CWC's Pokésite 2



CWC's Pokésite 2 is one of Chris's earliest websites about Pokémon, launched on 22 July 1999. Chris made a poorly translated Spanish version, which shows that his Spanish name is Ricardo W. Chandler. According to the sign, Chris made Espanolic the mascot of the Spanish version.

The email listed on the page is itsameCWC@aol.com, probably a reference to the opening splash screen of Super Mario 64, where Mario says his iconic phrase: "It's a-me, Mario!".

History
In his resume, Chris proudly proclaims both the Spanish and English versions as having been created from "notepad scratch" thanks to his HTML classes. Given the quality of the sites, it is largely assumed that "notepad scratch" is a euphemism for "pulled out of his ass". Like everything else of a visual nature that Chris has produced, the sites were nothing short of eye rape. The website was spawned out of his fetish for Pokémon and originally featured Sonichu as the mascot.

The site's logo, shown below, was designed by Miranda Joyce Mitchell, one of Chris's high-school gal-pals, as a school assignment. This is why it looks good.

In addition to the godawful aesthetics, the site also has a number of HTML errors. For example, the title image is aligned to the left of the screen, because Chris wrote  when he meant. This would have been obvious to Chris unless he'd been testing the site on a 640x480 monitor (already obsolete in 2001 ), and it would tend to make his work look even less professional to a software engineer who was considering him for a Web-development job.

Current status
Since the website has been at various times hosted on Chris's other fail webspaces, its current status is the same as theirs, which is to say, inactive and archived. He doubtlessly has a copy hanging around somewhere though, since Chris seems to feel that everything he produces is pure gold.

Content
While the site's nominal purpose was to sperg about Pokémon, the content of the site suggests that Chris's ulterior purpose for the site was to sell himself as a cool person and make friends, just as his later Sonichu's News Dash was really about attracting a boyfriend-free girl. Chris hoped that there would be extensive community feedback--the art section was for "drawings from you and me," for example. There was also a "Cool Letters" section, which remained vacant. He practically begged people to sign his guestbook, and, of course, there was the prominent "About the Author" section, where Chris's already-enormous ego was apparent.

This archived edition was last updated on 15 January 2009.

Front page


New logo was designed by Maranda Mitchell and Me. :)

Launched on July 22, 1999

Updated: 1/15/2009

Welcome...

To CWC's PokéSite 2!

To add frames to see my other cool sites, click here! 8)

Enjoy your visit! :)

Please visit again for many Updates, be sure to Bookmark us, and be sure to tell your friends about us, too. And, please sign the Guestbook.


 * A Real Pokémon Trading Card Game Section.
 * An Art section with drawings from you and me.
 * A PokéCheats Section.
 * A Downloads section.
 * Updated News more often.
 * Cool Letters section.
 * A Pokémon Card section.
 * A Section of cool Links.
 * About the Author: Christian W. Chandler.
 * Please, Sign my Guestbook.


 * And a whole lot more!!!

And, if you want to see the original CWC's PokéSite, here is the link.

CWC's PokéArt Section
Clicking this link to brought you to 24 of Chris's homemade Pokémon trading cards, some of the earliest entries in The Wall of Originals.

CWC's Downloads!
This page included links to the American and Japanese Pokémon themes. There were also .mpg movies entitled "Pikachu Vs. Raichu", "Ash and Pikachu", and "Team Rocket's Motto". taken from a site called "Pikachu's Place." Finally, under "Programs/Games/Other," one could play five games provided by "Insomniac Pokemon's Top 100 Pokemon Sites."

CWC's Pokenews
Sonichu's got a promotion! 8)}}

Here Chris linked to a boring review of "Sonic Adventure, 1999."

Pokemon Cards Section
Chris followed this with a long list of cards and their qualities.

Now in Spanish
Chris went to the trouble of translating most of the site into Spanish. He didn't quite finish. Here are some samples:

Introductory sign (see right)
Translation:

Front page


Chris also translated the "About the Author" section. He did not update this translation after turning 18, and so did not identify himself as "Single and lonely" or include a link to girlfriend requirements, as he would in the English-language version.

Guestbook
Seventeen people signed the website's guestbook. Most of the details of the first seven entries appear to have been lost. Since Bob and Barb signed the guestbook of his first site, we can assume that Chris pressured them to sign this one too. On 29 July 1999, seven days after launch, a friend signed and told Chris that she hoped he would continue learning HTML. On 30 September, one Mrs. Johnson signed and said that she knew of "others" who would like his website, and that she would let them know about it. The last ten guests are below. One of them was "Sonichu," who says it's a "terrific site." One was a fellow student. Two were companions from the Pokemon league. The last was from a "friend" from PVCC named Nicole. This is rare evidence of a college peer paying Chris any positive attention whatsoever.

8. Name: AmerZ-ChaN

Website: [ sonikku7 seisaku ]

Referred by: Just Surfed On In

Time: 1999-12-05 00:39:13

Comments: Weii!! Cute site ^__^;; keep up the good work, maybe I can see a little more of Jiggly Puff...?^^!! hehe, ish my favorite n_n;

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9. Name: Mrs. A Raghu

Referred by: From a Friend

From: Richmond, VA

Time: 2000-01-22 03:55:53

Comments: Nice Page Christian, Keep up the good work...Pokemon is sooo cute too!! -Mrs. Raghu

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10. Name: Jaime

Referred by: Just Surfed On In

From: richmond

Time: 2000-01-22 19:42:18

Comments: Hola Recardo! ¿Como estas? This is jaime... in your spanish 2 class... really cool site dude... keep up the good work...

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11. Name: Scott

Website: The Pokemon Deck Doctor

Referred by: Just Surfed On In

Time: 2000-01-26 01:53:17

Comments: Good job on the site! I linked to you.

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12. Name: Megan Mitchell

Referred by: From a Friend

From: Virginia

Time: 2000-03-04 02:39:34

Comments: Hey Christian, This is Maranda Mitchell's sister. Ijust wanted to tell you, you are very good at drawing. Well see ya later. Megan Mitchell

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13. Name: Mrs. Dunlap

Referred by: From a Friend

From: Manchester High School

Time: 2000-03-16 17:36:14

Comments: It is nice to see how your website looks after adding your new logos. Did you tell Maranda that you used her logos on your site? Nice Work. See you in class tommorrow.

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14. Name: Jarrett Deane

Referred by: Just Surfed On In

From: Chesterfield,Virginia

Time: 2000-04-24 01:42:13

Comments: Hi Christian it's Jarrett from the Poke'mon League. I'll prove it our gym leader is Mark. We go to Books-a-Million. Our gym leader used to be Lynn. See you Saturday.

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15. Name: Sonichu

Website: El PokeSite de RWC 2!

Referred by: Just Surfed On In

From: Poke World

Time: 2000-07-26 20:06:53

Comments: Terrific site! 8)

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16. Name: Jason

Referred by: From a Friend

From: Charlottesville

Time: 2000-08-16 03:22:22

Comments: Hey Christian!! Just checked out your page. Pretty cool!!! I liked the pokemon cards you drew up. Oh, do you know who I am. I met you at the Toys 'R Us league. I beat you with that Moltres stall deck, remember? Good luck at PVCC...and keep the site updated (if you've got time)!! Hasta Lavista, Jason

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17. Name: Nicole

Referred by: From a Friend

From: Born in MI, live in VA

Time: 2000-08-31 04:54:56

Comments: Hi Christian! Good job! I would never be able to do that. Good luck in all that you do. Your friend from PVCC- Nicole