2011 VGC info updated!
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sdrawkcab
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Well, thanks for letting us know what's up. Glad to hear there was at least some plans at expansion
Eh, its cool. (Eh for emphasis by the way!). I think the three age divisions will be a lot more beneficial than Canada having Nationals this year, anyway. While we like to whine about Canada not getting it, I just don't know what the turn out would be. It isn't an easy country to transverse like the UK, etc. If you put it in Toronto, you can be assured people from the west likely won't attend. It'd need more than one, and that's improbable.
About time Italy got an event. I, at ******, noticed that the Italian crowd has been growing so that was also a nice idea.
Besides... Canada has Seattle... >
sdrawkcab
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Besides... Canada has Seattle... >
Mike was hoping to run the VGC along with the TCG nationals (day two most likely). Meaning most of the Western players willing to travel for events would likely be there already.
Canada doesn't have Seattle....Vancouver has Seattle....huge difference.
I didn't miss what Mike said at all. I attended Seattle last year while living in Saskatchewan, and will be attending this year as well.
I am just saying it is not a big deal, realistically, and trying to please Canada with enough events would be a huge strain on the budget and would not make your travel costs go down any less. You can find some flights to Seattle or Newark for about $300 round trip if you start looking hard enough.
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Is that for all the age divisions combined or just Masters?
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I guess the word "total" means it's for all divisions - and Masters was called Seniors last year. ^^
Alakalen
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It may be the emblem of the games, but allowing it in destroys the balance of competitive play. Its much better to keep the game as competitive as possible than allow in all the big game mascots (like last year).
EeveeEvolution
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Since this is a Doubles tournament, Cobalion isn't that bad.
Except for the fact that Nothing has Beat Up in Unova.
Justified + Beat Up from team mate at 1/4 damage isn't anything to complain about.
EDIT: Upon further research, Krookodile and Whimsicott learn Beat Up by breeding.
I have some questions and one proporsal to M_Liesik:
-Will finally the japanese players qualify to the World Cup? I see there will be 14 qualified japanese participants.
-I´ve seen how there has been a change from 16 Japanese players to 14 Japanese and 2 Koreans.
-Any future plans for Europe?
I´ve seen there are 6 qualifier tournaments in USA and 5 in Europe. I think there should be a 6th one, in Amsterdam (the Dutch National Championship), and then move the German tournament to Berlin since Cologne is a little far from east german players and that way west german players could access to Amsterdam and east german players to Berlin. French qualifier, Paris is the ideal place (despise being a little far from people from south France maybe), and for Italy maybe Milan is better than Roma since it could be accesed easily too by people living in Lyon or Munich for example, but I´m not sure. English and Spanish championships I see them ok (maybe for Spanish one Barcelona could be tested since is available for south France players too).
-Will finally the japanese players qualify to the World Cup? I see there will be 14 qualified japanese participants.
-I´ve seen how there has been a change from 16 Japanese players to 14 Japanese and 2 Koreans.
-Any future plans for Europe?
I´ve seen there are 6 qualifier tournaments in USA and 5 in Europe. I think there should be a 6th one, in Amsterdam (the Dutch National Championship), and then move the German tournament to Berlin since Cologne is a little far from east german players and that way west german players could access to Amsterdam and east german players to Berlin. French qualifier, Paris is the ideal place (despise being a little far from people from south France maybe), and for Italy maybe Milan is better than Roma since it could be accesed easily too by people living in Lyon or Munich for example, but I´m not sure. English and Spanish championships I see them ok (maybe for Spanish one Barcelona could be tested since is available for south France players too).
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As someone who lives out there in the empty midwest, I understand how not having a nearby qualifier is a pain. I had to drive 10 hours to Atlanta last year (T16), and then 9 hours to Inidi (T16). I really miss nats in St. Louis in 09. ((((((((( And honestly, I'm not looking forward to driving 9 hours to Indi again.
However, I realize that Mike is working on a finite budget. And I trust that he and his team are doing the best they can. Thanks for the good work.
((((((((( And honestly, I'm not looking forward to driving 9 hours to Indi again.However, I realize that Mike is working on a finite budget. And I trust that he and his team are doing the best they can. Thanks for the good work.
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Elite_4_Allen
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Yeah, Whimsicott+Terrakion is one of the most dangerous strategies in VGC this year.
Benzo
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@Mike L.: going with the infrered battle feature is awesome, as it does cut down the amount of equipment you guys gotta tag around. Glad to know that there will be a good number of out-lets to plug into!
Two questions though: Since it is infrared, will there be big screens still to display battles for people to watch?
One of the best things about these events is being able to watch other battles while your hanging out.
Any "shiny" download?
Two questions though: Since it is infrared, will there be big screens still to display battles for people to watch?
One of the best things about these events is being able to watch other battles while your hanging out.
Any "shiny" download?
Team Rocket Elite
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I'm slightly disappointed there's no Canadian nationals but I definitly understand the decision to go with 3 age groups instead. I am happy that serious consideration was given for an event in Canada and that it was very close to being a reality. With some luck, maybe VGC will come to Canada next year. =D
CyberManectric
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Wait a sec, if we're all battling using the IR connection, then that will allow for players to use the Wonder Launcher. Is using the Wonder Launcher even allowed?
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Regis_Neo
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Wait...are you sure there were only 6 stops last year? I remember a lot more unless I'm getting 2010 and 2009 mixed up somewhere...I also find it hard to believe there were "only" 585 people at Phoenix, though I admit I have no way of proving otherwise. Besides, Atlanta's numbers are inflated because there are still none in Florida (which has one of the largest player bases) and same for Newark (since several populated Poke-playing states are right there).
Regardless, I still stand by my post, the company sucks for moving it.
ultimatedra
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I believe it will be using the battle competition feature, not infrared. I am sure Mike will clarify soon enough.
Lol yes he's sure! xD
The Japanese players that won return invites at last year's Worlds will be back. I don't really have anything that I can share right now other than that.
I'm not sure what the question is here. TPC changed their event format between 2010 and 2011, so there were fewer invites being handed out. The addition of Korea to the World Championships didn't have any effect on the number of Japanese invites.
Yes.
Yes.
If it's not on the site, it's not happening.
We'll be using the Battle Competition setting for VGC, rather than the IR function in the C-Gear. Wonder Launcher will not be available during the competition.
I'm the guy in charge of the program. I'm the guy that planned the tour, picked the cities, picked the venues, etc. I attended every US VGC event in 2010, with the exception Dallas (Dave covered for me, as I was in the UK for the first European event). I'm pretty sure I know exactly how many events there were.
2009 Regionals (capped at 128 per division, random competitor selection)
Seattle - 248 total registrants
San Francisco - 417 total registrants
Phoenix - 348 total registrants
Dallas - 477 total registrants
Philadelphia - 921 total registrants
Nashville - 590 total registrants
6 in 2009, 6 in 2010, 6 in 2011.
I don't really care what you find hard to believe. Facts is facts.
Your logic supports my decision to move the event out of Phoenix. I've got 6 events to work with. Why shouldn't I try to capture as many players as possible with what I've got to work with? If I can capture a significantly larger player base by moving the event from Phoenix to D.C., why shouldn't I?