Thread: How Does Bulbagarden Stack Up With the Rest?

Okay, I don't know if this is against the rules for asking, and I apologize if it is, but:

Where does Bulbagarden really stack up against the other major Pokemon fan communities. To me, it seems like we should be pretty high up there in terms of quality, quantity of members and reputation. Forgive me if this is common knowledge, but I've only made breif visits to Serebii and PokeCommunity, and always ended up coming back here because it was the best IMO.

But I was just curious where we stand among all Pokemon fan communities in terms of size and quality. Are we among the biggest communities? And is our content better than everyone's??

I'm just curious since I imagine this place to be among the best. We have it all: News, an ecyclopedia/wiki, tournaments, discussion, amazing collection of fan fiction written by in-house authors, awesome array of art, an arcade, live chat, etc. I think we are the best, no?

In terms of traffic, we are effectively equal #1 together with Serebii. The exact person who is #1 between the two of us changes from day to day.

Bulbagarden is the best at everything but IRC Chat.

Not because it sucks, just because Serebii is more popular for somke reason!

I must say, I tried Serebii and absolutely hated it. Bulbagarden is tops as far as I'm concerned.

serebii seems to get news faster and picks up on the little things that bulbapedia misses ie. secondary abilities

I've been on tons of Pokemon fansites, but this is by far the best. I'd say Serebii is more popular/well known than Bulbagarden, but that's not always a good thing. A lot of young kids will go to Serebii's forums before they find any others, and they can sometimes be a bit immature - no offense to younger members! It's like the Pokemon forums on FF - I visit the top one and the fourth/fifth one; the top is always getting visited by people who don't have very much experience with the forum environment and is therefore a lot more chaotic than the other one.

Most people know about Bulbapedia, but they know Serebii as a whole. They seem to like Serebii for news, but Bulbapedia for information.

Now, Bulbagarden as a whole seems to be a bit less known. at least from my experience.

Originally Posted by -Ryuutakeshi-

Most people know about Bulbapedia, but they know Serebii as a whole. They seem to like Serebii for news, but Bulbapedia for information.

Now, Bulbagarden as a whole seems to be a bit less known. at least from my experience.

Bulbanews even less. I have to say "Bulbapedia's news site".

Most people know Bulbapedia. The rest of Bulbagarden... hahahahahahaha. You know how many threads we've gotten, how many posts have been made, about the rest of the damn forum here in this one? TOO. FREAKIN. MANY.

To be fair, we get 90% of the site's traffic, or more, on any given day.

I use here for references like checking types and attacks and stuff, but I use serebii and pokebeach for new and that kind of stuff,

Originally Posted by Zoroark101

I use here for references like checking types and attacks and stuff, but I use serebii and pokebeach for new and that kind of stuff,

We have Bulbanews, which we work hard on.

I've been to Serebii once or twice. Bulbagarden's pretty much the only one I ever visit. It's clear, consise, and accurate.

I wish you were a little quicker on the trigger for new Gen. V Pokemon, though.

Gotta take things slow. Our unofficial rule is that we don't mainspace a species page until we have Sugimori art, types, and most importantly, a name.

I find bulbagarden one of the most complete pokemon websites, but till visit pokebeach for the quick news (but bulbanews are more acurrate) and serebii for episode pics and some other random things(I hope I dont start a flame war)

I use both. I'd say I end up checking Serebii for news out of habit, but I look here for news too (mainly for stuff like On the Origin of Species). But Serebii's Pokedex is a great resource that I use frequently. I also like Pokearth as well. But I love reading the in-depth articles on Bulbapedia.