November 6, 2025 • 27 mins
He quit Pokémon to fit in. Years later, a single sparkle pulled him back and rewrote what belonging means.
For DarthStormy, a lost Game Boy in a bathroom stall became the moment he shelved Pokémon until Pokémon GO brought him back with a new kind of courage. From playground trades in late-90s England to returning as an adult who proudly shiny hunts, DarthStormy shares how letting go to “fit in” cost him joy and how rediscovering it rebuilt patience, community, and self-trust.
We trace the long route from Turnback Cave daydreams to a Facebook page built around Marshadow, the spark that made him say, “I’m done hiding.” This is a Pokémon story about acceptance, identity, and the strange power of nostalgia to heal what we abandoned.
Listen now and relive the moment you claimed your fandom out loud and follow for more powerful stories like this.
Sources
Opening Song: "Forget You" by Alex_MakeMusic from Pixabay
- Visit our website: www.asthepokeballturns.com
- Join Our Discord Community!
https://discord.gg/AqAbD7FbRt
Your next Pokemon adventure begins here!
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
DarthStormy (00:00):
my name is DarthStormy and this is my
Pokemon story.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
David Hernandez (00:42):
Welcome to As The Pokeball Turns, where every
voice, every journey, and everymemory brings us closer to the
world of Pokemon.
I'm David Hernandez and I'mjoined by Star Stormy the Marsh
Shadow.
Welcome to As The Pokeball BallTurns.
Thank you for coming on thepodcast.
DarthStormy (00:56):
Pleasure to be here, Dave.
David Hernandez (00:58):
Absolutely man.
And you know, obviously there'ssome meaning behind Marsh
shadow.
Right.
But I wanna start with just afun question just to kind of
ease things into us for both ofus.
So the question's this, if youcould explore any one Pokemon
location in real life, just forone day, where would you go and
what would you do there?
DarthStormy (01:15):
Oh, that's quite a broad question, isn't it?
I've been playing a lot ofPokemon Legend Zaius recently
before Lord Z, so I'm going tosay turn back cave.
And explore theirs and see whatPokemon still is hiding there.
David Hernandez (01:31):
Why turn back cave?
DarthStormy (01:32):
Well, it's obviously the location where we
find Gina in that game and itjust seems like it's quite
spooky because obviously ghostsand rocks type poke kinda hiding
there.
it'd be interesting to see whatelse is hiding there.
David Hernandez (01:46):
It sounds like, there's some mystery behind it.
There's more to that area thatyou probably didn't experience
in the game.
Is that kind of fair to say?
DarthStormy (01:53):
Yeah, because I, I think to be fair history in is
the, technically my firstintroduction to generation four,
I, I have got the faithfulremakes and I've only played
that briefly.
So I'd like to explore more of,The region slash the region.
David Hernandez (02:11):
Well, what was it like for you to dive into
Pokemon what do you rememberabout those first early days of
those games?
DarthStormy (02:16):
I started my Pokemon journey back in, when it
came to the, to England, becauseI'm in the uk and Pokemon came
to us in the, the late nineties,9 19 98, 99, 9 with the show,
the first couple of games, redand blue, and the trading cards.
at that time everyone seemed tobe in The Pokeball'cause it was
the new thing to be part of backthen.
(02:39):
So everyone was bringing cardsinto school and at luncheon
breaks they'll be bringing theirplace, their game boys and their
Pokemon games, and try not toget the teacher to confiscate
the cards.
David Hernandez (02:53):
It's nice to know that's the same thing that
happened to us over there, soI'm glad it wasn't just a US
thing.
I swear teachers had it out forus with Pokemon.
DarthStormy (03:00):
Yeah, I think it's just the global thing where
teachers don't like us havingany sort of fun.
David Hernandez (03:04):
Did you have a lot of people who played Pokemon
with you in school a lot?
Like how big was it for you overin England growing up?
DarthStormy (03:10):
so my group of friends I was with, I'm pretty
sure played a lot of Pokemon onthe, the games and I had a, a
younger brother, I still got ayounger brother, but he, he's
not really into Pokemon.
He played a little bit and whenhe, but his side of fame was
just used, the first Pokemon heever got.
So he got, he's got his starterand leveled that to the max and
(03:31):
he caught Bogger one, but hedidn't train him up and involved
them and use them.
Starter.
That's it.
Starter.
That's it.
David Hernandez (03:40):
Well, when it came to Pokemon,'cause you said
your brother didn't stick withit, but obviously you did to a
DarthStormy (03:44):
Yeah.
David Hernandez (03:45):
What do you think about Pokemon?
Kept you engaged for as long asit did?
Like what do you think it was atthose early times?
DarthStormy (03:51):
I think a bit more obviously escapism reality
there.
because I, I have a game boyout.
I would be escaping into thelittle world of catching all
these little monsters and havingfun, especially on car journeys
when we went to visit a lot offamily around what?
Around the uk.
'cause anyway, we went to likecertain events that family
(04:12):
members went to.
That was fun.
David Hernandez (04:13):
wow.
Would you like Level A Pokemonor were you just try to beat the
game?
Like how, how much did you playPokemon since you played it a
lot?
DarthStormy (04:20):
I always would be playing it kind of like I am
nowadays, but I guess it's team.
It might not be the best teamthat, or the team that ever
recommends you have for thegame, but I'll find a team that
I think is cool and I'll levelit up evenly.
So in red and blue I obviouslypicked, I think my first thought
was charmander.
(04:42):
Cliche.
Cliche.
A lot of people say that, butyeah, I, and then I'd, that
would get to a certain level andI catch a new poker one and I
put, and so on
David Hernandez (04:56):
I know you lost your Pokemon gold through,
falling in a toilet, if Iremember correctly.
DarthStormy (04:59):
Yeah, I went,
David Hernandez (05:00):
Yeah.
DarthStormy (05:00):
I got folk on gold and the Pikachu version Game
Boy, and I was very happy aboutit.
I was playing that and I thinkwe went to a, a restaurant and I
took it with me to therestaurant to display it.
I went to the bathroom, I poppedit on the, the system of the
toilet whilst I was using thetoilet.
And then this when I finished,just walked out.
like, where's your game boy?
(05:22):
Obviously back then I wasn't, itwas sort of, ah, crap.
So I went back in.
By the time I went back into thecubicle, I then I was like gone.
Bollocks.
David Hernandez (05:30):
Oh my gosh.
I mean, that must have beenheartbreaking to lose your game
boy in such a shitty manner.
pun intended.
DarthStormy (05:40):
I think that was when I
David Hernandez (05:41):
I think that
DarthStormy (05:41):
stopped, kind of poke Pokeball one.
'cause obviously the, I thinkgold and silver came out in
2002, 2003.
that's when I was starting mysecondary school from the age of
11, 12 to 16, 17.
And then when you startingsecondary school, you want to
fit in and be part of the, thecore kids, but looking back, I
never was part of the core kids,but I thought I tried to fit in.
(06:03):
So I stopped playing Pokemon atthe age of 12.
David Hernandez (06:06):
Right.
'cause I guess, I assume Pokemonwas probably, I'll say a kitty
kind of thing, or wasn't popularto be a Pokemon fan at that age.
