MrMeches
New Member
It would be nice to fill the void with events from Pokemon, but isn’t that what Battle Roads are for?
I understand they are Fall and Spring and this does leave some additional void time, but these are the times that PUI are taking to plan for future Nationals and coordinate future Worlds events. This “down” time we see is also a chance for PUI to verify all Tournament results to that point are correct and all issues (Warnings, Game Losses, etc.) are documented and possibly penalties are handed down.
Understanding that you are already involving Local Tournaments through your TO, you do have the opportunity to publicize here on the PokeGym and the OP site does list local tournaments. Our Y2K League did End of Month Tournaments that got sidelined from all the other Tournaments going on but those will start back up again soon to help fill the void, and we do get some players outside of Fort Worth that come over to Play!
The “REAL” problem is that most players want the points and only travel if they feel the tournament is beneficial to that end result of 1900+. During City and Battle Roads even some players don’t travel outside the comfort zone they create, so pulling others in for non K Valued Tournaments is difficult. Vince hit it on the head that mostly Pay to Play tournaments work. I tend to come up with interesting ideas that force people to think outside the box to find new combos (No Rares, 30 Card, 2-v-2, Basic Only, Single Card, Ghost only, Must have X Pokemon in the deck (X being a specific Pokemon), etc.) to keep things fresh.
It would be nice if there were some traveling conventions, like JAA, during off times, but there again you run into logistical issues and making sure they are done before the next round comes up! NTM these would only hit 1 weekend so you still have the 4+ left over!
Now if PUI did some sort of MINI Tournament with no K Value but better Prizes at the end, this would be interesting and might be equivalent to the Japan Winter Battle they just did where it could be setup in a similar venue of Win X times and win X Card. This would require PUI to establish a form of PCL like Japan as this would be the End Result!
It could work where the Top 8 Finishing Masters (18 and Older for Legal Purposes) are Contracted for one Year to Travel and do these Tournaments during this period. That would be great and give a real sense of Ownership to the National Champion and the runners up!
But again, that isn’t necessarily going to cure everything as it would be traveling and only be in place for a weekend!
~Prof. Fish~
I understand they are Fall and Spring and this does leave some additional void time, but these are the times that PUI are taking to plan for future Nationals and coordinate future Worlds events. This “down” time we see is also a chance for PUI to verify all Tournament results to that point are correct and all issues (Warnings, Game Losses, etc.) are documented and possibly penalties are handed down.
Understanding that you are already involving Local Tournaments through your TO, you do have the opportunity to publicize here on the PokeGym and the OP site does list local tournaments. Our Y2K League did End of Month Tournaments that got sidelined from all the other Tournaments going on but those will start back up again soon to help fill the void, and we do get some players outside of Fort Worth that come over to Play!
The “REAL” problem is that most players want the points and only travel if they feel the tournament is beneficial to that end result of 1900+. During City and Battle Roads even some players don’t travel outside the comfort zone they create, so pulling others in for non K Valued Tournaments is difficult. Vince hit it on the head that mostly Pay to Play tournaments work. I tend to come up with interesting ideas that force people to think outside the box to find new combos (No Rares, 30 Card, 2-v-2, Basic Only, Single Card, Ghost only, Must have X Pokemon in the deck (X being a specific Pokemon), etc.) to keep things fresh.
It would be nice if there were some traveling conventions, like JAA, during off times, but there again you run into logistical issues and making sure they are done before the next round comes up! NTM these would only hit 1 weekend so you still have the 4+ left over!
Now if PUI did some sort of MINI Tournament with no K Value but better Prizes at the end, this would be interesting and might be equivalent to the Japan Winter Battle they just did where it could be setup in a similar venue of Win X times and win X Card. This would require PUI to establish a form of PCL like Japan as this would be the End Result!
It could work where the Top 8 Finishing Masters (18 and Older for Legal Purposes) are Contracted for one Year to Travel and do these Tournaments during this period. That would be great and give a real sense of Ownership to the National Champion and the runners up!
But again, that isn’t necessarily going to cure everything as it would be traveling and only be in place for a weekend!
~Prof. Fish~
