Okay. This is going to be short and sweet.

First of all, to preserve our sanity, we decided to only print a few of the most interesting poll responses this time round. All the votes sent in were counted, though.

Second of all, please, please, when you send in your votes, identify your vote by letter (preferably in a prominent location at the beginning of the answer.) This prevents the inevitable late-night spikes in blood pressure, or at least keeps them to a minimum. "Um, Vulpix, this guy answered Kangaskhan. What letter is that again?"

Okay, first of all, the tabulated responses. #1 was not quantified, since it was a short-answer question. That was a bad idea, and we ain't gonna do that no mo'.

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2)

A. 15
B. 5
C. 3
D. 2
E. 1
F. 2

3)

A. 31
B. 6
C. 1
D. 0

4)

A. 5
B. 8
C. 11
D. 3
E. 3
F. 0

5)

A. 10
B. 7
C. 3
D. 9
E. 1
F. 1
G. 5

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Just in case you might conceivably want to know what the original questions were, here dey are:

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2) How desperate are you for Gym?

A. ME ME ME! MINE MINE MINE! NOW NOW NOW!!!!
B. More Impatient than a Senior waiting for a fun-filled Spring Break at the beach without the family!
C. Gym? No, I don't work out, I'm a cyborg attached to my computer and must not pass into direct sunlight or exert myself.
D. I'm happy with my Raindance/Haymaker/Stereotype as-is. NOTHING could make it better.
E. *drool* Erika's Dragonair is a hottie!
F. *drool* Lt. Surge is a hunkmeister!
G. Other

3) Who usually buys your pokemon stuff?

A. Yourself.
B. Your parents.
C. Your parents, but you pretend that you buy them so people don't think you're spoiled.
D. You steal them.
E. Other

4) Do you play Magic: The Gathering?

A. No, and I have no desire to. Magic sucks.
B. No. A friend of mine tried to teach me once, but whenever he used the word "tap" my eyes glazed over.
C. No, but if I had more time/money/whatever I might give it a whirl.
D. Yes, but I'm a pretty casual player. Pokemon takes priority right now.
E. Yes, and I'm a serious tournament player. My Dojo deck will crush you!
F. Yes, and I have a black-bordered Black Lotus signed by the artist. Fear me.
G. Other

5) If all Spike's Pokemon had a battle, who would win?

A. Vulpix
B. Arcanine
C. Lapras
D. Jolteon
E. Ponyta
F. Meriipu
G. Kangaskhan

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Now den. Here dey are. De responses!

>1.  Sabrina guess that why i like physic so much
>
>2.  A i'll beat anyone down trying to get boosters befor me twin beam
>rifle
>online
>
>3.  A & B- i buy them out of my own money, i trick my parents inot
>buyign
>them. and i get my bro to buy me some(good oll mafia)
>
>4.  C- with my limited cash one tcg is hard enough
>
>5.   B- no offense but arcanine can eat vulpix in gulp after the
>flamethrower, after ridding hte world of anything named pikachu(DIE
>PIKACHU DIE A HORRIBLE DEATH)


VULPIX: Um, Spike... this is one of the more interesting poll responses?

SPIKE: All right, all right. So sue me.