DarthStormy (06:13):
Yeah, because you, there's all these new scenes
coming up, all these fads, andeveryone's like, oh, this is,
this one's cool.
This one's cool.
I was like, oh, I'm gonna jump,dive into the deep end of that
one.
Dive into the deep end of thisother fad, and folk just left,
stayed behind.
David Hernandez (06:29):
Do you ever regret, leaving Pokemon Behind
for such a reason, or do youkind of feel like it was
necessary
DarthStormy (06:34):
I think at the time I thought it was necessary, but
now if I could go back in time,I would tell my 12, 13-year-old
self go and bug your above.
Go get, get another concertgame.
Boy.
Yeah, it's the new games.
Stick with it.
'cause I'm now in the process ofcollecting all of the games, the
main series game.
So look, red, blue, yellow,gold, silver crystal.
(06:54):
So I've got quite a few of thegames now.
I just need.
To have one of every generation,I just need X or Y.
But I mean, Z technically countsas it's part of technically gen
six, but I want X or Y.
David Hernandez (07:06):
It sounds like Pokemon's more important to you
now than it was back then.
what is it about it now thatwants you to, like you would
tell your past self that, Hey,just stick with Pokemon.
Why would you want to tell yourpast self?
Do you feel like it's moreimportant to be a Pokemon fan to
you now?
DarthStormy (07:20):
I'm in the the mindset of if I find something
fun, I'm going to carry on withwhatever it is.
And at the moment, since PokemonGo came out, that's when I
started return to Pokemon andthat was fun then it still is.
Well.
Isn't fun because obviously theorder changes but it still
Pokemon in general is just funfor me.
(07:41):
So I playing Pokemon Go, I'mplaying the main series games.
I also do a little bit of cardcollecting, so if I find
something fun, I'm gonna investinto that fun item.
David Hernandez (07:50):
It reminds me it's so important how we should
accept what we love.
'cause I remember a friend toldme this one time, why?
'cause I felt ashamed playingPokemon Go at some point, oddly
enough.
And I asked her like, did youever feel like uncomfortable
being this?
Like why would I beuncomfortable about something I
like?
And it kind of changed myperception and it's so important
for us to be able to accept.
What we genuinely like becausethat's part of who we are.
DarthStormy (08:10):
Yeah.
David Hernandez (08:11):
And just like you, now you've come realize
like, you know, obviously you'rea teenager, right?
We are feeling all the emotionswe're trying to fit in.
It makes sense.
But when you get older you kindarealize like, why should I be
ashamed of this?
There's a lot more worse thingsI could be doing besides
Pokemon.
I'm glad I had the hobby.
Now am I probably too investedin it?
Absolutely.
But I don't regret it.
I never do.
(08:31):
And it's always so much fun.
And the people you get toconnect with and all the other,
things we can talk about and wetalk about this podcast, you
know.
DarthStormy (08:37):
Oh yeah, definitely.
Why?
Why?
Corner put, you know, this funhobby of ours into a corner
that's only acceptable here andthere.
Because you got all the othertypes of gamers.
You got the PlayStation gamers,you got the Xbox gamers, the
Call of Duty players.
They're not se question into thecorner.
They're out there like, oh yeah,I played corner of duty and I've
(08:59):
killed this guy seven times, buthe keeps coming back.
I'm gonna kill him again.
I was like, so
David Hernandez (09:05):
Right.
DarthStormy (09:05):
I'm gonna bring out my Pokemon out to the corner and
I'm gonna have fun.
I'm gonna catch all ThePokeball.
I'm gonna shiny hun.
'cause that's also what I likedoing.
David Hernandez (09:14):
What do you like about, why do you like
shiny Pokemon?
DarthStormy (09:16):
It just the, odds are very high to catch, get one.
So it's like trying to figureout the different methods of
shining hunting and then stickywithout.
Because when I was a lotyounger, I didn't have any
patience for anything and Istarted playing Pokemon and Go,
and obviously when it first cameout, there was no shinies.
After shinies were introduced,I'd be catching stuff and like,
(09:37):
huh, this might actually help meout, make me a bit more patient.
And it has.
just love the old kind ofsparkles of folk as well.
I was like, oh, that one lookscool.
David Hernandez (09:45):
it's almost like you're rewarded for being
persistent enough, right?
Because eventually it's gonnashine.
Now it may take a while to getthere, but you feel like you
enjoy that reward of actuallyseeing a different version at
the end of the day.
DarthStormy (09:57):
Because it, to be blunt, it's a, it is a horrible,
monotonous task in counting thesame Pokemon and the same sport
over and over again.
For s and the thousands ofaccounts, especially before was
gen five, when it was one in 8192.
And after
David Hernandez (10:10):
that was before the
DarthStormy (10:10):
however many encounter takes, he, he, the
next he hit walk into, yes, it'sshiny.
David Hernandez (10:21):
Finally.
I mean, obviously every shinyhunter has like maybe this long,
painful, I'll say drawn out,well, maybe not painful, this
long drawn out hunt.
I gotta ask, like, I'm sure youhave one, right?
Do you have one that kind ofcomes to mind?
DarthStormy (10:35):
Well, I've been doing obviously hunting Go,
which is currently encounter theencounters.
Then kind of started in sortingDY as well.
Wasn't really.
Again, encountering encounter.
I just see people on Twitch whowould be doing one that, oh
yeah, I'll jump in here, I'lljump in there and help you out
with the occasional one if youneed an extra person.
So the one that comes to mind isagain, it's installed and
(10:56):
shield.
I was encountering shiny eldergoss.
The Goss.
Oh, what's the base for it?
The Goss.
It's a goss flower, one of thetwo.
And it's such a beautiful,shiny, and I got to, I, it was
1200.
when you think about the shinyodds, it's very early on, but
this is when I got the shinycharm as well, so it's still
(11:17):
under odds'cause encounters forshiny odds in that game is one
in three 1,365, there's still1200 for shiny elgas is under
odds, was brilliant.
I haven't had one that's goneover odds in the first few or
the recent ones yet.
David Hernandez (11:34):
Not yet.
Eventually,
DarthStormy (11:35):
Oh, I'm sure I'm gonna get one.
David Hernandez (11:36):
what's one shiny Pokemon you hope to get
someday?
DarthStormy (11:39):
Oh, I would like to say marsh shadow, but the, you
can't really tell the shyness itgoes into the battle mode.
David Hernandez (11:47):
Yeah, I mean, yeah, count it.
Like, even if it's not released,I know my show's not released,
but if you wanna eventually havethat shine, go for it.
DarthStormy (11:52):
Yeah, when.
David Hernandez (11:57):
Now is Marcha your favorite Pokemon?
'cause we, for those who don'tknow, that's the name of your
Facebook page.
What's the connection withMarsha?
DarthStormy (12:03):
Well, earlier, only if I came back to Pokemon from
Pokemon Go and after Pokemon Gowas let's go, and all the
consecutive switch games.
So I didn't play any Gen four,gen five, gen six, gen seven
games.
So when I found out there wasMarsha that was in the game, I
didn't know what it was.
(12:23):
The Hell's a marsh shadow.
