I'm not a great fan of the competitive scene, most of my videogame time is spent playing WoW, and I'm competitive enough in that as it is, so having two games to spread my competitive nature is a bit above and beyond what I'm capable of, time-allowance wise. As for the animé, I haven't watched that in years now. I'm not the biggest fan of animé overall though, which is part of the reason.
Most of my interest in Pokémon is nostalgia related to be honest, I'm a massive fan of the first two generations of the games, and am really happy about the gold and silver remakes.
As for the rules, it's not as bad as some people make it out to be. You just need to take the bad things here in stride because ultimately, they're going to happen and there's not much you can do but bite the bullet, which is especially true for the moderating team here. Sadly it's something that a lot of members we have still need to learn, but for the most part I think it's all good.