Where Did You Buy Your Shoes?

[Dashe]

I don't really have anywhere specific in this town, but my two favorite pairs both came from The Underground Station. One of them is bright green and yellow, and one's orange, white, green, yellow, and blue. Then the place switched to metallics and I haven't found another store to buy bright shoes at.

:ZZ: This is not actually a thread about shoe shopping. :ZZ:

To fAB:
Seriously, you've done so much to make this place brilliant if I tried to put it in words it would sound cheesy and awkward, so here. Happy birthday! It's based on that picture you drew on Sneasel Plushie of Vanilluxe melting, sort of. Groudon's Drought is in full effect.

To Everyone Else:
It's actually the day before fAB's birthday, and Chiz and I are throwing him a Pokemon-themed surprise party right here! If you want to draw him some Pokemon pictures for his birthday or just wish him well and show your appreciation for all the hard work he's put into this site, this is the place to do it.

The title is intentionally misleading so he doesn't read this thread in the first place, but it would help immensely to keep it low-profile if everyone here posted a lot in the other threads on this site once they've posted here. You know, in case fAB scans the fifteen most recent posts on his way to collect those 4Panel entries.

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Jan 6, 2011 21:44:00 GMT -5 @Dashe & Chiz said:

Dashe (10:​44:12 PM): I don't envy fAB's to do list one bit.
Chiz (10:​44:20 PM): lol, neither do I.
Chiz (10:​44:27 PM): His project list goes on foreverrrrr
Dashe (10:​44:51 PM): It's taken me a couple of months just to write a SONG. >_<
Chiz (10:​45:02 PM): At least half a dozen fangames, AT, the main site, the main gate, that CYOA thing...
Dashe (10:​45:21 PM): At least he doesn't have to worry about main site updates as much anymore.
Chiz (10:​45:39 PM): not to mention the fact that he's still working on Sneasel Plushie every now and then...I think that's what keeps him sane.
Dashe (10:​45:40 PM): Not to mention Sneasel Plushie, which is amazingly not dead.
Dashe (10:​45:44 PM): Ninja'd.
Dashe (10:​46:13 PM): Seriously, that must suck. It's his for-fun thing and nobody signs up for his contests there.
Chiz (10:​47:03 PM): The main members of MMLS should get together and have a Sneasel Plushie day, with Pokemon fanart and appreciation...and dedicate it to fAB
Dashe (10:​47:36 PM): Yeah! That'd be awesome!
Dashe (10:​47:53 PM): Only...I probably won't be able to do anything past 2nd gen. XD
Chiz (10:​48:19 PM): I mean, I know Pokemon's somewhat popular on the boards. It crops up every now and then and I haven't seen any particularly significant hate or antagonism towards it.
Chiz (10:​48:34 PM): Hell, TronBonne has had an Ash/Pikachu avatar for how long now?
Dashe (10:​48:46 PM): Would we be able to make it a suprise? Maybe for his birthday?
Chiz (10:​48:53 PM): When is his birthday?
Dashe (10:​49:01 PM): April...uh...
Dashe (10:​49:03 PM): April something.
Dashe (10:​49:14 PM): 17th
Dashe (10:​49:18 PM): April 17.
Chiz (10:​49:35 PM): Alright, then.
Chiz (10:​49:50 PM): April 17th, official Sneasel Plushie / Poke-love day.
Dashe (10:​49:53 PM): Surprise Poke-Party for fAB.
Chiz (10:​50:42 PM): Sounds like a plan
Dashe (10:​50:44 PM): The question is how do we make sure he shows up?
Chiz (10:​50:49 PM): hmmm
Dashe (10:​50:54 PM): He probably has real plans on his birthday.
Chiz (10:​51:09 PM): tell him someone's spamming the boards and we need his help cleaning it up?
Dashe (10:​51:15 PM): HAH
Dashe (10:​51:23 PM): Wait, what day of the week does it fall on this year?
Chiz (10:​51:33 PM): Sunday
Dashe (10:​51:52 PM): GOOD!
Dashe (10:​52:18 PM): He'll go to switch the panels and get a PM from me whining about something awful.
Dashe (10:​52:32 PM): And with a link to a post.
Chiz (10:​52:43 PM): okay, now
Chiz (10:​52:49 PM): how do we hide it from him until then?
Dashe (10:​53:01 PM): We hoard art via PM until then.
Chiz (10:​53:03 PM): He does come on the forums somewhat often
Dashe (10:​53:20 PM): Then post it up on the 17th in the morning, along with the OSHIT HELP PM.
Chiz (10:​53:41 PM): kk

[Mikéy]

Click Me for an uncaptioned version!