It came out in the Go Fest tocourt here and I was like, this
thing's brilliant.
I love it.
It's got a little weirdannoying, and Moss shadow's got
what I class as a top knot, butit is still brilliant.
It's.
black, gray color scheme, andwhen you go into battle mode, it
face goes this like greenyyellowy color, which is just
(12:46):
brilliant.
I love it From seeing moreshadowing, vocal, go in front
that go fest.
And I just tapped on the screento see what moves man make.
'cause obviously every pop inthat game who tap a screen does
a move as attack.
And I saw it's face go green andyou like, this is brilliant, I
want this thing.
Hey you.
(13:06):
Yes, you with the ears.
Don't go anywhere.
We'll be right back.
Love hearing real stories fromreal trainers.
Help As The Pokeball turnsbecome the best Pokemon
interview podcast like no oneever was.
By joining our Patreon, you'renot just supporting the show.
You're helping more fans sharetheir journeys with the world.
(13:27):
As a thank you, you'll getaccustomed Pokemon Wristband
each month themed after afeatured Pokemon Hand on over to
patreon.com/ As The PokeballTurns and join our community
today.
David Hernandez (13:38):
Well, you mentioned Pokemon Go a lot and I
know that's what brought youback to Pokemon after you took a
hiatus.
What was it about when PokemonGo, was announced and even
released?
What enticed you to want tostart playing that, playing
Pokemon Go?
DarthStormy (13:49):
Well, it, it was actually actually a cowork of
mine when I was, because back in2016 I was working in retail and
the English version of Walmart,which is Asda, and a coworker of
mine goes, have you heard aboutthis?
Can you poker mobile game?
I was like, I've heard of it.
You know, you can download the aPK version of it, right?
Like, wait, you can do that.
It's like, yeah, just GooglePokemon, go a PK file and
(14:10):
download it.
So I downloaded it and I likewhen I got home from that day, I
was like, Hey, cool, let's cantostarters, let's tackle what I
did.
Obviously, I didn't realize youcan only tackle one, like the
original games.
And I think I tapped on Volvosword just'cause it was number
one.
And then obviously the catchingaspects and the collecting
aspects, because obviouslythat's what we are as Pokemon
trainers, and so we'recollectors of these breaches.
David Hernandez (14:34):
And how has playing Pokemon Go changed your
love for Pokemon, or changed howyou connect with the f?
DarthStormy (14:40):
because it's, a mobile game, so you can,
wherever you go in the world,it's with, we've got smartphones
nowadays, so we're gonna takeour smartphone everywhere we go.
And everywhere you go, you,they've not Pokemon Go.
There'd be Pokemon, there'd bedifferent Pokemon, depends on
where you go in the world.
But they'll be Pokemon.
I'd love to go to places like Iknow Mexico for uc or Egypt for
(15:03):
Mira, or it said you live inGreece just to complete the DS
and everything.
David Hernandez (15:09):
It almost feels like you get to live your own
journey through
DarthStormy (15:11):
Yeah.
David Hernandez (15:12):
Have you met a lot of people through Pokemon
Go?
DarthStormy (15:14):
When I first said, when I first started playing, it
was just with the guys from myretail job because we was finish
work, was we had a little likemessenger group chat.
He wasnt me stop at at thispoint because it was, blast or
saw a dragon ice or somethingrare.
So they'd all meet up and thenwe would get group into cars and
drive around catching poker on.
(15:35):
And for dinner a couple yearslater I took a break'cause
obviously nothing new cameeither'cause I wasn't around.
I stopped playing around thetime that Chinese and Gen two
and the raids and all that cameinto the game.
So I didn't realize that thatwas there.
But came back in the summer of2022.
I kept seeing the odd posts hereand there on Facebook.
'cause I'm still friends withsome of the people who were
(15:55):
playing Pokemon Go and they'relike, oh yeah, this is how
they're like is that a shinyPokemon?
Why is that different color?
Because when I went back toPokemon Go, I didn't realize
what Chinese were.
People post and like, what thehell have you done to your, no,
this is to new variation.
It's just shiny sweet.
I can get back into this game.
David Hernandez (16:15):
And I know you met some friends through Pokemon
Go.
How was it to kind of find outthat they were Pokemon bands
too?
And what did those conversationsopen up for you?
DarthStormy (16:23):
When I came back to Pokemon Go, as I say, I was in
the middle of 2022, a coupleyears after that.
During those last, last coupleyears, between 2022 and 2020
into 2023, I was just around mylocal area walk and not really
knowing there anyone sayingelsewhere in Pokemon Go.
And the nature of the work I wasin at the moment moves up to a
(16:44):
different town.
So I had to jump ship and moveto the new town and.
We again, it would go around.
We just walk on around that townand a couple of people I see on
their phones looks like they'recatching pop, just spinning
their finger and the ball theytry and catch and I'd like walk
up to, you're not playing popand go, are you?
(17:08):
Yeah.
At Nick.
True.
That's a i, a good friend ofmine who's is still playing
Pokemon Go to this day.
And between the two of us, wekind of created this to the
community of for Pokemon GoPlayers.
is also there YouTube v loginfour, Pokemon Go as well.
(17:31):
So I mean, a lot of his YouTubevideos just at the very
beginning of his YouTube career.
David Hernandez (17:37):
Did it feel kind of weird being, I guess, in
the background in that kind ofvideo?
'cause I know it can be kind ofintimidating.
DarthStormy (17:43):
Well, because we, we will constantly go to every
weekend when there was adifferent event or a different
raid.
he would host, he would be thehost of it, and I would just be
there supportive.
He would bring me into hisYouTube videos.
And, how should your hunt go?
What's your, what are thehunting for today?
What so you expecting from thisraid and all that sort of stuff?
(18:05):
I dunno yet.
I mean, obviously the withraiding and stuff because
everyone's off to the shuns andI was never lucky enough to get
any shun fire raids
David Hernandez (18:17):
Mm.
I mean, those are hard to get.
Shindo are like, you gotta belucky to get those.
DarthStormy (18:21):
or, or you got be like fleece kicking and mystic
seven and, and paid to do it.
Get them.
David Hernandez (18:26):
Oh yeah.
But they also play hours upon,well, days upon
DarthStormy (18:29):
yeah, that
David Hernandez (18:30):
so.
DarthStormy (18:30):
they're definitely hardcore grinders.
David Hernandez (18:33):
there ever a point, I guess, after you came
to Pokemon Go, you startedplaying more of the games
afterwards?
Was there ever like a moment orsomething that you saw on either
Let's Go BDSP, sword Shield,that kind of made you realize
you were truly back to Pokemonand couldn't put the games down
again?
DarthStormy (18:48):
I'm still currently on my very, very first switch
that came out when the switchofficially launched, and I think
I was that.
Bought sword and I blitzedthrough that.
I mean, I think I mainly boughtsword because it obvious a gala
region.
It is based on the UnitedKingdom.
And I was like, cool.
I got a, a region based on whereI live.
(19:09):
I'm going to explore the helloutta this game, which I did on
my first play for, and I didn'tfind any shinies.
This was before the the DLCscame out.
So I was like, cool, that'scompleted.
Say files, do it again.