>It's everyone's favorite furry blue Mock Dragon again... no, not Sapphire Star... it's RainStrom!
>
>Question #1: First Gym Leader or Episode...
>The first episode I remember seeing was where Ash meets Sabrina for the first time. I thought Abra was >cute, and was disappointed when it hasn't been much seen since then.
>The only reason I started watching Pokémon was because I was used to watching The Snorks on Cartoon >Network before I had to go to school. But unfortunately, one week Cartoon Network went spastic and I >was forced to seek other morning amusements. I flipped by Pokemon once or twice then decided it was >better than the 150 infomercials on at 6:30 a.m.! Been hooked ever since!
>
>Question #2: How desperate are you for Gym?
>Oh dear. I'm choosing E AND F because Erika's Dragonair IS a hottie (Once she evolves, OhDrat wants >me to set her up with him... if Erika's Dragonair IS a him!) and because Lt. Surge IS a hunkmeister. At >least in the cards. He's gross in the video games, crude on the show, but a droolworthy hunkmeister in >the cards!
>
>Question #3: Who buys your Pokémon Stuff?
>I've opened maybe 35 booster packs, possibly more (I've only ever pulled about 8 holofoils though) and >only 6 of those booster packs were not purchased by me. My first two booster packs (Scoop Up and SER) >were a gift from my sister. Then my Mom bought me one for doing a chore (Dark Magneton, holo), and >my Grandma got me 3 base set 2 packs (Pidgeotto, Imp. Oak, and Scoop Up) All the rest were bought >with skipped lunch money and birthday/christmas money! (soon I'll splurge with Graduation Gift >money!!)
>But usually it's Me, so I'll go with Letter A!
>
>Question #4: Dost thou playeth Magic the Gathering?
>I'm answering with C... I've tried Magic a few times, but I'm not as obsessive over it as I am with >Pokemon Cards. If I ever do start playing Magic... I'll probably borrow my sister's cards (she was into it >a few years back but now her cards have been banished into the realm of "nifty bookmarks")
>
>Question #5: If Spikey's Pokés had a battle, who'd win?
>Well, I think G: Kangaskhan, would win, based on generalized nonsense. Lapras would take out all of >the fire Pokémon, Jolteon and Merripu would take out Lapras, and Kangaskhan is at least partly a >ground type, immune to electricity... and she's a big mother too so she'll protect her baby like a lunatic.
>
>I'd send some ideas for further polls but Mom is threatening to beat me if I don't go find some online >scholarships instead of goofing off... *sigh* Maybe later! :)
>
>Rainy the Furry Blue Mock Dragon
>And Oh Drat, the Bratty Blue Poké Dragon!


VULPIX: Rainy seems to show up a lot...

SPIKE: Are you complaining?

VULPIX: Heck no.


>Wassup! Me again! ShortyandGuido (The split personality freak)! You know I just relized I never put >my name on any of my letters. Well neway on to the poll...
>
>1) The first one we saw was Lt. Surge because I didn't know Misty or Brock were Gym Leaders.
>
>2) G) Misty Tears *drool and _____ (fill in the blank)*
>
>3) E) All of the above. We get money from parents and we steal from my neighbors.
>
>4) G) My friend taught us but we forgot how to play so we have a few cards that suck but we like the >artwork. Guido: No I don't you dumb fragger. Shorty: Shut up Guido.
>
>5) Shorty: A) Vulpix might hurt me if I said something else. Guido: Pansy, my Zapdos would kill you >all because he is the largest of his species (he is over 50 ft tall and over 2 tons in weight) and can take >the largest of all the attacks ever thought up. (Even from the Gold/Silver series).
>
>Shorty: Well Guido we also have the 7ft tall Hitmonchan, the 10 ton Golem, the 200ft long Gyarados, >the green Vaporeon (female), the Mew and Serebii, Lugia (scares Guido), a blue Jolteon (brother to the >Vaporeon when they were Eevees), a female Vulpix (very attracted to you Vulpix), and a Scyther (I >know he doesn't have any rare qualities but he is a help around the house when the others are out of line >and for some reason he likes the look of Crash's fish). We are also looking for a rare Flareon (different >color and related to the Jolteon and Vaporeon whose mother had its "kits" near Cinnabar Island).
>
>Guido: Lugia doesn't scare me he just.... well okay he scares me *sniff*
>
>Shorty: Stop making us cry Guido.
>
>Guido: Let's go find some more rare PKMN that'll make me feel better.
>
>ShortyandGuido: Okay we are signing off.


VULPIX: Guido and Shorty.

