Gym Leader Blaine
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Like others have said it is a free event. Yu-gi, magic and other events charge to play in their main events. We should be thankful that ours are still free after all these years.
Are you sure that world's will have trophies?
Are you sure that world's will have trophies?
The problem is, international Nationals highly vary in size. Countries like Austria got about 20 masters with almost no competition last year (but still two trips -.-). Would it be fair to give the winners a trophy while the winner of a 150-masters-Regionals in the US only gets a medal?But Nationals? How many are there in the first place?
Medals for top four > trophies for top two.Does anyone know if this also applies to VGC?
I am quite sure Worlds will have trophies.
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The problem is, international Nationals highly vary in size. Countries like Austria got about 20 masters with almost no competition last year (but still two trips -.-). Would it be fair to give the winners a trophy while the winner of a 150-masters-Regionals in the US only gets a medal?
So, because not all events/areas have the same attendance, no one should get the infinitely cooler prize?
And yes, trophies are infinitely cooler, and way better prizes. How do we know this? Because we've been conditioned to believe this for the past 7 years. That's why they gave out trophies for bigger, more important events like States, Regionals, Nationals, and Worlds, and medals for smaller, less important events like Cities. And promo cards for even smaller, even less important events like Battle Roads.
I understand the idea that trophies don't photograph as well and can't be worn to events (with is a faux pas in my mind, anyway), but there's no one in this thread who can tell me with a straight face that they think medals are a better, more prestigious reward than trophies. Yes, one event in the entire universe, the Olympics, uses medals instead of trophies. Outside of that though, everything else in the world, along with every other collectible card game, uses trophies as prizes, and it is common knowledge that they are regarded as a better, more important prize than trophies.
I don't really understand this change, particularly when (as I understood it) a large part of the switch to medals for States was due to the complications in shipping, but I suppose it's what we have to live with. Hopefully if enough people keep voicing their opinion in a respecful manner, OP will realize their mistake and switch back to trophies (even if they're not glass) for next year.
You know what?
It's the EVENT that gives the prestige to the prize, not the other way around. A Nats medal means exactly the same thing as a Nats trophy.
Do you think Olympic medal winners sit around wishing they had a glass trophy instead? Because only a glass trophy can properly reward achievement, right?
The trophies are nice but . . . they aren't exactly practical. My Nats trophy sits in its box on a shelf. I've taken it out of the box probably twice since I won it.
@Nnaann: doubling the prize support for UK nationals would have minimal impact on attendance.
A Medal in a good presentation case can look every bit as impressive as a trophy.
Something like this http://www.photoartsmounts.co.uk/medal_frames5.jpg maybe
I do know what you mean about trophies on display and CC medals in drawers: the various Nationals trophies that we have are on display around the house, not so with the CC medals. But also not so with the states glassware.
I don't actually see any difference between 100 and 101 or even 100 and 120.I agree, but it's still more impressive to win a tournament with 101 competitors then 100 (although that's probably underestimating it.)
So, because not all events/areas have the same attendance, no one should get the infinitely cooler prize?
And yes, trophies are infinitely cooler, and way better prizes. How do we know this? Because we've been conditioned to believe this for the past 7 years. That's why they gave out trophies for bigger, more important events like States, Regionals, Nationals, and Worlds, and medals for smaller, less important events like Cities. And promo cards for even smaller, even less important events like Battle Roads.
I understand the idea that trophies don't photograph as well and can't be worn to events (with is a faux pas in my mind, anyway), but there's no one in this thread who can tell me with a straight face that they think medals are a better, more prestigious reward than trophies. Yes, one event in the entire universe, the Olympics, uses medals instead of trophies. Outside of that though, everything else in the world, along with every other collectible card game, uses trophies as prizes, and it is common knowledge that they are regarded as a better, more important prize than trophies.
I don't really understand this change, particularly when (as I understood it) a large part of the switch to medals for States was due to the complications in shipping, but I suppose it's what we have to live with. Hopefully if enough people keep voicing their opinion in a respecful manner, OP will realize their mistake and switch back to trophies (even if they're not glass) for next year.
You see, this guy knows what he's saying. I know people who started playing the game last year, then gt competitive this year only to find the trophy they aspired to win morphed into a medal. If P!P can't provide them for the winners, maybe they could make a special shop on the main website where the winners of SPTs onwards get given, say, a barcode or ID of some sort at SPTs if they come 1st-4th. Then, they can use said barcode to buy a Pokemon-branded trophy from the official store, as it were. That way: i) P!P don't have issues with transportation of delicate glasswares, and ii) Players who win SPTs upwards and want the trophy for their achievement can purchase said trophy, amking it exclusive to themselves.
I seriously think this kind of thing, given some more thought by the right people, could work.