And they did that two or threetimes.
Then obviously they, they wouldrelease the Let's go and the
(19:31):
BDSP games and like, okay, let'shave a look at this and see when
let's go.
Came out.
It's a, was a partner game toPokemon Go.
'cause obviously the catchermechanics is same as Pokemon Go.
I'm not really enjoying this'cause you have to try and love
playing in handheld, like, gottatry and position the switch at
(19:51):
the right angle to throw thepool and like, I'm not really
enjoying this, but I've recentlycome back, well I say recently,
it's been a year and a half, twoyears ago.
I've come back to, let's go.
I've, I'm really, let's go.
I've set myself off a couple ofchallenges in let's go and well
this Switch's game as a whole,whereas.
(20:13):
Complete the living deck to getthe shiny charm
David Hernandez (20:15):
Shiny.
DarthStormy (20:16):
and then create a shiny living deck, which is, and
I haven't completed one on anyof the games yet, but I've got a
good chunk except for sword,which is a lot of, encounters.
David Hernandez (20:28):
Well, let's transition to talking about your
Facebook page.
for those listening, you know,you started a Facebook page
called Darth Stormy, the MarshShadow.
We talked about, you know, howMarsh Shadow kind of connected
with you.
What made you wanna start aFacebook page and how did, I
guess you form it?
DarthStormy (20:44):
Well, initially, I just wanted to, this is going
back a few years.
I wanted a, just a, a Pokemonrelated Facebook page, so at
that time, I.
think I did part of a runthrough BDSP and I was like,
Hey, look, my shs, it's evolvedto, to its final form, the
luxury, like that's quite cool.
So I made the, the page calledsomething along lines of luxury.
(21:08):
I can't remember exactly what Icalled it.
So I was as luxury.
Died but I still had it on myaccount.
I was just left it for years.
And then I think December, 2023,I revamped it and it was just,
initially it was just calledDark Stormy 90,'cause that's my
(21:29):
in game name on Pokemon Go.
Just so I could post like acatches shiny catches, Hyundai
catches, rare catches and likeraids that I'm doing with
friends.
so I could try and get a bit,more beefed up.
and then the couple years agoThere's a, group chat for
Pokemon admin pages the admin ofCherry Charma under 2.0.
(21:51):
I commented on one of her payposts about Scarlet and Violet.
I think I was trying to stillcomplete the decks back then.
So yeah, he agreed to help me dosome trade evolutions.
David Hernandez (22:00):
Mm-hmm.
DarthStormy (22:01):
I did got those straight evolutions, I was like,
do you know any, are you able tohelp me promote my page a bit to
get more interaction?
I said, well, there is a groupchat for all of The Pokeball
pages I can invite you to like.
Sure, let's do that.
That'll help.
And it's flourished since then.
And, and then obviously I hadanother look at names with a lot
(22:22):
of the people in that group chatare named after Pokemon, like
obviously Cherry Charmander 2.0,Harry Ga, Hitman Chan, which I
know has been, has been on yourshow.
And then a few hours like that.
So I thought, let's turn, doStormy 90 into a, a Facebook
page that's based on ThePokeball.
And then I went back and Ilooked at some mythical Pokemon.
(22:45):
'cause a lot of the guys in thatchat, they don't have, they're
not mythical Pokemon, they Raf sCrafty and Float Sword and
Charmander around it just toname a few.
so I looked at my Pokemon Goaccount like, you know what?
I really do like that mouthshadow, that according from the
Go Fest a while ago, let'schange to my name.
(23:05):
So since then, that's how Ibecame do storming the mouth
shadow.
David Hernandez (23:10):
And what has it meant to you to have that kind
of support and connection fromthe the Pokeys group, especially
after coming back to Pokemon,later in life?
DarthStormy (23:19):
It is been very helpful because there's recently
a few of the pages that followon Facebook, on Pokemon in
general.
They're doing like feature, likespotlights and posting and
saying about this page or thatpage and the next page.
So like recently my friend and.
(23:41):
Is Beast has had me as afeatured page of the day getting
people to give me a bit morelove, which is brilliant.
Thank you guys for doing thatAnd I've been trying to keep my
activity off.
I'm seeing post work and like,oh, I can put my 2 cents in
here.
I can do my 2 cents in there.
So I'd comment on them and Ididn't like recently I got one
(24:03):
like that from Ros and it's says
David Hernandez (24:05):
Mm-hmm.
DarthStormy (24:06):
all there regular people like under the.
Actual name and then, don'tforget these pages.
And then he lists a load pagesand I was amongst them.
So that's helped out a lot.
David Hernandez (24:16):
Well, Dar Stormy, that's gonna be
interview, but I want to finishon one last question.
If you could have a dream teamof six Pokemon, we'll do shiny
since you're a shiny hunter,what six shiny Pokemon would you
choose?
DarthStormy (24:29):
Oh, that's, that's a brilliant question.
I've listened to your podcastand listened to pretty much
every episode.
So you've got us out and I'vebeen thinking on this question
'cause I knew it's gonna comeoff.
I never came onto your show andI think I've got three in mind
and as I'm gonna go with at theend, the last three in the team
(24:51):
is gonna be.
Mega Gengar'cause it's abrilliant, beautiful, white,
shiny I gotta put marsh shadowin there even though shiny
sucks.
But I've gotta have marsh shadownow.
The original fighting ghost typepoker one.
And I really, I do like garchump, so I'm gonna put
guarders, say it be guard megamarsh in four, five, and six.
(25:15):
Spot one I'm gonna put foralligator
David Hernandez (25:19):
Oh, that's a good one.
DarthStormy (25:21):
especially it's shiny.
It's a nice like green limegreeny kind of shinier.
That's quite.
David Hernandez (25:26):
It's a very underrated, shiny, I'll say that
much, especially from Jodo
DarthStormy (25:29):
Yeah, I'm gonna put in just because of this, the
shiny changes from the bright tothe 3D animations.
I'm gonna put in Purple Charlesart.
'cause that's what it used to bein generation two when you
gethin.
David Hernandez (25:46):
mm-hmm.
It changed the black
DarthStormy (25:47):
Yeah, because of the saturation.
And that's what one spot.
Two.
I know it's got.
David Hernandez (25:54):
You got one more left.
DarthStormy (25:55):
I know it's got, two starters, but they're still
brilliant starters.
and I'm gonna have a secondpseudo legendary in there.
It's gonna be comau, the finalform of Django,'cause that's a
beautiful yellow and pink,shiny.
David Hernandez (26:06):
Well, dark stormy, thank you for coming on.
As The Pokeball Turns, beforeyou go, if people want to
connect with you, if they wannafollow your Facebook page, where
can they go?
By all means, please plug away.
DarthStormy (26:15):
So the Facebook page is mentioned a few times is
Daft Stormy, the Marsh ShadowDaft.
Stormy is all one word.
I do have a couple of othersocials.
There's like TikTok andInstagram.
TikTok is Daft.
Stormy plays with a Z andInstagram is Darth Stormy.
And that's where, pretty muchwhere you can find me.
David Hernandez (26:36):
and thank you for listening to As The Pokeball
Ball Turns, if this storyresonated with you, share the
podcast with the fellow trainerand don't forget to follow us.
