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Elite Fourum Memes

When someone needs help from @japanime [image] When someone posts an opinion I disagree with [image] When, after much negotiating, you finally come to a trade/sale deal with someone [image] When you realize you made a mistake on the PSA submission form after putting it in the mailbox [image] When someone with a more substantial collection than you posts a crazy update [image] Post your own if you want

The Giant eBay Garbage Thread

Continuing from the original thread: eBay Garbage If you have any experiences of poor listings or terrible buyers go ahead and post them here !

Pokemon Cringe

Please add your Pokemon cringe to this thread. I’ll start out. What the hell is this? [image] [image]

Show Off Your Error Cards Megathread!

I love error cards, they’re so cool to me. Even if the error is a very common one (ie: Base set Vulpix HP) it still feels a bit special to me because you have something that was made on accident. One of my favorites are the cards with square edges but only have some square edges, though I don’t own any. My only interesting error cards are the Secret Wonders Mew Holo, where it’s listed as the New Specie Pokemon instead of New Species, and a Generations Gengar Holo where the holofoil covers the e…

What's your most recent purchase?

Continuing the thread from here: What's your most Recent Purchase? [Archive] Simple question, whats your most recent Pokemon card/item buy ? Dont have to share if you dont want to. Im as slow as turtle when it comes to posting but i thought this could become neat thread. It doesnt even have to be your most recent purchase, but a long term goal your proud of and need an audience that would appreciate it. It could of been a collection goal or a spontaneous buy. Just post a photo of the item a…

The Hobby Translation Guide

What I would like to do is accumulate a series of terms or phrases that are specific to this hobby and translate them such that a normal person can understand what they mean. Examples from @wisewailmer acquisition popped up clean pull the trigger comps I want it to cover the whole spectrum of cringe please!! Please contribute what you can Acquisition (noun): An item that has been obtained; usually recently, and usually legally. “Here is my latest acquisition ” Auto/Sig (noun): Au…

E4 Pokemon fan art and crafts

Hi all, I thought it would be nice to have a main thread for people to share their Pokemon fan art or crafts–extended art cards, paintings, digital art, crochet/amigurumi pieces, anything! I haven’t been active on the forums for too long, but I know there’s an illustration contest. And I’ve seen some awesome works there, so come share! I’ll start us off with a little crochet Hoppip I made (quarter for scale): [IMG_20220801_230336_535] And a fun picture to follow! Titled “He who lurks beneath…

THE Great Grading Results Thread

@vodka,Thought it would be fun to have a place to post NEW and OLD FAVORITE grading results. I’ll have some very interesting ones coming up. Here’s an OLD FAVORITE from 2008: [image] And a recent one: [image]

The Index of Elite Fourum Collections

Welcome to the Index of Elite Fourum Collections! This thread is dedicated to cataloguing every collection thread by every member! At E4, we are just as much about collections and celebrating additions/achievements as we are Poke-information and articles! Hopefully this makes it easier for everyone to look up collections of your favorite members without having to bookmark a thousand threads, or to discover cards you’ve never known about before, or simply find some inspiration! These are s…

Knowledge:

The Index of Elite Fourum Articles

Welcome to The Index of Elite Fourum Articles! What is this thread for? The staff team here at the Elite Fourum has decided that it is in the forum’s best interest to create a page wherein all our guides can be cataloged and sorted for easier access. When this forum was created years ago, we had many visions on the direction of the site, one of which was a hub for guides & articles relating to collecting. We believe this directory will make it easier to locate articles and share them with…

The Fanatics Collect [formally PWCC] Megathread

Continuation of this thread, established due to rebranding of PWCC to Fanatics Collect

PSA/DNA Pokemon autograph authentication is in a bad place

Following up from this thread: PSA stopped authentication of Pokemon autographs? PSA/DNA has started grading Pokemon again. But unfortunately there doesn’t really seem to be an Pokemon expert at the helm. The previous expert engaged in questionable behavior but at least he knew his stuff. For example, many previously graded fake autos were removed from the PSA database: [Fake Scyther] https://www.psacard.com/cert/45224882 However, they seem to be currently lacking any expertise. Here are a …

Pokemon Card Prototype Discussion Thread

I have separated out the content from this thread → IG account "banet_1965" is NOT Takumi Akabane into a more general place. For comments specific to that instagram account, feel free to post there. Everything else can go here.

The Giant English Market Thread

As the hobby grows, so does the type of discussion. In light of the recent price growth and numerous investing topics, we are going to start implementing mega threads to consolidate conversation. This will be our first general mega thread for money market talk. For example threads like this, this, this, and this will be consolidated moving forward. Pointed questions can still be their own topic. But the general money market discussion will be consolidated into this thread.

日本のマーケット部分 The Giant Japanese Market Thread

日本のマーケット部分 After popular demand, we are now adding a Giant Japanese Market Thread! The General GMT is mainly focused on the English market, specifically WOTC. The Japanese Market thread is for anyone who wants to discuss the japanese market: Modern product, New releases, Old releases, prices changes, share an interesting card; literally anything in relation to the japanese market!

The Giant Professional Grading Thread

THE GIANT PROFESSIONAL GRADING THREAD This thread is the exclusive home for all your basic professional-grading related questions and answers! As the forum grows, so does the type of discussion that we have. We are implementing this megathread in order to cut down on some frequently posted questions which deserve to be answered but clutter up the forum if they are posted on their own. POST QUESTIONS/TOPICS LIKE THIS HERE: Should I grade this card? How do I submit to PSA/BGS/CGC? Which…

Opinions:

What are your unpopular opinions in pokemon?

What is an opinion in pokemon that you have that most people or maybe members of this forum seem to disagree with? Maybe you can change some minds! I don’t want this to turn into any kind of argument so lets not attack each other over opinions on cards. Here are some of mine. Steam seige (and ancient origins but not as much) is not nearly as bad of a set as people say to warrant the memes. I think it just gets hate for being over printed. Legendary collection is a bad set, every c…

The Great AI Art Debate

Digital art is a tool that opens a large array of possibilities not open before. It only becomes homogeneous and bland when being used by a limited or unskilled user. AI is not digital art.

What are your Pet Peeves in Pokemon?

Here are some of mine: People DMing “Hey Bro” or “Hey Boss” Using emojis on listings or social media posts Someone with clearly dirty/sticky hands asking to touch my cards People who ask me “what my best price is,” and then proceed to describe to me why my price should be lower Sellers who take blurry photos People who spill drinks/food near binders People who refuse to watch the…

Tough Pills to Swallow in Pokemon

What are some tough pills to swallow in Pokemon? Here are some that come to mind: Modern is EVERYWHERE. Holding a case of Hidden Fates or Evolving Skies in your closet isn’t unique or big-brained. For 90% of us, our collection is not unique. It can be/was replicated by someone else. If you buy BGS Black Labels, you’re paying for the label and not the card. Set cards will always be obtainable. Grading is subjective. @pfm is ChatGPT. The “Scott” you meet at in-person events is a sentient robot…