Recent content by Flaming_Spinach

So... It turns out that everyone's favorite vegetable on fire might (possibly) have the opportunity to make it to his first tournament in a couple years. The only difficulty is that he needs to borrow some cards (not many. Only, like, 59.) Assistance would be greatly appreciated! (A PM...

Have fun without me.

Anyone who wins with Spinning Tail is leet in my book.

Okay, I'll bite. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this one of the reasons we moved away from Gym Challenges in the first place? Because players could sit out the entire year, then show up at a Gym Challenge and win a trip to Worlds? I thought one of the purposes of rating invites was...

I think the goal should be to reduce the tools available (and thus, ways to game the system) as much as possible. Yes, there will always be unfairness. But it can certainly be reduced a great deal. BTW, I am against Intentional Draws as well, for the exact same reason -- they encourage...

I felt this was important enough to go back and quote. If seeing how ELO damages the integrity (and spirit) of this game is not enough, a look at the way other games are run should present some fresh ideas and perspective. We have players dropping after securing their place in the topcut at...

"Play! Points"? I like it. Creative, fun. Rolls off the tongue nicely. :thumb: I think the solution is some version of the ProPoints system -- a system where players gain points for making the topcut at a tournament, but get no change if they miss the cut. This is, as stated before, a...

Thank you, Yoshi. This is one of the most illustrative posts I have ever read on this forum. Play at Nats, get a little bad luck, and lose an invite because you played it out instead of drop? The major problem here is that any system where players are penalized for playing the game is...

Because: [Playing in Hawaii and going 1-5] > [Sitting at home folding socks]

Some of the details may be off, but you are pretty close.

Pete, I must start by saying I agree with you. I believe a National Championship should be a showcase of all the best players a country has to offer. And, specifically for the US, should be a tournament that features players from the entire country. North, South, East and West. Seahawks fans and...

So, I won a Pokemon Scholarship a few years ago, and I was looking to use it to pay for college this quarter. However, I have lost the papers needed to claim said scholarship. Question is, what do I do from here? Do any of you TOs/PUI Guys have any advice? PS. I have plenty of...

One does not contradict the other, does it?

Thank you Ilikegengar! It's good to know that I have a group of dedicated readers, even if it is only 1 at them moment. @ the rest of you: a lot of you are mentioning that you may buy a copy, but none of you have done so yet (Trust me. I know). What are you waiting for?

Someone told me that only one word in English rhymes with 'orange', but I can't figure out what it is.