For more voices, more journeys,and more memories.
I'm David Hernandez, andremember, your next Pokemon
adventure begins here.
my name is DarthStormy and this is my
Pokemon story.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
David Hernandez (00:42):
Welcome to As The Pokeball Turns, where every
voice, every journey, and everymemory brings us closer to the
world of Pokemon.
I'm David Hernandez and I'mjoined by Star Stormy the Marsh
Shadow.
Welcome to As The Pokeball BallTurns.
Thank you for coming on thepodcast.
DarthStormy (00:56):
Pleasure to be here, Dave.
David Hernandez (00:58):
Absolutely man.
And you know, obviously there'ssome meaning behind Marsh
shadow.
Right.
But I wanna start with just afun question just to kind of
ease things into us for both ofus.
So the question's this, if youcould explore any one Pokemon
location in real life, just forone day, where would you go and
what would you do there?
DarthStormy (01:15):
Oh, that's quite a broad question, isn't it?
I've been playing a lot ofPokemon Legend Zaius recently
before Lord Z, so I'm going tosay turn back cave.
And explore theirs and see whatPokemon still is hiding there.
David Hernandez (01:31):
Why turn back cave?
DarthStormy (01:32):
Well, it's obviously the location where we
find Gina in that game and itjust seems like it's quite
spooky because obviously ghostsand rocks type poke kinda hiding
there.
it'd be interesting to see whatelse is hiding there.
David Hernandez (01:46):
It sounds like, there's some mystery behind it.
There's more to that area thatyou probably didn't experience
in the game.
Is that kind of fair to say?
DarthStormy (01:53):
Yeah, because I, I think to be fair history in is
the, technically my firstintroduction to generation four,
I, I have got the faithfulremakes and I've only played
that briefly.
So I'd like to explore more of,The region slash the region.
David Hernandez (02:11):
Well, what was it like for you to dive into
Pokemon what do you rememberabout those first early days of
those games?
DarthStormy (02:16):
I started my Pokemon journey back in, when it
came to the, to England, becauseI'm in the uk and Pokemon came
to us in the, the late nineties,9 19 98, 99, 9 with the show,
the first couple of games, redand blue, and the trading cards.
at that time everyone seemed tobe in The Pokeball'cause it was
the new thing to be part of backthen.
(02:39):
So everyone was bringing cardsinto school and at luncheon
breaks they'll be bringing theirplace, their game boys and their
Pokemon games, and try not toget the teacher to confiscate
the cards.
David Hernandez (02:53):
It's nice to know that's the same thing that
happened to us over there, soI'm glad it wasn't just a US
thing.
I swear teachers had it out forus with Pokemon.
DarthStormy (03:00):
Yeah, I think it's just the global thing where
teachers don't like us havingany sort of fun.
David Hernandez (03:04):
Did you have a lot of people who played Pokemon
with you in school a lot?
Like how big was it for you overin England growing up?
DarthStormy (03:10):
so my group of friends I was with, I'm pretty
sure played a lot of Pokemon onthe, the games and I had a, a
younger brother, I still got ayounger brother, but he, he's
not really into Pokemon.
He played a little bit and whenhe, but his side of fame was
just used, the first Pokemon heever got.
So he got, he's got his starterand leveled that to the max and
(03:31):
he caught Bogger one, but hedidn't train him up and involved
them and use them.
Starter.
That's it.
Starter.
That's it.
David Hernandez (03:40):
Well, when it came to Pokemon,'cause you said
your brother didn't stick withit, but obviously you did to a
DarthStormy (03:44):
Yeah.
David Hernandez (03:45):
What do you think about Pokemon?
Kept you engaged for as long asit did?
Like what do you think it was atthose early times?
DarthStormy (03:51):
I think a bit more obviously escapism reality
there.
because I, I have a game boyout.
I would be escaping into thelittle world of catching all
these little monsters and havingfun, especially on car journeys
when we went to visit a lot offamily around what?
Around the uk.
'cause anyway, we went to likecertain events that family
(04:12):
members went to.
That was fun.
David Hernandez (04:13):
wow.
Would you like Level A Pokemonor were you just try to beat the
game?
Like how, how much did you playPokemon since you played it a
lot?
DarthStormy (04:20):
I always would be playing it kind of like I am
nowadays, but I guess it's team.
It might not be the best teamthat, or the team that ever
recommends you have for thegame, but I'll find a team that
I think is cool and I'll levelit up evenly.
So in red and blue I obviouslypicked, I think my first thought
was charmander.
(04:42):
Cliche.
Cliche.
A lot of people say that, butyeah, I, and then I'd, that
would get to a certain level andI catch a new poker one and I
put, and so on
David Hernandez (04:56):
I know you lost your Pokemon gold through,
falling in a toilet, if Iremember correctly.
DarthStormy (04:59):
Yeah, I went,
David Hernandez (05:00):
Yeah.
DarthStormy (05:00):
I got folk on gold and the Pikachu version Game
Boy, and I was very happy aboutit.
I was playing that and I thinkwe went to a, a restaurant and I
took it with me to therestaurant to display it.
I went to the bathroom, I poppedit on the, the system of the
toilet whilst I was using thetoilet.
And then this when I finished,just walked out.
like, where's your game boy?
(05:22):
Obviously back then I wasn't, itwas sort of, ah, crap.
So I went back in.
By the time I went back into thecubicle, I then I was like gone.
Bollocks.
David Hernandez (05:30):
Oh my gosh.
I mean, that must have beenheartbreaking to lose your game
boy in such a shitty manner.
pun intended.
DarthStormy (05:40):
I think that was when I
David Hernandez (05:41):
I think that
DarthStormy (05:41):
stopped, kind of poke Pokeball one.
'cause obviously the, I thinkgold and silver came out in
2002, 2003.
that's when I was starting mysecondary school from the age of
11, 12 to 16, 17.
And then when you startingsecondary school, you want to
fit in and be part of the, thecore kids, but looking back, I
never was part of the core kids,but I thought I tried to fit in.
(06:03):
So I stopped playing Pokemon atthe age of 12.
David Hernandez (06:06):
Right.
'cause I guess, I assume Pokemonwas probably, I'll say a kitty
kind of thing, or wasn't popularto be a Pokemon fan at that age.
DarthStormy (06:13):
Yeah, because you, there's all these new scenes
coming up, all these fads, andeveryone's like, oh, this is,
this one's cool.
This one's cool.
I was like, oh, I'm gonna jump,dive into the deep end of that
one.
Dive into the deep end of thisother fad, and folk just left,
stayed behind.
David Hernandez (06:29):
Do you ever regret, leaving Pokemon Behind
for such a reason, or do youkind of feel like it was
necessary
DarthStormy (06:34):
I think at the time I thought it was necessary, but
now if I could go back in time,I would tell my 12, 13-year-old
self go and bug your above.
Go get, get another concertgame.
Boy.
Yeah, it's the new games.
Stick with it.
'cause I'm now in the process ofcollecting all of the games, the
main series game.
So look, red, blue, yellow,gold, silver crystal.
(06:54):
So I've got quite a few of thegames now.
