people have had a year's grace period, knowing that japanese cards would not be legal in the coming tournament year. why would you (general 'you') not 1) stop purchasing japanese cards and
95% of competitive people did
2) attempt to replace any deck staples they were using during that time?
Most people didn't think the format would retain MD, SF, etc. but it did. I wasn't going to replace those 4 call energy because I thought it would be rotated
it's not like players didn't know this was coming, nor that the tournament rules were not very clear on what was to come: there's NOTHING in there stating that cards still in format after the rotation would be allowed; why would anyone assume that would be so?
and, 'in fairness to the players who bought the product'? purchasing graymarket product in no way funds TPCi's organized play HERE.
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People argue that competitive players make up a marginal portion of the market, and the people who bought and used Japanese cards was even smaller. What effect does that really have?
Pokemon seems to be just as strong as ever. Are you trying to say this is a money move? They want that marginal amount of money from people who were still supporting Pokemon, and Nintendo, but just over THERE instead.
First, people argued it was about the ease for judges and tournament operations. If people obeyed the rules properly, there would be no problems. There was no difference in someone reading a card and reading a proxy- and typically, proxies are EASIER to use because they are mobile. People mess up their deck lists all the time, and not having a proper translation/proxy would be akin to this. Same people same mistakes, etc. This argument was defeated.
Then people tried to argue that it was okay because we OUGHT to support this market. I think the product is inferior to the Japanese product, but I am still supporting Nintendo and the Pokemon name. I live in Florida. The Japanese cards don't bend and don't curl like the English cards. They are more rigid, but appear slightly thinner. They are glossier and LOOK better. They outclass the English cards by a large margin. I don't think we have to buy from here, nor should we be forced to buy and play with inferior product. It's a Pokemon card- why does it have to be English? The funds they would gain would be so nominal, and probably wouldn't be noticed. Most people simply bought a few staples occasionally. Playsets of call energy, or dialga, or an expensive level X (remember, somehow their Xs and good cards were CHEAPER _AFTER_ shipping here. What does that say about the rarity distribution? Buying the better product is so obvious). This argument is flawed- they would get barely any money, and we shouldn't have to buy a specific language if we are still supporting the brand. People wouldn't buy Japanese if the American product wasn't more expensive _and_ of weaker quality.
I mean, this move is really unfounded. I don't see a reason for it. When someone like Kaga says we are "lucky" to have been given the 10% rule, I say why? If anything, POP would be lucky for people to be motivated to buy more expensive and inferior product when there hasn't been a clear gain in the American market for some time. Why am I supporting this over the Japanese area? Because scholarships and trips have consistently gone down? No thanks.
Some appreciate this rule, but read that thread and see that a whole lot of others don't.
Thank you for forcing me to use inferior product and more expensive product without proper justification and argumentation.
PS, those tags are really lame. Can someone just delete them all? It's spam.
