What are your unpopular opinions in pokemon?

[missingno]

Pokémon is not a SPORT.

[voltagic]

@Cerulean

I don’t like signed cards.

The artwork of Neo Destiny Shining Pokemon is bland.

I instantly liked your comment because I feel absolutely indifferent about the whole signing craze… but then I read the second line. I love the Neo Destiny Shinings… so I removed the like again D:

[slippingjimmy]

@steveg

Ok, this is strange, because even I don’t agree with what I am going to say…

1- The X item is yours, and you can do what you want with it, but sometimes it’s better to follow the market price for it, not everything is gold.

Now the part that I really think:

2- a lot of people are in the hobby just for flipping cards, I had to say to a seller what was a squirtle and even sending a pic of a base set card of it, because he didn’t know the card, nor the pokemon…I mean…come on…I have not asked about skatakata

3- people in this hobby (not everyone) are super greedy, the worst thing (speaking of greed) that happened to me was a seller asking for 1€… I have done the maths by mind, and forgot to add 1 euro to 205€…he said:”actually it’s 206€” (and I had paid paypal fees and all)…I just said:”fine”

4- some cards really sucks, but people buy them just because they are rare (I am not going to say what cards😅)…anyways “de gustibus non disputandum est”

5- the difference between 9s and 10s sometimes it’s too much (speaking of prices)

6- people always say:”buy the card not the grade”, but if you ask for more pics you are a time waster, too picky and maybe a scammer…well if you take 1 pic of the front of the card in a sleeve scratched and dirty, out of focus, the light comes from an oil lamp and you put the card on a shitty carpet full of hairs (hopefully pet’s hairs)… I think it’s my right to ask for better pics, isn’t it?

7- I hate when people just say:”offer”…”offer” what!?
I know the price, you know the price, and you clearly have a price in mind, why we have to play this game? Just say your price, maybe a little higher, and let’s negotiate!

8- now, I understand that PSA is the grader and all, but if I ask to a seller (not a big one that has 0 time), if a card is scratched or dirty, he says “no”, but the card actually has these defects…I think that it’s not just PSA’s fault. I mean, you could be honest, but you decided to lie on purpose to make the sale.

While I agree with you, I think it is due to the nature of our hobby. Most of us are no business men, we don’t sell our cards to make a living. We don’t even need to sell them in the first place. And when we sell we want to get the most out of it. What I think most collectors should need to learn is negotiating. It’d make our life a lot easier for buyers and sellers alike.

Edit. Plus there’re huge differences between collectors because the hobby is so widespread. So for someone a few bucks can be a huge deal and a big part of their disposable income, for others it’s merely worth debating. Same goes with different countries/cultures, age, family situation etc.

[cosrob]

Worlds staff/top 32 cards are over hyped cards with limited organic demand.

[chok]

This thread is triggering so many people, myself included.

I LOVE IT. BEST THREAD 2019!

[gott006]

the pokemon company doesnt give a damn about the secondary market.

ps eevee isnt as cute as ppl let on.

[xzini]

I hate when people say they don’t know any Pokemon apart from Gen 1 (& maybe 2) and doesn’t collect anything else than WOTC.

Gen 1 has some of the most boring Pokemon. There are some really good ones and there are lots of bad ones that I’ve never heard anyone saying to be their favorite Pokemon.

[system]

@xzini

I hate when people say they don’t know any Pokemon apart from Gen 1 (& maybe 2) and doesn’t collect anything else than WOTC.

Gen 1 has some of the most boring Pokemon. There are some really good ones and there are lots of bad ones that I’ve never heard anyone saying to be their favorite Pokemon.

But but…

Just out of curiosity, what’s your favorite Gen? Or how would you even rank the Gens, I’m curious to see where Gen 1 ends up for you, haha

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@tabuz

[xzini]

@voltagic

@xzini

I hate when people say they don’t know any Pokemon apart from Gen 1 (& maybe 2) and doesn’t collect anything else than WOTC.

Gen 1 has some of the most boring Pokemon. There are some really good ones and there are lots of bad ones that I’ve never heard anyone saying to be their favorite Pokemon.

But but…

Just out of curiosity, what’s your favorite Gen? Or how would you even rank the Gens, I’m curious to see where Gen 1 ends up for you, haha

Gen 3 is my favorite but all gens have Pokemon that I like / dislike. For Gen 1 games I’ve only truly played Fire Red as I never had a GB / GBC as a kid. I like Fire Red a lot overall but I struggled to build a team because I barely have that many favorites from gen 1. And some of my favorites are split between versions, like Growlithe and Vulpix for example.

[slippingjimmy]

@xzini

I hate when people say they don’t know any Pokemon apart from Gen 1 (& maybe 2) and doesn’t collect anything else than WOTC.

Gen 1 has some of the most boring Pokemon. There are some really good ones and there are lots of bad ones that I’ve never heard anyone saying to be their favorite Pokemon.

Agreed, plus Gen 5 is underrated.

[quuador]

Love and hate this thread at the same time, lol. So many I disagree with, as well as so many I can totally relate to.

Here are some of my maybe not so popular opinions:

1. Gen 2 was the best gen, not just in terms of Pokémon, but in terms of anime especially

2. People hate too much on newly released Pokémon gens. If gen 7 would have been the first gen and gen 1 would have been released now, loads of people would hate on Pokémons like Voltorb/Electrode; Magnemite/Magneton; Jynx; etc.

3. Pikachu and Charizard are way too overrated, and the Pokémon company should just stop releasing cards for both of them for at least 1-3 years and release Pokémon with barely any cards like Mantyke; Bonsly; Happiny; Chingling; etc.

