JamesToaster

I just dont like the nature of the business of trading card games. My older siblings starting collecting when they first came out with pokemon cards. By the time I started collecting it was around the 4th or 5th generation of pokemon. I just remember that i could never really play my cards with my siblings cards because they were so overpowered compared to the older cards. Nowadays its literally impossible to play with the original or anything near the original and have a chance of winning. Nearly every single modern 2nd evolution card could easily stomp the original's charizard, a third evolution and considered the most powerful card in the original series. I mean, the ex and mega pokemon make charizard look like a starter. I get why the cards get more powerful over time, it makes the consumer want to buy the latest cards, but it caused me to not care one bit about pokemon cards.

is "STEAM" supposed to be "STEM"? or is there a new word in that acronym? or is he talking about something else?