I just need.
To have one of every generation,I just need X or Y.
But I mean, Z technically countsas it's part of technically gen
six, but I want X or Y.
David Hernandez (07:06):
It sounds like Pokemon's more important to you
now than it was back then.
what is it about it now thatwants you to, like you would
tell your past self that, Hey,just stick with Pokemon.
Why would you want to tell yourpast self?
Do you feel like it's moreimportant to be a Pokemon fan to
you now?
DarthStormy (07:20):
I'm in the the mindset of if I find something
fun, I'm going to carry on withwhatever it is.
And at the moment, since PokemonGo came out, that's when I
started return to Pokemon andthat was fun then it still is.
Well.
Isn't fun because obviously theorder changes but it still
Pokemon in general is just funfor me.
(07:41):
So I playing Pokemon Go, I'mplaying the main series games.
I also do a little bit of cardcollecting, so if I find
something fun, I'm gonna investinto that fun item.
David Hernandez (07:50):
It reminds me it's so important how we should
accept what we love.
'cause I remember a friend toldme this one time, why?
'cause I felt ashamed playingPokemon Go at some point, oddly
enough.
And I asked her like, did youever feel like uncomfortable
being this?
Like why would I beuncomfortable about something I
like?
And it kind of changed myperception and it's so important
for us to be able to accept.
What we genuinely like becausethat's part of who we are.
DarthStormy (08:10):
Yeah.
David Hernandez (08:11):
And just like you, now you've come realize
like, you know, obviously you'rea teenager, right?
We are feeling all the emotionswe're trying to fit in.
It makes sense.
But when you get older you kindarealize like, why should I be
ashamed of this?
There's a lot more worse thingsI could be doing besides
Pokemon.
I'm glad I had the hobby.
Now am I probably too investedin it?
Absolutely.
But I don't regret it.
I never do.
(08:31):
And it's always so much fun.
And the people you get toconnect with and all the other,
things we can talk about and wetalk about this podcast, you
know.
DarthStormy (08:37):
Oh yeah, definitely.
Why?
Why?
Corner put, you know, this funhobby of ours into a corner
that's only acceptable here andthere.
Because you got all the othertypes of gamers.
You got the PlayStation gamers,you got the Xbox gamers, the
Call of Duty players.
They're not se question into thecorner.
They're out there like, oh yeah,I played corner of duty and I've
(08:59):
killed this guy seven times, buthe keeps coming back.
I'm gonna kill him again.
I was like, so
David Hernandez (09:05):
Right.
DarthStormy (09:05):
I'm gonna bring out my Pokemon out to the corner and
I'm gonna have fun.
I'm gonna catch all ThePokeball.
I'm gonna shiny hun.
'cause that's also what I likedoing.
David Hernandez (09:14):
What do you like about, why do you like
shiny Pokemon?
DarthStormy (09:16):
It just the, odds are very high to catch, get one.
So it's like trying to figureout the different methods of
shining hunting and then stickywithout.
Because when I was a lotyounger, I didn't have any
patience for anything and Istarted playing Pokemon and Go,
and obviously when it first cameout, there was no shinies.
After shinies were introduced,I'd be catching stuff and like,
(09:37):
huh, this might actually help meout, make me a bit more patient.
And it has.
just love the old kind ofsparkles of folk as well.
I was like, oh, that one lookscool.
David Hernandez (09:45):
it's almost like you're rewarded for being
persistent enough, right?
Because eventually it's gonnashine.
Now it may take a while to getthere, but you feel like you
enjoy that reward of actuallyseeing a different version at
the end of the day.
DarthStormy (09:57):
Because it, to be blunt, it's a, it is a horrible,
monotonous task in counting thesame Pokemon and the same sport
over and over again.
For s and the thousands ofaccounts, especially before was
gen five, when it was one in 8192.
And after
David Hernandez (10:10):
that was before the
DarthStormy (10:10):
however many encounter takes, he, he, the
next he hit walk into, yes, it'sshiny.
David Hernandez (10:21):
Finally.
I mean, obviously every shinyhunter has like maybe this long,
painful, I'll say drawn out,well, maybe not painful, this
long drawn out hunt.
I gotta ask, like, I'm sure youhave one, right?
Do you have one that kind ofcomes to mind?
DarthStormy (10:35):
Well, I've been doing obviously hunting Go,
which is currently encounter theencounters.
Then kind of started in sortingDY as well.
Wasn't really.
Again, encountering encounter.
I just see people on Twitch whowould be doing one that, oh
yeah, I'll jump in here, I'lljump in there and help you out
with the occasional one if youneed an extra person.
So the one that comes to mind isagain, it's installed and
(10:56):
shield.
I was encountering shiny eldergoss.
The Goss.
Oh, what's the base for it?
The Goss.
It's a goss flower, one of thetwo.
And it's such a beautiful,shiny, and I got to, I, it was
1200.
when you think about the shinyodds, it's very early on, but
this is when I got the shinycharm as well, so it's still
(11:17):
under odds'cause encounters forshiny odds in that game is one
in three 1,365, there's still1200 for shiny elgas is under
odds, was brilliant.
I haven't had one that's goneover odds in the first few or
the recent ones yet.
David Hernandez (11:34):
Not yet.
Eventually,
DarthStormy (11:35):
Oh, I'm sure I'm gonna get one.
David Hernandez (11:36):
what's one shiny Pokemon you hope to get
someday?
DarthStormy (11:39):
Oh, I would like to say marsh shadow, but the, you
can't really tell the shyness itgoes into the battle mode.
David Hernandez (11:47):
Yeah, I mean, yeah, count it.
Like, even if it's not released,I know my show's not released,
but if you wanna eventually havethat shine, go for it.
DarthStormy (11:52):
Yeah, when.
David Hernandez (11:57):
Now is Marcha your favorite Pokemon?
'cause we, for those who don'tknow, that's the name of your
Facebook page.
What's the connection withMarsha?
DarthStormy (12:03):
Well, earlier, only if I came back to Pokemon from
Pokemon Go and after Pokemon Gowas let's go, and all the
consecutive switch games.
So I didn't play any Gen four,gen five, gen six, gen seven
games.
So when I found out there wasMarsha that was in the game, I
didn't know what it was.
(12:23):
The Hell's a marsh shadow.
It came out in the Go Fest tocourt here and I was like, this
thing's brilliant.
I love it.
It's got a little weirdannoying, and Moss shadow's got
what I class as a top knot, butit is still brilliant.
It's.
black, gray color scheme, andwhen you go into battle mode, it
face goes this like greenyyellowy color, which is just
(12:46):
brilliant.
I love it From seeing moreshadowing, vocal, go in front
that go fest.
And I just tapped on the screento see what moves man make.
'cause obviously every pop inthat game who tap a screen does
a move as attack.
And I saw it's face go green andyou like, this is brilliant, I
want this thing.
Hey you.
(13:06):
Yes, you with the ears.
Don't go anywhere.
We'll be right back.
Love hearing real stories fromreal trainers.
Help As The Pokeball turnsbecome the best Pokemon
interview podcast like no oneever was.
By joining our Patreon, you'renot just supporting the show.