The egg of a Manaphy, drawn a week ago with iScribble due to random inspirations.

Happy Birthday fAB, we love you and all that you do for us. :3

[Avegodro]

Happy Birthday fAB I decided to spell it out with some Unowns. Thank you for everything you've done.

[Pitch]

My shoes actually belonged to my grand-father. He owned a lot of shoes. Is that weird? Is it weird that I'm wearing them? I think it's wei-... oh, I see what's going on here.

My apologies for the poor quality of this image. I haven't CG'd in a long time, and I had to do it without my mouse. I wish I'd come up with something better; I wasn't even going to post it, but I figured I had to post something. :07:

^{(Click for sliiightly cleaner PNG version)}

Happy birthday, fAB! I hope it's a great one. Thanks for all you've done to create this awesome site (and all of us, apparently).

[ravenf6]

On days like this, one should take time to enjoy life, even in the most trying of circumstances. You've done so much for us, FAB, even when you stepped down as administrator, the very least I can do for you is this little offering. Happy birthday to you, FAB!

[Trege]

Fear my horrible art! Happy birthday hope you have a great day Fab.






I originally wanted to draw Gardevoir and Gellade using a pokemon drawing guide but I ended up procrastinating and running out of time. :06:

[Qwertman]

Happy birthday fAB!
Now here's a Pikachu with a mustache and toupee.


Fixed link -EC

[HF]

Happy Birthday fAB.
Here's hoping that a Misty is fine too.



Edit: Who wants it colored?

[Santa Melty]

♪ I will travel...
Across the land... ♪

I decided to shoot for the nostalgia points with this one. Judging by those old team rosters over at Sneasel Plushie, it looks like your first mon ever was Charmander. And so, here you are.

(Also, l I guess this would mean your first Pokemon adventure was either hell or one of the warmer levels of purgatory. So props for that.)

Happy birthday, Fab. And thanks for all you do around these parts.



Also, a non-signed version for your convenience.

[TronBonne]

Happy birthday fab!!

Haven’t drawn anything in years. I don’t have a scanner so I was forced to draw something on my laptop…with the touchpad thing since I don’t have a mouse for it -_-

It’s very simple but I hope you like it! Thanks for all the hard work you’ve done for us!

[Loken]

Happy birthday fAB! Thanks for making the Station (the Stashe) and for keeping up with it all these years!

Thanks fAB, we love ya'!

P.S. your Poke'mon art is remarkable!

[Raijin]

I haven't been anywhere near Pokémon since Blue way back when it was first released, so I felt a little out of my element, but I looked back at some of my old stuff and remembered that there were some Pokémon whose designs inspired me, and so I captured that feeling again for this special day. Happy Birthday fAB. Thanks for making it all possible.

Note: The subliminal bonus image was unintentional at first, but once I noticed it happening, I just had to play off of it. Enjoy!

[Fatman X. Jones]

Meowth has always, ALWAYS been one of my favorite Pokémon. I sympathized with Team Rocket's Meowth every time he got shocked into submission. Maybe it's the humanity I saw in him when he told his life story.

Anyway, my gift to fAB is this MSPaint drawing of Meowth with a hat and noisemaker, thinking about crappily-drawn black forest cake. Which is one of the best cakes ever. Happy birthday, cap'n fAB.

Fixed Link - Dashe

[fAB]

Yesterday at some point, fAB thought to himself:

It's my birthday tomorrow, but it's hidden on the forums. Dashe is the only one who can see it. I wonder if she'll mention it publicly... I hope not, but she probably will.

When an "urgent" PM showed up in my box from Dashe this morning I thought, just for a moment, that it'd be a "Surprise, Happy Birthday!" type of message. The contents of the PM, quite convincing actually, told me otherwise. I left it sitting there while I went downstairs to grab some breakfast, thinking I'd have some mess to deal with when I returned. Alas I found this.