SPIKE: Shorty and Guido.

BOTH: Hehehehehe.


>Question 1:
>The gym leader I remember first is Brock, I watched the show since the
>beginning and he is a real gym leader. (unlike misty, her sisters were
>the
>gym leaders on TV.)
>
>Question 2:
>A!!!! When does it come out! I just6 hope it is not as big a
>dissapointment
>as rocket was to us speed deck lovers!
>
>Question 3:
>A. I always buy myself. Although some times I get cards as gifts.
>
>Question 4:
>E. I wish to play, but I dont know anyone else who does. I like all
>TCG's but
>think that WOTC will make that harry potter TCG total crap. (like they
>try to
>do with pokemon)
>
>Question 5:
>G: Kangaskahn has no weakness to any of your other pokemon. Plus he was
>cruel
>with that metal pole! (thats right, its the guy who picked on vulpix
>and you
>sent over kanga to torture me with a metal pole.)
>
>Seeya!


VULPIX: Ahh, I see you survived Kanga's ministrations. Are you able to walk yet?

SPIKE: Gym? Speed decks? One word: TR Hitmonchan.


>Hey, I'm back again for the fourth round of completely-pointless-but-fun-to-see-the-resultspolls (and yes, >that long word is in my Big Dictionary of Unkown and 1-minute Long Combined Words), and hey, it's >as good as ever. Anyways, on to the submission of my totally random answers (well, random being that I >think about each for 3 days).
>
>1). Misty was the first ever seen on the show. And, since I didn't get Channel 13, my first episode was >the episode WB started out with: The Problem with Paras
>
>2). GIMME NOW, DAMNIT! HURRY UP, STUPID WOTC!!! CUMMON!!! (in other words, A)
>
>3). B. Heck, I have to save, save, save for college, considering I'm not old enough to have a job yet =). >Come on, July 13 (birthday, turning 16, btw, I'm still stuckthe living hell known as high school grade, >SH*T!). I still buy at least 2/5 of my cards, but mostly my mom gives them to me for doing good on >anything (grades, behavior, other junk, etc.)
>
>4). G. I do play, but it's hard to find Magic players in my school. Magic is dead where I live. I can only >play my sister occasionally when she's home from college during the summer and when she's not out >working, which is never.
>
>5). Hm... The great one named Vulpix (who should be Ninetales without a Fire Stone, from all the >victories you've earned just by your looks) would step in a case peace, or death to all.
>
>Well, anyways, that's it. See ya later.
>
>NIGHT SHADOW, MASTER OF THE NIGHT


VULPIX: Hehehe.

SPIKE: What, were you expecting coherence? 'Tis 10:41 PM.


>You've got some really interesting questions this week, or so I think.
>Anyway, on with the poll.
>
>1) Which Gym  Leader do you first remember seeing on an episode of
>Pokémon?  Do you remember your first episode?
>Hmm...If my memory serves me (which it usually never does) the first >Gym
>Leader I saw on the show was Erika and the Rainbow Badge.  And, yes, I
>remember the first episode that I saw.  It was the Island of Giant
>Pokémon episode.
>
>2) How desparate are you for Gym?
>B.  I'm not going nuts over it, but I can't wait. =)
>
>3) Who usually buys your pokémon stuff?
>B.  Mom forks over the cash from time to time for a few boosters if we
>can find them.
>
>4) Do you play Magic: The Gathering?
>B.  No, but I have tried to learn.  Some of my cousins play Magic
>(heavily) and have tried to teach me, but it never quite clicked with
>me
>like Pokémon did.
>
>5) If all of Spike's pokémon had a battle, who would win?
>Ooooh, this is a toughie.  Well, I'm going to go with F, Meriipu.
>Electric sheep are just cool.


VULPIX: Hmm, Meriipu finally got a vote.

SPIKE: Electric sheep, hmm... *falls asleep*

VULPIX: Go answer this week's polls.


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