After years of asking for a proper discussion board to express their Poképinions, posters on the popular anonymous image board 4chan finally saw their wishes granted today.
At approximately 12:37 this morning, 4chan founder Christopher “moot” Poole posted a welcome message on the new discussion board, /vp/, alerting posters to the fact that they “GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL” followed by the green text response “POKÉMON”. Naturally, the response to the post was immediate and from there, the discussion board has already grown to become one of the most popular sections of the website. The creation of a Pokémon exclusive board however, should not have come as much of a surprise. Earlier in the year, “moot” created a topic on the video game section of the website, /v/, in which he asked if there was really a desire for one and fans of both the games and the website have been asking for a Pokéboard since 4chan’s inception.
The following quotes are from the first anonymous posters on the new 4chan board /vp/:
“This is nothing short of miraculous”
“Dear moot, THANK YOU! Finally no more poke-shit on /v/! Sincerely, Me”
“>moot makes a pokemon board
>number of vidya related posts on /v/ drops dramatically
>my face“
That said, my absolute favorite response to the creation of /vp/ has to be this image of a Toxicroak:
So VGTribune readers who also frequent 4chan, since I know you are out there, what do you think of the new board?
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I find it unnecessary when we already have Pokemon generals in /v/. I don’t want to have to go to an entirely separate board for my Pokemon fix, and I hate that if I bring up Pokemon even remotely or as a reaction image in /v/, I’m asked to leave. It’s just no fun, man.
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