SO. what's the deal here?
Hi there! My name is Melody and I am (self proclaimed) the worlds largest ralts fan! Over the past five years I have collected what must be the worlds largest ralts collection in the world - or at least one of them. This website is here half to showcase what i have, and have to share the knowledge i have gained and continue to gain about the lovely friendly line :)
Coding is not my strong suit - this is something that I will slowly be working on for a while. I have a weebly for this technically already started but due to the state of the internet neocites feels like a better fit, even if it will be harder to setup yaknow? any tips or guides would be GREATLY appreciated.
Ralts? Really?
Yep! So backstory time - Imagine being 7 at summer camp and you see a group of (frankly terrifying) 13 years olds all huddled around two weird plastic boxes. you trundle over there and peek your head over to see what they are doing. one has A Mario game and the other has something that is beyond captivating - Pokemon Ruby. I was hooked. I spent all summer,- Between playing in the sand pit, cheating older kids out of money at UNO, and failing at making boondoggle - watching these Boys send out there monsters and run around a pixleated world like nothing I had seen before. I apprently mentioned it and the GBA SP so much that come a family trip to visit my uncle, LO AND BEHOLD, A GBA SP... abd Mario. Now dont get me wrong mario 3 for the gba is fantastic and I sunk so many hours into that thing, but it was a couple months later when I finally got my hands on Pokemon Ruby and my life was, cheesy or not, changed forever.
The sheer amount of time I sunk into that game, and every subsequent game since is more than i would admit to anyone who isn't already deep into the hobby. A lot, to say the least. :D
Ralts though, starts becuase of wally. I love wally he is a fantastic little dude, and i was so so so charmed at 8 years old through the whole catching a ralts tutorial. It made me like wally yeah, but it made me LOVE ralts, becoming so interested in this cute little dude. Even my first playthough, where understanding the mechanics of the game were - well. shakeyu at best - I remember spending an hour or two just to find and catch ralts. I love the dex entries, I love the design, I love the evolutions, I love it all.
Despite the love of the games, I actually detested the cards untill 2016. Idk being A young girl who was already a nerd about video games and books, card games were a step too far. I hated the attitude the boys in my school who played (and it was really only boys at that point) were about girls who were nerdy, and about tcgs. Loved the art, and I do remember stealing some of my ssiters cards she got in 2nd grade at one point - but it just wan't in the cards -HAH- for me at that point
2016 rolls around though. I'm in my second year of college, the finals months of gen six are rolling through, and I'm getting off the shuttle to go to walmart. I needed a break from everything and wanted, more than the destination tbh, a bit of quiet night scenery. But since i dont have a car that means a trip to the one desitnation my college town had, the Walmart. Walking through, wasting time for the shuttle to come back and what do I see? steam siege pack, gardevoir right on the front. I buy it, brinmg it back to my dorm, and open it. The art is fantastic and more importantly, there in the back is the true pull of the pack: Gardevoir spirit link. I was so overjoyed to have a ralts line card, Had never thought about the fact that ralts and the line even HAD Cards.
over the next couple of months I bought 2 more steam siege packs, but overall forgot about collecting. spring forward to 2019, I've graduated and looking for a job. have a bit of cash to burn via graduation giftcards and rememeber the Gardevoir card from years ago, and decide to look for some ralts cards. So i bouhgt a couple and the journey began.
Since then I have ammassed hundreds of cards for various sets, and most importantly, many MANY MANY M A N Y cards for ralts and the line. When I Do the official count I'll put it here but i easily have 150-300 ralts, kirlia, gardevoir, wally, and even Gallade cards. Like I don't know who has the biggest amount of ralts line cards in the world, and it doesn't truly matter, but it would be neat to say it's me if it actually is you know?
changelog thing (this location will change)
so this page is a big work in progress. in no order here what I am going to be working on:
- card database (will take longer but i can do it while i move)
- Get the collection, sorted, take pictures, document (big reason for the site is so i can actually keep track of my collection. theres alot sortov just. everywhere at this point)
- Move in! (not a site thing but i am moving and it obv has a big affect on the site and the time it will take to get set up etc)
- grails/what i want! (as well as merch i have, theres a lot that i have taken phots of in general, as well as grails that i have. ONE DAY YOU WILL BE MINE, GEN THREE KOREAN MUDKIP PRECONSTRUCTED DECK ONE DAYYYYYYYY......)