You're helping more fans sharetheir journeys with the world.
(13:27):
As a thank you, you'll getaccustomed Pokemon Wristband
each month themed after afeatured Pokemon Hand on over to
patreon.com/ As The PokeballTurns and join our community
today.
David Hernandez (13:38):
Well, you mentioned Pokemon Go a lot and I
know that's what brought youback to Pokemon after you took a
hiatus.
What was it about when PokemonGo, was announced and even
released?
What enticed you to want tostart playing that, playing
Pokemon Go?
DarthStormy (13:49):
Well, it, it was actually actually a cowork of
mine when I was, because back in2016 I was working in retail and
the English version of Walmart,which is Asda, and a coworker of
mine goes, have you heard aboutthis?
Can you poker mobile game?
I was like, I've heard of it.
You know, you can download the aPK version of it, right?
Like, wait, you can do that.
It's like, yeah, just GooglePokemon, go a PK file and
(14:10):
download it.
So I downloaded it and I likewhen I got home from that day, I
was like, Hey, cool, let's cantostarters, let's tackle what I
did.
Obviously, I didn't realize youcan only tackle one, like the
original games.
And I think I tapped on Volvosword just'cause it was number
one.
And then obviously the catchingaspects and the collecting
aspects, because obviouslythat's what we are as Pokemon
trainers, and so we'recollectors of these breaches.
David Hernandez (14:34):
And how has playing Pokemon Go changed your
love for Pokemon, or changed howyou connect with the f?
DarthStormy (14:40):
because it's, a mobile game, so you can,
wherever you go in the world,it's with, we've got smartphones
nowadays, so we're gonna takeour smartphone everywhere we go.
And everywhere you go, you,they've not Pokemon Go.
There'd be Pokemon, there'd bedifferent Pokemon, depends on
where you go in the world.
But they'll be Pokemon.
I'd love to go to places like Iknow Mexico for uc or Egypt for
(15:03):
Mira, or it said you live inGreece just to complete the DS
and everything.
David Hernandez (15:09):
It almost feels like you get to live your own
journey through
DarthStormy (15:11):
Yeah.
David Hernandez (15:12):
Have you met a lot of people through Pokemon
Go?
DarthStormy (15:14):
When I first said, when I first started playing, it
was just with the guys from myretail job because we was finish
work, was we had a little likemessenger group chat.
He wasnt me stop at at thispoint because it was, blast or
saw a dragon ice or somethingrare.
So they'd all meet up and thenwe would get group into cars and
drive around catching poker on.
(15:35):
And for dinner a couple yearslater I took a break'cause
obviously nothing new cameeither'cause I wasn't around.
I stopped playing around thetime that Chinese and Gen two
and the raids and all that cameinto the game.
So I didn't realize that thatwas there.
But came back in the summer of2022.
I kept seeing the odd posts hereand there on Facebook.
'cause I'm still friends withsome of the people who were
(15:55):
playing Pokemon Go and they'relike, oh yeah, this is how
they're like is that a shinyPokemon?
Why is that different color?
Because when I went back toPokemon Go, I didn't realize
what Chinese were.
People post and like, what thehell have you done to your, no,
this is to new variation.
It's just shiny sweet.
I can get back into this game.
David Hernandez (16:15):
And I know you met some friends through Pokemon
Go.
How was it to kind of find outthat they were Pokemon bands
too?
And what did those conversationsopen up for you?
DarthStormy (16:23):
When I came back to Pokemon Go, as I say, I was in
the middle of 2022, a coupleyears after that.
During those last, last coupleyears, between 2022 and 2020
into 2023, I was just around mylocal area walk and not really
knowing there anyone sayingelsewhere in Pokemon Go.
And the nature of the work I wasin at the moment moves up to a
(16:44):
different town.
So I had to jump ship and moveto the new town and.
We again, it would go around.
We just walk on around that townand a couple of people I see on
their phones looks like they'recatching pop, just spinning
their finger and the ball theytry and catch and I'd like walk
up to, you're not playing popand go, are you?
(17:08):
Yeah.
At Nick.
True.
That's a i, a good friend ofmine who's is still playing
Pokemon Go to this day.
And between the two of us, wekind of created this to the
community of for Pokemon GoPlayers.
is also there YouTube v loginfour, Pokemon Go as well.
(17:31):
So I mean, a lot of his YouTubevideos just at the very
beginning of his YouTube career.
David Hernandez (17:37):
Did it feel kind of weird being, I guess, in
the background in that kind ofvideo?
'cause I know it can be kind ofintimidating.
DarthStormy (17:43):
Well, because we, we will constantly go to every
weekend when there was adifferent event or a different
raid.
he would host, he would be thehost of it, and I would just be
there supportive.
He would bring me into hisYouTube videos.
And, how should your hunt go?
What's your, what are thehunting for today?
What so you expecting from thisraid and all that sort of stuff?
(18:05):
I dunno yet.
I mean, obviously the withraiding and stuff because
everyone's off to the shuns andI was never lucky enough to get
any shun fire raids
David Hernandez (18:17):
Mm.
I mean, those are hard to get.
Shindo are like, you gotta belucky to get those.
DarthStormy (18:21):
or, or you got be like fleece kicking and mystic
seven and, and paid to do it.
Get them.
David Hernandez (18:26):
Oh yeah.
But they also play hours upon,well, days upon
DarthStormy (18:29):
yeah, that
David Hernandez (18:30):
so.
DarthStormy (18:30):
they're definitely hardcore grinders.
David Hernandez (18:33):
there ever a point, I guess, after you came
to Pokemon Go, you startedplaying more of the games
afterwards?
Was there ever like a moment orsomething that you saw on either
Let's Go BDSP, sword Shield,that kind of made you realize
you were truly back to Pokemonand couldn't put the games down
again?
DarthStormy (18:48):
I'm still currently on my very, very first switch
that came out when the switchofficially launched, and I think
I was that.
Bought sword and I blitzedthrough that.
I mean, I think I mainly boughtsword because it obvious a gala
region.
It is based on the UnitedKingdom.
And I was like, cool.
I got a, a region based on whereI live.
(19:09):
I'm going to explore the helloutta this game, which I did on
my first play for, and I didn'tfind any shinies.
This was before the the DLCscame out.
So I was like, cool, that'scompleted.
Say files, do it again.
And they did that two or threetimes.
Then obviously they, they wouldrelease the Let's go and the
(19:31):
BDSP games and like, okay, let'shave a look at this and see when
let's go.
Came out.
It's a, was a partner game toPokemon Go.
'cause obviously the catchermechanics is same as Pokemon Go.
I'm not really enjoying this'cause you have to try and love
playing in handheld, like, gottatry and position the switch at
(19:51):
the right angle to throw thepool and like, I'm not really
enjoying this, but I've recentlycome back, well I say recently,
it's been a year and a half, twoyears ago.
I've come back to, let's go.
I've, I'm really, let's go.
I've set myself off a couple ofchallenges in let's go and well
this Switch's game as a whole,whereas.
(20:13):
Complete the living deck to getthe shiny charm
David Hernandez (20:15):
Shiny.
