52 weeks, 52 articles

[pfm]

I am creating a goal for myself to write 1 “article”-style post every week for the year 2024. It could be something as simple as a how-to on the forum or something more detailed.

I am posting this to have public accountability

Additionally, I’ve created some new badges. I can automate these but for now they will be manually assigned if you ask and meet the requirement.

We also have the secret Researcher group that gives access to the Article Workshop section. I can add you if you are seriously interested in writing articles.

1. 2023 Pokemon Card Grading Statistics: A Detailed Look at PSA, CGC, SGC, BGS
2. How to get a Pokemon Sprite Signature below your posts / Complete Set of Sprite Signature Codes
3. Elite Fourum System Profiles
4. How to Choose a Category When Posting
5. High-quality Images of All English Pokemon Set Symbols
6. Complete List of ex Era Serial Code Numbers
7. How to Add a Table of Contents (TOC) to Your Posts
8. E4 Default Avatar Gallery
9. Pikachu V-UNION Artists : The many faces of Pikachu
10. List of All Elite Trainer Boxes (ETBs) + Cameo List - #4 by pfm (updated)
11. Pkonno2002 The Sales Data for Snap Cards / Trophies ARCHIVE - #111 by pfm (updated)
12. Yuichi Konno: From Peyotl Publishing to Pokemon TCG
13. The Hidden Meaning of the Charms in the PokéKyun Set
14. Who is Dr. Sameji? The man behind the Pokemon "shark" autograph
15. Most frequently used Pokemon in efour signatures
16. WOTC GodBook - Production images of vintage sets
17. Pokemon Topps Series 1 Collecting Guide
18. Shadowless uncut sheet shows up on Reddit - Possible test print with unique features?
19. The Giant Pokémon non-TCG Identification Thread - #138 by pfm (updated)
20. Complete Gallery of all 151 Beta Playtest Pokemon cards
21. Complete Gallery of Alpha Playtest Pokemon cards
22. Complete Gallery of Alpha Prototype Pokemon cards
23. Complete Gallery of Delta Playtest / Alpha+Beta Presentation Pokemon cards

[niece]

Impressive goal! And new badges!!! The articles will be flowing! Wish I was a little more literate. I’ll have to find a scribe.

[lyleberr]

Article

How to get fourum badges:

1: Find badge description
2: Read requirements
3: Complete requirements
4: Earn badge

I’ll take my contribution badge to prove my scholarly worth now please.

[Llyrwenne]

I’ve written five articles! Giv badgis!

[sircharleszard]

Dope! I had missed several of these.

[mrbubbles]

Very nice! I will try to get the Rare Writer badge for this year. I would like to focus on some rare promo sets and a few tournaments which had some cool promo releases. Not sure how to be a member of the secret Researcher group? Thanks!

Cheers!

[Soda_Eesti]

ive written 2 articles. slide The Write an article badge (They were more resources than articles. We should have a new tab called resources.)

[pfm]

If you want the badge post your articles here as proof to save me time.

[Soda_Eesti]

Blud u literally saw it

All Gen 1 Cards

This Project im posting cause i havent abandoned it. Gen 1 Set Lists - Google Sheets Ill Update it whenever i have free time (Which is what i alr do) It will include reprints, different set stamps, and even just go over holos. (No where near complete)

[milhouse]

Look at this loser not only constructing the forum but creating valuable resources for forum users as well.

[azulryu]

I have written one article: The Many Myths and Guises of Gyarados - A Cross Cultural Examination

[Llyrwenne]

Ugh, fine!

Scarlet & Violet Cosmos Holofoil Variation
Discovering Saya Tsuruta’s Illustration Easter Eggs
Yuka Morii’s Clay Models - 2023 Mini Exhibit Official Photos (Image Heavy)
Sword & Shield’s Greatest Subset: Peaceful Park Pals
My First Battle - Introductory TCG Product Featuring New Art

[mrbubbles]

Japanese Exclusive Promo Gallery - Numbered

Promo Showcase - Pokemon Card ANA (All Nippon Airways) Promo Campaign

Promo Showcase – Pokemon Card GB Promo

Promo Showcase – Pokemon Friendly Shop Campaign

Thanks and Cheers!

