Hi, it&apos;s Elise here and I&apos;m announcing me quitting Pokemon. I don&apos;t think many of you here will care and maybe some of you will be happy but here goes nothing I guess? <br>
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I think I kinda lost the spirit of the game when I realized I was bad at mons. In order to redeem my qualities, I decided I wanted to help grow the forums, mainly with Doubles Player of the Week (and many other rejected and failed projects), but I felt too ridiculed most of the time and not taken seriously. When I also realized I was made fun of as a poster I wanted to become better as a player and that came in huge waves of motivation. At some times I could literally not wait for Seasonals, while I could feel like not playing at all the very next day. Becoming a good player and being taken seriously would take too much time (I already spend a lot of time on PS/Smogon/Skype/Discord) and it&apos;s just so not worth it when I have other interests and important things to do such as studying, fitnessing, playing football, just listening to music etc.<br>
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I already kinda didn&apos;t want to play this seasonal, but qsns wanted me to sign up badly. I just wanted to help my friends, but I couldn&apos;t find the motivation to participate in actual tournaments. I was/am too afraid to play and possibly lose and be ridiculed as always. I eventually asked out to be subbed vs Jhon this seasonal because my motivation hit a new low. <br>
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I wish I could&apos;ve gotten voice back, or perhaps ladybug. I personally thought I was a good enough user for voice again especially considering I&apos;ve improved massively and felt like I was actually contributing in discussions. Ladybug was a long shot but DPotW was a massive project and I&apos;ve done a bunch of other stuff. I wrote a few analyses (and sadly got demotivated due to harsh words), rated quite a few teams, did usage stats for DPL and Spring Seasonals, did a few projects that weren&apos;t as succesful such as Ladder Achievements, Live Teambuilding Sessions, DPL Power Rankings, Post-Game Analysis, had a bunch of tournament suggestions (ORAS no mega and BW, but people basically always got priority above me because everyone forgot about my suggestions), and a few unanswered suggestions (how do I beat [user], counter a doubles team, checks compendium (though it was literally given to ttree eventually lol)). I feel like I actually did quite a bit but whatever. I literally only wanted a Chloe Grace Moretz give as my avatar that&apos;s all.<br>
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Getting no recognition and constantly being made fun of as a bad user gets annoying and it made me lose the appeal of this game sad