| The Pokémon Society has had a rather peculiar history compared to the majority of TSR's societies. It was born on the 12th of February 2007 after a conversation in the shoutbox between various members. Yet it was Juwel who created the society. After barely a month's existance, the society established itself and became the very first society to be moved out of Society Chat into Societies. Juwel appointed dangle his co-leader and the society rocketed on, eventually needing two more leaders. theredsox was appointed by Juwel and dangle chose Jangrafess.
However, a few months later it was moved back again, due to being full of dirty rotten spammers. By this point, Juwel and dangle were inactive and theredsox and Jangrafess took control of the Pokémon Society. Although the other two have never been notified of this.
On the 18th December 2007, Jangrafess and theredsox decided to sort out this horrible spammy mess. Jangrafess was made the original poster of the society and an anti-spam drive was initiated. With the creation of this wiki page, as well as various competitions and a proposed meet for the members, the dream is to be eventually moved back to Societies.
On the 22nd December, the Pokémon Society was nominated for the top thread award of 2007, an amazing coup. The result came in on the 30th December and the thread finished in fifth place, which is not at all a bad standing. On the 13th February 2008, the Pokésoc celebrated its first birthday in style, Juwel (who had returned by that point) posting a tribute to all the members.
Sad news on the 26th March as Juwel informed Jangrafess that he no longer thought he should be a leader, asking to be officially removed, along with dangle.
Great news however, on the fourth April as the Society's anti-spam initiative was highly successful! The soc is now back in Societies proper. A momentous achievement for us all. However, it is imperative that we keep the lack of spam up.
Then, several years later, when thestudentroom updated to use vBulletin 3.8, the society became one of the first social groups to use photo albums, with an extensive list of pokémon avatars uploaded. skipp, paddy and marcusmerehay replaced the inactive theredsox and Jonah Ramone as leaders. It was around this time that long-standing leader Jangrafess left the site, he will be missed by all.
Now, at the begining of 2012, the pokémon society is on it's 3rd thread, situated in the Entertainment forum. Skipp has replaced Jangrafess as leader & on the 9th January 2012 two new deputies Cambo211 & Our Glorious General Descended From Heaven R.J. Omega joined marcus & paddy. The Society has introduced a chat thread...harking back to the old spamming days...here's to a good 2012
Yours,  ,  and 
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