Fox Tales in the Garden

Dear Japanese people on the GTS,

Despite what you believe, we American players are NOT the idiots you think we are. Unless one of us happens to have a fetish for it, we will not, nor will we ever, trade an Entei, Rayquaza or Lugia for a level 70 Metagross, unless it was shiny.

Sincerely,
Girl you just insulted by trapping in the GTS until she either agrees or disconnects

Seriously, I LOVE the GTS and the Negotiations and stuff, but sometimes the users of it can be so, persuasive. I mean I was stuck in this trade with the dude for like, 8 minutes because he wouldn't let me fucking leave. After I concluded that he would NOT give me anything worthwhile for my Entei, Rayquaza or Lugia, I tried to terminate the trade. Instead, he kept putting his Metagross up and trying to initiate the trade. We did this back and forth forever until I had enough of it and was getting ready to shut off the DS when he apparently did it for me. That was the rudest, most annoying trader I ever met.

I`ve had some good trades though. I`ve gotten legendaries from there, level 100's, even a shiny. The GTS can be a VERY nice place, even if it doesn't always have very nice people. Not Bulbagarden though, because Bulbagarden is perfect in every way and stuff. The people are awesome here. Except you @Kar. You are not awesome. You sicken me. LoL yeah right. Can't say that with a straight face, I love you XD.

Anyway, so the GTS is simple enough, though I wish we could search/request pokemon we HAVEN'T seen yet. Kinda defeats the main reason they included trading -_- but it's nowhere near the Negotiations. The Negotiations have an odd language/etiquette involving the smilies. Click the spoiler for a rough translation of how I perceive the GTS language.

So far I have mastered Hello, Thank you, and You're Welcome *1 smilie*; I don't want that, and I`m sorry *1-3 frowns*; I am surprised you are offering that! *exclamation point*; I WANT IT I WANT IT I FUCKING WANT IT GIMMIE! *Heart/Smilie/exclaimation point combo, repeat until they have selected*; I already have that *show the pokemon you already have*.

I am addicted to the Negotiations. I throw in Zorua and Hydreigon into the GTS and ask for a random legend, wait until I have collected around 2-3 legends, and then head into the Negotiations after setting my trainer card indicating what I am trading. It takes forever to find a trade partner, but I usually get connected to someone worth trading with. Sometimes I get something I really like, and sometimes I feel like being nice. Usually if I get connected to someone who doesn't have a whole lot of pokemon, I`ll give them a legendary anyway. I doubt I will ever encounter that person again, but it does the heart good to give to the less fortunate. I can always get another of the same species at any time, but that might be that person's only chance at getting it until they can find a gimmick to help them. For me, my gimmick is Hydreigon. I pretty much rule the GTS with Hydreigon and Zorua.

There's my random blog entry for the day/night. I`ll see about coming up with another Anime Analysis later. For now, bed.

I also swallowed my fear and made my own Slender video playthrough. The quality sucks but I`m working on it.

EDIT: Had to fix the mention. Oops.