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ABOUT TPF
Let's start off with a little history, eh?
The Pokémon Friend started of as just another fan site trying to be all-that in mid-august of 1999. Version 1 was the simplest possible webpage, no tables, frames, or anything but my two years of HTML programming knowledge. I was quite immature then, naive to the world and ready to present my case no matter what.
Around late September '99, Version 2 of The Pokémon Friend was released. It hosted an array of bad pictures and tried to become a e-zine formated site, which failed miserably. It was in Version 2 that the very first stories were written, three sets in an incomplete walkthrough of the Blue version game that covered every detail left out by your major walkthroughs and then some. Version 2 still lacked tables, as in two years I hadn't ever heard of them.
Near mid- to late-November '99, I discovered UPNetwork. Then they weren't quite as big as they are now, but still insanely large. I fell in love, and, I am ashamed to admit, discovered tables via looking at their code. I tweaked it and began to learn about those crazy HTML yags and released Version 3, a close-copy of UPNetwork's layout with a few changes in subject and organization. The good thing, however, was I discovered Frosterfree's Caterpie Forest, then Icy's Caterpie Forest or something of the like, I don't recall, and began to write my first fan fiction. It was entitled Pokémon Phrophesy and was a horrible five-part series that wasn't anywhere near the beginning of EGM, let alone now. But, I was writing, so I was happy. I subscribed to PFFMLA [Pokémon Fan Fiction Mailing List Archive] and discovered Ace Sanchez and Pokémon Master, as well as the funniest author of all time, MewtwoDude, whom I have lost track of, sadly.
Around late December, I began to work on the site a lot, and learned more about images and HTML. Version 4 was released, including the first black color scheme and my understanding of tables. Various variations of Version 4 continued until it evolved into something that resembled Version 5, the "Millenium Edition" [yes, I know the millenium is 2001!], only lacking the right-hand bar. The first variant of v.4 had the fanfic which, at the time, I had no idea would have such a profound impact on my writing ability and life, Erik -- Grass Master. This story has 25 chapters, and is well over 60 pages in length, size 10 Times New Roman font, Microsoft Word. It is over 350 Kilobytes, a bit small if you think large-scale, but a good bit for my first long-running story. I have recieve numerous favorable accounts of it, and am proud enough that I think I am safe to call it acclaimed.
Near the end of Spring, I released Version 5, the longest running version of the site to date, almost four months. A lot of my major plot work on EGM was done then, as well as the gaining of many affiliates. I met Wild C [Charizard Valley], whom has become a good friend and supporter that I thank. I began working on a Version 6, the "Lost Version" that is still half-complete in my comp. But I decided that it was too flashy, I was going down the wrong road, and decided to released a different site altogether, Version 7 of The Pokémon Friend, simliar to the site you see before you. Next followed a static version, Version 7.1, and my site will remain "locked in static mode" unvarying for probably the rest of my days or until the server destroys it.

The Pokemon Friend, all stories, art, and content, unless otherwise mentioned, Copyright © 1999-2001 J. C. Parrish. All rights reserved. This website has been tested in Microsoft Internet Explorer v.5.5 with no errors. This is the recommended browser; others may not display correctly.