*applauds*Anyway, I personally feel the argument about things such as inflatables is flawed because the tournament is not ALL about who gets invites. This is a game - for everyone. For serious players, for collectors, for random kids. The kids could care less about the politics behind trips, I saw some 10- who lost invite trips because of poor Nats showing but were running around having a great time with the inflatable Pokeballs.
The point is - they are for a different audience. Just like invites are for a certain audience. POP could just stop giving out stuff at things like Cities, States, Regionals, League, and just turn that extra money into more invites...but guess what. People would be really upset. And by people I don't mean 100 guys from PokeGym, I mean 1,000s of little kids.
I know you all love the game, but don't love it just for yourselves. I live for the big tournaments, but I know that the game doesn't live for me - it lives for everyone.
'mom