[joponnes]

I’m not sure how many articles i’ve actually done but i’ve placed 4 of my threads in article category, i guess i’ll just post them here and see what happens i know you despise topps please tolerate me

Online marketplaces for different countries

Saw some links shared here and that inspired me to create some sort of list for different marketplaces to go through different kinds of local online marketplaces. I haven’t seen such list here earlier (correct me if i’m wrong) but i thought some of you might like it, especially collectors who go through all different languages or also collect non tcg. I think these sites aren’t that common knowledge but usually when one pops up people tend to find real hidden gems from them. Some of them might r…

List of Japanese translations for set names

Heya! This idea came up in another thread and thought i’d do it for people who widely search with set names in japanese sites, hopefully it’ll make the search easier for some people. I went heavily with the order bulbapedia had but it had some illogicalities so hopefully the list is clear enough, for example I added the Japanese exclusive sets mainly in the bottom of their respective era. The subsets and minisets and their English counterparts were sometimes a bit difficult to categorise but I t…

Complete Pokemon Topps Gallery

Hey guys, a lot of you know i’m very much a topps guy but i feel like they are still overlooked by many and i think it’s partly because they haven seen the variety of the cards, especially from later sets, movie sets or some chase cards. That’s why i wanted to share the whole art gallery here and have all the card art archived in one place. While bulbapedia has info of the cards and sets, the card arts are a bit all over the place and there’s also missing a lot of card photos. (Also i’m ofc supe…

Pokemon magic message cards

Hi! I asked if anyone would be interested in this niche set and few people liked it (probably out of politeness tho ) so i decided to go for it. But I really like the unique design which differs from all the other pokemon cards, the set consists of transparent lamin cards which makes it possible to stack them. I had to take the cards out of my binder since it was practically impossible to take photos of transparent cards in black binder pages but still taking photos of them was real pain …

[joponnes]

Also mentioning that @koala should auto get any article badge made in this world

[trainerjack]

Actually just dipped my hat into the article space and am planning more! Would love the badge and researcher role! Thanks pfm

Pokemon Histories #1: A Poncho Pikachu Retrospective Part 1- Mega Tokyo's Pikachu

Pokémon History has always been something dear to me and I recently decided to throw my hat in the ring and start documenting some great moments from this amazing franchise as well! I would like to share my findings with you all when articles are done on a given topic, so I hope you enjoy this part 1 of a retrospective on the Poncho Pikachus! What were the Poncho Pikachus? Poncho Pikachus or as they are officially known as usually, Poncho-Wearing Pikachu ポンチョを着きたピカチュウ were as the name sugges…

List of All English ex Era Stamped Promo/Prize/Trophy Cards

I have always loved the stamped ex era reverse holo cards and just recently I got thinking what other cards have stamps on them from the ex era? So I looked into it and there are actually quite a bit with many having unique stories and releases to them. As I couldn’t find all of the pictures, releases, and histories all in one area that’s what I set out to do here. I’m excluding prerelease cards here as that could be its own list and have a pretty well known release. Here in this post is just a …

[niece]

A small article. Yet currently useful
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[hcd]

Index of Pokemon Autographs

Goal I’ve found there is no real source of truth for autographs so wanted to document a list to be used as a tool for identication of Pokemon-related autographs. Contribute Please feel free to suggest autos/styles (i.e. Ishihara has 3 different autos) to be added and whether an autograph is fake. Disclaimer Most of these autographs are screenshots of ones I have seen online and I do not have the original attribution. If you see one of yours and don’t want it shown on here or want credit, plea…

Imakuni's Bakaboon: An Overview

Overview Bakaboon ばかぶーん (“Idiot”) is a card game developed by Imakuni and published by Creatures Inc. in 2002. The premise is to use combinations of when, where, who, what, and how to form sentences. It involves 2-6 players [1]. It was sold as a deck of 67 cards with a handful of duplicates. There was also a promotional set of 16 cards. Distribution The deck was originally showcased at Battle Road 2002 [2] where Imakuni signed a handful of cards. For example: [image] This was then recapped i…

I have a lot of content drafted related to Japanese e-reader prototype cards but haven’t got around to finalizing it, a little preview of some images I have flattened and intend to upscale:

[dromanyte]

“Researcher” badge sounds like an interesting concept. I have no idea if getting this badge requires publishing articles constantly … Articles are something that use to take me time to develop (it’s not from one day to another).

Until now I’ve written 2 articles:

• Spanish Ho-Oh Theme Deck Box: Cosmos Holofoil Ho-Oh + Non-Holo Typhlosion
• Devir Brazil’s Top 10 cards from Unseen Forces

I’m planning to write more articles, but I don’t know when I’ll release them …

Yes, it can take time to finish an article, but I prefer to present something decent

[Soda_Eesti]

Alr Here Is What I Gotta Say Rn On This, Even Tho I Technixally Qualify for this badge, please dont give me it, i am just making kinda bad resources. One of which i abandoned. Make a eesources category or smth.