DarthStormy (20:16):
and then create a shiny living deck, which is, and
I haven't completed one on anyof the games yet, but I've got a
good chunk except for sword,which is a lot of, encounters.
David Hernandez (20:28):
Well, let's transition to talking about your
Facebook page.
for those listening, you know,you started a Facebook page
called Darth Stormy, the MarshShadow.
We talked about, you know, howMarsh Shadow kind of connected
with you.
What made you wanna start aFacebook page and how did, I
guess you form it?
DarthStormy (20:44):
Well, initially, I just wanted to, this is going
back a few years.
I wanted a, just a, a Pokemonrelated Facebook page, so at
that time, I.
think I did part of a runthrough BDSP and I was like,
Hey, look, my shs, it's evolvedto, to its final form, the
luxury, like that's quite cool.
So I made the, the page calledsomething along lines of luxury.
(21:08):
I can't remember exactly what Icalled it.
So I was as luxury.
Died but I still had it on myaccount.
I was just left it for years.
And then I think December, 2023,I revamped it and it was just,
initially it was just calledDark Stormy 90,'cause that's my
(21:29):
in game name on Pokemon Go.
Just so I could post like acatches shiny catches, Hyundai
catches, rare catches and likeraids that I'm doing with
friends.
so I could try and get a bit,more beefed up.
and then the couple years agoThere's a, group chat for
Pokemon admin pages the admin ofCherry Charma under 2.0.
(21:51):
I commented on one of her payposts about Scarlet and Violet.
I think I was trying to stillcomplete the decks back then.
So yeah, he agreed to help me dosome trade evolutions.
David Hernandez (22:00):
Mm-hmm.
DarthStormy (22:01):
I did got those straight evolutions, I was like,
do you know any, are you able tohelp me promote my page a bit to
get more interaction?
I said, well, there is a groupchat for all of The Pokeball
pages I can invite you to like.
Sure, let's do that.
That'll help.
And it's flourished since then.
And, and then obviously I hadanother look at names with a lot
(22:22):
of the people in that group chatare named after Pokemon, like
obviously Cherry Charmander 2.0,Harry Ga, Hitman Chan, which I
know has been, has been on yourshow.
And then a few hours like that.
So I thought, let's turn, doStormy 90 into a, a Facebook
page that's based on ThePokeball.
And then I went back and Ilooked at some mythical Pokemon.
(22:45):
'cause a lot of the guys in thatchat, they don't have, they're
not mythical Pokemon, they Raf sCrafty and Float Sword and
Charmander around it just toname a few.
so I looked at my Pokemon Goaccount like, you know what?
I really do like that mouthshadow, that according from the
Go Fest a while ago, let'schange to my name.
(23:05):
So since then, that's how Ibecame do storming the mouth
shadow.
David Hernandez (23:10):
And what has it meant to you to have that kind
of support and connection fromthe the Pokeys group, especially
after coming back to Pokemon,later in life?
DarthStormy (23:19):
It is been very helpful because there's recently
a few of the pages that followon Facebook, on Pokemon in
general.
They're doing like feature, likespotlights and posting and
saying about this page or thatpage and the next page.
So like recently my friend and.
(23:41):
Is Beast has had me as afeatured page of the day getting
people to give me a bit morelove, which is brilliant.
Thank you guys for doing thatAnd I've been trying to keep my
activity off.
I'm seeing post work and like,oh, I can put my 2 cents in
here.
I can do my 2 cents in there.
So I'd comment on them and Ididn't like recently I got one
(24:03):
like that from Ros and it's says
David Hernandez (24:05):
Mm-hmm.
DarthStormy (24:06):
all there regular people like under the.
Actual name and then, don'tforget these pages.
And then he lists a load pagesand I was amongst them.
So that's helped out a lot.
David Hernandez (24:16):
Well, Dar Stormy, that's gonna be
interview, but I want to finishon one last question.
If you could have a dream teamof six Pokemon, we'll do shiny
since you're a shiny hunter,what six shiny Pokemon would you
choose?
DarthStormy (24:29):
Oh, that's, that's a brilliant question.
I've listened to your podcastand listened to pretty much
every episode.
So you've got us out and I'vebeen thinking on this question
'cause I knew it's gonna comeoff.
I never came onto your show andI think I've got three in mind
and as I'm gonna go with at theend, the last three in the team
(24:51):
is gonna be.
Mega Gengar'cause it's abrilliant, beautiful, white,
shiny I gotta put marsh shadowin there even though shiny
sucks.
But I've gotta have marsh shadownow.
The original fighting ghost typepoker one.
And I really, I do like garchump, so I'm gonna put
guarders, say it be guard megamarsh in four, five, and six.
(25:15):
Spot one I'm gonna put foralligator
David Hernandez (25:19):
Oh, that's a good one.
DarthStormy (25:21):
especially it's shiny.
It's a nice like green limegreeny kind of shinier.
That's quite.
David Hernandez (25:26):
It's a very underrated, shiny, I'll say that
much, especially from Jodo
DarthStormy (25:29):
Yeah, I'm gonna put in just because of this, the
shiny changes from the bright tothe 3D animations.
I'm gonna put in Purple Charlesart.
'cause that's what it used to bein generation two when you
gethin.
David Hernandez (25:46):
mm-hmm.
It changed the black
DarthStormy (25:47):
Yeah, because of the saturation.
And that's what one spot.
Two.
I know it's got.
David Hernandez (25:54):
You got one more left.
DarthStormy (25:55):
I know it's got, two starters, but they're still
brilliant starters.
and I'm gonna have a secondpseudo legendary in there.
It's gonna be comau, the finalform of Django,'cause that's a
beautiful yellow and pink,shiny.
David Hernandez (26:06):
Well, dark stormy, thank you for coming on.
As The Pokeball Turns, beforeyou go, if people want to
connect with you, if they wannafollow your Facebook page, where
can they go?
By all means, please plug away.
DarthStormy (26:15):
So the Facebook page is mentioned a few times is
Daft Stormy, the Marsh ShadowDaft.
Stormy is all one word.
I do have a couple of othersocials.
There's like TikTok andInstagram.
TikTok is Daft.
Stormy plays with a Z andInstagram is Darth Stormy.
And that's where, pretty muchwhere you can find me.
David Hernandez (26:36):
and thank you for listening to As The Pokeball
Ball Turns, if this storyresonated with you, share the
podcast with the fellow trainerand don't forget to follow us.
For more voices, more journeys,and more memories.
I'm David Hernandez, andremember, your next Pokemon
adventure begins here.
Popular Podcasts
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
Are You A Charlotte?
In 1997, actress Kristin Davis’ life was forever changed when she took on the role of Charlotte York in Sex and the City. As we watched Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte navigate relationships in NYC, the show helped push once unacceptable conversation topics out of the shadows and altered the narrative around women and sex. We all saw ourselves in them as they searched for fulfillment in life, sex and friendships. Now, Kristin Davis wants to connect with you, the fans, and share untold stories and all the behind the scenes. Together, with Kristin and special guests, what will begin with Sex and the City will evolve into talks about themes that are still so relevant today. "Are you a Charlotte?" is much more than just rewatching this beloved show, it brings the past and the present together as we talk with heart, humor and of course some optimism.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.