Ohh man, how to do this without getting banned....
Jax32498742364, you should stop talking, lest you hurt yourself even more. I don't know you, or your family, but this whole thread came off as sour grapes. You and your son are clearly upset that he was eliminated. Get over it, it's pokemon cards. We do this for fun, and not to trash other people's accomplishments.
I know Dan a little bit, before nationals had never met Dave, or his father. Dave played one of my good friends in T4, Grafton R. Dave hit his flips game 1 to seal it, he MISSED his flips game 2 to lose G2, and then G3 was close, but wasn't decided by flips.
They took his coin because it was pointed out to be before 1995 or some year. That's what I was told when speaking to a TPCi official who will remain nameless. There was never a question about the coin being altered, or his integrity being in question. He was given a new coin to use, then he missed a few flips in a row, before hitting the flip he needed to WIN the tournament.
To the kid who got 2nd, I know your grapes are sour, and you will likely use this as an excuse that you got 'cheated' out of winning nats. Say whatever you need to say to make yourself feel better. You just weren't as lucky as you needed to be, or as Dave was that day. Getting 2nd is a great accomplishment, don't ruin it by being petty that you didn't win.
My opinion? People get into habits. I have a metagross coin that I use every tournament, in play testing, whenever I even THINK about flipping a coin. Is it because I know how to flip it? Maybe. I like to think I can get a few more heads than tails with it, but if I were to sit down and flip 1000 coins, I'm sure it'd be about even.
Sometimes it's more about habit and rituals than actually being lucky. It's the same reason athletes wear the same shoes/socks/etc. (when you go beyond sponsers obv)
This thread is so petty. There are so many people on this site these days, that are just ready to burn people at the stake for things that haven't even been proven. So many of you are just on a witch hunt that you all need to just log off the internet for a few hours.
OldSchool pokegym ftw (wizpog etc)
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You can insist all you want but coins are legal so he/she can use them if they choose to.
Good luck, I had three people ask me to roll a die at nationals. not gonna happen