You can make an avatar with items you don't own. If you scroll down on the avatar page, there's a big button that says "What if I had all the items" I have to tell people this, because everyone thinks they have to play the games to earn coins at first, xD
Haha. Well I have plenty of derp moments myself. Like having Dratini use two dragon moves against an opponent with Bide. Twice in a row. So yeah I'm not the sharpest battler either. XD
Well, that's sort of reassuring, haha. I've definitely tried to listen to as much advice as I can - I've been very pleased with how welcoming this community seems so far!
You can disregard my cancellation, I think i'll stay and see this one through. I became rather down lately because I was under the impression I was building up a poor reputation given what happened this morning...But now i'm feeling just better enough to keep going!