Always glad to have another reader join!knight of some random number said:Just read through the first three chapters, great work on catching that shiny.
Also to answer your thread questions. Yes I have played Pokemon Ruby, it was my favourite Gameboy Advance game and my favourite type is the water type. I like them because of their stats and are capable of learning some awesome attacks not just water, a lot of them such as my favourite water type Milotic are capable of learning my favourite move, Mirror Coat.
Water is what I always picked as a stater type, till generation 5. In gen 4, I barely used my starter, and got my high level Swampert as soon as I could. In Gen 5, I picked Grass. Then again, I barely played Gen 5, so that's not much, anyways.