4. COLLECTOR-stamped Charizard will be sought-after in 10+ years.

5. Collecting (Master) sets is overrated in comparison to the full National Index

6. Non-English and non-Japanese cards are underrated. Most collectors can’t even tell the difference between some of the languages…

7. Most sellers from the US are too self-centered and think the US is the entire world; forgetting the market-potential if they just ship internationally to Europe; Australia; etc.

8. Opening WotC era booster packs just for nostalgia sake and hoping to pull a Holofoil is stupid… If you want to open packs, buy the cheaper new ones like XY Evolutions, and leave those rare ones for sealed collectors.

This will do for now.

Greetz,
Quuador

[steveg]

@slippingjimmy

@steveg

Ok, this is strange, because even I don’t agree with what I am going to say…

1- The X item is yours, and you can do what you want with it, but sometimes it’s better to follow the market price for it, not everything is gold.

Now the part that I really think:

2- a lot of people are in the hobby just for flipping cards, I had to say to a seller what was a squirtle and even sending a pic of a base set card of it, because he didn’t know the card, nor the pokemon…I mean…come on…I have not asked about skatakata

3- people in this hobby (not everyone) are super greedy, the worst thing (speaking of greed) that happened to me was a seller asking for 1€… I have done the maths by mind, and forgot to add 1 euro to 205€…he said:”actually it’s 206€” (and I had paid paypal fees and all)…I just said:”fine”

4- some cards really sucks, but people buy them just because they are rare (I am not going to say what cards😅)…anyways “de gustibus non disputandum est”

5- the difference between 9s and 10s sometimes it’s too much (speaking of prices)

6- people always say:”buy the card not the grade”, but if you ask for more pics you are a time waster, too picky and maybe a scammer…well if you take 1 pic of the front of the card in a sleeve scratched and dirty, out of focus, the light comes from an oil lamp and you put the card on a shitty carpet full of hairs (hopefully pet’s hairs)… I think it’s my right to ask for better pics, isn’t it?

7- I hate when people just say:”offer”…”offer” what!?
I know the price, you know the price, and you clearly have a price in mind, why we have to play this game? Just say your price, maybe a little higher, and let’s negotiate!

8- now, I understand that PSA is the grader and all, but if I ask to a seller (not a big one that has 0 time), if a card is scratched or dirty, he says “no”, but the card actually has these defects…I think that it’s not just PSA’s fault. I mean, you could be honest, but you decided to lie on purpose to make the sale.

While I agree with you, I think it is due to the nature of our hobby. Most of us are no business men, we don’t sell our cards to make a living. We don’t even need to sell them in the first place. And when we sell we want to get the most out of it. What I think most collectors should need to learn is negotiating. It’d make our life a lot easier for buyers and sellers alike.

Edit. Plus there’re huge differences between collectors because the hobby is so widespread. So for someone a few bucks can be a huge deal and a big part of their disposable income, for others it’s merely worth debating. Same goes with different countries/cultures, age, family situation etc.

I completely agree with you about the negotiating part, and of course about the collectors’ pockets.

Edit: the thing I said in my point “3” sadly happened with a quite known seller .
That’s why I said he was greedy.
Actually it was 0,80 cent but he rounded to 1€.

[queendrifloon]

Why does everyone like Charizard so much? A fire breathing dragon is a little overused in any kind of media, isn’t it? (And the art for most Charizard cards is boring too)

[xdarkfenixx]

Simple: cards cost too much. And I don’t mean just the old ones.

[fourthstartcg]

This is quite the thread so forgive me if I repeat things previously said:

• WOTC cards are boring and unappealing. Some have nice artwork but artwork quality per card is nothing compared to the EX series (except Power Keepers).

• It’s too easy to pull modern ultra rare cards. When you get 6-8 per box it really takes away the excitement of pulling one. Back in EX-DPt era and even BW, your chase cards were 3 per box if you were lucky. Let’s go back to that.

• Nobody really cares about “investing” in Pokemon, we all just want a way to justify purchasing children’s trading cards.

[kurtosisblakeinfini]

@fourthstartcg

• WOTC cards are boring and unappealing. Some have nice artwork but artwork quality per card is nothing compared to the EX series (except Power Keepers).

Yes. The original ex’es had that Stadium/ Colosseum chairosucuro cg quality that is nostalgic in the right way. I would also add on that the modern era is where it’s at for art just as much as it’s allowed the life long timers to shine out more (Morii, Komiya, Ooyama) but not without the trade off following along with that original ex style over current RR/UR’s for I do miss Himeno’s handrawn manga style along with Ken’s watercolour washouts.

[chrispy]

@xzini

I hate when people say they don’t know any Pokemon apart from Gen 1 (& maybe 2) and doesn’t collect anything else than WOTC.

Gen 1 has some of the most boring Pokemon. There are some really good ones and there are lots of bad ones that I’ve never heard anyone saying to be their favorite Pokemon.

Your favorite pokemon is from Gen 1. Every gen after 2 looks like something from DIGIMON.

[smpratte]

@cosrob

Worlds staff/top 32 cards are over hyped cards with limited organic demand.

Ill go one further: All Pokemon cards have limited organic demand

[Berndos]

This should be a fairly unpopular opinion because as far as I know, in their release both cards are equally rare, but the full art fetches around double the price.

I also like the poncho promos better as non full arts, but those had different releases.

[RattlePokemon]

Holo swirls do not make a card any nicer and shouldn’t demand a premium.