Everyone, truly, thank you! It was delightful enough to discover Dashe's picture and that I in fact didn't have any sort of trouble to deal with, but then to scroll on down and find post after post of pictures and well wishes, well, it was very touching. It especially hit me hard since my forum interactions aren't what they were a few years back and I've therefore never really gotten to know most of you all that well. Many thanks!

Dashe
Even when I'm anticipating you it seems I can't anticipate you. XD
Lovely picture. Fantastic even! Multiple Pokémon, pwning the ice cream cone, it's a wonderful scene!
Oh, and very nice including the original conversation, but I think you left out a couple of lines.

Chiz (10:​44:27 PM): His project list goes on foreverrrrr
Chiz (10​44:36 PM): He's crazy, you know. He'll never finish any of them.
Dashe (10​44:43 PM): I know. He needs a reality check.
Dashe (10:​44:51 PM): It's taken me a couple of months just to write a SONG. >_<

Mikéy
Simple but nicely drawn. Thank you! I was just thinking the other day I need to get one of those things on my game. XD

Avegodro
I love Unown messages! Nice background too. Thank you and, you're welcome.

@pitch
I know you don't like CGing much, so I appreciate this all the more. And without a mouse, you've worked wonders! I do so love Dragonair.

ravenf6
Ghost Pokés partying in my honor? Who could ask for more? Your little offering is accepted and appreciated.

Trege
As they say, it's the thought that counts. While Electrode and Ditto may be a tad simpler to draw than Garvedoir and Gallade, they are first generation so that counts for extra. And shiny Ditto, shiny!

Qwertman
Mwahahaha! Excellent! The precious electric rat with a mustache and toupee strikes me as a symbol of just how long Pokémon's been around, and it also mirrors my own feelings of getting older.

@hf
Very smooth, I'd expect no less from you! And Misty's just fine. I keep meaning to go back and watch the old episodes sometime. Oh, and I'm sure nobody would object to a colored version, if you're feeling inclined.

@melty
♪ searching far and wide ♪
I had no idea how big Pokémon would become in my life when I got the game on a whim and chose that little fire lizard. I've always attributed any difficulties on my journey to my own incompetence. Seriously, it wasn't until after the Elite Four that I finally caught on to using types effectively. Having never played a game with that sort of battle system before, when my hulkin' Charizard used Flamethrower on a weak water Pokémon and OHKO'd it, and then game tells me it's not very effective, it's just like, "What? Looked pretty effective to me! Whatever." Anyway, now I can blame it all on picking Charmander, thanks!

Incidently, lovely art. It seems you hit the mark on the nostalgia factor.

TronBonne
Another "I haven't drawn in years and I had to use a touchpad" claim? Come on you guys, these pieces look way too great for such circumstances. I'm not buyin' it!

Good old Eevee.

Loken
Whoa, even the Squirtle Squad is sporting mustaches these days? Thanks so much! Glad you dig my art as well.

Raijin
Do the lines of the armor spell out "fAB" somehow? Is there some piece of Legends imagery hidden in the angle of the shot? Honestly, I've stared at this thing and I just don't see the subliminal image... It must truly be subliminal... Or you're playing mind games...
*cough*
Beautiful work! Rhyhorn really is a cool design for a pretty underappreciated Pokémon. Thanks loads! Pity you didn't hang around long enough for one more generation. Gold and Silver were the greatest.

@fatman
Another reminder that I need to go back and watch those old shows sometime. Very festive imagery, thanks!


In closing, I just really can't believe that something like this was organized in my honor, and that so many of you participated, and that it's Pokémon and not Legends. I don't really care for birthdays, or people making a fuss over me in general, but I do like pleasant surprises and this definitely qualifies. Awesome way to start the day.

[Buster Cannon]

Aaaaaand I'm apparently a little late for this. :24: Pretty hectic weekend, what with tornadoes blowing through town and all that. Anywho, here's my drawing. The Teddiursa/Ursaring family's always been a favorite of mine, and thankfully Teddiursa in particular isn't too hard to draw. Not to beat a dead horse but I haven't drawn anything in the longest time, and I don't have access to a scanner, but I was able to get something out using a mouse. Enjoy, and have a happy birthday!

What was that about shoes again?