of Bulbapedia's TCG articles
  • Returned to regular PA! updates in late-2019
  • Played the Pokémon video game, starting with a Japanese Yellow ROM, then to own my own copy of Yellow upon release
  • Played the Japanese Gold ROM and helped hype up the info with Meowth346 at Pokémon Forever
  • Continued playing every game from every Gen, with varying degrees of hype (peaking at Gen 5, dipping at Gen 6, then peaking again with Gen 8)
  • Can't stop, won't stop!

Goals at Bulbapedia

  • Current main goal: replacing TCPI-coined romanized name with RR versions, unless actual examples of romanized names on Korean products exist
  • NOTE: the TCPI-coined romanizarions of Korean names were done without the help or association with Pokémon Korea, Inc, and therefore have romanized names which don't make sense (like "Fairit" for Charmander, even though there is no "t"-like sound in its Korean name).
  • Examples of Romanized Korean names do exist, such as the ones used on products at the 2017 Pokémon World Festival event.
  • Romanized names appear more on modern products, less so on older products. Romanization is still generally rare, definitely relative to its use on Japanese products, so many Korean Pokémon names have yet to actually use romanizations.
  • Of the modern products that do employ romanized names, they tend to be on popular Pokémon, like Pikachu, the Kanto starters, Eevee and the Eeveelutions, Ditto, etc.
  • Adding any remaining information about Korean Pokémon name etymology
  • Add Korean TCG set icons wherever possible (they are similar to, but not exactly the same as, the Japanese set icons)
  • Maintaining Pokémon TCG articles, namely those during the Wizards of the Coast-era
  • scans of events and items which don't yet appear
  • articles for WOTC-era events
  • Super Trainer Showdowns - 2000 West, 2000 East, 2001 East, 2001 West
  • Worlds - 2002 West Coast Qualifiers (San Diego), 2002 East Coast Qualifiers, 2002 Seattle, 2003 Indianapolis (GenCon)

Related Links

Former/Archived Sites

  • FakeCard.com - archive of the last-most version of his faking site (2004)
  • Pokémon Aaah! v8 - archive of the last-most version of "PA!" before switching to "FakeCard.com" (2003)
  • Pokémon Aaah! v4.6 - archive of the version of PA! at its peak (2001)


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My Linkz! - edit
New Pages I'm Working On: Fake cards &#149; Fake Card Termonology &#149; History of Faking &#149; Counterfeit Fakes &#149; Text Fakes &#149; Custom Fakes &#149; Image Fakes
Other Sections: Main Page &#149; About Me (User Boxes galore!) &#149; My Pokemans, Let Met Show You Them &#149; My History with Pokémon &#149; Pokémon Aaah! Tribute
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